- Ashton Kutcher
Christopher Ashton Kutcher, (born February 71978) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an American actor. He came to fame in the late nineties by playing Michael Kelso in the television series "That '70s Show", and is known for the MTV celebrity prank show "Punk'd". He has become a lead actor in Hollywood films, and a television producer and creator of television series such as "Punk'd" and "Beauty and the Geek", as well as others. - 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, … - Vasant Honavar
Vasant Honavar is an American computer scientist, specializing in artificial intelligence. He received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he worked with Leonard Uhr. Vasant Honavar is a professor of Computer Science at Iowa State University. He heads the Iowa State University Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory. He is the founding director of the Iowa State University Center for Computational Intelligence, Learning and Discovery. - 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, … - 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. - William Stafford
William Edgar Stafford (January 17, 1914 - August 28, 1993) was an American poet and pacifist, and the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He and his writings are sometimes identified with the Pacific Northwest. - Ranjit Hoskote
Ranjit Hoskote (born 29 March 1969) is a contemporary Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator. - James Hynes
James Hynes (born 1955) is an American novelist. He was born in Okemos, Michigan, and currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he has taught creative writing at the University of Texas. He has also taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the University of Michigan, Miami University, and Grinnell College. Hynes received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Michigan and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. - Kelvin Cato
Kelvin T. Cato (born August 26, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a professional basketball player. He is currently playing center for the New York Knicks of the NBA. - 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. - Raef Lafrentz
Raef Andrew LaFrentz (born May 29 1976, in Hampton, Iowa) is an NBA basketball player currently with the Portland Trail Blazers. LaFrentz is a power forward and occasionally plays at center. He is mostly known for his perimeter skills and his shot blocking ability. He wears number 45. LaFrentz played basketball at the University of Kansas, finishing in 1998. He played with current Celtic Paul Pierce while at Kansas. - Marcus Fizer
Darnell Marcus Lamar Fizer (born August 10, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player. An NBA/D-League power forward, he has completed his fifth season in the league. On June 20th, 2007 he signed on a two year deal (900,000 $ a year) with the European power house Maccabi Tel-Aviv and will be playing there next year. After three years at Iowa State, where Fizer was a Sporting News All-America Second Team selection as a junior, … - Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau (born Marcel Mangel) (22 March 1923 – 22 September 2007) was a well-known mime artist, among the most popular representatives of this art form world-wide. - Elijah Wood
Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28 1981) is an American actor. Acting since the age of nine, Wood is best known for the role of Frodo Baggins in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. Making his film debut with a minor part in "Back to the Future Part II" (1989), Wood landed a succession of subsequent larger roles, and became a critically acclaimed child actor. After his role as Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings", … - Harry Reasoner
Harry Reasoner was an American journalist known for his inventive use of language as a television commentator. Born in Dakota City, Iowa, Reasoner studied journalism at Stanford University and the University of Minnesota. He served in World War II and then resumed his journalism career with "The Minneapolis Times". After going into radio with CBS in 1948, Reasoner worked for the United States Information Agency in the Philippines. - Jim Garrison
Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison (November 20, 1921 - October 21, 1992) - who changed his first name to simply Jim in the early '60s - was the Democratic District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana from 1962 to 1973; he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. - David Yost
David Harold Yost (born January 7, 1969) is an American actor known for his role on the television series "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". - Ron Schipper
Ron Schipper (August 7 1928 - March 27 2006), nicknamed "Skip", was an American college football coach at Central College in Pella, Iowa from 1961 to 1996. Schipper was born in Zeeland, Michigan. During his tenure at Central College, he never failed to have a winning season, and retired with an .808 career winning percentage - then the fourth highest in Division III history. His teams won 18 Iowa Conference championships, enjoyed ten undefeated seasons, … - Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson (born January 19, 1992) is an American gymnast. In 2006 Shawn Johnson won every gymnastic meet she competed in execpt for one. Shawn Johnson was also the 2006 U.S. Junior National All-Around Champion. and the 2007 Tyson's American Cup Champion. At the 2006 US Junior Championship, she received a score that was higher than other seniors at that competition. She competed at the 2007 Tyson American Cup where she won the All-Around, … - 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", … - Norman Lear
Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American television writer and producer who produced such popular sitcoms as "All in the Family", "Sanford and Son", "One Day at a Time", "Good Times" and "Maude". - Ron Livingston
Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as a disaffected corporate employee in the cult comedy "Office Space", a sardonic writer and subject of a short-time obsession of Carrie Bradshaw in a cult TV-series "Sex and the City", and as Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries "Band of Brothers". - 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. - Bob Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller (born November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, Iowa), nicknamed the "Heater from Van Meter" and "Rapid Robert", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and Hall of Famer. - Neal Stephenson
