List of people from Omaha, Nebraska
This is a list of people from Omaha, Nebraska.
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- The members of rock band 311
A
- Hazel Abel — politician[1]
- Titus Adams — professional football player[2]
- Wesley Addy — actor
- Steve Alaimo — musician, record producer[3]
- Houston Alexander — professional MMA fighter, radio host, rapper[4]
- Kurt Andersen — author[5]
- Craig Anton — actor, comedian[6]
- Adele Astaire — dancer, entertainer[7]
- Fred Astaire — dancer, actor[8]
- Guerin Austin — beauty pageant contestant
- Pamela Austin — actress[9]
B
- Max Baer — boxer[10]
- Don Bacon - retired United States Air Force Brigadier General and member-elect of the United States House of Representatives seat representing Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
- Byron Bailey — professional American and Canadian football player
- Letitia Baldrige — etiquette expert, former Kennedy White House aide[11]
- Rex Barney — Major League Baseball pitcher for Brooklyn Dodgers
- John Beasley — actor[12]
- Tom Becka — radio host
- Jackson Berkey — composer, pianist, instructor
- Wade Boggs — baseball player, Hall of Famer[13]
- Bob Boozer — former National Basketball Association player and Olympic gold medalist[14]
- Steve Borden — professional wrestler better known by his stage name of Sting[15]
- Gutzon Borglum — painter, sculptor of Mount Rushmore[16]
- James E. Boyd — Mayor of Omaha, 1881-1883 and 1885-1887; seventh Governor of the state of Nebraska[17]
- L. Brent Bozell, Jr. — conservative activist and Catholic writer[18]
- Marlon Brando — actor[19]
- Mildred D. Brown — founder of the Omaha Star[20]
- Warren Buffett — billionaire investor and philanthropist[21]
C
- Lance Cade — professional wrestler[22]
- Lloyd Cardwell — played professional football for the Detroit Lions; coached at UNO
- Buddy Carlyle — professional baseball pitcher[23]
- Ernie Chambers — Nebraska state senator[24]
- Jason Christiansen — baseball pitcher[25]
- Montgomery Clift — actor
- Abbie Cobb — actress
- James M. Connor — actor
- Barney Cotton — assistant coach, Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
- Terence Crawford — undefeated World Champion boxer
- Edward Creighton — founder of Creighton University
- George P. Cronk — Los Angeles City Council member, 1945–52
- General George Crook — US Army officer
- Eric Crouch — football player, Heisman Trophy winner
D
- Nicholas D'Agosto — television and film actor
- Alfonza W. Davis — Tuskegee Airman
- Chip Davis — musician, founder of Mannheim Steamroller
- Dick Davis — NFL player
- Brian Deegan — FMX rider
- Tom Dennison — political boss of Omaha, 1890s-1933
- Adam Devine — actor
- Ted DiBiase — professional wrestler
- Mike Donehey — lead singer of Christian rock band Tenth Avenue North
- Richard Dooling — novelist, screenwriter
- David Doyle — actor
- Mary Doyle — actress
- Charles W. "Chuck" Durham — civil engineer, philanthropist, Chairman Emeritus of HDR, Inc
E
- Jake Ellenberger — professional MMA fighter in the UFC
- Experience Estabrook — Attorney General of Wisconsin
- G. Estabrook — opera composer; daughter of Experience Estabrook
F
- Henry Fonda — actor
- Peter Fonda — actor
- Gerald Ford — 38th President of the United States
- Sally Fox — member of Vermont General Assembly; lawyer[26]
G
- Jorge Garcia — actor
- Bob Gibson — Baseball Hall of Famer
- Terry Goodkind — author
- Ahman Green — professional football player
- Bennett Greenspan — founder of Family Tree DNA
H
- Charles G. Hall — photojournalist
- Ron Hansen — author, screenwriter
- Wynonie Harris — rhythm & blues singer
- Harry Haywood — African-American Communist leader
- Jean Heather — actress
- Major General Stuart Heintzelman — US Army officer
- Gregory M. Herek — social psychologist and professor
- Hallee Hirsh — actress
- Sarah Hollins — beauty queen and TV personality
- Dave Hoppen — NBA player
- Jeremy Horn — mixed martial arts fighter
- John Howell — NFL player
- Cathy Hughes — businesswoman; founder and president of Radio One
I
- Doug Ingle — keyboardist for Iron Butterfly
J
- Jack & Jack — music duo
- Joseph R. Jelinek — U.S. Army Brigadier General, deputy director of Army National Guard
- Steve Jennum — mixed martial artist
- Ryan Jensen — mixed martial arts fighter
- Simon Joyner — singer, songwriter
K
- Timothy J. Kadavy — U.S. Army Major General, former Adjutant General of Nebraska National Guard
- Jay Karnes — actor
- Tim Kasher — singer-songwriter, Cursive and The Good Life
- Alex Kava — author
- Kenton Keith — professional football player
- Charlotte Kemp — Playboy Playmate (Miss December 1982)
- Charles Henry King — pioneer businessman
- Jaime King — actress, model
- Chris Klein — actor
- Jeff Koterba — editorial cartoonist, musician, author
- Jason Kreis — former soccer player and coach of Real Salt Lake
- Saul Kripke — philosopher
- Swoosie Kurtz — actress
L
- Brigadier General Frank Purdy Lahm — US Army officer
- Christopher Lasch — historian, social critic
- Oudious Lee — football player
- Matty Lewis — musician, Zebrahead
- Preston Love — jazz player
- Henry T. Lynch — cancer researcher and professor at Creighton University
M
- Ike Mahoney — NFL player
- Skate Maloley - rapper
- Ed McGivern — shooter
- Dorothy McGuire — actress
- Andy Milder — actor
- Jay Milder — artist
- Buddy Miles — musician
- Rowena Moore — civic and labor activist
- Carol Morris — Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956
- The members of country-pop band Mulberry Lane
- Charlie Munger — billionaire investor
N
- John Najjar — auto engineer, designed Ford Mustang
- Dave Nelson — professional skateboarder
- Jim Newman — television producer
- Nick Nolte — actor
O
- Conor Oberst — singer-songwriter, Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos
- Tillie Olsen — author
