Editing Red Oak, Iowa (section)

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*[[Dennis Ashbaugh]], [[Painting|painter]]
*[[James R. Bennett]], [[Secretary of State of Alabama]] 1993–2003, 2013-2015
*[[Lou Blonger]] (1849–1924), [[Wild West]] saloonkeeper
*[[Johnny Carson]] (1925–2005), [[Entertainment|entertainer]], host of ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garrison|first= Webb B.|author2=Janice Beck Stock |title=A treasury of Iowa tales|publisher= Rutledge Hill Press|year=2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TluzWxUQIccC&q=Johnny+Carson+%22red+oak%22&pg=PT178|isbn=1-55853-751-1 |access-date=2010-12-25}}</ref>
*[[Clyde Cessna]] (1879–1954), founder of [[Cessna]] Aircraft Company
*[[Horace E. Deemer]] (1858–1917), Chief Justice of [[Iowa Supreme Court]] 
*[[Thomas Harlan Ellett]] (1880–1951), [[New York City]] [[architect]]
*[[Joni Ernst]], Republican member of [[Iowa Senate]], junior member of the [[United States Senate]]
*[[Ida M. Evans]], short story writer
*[[Kenneth A. Evans]] (1898–1970), Republican member of [[Iowa Senate]] 1937-45 and [[Lieutenant Governor of Iowa]] from 1945 to 1951
*[[Kurt Griffey]] (1968), Guitarist for [[Creedence Clearwater Revisited]].
*[[Raymond Hatton]] (1887–1971), actor
*[[Elvin Hutchison]] (1912–2001), running back for the [[Detroit Lions]] and [[National Football League]] official
*[[James E. Kearney]] (1884–1977), [[Roman Catholic bishop]]<ref name=curtis>{{cite book|last=Curtis|first=Georgina Pell|title=The American Catholic Who's Who|volume=XIV|year=1961|publisher=Walter Romig|location=Grosse Pointe, Michigan}}</ref>
*[[Dick Kenworthy]], [[Major League Baseball]] [[third baseman]] for the [[Chicago White Sox]]
*[[John Milton Killits]] (1858–1938), [[United States federal judge]] in the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio]] from 1910 to 1928
*[[John Logan (poet)]] (1923–1987), poet and professor
*[[Smith McPherson]] (1848–1915), [[Iowa Attorney General]] from 1881 to 1885
*[[L. Welch Pogue]] (1899–2003), aviation attorney and chairman of the now-defunct [[Civil Aeronautics Board]].
*[[Stephen Shortridge]], [[actor]]
*[[Con Starkel]] (1880–1933), [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] for the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]]
*[[Duane Thompson]] (1903–1970), actress in silent films
*[[Nellie Walker]] (1874–1973), sculptor best known for statue of [[James Harlan (senator)|James Harlan]] in [[National Statuary Hall Collection]] in the [[United States Capitol]]
*[[Fred Lawrence Whipple]] (1906–2004), astronomer, creator of the [[Whipple shield]] and Professor of Astronomy at [[Harvard University]] from 1950 to 1977