Editing Burlington, Iowa (section)

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*[[Tony Baker (running back, born 1945)|Tony Baker]], played in the [[National Football League]], earned a [[Pro Bowl]] selection in 1969
*[[George J. Bauer]] (1871&ndash;1942), Illinois state representative
*[[Robert Bierstedt]] (1913–1998), influential [[sociologist]] at the [[University of Virginia]] and former president of the [[Eastern Sociological Society]]
*[[Tom Billups]], American [[rugby football|rugby]] player
*[[Harriet Connor Brown]] (1872-1962), writer and women's rights activist
*[[Wallace Carothers|Dr. Wallace Carothers]], inventor of nylon
*[[James Clarke (Iowa)|James Clarke]], Governor of [[Iowa Territory]], founder of the Iowa Patriot newspaper now called ''[[The Hawk Eye]]''
*[[John Corse|John Murray Corse]], [[American Civil War]] General
*[[Thomas G. Courtney|Thomas Courtney]], Iowa Senator
*[[Augustus C. Dodge]], [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from Iowa
*[[Henry Dodge]] (1782–1867) United States Senator from [[Wisconsin]] and Governor of [[Wisconsin Territory]]
*[[Wayne Duke]], Commissioner of the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] and [[Big Eight Conference]]s
*[[Marion Howard Dunham]] (1842–1921), teacher, activist, suffragist
*[[Grace Durand]] (1867–1948), businesswoman and dairy owner in Illinois
*[[William Frawley]] (1887–1966), actor, best known as [[Fred Mertz]] on the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' show
*[[James L. Green]], scientist, Director of the [[Planetary Science Division]] at NASA's Science Mission Directorate
*[[James Wilson Grimes]] U.S. Senator noted for being the swing vote in the [[Impeachment of Andrew Johnson|Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson]]
*[[Jack Hamilton (baseball)|Jack Hamilton]], [[Major League Baseball]] player from 1962 to 1969
* [[Serranus Clinton Hastings]], U.S. Congressman and founder of the [[Hastings College of the Law]] at [[University of California]]<ref>{{cite dictionary|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000330|title= HASTINGS, Serranus Clinton, (1813–1893)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= March 12, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Frank Hatton (US politician)|Frank Hatton]], [[United States Postmaster General]] and newspaperman
*[[Bart Howard]], composer and writer of the jazz standard "[[Fly Me to the Moon]]"
*[[Jimmie E. Howard]] (1929–1993), received the [[Medal of Honor]] in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], the [[USS Howard (DDG-83)|USS Howard]] is named in his honor
*[[John Hurlburt]] (1898–1968), NFL player
*[[James M. Kelly (astronaut)|James M. Kelly]], [[NASA]] [[Astronaut]], piloted the Space Shuttle's 2005 [[STS-114|Return to Flight]]
*[[Jack Kent (illustrator)|Jack Kent]], Illustrator of famous [[comic strip]], [[King Aroo]]
*[[Aldo Leopold]], naturalist and writer
*[[A. Starker Leopold]], author, [[zoologist]], and [[conservation movement|conservationist]]
*[[Everett Lindsay]], [[NFL]] player
*[[Steve Macko]] (1954–1981), baseball player with the [[Chicago Cubs]] during the 1979 and 1980 [[Major League Baseball]] seasons
*[[Arabella Mansfield]], first female lawyer in the United States.
*[[Robert J. Marshall]], President of the [[Lutheran Church in America]], 1968–1978
*[[Richard Paul Matsch]], [[United States federal judge]]
*[[John H. Mickey]], 17th governor of [[Nebraska]] from 1903 to 1907
*[[May Naudain]] (1881–1923), musical theatre and vaudeville singer
*[[Robert Noyce]], co-founder of [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] and [[Intel]], credited with the invention of the [[integrated circuit]] or microchip
*[[Kay A. Orr]], Governor of [[Nebraska]] and the first Republican woman governor<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nebraska/col2-content/main-content-list/title_orr_kay.html|title= Nebraska Governor Kay A. Orr|publisher= National Governors Association|access-date= October 6, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Matt Perisho]], [[Major League Baseball]] player
*[[Charles Elliott Perkins]] (1840–1907), railroad tycoon [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofiowafro04gueb |title=HISTORY OF IOWA From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century|publisher=The Century History Company|last=Gue|first= Benjamin F.|year=1903|pages= [https://archive.org/details/historyofiowafro04gueb/page/212 212] Vol IV|access-date= 2011-06-01}}</ref> Perkins Park in Burlington was part of his estate
*[[George C. Remey]] (1841–1928), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__e0UAAAAYAAJ/page/n68/mode/1up |title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans |volume=IX |editor1-first=Rossiter |editor1-last=Johnson |editor2-first=John Howard |editor2-last=Brown |publisher=The Biographical Society |location=Boston |year=1904 |access-date=2022-06-07 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
*[[Mason Remey]] (1874–1974), religious leader of the [[Baháʼí Faith in the United States|American Baháʼí community]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stockman |first=Robert |year=1995 |title=Remey, Charles Mason |website=Baha'i Library Online |url=https://bahai-library.com/stockman_remey |access-date=2022-06-07}}</ref>
*[[William Butler Remey]] (1842–1895), Judge Advocate General of the Navy, 1880–1892<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82611100/sioux-city-journal-obituary-for-colonel/ |title=Col. Remey was an Iowan |newspaper=[[Sioux City Journal]] |date=1895-01-27 |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2022-06-07}}{{Open access}}</ref>
*[[Matthew Rinker]] (born 1984), member of the [[Iowa House of Representatives]]
*[[George Scott III]] (1953-1980), punk bassist
*[[Edward C. Stone|Dr. Edward Stone]], former director of the [[NASA]] [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]
*[[Elswyth Thane]], [[romance novelist]]
*[[Charles Wachsmuth]], [[paleontologist]]
*[[Kurt Warner]], NFL quarterback, twice named the [[National Football League]] Most Valuable Player and MVP of [[Super Bowl XXXIV]]
*[[Robert Watts (artist)|Robert Watts]], artist