Editing Ames, Iowa (section)

=== 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