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The following is a list of notable people from
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This list includes people who were born, have lived, or worked there.
Arts
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Douglas Barr, actor and vintner
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Michael Boddicker, musician (distant cousin of Mike Boddicker, MLB player)
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Marvin D. Cone, artist
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Paul Conrad, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
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Joshua Coyne, musician
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Jim Cummins,
NBC News correspondent, 1963 graduate of Regis High School
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Geof Darrow, comic book artist
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Michael Daugherty, classical composer
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Don DeFore, actor and president of
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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Bobby Driscoll, child actor,
Treasure Island,
Peter Pan
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Mark Elliot, voice-over artist for Disney previews
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Michael Emerson, actor, grew up in
Toledo, Iowa
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Paul Engle, poet
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James Erwin, author
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Terry Farrell, actress
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Ed Gorman, writer
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John Hench,
Disney animator and
Imagineer
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Harry Hershfield, cartoonist
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Larry N. Jordan (born 1952), publisher, journalist, and author, launched weekly Cedar Rapids Press-American as a 15-year-old student
[1]
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Bert Kelly, jazz musician
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Ashton Kutcher, actor, star of films and TV's
Two and a Half Men
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Ron Livingston, actor,
Office Space,
Band of Brothers, grew up in
Marion, Iowa
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Byron McKeeby, artist
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Conger Metcalf, artist
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Dow Mossman, author
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Matthew Reinhart, author and
pop-up book artist
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Megan Reinking, actor
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Ann Royer, painter, sculptor
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William L. Shirer, journalist and author
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Riley Smith, actor
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Carl Van Vechten, novelist and photographer
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Brooks Wheelan (born 1986), stand-up comedian, featured player on
Saturday Night Live
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Elijah Wood, actor,
The Lord of the Rings
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Grant Wood, famous painter (
American Gothic)
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John Meeks, actor,
The Red Road
Business
Military
Politics
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Lord Acton (1941–2010), British peer and politician
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Jeff Cooling (born 1987), member of the
Iowa House of Representatives
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John Ely, member of
Iowa General Assembly, instrumental in abolishing
capital punishment in Iowa
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T. Cooper Evans (1924–2005), American Congressman
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper (1896–1971), Lieutenant Governor,
29th Governor of Iowa, 4-term
U.S. Senator
[5]
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Benny Johnson, conservative political commentator and columnist
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Sami Scheetz (born 1996), member of the
Iowa House of Representatives
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Paul Tibbets, pilot of
B-29
Enola Gay that dropped
atomic bomb on
Hiroshima, Japan; lived in Cedar Rapids until 1927
Science
Sports
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Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, head coach of the
Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team
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Adrian Arrington (born 1985), football player
[9]
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Alanna Arrington, fashion model
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Mike Boddicker, Major League Baseball pitcher (distant cousin of Michael Boddicker, musician)
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Robert Bruggeman, football player
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Pauly Burke, professional road cyclist
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Landon Cassill, NASCAR racer
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Ray Cheetany, UNLV football player, founder of RawTeams.com
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Tim DeBoom, Ironman triathlon champion
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Cal Eldred, baseball player
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Phil Estes, college football coach
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Kent Ferguson, Olympic diver, 1991 world champion
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Ben Ford, baseball player
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Joey Gase, NASCAR driver
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Trent Green, NFL quarterback
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Beulah Gundling, synchronized swimmer, aquatic artist, choreographer and author
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Fred Jackson, NFL player for Buffalo Bills
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Zach Johnson (born 1976), professional golfer,
2007 Masters champion,
[10] and the 2015 Open Championship winner.
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Danielle Kahle (born 1989), figure skater
[11]
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Aaron Kampman (born 1979), football player, 2-time
All-Pro
[12]
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Mitch Keller, baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
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Bruce Kimm, baseball player, coach, and manager
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Timothy LeDuc, figure skater
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Pat Mason,
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (1950 season)
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George Nissen (1914–2010), three-time national AAU champion, 1935–37, developer of
modern trampoline
[13]
[14]
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Wes Obermueller, baseball player
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Arthur D. Pennington, known as Art "Superman" Pennington, was a
Negro league baseball star
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Lance Rozeboom,
USL Soccer player,
Rochester Rhinos Former
MLS Player,
D.C. United
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Scott Schebler, baseball player,
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Shawn Sedlacek, baseball player,
Kansas City Royals
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Ryan Sweeney, baseball player,
Chicago Cubs
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Dedric Ward, football player
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Kurt Warner (born 1971), pro football
quarterback, played in three
Super Bowls, won
Super Bowl XXXIV as
Super Bowl MVP
[15]
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Earl Whitehill, was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Detroit Tigers, during his career he won 218 games.
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Marshal Yanda, NFL offensive lineman,
Baltimore Ravens,
Super Bowl champion
Super Bowl XLVII
Other
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