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List of people from Omaha, Nebraska
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This is a list of people from Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States.
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A
- Hazel Abel — politician[1]
- Titus Adams — professional football player[2]
- Wesley Addy — actor[citation needed]
- Steve Alaimo — musician, record producer[3]
- Houston Alexander — professional MMA fighter, radio host, rapper[4]
- Kurt Andersen — author[5]
- Craig Anton — actor, comedian[6]
- Adele Astaire — dancer, entertainer[7]
- Fred Astaire — dancer, actor[8]
- Guerin Austin — Miss Nebraska USA 2004[citation needed]
- Pamela Austin — actress[9]
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B
- Elaine Badgley Arnoux – (née Helen Elaine Harper) portraitist, painter, and sculptor[10]
- Max Baer — boxer[8]
- Byron Bailey — professional American and Canadian football player
- Letitia Baldrige — etiquette expert, Kennedy White House aide[11]
- Rex Barney — Major League Baseball pitcher for Brooklyn Dodgers
- John Beasley — actor[12]
- Tom Becka — radio host[citation needed]
- Jackson Berkey — composer, pianist, instructor[citation needed]
- Wade Boggs — baseball player, Hall of Famer[13]
- Alec Bohm — Major League Baseball Third Baseman for Philadelphia Phillies
- Bob Boozer — National Basketball Association player and Olympic gold medalist[14]
- Gutzon Borglum — painter, sculptor of Mount Rushmore[15]
- James E. Boyd — Mayor of Omaha, 1881–1883 and 1885–1887; seventh Governor of the state of Nebraska[16]
- L. Brent Bozell, Jr. — conservative activist and Catholic writer[17]
- Marlon Brando — actor[8][failed verification]
- Wade Brorby — United States federal appellate judge
- Mildred D. Brown — founder of the Omaha Star[18]
- Chris Brunt — soccer player[19]
- Brandin Bryant — football player
- Warren Buffett — billionaire investor and philanthropist[20]
- Mellona Moulton Butterfield — china painter, teacher
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C
- Lance Cade — professional wrestler[21]
- Lloyd Cardwell — played professional football for the Detroit Lions; coached at UNO
- Buddy Carlyle — professional baseball pitcher[22]
- Ernie Chambers — Nebraska state senator[8]
- Jason Christiansen — baseball pitcher[23]
- Ozzie Cisneros — soccer player[24]
- Joseph P. Cleland — U.S. Army major general[25][26]
- Montgomery Clift — actor
- Abbie Cobb — actress
- James M. Connor — actor
- Barney Cotton — college football coach
- Terence Crawford — 4 division world champion and 2 division undisputed world champion
- Edward Creighton — founder of Creighton University
- George P. Cronk — Los Angeles City Council member, 1945–52
- General George Crook — US Army officer
- Eric Crouch — football player, Heisman Trophy winner
- Blase J. Cupich — Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago
D
- Nicholas D'Agosto — television and film actor
- Alfonza W. Davis — Tuskegee Airman
- Chip Davis — musician, founder of Mannheim Steamroller
- Dick Davis — NFL player
- Brian Deegan — FMX rider
- Tom Dennison — political boss of Omaha, 1890s–1933
- Destiny — live-streamer and political commentator
- Adam Devine — actor
- Ted DiBiase — former professional wrestler and Christian minister
- Mike Donehey — lead singer of Christian rock band Tenth Avenue North
- Richard Dooling — novelist, screenwriter
- David Doyle — actor
- Jeff Draheim — film editor
- DrLupo — streamer and YouTuber
- Charles W. "Chuck" Durham — civil engineer, philanthropist, Chairman Emeritus of HDR, Inc
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E
- Jake Ellenberger — professional MMA fighter in the UFC
- Marti Epstein — avante-garde composer
- Experience Estabrook — Attorney General of Wisconsin
- G. Estabrook — opera composer; daughter of Experience Estabrook
F
- The Faint — post-punk band
- Mike Flood — U.S. representative for Nebraska[27]
- Henry Fonda — actor
