List of people from Cedar Rapids, Iowa

The following is a list of notable people from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This list includes people who were born, have lived, or worked there.

Arts

• Michael Boddicker, musician (distant cousin of Mike Boddicker, MLB player)
• Priyanka Chopra, actress and Miss World 2000
• Marvin D. Cone, artist
• Paul Conrad, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
• Joshua Coyne, musician
• Jim Cummins, NBC News correspondent, 1963 graduate of Regis High School
• Geof Darrow, comic book artist
• Michael Daugherty, classical composer
• Don DeFore, actor and president of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• Bobby Driscoll, child actor, Treasure Island, Peter Pan
• Michael Emerson, actor, grew up in Toledo, Iowa
• Paul Engle, poet
• Terry Farrell, actress
• Ed Gorman, writer
• John Hench, Disney animator and Imagineer
• Harry Hershfield, cartoonist
• David Hilker, musician
• Larry N. Jordan (born 1952), publisher, journalist, and author, launched weekly Cedar Rapids Press-American as a 15-year-old student^[1]
• Ashton Kutcher, actor, star of films and TV's Two and a Half Men
• Ron Livingston, actor, Office Space, Band of Brothers, grew up in Marion, Iowa
• Verne Marshall (1889-1965), Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, head of the No Foreign War Committee^[2]
• Conger Metcalf, artist
• Dow Mossman, author
• Ann Royer, painter, sculptor
• William L. Shirer, journalist and author
• Riley Smith, actor
• Carl Van Vechten, novelist and photographer
• Brooks Wheelan (born 1986), stand-up comedian, featured player on Saturday Night Live
• Elijah Wood, actor, Lord of the Rings
• Grant Wood, famous painter (American Gothic)

Business

• Arthur A. Collins (1909–1987) inventor and founder of Collins Radio Company^[3]
• Walter Donald Douglas, co-founder of Penick & Ford Starch Company, died on RMS Titanic
• Bob Parsons, founder of Parsons Technology and Go Daddy
• John Stuart, CEO of Quaker Oats
• Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers

Military

• Salvatore Giunta US Army, first living recipient of Medal of Honor since Vietnam War^[4][5]
• John O. Miner, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

Politics

• Lord Acton (1941–2010), British peer and politician
• John Ely, member of Iowa General Assembly, instrumental in abolishing capital punishment in Iowa
• Bourke B. Hickenlooper (1896–1971) lieutenant governor, 29th Governor of Iowa, 4-term U.S. Senator^[6]
• Paul Tibbets, pilot of B-29 Enola Gay that dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; lived in Cedar Rapids until 1927

Science

• Alexander Lippisch (1894–1976) aerodynamics pioneer and aircraft designer^[7]
• Wright Brothers, Orville (1871–1948) and Wilbur (1867–1912) aviation pioneers, resided in Cedar Rapids in their youth^[8][9]

Sports

• Adrian Arrington (born 1985), football player^[10]
• Mike Boddicker, Major League Baseball pitcher (distant cousin of Michael Boddicker, musician)
• Robert Bruggeman, football player
• Landon Cassill, NASCAR racer
• Ray Cheetany, UNLV football player, founder of RawTeams.com
• Tim DeBoom, Ironman triathlon champion
• Cal Eldred, baseball player
• Kent Ferguson, Olympic diver, 1991 world champion
• Ben Ford, baseball player
• Trent Green, NFL quarterback
• Beulah Gundling, synchronized swimmer, aquatic artist, choreographer and author
• Fred Jackson, NFL player for Buffalo Bills
• Zach Johnson (born 1976), professional golfer, 2007 Masters champion,^[11] and the 2015 Open Championship winner.
• Danielle Kahle (born 1989), figure skater^[12]
• Aaron Kampman (born 1979) football player, 2-time All-Pro^[13]
• Bruce Kimm, baseball player, coach, and manager
• George Nissen (1914–2010), three-time national AAU champion, 1935–37, developer of modern trampoline^[14][15]
• Wes Obermueller, baseball player
• Arthur D. Pennington, known as Art "Superman" Pennington, was a Negro League baseball star
• Lance Rozeboom, USL Soccer player, Rochester Rhinos Former MLS Player, D.C. United
• Scott Schebler, baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Ryan Sweeney, baseball player, Chicago Cubs
• Dedric Ward, football player
• Kurt Warner (born 1971), pro football quarterback, played in three Super Bowls, won Super Bowl XXXIV as Super Bowl MVP^[16]
• Marshal Yanda, NFL offensive lineman, Baltimore Ravens, Super Bowl champion Super Bowl XLVII

Other

• George Greene, Iowa Supreme Court Justice
• Denise Stapley, winner of CBS show Survivor: Philippines
• Randy Weaver, one of the subjects in 1992's Ruby Ridge shootout with FBI, left in 1983 for Idaho nine years before the shooting.
• Leslie Van Houten, convicted killer and member of Charles Manson's "family" was born in Cedar Rapids in 1949^[17]

References

1. Winston Mill, "At 19 Already a Publisher Four Years," Editor and Publisher, December 2, 1972, pp. 30–31.
2. "Marshall Forms No Foreign War Committee", Lewiston Evening Journal, December 17, 1940, page 9
3. "Famous Iowans Collins, Arthur". Des Moines Register.com. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
4. "Medaglia al parà, Obama chiama la Ederle". Il Giornale di Vicenza. September 10, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
5. Jacobs, Jennifer (September 12, 2010). "Iowan downplays Medal of Honor designation". The Des Moines Register. Archived from the original on September 13, 2010.
6. "HICKENLOOPER, Bourke Blakemore". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
7. Marc de Piolenc, F.; George E. Wright Jr. (2002). Ducted Fan Design, Volume 1 (Revised). Mass Flow. p. 130. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
8. The Eastern Iowa Airport. "About the Airport History". Retrieved 2011-07-04.
9. EAA. "Countdown to Kitty Hawk:Wright Brothers-Full:Chapter 3". Retrieved 2011-07-04.
10. "Adrian Arrington". NFL. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
11. "ZACH JOHNSON". PGA TOUR, Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
12. "Danielle Kahle". Ice Network, LLC. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
13. "Aaron Kampman". National Football League. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
14. "Nissen, George P. inducted 1965". U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
15. McDonell, Terry, ed. (April 26, 2010). "For the Record: Died". Sports Illustrated (Time) 112 (18): 18.
16. Aasen, Susan (June 19, 2009). "Giving Back: NFL Pro Kurt Warner Helps Rebuild His Home Town". ABC News. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
17. "The Family" by Ed Sanders - page 74