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The following are notable people who were born in, raised in, or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of
Nebraska .
Native Americans
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Crazy Horse (1838–1877), great warrior of the
Oglala Lakota
Sioux pre-statehood
Chief Waukon Decorah (c. 1780–1868)
He Dog (c. 1840–1936)
Hononegah (c. 1814–1847) (
Ho-Chunk )
Francis La Flesche (1857–1932), first Native American anthropologist, author (
Omaha people )
Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915), first Native American woman to earn a medical degree
Susette LaFlesche Tibbles (1854–1903), writer and translator
[1]
Little Hawk (1836–1900)
Red Bird (c. 1788–1828),
Ho-Chunk leader
Red Cloud (1822–1909),
chief of the
Oglala Sioux
Chief Standing Bear (c. 1829–1908), civil rights leader and at the fore of the petition to stay on traditional homelands post-removal as documented in The Trial of Standing Bear;
[1] in this trial the state was led to recognize that Native Americans are human beings
John Trudell (1946–2015),
civil rights activist, community activist, speaker, poet, performer, musician, actor;
Santee
Raymond Yellow Thunder (1921–1972), ranch hand killed in a notable hate crime in 1972 in Gordon (
Oglala Lakota )
[2]
Public office
Gerald Ford
Frank Aloysius Barrett (1892–1962), Congressman, Wyoming, 1943–1950; Governor of Wyoming, 1951–1953; Senator of Wyoming, 1953–1959
Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904–1996),
United States Attorney General in President
Eisenhower's
cabinet , 1952–1957
William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925),
United States Secretary of State ;
U.S. Representative ;
Democratic Party nominee for president in 1896, 1900, and 1908; prosecuting attorney in
Scopes Trial
Hugh A. Butler (1878–1954),
U.S. Senator
James Vincenzo Capone (1892–1952), federal
Prohibition agent; oldest brother of gangster Al Capone; changed name to Richard James Hart
Ernie Chambers (born 1937 in
Omaha ), Nebraska State Senator;
Nebraska State Legislature ; civil rights activist
Dick Cheney (born 1941), former
U.S. Secretary of Defense under
George HW Bush , and 46th Vice President of the United States under
George W Bush
George E. Cryer (1875–1961), 32nd
Mayor of Los Angeles , 1921–1929
Glenn Cunningham (1912–2003), U.S. Representative and
mayor of Omaha
Carl Curtis (1905–2000), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator
Samuel Gordon Daily (1823–1866), U.S. Representative for three terms
Robert Vernon Denney (1916–1981), U.S. Representative and
United States district court judge
Jane English (born 1940), Republican member of the
Arkansas State Senate
J. James Exon (1921–2005),
Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator
Gerald Ford (1913–2006), 38th President of the United States (born in Omaha, raised in
Michigan )
Dwight Griswold (1893–1954), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator
Chuck Hagel (born 1946), U.S. Senator and 24th U.S. Secretary of Defense
Robert Dinsmore Harrison (1897–1977), U.S. Representative
Edgar Howard (1858–1951), private secretary to
William Jennings Bryan ;
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska ; U.S. Representative
Megan Hunt (born 1986), Nebraska state legislator and first openly LGBT person elected to state legislature
Bob Kerrey (born 1943), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator
Julius Sterling Morton (1832–1902),
United States Secretary of Agriculture ; founder of
Arbor Day
Kay A. Orr (born 1939), first
Republican woman governor (Nebraska) in United States history (1987–1991)
Pete Peterson (born 1935), U.S. Representative for Florida,
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam
Peter George Peterson (1926–2018),
U.S. Secretary of Commerce under
Richard Nixon ; Chair of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York ; Chair of the
Council on Foreign Relations
Donald Pike (1925–2008),
Los Angeles County
Superior Court Commissioner
