Editing Council Bluffs, Iowa (section)

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===Academics===
* [[Nathan M. Pusey]]: educator and former [[president of Harvard University]]

===Arts===
* [[Walter Cassel]]: opera singer
* [[Janet Dailey]], romance novelist
* [[John Durbin]]: actor
* [[Addison Farmer]]: jazz musician
* [[Art Farmer]]: jazz musician
* [[Louise Fitch]] (1914–1996): actress 
* [[Joan Freeman (actress)|Joan Freeman]]: actress, co-starred with [[Elvis Presley]] in ''[[Roustabout (film)|Roustabout]]''
* [[Peg Hillias]]: actress
* [[Harry Langdon]]: [[silent movie]] comedy actor
* [[Sagan Lewis]]: actress (''[[St. Elsewhere]]'')<ref name=thr>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes |title=Sagan Lewis, Actress and Wife of Emmy Winner Tom Fontana, Dies at 63 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sagan-lewis-dead-actress-tom-918366 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 9, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref>
* [[James Millhollin]]: character actor
* [[Lula Greene Richards]]: poet
* [[Charles Roscoe Savage]]: photographer
* [[Ernest Schoedsack]]: film director, including the original ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' and ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]''
* [[David Yost]]: actor

===Business===
* [[Abraham Harry Blank]] (1879–1971), founder of the Central States Theater Corporation and a major philanthropist
* [[Jonathan Browning (inventor)|Jonathan Browning]]: gunsmith
* [[Martin Burns]]: championship [[wrestler]], founder of mail-order "Farmer Burns Scientific School of Wrestling"
* [[Millard Seldin]] (1926–2020), real estate developer, banker, basketball investor, and horsebreeder.
* [[Joseph Faust]]
Founder and CEO of Joseph Faust Enterprises LLC, entrepreneur, real estate investor.

===Journalism===
* [[William Pfaff]]: journalist
* [[Jack L. Treynor|Jack Lawrence Treynor]] (February 21, 1930 – May 11, 2016): editor of Financial Analysts Journal

===Military===
* [[Frank F. Everest]]: [[U.S. Air Force|Air Force]] general and Commander in Europe during the [[Cold War]]
* [[John S. McCain Jr.]]: Navy Admiral, father of U.S. Senator and presidential candidate [[John McCain|John S. McCain III]]
* [[Raymond R. Wright (USMC)|Raymond R. Wright]]: Marine Corps General during [[World War II]]

===Politics===
* [[Amelia Bloomer]] (1818–1894): 19th century [[suffragist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gonfishn/bhopci/b/bloomera.html|title=Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa|publisher=Mrs. Amelia Bloomer|access-date=December 8, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Bowman (Iowa politician)|Thomas Bowman]]: businessman and U.S. Congressman
* [[Sam Brown (activist)|Sam Brown]]: organizer [[Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam]], former [[Colorado]] state treasurer
* [[Grenville Dodge]]: U.S. Congressman, Civil War general, chief engineer of the [[Union Pacific]] during construction of the [[transcontinental railroad]]
* [[Michael Gronstal]]: former [[Minority Leader]], present [[Majority Leader]] [[Iowa Senate]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=6430|title=Project Vote Smart|publisher= Senator Michael Gronstal |access-date=December 8, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Septimus J. Hanna]] (1845–1921): [[Christian Science|Christian Scientist]], appointed judge of County Court (then in Council Bluffs) at age 23<ref>[http://journal.christianscience.com/issues/1989/12/107-12/they-answered-the-call-septimus-j.-hanna "They answered the call: Septimus J. Hanna"] ''[[Christian Science Journal]]'' (December 1989). Retrieved July 9, 2013 {{subscription required}}</ref>
* [[Clem F. Kimball]]: [[Lieutenant Governor of Iowa]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iowajones.org/bio/bioKIM.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512165328/http://iowajones.org/bio/bioKIM.htm|title=Biographical Sketch of Clem F. Kimball|archive-date=May 12, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Lyman]]: Civil War soldier, lawyer, judge, U.S. Congressman
* [[William Henry Mills Pusey]]: State Senator and U.S. Congressman
* [[Coleen Seng]]: former Mayor of [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]
* [[Walter I. Smith]] Circuit Court Judge and U.S. Congressman

