List of people from Lincoln, Nebraska
This is a list of people from Lincoln, Nebraska.
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| List of people from Lincoln, Nebraska alphabetical order | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DOB | DOD | Career | Notability | |
| E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott | 1860 | Cowboy | Member of the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame (District 6); author of We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher (1939)[1][2] | ||
| Fred Abel | 1903 | 1980 | Athlete | NFL player | |
| Hazel Abel | 1888 | 1966 | Teacher and politician | First woman from Nebraska elected to serve in the U.S. Senate | |
| Nancy C. Andreasen | 1938 | Neuroscientist | One of the world's foremost authorities on schizophrenia | ||
| Fred Beebe | 1879 | 1957 | Professional baseball player[3] | A pitcher for five Major League Baseball teams | |
| Shawn Bouwens | 1968 | Professional football player | Played professionally for the Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars[4] | ||
| Leslie Brooks | 1922 | 2011 | Actress | Featured in films such as Cover Girl and Blonde Ice | |
| William Jennings Bryan | 1860 | 1925 | Lawyer, statesman, politician | Three-time Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States | |
| Johnny Carson | 1925 | 2005 | Entertainer | Host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962-92 | |
| Willa Cather | 1873 | 1947 | Author | Best known for O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop | |
| Dick Cavett | 1936 | Entertainer | Host of The Dick Cavett Show | ||
| Joba Chamberlain | 1985 | Athlete | Relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers | ||
| Dick Cheney | 1941 | Politician | Former Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush | ||
| Amasa Cobb | 1823 | 1905 | Politician | U.S. Representative from Wisconsin | |
| Amy Sue Cooper | Model | Playboy Cyber Girl of the Year 2005 | |||
| Richard Cowan | 1922 | 1944 | Soldier | Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II | |
| Charles G. Dawes | 1865 | 1951 | Banker, politician | Former Vice President of the United States under the Coolidge administration | |
| Sandy Dennis | 1937 | 1992 | Actress | Won an Academy Award for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1967 | |
| David Doyle | 1929 | 1997 | Actor | Starred as "Bosley" in the hit TV series Charlie's Angels | |
| Mary Doyle | 1931 | 1995 | Actress | ||
| Mignon G. Eberhart | 1899 | 1996 | Writer | ||
| Harold Edgerton | 1903 | 1990 | Engineer | Credited with popularizing the use of the electronic flash in photography | |
| Loren Eiseley | 1907 | 1977 | Poet, science writer | Inspired the environmental movement with his writings | |
| Jane English | 1940 | Politician | Member of Arkansas State Senate from North Little Rock | ||
| Deb Fischer | 1951 | Politician | Republican U.S. Senator | ||
| Caril Ann Fugate | 1943 | Criminal | Teenage girlfriend of murderer Charles Starkweather; youngest female in US history to be tried for first-degree murder | ||
| Alex Gordon | 1984 | Athlete | Player for 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals | ||
| Cliff Hillegass | 1918 | 2001 | Businessman | Creator and publisher of CliffsNotes | |
| Alice Hamlin Hinman | 1869 | 1934 | Psychologist | Educational reformer, member of the Lincoln Board of Education | |
| Mike Johanns | 1950 | Politician | Former Republican mayor of Lincoln and governor of Nebraska | ||
| Bob Kerrey | 1943 | Politician | 35th Governor of Nebraska and a U.S. Senator[5] | ||
| Helen Klanderud | 1937 | 2013 | Politician | Former Mayor of Aspen, Colorado[6] | |
| Lars Krutak | 1950 | Anthropologist | |||
| Ron Kurtenbach | 1943 | Activist | Prominent communist and former radio host | ||
| Chris Landreth | 1987 | ||||
| Louise Le Baron | 1874 | 1918 | Opera singer | ||
| Tosca Lee | 1969 | Writer | |||
| Verne Lewellen | 1901 | 1980 | Professional football player | ||
| Gilbert N. Lewis | 1875 | 1946 | Chemist | Developed the Lewis dot structure of molecular modeling | |
