This is a list of notable people who were born in or closely associated with the American state of Iowa . People not born in Iowa are marked with §.
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Marc Andreessen
Cap Anson
Tom Arnold
Dudley W. Adams , horticulturalist
John T. Adams , former Republican committee head
Julie Adams , actress
Trev Alberts , football player
Bess Streeter Aldrich , author
James Allen , engineer
Fran Allison , television personality
William B. Allison , politician
Betty Baxter Anderson , author
Lew Anderson , actor
Rudolph Martin Anderson , explorer
Marc Andreessen , software engineer
Pat Angerer , football player
Cap Anson , baseball player
Brynild Anundsen , publisher
Appanoose , 19th-century Meskwaki chief
Lloyd Appleton , Olympic freestyle wrestler
Samuel Z. Arkoff , film producer
Herbert W. Armstrong , religious leader
Tom Arnold , actor
Matthew Ashford , actor
Winifred Asprey , mathematician
John Vincent Atanasoff , § inventor
Jim Aton , jazz musician, composer, singer
Mike Ritland , Navy SEAL, Dog Trainer, Interviewer
Michele Bachmann
Harrison Barnes
Bob Barr
Buffalo Bill
Black Hawk
Norman Borlaug
Lara Flynn Boyle
Shannon Brown
John Babcock , Olympic freestyle wrestler
Michele Bachmann , politician
Oliver Baez Bendorf , poet
Stan Bahnsen , baseball player
John O. Bailey , judge
Bil Baird , puppeteer
Betsy Baker , actress
Nathaniel B. Baker , politician
Alvin Baldus , politician
Charlie Bales , soccer player
Brad Banks , athlete
Hal C. Banks , labor leader
Jill Banner , actress
Antonine Barada , folk hero
Roger Barkley , broadcaster
Harrison Barnes , athlete
Bob Barr , politician
Douglas Barr , actor, writer, and director
David Barrett , football player
Steve Bartkowski , football player
Robert Bartley , editor of The Wall Street Journal
Clint Barton , fictional character
Theodore J. Bauer , scientist
Lansing Hoskins Beach , Army officer
Bennett Bean , artist
Carl L. Becker , historian
Bix Beiderbecke , jazz musician
William W. Belknap
Brian Bell , musician
Alfred S. Bennett , Army general and U.S. Secretary of War
Duane Benson , athlete
Matt Bentley , professional wrestler
Christian Beranek , writer, actor, and producer
Leo Beranek , acoustician
Bill Bergan , coach
Eddie Berlin , athlete
Dan Bern , musician
Jennie Iowa Berry , clubwoman
S. Torriano Berry , film producer, writer, director
Jay Berwanger , football player
Stanley Biber , physician
Greg Biekert , football player
Leo Binz , § Roman Catholic archbishop
Joe Bisenius , athlete
Richard Pike Bissell , author
Nate Bjorkgren , basketball coach
Black Hawk , § Native American chief
Casey Blake , baseball player
Gordon Blake , military general
Donald G. Bloesch , theologian
Isabel Bloom , artist
Scott Bloomquist , auto racer
Mike Blouin , politician
Lisa Bluder , coach
Mike Boddicker , baseball player
Ike Boettger , American football player
Bill Bogaard , politician
Tommy Bolin , musician
Norman Borlaug , agricultural scientist and Nobel Laureate
Rob Borsellino , writer
Ryan Bowen , athlete
Thomas M. Bowen , politician
Charles Bowers , cartoonist and comic actor
Lara Flynn Boyle , actress
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd , author
Glen Brand , Olympic freestyle wrestler
Neville Brand , actor
Terry Brands , Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach
Tom Brands , Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach
Terry E. Branstad , politician
Aaron Brant , athlete
Charles Wesley Brashares , Methodist bishop
Titus Bronson , founder of Kalamazoo , Michigan
Greg Brown , folk musician
Mace Brown , athlete
Shannon Brown , country music singer
Bruce Brubaker , pianist, record producer
Rob Bruggeman , athlete
Bill Bryson , author
Oliver E. Buckley , electrical engineer
Matt Bullard , athlete
Ambrose Burke , priest, college president
Jerry Burke , musician
Tim Burke , football coach
Joseph A. A. Burnquist , politician
