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This is a list of people from Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States.




A


Hazel Abel — politician
Farrah Abraham — reality television personality, singer, pornographic actress, and writer
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 — Miss Nebraska USA 2004
Pamela Austin — actress




B


Elaine Badgley Arnoux – (née Helen Elaine Harper) portraitist, painter, and sculptor
Max Baer — boxer
Byron Bailey — professional American and Canadian football player
Letitia Baldrige — etiquette expert, 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 — National Basketball Association player and Olympic gold medalist
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
Wade Brorby — United States federal appellate judge
Mildred D. Brown — founder of the Omaha Star
Brandin Bryant — football player
Warren Buffett — billionaire investor and philanthropist
Mellona Moulton Butterfield — china painter, teacher




C


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
Joseph P. Cleland — U.S. Army major general
Montgomery Clift — actor
Abbie Cobb — actress
James M. Connor — actor
Barney Cotton — college football coach
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
Blase J. Cupich — Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago




D


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
Destiny — live-streamer and political commentator
Adam Devine — actor
Ted DiBiase — former professional wrestler and Christian minister
Mike Donehey — lead singer of Christian rock band Tenth Avenue North
Richard Dooling — novelist, screenwriter
David Doyle — actor
Jeff Draheim — film editor
DrLupo — streamer and YouTuber
Charles W. "Chuck" Durham — civil engineer, philanthropist, Chairman Emeritus of HDR, Inc




E


Jake Ellenberger — professional MMA fighter in the UFC
Marti Epstein — avante-garde composer
Experience Estabrook — Attorney General of Wisconsin
G. Estabrook — opera composer; daughter of Experience Estabrook




F


The Faint — post-punk band
Henry Fonda — actor
Peter Fonda — actor
Gerald Ford — 38th President of the United States
Sally Fox — member of Vermont General Assembly; lawyer




G


Jorge Garcia — actor
Annunciata Garrotto — soprano
Roxane Gay — writer and professor
Bob Gibson — Baseball Hall of Fame
Terry Goodkind — author
Ahman Green — professional football player
Bennett Greenspan — founder of Family Tree DNA
Jake Guentzel — professional ice hockey player




H


Breece Hall — NFL running back
Tim Halperin — singer-songwriter
Raphael Hamilton — Jesuit and professor of history at Marquette University
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
Chris Holbert — Colorado politician
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




I


Doug Ingle — keyboardist for Iron Butterfly




J


JoJo Siwa – American singer, dancer, actress, YouTuber and media personality
Joseph R. Jelinek — U.S. Army brigadier general, deputy director of Army National Guard
Nikko Jenkins — convicted spree killer
Steve Jennum — mixed martial artist
Ryan Jensen — mixed martial arts fighter
Thomas Berger Johnson — artist, post-impressionist painter, metal sculptor and draftsman
Simon Joyner — singer, songwriter




K


Timothy J. Kadavy — U.S. Army Major General, 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)
Mina Kimes — investigative journalist, ESPN magazine senior writer
Charles Henry King — pioneer businessman
Jaime King — actress, model
Arlene Klasky — animator
Chris Klein — actor
Ed Koterba — journalist
Jeff Koterba — editorial cartoonist, musician, author
Jason Kreis — soccer player, coach of Real Salt Lake
Saul Kripke — philosopher
Swoosie Kurtz — actress




L


Frank Purdy Lahm — U.S. Army brigadier general
Christopher Lasch — historian, social critic
Oudious Lee — football player
Matty Lewis — musician, Zebrahead
Samuel Little — serial killer
Myra Cohn Livingston — children's poet
Preston Love — jazz player
Henry T. Lynch — cancer researcher and professor at Creighton University




