# List of people from Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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

* Douglas Barr, actor and vintner
* Michael Boddicker, musician (distant cousin of Mike Boddicker, MLB player)
* Marvin D. Cone, artist
* Paul Conrad, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
* Joshua Coyne, musician
* Jim Cummins, NBC News correspondent, 1963 graduate of Regis High School
* Geof Darrow, comic book artist
* Michael Daugherty, classical composer
* Don DeFore, actor and president of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
* Bobby Driscoll, child actor, Treasure Island, Peter Pan
* Mark Elliot, voice-over artist for Disney previews
* Michael Emerson, actor, grew up in Toledo, Iowa
* Paul Engle, poet
* James Erwin, author
* Terry Farrell, actress
* Ed Gorman, writer
* John Hench, Disney animator and Imagineer
* Harry Hershfield, cartoonist
* Larry N. Jordan (born 1952), publisher, journalist, and author, launched weekly Cedar Rapids Press-American as a 15-year-old student
* Bert Kelly, jazz musician
* Ashton Kutcher, actor, star of films and TV's Two and a Half Men
* Ron Livingston, actor, Office Space, Band of Brothers, grew up in Marion, Iowa
* Byron McKeeby, artist
* Conger Metcalf, artist
* Dow Mossman, author
* Matthew Reinhart, author and pop-up book artist
* Megan Reinking, actor
* Ann Royer, painter, sculptor
* William L. Shirer, journalist and author
* Riley Smith, actor
* Carl Van Vechten, novelist and photographer
* Brooks Wheelan (born 1986), stand-up comedian, featured player on Saturday Night Live
* Elijah Wood, actor, The Lord of the Rings
* Grant Wood, painter (American Gothic)

## Business

* Arthur A. Collins (1909–1987), inventor and founder of Collins Radio Company
* Walter Donald Douglas, co-founder of Penick & Ford Starch Company, died on RMS Titanic
* Bob Parsons, founder of Parsons Technology and Go Daddy
* John Stuart, CEO of Quaker Oats
* Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers

## Military

* Salvatore Giunta, US Army, first living recipient of Medal of Honor since Vietnam War
* John O. Miner, U.S. Navy rear admiral
* Paul Tibbets, pilot of B-29 Enola Gay that dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; lived in Cedar Rapids until 1927

## Politics

* Lord Acton (1941–2010), British peer and politician
* Jeff Cooling (born 1987), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
* John Ely, member of Iowa General Assembly, instrumental in abolishing capital punishment in Iowa
* T. Cooper Evans (1924–2005), congressman
* Bourke B. Hickenlooper (1896–1971), lieutenant governor, 29th governor of Iowa, 4-term U.S. senator
* Benny Johnson, conservative political commentator and columnist
* Sami Scheetz (born 1996), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
* Paul Tibbets, pilot of B-29 Enola Gay that dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; lived in Cedar Rapids until 1927

## Science

* Alexander Lippisch (1894–1976), aerodynamics pioneer and aircraft designer
* Wright Brothers, Orville (1871–1948) and Wilbur (1867–1912), aviation pioneers, resided in Cedar Rapids in their youth

## Sports

* Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, head coach of the Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team
* Adrian Arrington (born 1985), football player
* Charlie Bales (born 1991), soccer player, manager, and sports commentator
* Mike Boddicker, Major League Baseball pitcher (distant cousin of Michael Boddicker, musician)
* Robert Bruggeman, football player
* Pauly Burke, professional road cyclist
* Landon Cassill, NASCAR racer
* Ray Cheetany, UNLV football player, founder of RawTeams.com
* Tim DeBoom, Ironman triathlon champion
* Cal Eldred, baseball player
* Phil Estes, college football coach
* Kent Ferguson, Olympic diver, 1991 world champion
* Ben Ford, baseball player
* Joey Gase, NASCAR driver
* Trent Green, NFL quarterback
* Beulah Gundling, synchronized swimmer, aquatic artist, choreographer and author
* Fred Jackson, NFL player for Buffalo Bills
* Ashley Joens, basketball player, Phoenix Mercury
* Zach Johnson (born 1976), professional golfer, 2007 Masters champion, and the 2015 Open Championship winner
* Danielle Kahle (born 1989), figure skater
* Aaron Kampman (born 1979), football player, 2-time All-Pro
* Mitch Keller, baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
* Bruce Kimm, baseball player, coach, and manager
* Timothy LeDuc, figure skater
* Pat Mason, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (1950 season)
* George Nissen (1914–2010), three-time national AAU champion, 1935–37, developer of modern trampoline
* Wes Obermueller, baseball player
* Arthur D. Pennington, known as Art "Superman" Pennington, was a Negro league baseball star
* Lance Rozeboom, USL soccer player, Rochester Rhinos former MLS player, D.C. United
* Scott Schebler, baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers
* Shawn Sedlacek, baseball player, Kansas City Royals
* Kiah Stokes, basketball player, Las Vegas Aces
* Ryan Sweeney, baseball player, Chicago Cubs
* Dedric Ward, football player
* Kurt Warner (born 1971), pro football quarterback, played in three Super Bowls, won Super Bowl XXXIV as Super Bowl MVP
* Earl Whitehill, Major League Baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers; won 218 games during his career
* Marshal Yanda, NFL offensive lineman, Baltimore Ravens, Super Bowl champion Super Bowl XLVII

## Other

* Alanna Arrington, fashion model
* Mark Elliott, former disc jockey, familiar for voicing Disney (among other companies) trailers and guest-hosting American Top 40 with Casey Kasem
* George Greene, Iowa Supreme Court justice
* Šárka B. Hrbková (1878–1948), Czech-American Slavologist
* Sarah Lacina, winner of CBS show Survivor: Game Changers