Martin Burns , athlete
Joe Burrow , Heisman Trophy winner
Jim Burt , sportscaster
Marion LeRoy Burton , college president
Harlan J. Bushfield , politician
Mike Butcher , baseball player
Frank M. Byrne , politician
Robert Byrne , author
Wallace Carothers
Johnny Carson
Dallas Clark , §
Laurel Clark
Stephen Collins
Nick Collison
Roger Craig
Billy Cundiff
Samuel Calvin , geologist
Marjorie Cameron , actress and occultist
Branden Campbell , bassist for Neon Trees
Donald L. Campbell , chemist
Macdonald Carey , actor
Chris Carney , politician
Wallace Carothers , chemist
Allan Carpenter , author
Sabin Carr , athlete
Tommy Carroll , criminal
Johnny Carson , television personality
Jordan Carstens , athlete
Louise Carver , actress
Thomas Nixon Carver , economics professor
Frank T. Cary , businessman
Landon Cassill , auto racer
Carrie Chapman Catt , suffragette
Thomas Cech , chemist and Nobel Laureate
Matt Chatham , football player
The Cherry Sisters , vaudevillians
Norton P. Chipman , politician, judge
Tom Churchill , broadcaster
Bernard A. Clarey , admiral
Caitlin Clark WNBA Player
Dallas Clark , § football player
Laurel Blair Salton Clark , astronaut
Rush Clark , politician
Fred Clarke , baseball Hall of Famer
Frederick G. Clausen , architect
Jeff Clement , athlete
Ron Clements , director and producer
Scott Clemmensen , athlete
Buffalo Bill Cody , Wild West showman
Samuel Cody , aviator
Harris Coggeshall , athlete
Danielle Colby , reality TV personality
King Cole , athlete
Ada Langworthy Collier , poet, writer
Chris Collins , hockey player
Max Allan Collins , mystery writer
Stephen Collins , actor
Nick Collison , basketball player
John W. Colloton , healthcare executive
Steven Colloton , federal judge
Martin Cone , college president
Edwin H. Conger , diplomat
Maurice Connolly , politician
Paul Conrad , political cartoonist
Ed Conroy , athlete
George Cram Cook , author
Marv Cook , football player
Jack Coombs , athlete
Eric Cooper , baseball umpire
Barclay and Edwin Coppock , followers of John Brown
Frank Cordaro , activist
Sarah Corpstein , beauty queen
John M. Corse , Army general
Ernie Courtney , athlete
Paul Coverdell , politician
Thomas Jefferson Cowie , admiral
Ryan Cownie , stand-up comedian
Shawn Crahan , musician
Roger Craig , football player
Joe Crail , politician
Coe I. Crawford , politician
Francis X. Cretzmeyer , coach
Joel Crisman , football player
Jim Crotty , athlete
Julee Cruise , singer and actress
Frank Cuhel , athlete
Mariclare Culver , political figure
Henry J. B. Cummings , politician
Billy Cundiff , athlete
Jack Cunningham , screenwriter
Bud Day
Lee De Forest
Thomas Disch
Steve Doocy
Janet Dailey , author
Bill Daily , actor
Dick Dale , musician
Muriel Frances Dana , actress
Jack Daniels , politician
Diane D'Aquila , actress
Sarah Darling , musician
Geof Darrow , artist
Dana Davis , actress
Barry Davis , Olympic freestyle wrestler
Rebecca Fjelland Davis , author
Stuart Davis , musician
Laura Dawn , activist, singer-songwriter, director/producer
Bud Day , war hero
Walter Day , businessman
Darren Daye , athlete
Lee De Forest , inventor
Jordan De Jong , athlete
Henry Clay Dean , preacher, lawyer
Don DeFore , actor
W. Edwards Deming , statistician
Don Denkinger , baseball umpire
Dave Despain , sports journalist
Adam Devine , actor
Aubrey Devine , athlete
Lester J. Dickinson , politician
Justin Diercks , auto racer
Charles Hall Dillon , politician, judge
Thomas Disch , author
James Dixon , orchestra conductor
David M. Dobson , game creator
Claire Dodd , actress
Tim Dodd , YouTuber
Grenville M. Dodge , railroad executive
Ralph Edward Dodge , religious leader
Angela Dohrmann , actress
Ellen Dolan , actress
Steve Doocy , television journalist
Russell S. Doughten , filmmaker
Nicholas Downs , actor
Joel Dreessen , football player
Kevin Dresser , collegiate wrestling head coach
Leanna Field Driftmier , radio personality
Bobby Driscoll , actor