M


Ike Mahoney — NFL player
Timothy Mahoney — lead guitarist of 311
Erin McCarthy — professional ten-pin bowler, 2022 U.S. Women's Open champion
Timothy McCoy — murder victim killed by John Wayne Gacy in 1972
Sean McDermott — NFL head coach of Buffalo Bills
Ed McGivern — shooter
Dorothy McGuire — actress
Duncan McGuire — soccer player, United States international, and Olympian
Jake Meyers — Major League Baseball outfielder and World Series champion with Houston Astros
Andy Milder — actor
Jay Milder — artist
Buddy Miles — musician
Anthony Michael Milone — Roman Catholic bishop
Henry Monsky — attorney and communal leader
Rowena Moore — civic and labor activist
Carol Morris — Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956
Gerald T. Mullin — Minnesota state legislator, lawyer, and businessman
Frances Miller Mumaugh — painter
Charlie Munger (1924–2023) — billionaire investor
Fred Murree (1861–1950) — professional roller skater




N


John Najjar — auto engineer, designed Ford Mustang
Jim Newman — television producer
Nick Nolte — actor




O


Conor Oberst — singer-songwriter, Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos
Tillie Olsen — author
Jed Ortmeyer — professional ice hockey player
Sono Osato — dancer and actress




P


John W. Patterson — African-American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
Justin Patton, NBA basketball player and player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, first-round selection in the 2017 NBA draft
Niles Paul — NFL receiver for the Washington Redskins
Alexander Payne — Oscar-winning screenwriter and director
Neal Pionk — NHL player
Mark Pope — NBA player
Scott Porter — actor
Nathan Post — 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa
Ron Prince — college football coach




Q


Daniel Quinn — author




R


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 — Colorado lieutenant governor
Rainbow Rowell — author
Darin Ruf (born 1986) — major league baseball player
Amber Ruffin — comedian and writer
Colden Ruggles — U.S. Army brigadier general
Edward Ruscha — artist and photographer




S


Penny Sackett — astronomer and Chief Scientist of Australia
Symone Sanders — Democratic strategist, spokesperson for Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign
Gale Sayers — professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
Walter Scott, Jr. — billionaire
Chad Sexton — drummer of 311
Josephine Platner Shear — archaeologist and numismatist
Leisa Sheridan — Playboy Playmate (Miss July 1993)
JoJo Siwa — dancer from television series Dance Moms
Elliott Smith — singer/songwriter
Q. Smith — musical theater actress
Nicholas Sparks — author
Skip Stephenson — actor and comedian from TV series Real People
Sting — professional wrestler, real name Steve Borden
Todd Storz — entrepreneur who introduced Top-40 radio format
Jean Stothert — Mayor of Omaha
Mike Sullivan — 29th Governor of Wyoming
Sarah Rose Summers — Miss Nebraska USA 2018 and Miss USA 2018
Carl A. Swanson — founder of Swanson
Inga Swenson — actress




T


Jerry Tagge — NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
Khyri Thomas (born 1996) — basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague
JT Thor — NBA player for the Charlotte Hornets and their G League affiliate the Greensboro Swarm
Donald E. Thorin — cinematographer
Thomas Tibbles — late 19th-century journalist and Native American rights activist
Chris Tormey — college football coach
Mark Traynowicz — football player
John Trudell — poet, Native American activist, actor
Stanley M. Truhlsen — professor and philanthropist
Steve Turre — jazz trombonist




U


Gabrielle Union — actress




W


Luigi Waites — jazz drummer and vibraphonist
Eleazer Wakeley — jurist and politician
Chris Ware — graphic novelist
Dan Warthen (born 1952) — major league baseball pitcher and coach
Fee Waybill — singer/songwriter, real name John Waldo Waybill
Geneice Wilcher — beauty pageant winner
Paul Williams — singer-songwriter, actor
Roger Williams — pianist
Aaron Wills — bassist of 311
Julie Wilson — singer and actress
Andre Woolridge — professional basketball player




Y


Whitney Young — civil rights activist




X


Malcolm X — human rights activist




Z


Paula Zahn — news personality




See also


List of lists about Omaha, Nebraska
List of people from North Omaha, Nebraska
Founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska
People from Omaha (category)
People from Omaha by occupation (category)




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