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer, known primarily for his science fiction works in the postcyberpunk genre with a penchant for explorations of society, mathematics, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as "Wired Magazine", and has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (funded by Jeff Bezos) developing a manned sub-orbital launch system. - Michael Emerson
Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor of the stage and screen. He won an "Outstanding Guest Actor" Emmy in 2001 for a part on "The Practice", but is currently most famous for his roles as Zep Hindle in the 2004 film "Saw" and Benjamin Linus in the television series "Lost". - Anthony Parker
Anthony Michael Parker (born June 19, 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American professional basketball player currently with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Toronto Raptors. After graduating from Bradley University with a major in liberal arts, he entered the 1997 NBA Draft and played briefly in the NBA before plying his trade in Europe. - Stephen Collins
Stephen Weaver Collins (born October 1 1947) is an American actor. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he was raised in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He attended Amherst College, graduating cum laude. He played bass guitar and rhythm guitar in a number of rock and roll bands at Amherst, including Tambourine Charlie & The Four Flat Tires, The Naugahyde Revolution, and The Flower & Vegetable Show. - Flannery O'Connor
Mary Flannery O'Connor (b. March 25 1925, Savannah, Georgia - d. August 3 1964, Baldwin County, Georgia) was an American author. - Philip J. Klass
Philip Julian Klass (November 8 1919-August 9 2005) was born in Des Moines, Iowa and died in Merritt Island, Florida. He was an electrical engineer by training, and also a journalist, but he is probably best known as a leading debunker of UFOs, arguing especially against the extraterrestrial hypothesis. In the ufological and skeptical communities, Klass tends to inspire strongly polarized appraisals. Klass has been called the "Sherlock Holmes of UFOlogy". - Don Nelson
Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940 in Muskegon, Michigan) is a National Basketball Association head coach. He was named the head coach of the Golden State Warriors on August 30, 2006, his second stint with the franchise. He has also coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks and the Dallas Mavericks. As of March 4, 2007, Don Nelson's overall NBA coaching record is 1,216-914. An innovator, Nelson is credited with, among other things, … - Zack Stortini
Zack Stortini is a professional ice hockey right wing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. He was born September 11, 1985 in Elliot Lake, Ontario. Stortini was chosen in the 3rd round, 94th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He is the former captain of the Sudbury Wolves, where he has spent his entire OHL career. He made his first NHL appearance on January 21, 2007, against the Calgary Flames. - Hill Harper
Hill Harper (born Francis Harper on May 17 1966) is an American film, television and stage actor. - Alex Karras
Alexander George Karras (born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana), is a former football player, professional wrestler and actor who is best known for playing with the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1958-1962 and 1964-1971. In addition, he starred on the ABC sitcom "Webster", alongside real-life wife Susan Clark, as the titular character's adoptive father. - Gary Soto
Gary Soto (born Febuary 1952) is an American author and poet. He has received many awards for his writing, which is centered on the Mexican-American or Chicano experience. Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California, to working-class Mexican-American parents. He had an older brother named Bobby, and a younger sister named Debra. Soto lived in Fresno where he worked as a factory laborer. His inspirations include Thomas Berger, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda, … - Joshua Clover
Joshua Clover (b.1962, Berkeley, California) is a California-based poet, critic, journalist and author. He has appeared in three editions of "Best American Poetry", is a two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize, and recipient of an individual grant from the NEA; his first book of poetry, "Madonna anno domini", received the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. - Marcia Wallace
Marcia Wallace (born November 1, 1942) is an actress from Creston, Iowa. She is a Delta Zeta alumna. Wallace is best known for her roles as Carol Kester Bondurant, the receptionist for Bob Newhart (and dentist Jerry) on the 1972 television series "The Bob Newhart Show", and as the voice of Edna Krabappel on the animated series "The Simpsons", for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992. - Matt Niskanen
Matt Niskanen (born December 6, 1986 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA) is an American professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the first round, 28th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Niskanen currently attends the University of Minnesota Duluth. In 2005-06, his freshman season on the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs hockey team, he recorded 14 points in 38 games. - Luis Ernesto Derbez
Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista is a Mexican politician. Upon assuming power in December 2000, President Vicente Fox chose him to serve as his Secretary of Economy. In January 2003, following the resignation of Jorge Castañeda, Derbez took over as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, a position that he held until President Vicente Fox's term ended on December 1, 2006. - Joel Lundqvist
Joel Lundqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey player with Dallas Stars in NHL. Joel Lundqvist is 6'0 feet tall. He weighs 194 pounds and shoots left handed when playing hockey. Lundqvist was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (3rd round, 68th overall) and signed a one year entry level two way contract with them in May 2006.
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