Editing Ames, Iowa (section)

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=== Acting ===
* [[Evan Helmuth]], actor (1977–2017) (''[[Fever Pitch (2005 film)|Fever Pitch]]'', ''[[The Devil Inside (film)|The Devil Inside]]'')<ref name=reston>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Emke |title=Obituary: Actor Evan Helmuth, 40, Lived in Reston as a Boy |url=https://www.restonnow.com/2017/07/28/obituary-actor-evan-helmuth-40-lived-in-reston-as-a-boy/ |work=RestonNow.com |date=2017-07-28 |access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref>
* [[Nick Nolte]], actor, lived in Ames, 1945-1950<ref>{{cite web |title=residents_nolte |url=http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_nolte.htm |website=ameshistoricalsociety.org |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804180346fw_/http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_nolte.htm |archive-date=4 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Artists and photographers ===
* [[John E. Buck]], sculptor
* [[Robert Crumb]], cartoonist and musician, the Crumb family moved to Ames in August 1950, for two years<ref name="ameshistoricalsociety-r_crumb">{{cite web |title=R. Crumb |url=http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_r_crumb.htm |website=Famous Ames residents |publisher=AmesHistoricalSociety.org |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822144049fw_/http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_r_crumb.htm |archive-date=2007-08-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Lloyd (soprano)|Margaret Lloyd]], opera singer
* [[Laurel Nakadate]], American video artist, filmmaker and photographer
* [[Velma Wallace Rayness]] (1896–1977), author, painter and artist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS059.html|title=Gerard and Velma Rayness Papers, 1861–1979, undated|publisher=[[Iowa State University]]|access-date=September 15, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320073843/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS059.html|archive-date=March 20, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Brian Smith (photographer)|Brian Smith]], Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, born July 16, 1959
 
=== Aviation ===
* [[Neta Snook Southern]], pioneer aviator, taught [[Amelia Earhart]] to fly

=== Musicians ===
* [[Buster B. Jones]], fingerpicker guitarist
* [[John Darnielle]], musician from indie rock band [[The Mountain Goats]]; former Ames resident
* [[The Envy Corps]], indie rock band
* [[Leslie Hall]], electronic rap musician/Gem Sweater collector, born in Ames in 1981
* [[Peter Schickele]], musician, born in Ames in 1935
* [[Richie Hayward]], drummer and founding member of the band [[Little Feat]]; former Ames resident and graduate of Ames High School

=== Journalists ===
* [[Robert Bartley]], editorial page editor of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and a [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] recipient; raised in Ames and ISU graduate
* [[Wally Bruner]], [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] journalist and television host
* [[Michael Gartner]], former president of [[NBC News]]; retired to own and publish the ''[[Ames Tribune]]''

=== Politicians ===
* [[Ruth Bascom]], Mayor of [[Eugene, Oregon]]
* [[Edward Mezvinsky]], former U.S. Congressman; father-in-law of [[Chelsea Clinton]]; raised in Ames
* [[Bee Nguyen]], former [[Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[state representative]]
* [[Bob Walkup]], Mayor of [[Tucson, Arizona]]
* [[Lee Teng-hui]], [[President of the Republic of China]], ISU graduate
* [[Henry A. Wallace]], 11th [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]], 10th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]], and 33rd [[Vice President of the United States]], ISU graduate; lived in Ames from 1892 - 1896

=== Sports ===
* [[Harrison Barnes]], [[NBA]] player, 2015 NBA champion, 2016 U.S. Olympic gold medalist, Ames HS graduate
* [[Sebastián Botero]], soccer player and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sebastian Botero |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/sebastian-botero/ |access-date=February 7, 2025 |website=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref>
* [[Joe Burrow]], [[National Football League|NFL]] quarterback for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]], [[Heisman Trophy]] winner. Born in Ames
* [[Doug McDermott]], basketball player, Ames HS graduate
* [[Kip Corrington]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player
* [[Dick Gibbs (basketball)|Dick Gibbs]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player, Ames HS graduate
* [[Terry Hoage]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player
* [[Fred Hoiberg]], retired [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball player; raised in Ames, ISU graduate, former ISU basketball coach, former coach of the Chicago Bulls and current [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln|Nebraska]] men's basketball coach.  
* [[Herb Sies]], pro football player and coach
* [[Billy Sunday]], evangelist and [[Major League Baseball]] player; born in Ames in 1863<ref name="ameshistoricalsociety/sunday">{{cite web |title=Billy Sunday - Famous Ames resident |url=http://ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_sunday.htm |website=ameshistoricalsociety.org |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928190044fw_/http://ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_sunday.htm |archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref>
* [[Fred Tisue]], Olympian [[water polo]] player