Leo Ryan (1925–1978), U.S. Representative (Democrat–California; born in
Lincoln )
Ted Sorensen (1928–2010), speechwriter and special counsel to President
John F. Kennedy
Charles Thone (1924–2018), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Representative
Kenneth S. Wherry (1892–1951), U.S. Senator
Military
Butler B. Miltonberger
Buffalo Bill Cody (1845–1917), iconic western figure; lived in Nebraska (born in Iowa Territory) while working as a scout for the
5th Cavalry ; on July 17, 1876, at War Bonnet Creek, while dressed in his Wild West stage clothing, he killed and scalped Chief Yellow Hair (
Cheyenne ), claiming it a revenge for Custer; took up residence in Scout's Rest Ranch in 1886
Alfred Gruenther (1899–1983), youngest
four-star general in United States history;
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Galen B. Jackman (born 1951),
United States Army
major general (retired);
Nancy Reagan 's escort throughout the
death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan ; first commanding general of the
Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region
Bob Kerrey (born 1943),
United States Navy , LT(JG); commanded a
Navy SEAL team in Vietnam;
Medal of Honor recipient
Francis P. Matthews (1887–1952), 49th
United States Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President
Harry Truman
Butler B. Miltonberger (1897–1977), commanded the 134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Division during World War II
Jarvis Offutt (1894–1918), World War I
aviator , namesake of
Offutt Air Force Base
Forrest S. Petersen (1922–1990), Navy and
NASA
test pilot , head of Naval Air Systems Command
James G. Roudebush (born c. 1949),
United States Air Force
lieutenant general and
doctor of medicine , current
Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897–1989), military planner and
strategist
Entertainment
Film and theater
A–M
Montgomery Clift
Henry Fonda
Wesley Addy (1913–1996), actor,
Network ,
The Verdict
Adele Astaire (1897–1981), dancer and entertainer
Fred Astaire (1899–1987), dancer and actor,
The Band Wagon ,
Funny Face ,
The Towering Inferno ,
That's Entertainment!
Pamela Austin (born 1941), actress,
Kissin' Cousins
Ray Baker (born 1948), actor,
Silverado ,
Total Recall
Andrew Rannells (born 1978), actor,
The Book of Mormon
John Beasley (born 1943), actor,
Everwood
Michael Biehn (born 1956), actor,
The Terminator ,
Tombstone
Moon Bloodgood (born 1975), actress,
Terminator Salvation ,
Falling Skies
Ward Bond (1903–1960), actor,
The Searchers ,
The Quiet Man ,
Rio Bravo
Marlon Brando (1924–2004),
Academy Award -winning actor,
The Godfather ,
On the Waterfront ,
Last Tango in Paris ,
Apocalypse Now
Montgomery Clift (1920–1966), 4-time Oscar-nominated actor,
From Here to Eternity ,
The Misfits ,
Red River ,
Judgment at Nuremberg
James Coburn (1928–2002), Academy Award-winning actor,
Our Man Flint ,
The Magnificent Seven ,
The Great Escape ,
Affliction
James M. Connor (born 1960), actor
Sandy Dennis (1937–1992), Academy Award-winning actress,
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ,
Sweet November ,
The Out-of-Towners
Adam Devine (born 1983), actor and comedian
David Doyle (1929–1997), actor,
Charlie's Angels
Mary Doyle (1931–1995), actress
Leslie Easterbrook (born 1949), actress, Police Academy films
Henry Fonda (1905–1982), Academy Award-winning actor,
Mister Roberts ,
12 Angry Men ,
The Grapes of Wrath ,
On Golden Pond
Hoot Gibson (1892–1962), actor and
rodeo
cowboy
Coleen Gray (1922–2015), actress,
Kiss of Death ,
Red River
Leland Hayward (1902–1971), Hollywood and Broadway agent and producer
Jean Heather (1921–1995), actress,
Double Indemnity
Hallee Hirsh (born 1987), actress,
Flight 29 Down ,
JAG ,
ER
Virginia Huston (1925–1981), actress,
Out of the Past
Bill Lee , overdub singer whose voice was used instead of
Christopher Plummer 's in the film version of
The Sound of Music
[3]
Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), silent film actor and comedian
Danny Lockin (1943–1970), actor and dancer,
Hello, Dolly!
