List of Famous people born in Iowa, United States of America

Matthew Nile Ashford is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Bay, for the former of which he received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2012.

Bryan Woods is an American film director and screenwriter born in Davenport, Iowa and raised in the neighboring community of Bettendorf. He co-writes and co-directs with filmmaking partner Scott Beck. Together they co-wrote and executive produced A Quiet Place for Paramount Pictures, in addition to writing and directing Haunt for producer Eli Roth, and Nightlight, a supernatural thriller for Lionsgate and Herrick Entertainment.

Ralph Senensky is an American television director and writer. He studied at the Pasadena Playhouse and worked as a stage director before directing for television.

Robert David Fulton is an American politician who briefly served as the 37th Governor of Iowa during the first 16 days of 1969. He also served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1965 to 1969.

Robert Fletcher is an American costume and set designer. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is best known designing costumes for major ballet and opera companies in addition to films, television specials, and New York stageplay. As of 2018, Fletcher was living in Kansas City with his husband, dancer Jack Kauflin.

Kay Avonne Orr is an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, she was the state's first female governor.

Brian Lane Bell is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Weezer, with whom he has recorded fourteen studio albums. Bell also fronts the rock band The Relationship and was previously the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Space Twins.

Matthew David Koch is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

James Edward Hansen is an American adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is best known for his research in climatology, his 1988 Congressional testimony on climate change that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to avoid dangerous climate change. In recent years he has become a climate activist to mitigate the effects of global warming, on a few occasions leading to his arrest.