Editing Avoca, Iowa (section)

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* [[Richard Beymer]] (born 1938), the actor best known as Tony, the lead role in ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/65/Richard-Beymer.html|title=FilmReference|publisher=Richard Beymer biography|access-date=2010-12-12}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Carson]] (1925-2005), the television comedian, lived in Avoca as a child until his family moved to Norfolk, Nebraska in 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/a54722baa9192b6b063a98d9a77d403b|title=People In The News|date=July 2, 1986|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=April 20, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Edwin T. Meredith]] (1876–1928), [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]] under president [[Woodrow Wilson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/cabinet/471 |title=Miller Center of Public Affairs University of Virginia |publisher=American President Woodrow Wilson/Edwin T. Meredith Secretary of Agriculture |access-date=2010-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217060556/http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/cabinet/471 |archive-date=17 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Richard C. Turner]] (1927-1986), Iowa lawyer and politician, was born in Avoca.<ref>'U.S. Attorney Turner dies of heart attack,' '''Des Moines Register,''' Bob Shaw, September 29, 1986, pg. 1. 11A</ref>