Fred Duesenberg , automobile manufacturer
Randy Duncan , football player
Francis John Dunn , religious leader
Lloyd Dunn
Samuel Grace Dunn , journalist
Kenneth W. Durant , decorated sailor
John Durbin , actor
Tim Dwight , football player
Michael Emerson
Femi Emiola
Morgan Earp , Wild West lawman
Warren Earp , brother of Wyatt Earp
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle , sculptor
Zales Ecton , politician
Paul Eells , sportscaster
Mamie Eisenhower , former First Lady of the United States
Cal Eldred , athlete
Jane Elliott , schoolteacher and activist
James Ellison , actor
Eugene Burton Ely , aviator
Paul Emerick , International rugby player, and coach
Hope Emerson , actress
Michael Emerson , actor
Femi Emiola , actress
Norman A. Erbe , politician
Joni Ernst , United States Senator for Iowa
Jane Espenson , TV producer and writer
Simon Estes , opera singer
Linda Evans , political activist
Frank F. Everest , general
Barton Warren Evermann , ichthyologist
Terry Farell
Bob Feller
Ben Foster
William Frawley
Tanna Frederick
Randy Florke , writer/publisher of interior design book
Urban Clarence "Red" Faber , baseball player
Tom Fadden , actor
Carole Farley , soprano singer
Art Farmer , jazz musician
Sharon Farrell , actress
Terry Farrell , actress
James Fee , photographer
Victor Feguer , convicted murderer
Chris Fehn , musician
Margaret Feldner , university president
Bob Feller , baseball player
Mary Fels , philanthropist, suffragist, Georgist
James Ferentz , football player
Jeremy Ferguson , musician
Susan Frances Nelson Ferree , journalist, activist, suffragist
Susan Fessenden , activist, social reformer
Al Feuerbach , track and field athlete
Romaine Fielding , actor
Margarita Fischer , actress
Matt Fish , basketball player
Freddie Fisher , musician
Bill Fitch , basketball coach
Joseph Fitz , naval veteran
Bridget Flanery , actress
John Flannagan , priest
Jack Fleck , golfer
Frank Jack Fletcher , admiral
Robert Fletcher , costume designer
Rich Folkers , baseball player
Bradbury Foote , screenwriter
Ben Foster , actor
Jon Foster , musician
Judith Ellen Foster , lawyer
Farrah Franklin , singer
William Frawley , actor
John T. Frederick , scholar
Tanna Frederick , actress
Joan Freeman , actress
Bruce French , actor
George B. French , actor
Joe Frisco , vaudeville performer
Virgil Frye , actor, boxer
Dan Gable
Salvatore Giunta
Frank Gotch
Chuck Grassley
Danai Gurira
Dan Gable , Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach
Jetseta Gage , kidnap victim
Robert Gallery , football player
George Horace Gallup , founder of Gallup Poll
Viola Garfield , anthropologist
Jim Garrison , lawyer, judge
David Garst , farmer, seed manufacturer
Roswell Garst , farmer, seed manufacturer
Michael Gartner , journalist
Joey Gase , NASCAR driver
Harry Gaspar , baseball player
James Lorraine Geddes , soldier
John Getz , actor
Dick Gibbs , basketball player
Edward H. Gillette , politician
Thomas Gilman , Olympic freestyle wrestler
Owen Gingerich , astronomer
Annabeth Gish , actress
Salvatore Giunta , Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
Fred Glade , baseball player
Susan Glaspell , playwright
Dan Goldie , tennis player
Johnny Gosch , kidnap victim
Frank Gotch , professional wrestler
Al Gould , baseball player
Rick Graf , football player
Fred Grandy , actor, politician
Chuck Grassley , Iowa senator
Paul Gray , musician
Dick Green , baseball player
George Greene , Supreme Court justice
Edna Griffin , civil rights activist
James W. Grimes , Iowa governor and senator
Dan Grimm , football player
Harold R. Gross , politician
Danai Gurira , actress
Janet Guthrie , auto racer
James Hansen
Juanita Hansen
Tom Harkin
Hill Harper
Jeremy Hellickson
David C. Hilmers Herbert Hoover
Charlie Haden , musician
Mike Haight , football player
Leslie Hall , rapper
Jack Halloran , composer
Scot Halpin , musician
Halston , fashion designer
