Famous People from Nebraska

• Astaire, Fred (Omaha)

  Hollywood's most famous dancer

• Brando, Marlon (Omaha)

  Don Corleone in The Godfather

• Buffett, Warren (Omaha)

  Investment genius and head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

• Cavett, Dick (Gibbon)

  The quick-witted TV talk show host from the late 1960s

• Cheney, Dick (Lincoln)

  Vice president of the United States, 2001-2009

• Clift, Montgomery (Omaha)

  Pvt. Prewitt in the film From Here to Eternity

• Coburn, James (Laurel)

  Lanky star of Our Man Flint

• Edgerton, Harold (Fremont)

  The professor who made strobe photography popular

• Fonda, Henry (Grand Island)

  Tom Joad in the movie The Grapes of Wrath

• Ford, Gerald (Omaha)

  President of the United States, 1974-77

• Hagel, Chuck (North Platte)

  U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2013-14

• Hubbard, L. Ron (Tilden)

  Sci-fi author and founder of Scientology

• King, James (Omaha)

  Model who started with a man's name and now's Jaime King

• Lloyd, Harold (Burchard)

  The silent film comedian who dangled from a clock face in Safety Last

• Nolte, Nick (Omaha)

  Athletic, gravel-voiced movie star

• Oberst, Conor (Omaha)

  The singer/songwriter behind the band Bright Eyes

• Payne, Alexander (Omaha)

  The Oscar-winning writer and director of the film Sideways

• Roddick, Andy (Omaha)

  The tennis ace who's married to model Brooklyn Decker

• Smith, Elliott (Omaha)

  The singer of "Miss Misery" who stabbed himself

• Sorensen, Ted (Lincoln)

  Counselor and speechwriter for John F. Kennedy

• Union, Gabrielle (Omaha)

  The tough cheerleader Isis in the movie Bring It On

• X, Malcolm (Omaha)

  Assassinated leader of the 1960s black power movement

• Zahn, Paula (Omaha)

  Host of the crime documentary series On the Case with Paula Zahn

See also: Index of all US States