Pierce Lyden (1908–1998), actor
Gordon MacRae (1921–1986), actor and singer,
Oklahoma! ,
Carousel
Dorothy McGuire (1916–2001), Oscar-nominated actress,
Gentleman's Agreement ,
Friendly Persuasion ,
Old Yeller
N–Z
Hilary Swank
Gabrielle Union
Fred Niblo (1874–1948), actor, director, and producer
Nick Nolte (born 1941), Oscar-nominated actor and producer,
48 Hrs. ,
The Prince of Tides ,
Cape Fear
Alexander Payne (born 1961), Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter,
Nebraska ,
The Descendants ,
Sideways
Lenka Peterson (1925–2021), actress
Anne Ramsey (1929–1988), Oscar-nominated actress
Thurl Ravenscroft (1914–2005), voice actor and singer
Hilary Swank (born 1974), two-time Academy Award-winning actress,
Boys Don't Cry ,
Million Dollar Baby (born in Lincoln)
Inga Swenson (born 1932), actress,
Benson ,
Advise and Consent
Robert Taylor (1911–1969), actor,
Ivanhoe ,
Quo Vadis ,
Camille
John Trudell (1946–2015), actor and documentary subject
[4]
Gabrielle Union (born 1973), actress,
Bring It On ,
Bad Boys II (born in Omaha)
Red Wing (1884–1974), actress
Irene Worth (1916–2002),
Tony Award -winning actress,
Nicholas and Alexandra ,
Lost in Yonkers ,
Deathtrap
Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), Hollywood studio mogul, producer and director
Comedians and humorists
James Adomian (born 1980), actor and stand-up comedian
Johnny Carson (1925–2005), comedian
Ryan Cownie , stand-up comedian
Adam DeVine (born 1983), actor, comedian, writer,
Workaholics
Godfrey (born 1969), comedian and actor
Larry the Cable Guy (born 1963), comedian
Skip Stephenson (1940–1992), comedian and actor
Roger Welsch (born 1936), author, humorist, and folklorist
Bob Wiltfong (born 1969), comedian and actor,
The Daily Show
Television and radio
Emily Kinney
Paula Zahn
Justin Bruening (born 1979), actor,
All My Children ,
Knight Rider
Dick Cavett (born 1936), television talk show host
Abbie Cobb , actress,
Suburgatory
Christopher B. Duncan (born 1964), actor,
The Jamie Foxx Show ,
The District ,
Aliens in America
Jim Fitzpatrick (born 1959), actor,
All My Children
Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), actor, musician,
One Tree Hill ,
October Road ,
How to Make It in America
Randy J. Goodwin (born 1967), actor and director,
The Vampire Diaries ,
Girlfriends ,
Grey's Anatomy
Marg Helgenberger (born 1958), actress,
CSI
Brad William Henke (born 1971), actor,
October Road ,
Nikki ,
Lost
Vivi Janiss (1911–1988), theatre, film, and television actress
David Janssen (1931–1980), actor,
The Fugitive
Floyd Kalber (1924–2004), television journalist and
anchorman
Jay Karnes (born 1963), actor,
Det. "Dutch" Wagenbach on
The Shield
Emily Kinney (born 1985), actress, singer,
The Walking Dead
Swoosie Kurtz (born 1944), actress,
Sisters ,
Mike & Molly
Irish McCalla (1928–2002), actress,
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Holt McCallany (born 1964), actor,
Lights Out ,
Freedom ,
CSI: Miami
Scott Porter (born 1979), actor,
Friday Night Lights ,
The Good Wife
Lindsey Shaw (born 1989), child actor for
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (born in
Lincoln )
Julie Sommars (born 1942), actress,
Matlock
Rebecca Staab (born 1961), actress, former beauty queen,
Live Shot
Janine Turner (born 1962), actress and author,
Northern Exposure (born in Lincoln, raised in
Texas )
Lucky Vanous (born 1961), model, actor,
Pacific Palisades
Kim Winona (1930–1978), actress,
Brave Eagle
David Yost (born 1969), actor and producer,
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Paula Zahn (born 1956), television journalist
Music
Wynonie Harris
Kianna Alarid (born 1978), lead singer for band
Tilly and the Wall
Roni Benise ,
flamenco guitarist
Chip Davis (born 1947), singer-songwriter, founder of
Mannheim Steamroller , and president and CEO of
American Gramaphone
Ruth Etting (1896–1976), singer
Rick Evans , member of rock duo
Zager and Evans , made famous by song "
In the Year 2525 " in 1969
Todd Fink (born 1974), member of the band
The Faint
Jack Gilinsky (born 1996), musician, rap artist, 1 out of 2 in the rap duo
Jack & Jack with best friend since kindergarten, Jack Johnson, their song, "Like That" went viral currently with over 24 million views on YouTube.
