Editing Oskaloosa, Iowa (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Eddie Anderson (American football coach)|Eddie Anderson]], football head coach at [[University of Iowa]] 1939–42, 1946–49
* [[Alfred Balk]], magazine editor
* [[Bill S. Ballinger]], author and screenwriter
* [[Steve Bell (news anchor)|Steve Bell]], former [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] anchor
* [[Natalia Maree Belting]], author
* [[Max Bennett (musician)|Max Bennett]], [[jazz]] musician
* [[Charles Brookins]], [[track and field]] athlete
* [[Elaine Christy]], harpist
* [[Bernard A. Clarey]], Admiral, among most decorated U.S. Navy officers; [[Admiral Clarey Bridge]] in [[Pearl Harbor]] named after him
* [[Chester Conklin]], comedian and actor
* [[Marsena E. Cutts]], politician
* [[Lisa Eagen]], athlete, 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, team handball<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oskaloosa.com/sports/x681413121/Eagen-A-humble-hero | title=Eagen A Humble Hero | publisher=Oskaloosa Herald | date=June 29, 2009 | access-date=February 11, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Dulah Marie Evans]], painter, photographer, [[etcher]]
* [[Frank Friday Fletcher]], Admiral, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient and namesake of the {{Sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}}
* [[Cliff Knox]], [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[John F. Lacey]], U.S. Representative
* [[Tip Lamberson]], flute maker
* [[Harry Hamilton Laughlin]], eugenicist
* [[Lillian Miles]], actress best known for her performance in the anti-marijuana film ''[[Reefer Madness]]''
* [[Patrick O'Bryant]], [[National Basketball Association]] player
* [[Arthur Russell (musician)|Arthur Russell]], modern music composer
* [[Tyler Sash]], [[defensive back]] for [[Iowa Hawkeyes]] and Super Bowl champion with the NFL's [[New York Giants]]
* [[Emma Steghagen]], labor organizer and suffragist
* [[John H. Stek]], translator of [[New International Version]] Bible
* [[Cecil W. Stoughton]], [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] presidential photographer
* [[Al Swearengen]], proprietor of Gem Saloon in [[Deadwood, South Dakota]], 1877–1899 (featured in [[HBO]] series ''Deadwood'')
* [[Ed Thomas]], football coach<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090630/NEWS/102100008/1001/%22/apps/pbcs.dll/%22/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=D2&Date=20090624&Category=SPORTS&ArtNo=906240801&Ref=PH%22 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140115010246/http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090630/NEWS/102100008/1001/%22/apps/pbcs.dll/%22/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=D2&Date=20090624&Category=SPORTS&ArtNo=906240801&Ref=PH%22 | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 15, 2014 | title=2,500 give final salute to coach Ed Thomas | publisher=Des Moines Register | date=February 10, 2010 | access-date=January 14, 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Guy Vander Linden]], Iowa state representative, U.S. Marines Brigadier General
* [[Thomas Eugene Watson]], U.S. Marines lieutenant general
* [[Clarence C. Wiley]], ragtime music composer
* [[Roscoe B. Woodruff]], U.S. Army general of World War II