Average Iowan
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This page is just a sampling of some of the AWESOME people who’ve made a difference and have called Iowa home!
If you have some additions, be sure to drop me a message, and I’ll get them added lickity-split!
Native Iowans
Abigail Van Buren (columnist), Sioux City
Adam DeVine (actor, comedian), Waterloo
Al Swearengen (“entertainer”), Oskaloosa
Andy Williams (singer), Wall Lake
Ann Landers (columnist), Sioux City
Ashton Kutcher (actor),Cedar Rapids
Ben Foster (actor), Fairfield
Ben Silberman (co-founder of Pintrest),Des Moines
Bess Streeter Aldrich (author), Cedar Falls
Billy Sunday (evangelist), Ames
Bix Beiderbecke (jazz musician), Davenport
Cloris Leachman (actress), Des Moines
David Rabe (playwright), Dubuque
Donald L. Campbell (inventor), Clinton
Donna Reed (actress), Denison
Elijah Wood (actor),Cedar Rapids
Elsa Maxwell (writer), Keokuk
Frederick Maytag (founder of Maytag), Newton
Gardner Cowles Jr. (publisher), Algona
George H. Gallup (poll taker), Jefferson
Glenn L. Martin (aviator), manufacturer, Macksburg
Glenn Miller (bandleader), Clarinda
Grant Wood (painter), Anamosa
Harriet Nelson (actress), Des Moines
Harry Reasoner (TV commentator), Dakota City
Henry A. Wallace (Vice-President), Orient
Herbert Hoover (U.S. President), West Branch
James A. Van Allen (space physicist), Mount Pleasant
Jason Momoa (actor), Norwalk
Jean Seberg (actress),Marshalltown
John L. Lewis (labor leader), Lucas
John Wayne (actor), Winterset
Johnny Carson (TV entertainer), Corning
Lee DeForest (inventor), Council Bluffs
Leslie Hall (singer/personality),Ames
Lillian Russell (soprano), Clinton
Mamie Eisenhower (first lady), Boone
Matt Kroul (athlete),Mount Vernon
Meredith Willson (composer), Mason City
Nathan M. Pusey (educator), Council Bluffs
Nick Lane (trombonist/arranger),Marshalltown
Norman Borlaug (plant pathologist/ geneticist), Cresco
Ron Livingston (actor), Cedar Rapids
Simon Estes (bass-baritone), Centerville
Susan Glaspell (writer), Davenport
Wallace Hume Carothers (inventor), Burlington
Wallace Stegner (author/critic), Lake Mills
Walter Day (founder of Twin Galaxies), Fairfield
William Buffalo Bill Cody (scout), Scott City
William D. Leahy (fleet admiral), Hampton
William Frawley (actor), Burlington
Honorary Iowans
Gene Wilder (actor), University of Iowa Grad
Ellen Wittlinger (novelist), Iowa Writer’s Workshop alum
Diablo Cody (writer), University of Iowa Grad
Kurt Vonnegut (author), Iowa Writer’s Workshop teacher
George Washington Carver (scientist/botanist), ISU Grad
Tennessee Williams (playwright), University of Iowa Grad
(Feel free to message me with additions! -N)