Howard Hanson (1896–1981), composer and conductor
Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris (1915–1969),
rhythm and blues singer
Neal Hefti (1922–2008),
jazz trumpeter and composer
Amy Heidemann, member of the band
Karmin , graduated from
Seward High School in
Seward, Nebraska
Nick Hexum , member of band
311
Neely Jenkins (born 1974), member of band
Tilly and the Wall
Tim Kasher (born 1976), singer
Matty Lewis (born 1975), singer, guitarist
Randy Meisner (born 1946), singer-songwriter, bassist former member of the
Eagles and
Poco
Conor Oberst (born 1980), singer-songwriter with
Bright Eyes
Bryan Olesen (born 1973), singer, guitarist of
VOTA , former member of
Newsboys
Jamie Pressnall (born 1976), member of band
Tilly and the Wall
Paul Revere (born 1938), born in Harvard, Clay County; musician, teen idol, founder Paul Revere and the Raiders
[5]
[6]
Ann Ronell (1906/1908–1993), jazz composer and lyricist
Josh Rouse (born 1972), singer-songwriter
Jason Shaw (born 1975), fiddle player
Elliott Smith (1969–2003), singer-songwriter
Ryland Steen (born 1980),
Reel Big Fish drummer
Matthew Sweet (born 1964), rock musician
John Trudell (1946–2015), poet, performer, musician, leader AKA Graffiti Band
[7]
[8]
[9]
James Valentine (born 1978),
Maroon 5 guitarist
Paul Williams (born 1940), singer-songwriter
Roger Williams (1924–2011), pianist
Denny Zager , member of rock duo
Zager and Evans , made famous by song "
In the Year 2525 " in 1969
Other
Ashley Graham
David Phelps Abbott (1863–1934),
magician and author
Lucas Cruikshank (born 1993), maker of internet videos
Ashley Graham (born 1987), model
Jaime King (born 1979), model and actress
Sono Osato (1919–2018), dancer
JoJo Siwa (born 2003), dancer and singer,
Dance Moms
Sarah Rose Summers (born 1994), model and
Miss USA 2018
Shelton Tappes (born 1911), union and civil rights activist
Charles Weidman (1901–1975), dancer and choreographer
Art, literature, and journalism
Nicholas Sparks
Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881–1954), author of 200 short stories and 13 novels including Miss Bishop
Hartley Burr Alexander (1873–1939), writer, educator, scholar, philosopher, poet, and
iconographer
Kurt Andersen (born 1954), co-founder of
Spy Magazine
Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941), painter,
sculptor , designer and engineer of the
presidential busts on
Mount Rushmore
Solon Borglum (1869–1922), sculptor, younger brother of Gutzon Borglum
Jennine Capó Crucet (born 1981), novelist, short story writer, essayist, professor, and cultural critic
Willa Cather (1873–1947), author
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), detective fiction author,
The Big Sleep (raised in
Plattsmouth )
Earle D. Chesney (1900–1966), cartoonist
Mamie Claflin (1867-1929), newspaper editor and publisher
Ana Marie Cox (born 1972), founder and editor of the political blog
Wonkette
Angel De Cora , painter, illustrator, American Indian advocate, Carlisle Boarding School teacher (1871–1919)
Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), anthropologist, science writer, ecologist, and poet (born in
Lincoln )
John Philip Falter (1910–1982), artist known for many
Saturday Evening Post covers
Ernest K. Gann (1910–1991), pioneer airline pilot, aviation writer, author of
The High and the Mighty
Roxane Gay (born 1974), feminist writer, professor, editor and commentator
Terry Goodkind (1948–2020), best-selling fantasy author
Robert Henri (1865–1929), painter
M. Miriam Herrera , poet
Clifton Hillegass (1918–2001), publisher and founder of
CliffsNotes
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986), science fiction author and founder of
Scientology
Lew Hunter (born 1935), screenwriter
Weldon Kees (1914–1955), poet, novelist, and short story writer
Ted Kooser (born 1939), former
