# List of people from Omaha, Nebraska

This is a list of people from Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States.
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* Q
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## A

* Hazel Abel — politician
* Titus Adams — professional football player
* Wesley Addy — actor
* Steve Alaimo — musician, record producer
* Houston Alexander — professional MMA fighter, radio host, rapper
* Kurt Andersen — author
* Craig Anton — actor, comedian
* Adele Astaire — dancer, entertainer
* Fred Astaire — dancer, actor
* Guerin Austin — Miss Nebraska USA 2004
* Pamela Austin — actress

## B

* Elaine Badgley Arnoux – (née Helen Elaine Harper) portraitist, painter, and sculptor
* Max Baer — boxer
* Byron Bailey — professional American and Canadian football player
* Letitia Baldrige — etiquette expert, Kennedy White House aide
* Rex Barney — Major League Baseball pitcher for Brooklyn Dodgers
* John Beasley — actor
* Tom Becka — radio host
* Jackson Berkey — composer, pianist, instructor
* Wade Boggs — baseball player, Hall of Famer
* Alec Bohm — Major League Baseball Third Baseman for Philadelphia Phillies
* Bob Boozer — National Basketball Association player and Olympic gold medalist
* Gutzon Borglum — painter, sculptor of Mount Rushmore
* James E. Boyd — Mayor of Omaha, 1881–1883 and 1885–1887; seventh Governor of the state of Nebraska
* L. Brent Bozell, Jr. — conservative activist and Catholic writer
* Marlon Brando — actor
* Wade Brorby — United States federal appellate judge
* Mildred D. Brown — founder of the Omaha Star
* Chris Brunt — soccer player
* Brandin Bryant — football player
* Warren Buffett — billionaire investor and philanthropist
* Mellona Moulton Butterfield — china painter, teacher

## C

* Lance Cade — professional wrestler
* Lloyd Cardwell — played professional football for the Detroit Lions; coached at UNO
* Buddy Carlyle — professional baseball pitcher
* Ernie Chambers — Nebraska state senator
* Jason Christiansen — baseball pitcher
* Joseph P. Cleland — U.S. Army major general
* Montgomery Clift — actor
* Abbie Cobb — actress
* James M. Connor — actor
* Barney Cotton — college football coach
* 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
* Blase J. Cupich — Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago

## 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
* Destiny — live-streamer and political commentator
* Adam Devine — actor
* Ted DiBiase — former professional wrestler and Christian minister
* Mike Donehey — lead singer of Christian rock band Tenth Avenue North
* Richard Dooling — novelist, screenwriter
* David Doyle — actor
* Jeff Draheim — film editor
* DrLupo — streamer and YouTuber
* Charles W. "Chuck" Durham — civil engineer, philanthropist, Chairman Emeritus of HDR, Inc

## E

* Jake Ellenberger — professional MMA fighter in the UFC
* Marti Epstein — avante-garde composer
* Experience Estabrook — Attorney General of Wisconsin
* G. Estabrook — opera composer; daughter of Experience Estabrook

## F

* The Faint — post-punk band
* Henry Fonda — actor
* Peter Fonda — actor
* Gerald Ford — 38th President of the United States
* Sally Fox — member of Vermont General Assembly; lawyer

## G

* Jorge Garcia — actor
* Annunciata Garrotto — soprano
* Roxane Gay — writer and professor
* Bob Gibson — Baseball Hall of Fame
* Terry Goodkind — author
* Ahman Green — professional football player
* Bennett Greenspan — founder of Family Tree DNA
* Jake Guentzel — professional ice hockey player

## H

* Breece Hall — NFL running back
* Tim Halperin — singer-songwriter
* Raphael Hamilton — Jesuit and professor of history at Marquette University
* Ron Hansen — author, screenwriter
* Wynonie Harris — rhythm & blues singer
* Harry Haywood — African-American Communist leader
* Jean Heather — actress
* Major General Stuart Heintzelman — U.S. Army officer
* Gregory M. Herek — social psychologist and professor
* Nick Hexum — singer/guitarist of Omaha's 311
* Hallee Hirsh — actress
* Chris Holbert — Colorado politician
* 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

* JoJo Siwa – American singer, dancer, actress, YouTuber and media personality
* Joseph R. Jelinek — U.S. Army brigadier general, deputy director of Army National Guard
* Nikko Jenkins — convicted spree killer
* Marc Johnson (jazz musician) — jazz bass player
* Steve Jennum — mixed martial artist
* Ryan Jensen — mixed martial arts fighter
* Thomas Berger Johnson — artist, post-impressionist painter, metal sculptor and draftsman
* Simon Joyner — singer, songwriter