Adam Haluska , basketball player
Andy Haman , professional bodybuilder
Jack Hamilton , baseball player
Milo Hamilton , baseball broadcaster
Edward Hammatt , architect
Ryan Hannam , football player
Joel Hanrahan , baseball player
Bob Hansen , basketball player
James Hansen , professor
Juanita Hansen , actress
Niels Ebbesen Hansen , botanist
Robert Hansen , convicted murderer
Haldor Johan Hanson , hymn composer
William L. Harding , former governor of Iowa
Tom Harkin , Iowa senator
Bob Harlan , pro football executive
James Harlan , politician
Graham Harman , professor
Hill Harper , actor
Frank Hatton , politician
Tim Hauff , jazz musician
Eva Lund Haugen , author
James H. Hawley , Idaho politician
Merle Hay , World War I soldier
Frank Hayes , unionist
Peter Hedges , writer
Alan J. Heeger , Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry
Jeremy Hellickson , baseball player
Stephen P. Hempstead , former governor of Iowa
John Hench , associate of Walt Disney
David B. Henderson , politician, Speaker of the House
Dorothy Hennessey , nun, activist
Gwen Hennessey , nun, activist
John Hennessy , religious leader
Chad Hennings , football player
William Peters Hepburn , Civil War officer, politician
Francis J. Herron , Civil War general
Daniel Hess , inventor
Phil Hester , comic book artist
James C. Hickman , actuary
David Anthony Higgins , actor
Steve Higgins , writer, comedian, actor, and announcer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Harriet Hilliard , actress
David C. Hilmers , astronaut
A. J. Hinch , baseball player, manager
Kirk Hinrich , basketball player
Herbert E. Hitchcock , South Dakota politician
J.B.E. Hittle , decorated intelligence officer, author and writer
Tami Hoag , novelist
Terry Hoage , football player
Thomas M. Hoenig , financier
Bill Hoffer , baseball player
Fred Hoiberg , basketball player, coach
Judd Holdren , actor
Ducky Holmes , baseball player
Lizzie Holmes , educator, anarchist
Elmer G. Homrighausen , theologian
Herbert Hoover , 31st President of the United States
Lou Henry Hoover , First Lady
Harry Hopkins , presidential adviser
Frank O. Horton , politician
Austin Howard , football player
Walter Howey , journalist
Jerome Clarke Hunsaker , zeppelin authority
Mary Beth Hurt , actress
Toby Huss , actor
Dick Hutcherson , auto racer
Libbie Hyman , zoologist
Shawn Johnson
Zach Johnson
Craig Jones
Jacob Jaacks , basketball player
Fred Jackman , cinematographer
Selmer Jackson , actor
Kip Janvrin , athlete
N. K. Jemisin , science fiction/fantasy author
Frank Jenks , actor
Dan Jennings , baseball player
Roger Jepsen , politician
Jake Johannsen , comedian
Donald Johanos , symphony conductor
Bryce Johnson , actor
Dorothy M. Johnson , author
Edwin S. Johnson , politician
Georgann Johnson , actress
Lulu Johnson , historian
Nicholas Johnson , FCC commissioner
Royal C. Johnson , politician
Shawn Johnson , gymnast
Zach Johnson , golfer
Peter Jok , § basketball player
Craig Jones , musician
George Wallace Jones
Gordon Jones , actor
James Jones , football player
Lolo Jones , athlete
Kathryn Joosten , actress
Joey Jordison , musician
Duane Josephson , baseball player
Patty Judge , politician
Jerry Junkins , CEO of Texas Instruments
Danielle Kahle
Ashton Kutcher
Nate Kaeding , football placekicker
Danielle Kahle , figure skater
Jacqui Kalin (born 1989), American-Israeli professional basketball player
Aaron Kampman , football player
MacKinlay Kantor , journalist, author
Gail Karp , cantor
Bradley Kasal , decorated U.S. Marine
John A. Kasson , politician
Hazel Keener , actress
James M. Kelly , astronaut
Percy R. Kelly , judge
Keokuk , Sauk chief
John H. Kemble , professor
Charles Reuben Keyes , archaeologist
Charles Rollin Keyes , geologist
Hugh Kidder , decorated U.S. Marine
Kerry Killinger , banker
Angela Jia Kim , classical pianist
Mitch King , football player
Rebecca Ann King , 1974 Miss America
Steve King , politician