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress ; former
Poet Laureate of the United States ;
Pulitzer Prize winner
Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950), best-selling author of fantasy and
historical fiction
Christopher Lasch (1932–1994), historian, moralist, and social critic
Jefferson Machamer (1900–1960), illustrator
DeBarra Mayo (born 1953), writer and author
Wright Morris (1910–1998), novelist, photographer, and essayist
John Neihardt (1881–1973), poet, dubbed the "Poet Laureate of Nebraska and the Plains" by the
Nebraska State Legislature in 1921
Tillie Olsen (1912–2007), author
Rose O'Neill (1874–1944), illustrator, writer, and creator of the
Kewpie doll
Jean Potts (1910–1999), mystery writer
Daniel Quinn (1935–2018), author of the
philosophical novel
Ishmael and its sequels
Edward Ruscha (born 1937), artist
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975), best-selling science fiction and fantasy author
Mari Sandoz (1896–1966), novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher; author of Old Jules , Cheyenne Autumn , Slogum House
Joel Sartore ,
National Geographic photographer and founder of the
Photo Ark
Dan Schlissel , record producer and label founder (
Stand Up! Records ,
-ismist Recordings )
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965), author
Anna Louise Strong (1885–1970), journalist and author
John Trudell (1946–2015), author
Business
Warren Buffett
Howard F. Ahmanson Sr. (1906–1968), financier and philanthropist
Walter Behlen (1905–1994), founder of the Behlen Manufacturing Company in
Columbus, Nebraska
Warren Buffett (born 1930), "Oracle of Omaha", investor; Forbes ' 2008 Richest Man in the World
Richard N. Cabela (1936–2014), entrepreneur, founder of
Cabela's sporting goods store
Paul Endacott ,
Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (University of Kansas), president of
Phillips Petroleum Company
Joyce Hall (1891–1982), founder of
Hallmark Cards
Mary E. Smith Hayward (1842-1938), businesswoman; honorary president of the Nebraska Equal Suffrage Association
Andrew Higgins (1886–1952),
industrialist and
shipbuilder ; owner and founder of
Higgins Industries ; manufacturer of "
Higgins boats "
Peter Kiewit (1900–1979),
contractor , investor, and philanthropist
C. Edward McVaney (1940–2020), founder of
JD Edwards
William Norris (1911–2006), pioneering CEO of
Control Data Corporation
Edwin Perkins (1889–1961), inventor of
Kool-Aid ; philanthropist
Frank Phillips (1873–1950), co-founder of
Phillips Petroleum
Michael J. Saylor (born 1965), founder and CEO of
MicroStrategy
Walter Scott Jr. (born 1931),
civil engineer and philanthropist
Carl A. Swanson (1879–1949), founder of
Swanson
Evan Williams (born 1972), creator of
Blogger ; CEO of Twitter
Zach Nelson (born 1961), CEO of
NetSuite (2002-2016)
Science and medicine
Val Fitch
Clayton Anderson (born 1959),
NASA astronaut assigned to
International Space Station
Expedition 15
Nancy Coover Andreasen , neuroscientist and
neuropsychiatrist
Barry Barish (born 1936), Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 for discovery of gravity waves
Henry Beachell (1906–2006), developer of
hybrid rice
George Wells Beadle (1903–1989), geneticist, 1958 Nobel Prize winner
Charles Edwin Bessey (1845–1915), botanist, responsible for planting of the
Nebraska National Forest
Leon Douglass (1869–1940), inventor; co–founder of the
Victor Talking Machine Company
John R. Dunning (1907–1975), physicist, played an instrumental role in the development of the
atomic bomb
Harold "Doc" Edgerton (1903–1990), professor at
MIT , pioneer in
stroboscopic photography
Rollins A. Emerson (1873–1947), geneticist, pioneer in researching the genetics of maize
Val Fitch (1923–2015), nuclear physicist, 1980
Nobel Prize winner
