Famous People from Iowa

• Andreessen, Marc (Cedar Falls)

  Creator of the Netscape web browser

• Bachmann, Michele (Waterloo)

  Minnesota Congresswoman and 2012 presidential candidate

• Boyle, Lara Flynn (Davenport)

  Donna on Twin Peaks and Monica on Las Vegas

• Carson, Johnny (Corning)

  Longtime host of TV's The Tonight Show

• Eisenhower, Mamie (Boone)

  President Dwight D. Eisenhower's wife

• Gallup, George (Jefferson)

  The founder of Gallup public opinion polls

• Guthrie, Janet (Iowa City)

  The first woman to drive in the Indy 500

• Hoover, Herbert (West Branch)

  President of the United States, 1929-1933

• Hoover, Lou Henry (Waterloo)

  United States president Herbert Hoover's wife

• Johnson, Zach (Iowa City)

  Winner of the 2007 Masters

• Jones, Lolo (Des Moines)

  The Olympic hurdler who turned into an Olympic bobsledder

• Kutcher, Ashton (Cedar Rapids)

  The star of That '70s Show and Punk'd

• Landers, Ann (Sioux City)

  Syndicated newspaper advice columnist

• Leachman, Cloris (Des Moines)

  The egotistical landlady Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Mathers, Jerry (Sioux City)

  Beaver in the 1950s TV hit Leave It To Beaver

• Miller, Glenn (Clarinda)

  Wartime big band leader

• Reeves, George (Woolstock)

  Superman on the 1950s TV series

• Routh, Brandon (Des Moines)

  Star of the 2006 movie Superman Returns

• Van Allen, James (Mount Pleasant)

  Cosmic ray expert who found the Van Allen radiation belts

• Wallace, Henry A. (Orient)

  Vice President of the United States, 1941-45

• Wayne, John (Winterset)

  Western movie icon and star of True Grit

• Williams, Andy (Wall Lake)

   The crooner who sang "Moon River"

• Wood, Elijah (Cedar Rapids)

  Frodo in The Lord of the Rings

See also: Index of all US States