- Jed Ortmeyer — professional ice hockey player
P
- Niles Paul — NFL receiver for the Washington Redskins
- Alexander Payne — screenwriter and director
- Mark Pope — NBA player
- Scott Porter — actor
- Nathan Post — 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa
- Ron Prince — college football coach
Q
- Daniel Quinn — author
R
- Anne Ramsey — actress
- Andrew Rannells — actor
- James Raschke — professional wrestler known as Baron Von Raschke
- Origen D. Richardson — fourth Lieutenant Governor of Michigan[27]
- Mark Richt — college football coach[28]
- J. Joseph Ricketts — billionaire
- Matthew Ricketts — first African-American graduate from UNMC; first African-American state legislator
- Pete Ricketts - Governor of Nebraska
- Thomas S. Ricketts - owner of baseball's Chicago Cubs
- Trevor Roach — football player
- Andy Roddick — professional tennis player
- Johnny Rodgers — football player, 1972 Heisman Trophy winner
- Joe Rogers — former Colorado lieutenant governor
- Rainbow Rowell — author
- Edward Ruscha — artist and photographer[29]
S
- Penny Sackett — astronomer and Chief Scientist of Australia
- Symone Sanders - Democratic strategist and former spokesperson for Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign
- Gale Sayers — professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Walter Scott, Jr. — billionaire
- Leisa Sheridan — Playboy Playmate (Miss July 1993)
- Skate — rapper
- JoJo Siwa - dancer from television series Dance Moms
- Elliott Smith — singer/songwriter
- Nicholas Sparks — author
- Skip Stephenson — actor and comedian from TV series Real People
- Todd Storz — entrepreneur who introduced Top-40 radio format
- Mike Sullivan — 29th Governor of Wyoming[30]
- Carl A. Swanson — founder of Swanson
- Inga Swenson — actress
T
- Jerry Tagge — NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
- Donald E. Thorin — cinematographer
- Thomas Tibbles — late 19th-century journalist and Native American rights activist
- Mark Traynowicz — football player
- John Trudell — poet, Native American activist, actor
- Stanley M. Truhlsen — professor and philanthropist
- Steve Turre — jazz trombonist
U
- Gabrielle Union — actress
W
- Lindsay Wagner — Playboy Playmate (Miss November 2007)
- Luigi Waites — jazz drummer and vibraphonist
- Eleazer Wakeley — jurist and politician
- Chris Ware — Eisner Award-winning comic book creator
- Fee Waybill (John Waldo Waybill) — singer/songwriter[31]
- Geneice Wilcher — beauty pageant winner
- Paul Williams — singer-songwriter, actor[32]
- Roger Williams — pianist
- Julie Wilson — singer and actress
X
- Malcolm X — civil rights activist
Z
- Paula Zahn — news personality
See also
- List of lists about Omaha, Nebraska
- List of people from North Omaha, Nebraska
- Founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska
- People from Omaha (category)
- People from Omaha by occupation (category)
References
- ↑ "ABEL, Hazel Hempel, (1888 - 1966)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Titus Adams". Nebraska Athletics. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Across the Charts, the 1960s. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 14. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ "Houston Alexander "the Assassin"". Sherdog. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Omaha's Culture Club". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Craig Anton". CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Astaire, Fred". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Omaha Nebraska". City-Data.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ Lisanti, Tom (2007). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland. p. 15. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ↑ "Omaha Nebraska". City-Data.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Letitia Baldrige dies at 86; 'doyenne of decorum' was social secretary to first lady Jacqueline Kennedy". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ "John Beasley". The History Makers. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Wade Boggs". Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Bob Boozer, a 1960 Olympian, Is Dead at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Omaha Nebraska". City-Data.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Omaha Innovators Borglum". www.douglascohistory.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ↑ "Kansas Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ↑ Popowsk, Mark D. (2011). The Rise and Fall of Triumph: The History of a Radical Roman Catholic Magazine, 1966–1976. Lexington Books. p. 3. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "Omaha Nebraska". City-Data.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Mildred Brown". Nebraska Studies. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Omaha Nebraska". City-Data.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Lance McNaught". CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Buddy Carlyle". MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Omaha Nebraska". City-Data.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Jason Christiansen Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ↑ Votesmart.org.-Sally Fox
- ↑ Morton, Julius Sterling and Watkins, Albert (1911). Illustrated History of Nebraska: A History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region, with Steel Engravings, Photogravures, Copper Plates, Maps and Tables, Volume 1. Western Pub. and Engraving Company. p. 205.
- ↑ "Omaha Nebraska". City-Data.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
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- ↑ "Wyoming Governor Michael J. Sullivan". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ↑ Discogs.com
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