List of people from Nebraska

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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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Native Americans[]

  • Joba Chamberlain, pitcher for Detroit Tigers; Ho-Chunk
  • Crazy Horse (1838–1877), great warrior of the Oglala Lakota Sioux pre-statehood
  • Angel De Cora (1871–1919), painter, illustrator, American Indian advocate
  • Chief Waukon Decorah
  • He Dog
  • Hononegah, Ho-Chunk
  • Francis La Flesche (1857–1932), first Native American anthropologist, author; Omaha people
  • Susan La Flesche Picotte, born on Omaha Reservation 1865; first Native American woman to earn a medical degree
  • Susette LaFlesche Tibbles, "Bright Eyes", born in Bellvue, 1854; writer (published in New York Tribune, Omaha World-Herald); trial translator and media source for the plight of the Ponca people and Standing Bear during the Trial of Standing Bear, May 1879; Omaha/Ponca
  • Little Hawk
  • Mountain Wolf Woman, Ho-Chunk
  • Red Bird
  • Red Cloud (1822–1909), chief of the Oglala Sioux
  • Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr.
  • Chief Standing Bear (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, civil rights activist, community activist, speaker, poet, performer, musician, actor; Santee
  • Yellow Thunder
  • Kim Winona (1930–1978), actress
  • Raymond Yellow Thunder, ranch hand killed in a notable hate crime in 1972 in Gordon; Oglala Lakota[2]
  • James Young Deer

Public office[]

  • 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
  • (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
  • 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 and war[]

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Justin Bruening (born 1979), actor, All My Children, Knight Rider
  • Montgomery Clift (1920–1966), 4-time Oscar-nominated actor, From Here to Eternity, The Misfits, Red River, Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Abbie Cobb, actress, Suburgatory
  • James Coburn (1928–2002), Academy Award-winning actor, Our Man Flint, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Affliction
  • James M. Connor (born 1960), actor
  • Lucas Cruikshank (born 1993), 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
  • Christopher B. Duncan (born 1964), actor, The Jamie Foxx Show, The District, Aliens in America
  • Leslie Easterbrook (born 1949), actress, Police Academy films
  • Ruth Etting (1896–1978), singer and actress
  • Jim Fitzpatrick (born 1959), actor, All My Children
  • 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
  • Randy J. Goodwin (born 1967), actor and director, The Vampire Diaries, Girlfriends, Grey's Anatomy
  • Ashley Graham (born October 30, 1987), model
  • Coleen Gray (1922–2015), actress, Kiss of Death, Red River
  • Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), actor, musician, One Tree Hill, October Road, How to Make It in America
  • Leland Hayward (1902–1971), Hollywood and Broadway agent and producer
  • Jean Heather (1921–1995), actress, Double Indemnity
  • Marg Helgenberger (born 1958), actress, CSI
  • Brad William Henke (born 1971), actor, October Road, Nikki, Lost
  • Hallee Hirsh (born 1987), actress, Flight 29 Down, JAG, ER
  • Virginia Huston (1925–1981), actress, Out of the Past
  • David Janssen (1931–1980), actor, The Fugitive
  • Jay Karnes (born 1963), actor, Det. "Dutch" Wagenbach on The Shield
  • Jaime King (born 1979), actress
  • Emily Kinney (born 1985), actress, singer, The Walking Dead
  • Swoosie Kurtz (born 1944), actress, Sisters, Mike & Molly
  • 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
  • Pierce Lyden (1908–1998), actor
  • Gordon MacRae (1921–1986), actor and singer, Oklahoma!, Carousel
  • Irish McCalla (1928–2002), actress
  • Holt McCallany (born 1964), actor, Lights Out, Freedom, CSI: Miami
  • Dorothy McGuire (1916–2001), Oscar-nominated actress, Gentleman's Agreement, Friendly Persuasion, Old Yeller
N–Z
  • 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 (born 1925), actress
  • Scott Porter (born 1979), actor, Friday Night Lights, The Good Wife
  • Anne Ramsey (1929–1988), Oscar-nominated actress
  • Thurl Ravenscroft (1914–2005), voice actor and singer
  • Julie Sommars (born 1942), actress, Matlock
  • Rebecca Staab (born 1961), actress, former beauty queen, Live Shot
  • Hilary Swank (born 1974), two-time Academy Award-winning actress, Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby
  • Inga Swenson (born 1932), actress, Benson, Advise and Consent
  • Robert Taylor (1911–1969), actor, Ivanhoe, Quo Vadis, Camille
  • Janine Turner (born 1962), actress, Northern Exposure
  • John Trudell (1946–2015), actor, subject of documentary[4]
  • Gabrielle Union (born 1973), actress, Bring It On, Bad Boys II
  • Lucky Vanous (born 1961), model, actor, Pacific Palisades
  • Charles Weidman (1901–1975), dancer and choreographer
  • Irene Worth (1916–2002), Tony Award-winning actress, Nicholas and Alexandra, Lost in Yonkers, Deathtrap
  • David Yost (born 1969), actor and producer, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
  • Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), Hollywood studio mogul, producer and director

