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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 §.

A

thumb|100px|[[Marc Andreessen]]

thumb|100px|[[Cap Anson]]

thumb|100px|[[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]]

  • Dudley W. Adams, horticulturalist
  • John T. Adams, former Republican committee head
  • Julie Adams, actress
  • Kareem Al Allaf (born 1998), American tennis player who has played for Syria and the US
  • 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
  • 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

B

Ba–Bk

thumb|100px|[[Michele Bachmann]]

thumb|100px|[[Harrison Barnes]]

thumb|100px|[[Bob Barr]]

thumb|100px|[[Buffalo Bill]]

  • 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
  • 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

Bl–Bz

thumb|100px|[[Black Hawk (chief)|Black Hawk]]

thumb|100px|[[Norman Borlaug]]

thumb|100px|[[Lara Flynn Boyle]]

thumb|100px|[[Shannon Brown (singer)|Shannon Brown]]

  • 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

C

thumb|100px|[[Wallace Carothers]]

thumb|100px|[[Johnny Carson]]

thumb|100px|[[Dallas Clark, §]]

thumb|100px|[[Laurel Clark]]

thumb|100px|[[Stephen Collins (actor)|Stephen Collins]]

thumb|100px|[[Nick Collison]]

thumb|100px|[[Roger Craig (American football)|Roger Craig]]

thumb|100px|[[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 talk-show host
  • 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
  • Marvin Clark, man who mysteriously disappeared in 1926
  • 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-television 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
  • Anders Colsefni, musician
  • 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

D

thumb|100px|[[Bud Day]]

thumb|100px|[[Lee De Forest]]

thumb|100px|[[Thomas Disch]]

thumb|100px|[[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
  • Cooper DeJean, athlete
  • 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

E

thumb|100px|[[Michael Emerson]]

thumb|100px|[[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, television producer and writer
  • Simon Estes, opera singer
  • Linda Evans, political activist
  • Frank F. Everest, general
  • Barton Warren Evermann, ichthyologist

F

thumb|100px|[[Terry Farrell (actress)|Terry Farell]]

thumb|100px|[[Bob Feller]]

thumb|100px|[[Ben Foster (actor)|Ben Foster]]

thumb|100px|[[William Frawley]]

thumb|100px|[[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

G

thumb|100px|[[Dan Gable]]

thumb|100px|[[Salvatore Giunta]]

thumb|100px|[[Frank Gotch]]

thumb|100px|[[Chuck Grassley]]

thumb|100px|[[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

H

thumb|100px|[[James Hansen]]

thumb|100px|[[Juanita Hansen]]

thumb|100px|[[Tom Harkin]]

thumb|100px|[[Hill Harper]]

thumb|100px|[[Jeremy Hellickson]]

thumb|100px|[[David C. Hilmers]]thumb|100px|[[Herbert Hoover]]

  • Charlie Haden, musician
  • Mike Haight, football player
  • Don Hall, film director
  • Leslie Hall, rapper
  • Jack Halloran, composer
  • Scot Halpin, musician
  • Halston (Roy Halston Frowick), 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
  • William L. Harding, 22nd governor of Iowa (1917–1921)
  • Tom Harkin, U.S. senator from Iowa (1985–2015)
  • Bob Harlan, professional football executive
  • James Harlan, politician
  • Graham Harman, professor
  • Kate Stevens Harpel, teacher, physician
  • Hill Harper, actor
  • Frank Hatton, politician
  • Tim Hauff, jazz musician
  • Eva Lund Haugen, author
  • James H. Hawley, 9th Governor of Idaho (1911–1913)
  • Merle Hay, World War I soldier
  • Frank Hayes, unionist
  • Peter Hedges, writer
  • Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (2000)
  • Jeremy Hellickson, baseball player
  • Stephen P. Hempstead, 2nd governor of Iowa (1850–1854)
  • John Hench, associate of Walt Disney
  • David B. Henderson, 34th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1899–1903)
  • Dorothy Hennessey, nun, activist
  • Gwen Hennessey, nun, activist
  • John Hennessy, religious leader
  • Chad Hennings, football player
  • William Peters Hepburn, American Civil War officer, politician
  • Francis J. Herron, American 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 television talk show
  • Harriet Hilliard, actress
  • David C. Hilmers, astronaut
  • A. J. Hinch, baseball player, manager
  • Kirk Hinrich, basketball player
  • Herbert E. Hitchcock, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1936–1938)
  • J. B. E. Hittle, decorated intelligence officer, historian
  • Tami Hoag, novelist
  • Terry Hoage, football player
  • Thomas M. Hoenig, financier
  • Mari Ruef Hofer (1858/59–1929), composer, lecturer, teacher, writer
  • 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 (1929–1933)
  • Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States (1929–1933)
  • Harry Hopkins, 8th U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1938–1940)
  • 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, stock-car racer
  • Libbie Hyman, zoologist