## K

* Timothy J. Kadavy — U.S. Army Major General, 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)
* Mina Kimes — investigative journalist, ESPN magazine senior writer
* Charles Henry King — pioneer businessman
* Jaime King — actress, model
* Arlene Klasky — animator
* Chris Klein — actor
* Ed Koterba — journalist
* Jeff Koterba — editorial cartoonist, musician, author
* Jason Kreis — soccer player, coach of Real Salt Lake
* Saul Kripke — philosopher
* Swoosie Kurtz — actress

## L

* Frank Purdy Lahm — U.S. Army brigadier general
* Christopher Lasch — historian, social critic
* Oudious Lee — football player
* Matty Lewis — musician, Zebrahead
* Samuel Little — serial killer
* Myra Cohn Livingston — children's poet
* Preston Love — jazz player
* Henry T. Lynch — cancer researcher and professor at Creighton University

## M

* Ike Mahoney — NFL player
* Timothy Mahoney — lead guitarist of 311
* Erin McCarthy — professional ten-pin bowler, 2022 U.S. Women's Open champion
* Timothy McCoy — murder victim killed by John Wayne Gacy in 1972
* Sean McDermott — NFL head coach of Buffalo Bills
* Ed McGivern — shooter
* Dorothy McGuire — actress
* Duncan McGuire — soccer player and 2024 Olympian
* Jake Meyers — Major League Baseball outfielder and World Series champion with Houston Astros
* Andy Milder — actor
* Jay Milder — artist
* Buddy Miles — musician
* Anthony Michael Milone — Roman Catholic bishop
* Henry Monsky — attorney and communal leader
* Rowena Moore — civic and labor activist
* Carol Morris — Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956
* Gerald T. Mullin — Minnesota state legislator, lawyer, and businessman
* Frances Miller Mumaugh — painter
* Charlie Munger (1924–2023) — billionaire investor
* Fred Murree (1861–1950) — professional roller skater

## N

* John Najjar — auto engineer, designed Ford Mustang
* 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
* Sono Osato — dancer and actress

## P

* John W. Patterson — African-American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
* Justin Patton, NBA basketball player and player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, first-round selection in the 2017 NBA draft
* Niles Paul — NFL receiver for the Washington Redskins
* Alexander Payne — Oscar-winning screenwriter and director
* Neal Pionk — NHL player
* 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
* Mark Richt — college football coach
* 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 — Colorado lieutenant governor
* Rainbow Rowell — author
* Darin Ruf (born 1986) — major league baseball player
* Amber Ruffin — comedian and writer
* Colden Ruggles — U.S. Army brigadier general
* Edward Ruscha — artist and photographer

## S

* Penny Sackett — astronomer and Chief Scientist of Australia
* Symone Sanders — Democratic strategist, spokesperson for Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign
* Gale Sayers — professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
* Walter Scott, Jr. — billionaire
* Chad Sexton — drummer of 311
* Josephine Platner Shear — archaeologist and numismatist
* Leisa Sheridan — Playboy Playmate (Miss July 1993)
* JoJo Siwa — dancer from television series Dance Moms
* Elliott Smith — singer/songwriter
* Q. Smith — musical theater actress
* Nicholas Sparks — author
* Skip Stephenson — actor and comedian from TV series Real People
* Sting — professional wrestler, real name Steve Borden
* Todd Storz — entrepreneur who introduced Top-40 radio format
* Jean Stothert — Mayor of Omaha
* Mike Sullivan — 29th Governor of Wyoming
* Sarah Rose Summers — Miss Nebraska USA 2018 and Miss USA 2018
* Carl A. Swanson — founder of Swanson
* Inga Swenson — actress

## T

* Jerry Tagge — NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
* Khyri Thomas (born 1996) — basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague
* JT Thor — NBA player for the Charlotte Hornets and their G League affiliate the Greensboro Swarm
* Donald E. Thorin — cinematographer
* Thomas Tibbles — late 19th-century journalist and Native American rights activist
* Chris Tormey — college football coach
* 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

* Luigi Waites — jazz drummer and vibraphonist
* Eleazer Wakeley — jurist and politician
* Chris Ware — graphic novelist
* Dan Warthen (born 1952) — major league baseball pitcher and coach
* Fee Waybill — singer/songwriter, real name John Waldo Waybill
* Geneice Wilcher — beauty pageant winner
* Paul Williams — singer-songwriter, actor
* Roger Williams — pianist
* Aaron Wills — bassist of 311
* Julie Wilson — singer and actress
* Andre Woolridge — professional basketball player

## Y

* Whitney Young — civil rights activist

## X

* Malcolm X — human rights activist

## Z

* Paula Zahn — news personality