Editing Sioux City, Iowa (section)

==Notable people== 
* [[John W. Aldridge]], born in Sioux City, grew up in Tennessee, literary critic, author
* [[Jim Aton]], jazz bassist, pianist, vocalist and composer with Billie Holiday, Bill Evans, Anita O'Day, others
* [[Art Babbitt]] (1907–1992), an American animator, best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
* [[Dave Bancroft]] (1891–1972), an [[MLB]] shortstop and manager and member of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
* [[Emmett Barrett]], football player
* [[Joe Bisenius]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]] relief pitcher, graduate of [[Bishop Heelan Catholic High School]]
* [[Tommy Bolin]], born in Sioux City, member of [[Deep Purple]] and the [[James Gang]]
* [[Bread of Stone]], American [[contemporary Christian music]] and [[pop rock]] band formed in 2004. 
* [[Sally Brent]], American distance runner and marathon winner
* [[Chase Bromstedt]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bergabo |first=Patrik |date=March 3, 2017 |title=Swope Park Rangers adds seven Sporting KC Academy players to 2017 roster |url=https://www.sportingkc.com/news/swope-park-rangers-adds-seven-sporting-kc-academy-players-2017-roster |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=[[Sporting Kansas City]]}}</ref>
* [[Mildred Brown]], African-American journalist, worked in Iowa as teacher
* [[Macdonald Carey]], actor (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
* [[Paul B. Carpenter]], politician
* [[Matt Chatham]], NFL linebacker, born in [[Newton, Iowa]], graduate of [[Sioux City North High School|North High School]]
* [[Eli Chesen]], psychiatrist and writer
* [[Ron Clements]], Disney animator, director
* [[Vern Clark]], former [[Chief of Naval Operations]] (CNO) in the United States Navy
* [[Carroll Edward Cole]], serial killer.
* [[Ryan Cownie]], stand-up comedian, born in Sioux City<ref name="KAMX">{{Cite podcast |url=https://mix947.radio.com/media/audio-channel/jay-whitecotton-ryan-cownie-bob-khosravi |title=Jay Whitecotton, Ryan Cownie & Bob Khosravi |website=Booker, Alex & Sara |publisher=[[KAMX]] |last2=Franco |first2=Alex |last3=Osburn |first3=Sara |date=2015-04-22 |access-date=2020-10-19 |first1=Brad |last1=Booker}}</ref>
* [[Tyler Cropley]], Major League Baseball catcher<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyler Cropley Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/croplty01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Dave Croston]] (1963– ), former [[National Football League|NFL]] player for [[Green Bay Packers]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Croston |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/davecroston/profile?id=CRO529840 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423084842/http://www.nfl.com/players/davecroston/profile?id=CRO529840 |archive-date=2008-04-23 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[National Football League]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Brigadier General [[George E. "Bud" Day]], U.S. Air Force, Vietnam [[prisoner of war|POW]], recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]
* [[Leo Delperdang]], born in Sioux City.  Member of Kansas House of Representatives
* [[W. Edwards Deming]], quality-control expert, helped improve Japan's quality control
* [[Brittni Donaldson]] (born 1993), current assistant coach with the [[Atlanta Hawks]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowe |first=Zach |date=2019-09-09 |title=The unusual path of new Raptors assistant coach Brittni Donaldson |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27576018/the-unusual-path-new-raptors-assistant-coach-brittni-donaldson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710220230/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27576018/the-unusual-path-new-raptors-assistant-coach-brittni-donaldson |archive-date=2021-07-10 |access-date=2020-03-06 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Todd Doxzon]], football player
* [[Sharon Farrell]] (1940{{endash}}2023), actress (birth name Sharon Forsmoe)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The official website of Sharon Farrell: 'Hollywood Princess' from Sioux City, Iowa |url=http://www.sharonfarrell.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324221823/http://www.sharonfarrell.com/ |archive-date=2022-03-24 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Sharon Farrell |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Tommy Lee Farmer]], criminal, first person in US convicted under [[Three-strikes law]]
* [[Vergilius Ferm]] (1896–1974), philosopher, historian, and Compton Professor of Philosophy at the College of Wooster. 
