Lincoln, Nebraska - Notable People

Notable People

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  • Nancy Coover Andreasen, prominent neuroscientist and neuropsychiatrist, was born in Lincoln.
  • Fred Beebe, former professional baseball player
  • Michael Biehn, actor.
  • Shawn Bouwens, former American football player in the National Football League, played professionally for the Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars.
  • Dan Brown, video blogger and entertainer with an audience of over 250,000 daily subscribers.
  • Johnny Carson, television host and comedian, was raised in Norfolk, Nebraska, but attended college at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
  • Joba Chamberlain, pitcher for the New York Yankees, was born in Lincoln and graduated from Lincoln Northeast High School.
  • Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush, and former CEO of Halliburton, was born in Lincoln but raised in Casper, Wyoming.
  • Amasa Cobb, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
  • Amy Sue Cooper, U.S. Model, and Playboy Cyber Girl of the Year 2005.
  • Richard Cowan, United States Army soldier during World War II and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor.
  • Mary and David Doyle, sibling actors.
  • Mignon G. Eberhart, mystery novelist.
  • Loren Eiseley, anthropologist, science writer, ecologist, and poet.
  • Alex Gordon, MLB player, was born and raised in Lincoln.
  • Bob Kerrey, 35th Governor of Nebraska and a United States Senator from Nebraska
  • Lars Krutak, tattoo anthropologist, writer, photographer.
  • Tosca Lee, award-winning Christian fiction author of Demon: A Memoir and Havah: The Story of Eve.
  • Louise Le Baron Opera singer and Lincoln voice teacher.
  • Verne Lewellen, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers.
  • Gilbert N. Lewis, physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond.
  • Gordon MacRae, actor.
  • Danny Noonan, former player in the National Football League, played for the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers
  • Dirk Obbink, Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature at Oxford University and head of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project.
  • Roscoe Pound, distinguished legal scholar and educator.
  • James Lee Rankin, United States Solicitor General 1956-61
  • Shawn Redhage, basketball player for the Perth Wildcats, grew up in Lincoln but represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
  • Barrett Ruud, NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints.
  • Bo Ruud, NFL linebacker for the Cleveland Browns.
  • Brandon Sanderson, fantasy author.
  • Lindsey Shaw, actress known for her starring roles as Jennifer Mosely on Nickelodeon's sitcom, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and Claire Tolchuck in Aliens in America.
  • The Show is the Rainbow
  • Samuel K. Sloan, pioneer news director for the award-winning Slice of SciFi podcast and Sirius–XM satellite program.
  • Ted Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy’s special counsel and adviser, legendary speechwriter, and alter ego, whom Kennedy once called his “intellectual blood bank.”
  • Charles Starkweather, spree killer who murdered 11 victims in Nebraska and Wyoming during a road trip with his underage girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate.
  • Ryland Steen, drummer for the ska punk band Reel Big Fish.
  • Alex Stivrins, NBA player for the Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Atlanta Hawks.
  • Hilary Swank, two-time Academy Award–winning actress, was born in Lincoln.
  • Matthew Sweet, solo pop rock artist.
  • Brandon Teena, transgender murder victim.
  • Janine Turner, actress, was born in Lincoln but raised in Texas.
  • James Valentine, guitarist for the band Maroon 5, was born and raised in Lincoln.
  • Robert Van Pelt, U.S. District Judge in the District of Nebraska.
  • VOTA, contemporary Christian rock band signed to INO records.
  • Milton I. Wick, organized a book business in Lincoln, Nebraska, that employed college students to sell books to farmers during the summer months. The enterprise was so successful that it was expanded to Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, employing more than 500 students during the three years of its existence. Mr. Wick later founded Wick Communications Company.
  • Don Wilson, announcer and occasional actor in radio and television.
  • Mary Zimmerman, award-winning theatre director and playwright.

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