Jay Wright Forrester (1918–2016), pioneer of computer engineering
Daniel Freeman (1826–1908), homesteader, physician and
American Civil War veteran, first person to file for a claim under the
Homestead Act of 1862
Edmund Jaeger (1887–1983), biologist
Jay Keasling (born 1964), synthetic biology pioneer
Francis La Flesche (1857–1932), first Native American anthropologist; author
Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915), first person to receive federal aid for education; first
American Indian woman to become a "western medicine" physician in the United States
Max Mathews (1926–2011), wrote first computer music program
Victor Mills (1897–1997), chemical engineer, inventor of the modern disposable diaper
Donald Othmer (1904–1995), chemical engineer
Joel Stebbins (1878–1966), astronomer
Ivan Sutherland (born 1938), inventor of the
Sketchpad
Sportspeople
A–M
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Richie Ashburn
Sam Crawford
Bob Gibson
Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950),
Baseball Hall of Fame
pitcher
Houston Alexander (born 1972),
mixed martial artist
Barry Alvarez (born 1946),
Wisconsin Badgers football coach and athletic director
Heather Armbrust (born 1977), IFBB professional bodybuilder
Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), Baseball Hall of Fame
center fielder
Max Baer (1909–1959), former heavyweight boxing champion
George Baird (1907–2004), 1928 Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Brad Beckman (1964–1989), professional football player, 1988–1989
Wade Boggs (born 1958), professional baseball player, 1982–1999; 5x American League batting champion
Craig Bohl (born 1958), college football coach
Steve Borden "Sting" (born 1959), professional wrestler for
CWA ,
UWF ,
NWA ,
WCW ,
WWA ,
TNA , and
WWE
Bob Boozer (1937–2012), NBA All-Star (1968) and Olympian (Rome, 1960)
Buddy Carlyle (born 1977), professional baseball pitcher from
Omaha who played for the
MLB ,
KBO and
NPB
Dan Carpenter (born 1985),
placekicker for the
Buffalo Bills
Bob Cerv (1926–2017), professional baseball player, 1951–1962
Joba Chamberlain (born 1985), professional baseball pitcher for the
Detroit Tigers
Jeromey Clary (born 1983),
offensive tackle for the
San Diego Chargers
Sam Crawford (1880–1968),
Baseball Hall of Fame , 2x
Home run champion (1901, 1908), and 3x
AL RBI champion (1910, 1914, 1915)
Terence Crawford (born 1987), undisputed welterweight champion
Gene Cronin (born 1933), lineman for
1957 NFL champion
Detroit Lions
Eric Crouch (born 1978), football
quarterback , 2001
Heisman Trophy winner
Brian Deegan (born 1975), motocross racer
Bob Devaney (1915–1997), football coach for the
University of Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Ted "The Million Dollar Man" DiBiase (born 1954),
professional wrestler
Jake Diekman (born 1987),
relief pitcher for the
Arizona Diamondbacks
Brian Duensing (born 1983), relief pitcher for the
Minnesota Twins
Jake Ellenberger (born 1985),
UFC fighter
David Erb (1923–2019), jockey, winner of 1956
Kentucky Derby and
Belmont Stakes
Chad Fleischer (born 1972), Alpine skier who competed in the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics
Rulon Gardner (born 1971), Olympic gold medalist in
Greco-Roman wrestling
Bob Gibson (1935–2020), Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for the
St. Louis Cardinals
Johnny Goodman (1909–1970), last amateur golfer to win
U.S. Open
Alex Gordon (born 1984),
left fielder for the
Kansas City Royals
Ahman Green (born 1977),
football player for the
Seattle Seahawks ,
Green Bay Packers , and
Houston Texans
Ira Hanford (1918–2009), jockey
Ron Hansen (born 1938), professional baseball player for six MLB teams
Mel Harder (1909–2002), pitcher and manager for the
Cleveland Indians