* [[Susan Fessenden]] (1840–1932), founder/president, Sioux City [[YWCA]]; president, Sioux City [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union|WCTU]]
* [[Zeron Flemister]], NFL tight end 2000-2005
* [[Bruce Forbes]], author, professor of Religious Studies [[Morningside University|Morningside College]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rushing |first=Ty |date=2017-10-24 |title=Morningside professor co-edits new book |language=en |work=[[Sioux City Journal]] |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/special-section/siouxland_business/briefs/morningside-professor-co-edits-new-book/article_ffc48d10-96f0-56db-a947-7e8bb40a080a.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-30 |issn=2689-5544 |archive-date=2022-03-30  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330074202/https://siouxcityjournal.com/special-section/siouxland_business/briefs/morningside-professor-co-edits-new-book/article_ffc48d10-96f0-56db-a947-7e8bb40a080a.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[For Today (band)|For Today]], a Christian metal band signed to [[Razor & Tie Records]]
* [[Eppie Lederer|Esther]] and [[Pauline Phillips|Pauline]] Friedman, better known as [[Ann Landers]] and [[Dear Abby|Abigail Van Buren]], respectively; advice columnists
* [[Lila-Gene George]] (1918–2017), composer and pianist
* [[Peggy Gilbert]], jazz saxophonist and bandleader
* [[Dan Goldie]], tennis player, winner of two ATP singles titles
* [[Fred Grandy]], television actor, U.S. congressman, CEO of [[Goodwill Industries|Goodwill]], and  radio personality
* [[Dick Green]], former MLB second baseman with Kansas City and [[Oakland Athletics]], raised in South Dakota
* [[William L. Harding]] (1877–1934), born in [[Sibley, Iowa|Sibley]], the 22nd [[Governor of Iowa]] 1917–1921
* [[John Harty (American football)|John Harty]], NFL defensive end 1981-1986
* [[Matthew C. Harrison]], 13th president of the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]]
* [[Godfrey Hattenbach]], "father" of the Sioux City Jewish community
* [[Tim Hauff]], jazz bassist, performed with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shoter, Bruce Forman, others
* [[Alan J. Heeger]], physicist awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2000)
* [[Alan Hurwitz]], born in Sioux City, 10th president of [[Gallaudet University]]
* [[Kirk Hinrich]], professional basketball player
* [[J.B.E. Hittle]], author and historian
* [[Harry Hopkins]], [[Secretary of Commerce]], advisor to FDR during World War II
* [[Shelby Houlihan]] competed in the 5000m in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
* [[Fred Jackson (running back)|Fred Jackson]], football player attended [[Coe College|Coe]] in [[Cedar Rapids]]
* [[Art Johnson (racing driver)|Art Johnson]], racing driver
* [[Jacqui Kalin]] (born 1989), American-Israeli professional basketball player
* [[Ryan Kisor]], jazz trumpeter
* [[Judy Kimball]], LPGA champion golfer, member of [[Iowa Sports Hall of Fame]]
* [[Roy L. Kline]], Brigadier general, USMC and Naval aviator
* [[George Koval]] (1913–2006), Soviet atomic spy and only Soviet agent to infiltrate the Manhattan Project<ref>{{Cite news |last=Broad |first=William J. |date=2007-11-12 |title=A Spy's Path: Iowa to A-Bomb to Kremlin Honor |language=en |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/us/12koval.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-30}}</ref>
* [[Jerry Lacy]], stage, film, soap opera, and television actor 
* [[Kian Lawley]], YouTuber, influencer, and actor
* [[Bill Lewis (center)|Bill Lewis]], NFL center from 1986-93
* [[Dave Loebsack]], U.S. congressman for Iowa's 2nd congressional district 
* [[Jerry Mathers]], actor, played Beaver Cleaver on TV's ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''
* [[Daniel Matousek]], lead singer and guitarist for [[The Velaires]]
* [[Cameron McAdoo]], professional [[Motocross]] and [[Supercross]] racer
* [[Mick McGinty]], artist and illustrator 
* [[Max McGraw]], founder of McGraw-Edison and Centel
* [[Al McIntosh]], newspaper editor whose columns are featured in [[Ken Burns]]' [[The War (documentary)|''The War'']]
* [[John Melcher]], U.S. Senator from Montana from 1977 to 1989
* [[Iris Meredith]], actress
* [[Oscar Micheaux]], the first African American filmmaker in America.
* [[Big Miller]] (Clarence Horatius Miller), jazz and blues singer and double bassist
* [[Constance Moore]], singer and actress
* [[Marshall F. Moore]], 7th Governor of [[Washington Territory]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meany |first=Edmond Stephen |url=https://archive.org/details/governorsofwashi00mean/page/34/mode/2up |title=Governors of Washington, territorial and state |date=1915 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |location=[[Seattle]] |pages=34–36 |language=en |lccn=16015657 |oclc=13072753 |ol=6588833M |author-link=Edmond S. Meany |access-date=2022-03-30 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
* [[John Mosher]], jazz bassist and composer
* [[John Osborn (tenor)|John Osborn]], tenor
* [[Frances Rafferty]], film and television actress (''[[December Bride]]'')
* [[Max Rafferty]], [[California State Superintendent of Public Instruction]] from 1963 to 1971
* [[John Redwine]], Iowa state senator and physician, lived in Sioux Falls
* [[Harriett Rinaldo]], social worker
* [[Ann Royer]], painter, sculptor
* [[Justin Sandy]], NFL safety from 2004-2008
* [[Laurens Shull]], All-American football player killed in France during World War I
* [[Edward J. Sperling]], born in [[Slutsk]], [[Belarus]], Jewish writer and humorist
* [[Paul Splittorff]], former [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, attended college in Sioux City
* [[Doris June Struble]], pianist, singer, and dramatic reader 
* [[Morgan Taylor]], athlete, set 400-meter hurdles Olympic record while winning gold medal in 1924
* [[Kyle Thousand]], sports agent
* [[Frank Van Hoven]], vaudeville magician and comic entertainer
* [[Gertrude Van Wagenen]], [[Yale University]], pioneer in reproductive biology, primate research
* [[Ted Waitt]], co-founder of [[Gateway, Inc.]]
* [[Brian Wansink]], professor, discredited researcher, and author
* [[Pierre Watkin]], radio, films and TV actor  
* [[Tony Watson]], former [[MLB]] all star pitcher for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
* [[Kathleen Weaver]], writer and editor
* [[Don Wengert]], [[MLB]] pitcher from 1995 to 2001
* [[Paul Zaeske]], football player
* [[R. Timothy Ziemer]], Navy admiral, disease expert on the [[United States National Security Council]]