List of people from Des Moines, Iowa
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This is a list of the people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Des Moines, Iowa, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
Entertainers
- Steve Higgins, producer, actor, comedian, writer, and announcer of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- Bangladesh (Shondrae Crawford), music producer
- Bruce Brubaker, pianist and Juilliard School faculty member
- Stephen Collins, actor, 7th Heaven
- Bill Daily, actor, best known as Capt. Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie, and Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show
- Sarah Darling, country music singer-songwriter
- Joel Dickinson, music producer
- Cyrus Fees, mixed martial arts/pro wrestling TV announcer
- Roy Halston Frowick, fashion designer who rose to international fame in the 1970s
- Tana Goertz, cast member on The Apprentice 3
- Juanita Hansen, silent film actress and anti-drug spokeswoman
- Peter Hedges, writer of What's Eating Gilbert Grape; director of film Pieces of April
- David Anthony Higgins, actor, Malcolm in the Middle
- Harriet Hilliard, film and TV actress, singer, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
- Frank Jenks, actor
- Cloris Leachman, Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress
- Jason Momoa, Baywatch Hawaii, Stargate, New Conan the Barbarian
- Vivienne Osborne, stage and film actress
- Chris Pirillo, television personality and technology figure
- Ronald Reagan, actor and President of the United States, was a radio disc jockey in Des Moines
- Brandon Routh, actor, best known for title role in Superman Returns
- Bill Stewart, jazz drummer, worked with Pat Metheny
- Stephen Stucker, actor, best known for role as air traffic controller in 1980 movie Airplane!
- India Summer, adult film actress
- Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of TLC, Grammy-winning R&B singer
- Tiny Tim, ukulele musician, performed at Monterey Pop Festival and frequently opened for The Doors at The Scene with Jimi Hendrix in the audience
- Gregory Alan Williams, actor
- Roger Williams, pianist and recording artist
Sports
- Harrison Barnes, player for the NBA
- Steve Bartkowski, NFL quarterback
- Casey Blake, Major League Baseball player
- Scott Clemmensen, NHL hockey player
- Harold Ely, NFL player
- Joel Hanrahan, pitcher for Boston Red Sox
- Bobby Hansen, NBA player, played for Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, and University of Iowa
- Bob Harlan, CEO of Green Bay Packers 1989-2007
- Jeremy Hellickson, pitcher for Tampa Bay Rays, attended Herbert Hoover High School in Des Moines
- Frank Irons, 1908 Olympic long jump gold medalist
- Shawn Johnson, gymnast, 2007 world all-around champion, 2007 national all-around champion, 2008 Olympic champion in balance beam, winner of Season 8 Dancing with the Stars
- Zach Johnson, golfer, 2007 Masters tournament champion, attended school in Des Moines
- Lolo Jones, Olympic track-and-field and bobsled athlete
- Kevin Love, NASCAR driver
- Matt Macri, third baseman for Minnesota Twins, played at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines
- Carl Pohlad, financier and former owner of Minnesota Twins
- Dick Pope, Sr., the "Father of American Water Skiing" and promoter of Florida tourism; born in Des Moines
- Shawna Robinson, NASCAR driver
- Matt Snider, NFL football player
- Jeremy Stephens, featherweight mixed martial arts fighter for UFC
- Kevin Tapani, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ross Verba, NFL lineman, played for Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines
- Frank Wykoff, sprinter, gold medalist at 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics
Authors
- Stephen Beachy, author
- David W. Belin, author
- Rob Borsellino, author
- Bill Bryson, author
- Thomas M. Disch, author
- Christopher Largen, author
- Era Bell Thompson, writer and journalist
- Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating
Other
- Martin Bucksbaum (1931-1995), financier and shopping center developer, brother of Maurice and Matthew[1]
- Lawrence Russell Dewey, U.S. Army general
- Andreas Dombret, board member German central bank Deutsche Bundesbank
- Edna Griffin, civil rights activist
- Stephen Kline, artist, photographer
- Laurence W. Lane Jr., magazine publisher and diplomat
- The McCaughey septuplets, born in 1997 in Des Moines to parents from nearby Carlisle, and the world's first set of septuplets to all survive infancy
- Tom Price (born 1945), judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1997-2015; native of Des Moines, resides in Dallas[2]
- George W. Webber (1920–2010), president of New York Theological Seminary.[3]
- Larry Zox, Abstract Expressionist, Color Field painter, and Lyrical Abstractionist, Roosevelt High graduate, studied at Des Moines Art Center
Bands
- Faculty Lounge, a band made up of former and current Des Moines-area educators, coaches, and/or administrators, is based in Des Moines.
- The Nadas, the band that Playboy magazine called the "Best College Band You've Never Heard Of" is based in Des Moines.
- Jim Roth, guitarist with rock band Built to Spill, is from West Des Moines.
- Country singers Kate and Kacey Coppola were born in Des Moines, and appeared on CMT's Can You Duet.
- Seven of the nine members of the band Slipknot were born in Des Moines. Paul Gray was born in Los Angeles and James Root was born in Las Vegas.
- The metal band Stone Sour began their music career in Des Moines. Both Slipknot and Stone Sour feature vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist James Root.
- Members of Slipknot:
- Sid Wilson, DJ aka DJ Starscream
- Joey Jordison, drummer
- Chris Fehn, percussionist, backup vocals
- Paul Gray, bassist
- Craig Jones, keyboardist/sampler
- James Root, guitar; and ex guitar player, Stone Sour
- Shawn "Clown" Crahan, percussionist
- Mick Thomson, guitarist
- Corey Taylor, rock/metal musician, vocalist; also with Stone Sour
See also
References
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- ↑ Martin, Douglas. "George W. Webber, Social Activist Minister, Dies at 90", The New York Times, July 12, 2010. Accessed July 13, 2010.