Dallas Kinney , journalist
Nile Kinnick , football player
James T. Kirk , fictional character
Samuel J. Kirkwood , § governor, senator, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Philip J. Klass , UFO researcher
Stephen Kline , artist
Bradford Knapp , university president
Corina Knoll , journalist
Ruth Kobart , performer
Matt Koch , baseball player
Bonnie Koloc , singer
Jon Koncak , basketball player
Ted Kooser , poet
Dan Koppen , football player
Kyle Korver , basketball player
Joseph Kosinski , commercial director
Mitch Krebs , television journalist
Gary Kroeger , actor
Josh Kroeger , baseball player
Matt Kroul , football player
Ashton Kutcher , actor
Ann Landers
Cloris Leachman
Fleet AdmiralWilliam D. Leahy
John L. Lewis
Ron Livingston
Nia Long
Jerry Lacy , actor
Perry Lafferty , television producer
Doug La Follette , politician
Raef LaFrentz , basketball player
Roswell Lamson , Civil War officer
Ann Landers , advice columnist
The Lane Sisters , singers, actresses
Harry Langdon , comedian
Frank Lanning , actor
Jeff Larish , baseball player
Patty Larkin , singer
Alan Larson (born 1949), diplomat and ambassador
Mauricio Lasansky , graphic artist
Tomas Lasansky , visual artist
Joe Laws , basketball player
Elmer Layden , football player, coach
Jim Leach , politician
Cloris Leachman , actress
Frederick Leadbetter , financier
William Daniel Leahy , naval officer
William P. Leahy , university president
Frances Lee , actress
Gerald Leeman , Olympic freestyle wrestler
Laura Leighton , actress
Josh Lenz , football player
Aldo Leopold , environmentalist
Amy Leslie , opera singer
Alexander Levi , religious leader
Jack Lewis , screenwriter
John Lewis , labor leader
Jon Lieber , baseball player
Thurlow Lieurance , composer
Joe Lillard , athlete
Edward Lindberg , athlete
Everett Franklin Lindquist , educator
Everett Lindsay , football player
Margaret Lindsay , actress
Ron Livingston , actor
Bob Locker , baseball player
Al Lohman , radio personality
Babe London , comedian
Chuck Long , football player, coach
Nia Long , § actress
Mathias Loras , religious leader
Tyler Lorenzen , football player
Kevin Love , auto racer
Phyllis Love , actress
Herschel C. Loveless , governor
Robert Lucas , politician
Larry Lujack , radio personality
Tiny Lund , auto racer
Mike Lynch , cartoonist
Raymond J. Lynch , judge
Emmett Lynn , actor
Sue Lyon , actress
Glenn Miller
Robert Millikan , §
Michelle Monaghan
Phil Morris
Allie Morrison
Kate Mulgrew
Charles Murray
Brandon Myers
Larry Mac Duff , football coach
Archer MacMackin , film director
Hanford MacNider , diplomat, U.S. Army general
Cletus Madsen , religious leader
Joe Magrane , baseball player
Maryann Mahaffey , politician
Ryan Mahaffey , football player
Mahaska , Native American chief
Dennis Mahony , 19th-century journalist
Anna Malle , § adult film actress
Jessie Wilson Manning , writer, lecturer
Arabella Mansfield , lawyer
Stuart Margolin , actor
Beth Marion , actress
Glenn Martin , aviator
Bernard Masterson , athlete
Jerry Mathers , actor
James Matheson , composer
David Maxwell , university president
Elsa Maxwell , columnist
Marilyn Maxwell , actress
Jesse May , poker professional
Wiley Mayne , politician
F. L. Maytag , founder of Maytag corporation
Rita McBride , sculptor
C. W. McCall , singer and politician
Dan McCarney , football coach
The McCaughey septuplets
Tim McClelland , baseball umpire
Al McCoy , announcer
Greg McDermott , basketball coach
William John McGee , geologist
George McGill , politician
Charles McGraw , actor
Keli McGregor , baseball executive
Pat McLaughlin , singer
Sean McLaughlin , meteorologist
William H. McMaster , former governor of South Dakota
Cal McVey , baseball player
Stu Mead , painter
Carl Meinberg , priest
John Melcher , former senator of Montana
Michael Joseph Melloy , judge
Denis Menke , baseball player
Sebastian Menke , priest
William Menster , priest
Iris Meredith , actress