===Religion===
* [[Gladden Bishop]]: [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|contender]] for the [[President of the Church|presidency]] of the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] after [[Joseph Smith]]'s [[Death of Joseph Smith|death]] on June 27, 1844.
* [[Phineas F. Bresee]] (1838–1915): founder of the [[Church of the Nazarene]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyctr/books/3301-3400/HDM3385.pdf|title=Wesley Center Online of Northwest Nazarene University|publisher=Nazarene Publishing House|work=MAN OF THE MORNING|last=Brickley|first=Donald P.|year=1960|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Pierre-Jean De Smet]]: [[Jesuit]] [[missionary]]
* [[Arnold Potter]]: leader of an [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] splinter group and self-proclaimed Messiah

===Science and engineering===
* [[Lee De Forest]]: [[inventor]], the "Grandfather of Television"
* [[William Harrison Folsom]]: architect
* [[J. Chris Jensen]]: architect
* [[Hans Schlegel]]: [[astronaut]]

===Sports===
* [[Stan Bahnsen]]: pitcher for six [[Major League Baseball]] teams
* [[Don Chandler]]: [[National Football League|NFL]] [[American football|football]] player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/donchandler/profile?id=CHA243096|title= National Football League|publisher=player-Don Chandler|access-date=December 8, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen]]: diver, [[1948 Summer Olympics]] silver medalist, 1952 Summer Olympics bronze medalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/zoe-ann-olsen-jensen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/zoe-ann-olsen-jensen-1.html|archive-date=April 18, 2020|title=SPORTS-REFERENCE/Olympic sports|publisher=Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Ben Leber]]: professional football player
* [[Jon Lieber]]: professional baseball player
* [[Carlos Martínez (American football)|Carlos Martinez]]: professional football player
* [[Ted Monachino]]: outside linebackers coach for the [[Atlanta Falcons]]
* [[Brian O'Connor (baseball coach)|Brian O'Connor]]: [[2015 College World Series|National Championship-winning]] baseball coach at the [[Virginia Cavaliers baseball|University of Virginia]]
* [[Bob Smith (halfback)|Bob Smith]]: football player
* [[Jerry Smith (golfer)|Jerry Smith]]: professional golfer<ref name="espn">{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/players/profile?playerId=396|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030210085228/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/players/profile?playerId=396|archive-date=February 10, 2003|title=Jerry Smith|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures.|access-date=June 18, 2010}}</ref>
* [[William Smith (wrestler)|William Smith]]: Olympic gold medalist in [[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics|wrestling]] at [[1952 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ron Stander]]: [[boxing|boxer]], the "Bluffs Butcher" who fought [[Joe Frazier]] in 1972 for the heavyweight title
* [[Joshua Turek]] (born April 12, 1979) is an American [[wheelchair basketball]] player and a member of the [[United States men's national wheelchair basketball team]].
* [[Jake Waters]]: football player
* [[Max Duggan]]: football player and 2022 [[Heisman Trophy]] Finalist
* [[Cole Jensen]], soccer player in [[Major League Soccer]]

===Other===
* [[Robert Ben Rhoades]]: serial killer
* [[Sauganash]] or [[Billy Caldwell]]: [[Potawatomi]] spokesman, son of [[William Caldwell (ranger)|William Caldwell]]
* [[Marjabelle Young Stewart]]: [[etiquette]] expert
* [[Watseka]]: niece of [[Potawatomi]] Chief, married to [[Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard]] and [[Noel Le Vasseur]]
* [[Farrah Abraham]]: reality television star, known for MTV's [[16 and Pregnant|16 And Pregnant]] and [[Teen Mom]]