- Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is a Democratic Senator from Iowa, serving in his fourth senate term. A Democrat, he is currently Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. - Black Hawk
Black Hawk or Black Sparrow Hawk (Sauk Makataimeshekiakiak, "be a large black hawk") (1767-October 3, 1838) was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Native American tribe in what is now the United States. While he had inherited an important historic medicine bundle, he was not a hereditary civil chief of the Sauk. He was, however, appointed a war chief, and was generally known in English as Chief Black Hawk. - Bob Barr
Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, serving as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, as Vice-Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, and as a member of the Committee on Financial Services. Bob Barr occupies the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union, and serves as a Board Member of the National Rifle Association. - Steve King
Steven (Steve) King (born May 28 1949), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 5th District of Iowa (map). He was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, and attended Northwest Missouri State University from 1967 to 1970 before founding King Construction in 1975. He was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1997 before winning Iowa's 5th Congressional district in 2002. - Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley (born September 17 1933) is the senior United States Senator from Iowa. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was chairman of the Finance Committee from January to June 2001, and from January 2003 to December 2006 and currently serves as the committee's Ranking Member. Born in New Hartford, Iowa to Ruth Corwin and Louis Arthur Grassley, Grassley lived in Iowa during his early life. - John Wayne
John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning, American film actor. He epitomized ruggedly individualistic masculinity, and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne thirteenth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. A Harris Poll released in 2007 placed Wayne third among America's favorite film stars, … - Adam Haluska
Adam Haluska (born November 16, 1983 in Carroll, Iowa) is an American basketball player, formerly a shooting guard for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He has scored 1,847 career points. He was named to the first 2007 All-Big Ten Conference Team just weeks after being named the 2007 Academic All-American of the Year. Adam started his career at Iowa State University, but then transferred to the University of Iowa after his freshman year. - Jim Leach
James Albert Smith (Jim) Leach, American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented the 2nd district of Iowa in the state's east central and southeast area (previously the 1st district from 1977–2003) from 1977 to 2007. Leach was born in Davenport, Iowa, and won the 1960 state wrestling championship at the 138-pound weight class for Davenport High School. - Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st United States President. His acts of philanthropy ranged from monetary donations to volunteerism. Hoover donated his entire presidential salary to charity. More >> Hoover is known for being elected president by one of the biggest majorities in the history of the Republican Party. Hoover's administration worked for legislation to protect children, to help small businesses and homeowners, and legislation for the reform of criminals. - Jim Nussle
James Allen "Jim" Nussle (born June 27 1960, Des Moines, Iowa) is an American politician. Nussle was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007. Nussle was the Republican nominee for the November 2006 election for Governor of Iowa, and was defeated by Chet Culver. On June 19, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Nussle to succeed Rob Portman as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. - Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley (born October 30, 1957) is the Democratic Congressman for Iowa's first Congressional District, first elected in the 2006 election. The district lies in northeastern Iowa and includes Davenport, Bettendorf, Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Braley was born in Grinnell, Iowa. His family owned a farm in nearby Brooklyn, Iowa. Braley attended college at Iowa State University, and he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa. - Leonard Boswell
Leonard L. Boswell (born January 10 1934) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing the 3rd District of Iowa (map). Boswell was born in Missouri, was educated at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. He spent twenty years in the United States Army. He was first drafted in the Army in 1956 as a private. He later graduated from Artillery Officers Candidate School, eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. - Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson (born February 24, 1976) is an American golfer and winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament. Johnson was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and developed his golf skills at Elmcrest Country Club, and also as a member of the now defunct Catholic Regis High School golf team, both in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He played #2 on his high school team and led them to an Iowa 3A State Golf Championship in 1992. - Patty Judge
Patty Jean Judge is the current Lieutenant Governor and former Secretary of Agriculture in the U.S State of Iowa. She was elected to the office in 2006, after unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the 2006 Iowa gubernatorial election. Before serving as Agriculture Secretary, she was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1992, and re-elected in 1996. - Grant Wood
Grant Wood, born Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 - February 12, 1942) was an American painter, born in Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. His family moved to Cedar Rapids after his father died in 1901. Soon thereafter he began as an apprentice in a local metal shop. After graduating from Washington High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Wood enrolled in art school in Minneapolis in 1910, … - Tom Latham
Thomas Latham (born July 14 1948), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the 4th District of Iowa (map). He was born in Hampton, Iowa, was educated at Iowa State University, and was a business owner before entering the House. In 1995 Latham became an honorary member Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity at Iowa State University. - Fred Grandy
Fred Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is a former actor who became a member in 1986 of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University in 1970 and is fluent in both French and Arabic. He played the dimwitted Burl "Gopher" Smith for nine years on the American television series "The Love Boat". - Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the American state of Iowa, near Le Claire. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Buffalo Bill is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. - Greg McDermott
Greg McDermott (born November 25, 1964 in Cascade, Iowa) is the current Iowa State University Cyclones Men's Basketball head coach. He took over for fired coach Wayne Morgan. He left the University of Northern Iowa as the head basketball coach in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He took the job at Iowa State University as of March 21, 2006. - Corey Taylor
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa) is the lead vocalist for "Slipknot", a nine-piece nu metal band and founding member for hard rock band "Stone Sour". Taylor grew up in hometown Des Moines in Iowa, United States, along with other "Slipknot" band members. This has been an inspiration to much of "Slipknot"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s work; including their third studio album "Iowa", and the song "(515)", … - Merle Hay