Frank Merriam , former governor of California
Russel Merrill , aviator
Samuel Merrill , former governor of Iowa
Nancy Metcalf , volleyball player
Bernard F. Meyer , missionary
Loren Meyer , basketball player
Julia Michaels , singer-songwriter
Brandon Middleton , football player
Pat Miletich , MMA fighter, member of the UFC Hall of Fame
Hugh Millen , football player
Glenn Miller , musician, bandleader, World War II officer
Samuel Freeman Miller , Supreme Court justice
Robert Millikan , physicist
Jason Momoa , § actor
Ted Monachino , football coach
Michelle Monaghan , actress
Jordan Monroe , model
Constance Moore , actress
Frank A. Moore , judge
Hap Moran , football player
Peggy Moran , actress
Karen Morley , actress
Carol Morris , Miss Universe 1956
Mike Morris , football player
Phil Morris , actor
Allie Morrison , Olympic freestyle wrestler
Honoré Willsie Morrow , author, editor
Karen Morrow , actress
John Mosher , jazz musician and composer
Michael Mosley , actor
Dow Mossman , writer
John Mott , YMCA leader, Nobel Prize winner
Marvin Mottet , priest
Kate Mulgrew , actress
Richard L. Murphy , former Iowa senator
Charles Murray , political scientist
Brandon Myers , football player
Virginia A. Myers , inventor
Conrad Nagel
Nancy Naeve , television journalist
Conrad Nagel , actor
Neapope , Sauk leader
Sharon Needles , drag performer
Brad Nelson , baseball player
George Nelson , NASA astronaut
Harriet Nelson , actress, television personality
Larry Nemmers , football official
Carman A. Newcomb , politician
Jim Nicholson , politician
Bruce Nissen , professor
Ken Nordine , voice-over artist
Lance Norris , actor
Bill Northey , politician
Robert Noyce , inventor
Michael Nunn , boxer
Nick Nurse , basketball head coach
Kyle Orton
Randi Oakes , actress, fashion model
Dick Oatts , musician
Wes Obermueller , baseball player
Patrick O'Bryant , basketball player
Brian O'Connor , § baseball coach
Dennis O'Keefe , actor
Gerald Francis O'Keefe , religious leader
Bob Oldis , baseball player, coach, scout
George Olmsted , military officer
Eric Christian Olsen , actor
Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen , Olympic diver
James Bradley Orman , former governor of Colorado
Kay A. Orr , former governor of Nebraska
Kyle Orton , football player
Charles Osborne , "hiccup" man
Vivienne Osborne , actress
Beverley Owen , actress
Sara Paretsky
Charles Fox Parham
John Robinson Pierce
Ed Podolak
Stephen Paddock , mass murderer
Richard Page , front man for Mr. Mister
Daniel David Palmer , chiropractic medicine pioneer
Francis W. Palmer , publisher
Rose Marie Pangborn , scientist
Oran Pape , law enforcement officer
Ralph Parcaut , professional wrestler
Sara Paretsky , novelist
Charles Fox Parham , evangelist
Anthony Parker , basketball player
Clair Cameron Patterson , geochemist
Neva Patterson , actress
Allen E. Paulson , thoroughbred breeder
Bryce Paup , football player
Claude Payton , actor
Maria Pearson , Dakota activist
Sally Pederson , former lieutenant governor
Paul Peek , politician
Mary Beth Peil , actress
Nat Pendleton , athlete, actor
Arthur D. Pennington , baseball player
Tom Pepper , computer programmer
Don Perkins , football player
Edwin Perkins , inventor
Roger Perry , actor
Pete Peterson , combat pilot, ambassador
Roger Peterson , pilot
Joseph M. Petrick , screenwriter
Lori Petty , actress
James Philbrook , actor
John Robinson Pierce , engineer
Mark Pinter , actor
Chris Pirillo , video host, blogger
Ed Podolak , football player
Carl Pohlad , financier, Minnesota Twins owner
George Pomutz , Civil War general
Maddie Poppe , musician and winner of American Idol season 16
Scott Pose , baseball player
Dante Powell , stand-up comedian
Gordon Prange , historian
Beatrice Prentice , actress
Hiram Price , railroad president, politician
Richard Proenneke , naturalist
Stanley Prusiner , neurologist, biochemist
Tom Purtzer , golfer
Frances Rafferty
