List of people from Nebraska

The following are people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in Nebraska.

Native Americans

• Crazy Horse (1838-1877), great warrior of the Oglala Sioux
• Red Cloud (1822-1909), chief of the Oglala Sioux
• Standing Bear (1829?-1908), chief of the Ponca Indian tribe

Public Office

• Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1904-1996), United States Attorney General in President Eisenhower's cabinet from 1952 to 1957
• Dick Cheney (1941-), 46^th U.S. Vice-president
• Gerald Ford (1913-), 38^th U.S. President (born in Omaha, but raised in Michigan)
• Kay A. Orr (1939-), first Republican woman governor (Nebraska) in U.S. history (1987-1991)
• Leo Ryan (1925-1978) Congress
• Charles Thone (1924- ), Nebraska Governor and U.S. Congressman

Military/War

• Alfred Gruenther (1899-1983), youngest four-star general in U.S. history, Commander of NATO
• Francis P. Matthews (1887-1952), served as 49^th U.S. Secretary of the Navy, during the administration of President Harry Truman
• Forrest S. Petersen (1922-1990), Navy and NASA test pilot, head of Naval Air Systems Command
• Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), noted military planner and strategist

Entertainment

Film/Theater

• Adele Astaire (1897-1981), dancer and entertainer
• Fred Astaire (1899-1987), dancer and actor
• John Beasley (1943 -), actor
• Ward Bond (1903-1960), actor
• Marlon Brando (1924-2004), Academy Award winning actor
• Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), actor
• James Coburn (1928-2002), actor
• Sandy Dennis (1937-1992), actress
• David Doyle (1929-1997), actor
• Henry Fonda (1905-1982), Academy Award winning actor
• Hoot Gibson (1892-1962), actor, rodeo cowboy
• Leland Hayward (1902-1971), Hollywood and Broadway agent and producer
• Marg Helgenberger (1958-), actress
• David Janssen (1931-1980), actor
• Swoosie Kurtz (1944-), actress
• Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), actor, comedian
• Gordon MacRae (1921-1986), actor, singer
• Dorothy McGuire (1916-2001), actress
• Fred Niblo (1874-1948), actor, director, producer
• Nick Nolte (1941-), actor, producer
• Alexander Payne (1961-), director, screenwriter
• Thurl Ravenscroft (1914-2005), voice actor and singer
• Hilary Swank (1974-), actress
• Inga Swenson (1932-), actress
• Robert Taylor (1911-1969), actor
• Janine Turner (1962-), actress
• Gabrielle Union (1973-), actress
• Charles Weidman (1901-1975), dancer, choreographer
• Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979), producer, writer, actor and director

Comedians/Humorists

• Johnny Carson (1925-2005), comedian

Televison/Radio

• Dick Cavett (1936-), TV talk show host
• Floyd Kalber (1924-2004), TV journalist and anchorman
• Paula Zahn (1956-), News anchor for CNN

Music

• 311, Rock band.
• Ruth Etting (1896-1976), singer and actress
• Howard Hanson (1896-1981), composer and conductor
• Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris (1915-1969), rhythm and blues singer
• Neal Hefti (1922-), jazz trumpeter and composer
• Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908-1993), jazz composer and lyricist
• Matthew Sweet (1964-), rock musician
• Paul Williams (1940-), singer-songwriter
• Roger Williams (1925-), pianist

Art/Literature/Journalism

• Kurt Andersen (1954-), co-founder of Spy Magazine
• John Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941), painter, sculptor, designer and engineer of the presidential busts on Mount Rushmore
• Solon Borglum (1869-1922), sculptor, younger brother of John Gutzon Borglum
• Willa Cather (1873-1947), author
• Ana Marie Cox, blogs for Wonkette
• Terry Goodkind (1948-), bestselling fantasy author
• Robert Henri (1865-1929), painter
• Clifton Hillegass (1918-2001), publisher and founder of Cliffs Notes
• Weldon Kees (1914-1955), poet, novelist, short story writer
• John Neihardt (1881-1973), poet, dubbed the "Poet Laureate of Nebraska and the Plains" by the Nebraska State Legislature in 1921
• Rose O'Neill (1874-1944), Illustrator and writer and creator of the Kewpie doll

Business

• Howard F. Ahmanson, Sr (1906-1968, financier, philanthropist
• Warren Buffett (1930-), "Sage of Omaha," investor; among the wealthiest people in the world
• Richard N. Cabela (1936-), entreprenuer, founder of Cabela's sporting store
• Joyce Hall (1891-1982), founder of Hallmark Cards
• Andrew Higgins (1886-1952), Industrialist and shipbuilder, owner and founder of Higgins Industries, manufacturer of "Higgins boats"
• Peter Kiewit (1900-1979), contractor, investor and philanthropist
• William Norris (1911-), pioneering CEO of Control Data Corporation
• Edwin Perkins (1889-1961), inventor of Kool-Aid, philanthropist
• Walter Scott, Jr. (1931-), civil engineer, philanthropist
• Evan Williams, creator of Blogger

Science/Medicine

• Henry Beachell (1906-), developer of hybrid-rice that has saved millions around the world from starvation
• George Wells Beadle (1903-1989), scientist in the study of genetics
• John R. Dunning (1907-1975), physicist played an instrumental role in the development of the atomic bomb
• Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton (1903-1990), professor at MIT, pioneer in stroboscopic photography
• Rollins A. Emerson (1873-1947), geneticist, considered a pioneer in researching the genetics of maize
• Jay Wright Forrester (1918-), pioneer of computer engineering
• Daniel Freeman (1826-1908), a homesteader, physician and American Civil War veteran. First person to file for a claim under Homestead Act of 1862.
• Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865-1915), first person to receive federal aid for education and the first American Indian woman to become a physician in the United States
• Ivan Sutherland (1938-), inventor of the Sketchpad

Athletics

• Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887-1950), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Max Baer (1909-1959), boxer
• Bob Gibson (1935-), baseball pitcher
• Ahman Green (1977-), football player
• Tom Osborne (1937-), football coach
• James Raschke (1940-), professional wrestler
• Andy Roddick (1982-), tennis star
• Gale Sayers (1943-), Football Hall of Famer
• "Gorgeous George" Wagner (1915-1963), professional wrestler

Other

• Grace Abbott (1878-1939), social worker, child welfare reformer
• Frank W. Cyr (1900-1995), educator, author, "Father of the Yellow School Bus"
• Carmelita Hinton (1890-1983), progressive educator
• Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), founder of Arbor Day
• Roscoe Pound (1870 - 1964), Botanist, lawyer law professor, theorist
• Malcolm X (1925-1965), civil rights leader

See also

• List of people by U.S. state