Merle David Hay was the first serviceman to die in World War I from Iowa and one of three (James Gresham & Thomas Enright) to have been the first in the nation but reports are conflicting. All three men were a part of Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (aka "The Big Red One") and in the trenches near Bathelémont-lès-Bauzemont in Lorraine (east of Nancy, France). - Jon Lieber
Jonathan Ray Lieber (born April 2, 1970 in Council Bluffs, Iowa) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies (since 2005). Previously, Lieber played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1994-98), Chicago Cubs (1999-2002) and New York Yankees (2004). He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He was drafted out of the University of South Alabama. - Johnny Carson
John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 - January 23,2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". - Dallas Clark
Dallas Dean Clark (born June 12, 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is an American football tight end who currently plays for the Indianapolis Colts. Clark played college football at the University of Iowa and became one of Iowa's most beloved players. - Kurt Warner
Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22 1971, Burlington, Iowa) is a professional American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. He is best known for his stint with the St. Louis Rams from 1998 to 2003, where he won two NFL MVP awards in 1999 and 2001, as well as the Super Bowl MVP award in Super Bowl XXXIV. Behind Steve Young and Peyton Manning, Warner is ranked third all-time in career passing rating (93.8). - Jack Daniels
Jack Daniels (1923-2003) was a New Mexico politician and the head of an insurance agency. Daniels was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1923. His family moved to Hobbs, New Mexico, in 1937. After graduation from New Mexico Military Institute in 1943, Daniels served on the destroyer USS Walton in the Pacific theater of World War II. He returned home to join his father's insurance agency. He served on the boards of a number of community associations, … - Nick Collison
Nicholas John Collison (born 26 October 1980 in Orange City, Iowa) is an American professional basketball player, currently a power forward for the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association, and well known in basketball circles for his accomplishments at the University of Kansas (KU). - Henry A. Wallace
Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 - November 18, 1965) was the thirty-third Vice President of the United States (1941-45), the eleventh Secretary of Agriculture (1933-40), and the tenth Secretary of Commerce (1945-46). In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party. - Dan McCarney
Dan McCarney (born July 28, 1953, in Iowa City, Iowa) was the head football coach at Iowa State University from 1995-2006. He was the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference when he stepped down on November 8, 2006. At his resignation press conference McCarney was quoted as saying, "Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not? When I took this job, … - Kevin Love
Kevin Love, born in Des Moines, IA, is a former NASCAR driver. He ran five races in the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series season, all for Fiddleback Racing. He made his debut in the #67 Fiddleback truck in the spring '04 Martinsville race, starting 30th and finishing 27th at the tough track. In the race, he completed all but two laps, a tough task at the short track. He improved at his next start at Dover, finishing 24th and then again at Memphis, finishing 21st. - James Wilson
James Wilson (August 16, 1835 - August 26, 1920) was a Scotland-born United States politician who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1897 - 1913. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on August 16, 1835. One of 14 children, he grew up in a farming community not far from the birthplace of Robert Burns. His family emigrated to America in 1852, settling in Connecticut before moving to Iowa in 1855, establishing a farm near Traer. - John Culver
John Chester Culver (born August 8, 1932) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Iowa in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Culver was born in Rochester, Minnesota but moved with his family to Cedar Rapids, Iowa as a child. Culver is a graduate of both Harvard University and Harvard Law School. As an undergraduate, Culver played on the Harvard football team with Edward Kennedy. - Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug (born March 25 1914) is an American agricultural scientist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and has been called the father of the Green Revolution. Borlaug is a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. Borlaug received his Ph.D. in plant pathology and genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1942. He took up an agricultural research position in Mexico, where he developed semi-dwarf high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties. - Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt (January 91859 - March 9 1947) was a woman's suffrage leader. She was elected president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) twice; her first term was from 1900 to 1904 and her second term was from 1915 to 1920. - Neal Smith
Neal Edward Smith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa from 1959 until 1995 — the longest period of time any Iowa Representative has ever served in the United States House of Representatives. He served in the United States Army Air Force during the Second World War as a bomber pilot. His plane was shot down and he received a Purple Heart, nine Battle Stars, and the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters. - Greg Ganske
John Greg Ganske, born March 31, 1949, is a politician from Iowa. He was once a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. Ganske was born in New Hampton, Iowa, and he graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in political science in 1972. In 1976 Ganske graduated from the University of Iowa medical school, where he met and married his wife, Corrine Mikkelson. - Glenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 - presumably December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big Bands." During World War II, while traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France, his plane disappeared in bad weather. His body was never found. Miller's signature recordings - including, among others, "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction", … - Dick Clark
Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark (born September 14, 1928 in Paris, Linn County, Iowa) represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate from 1973 to 1979. Clark, a Democrat, was only successful in his first election for the Senate when, in 1972, he defeated the Republican incumbent, Jack R. Miller. Clark received 662,637 votes (55%) to Miller's 530,525 (44%). American Independent Party candidate William Rocap received 8,954 votes (1%). - Kirk Hinrich
(born January 2 1981 in Sioux City, Iowa) is an American NBA basketball player, currently starting at point guard for the Chicago Bulls. He is also a member of the USA National Team. Hinrich was exposed to basketball at an early age, due to his father, Jim, being a high school basketball coach in Sioux City, Hinrich's father, coached him from the third grade through high school. As a high school senior, Hinrich was named the 1999 Co-Iowa Mr. Basketball, … - Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 - April 21, 1948) was a United States ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. He was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation. Aldo Leopold is considered to be the father of wildlife management in the United States and was a life-long fisherman and hunter. Leopold died in 1948 from a heart attack, while fighting a brush fire on a neighbor's farm.
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