David Reed
Donna Reed
Sage Rosenfels
Paul Rust
David Rabe , playwright
Frances Rafferty , actress
Max Rafferty , writer, politician
John F. Rague , architect
Randy Rahe , basketball coach
Josh Rand , musician
Robert D. Ray , governor of Iowa (1969–1983) who served several consecutive terms
Harry Reasoner , television journalist
David Reed , football player
Donna Reed , actress
Dani Reeves , Miss Iowa 2007
George Reeves , actor
Allen Reisner , football player
George C. Remey , Civil War admiral
Walter E. Reno , World War II naval officer
Kevin Rhomberg , baseball player
Alfred C. Richmond , admiral
Doug Riesenberg , football player
William H. Riker , political scientist
Bill Riley Sr. , entertainer
Chad Rinehart , football player
The Ringling brothers , circus moguls
Clifford Roberts , chairman of Masters golf tournament
James B. A. Robertson , judge, Governor of Oklahoma
Billy Robinson , aviator
Shawna Robinson , auto racer
Reggie Roby , football player
Otto Frederick Rohwedder , inventor
Seth Rollins , WWE professional wrestler
Christine Romans , television journalist
James Root , musician
Jim Root , musician
Raymond Roseliep , poet
Sage Rosenfels , football player
Joseph Rosenfield , lawyer
Lawrence Sullivan Ross , Civil War general, governor of Texas
Brandon Routh , actor
Coleen Rowley , FBI agent, politician
J. Craig Ruby , basketball coach
Nate Ruess , singer
Alexander Rummler , painter
Nicholas J. Rusch , Civil War officer, politician
Arthur Russell , musician
Charles Edward Russell , journalist
Lillian Russell , actress
Paul Rust , comedian
George Ryan , former governor of Illinois
Loren Shriver
Brian Smith
William Smyth
Darren Sproles
George Stone
The Sullivan Brothers
Billy Sunday
George Saling , athlete
Mark Salter , political speechwriter
Josh Samman , mixed martial artist
Ezekiel S. Sampson , Civil War officer, politician
Cael Sanderson , § Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach
Tyler Sash , football player
Sauganash , fur trader
A. J. Schable , football player
Daniel Schaefer , politician
Peter Schickele , parodist
Ron Schipper , football coach
Aloysius Schmitt , Navy chaplain
Ernest B. Schoedsack , filmmaker
Robert H. Schuller , religious leader
Aloysius Schulte , college president
Dick Schultz , NCAA and US Olympic Committee executive
Jean Seberg , actress
Brad Seely , football coach
Edward Robert Sellstrom , pilot
Phil Shafer , auto racer
William Shannahan , priest
Harrison Sheckler , pianist
Kenny Shedd , football player
Kate Shelley , railroad official
Gene Sherman , sportscaster
Randy Shilts , journalist
Paul Shorey , scholar
Loren Shriver , astronaut
Lee Paul Sieg , university president
Hal Skelly , actor
Bill Smith , § Olympic freestyle wrestler
Brian Smith , photographer
Gerald W. Smith , author
Hiram Y. Smith , politician
Jerry Smith , golfer
Mary Louise Smith , politician
Neal Smith , politician
Riley Smith , actor
Virginia Smith , politician
Warren Allen Smith , gay rights advocate
Clement Smyth , religious leader
William Smyth , politician
Neta Snook , aviator
Jamie Solinger , Miss Teen USA
Harvey Sollberger , composer
Phyllis Somerville , actress
Hartzell Spence , military journalist
Tracie Spencer , singer
Kirk Speraw , basketball coach
Darren Sproles , football player
Josh Stamer , football player
Edwin O. Stanard , politician
Denise Stapley , Survivor champion, therapist
Bradley Steffens , author
William G. Steiner , child advocate
Mark Steines , television personality
Keith H. Steinkraus , food scientist
Frank Steunenberg , Idaho governor
Bill Stewart , jazz musician
George F. Stewart , food scientist
Kiah Stokes , basketball player
George Stone (1876–1945), Major League Baseball left fielder ; 1906 American League batting champion
Ramo Stott , auto racer
Terry Stotts , basketball coach
George L. Stout , art historian, "Monuments Man"
Russell Stover , candy manufacturer