Alex Henery (born 1987), placekicker for the
Philadelphia Eagles
Opal Hill (1892–1981), golfer and
LPGA co-founder
Russ Hochstein (born 1977),
guard for the
Denver Broncos
Jeremy Horn (born 1975), mixed martial arts fighter in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Chris Kelsay (born 1979),
outside linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
Monte Kiffin (born 1940), football coach
Bill Kinnamon (1919–2011), MLB umpire
Oliver Kirk (1884-1960), bantamweight and featherweight professional boxer
Sam Koch (born 1982),
punter for
Baltimore Ravens
Manny Lawson (born 1984),
outside linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
Frank Leahy (1908–1973), football player, coach, and
College Football Hall of Famer
Sean McDermott (born 1974),
Head Coach for the Buffalo Bills
Zach Miller (born 1984),
tight end for the
Jacksonville Jaguars
Clarence Mitchell (1891–1963), professional baseball pitcher
Darrell Mudra (born 1929), college football coach
N–Z
Gale Sayers
Gregg Olson (born 1966), MLB pitcher, 1989 Rookie of the Year
Jed Ortmeyer (born 1978), professional hockey player for the
Minnesota Wild
Tom Osborne (born 1937), former football coach for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers
Justin Patton (born 1997), basketball player for
Hapoel Eilat of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League , formerly in the NBA
Zach Potter (born 1986),
tight end for the
Jacksonville Jaguars
Ron Prince (born 1969), assistant offensive line coach for the
Indianapolis Colts
James Raschke (born 1940), professional wrestler
Dave Rimington (born 1960), NFL offensive lineman, two-time
Outland Trophy winner
Andy Roddick (born 1982), tennis star
Johnny Rodgers (born 1951), football running back, 1972 Heisman Trophy winner
Gale Sayers (1943–2020),
Football Hall of Fame
running back for the
Chicago Bears
Scott Shanle (born 1979),
outside linebacker for the
New Orleans Saints
Billy Southworth (1893–1969), manager of two
World Series champion
St. Louis Cardinals teams
George Stone (1876–1945),
Major League Baseball
left fielder ; 1906 American League batting champion
[10]
Khyri Thomas (born 1996), basketball player for
Maccabi Tel Aviv of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League and the
EuroLeague
Curtis Tomasevicz (born 1980), 2006 U.S. Olympic bobsledder and former Nebraska Cornhuskers football player
Jack Van Berg (1936–2017), Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer
Brad Vering (born 1977), Olympic
Greco-Roman wrestler in
2004 and
2008
"Gorgeous George" Wagner (1915–1963), professional wrestler
Dan Warthen (born 1952), former
MLB pitcher and current
pitching coach for the
Texas Rangers
Danny Woodhead (born 1983),
running back for the
San Diego Chargers , attended
Chadron State College
Jerry Zimmerman (1934–1998), MLB catcher for the
Minnesota Twins
Greg Zuerlein (born 1987), placekicker for the
St. Louis Rams
Fictional characters
"Clara Allen", who owns a ranch near
Ogallala , in the miniseries
Lonesome Dove , played by
Anjelica Huston
"Ryan Bingham", the Omaha-based principal character from the film
Up in the Air , played by
George Clooney
"
Tracy Flick " (
Reese Witherspoon ) and "Jim McAllister" (
Matthew Broderick ), student and teacher in Omaha suburb from
Election
"Emma Greenway", a woman living in
Kearney and hospitalized in
Lincoln from the film
Terms of Endearment , played by
Debra Winger
"Whitey Marsh" (
Mickey Rooney ) and other characters in the Omaha-set 1938 film
Boys Town , based on a true story
"Will McAvoy", anchor of the fictional Newsnight with Will McAvoy,
HBO 's
The Newsroom . Portrayed by
Jeff Daniels
"
Penny " from
The Big Bang Theory television sitcom, played by actress
Kaley Cuoco
"Brock Samson", an OSI agent born in
Omaha , on the
Adult Swim show
The Venture Bros.
