Bix Beiderbecke

Bix Beiderbecke

male, deceased (1931)
Dixieland trumpeter, Swing pianist, Dixieland cornetist, Jazz composer, jazz pianist, American jazz cornetist…Iowa musician, from the Quad Cities, From Davenport, Iowa, Davenport
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 - August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player, as well as a very talented classical and jazz...
Jack Fleck

Jack Fleck

male, 88 years old
PGA Seniors' Championship, d-day, golfer, caddy, Champions Tour, From Davenport, Iowa…from Arkansas
Jack Fleck (born November 7, 1921) is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1955 U.S. Open. Fleck was born and raised in...
Randy Shilts

Randy Shilts

male, deceased (1994)
From Aurora, Illinois, LGBT, From Davenport, Iowa, From San Francisco, Historian of LGBT topics, LGBT writer…from the United States
Randy Shilts (August 8 1951 - February 17 1994) was a highly acclaimed, pioneering gay American journalist and author. He worked as a reporter for...
Isabel Bloom

Isabel Bloom

female, deceased (2001)
sculptor, American, From Davenport, Iowa, From Galveston, Texas, from the Quad Cities, Village of East Davenport
Isabel Bloom (February 10, 1908 - May 1, 2001) was an artist who was born Isabel Sherer in Galveston, Texas, and raised in Davenport, Iowa. She...

Mark Salter

male
speechwriter, Faith Of My Fathers, Character is Destiny, Worth the Fighting For, Virginia writer, Iowa writer…from the Quad Cities, From Alexandria, Virginia, From Davenport, Iowa
Mark Salter is an American writer from Davenport, Iowa known for his collaborations with United States Senator John McCain on several nonfiction...
Roger Craig

Roger Craig

male, 49 years old
San Francisco 49ers player, running back, Roger Timothy Craig, Nebraska Cornhuskers Running Back, National Conference Pro Bowl player, Davenport…From Davenport, Iowa
Roger Timothy Craig (born July 10, 1960 in Davenport, Iowa) is a former NFL running back who won three Super Bowls (1985, 1989, 1990) while playing...
Lara Flynn Boyle

Lara Flynn Boyle

female, 39 years old
punk'd by Ashton Kutcher, from Chicago, Irish, dyslexic, Italian-American, Dr. Zhivago…from the Quad Cities, Davenport, From Davenport, Iowa, Iowa actor, born in Davenport, Iowa
Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970 in Davenport, Iowa) is an American actress who was raised in Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin. Although she is...
George Cram Cook

George Cram Cook

male, deceased (1924)
Stanford University, writer, Harvard, American, University of Heidelberg, From Davenport, Iowa
George Cram Cook or Jig Cook was an American novelist, poet, and playwright. He was a lover of ancient Greece, an idealist who dreamt of spiritual...
Eugene Burton Ely

Eugene Burton Ely

male, deceased (1911)
United States naval aviation, Curtiss-Wright Company, racing, Aviation pioneer, aviator, National Aviation Hall of Fame…From Davenport, Iowa, Iowa State University
Eugene Burton Ely (October 21 1886 - October 19, 1911) was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft take off and landing....

Bob Stull

male
University of Missouri–Columbia, Dubuque Senior High School, University of Missouri–Columbia faculty, From Davenport, Iowa, Offensive Coordinator, from Dubuque, Iowa
Bob Stull is the athletic director at UTEP. He has previously served as head football coach at Massachusetts, Missouri and UTEP. A native of...