List of people from Des Moines, Iowa
This is a list of the people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Des Moines, Iowa, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
Entertainers
- Steve Higgins, producer, actor, comedian, writer, and announcer of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- Bangladesh (Shondrae Crawford), music producer
- S. Torriano Berry, film producer, writer, and director
- Bruce Brubaker, pianist and Juilliard School faculty member
- Dorothy Byrne, opera singer
- Claiborne Cary, actress
- Virginia Christine, actress, Mrs. Olson in over 100 commercials for Folgers Coffee; attended Elmwood Elementary School in Des Moines
- Stephen Collins, actor, 7th Heaven
- Bill Daily, actor, best known as Capt. Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie, and Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show
- Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling, editorial cartoonist, received the 1924 and 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
- Sarah Darling, country music singer-songwriter
- Joel Dickinson, music producer
- Nicholas Downs, actor
- Rusty Draper, singer
- Ben Easter, actor and photographer
- Hope Emerson, actress
- Michael Emerson, actor and graduate of Drake University; received Emmy Award in 2001 as "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" for playing serial killer William Hinks in several episodes of The Practice and another Emmy Award in 2009 as "Outstanding Supporting Actor" for his role as Benjamin Linus in season 5 of Lost
- Cyrus Fees, mixed martial arts/pro wrestling TV announcer
- Bridget Flanery, actress and Drake University graduate
- Roy Halston Frowick, fashion designer who rose to international fame in the 1970s
- Gordon Gebert, actor
- Tana Goertz, cast member on The Apprentice 3
- Juanita Hansen, silent film actress and anti-drug spokeswoman
- Peter Hedges, writer of What's Eating Gilbert Grape; director of film Pieces of April
- David Anthony Higgins, actor, Malcolm in the Middle
- Harriet Hilliard, film and TV actress, singer, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
- Frank Jenks, actor
- Cloris Leachman, Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress
- Phyllis Love, actress
- Marilyn Maye, singer and musical actress
- Charles McGraw, actor
- Frank Miller, editorial cartoonist, received the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his notable editorial cartoon on nuclear warfare
- Jason Momoa, Baywatch Hawaii, Stargate, New Conan the Barbarian
- Conrad Nagel, silent film actor and a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS); hosted the 3rd and 5th Academy Awards and co hosted with Bob Hope the 25th Academy Awards
- Vivienne Osborne, stage and film actress
- B. J. Palmer, once an owner of the radio station WHO in Des Moines, the person who hired Ronald Reagan as a sports broadcaster at WOC radio which he also owned
- Chris Pirillo, television personality and technology figure
- Ronald Reagan, actor and President of the United States, was a radio sports announcer in Des Moines
- Brandon Routh, actor, best known for title role in Superman Returns
- Martin Spellman, actor
- Bill Stewart, jazz drummer, worked with Pat Metheny
- Stephen Stucker, actor, best known for role as air traffic controller in 1980 movie Airplane!
- India Summer, adult film actress
- Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of TLC, Grammy-winning R&B singer
- Tiny Tim, ukulele musician, performed at Monterey Pop Festival and frequently opened for The Doors at The Scene with Jimi Hendrix in the audience
- Gregory Alan Williams, actor
- Andy Williams, singer
- Roger Williams, pianist and recording artist
Sports
- Harrison Barnes, NBA player
- Steve Bartkowski, NFL quarterback
- Casey Blake, Major League Baseball (MLB) player
- Scott Clemmensen, NHL hockey player
- Harold Ely, NFL player
- Bob Feller, MLB pitcher
- Joel Hanrahan, pitcher for Boston Red Sox
- Bobby Hansen, NBA player, played for Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, and University of Iowa
- Bob Harlan, CEO of Green Bay Packers 1989-2007
- Rex Harvey, Team USA decathlete, one of the developers of tables for grading athletic performances based on sex and age
- Jeremy Hellickson, pitcher for Tampa Bay Rays, attended Herbert Hoover High School in Des Moines
- Ducky Holmes, early 20th Century baseball player
- Frank Irons, 1908 Olympic long jump gold medalist
- Kip Janvrin, Olympian, the oldest United States decathlete to ever compete in the Olympics
- Shawn Johnson, gymnast, 2007 world all-around champion, 2007 national all-around champion, 2008 Olympic champion in balance beam, winner of Season 8 Dancing with the Stars
- Zach Johnson, golfer, 2007 Masters tournament champion, attended school in Des Moines
- Lolo Jones, Olympic track-and-field and bobsled athlete
- Nile Kinnick, American football player and 1939 Heisman Trophy recipient
- Kevin Love, NASCAR driver
