List of people from Omaha, Nebraska

This is a list of people from Omaha, Nebraska.

Contents :

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

0-9

• 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)

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