"Warren Schmidt", an insurance agent from Omaha in the film
About Schmidt , played by
Jack Nicholson
"
Kim Wexler ", a lawyer in the television drama
Better Call Saul , played by
Rhea Seehorn
Members of the Strategic Air Command based in Omaha in the 1964 film
Fail-Safe
Other
Malcolm X
Edith Abbott (1876–1957), economist, social worker, educator, and author
Grace Abbott (1878–1939),
social worker and child welfare reformer
Walter Brueggemann (born 1933), Protestant Old Testament scholar and theologian
Frank W. Cyr (1900–1995), educator, author, and
"Father of the Yellow School Bus"
K. G. William Dahl (1883–1917), Lutheran minister and founder of the Bethphage Inner Mission in
Axtell
Clayton Danks (1879–1970), inspiration of the cowboy on the
Wyoming trademark,
Bucking Horse and Rider , with the gelding horse Steamboat; born in
O'Neill in
Holt County , Nebraska
[11]
William Eugene Galbraith (1926–2012),
businessman and National Commander of
The American Legion (1967–68)
[12]
Merle Elwin Hansen (1919–2009), farmer and conservationist
Carmelita Hinton (1890–1983),
progressive educator
John L. Loos (1918–2011),
historian of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Malcolm X (1925–1965),
civil rights leader
Roscoe Pound (1870–1964),
botanist , lawyer, and law professor and theorist
Carrie B. Raymond (1857–1927), choral director, University of Nebraska–Lincoln chorus
Teresa Scanlan (born 1993),
Miss America 2011
Charles Starkweather (1938–1959),
spree killer who murdered 11 victims
Brandon Teena (1972–1993), a
trans man whose murder was the basis of the movie
Boys Don't Cry
Virginia Lamp Thomas (born 1957), consultant for
The Heritage Foundation ; wife of
Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas
Robert B. Wilson (born 1937), economist
Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840-1924), temperance activist
See also
References
^
a
b
"NebraskaStudies.Org" . Archived from
the original on October 14, 2011.
^
"Review: The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder" .
^ Lee's birthplace is at
"Bill Lee" ,
Behind the Voice Actors , retrieved 2014-12-22. His work in The Sound of Music is described at
"The Unsung Overdub Star in Sound of Music " ,
NPR , 2012-11-24, retrieved 2014-12-22.
^
John Trudell at
IMDb
^
"Paul Revere and the Raiders" .
^
"Featured Content on Myspace" .
^
"Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos" . Archived from
the original on October 4, 2001.
^
"AKA the Graffiti Man : John Trudell : Review : Rolling Stone" . www.rollingstone.com . Archived from
the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2022 .
^
Unknown [
permanent dead link ] .
^
"George Stone" . BASEBALL-Reference. Retrieved January 23, 2011 .
^
"Clayton Danks" . records.ancestry.com. Retrieved September 23, 2013 .
^
Galbraith, William (n.d.).
"PNC William Galbraith (1967-68): The Vietnam War and Anti-War Protesters" (Video). PNC Perspectives: An Oral History From Leaders of The American Legion. Marty Callaghan.
The American Legion .
External links