| John L. Loos | 1918 | 2011 | Historian | Historian of Lewis and Clark Expedition | |
| Gordon MacRae | 1921 | 1986 | Actor, singer | Best known for appearances in the musicals Oklahoma! and Carousel | |
| Nathaniel Motte | 1984 | Musician | Singer, songwriter, producer and film composer from electric pop duo 3OH!3 | ||
| Danny Noonan | 1965 | Professional football player | Played for the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers[7] | ||
| Dirk Obbink | 1957 | Papyrologist and classicist | |||
| Mary Pipher | 1947 | Psychologist, author | Received and later returned a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association | ||
| Roscoe Pound | 1870 | 1964 | Legal scholar and educator | ||
| John Bennett Ramsey | 1943 | Businessman | Father of JonBenét Ramsey | ||
| James Lee Rankin | 1907 | 1996 | Politician | United States Solicitor General (1956–61)[8] | |
| Shawn Redhage | 1981 | Professional basketball player | Plays in pro league in Australia | ||
| Barrett Ruud | 1983 | Professional football player | |||
| Bo Ruud | 1984 | Professional football player | Played linebacker for New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns | ||
| Brandon Sanderson | 1975 | Writer | |||
| Coleen Seng | 1936 | Politician | Former Democratic mayor of Lincoln | ||
| Lindsey Shaw | 1989 | Actress | Starred in Nickelodeon's sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | ||
| Ted Sorensen | 1928 | Lawyer, speechwriter | Closest adviser to and speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy | ||
| Charles Starkweather | 1938 | 1959 | Criminal | Executed after a killing spree in Nebraska and Wyoming that left 11 dead | |
| Ryland Steen | 1980 | Musician | Drummer for ska punk band Reel Big Fish | ||
| Alex Stivrins | 1962 | Professional basketball player | Played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Atlanta Hawks | ||
| Hilary Swank | 1974 | Actress | Won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby | ||
| Matthew Sweet | 1964 | Musician | Solo pop rock artist, formerly a member of R.E.M. and The B-52's | ||
| Brandon Teena | 1972 | 1993 | Murder victim | Murdered for being transgender; subject of 1999 Oscar-winning film Boys Don't Cry | |
| Janine Turner | 1962 | Actress | Starred in TV series Northern Exposure and film Cliffhanger | ||
| James Valentine | 1978 | Musician | Guitarist for pop rock band Maroon 5 | ||
| Robert Van Pelt | 1897 | 1988 | Attorney | Served as U.S. District Judge in the District of Nebraska | |
| Kent Wells | 1967 | Athlete | NFL and AFL player | ||
| Daniel Whitney (Larry the Cable Guy) | 1963 | Comedian, actor | Co-star of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour | ||
| Milton I. Wick | 1899 | 1981 | Businessman | Founded Wick Communications | |
| Don Wilson | 1900 | 1982 | Announcer | Radio and TV announcer for Jack Benny | |
| Denny Zager | 1943 | Musician | Was member of duo Zager and Evans; current salesman of EZ-Play modified guitars | ||
| Mary Zimmerman | 1943 | Director and playwright | Winner of Broadway's Tony Award in 2002 | ||
| Greg Zuerlein | 1987 | Pro football player | Placekicker for the NFL's St. Louis Rams | ||
References
- ↑ "Texas Ranch House: Teddy Blue Abbott". PBS.
- ↑ Abbott, E.C. "Teddy Blue"; Smith, Helena Huntington (1939). We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher (Reprint (1991) ed.). The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons. ASIN B000M161B4.
- ↑ "Fred Beebe Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Shawn Bouwens". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ↑ Travers, Andrew (2013-10-05). "Helen Kalin Klanderud: June 9, 1937 — Oct. 3, 2013". Aspen Daily News. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ↑ "Danny Noonan". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "J. Lee Rankin". United States Department of Justice. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
See also
- Category:People from Lincoln, Nebraska
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