Alvin Straight , lawn-mower rider
Chris Street , basketball player
Jeff Streeter , auto racer
Stephen Stucker , actor
Bob Stull , football player
Scott Swisher , legislator
The Sullivan Brothers , combat veterans
Billy Sunday , baseball player, evangelist
Roderick Dhu Sutherland , politician
Al Swearengen , Wild West saloonkeeper
Ryan Sweeney , baseball player
Quinn Sypniewski , football player
Brett Szabo , basketball player
Corey Taylor
Ashley Tesoro
Joseph Taggart , politician
Taimah , Native American chief
Michael Talbott , actor
Kevin Tapani , baseball player
Lawrie Tatum , U.S. "Indian Agent"
Corey Taylor , musician
Morgan Taylor , athlete
Richard R. Taylor , Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army
Robin Lord Taylor, actor
Sara Taylor , political public-relations professional
Ashley Tesoro , actress, singer
Kenneth W. Thompson , academic
Sada Thompson , actress
William Thompson , politician
William George Thompson , politician
Mick Thomson , musician
Adam Timmerman , football player
Matt Tobin , football player
John Tomkins , criminal
Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner , physician, writer
James Van Allen
James Van Allen , scientist
Mike Van Arsdale , MMA fighter, wrestler
Dennis Van Roekel , labor leader
Carl Van Vechten , writer, photographer
Kyle Vanden Bosch , athlete
Bob Vander Plaats , politician, activist
Julian Vandervelde , athlete
William Vandever , politician
Oswald Veblen , mathematician
Ross Verba , athlete
Michelle Vieth , actress
Zach Villa , actor, singer
Phil Vischer , animator
Krista Voda , sportscaster
Nedra Volz , actress
Henry A. Wallace
Kurt Warner
John Wayne
Peggy Whitson
Keaton Winn
Elijah Wood
Michael Wacha (born 1991), baseball player for the San Diego Padres
John Henry Waddell , painter and sculptor
Hynden Walch , actress
Nellie Walker , sculptor
Joseph Frazier Wall , historian
Henry A. Wallace , politician and presidential candidate
Marcia Wallace , actress
Will Walling , actor
Adam Walsh , football player and coach
Chile Walsh , football player, coach, and executive
Mark Walter , financier, chairman of Los Angeles Dodgers
Rick Wanamaker , track and field athlete and basketball player
Brian Wansink , scientist and professor
Dedric Ward , football player, coach
Everett Warner , painter and printmaker
Kurt Warner (born 1971), football quarterback in the NFL
Fitz Henry Warren , politician, Civil War general
Kiersten Warren , actress
Pierre Watkin , actor
Watseka (c. 1810–1878), Native Iowan
James F. Watson , judge
Tony Watson (born 1985), pitcher in MLB
John Wayne , actor
James B. Weaver , politician
Randy Weaver , survivalist involved in Ruby Ridge incident
Irving Weber , businessman
Joseph Welch , attorney
Elmarie Wendel , actress
Susan Werner , singer-songwriter
Emily West , singer-songwriter
Brooks Wheelan , actor, comedian
Matthew Whitaker , district attorney
John White , labor leader, president of the United Mine Workers
Jim Whitesell , college basketball coach
Peggy Whitson , astronaut, scientist
Casey Wiegmann , football player in the NFL
Doreen Wilber , archer
Tom Wilkinson , football player
Andy Williams , singer
Gregory Alan Williams , actor, author
Roy Lee Williams , labor leader
William Appleman Williams , historian
William Williamson , politician
Meredith Willson , composer
James Falconer Wilson , politician
JoAnn Wilson , murdered wife of Canadian politician
Mortimer Wilson , composer
Sid Wilson , disc jockey
Wally Wingert , actor
Keaton Winn (born 1998), pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
Charles E. Winter , politician
Sidney G. Winter (born 1935), economist
Johannes B. Wist , journalist, editor
William P. Wolf , politician
Elijah Wood (born 1981), actor
Grant Wood , painter
Joey Woody , athlete
Hank Worden , actor
Carleton H. Wright , U.S. Navy admiral
Frank Wykoff , Olympic champion athlete
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