=== Scientists ===
* [[Laurel Blair Salton Clark]], [[astronaut]], died on [[STS-107]]
* [[Charles W. "Chuck" Durham]], civil engineer, philanthropist, civic leader, former CEO and chairman emeritus of [[HDR, Inc.]]; raised in Ames
* [[Lyle Goodhue]], scientist, lived and studied in Ames 1925–1934
* [[Frank Spedding]], chemist, creator of the [[Ames process|Ames Process]] during the [[Manhattan Project]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/17/obituaries/frank-spedding-key-figure-in-atom-bomb-development.html | title=FRANK SPEDDING, KEY FIGURE IN ATOM BOMB DEVELOPMENT (Published 1984) | work=The New York Times | date=December 17, 1984 }}</ref>
* [[Dan Shechtman]], awarded 2011 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for "the discovery of quasicrystals"; Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University (2004–present) and Associate at the Department of Energy's [[Ames Laboratory]]

=== Writers and poets ===
* [[Ann Cotten]], poet, born in Ames, grew up in [[Vienna]]
* [[Brian Evenson]], author
* [[Jane Espenson]], writer and producer for television, including ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', grew up in Ames
* [[Michelle Hoover]], author, born in Ames<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000202347&source=Bookmark&u=mlin_n_umass&jsid=1936fc01d1bd642c574875e0430811d1|title=Contemporary Authors Online|date=2011|website=Biography in Context|publisher=Gale|access-date=December 27, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Meg Johnson (poet)|Meg Johnson]], poet and dancer
* [[Fern Kupfer]], author
* [[Joseph Geha]], author
* [[Ted Kooser]], U.S. [[Poet Laureate]]; raised in Ames and ISU graduate<ref name="ameshistoricalsociety.org/ames_facts">{{cite web |title=Facts about Ames Iowa |url=http://ameshistoricalsociety.org/ames_facts.htm |website=ameshistoricalsociety.org |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020220216fw_/http://ameshistoricalsociety.org/ames_facts.htm |archive-date=2007-10-20}}</ref><ref name="ameshistoricalsociety/kooser">{{cite web |title=Ted Kooser - Famous Ames resident |url=http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_kooser.htm |website=ameshistoricalsociety.org |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203194250fw_/http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_kooser.htm |archive-date=2007-02-03}}</ref>
* [[John Madson]], freelance naturalist of [[tallgrass prairie]] ecosystems<ref name="Price">{{cite book |last=Price |first=John T. |date= June 2014|title=The Tallgrass Prairie Reader |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESSfAwAAQBAJ&q=%22John+Madson%22+%22Des+Moines+Register%22&pg=PA184 |location=Iowa City, Iowa |publisher=University of Iowa Press |page=184 |isbn=9781609382469 }}</ref>
* [[Sara Paretsky]], author of the ''[[V.I. Warshawski]]'' mysteries; born in Ames in 1947
* [[Lincoln Peirce]], cartoonist/writer of the [[Big Nate]] comics and books
* [[Jane Smiley]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novelist; former instructor at ISU (1981–1996); used ISU as the basis for her novel ''[[Moo (novel)|Moo]]''
* [[Neal Stephenson]], author, grew up in Ames
* [[Hugh D. Young|Hugh Young]], coauthor of ''[[University Physics]]'' textbook

=== Other ===
* [[Neva Morris]], at her death (2010) second-oldest person in the world and oldest American aged 114 years; lived in Ames her entire life<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/oldest-american-dies-at-in-iowa/article_c8c3e85c-41ac-11df-82e9-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Oldest American dies at 114 in Iowa|last=Majumdar|first=Nirmalendu|date=6 April 2010|website=The Courier|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-06 |title=Second oldest person in world dies aged 114 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7561259/Second-oldest-person-in-world-dies-aged-114.html |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Todd Snyder (fashion designer)]]
* [[Nate Staniforth]], magician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/watch-magician-nate-staniforth-dazzle-live-audience-card-trick-t123326|title=Watch magician Nate Staniforth dazzle live audience with a card trick|website=TODAY.com|date=February 16, 2018 |access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Brian Thompson (businessman)|Brian Thompson]], businessman (1974–2024)