Comedians and humorists[]

  • James Adomian (born 1980), actor, stand-up comedian
  • Johnny Carson (1925–2005), comedian
  • Ryan Cownie, stand-up comedian
  • Adam DeVine, actor, comedian, writer, Workaholics
  • Godfrey (born 1969), comedian, actor
  • Larry the Cable Guy (born 1963), comedian
  • Skip Stephenson (1940–1992), comedian, actor
  • Roger Welsch (born 1936), author, humorist, and folklorist

Television and radio[]

  • Dick Cavett (born 1936), television talk show host
  • Vivi Janiss (1911–1988), theatre, film, and television actress
  • Floyd Kalber (1924–2004), television journalist and anchorman
  • The Potash Twins (born 1993), television hosts & musicians
  • Lindsey Shaw (born 1989), child actor for Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, born in Lincoln
  • Kim Winona (1930–1978), actress who portrayed Morning Star on CBS's Brave Eagle (1955–1956)
  • Paula Zahn (born 1956), television journalist

Music[]

  • Kianna Alarid (born 1978), lead singer for band Tilly and the Wall
  • Roni Benise, flamenco guitarist
  • (born 1978), bassist for band Rival Sons
  • Chip Davis (born 1947), singer-songwriter, founder of Mannheim Steamroller, and president and CEO of American Gramaphone
  • Ruth Etting (1896–1976), singer and actress
  • 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
  • (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

Art, literature, and journalism[]

  • 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, grew up in Plattsmouth, Nebraska
  • Earle D. Chesney (1900–1966), cartoonist
  • Ana Marie Cox (born 1972), founder and editor of the political blog Wonkette
  • Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), anthropologist, science writer, ecologist, and poet, born in Lincoln
  • Angel De Cora Dietz (Fleecy Cloud Floating in Place), painter, illustrator, American Indian advocate, Carlisle Boarding School teacher (1871–1919); Ho-Chunk
  • 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
  • Francis La Flesche (1857–1932), author
  • Susette LaFlesche Tibbles, "Bright Eyes"; born in Bellevue, 1854; writer; Omaha/Ponca[1]
  • 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
  • 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[]

  • 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
  • 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[]

  • 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

Athletics[]

A–M
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Richie Ashburn
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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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]
  • 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
  • "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[]

  • "Penny", from The Big Bang Theory TV series, 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
  • "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
  • "Clara Allen", who owns a ranch near Ogallala, in the miniseries Lonesome Dove, played by Anjelica Huston
  • "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
  • Members of the Strategic Air Command based in Omaha in the 1964 film Fail-Safe
  • "Will McAvoy", anchor of the fictional Newsnight with Will McAvoy, HBO's The Newsroom. Portrayed by Jeff Daniels

Other[]

  • David Phelps Abbott (1863–1934), magician and author
  • 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
  • Lucas Cruikshank, maker of internet videos
  • 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
  • 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

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Review: The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder".
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