Alan J. Heeger
born 1936 American chemist, physicist
W. Edwards Deming
1900–1993 American professor, author, and consultant
Harry Hopkins
1890–1946 American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce, assistant to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Tommy Bolin
1951–1976 American guitarist
Kirk Hinrich
born 1981 American basketball player
Morgan Taylor
1903–1975 Athletics competitor
Ron Clements
born 1953 American animation director
George Koval
1913–2006 American and Soviet intelligence officer
Pauline Phillips
1918–2013 American advice columnist
Macdonald Carey
1913–1994 American actor
Einar Haugen
1906–1994 American linguist
Winifred Asprey
1917–2007 American computer scientist and mathematician
Kiana James
born 1997 American professional wrestler
Dan Goldie
born 1963 US tennis player
Josephine Herbst
1892–1969 American writer
Peggy Gilbert
1905–2007 American musician
Big Miller
1922–1992 American blues singer
Dean Elliott
1917–1999 American television and film composer
Brice Goldsborough
1889–1927 American aviation instrument designer
Earl Stevick
1923–2013 American applied linguist
Ted Waitt
born 1963 American billionaire
Art Johnson
1884–1949 American racing driver
Ben Jacobson
born 1983 American basketball player
Brett Maluwelmeng
born 1985 Guam football player and manager
Bryan Millard
born 1960 American football player
Chris Hall
born 1985 American politician
Jeremy Taylor
born 1978 American politician
John Harty
born 1958 American football player
John W. Aldridge
1922–2007 Writer
Judy Kimball
born 1938 Professional golfer
Lucile Swan
1890–1965 American artist
Nate Funk
born 1983 American basketball player
Bill Anderson
born 1977 American politician in Iowa
Bill Lewis
born 1963 American football player
Brian Boddicker
born 1981 American basketball player
Chase Bromstedt
born 1998 American soccer player
Clarence Mason
born 1965 Attorney and professional wrestling manager
Donnie Stone
born 1937 American football player
J.C. Fuller
born 1994 American basketball player
James W. Abbott
born 1948 American politician, South Dakota
Ray Lemek
1934–2005 American football player
Rick Bertrand
born 1969 American politician
Roger Thomas Foley
1886–1974 United States federal judge
Steve Warnstadt
born 1967 American politician
Wes Whitead
1933–2024 American politician
Bobby Mattick
1915–2004 American baseball player
David Allan Evans
born 1940 Poet
Deanna Morse
born 1950 American experimental filmmaker
John William Haas
1907–1942 Recipient of the Navy Cross
Lila Gene George
1918–2017 American composer
Rocky De Witt
1959–2025 American politician
William H. Mosby
1898–1964 American artist
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born 1944 American politician
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American financier
Arthur Francis Allen
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George L. Marx
born 1932 Professor of education and academic administrator
Marie Mushro
born 1946 Miss Iowa 1965