- Matt Macri, third baseman for Minnesota Twins, played at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines
- Carl Pohlad, financier and former owner of Minnesota Twins
- Dick Pope, Sr., the "Father of American Water Skiing" and promoter of Florida tourism; born in Des Moines
- Dolph Pulliam, the first African-American television broadcaster in the state of Iowa: the leader and standout player of the Drake men's basketball team in the 1969 Final Four which finished in third-place
- Shawna Robinson, NASCAR driver
- Matt Snider, NFL player
- Jeremy Stephens, featherweight mixed martial arts fighter for UFC
- Kevin Tapani, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ross Verba, NFL lineman, played for Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines
- Frank Wykoff, sprinter, gold medalist at 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics
Authors
- Inez Asher, author and screenwriter
- Stephen Beachy, author
- David W. Belin, author
- Rob Borsellino, author
- Bill Bryson, author
- Thomas M. Disch, author
- Christopher Largen, author
- Era Bell Thompson, writer and journalist
- Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating
Other
- James Allen, commander of Fort Des Moines No. 2 (1843-1846) and organizer of the Mormon Battalion, first officer buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
- Frank Mills Andrews, architect
- George Ball, diplomat
- Martin Bucksbaum (1931-1995), financier and shopping center developer, brother of Maurice and Matthew[1]
- Lawrence Russell Dewey, U.S. Army general
- Andreas Dombret, board member German central bank Deutsche Bundesbank
- Maddi Epping, a slam poet known for the meme "I'm Not Kidding, Maddi"[2][3][4][5]
- Edna Griffin, civil rights activist
- Jim Inhofe, United States Senator serving Oklahoma
- Stephen Kline, artist, photographer
- Laurence W. Lane Jr., magazine publisher and diplomat
- The McCaughey septuplets, born in 1997 in Des Moines to parents from nearby Carlisle, and the world's first set of septuplets to all survive infancy
- Tom Price (born 1945), judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1997-2015; native of Des Moines, resides in Dallas[6]
- James Redfield, railroad engineer and surveyor for the Union Armies of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman
- S. S. Still, graduate of Drake University Law School and founder of what is currently the Des Moines University
- William Tubby, architect
- George W. Webber (1920–2010), president of New York Theological Seminary.[7]
- Larry Zox, Abstract Expressionist, Color Field painter, and Lyrical Abstractionist, Roosevelt High graduate, studied at Des Moines Art Center
Bands
- Faculty Lounge, a band made up of former and current Des Moines-area educators, coaches, and/or administrators, is based in Des Moines.
- The Nadas, the band that Playboy magazine called the "Best College Band You've Never Heard Of" is based in Des Moines.
- Jim Roth, guitarist with rock band Built to Spill, is from West Des Moines.
- Country singers Kate and Kacey Coppola were born in Des Moines, and appeared on CMT's Can You Duet.
- Seven of the nine members of the band Slipknot were born in Des Moines. Paul Gray was born in Los Angeles and James Root was born in Las Vegas.
- The metal band Stone Sour began their music career in Des Moines. Both Slipknot and Stone Sour feature vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist James Root.
- Members of Slipknot:
- Sid Wilson, DJ aka DJ Starscream
- Joey Jordison, drummer
- Chris Fehn, percussionist, backup vocals
- Paul Gray, bassist
- Craig Jones, keyboardist/sampler
- James Root, guitar; and ex guitar player, Stone Sour
- Shawn "Clown" Crahan, percussionist
- Mick Thomson, guitarist
- Corey Taylor, rock/metal musician, vocalist; also with Stone Sour
References
- ↑ Strom, Stephanie (July 10, 1995). "Martin Bucksbaum, 74, Pioneer In Shopping Center Development". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ↑ Abalajon, Earl (11 February 2016). "#ImNotKiddingMaddi Trends After Hillary Clinton Fundraising Email Goes Viral". Yahoo Tech. Yahoo. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ↑ Horton, Helena (10 February 2016). "#ImNotKiddingMaddi trends as Hillary Clinton sends 'desperate' email asking for a dollar after New Hampshire vote". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ↑ Phillips, Jack (10 February 2016). "#ImNotKiddingMaddi Trends, Turns Into a Meme After Hillary Clinton Email Asks for $1". Epoch Times. Epoch Media Group. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (11 February 2016). "Maddi of #ImNotKiddingMaddi opens up about Hillary, Bernie, and Beyoncé’s 'Formation'". The Daily Dot. The Daily Dot. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ↑ "Judge Tom Price: Place 3". txcourts.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ↑ Martin, Douglas. "George W. Webber, Social Activist Minister, Dies at 90", The New York Times, July 12, 2010. Accessed July 13, 2010.
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