Editing Cresco, Iowa (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Norman Borlaug]], [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate, attended Cresco High School<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://borlaug.cfans.umn.edu/about-borlaug/child |title=Norman Borlaug: The Child |website=Driven to Discover |publisher=University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences |access-date=April 18, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[Charley Bowers|Charles Bowers]], cartoonist and filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.howard-county.com/iowa/charles-bowers.html|title=Howard County Economic Development: Howard County, Iowa {{!}} Cresco, Iowa {{!}} Riceville, Iowa {{!}} Elma, Iowa {{!}} Lime Springs, Iowa {{!}} Protivin, Iowa {{!}} Chester, Iowa|website=www.howard-county.com|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref>
* [[Ellen Church]], the world's first female flight attendant<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3847732/first-stewardess-ellen-church/|title=Hired for Their Looks, Promoted For Their Heroism: The First Flight Attendants|last=Latson|first=Jennifer|date=May 15, 2015|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref>
* [[Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald]], the fourth bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=67MNAQAAIAAJ&q=Edward%20Aloysius%20Fitzgerald%20cresco&pg=PA144|title=The American Catholic Who's Who|publisher=Walter Romig|year=1911|volume=14|location=Grosse Pointe, MI|pages=144|issn=0364-6394}}</ref>
* [[Wilma Anderson Gilman]] (1881–1971), concert pianist, music teacher, clubwoman<ref name="WhoMinnesota-1924">{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Mary Dillon |title=Who's who Among Minnesota Women: A History of Woman's Work in Minnesota from Pioneer Days to Date, Told in Biographies, Memorials and Records of Organizations |date=1924 |publisher=Mary Dillon Foster |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027811010&view=1up&seq=7 |via=[[HathiTrust]] |page=120 |chapter=Wilma Anderson Gilman |access-date=21 June 2022 |language=en }} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
* [[Maurice C. Gregory]], United States Marine Corps brigadier general<ref>{{Cite book|title=United States Marine Corps Generals of World War II: A Biographical Dictionary|last=Clark|first=George|publisher=McFarland|year=2008|isbn=978-0786432035|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=56}}</ref>
* [[Hal Holmes]], United States congressman
* [[Edward Howard (bishop)|Edward Howard]], Roman Catholic [[archbishop]] of [[Portland, Oregon]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/04/obituaries/edward-howard-105-senior-us-archbishop.html|title=Edward Howard, 105, Senior U.S. Archbishop|date=January 4, 1983|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Edouard Izac]], Medal of Honor recipient<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usna.edu/Notables/moh/1915izac.php|title=Edouard Victor Michel Izac|website=www.usna.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>
* [[Frank J. Lowry]], United States admiral<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.extension.iastate.edu/howard/page/five-admirals|title=Five Admirals {{!}} Howard County|website=www.extension.iastate.edu|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>
* [[Oliver Munson]], Wisconsin state senator<ref>{{Cite book|title=Southwestern Wisconsin, a history of old Crawford County|last=Gregory|first=John|publisher=S.J. Clarke Pub. Co|year=1932|volume=3|pages=57|oclc=834199797}}</ref>
* [[Harold Nichols]], former [[Iowa State University]] wrestling coach <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.desmoinesregister.com/hall-of-fame/single.php?id=459|title=Register Sports Hall of Fame Database - Harold Nichols {{!}} DesMoinesRegister.com|website=data.desmoinesregister.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>
* [[Robert E. Smylie]], [[List of governors of Idaho|24th governor of Idaho]]; raised in Cresco<ref>{{Cite book|title=American State Governors, 1776-1976|last=Kallenbach|first=Joseph|publisher=Oceana Publications|year=1977|isbn=9780379006650|volume=2|location=Dobbs Ferry, N.Y|pages=243}}</ref>
* [[Elmarie Wendel]], American actress and singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920800/|title=Elmarie Wendel|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>
* [[Ernest J. Windmiller]], Minnesota state legislator and businessman<ref>[https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11836 Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Ernest J. Windmiller]</ref>