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 Jameil Aossey, songwriter and producer Douglas Barr, actor and vintner Michael Boddicker, musician (distant cousin of Mike Boddicker, MLB player) Molly Brown, actress 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 studentWinston Mill, "At 19 Already a Publisher Four Years," Editor and Publisher, December 2, 1972, pp. 30–31. 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 Soju, drag queen 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 Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron 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 M. W. Miles (1850–1901), postmaster of Waterville, Washington and member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897 Sami Scheetz (born 1996), member of the Iowa House of Representatives Kara Westercamp, associate White House counsel and Judge for the United States Court of International Trade
Science John Mark Dean (1936–2025), conservationist and marine biologist 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 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 Ian Christianson, soccer player 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 Keegan Murray, NBA basketball player Kris Murray, basketball player 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 James Henry Dolan, criminal Garret Frey, disability rights activist George Greene, Iowa Supreme Court justice Šárka B. Hrbková (1878–1948), Czech-American Slavologist Sarah Lacina, winner of CBS show Survivor: Game Changers Denise Stapley, winner of Survivor: Philippines
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