List of people from Omaha, Nebraska

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The members of rock band 311

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Hazel Abel — politician

Titus Adams — professional football player

Wesley Addy — actor

Steve Alaimo — musician, record producer

Houston Alexander — professional MMA fighter, radio host, rapper

Kurt Andersen — author

Craig Anton — actor, comedian

Adele Astaire — dancer, entertainer

Fred Astaire — dancer, actor

Guerin Austin — beauty pageant contestant

Pamela Austin — actress

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Max Baer — boxer

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

Rex Barney — Major League Baseball pitcher for Brooklyn Dodgers

John Beasley — actor

Tom Becka — radio host

Jackson Berkey — composer, pianist, instructor

Wade Boggs — baseball player, Hall of Famer

Bob Boozer — former National Basketball Association player and Olympic gold medalist

Steve Borden — professional wrestler better known by his stage name of Sting

Gutzon Borglum — painter, sculptor of Mount Rushmore

James E. Boyd — Mayor of Omaha, 1881-1883 and 1885-1887; seventh Governor of the state of Nebraska

L. Brent Bozell, Jr. — conservative activist and Catholic writer

Marlon Brando — actor

Mildred D. Brown — founder of the Omaha Star

Warren Buffett — billionaire investor and philanthropist

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Lance Cade — professional wrestler

Lloyd Cardwell — played professional football for the Detroit Lions; coached at UNO

Buddy Carlyle — professional baseball pitcher

Ernie Chambers — Nebraska state senator

Jason Christiansen — baseball pitcher

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

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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

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Jake Ellenberger — professional MMA fighter in the UFC

Experience Estabrook — Attorney General of Wisconsin

G. Estabrook — opera composer; daughter of Experience Estabrook

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Henry Fonda — actor

Peter Fonda — actor

Gerald Ford — 38th President of the United States

Sally Fox — member of Vermont General Assembly; lawyer

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Jorge Garcia — actor

Bob Gibson — Baseball Hall of Famer

Terry Goodkind — author

Ahman Green — professional football player

Bennett Greenspan — founder of Family Tree DNA

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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 — U.S. Army officer

Gregory M. Herek — social psychologist and professor

Nick Hexum — singer/guitarist of Omaha's 311

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

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Doug Ingle — keyboardist for Iron Butterfly

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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

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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

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Brigadier General Frank Purdy Lahm — U.S. 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

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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

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John Najjar — auto engineer, designed Ford Mustang

Dave Nelson — professional skateboarder

Jim Newman — television producer

Nick Nolte — actor

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Conor Oberst — singer-songwriter, Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos

Tillie Olsen — author

Jed Ortmeyer — professional ice hockey player

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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

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Daniel Quinn — author

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Anne Ramsey — actress

Andrew Rannells — actor

James Raschke — professional wrestler known as Baron Von Raschke

Origen D. Richardson — fourth Lieutenant Governor of Michigan

Mark Richt — college football coach

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

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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

Carl A. Swanson — founder of Swanson

Inga Swenson — actress

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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

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Gabrielle Union — actress

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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

Geneice Wilcher — beauty pageant winner

Paul Williams — singer-songwriter, actor

Roger Williams — pianist

Julie Wilson — singer and actress

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Malcolm X — civil rights activist

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Paula Zahn — news personality