- Peter Fonda — actor
- Gerald Ford — 38th President of the United States
- Sally Fox — member of Vermont General Assembly; lawyer[28]
G
- Jorge Garcia — actor
- Annunciata Garrotto — soprano[29]
- Roxane Gay — writer and professor
- Bob Gibson — Baseball Hall of Fame
- Terry Goodkind — author
- Ahman Green — professional football player
- Bennett Greenspan — founder of Family Tree DNA
- Jake Guentzel — professional ice hockey player[30]
H
- Breece Hall — NFL running back
- Tim Halperin — singer-songwriter [31]
- Raphael Hamilton — Jesuit and professor of history at Marquette University
- Ron Hansen — author, screenwriter
- Wynonie Harris — rhythm & blues singer
- Harry Haywood — African-American Communist leader
- Jean Heather — actress
- Major General Stuart Heintzelman — U.S. Army officer
- Gregory M. Herek — social psychologist and professor
- Nick Hexum — singer/guitarist of Omaha's 311
- Hallee Hirsh — actress
- Chris Holbert — Colorado politician
- Sarah Hollins — beauty queen and TV personality
- Dave Hoppen — NBA player
- Jeremy Horn — mixed martial arts fighter
- John Howell — NFL player
- Cathy Hughes — businesswoman; founder and president of Radio One
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I
- Doug Ingle — keyboardist for Iron Butterfly
J
- JoJo Siwa – American singer, dancer, actress, YouTuber and media personality
- Joseph R. Jelinek — U.S. Army brigadier general, deputy director of Army National Guard
- Nikko Jenkins — convicted spree killer
- Marc Johnson (jazz musician) — jazz bass player
- Steve Jennum — mixed martial artist
- Ryan Jensen — mixed martial arts fighter
- Thomas Berger Johnson — artist, post-impressionist painter, metal sculptor and draftsman
- Simon Joyner — singer, songwriter
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K
- Timothy J. Kadavy — U.S. Army Major General, Adjutant General of Nebraska National Guard
- Jay Karnes — actor
- Tim Kasher — singer-songwriter, Cursive and The Good Life
- Alex Kava — author
- Kenton Keith — professional football player
- Charlotte Kemp — Playboy Playmate (Miss December 1982)
- Mina Kimes — investigative journalist, ESPN magazine senior writer
- Charles Henry King — pioneer businessman
- Jaime King — actress, model
- Arlene Klasky — animator[32]
- Chris Klein — actor
- Ed Koterba — journalist[33]
- Jeff Koterba — editorial cartoonist, musician, author
- Jason Kreis — soccer player, coach of Real Salt Lake
- Saul Kripke — philosopher
- Swoosie Kurtz — actress
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L
- Frank Purdy Lahm — U.S. Army brigadier general
- Christopher Lasch — historian, social critic
- Oudious Lee — football player
- Matty Lewis — musician, Zebrahead
- Samuel Little — serial killer
- Myra Cohn Livingston — children's poet
- Preston Love — jazz player
- Henry T. Lynch — cancer researcher and professor at Creighton University
M
- Ike Mahoney — NFL player
- Timothy Mahoney — lead guitarist of 311
- Erin McCarthy — professional ten-pin bowler, 2022 U.S. Women's Open champion
- Timothy McCoy — murder victim killed by John Wayne Gacy in 1972
- Sean McDermott — NFL head coach of Buffalo Bills
- Ed McGivern — shooter
- Dorothy McGuire — actress
- Duncan McGuire — soccer player and 2024 Olympian[34]
- Jake Meyers — Major League Baseball outfielder and World Series champion with Houston Astros[35]
- Andy Milder — actor
- Jay Milder — artist
- Buddy Miles — musician
- Anthony Michael Milone — Roman Catholic bishop
- Henry Monsky — attorney and communal leader
- Rowena Moore — civic and labor activist
- Carol Morris — Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956
- Gerald T. Mullin — Minnesota state legislator, lawyer, and businessman
- Frances Miller Mumaugh — painter
- Charlie Munger (1924–2023) — billionaire investor
- Fred Murree (1861–1950) — professional roller skater
N
- John Najjar — auto engineer, designed Ford Mustang
- Jim Newman — television producer
- Nick Nolte — actor
O
- Conor Oberst — singer-songwriter, Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos
- Tillie Olsen — author
- Jed Ortmeyer — professional ice hockey player
- Sono Osato — dancer and actress
P
- John W. Patterson — African-American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
- Justin Patton, NBA basketball player and player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, first-round selection in the 2017 NBA draft
- Niles Paul — NFL receiver for the Washington Redskins
- Alexander Payne — Oscar-winning screenwriter and director
- Neal Pionk — NHL player
- Mark Pope — NBA player
- Scott Porter — actor
- Nathan Post — 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa
- Ron Prince — college football coach
Q
- Daniel Quinn — author
R
- Anne Ramsey — actress
- Andrew Rannells — actor
- James Raschke — professional wrestler known as Baron Von Raschke
- Origen D. Richardson — fourth Lieutenant Governor of Michigan[36]
- Mark Richt — college football coach[8]
- J. Joseph Ricketts — billionaire
- Matthew Ricketts — first African-American graduate from UNMC; first African-American state legislator
- Pete Ricketts — U.S. Senator; former Governor of Nebraska
- Thomas S. Ricketts — owner of baseball's Chicago Cubs
- Trevor Roach — football player
- Andy Roddick — professional tennis player
- Johnny Rodgers — football player, 1972 Heisman Trophy winner
- Joe Rogers — Colorado lieutenant governor
- Rainbow Rowell — author
- Darin Ruf (born 1986) — major league baseball player
- Amber Ruffin — comedian and writer
- Colden Ruggles — U.S. Army brigadier general[37]
- Edward Ruscha — artist and photographer[8]
- John Rutherford — U.S. representative for Florida and sheriff of Jacksonville[38]
S
- Penny Sackett — astronomer and Chief Scientist of Australia
- Symone Sanders — Democratic strategist, spokesperson for Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign
- Gale Sayers — professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Walter Scott, Jr. — billionaire
- Chad Sexton — drummer of 311
- Josephine Platner Shear — archaeologist and numismatist
- Leisa Sheridan — Playboy Playmate (Miss July 1993)
- JoJo Siwa — dancer from television series Dance Moms
- Elliott Smith — singer/songwriter
- Q. Smith — musical theater actress
- Nicholas Sparks — author
- Skip Stephenson — actor and comedian from TV series Real People
- Sting — professional wrestler, real name Steve Borden[8]
- Todd Storz — entrepreneur who introduced Top-40 radio format
- Jean Stothert — Mayor of Omaha
- Mike Sullivan — 29th Governor of Wyoming[39]
- Sarah Rose Summers — Miss Nebraska USA 2018 and Miss USA 2018
- Carl A. Swanson — founder of Swanson
- Inga Swenson — actress
T
- Jerry Tagge — NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
- Khyri Thomas (born 1996) — basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague
- JT Thor — NBA player for the Charlotte Hornets and their G League affiliate the Greensboro Swarm
- Donald E. Thorin — cinematographer
- Thomas Tibbles — late 19th-century journalist and Native American rights activist
- Chris Tormey — college football coach
- Mark Traynowicz — football player
- John Trudell — poet, Native American activist, actor
- Stanley M. Truhlsen — professor and philanthropist
- Steve Turre — jazz trombonist
U
- Gabrielle Union — actress
W
- Luigi Waites — jazz drummer and vibraphonist
- Eleazer Wakeley — jurist and politician
- Chris Ware — graphic novelist
- Dan Warthen (born 1952) — major league baseball pitcher and coach
- Fee Waybill — singer/songwriter, real name John Waldo Waybill[40]
- Geneice Wilcher — beauty pageant winner
- Paul Williams — singer-songwriter, actor[8]
- Roger Williams — pianist
- Aaron Wills — bassist of 311
- Julie Wilson — singer and actress
- Andre Woolridge — professional basketball player
Y
- Whitney Young — civil rights activist
X
- Malcolm X — human rights activist
Z
- Paula Zahn — news personality
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References
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