I

  • Jim Inhofe, politician
  • Inkpaduta, Native American chief
  • Arnold J. Isbell, aviator

J

thumb|100px|[[Shawn Johnson]]

thumb|100px|[[Zach Johnson]]

thumb|100px|[[Craig Jones (musician)|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

K

thumb|100px|[[Danielle Kahle]]

thumb|100px|[[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

L

thumb|100px|[[Ann Landers]]

thumb|100px|[[Cloris Leachman]]

thumb|100px|Fleet Admiral<br />[[William D. Leahy]]

thumb|100px|[[John L. Lewis]]

thumb|100px|[[Ron Livingston]]

thumb|100px|[[Nia Long]]

  • Sarah Lacina, reality-television contestant
  • 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

M

Ma–Mg

thumb|100px|[[Glenn Miller]]

thumb|100px|[[Robert Andrews Millikan|Robert Millikan, §]]

thumb|100px|[[Michelle Monaghan]]

thumb|100px|[[Phil Morris (actor)|Phil Morris]]

  • Larry Mac Duff, football coach
  • Norman Maclean, professor, author
  • 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

Mh–Mz

thumb|100px|[[Allie Morrison]]

thumb|100px|[[Kate Mulgrew]]

thumb|100px|[[Charles Murray (political scientist)|Charles Murray]]

thumb|100px|[[Brandon Myers]]

  • 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
  • Jeremy Morgan (born 1995), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • 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

N

thumb|100px|[[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

O

100px|thumb|[[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

P

thumb|100px|[[Sara Paretsky]]

thumb|100px|[[Charles Fox Parham]]

thumb|100px|[[John Robinson Pierce]]

thumb|100px|[[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
  • Maria Purdy Peck, essayist, social economist, civic leader
  • 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

Q

  • Quashquame, Sauk chief
  • John Herbert Quick, author
  • Howard 'Howdy' Quicksell, musician
  • Linnea Quigley, actress

R

thumb|100px|[[Frances Rafferty]]

thumb|100px|[[David Reed (American football)|David Reed]]

thumb|100px|[[Donna Reed]]

thumb|100px|[[Sage Rosenfels]]

thumb|100px|[[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
  • Mike Ritland, Navy SEAL, dog trainer, interviewer
  • 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

S

thumb|100px|[[Loren Shriver]]

thumb|100px|[[Brian Smith (photographer)|Brian Smith]]

thumb|100px|[[William Smyth (congressman)|William Smyth]]

thumb|100px|[[Darren Sproles]]

thumb|right|100px|[[George Stone (outfielder)|George Stone]]

thumb|100px|[[Sullivan Brothers|The Sullivan Brothers]]

thumb|100px|[[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
  • 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

T

thumb|100px|[[Corey Taylor]]

thumb|100px|[[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
  • Jeannette Throckmorton, physician, quilter
  • Adam Timmerman, football player
  • Matt Tobin, football player
  • John Tomkins, criminal
  • Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner, physician, writer

U

  • James Ulmer, journalist
  • Jarrod Uthoff, basketball player
  • Sarah Utterback, actress

V

thumb|100px|[[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

W

thumb|100px|[[Henry A. Wallace]]

thumb|100px|[[Kurt Warner]]

thumb|100px|[[John Wayne]]

thumb|100px|[[Peggy Whitson]]

thumb|100px|[[Keaton Winn]]

thumb|100px|[[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

Y

  • Marshal Yanda, athlete
  • Harry E. Yarnell, U.S. Navy admiral
  • David Yost, actor and producer
  • Ed Yost, inventor
  • Jessie Young, radio host
  • Nancy Youngblut, actor

Z

  • Luke Zeller, basketball player
  • Maurice Zimm, writer for screen and radio
  • Larry Zox, painter and printmaker

See also

  • List of Iowa Hawkeyes football honorees
  • List of Iowa State University people
  • List of Iowa suffragists

References