List of people from Omaha, Nebraska

This is a list of people from Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States.

A

 * Hazel Abel — politician
 * Farrah Abraham — reality television personality, singer, pornographic actress, and writer
 * Titus Adams — professional football player
 * Wesley Addy — actor
 * Steve Alaimo — musician, record producer
 * Houston Alexander — professional MMA fighter, radio host, rapper
 * Kurt Andersen — author
 * Craig Anton — actor, comedian
 * Adele Astaire — dancer, entertainer
 * Fred Astaire — dancer, actor
 * Guerin Austin — Miss Nebraska USA 2004
 * Pamela Austin — actress

B

 * Elaine Badgley Arnoux – (née Helen Elaine Harper) portraitist, painter, and sculptor
 * Max Baer — boxer
 * Byron Bailey — professional American and Canadian football player
 * Letitia Baldrige — etiquette expert, Kennedy White House aide
 * Rex Barney — Major League Baseball pitcher for Brooklyn Dodgers
 * John Beasley — actor
 * Tom Becka — radio host
 * Jackson Berkey — composer, pianist, instructor
 * Wade Boggs — baseball player, Hall of Famer
 * Bob Boozer — National Basketball Association player and Olympic gold medalist
 * Gutzon Borglum — painter, sculptor of Mount Rushmore
 * James E. Boyd — Mayor of Omaha, 1881–1883 and 1885–1887; seventh Governor of the state of Nebraska
 * L. Brent Bozell, Jr. — conservative activist and Catholic writer
 * Marlon Brando — actor
 * Wade Brorby — United States federal appellate judge
 * Mildred D. Brown — founder of the Omaha Star
 * Brandin Bryant — football player
 * Warren Buffett — billionaire investor and philanthropist
 * Mellona Moulton Butterfield — china painter, teacher

C

 * Lance Cade — professional wrestler
 * Lloyd Cardwell — played professional football for the Detroit Lions; coached at UNO
 * Buddy Carlyle — professional baseball pitcher
 * Ernie Chambers — Nebraska state senator
 * Jason Christiansen — baseball pitcher
 * Joseph P. Cleland — U.S. Army major general
 * Montgomery Clift — actor
 * Abbie Cobb — actress
 * James M. Connor — actor
 * Barney Cotton — college football coach
 * Terence Crawford — undefeated World Champion boxer
 * Edward Creighton — founder of Creighton University
 * George P. Cronk — Los Angeles City Council member, 1945–52
 * General George Crook — US Army officer
 * Eric Crouch — football player, Heisman Trophy winner
 * Blase J. Cupich — Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago

D

 * Nicholas D'Agosto — television and film actor
 * Alfonza W. Davis — Tuskegee Airman
 * Chip Davis — musician, founder of Mannheim Steamroller
 * Dick Davis — NFL player
 * Brian Deegan — FMX rider
 * Tom Dennison — political boss of Omaha, 1890s–1933
 * Destiny — live-streamer and political commentator
 * Adam Devine — actor
 * Ted DiBiase — former professional wrestler and Christian minister
 * Mike Donehey — lead singer of Christian rock band Tenth Avenue North
 * Richard Dooling — novelist, screenwriter
 * David Doyle — actor
 * Jeff Draheim — film editor
 * DrLupo — streamer and YouTuber
 * Charles W. "Chuck" Durham — civil engineer, philanthropist, Chairman Emeritus of HDR, Inc

E

 * Jake Ellenberger — professional MMA fighter in the UFC
 * Marti Epstein — avante-garde composer
 * Experience Estabrook — Attorney General of Wisconsin
 * G. Estabrook — opera composer; daughter of Experience Estabrook

F

 * The Faint — post-punk band
 * Henry Fonda — actor
 * Peter Fonda — actor
 * Gerald Ford — 38th President of the United States
 * Sally Fox — member of Vermont General Assembly; lawyer

G

 * Jorge Garcia — actor
 * Annunciata Garrotto — soprano
 * Roxane Gay — writer and professor
 * Bob Gibson — Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Terry Goodkind — author
 * Ahman Green — professional football player
 * Bennett Greenspan — founder of Family Tree DNA
 * Jake Guentzel — professional ice hockey player

H

 * Breece Hall — NFL running back
 * Tim Halperin — singer-songwriter
 * Raphael Hamilton — Jesuit and professor of history at Marquette University
 * Ron Hansen — author, screenwriter
 * Wynonie Harris — rhythm & blues singer
 * Harry Haywood — African-American Communist leader
 * Jean Heather — actress
 * Major General Stuart Heintzelman — U.S. Army officer
 * Gregory M. Herek — social psychologist and professor
 * Nick Hexum — singer/guitarist of Omaha's 311
 * Hallee Hirsh — actress
 * Chris Holbert — Colorado politician
 * Sarah Hollins — beauty queen and TV personality
 * Dave Hoppen — NBA player
 * Jeremy Horn — mixed martial arts fighter
 * John Howell — NFL player
 * Cathy Hughes — businesswoman; founder and president of Radio One

I

 * Doug Ingle — keyboardist for Iron Butterfly

J

 * Joseph R. Jelinek — U.S. Army brigadier general, deputy director of Army National Guard
 * Nikko Jenkins — convicted spree killer
 * Steve Jennum — mixed martial artist
 * Ryan Jensen — mixed martial arts fighter
 * Simon Joyner — singer, songwriter

K

 * Timothy J. Kadavy — U.S. Army Major General, Adjutant General of Nebraska National Guard
 * Jay Karnes — actor
 * Tim Kasher — singer-songwriter, Cursive and The Good Life
 * Alex Kava — author
 * Kenton Keith — professional football player
 * Charlotte Kemp — Playboy Playmate (Miss December 1982)
 * Mina Kimes — investigative journalist, ESPN magazine senior writer
 * Charles Henry King — pioneer businessman
 * Jaime King — actress, model
 * Arlene Klasky — animator
 * Chris Klein — actor
 * Ed Koterba — journalist
 * Jeff Koterba — editorial cartoonist, musician, author
 * Jason Kreis — soccer player, coach of Real Salt Lake
 * Saul Kripke — philosopher
 * Swoosie Kurtz — actress

L

 * Frank Purdy Lahm — U.S. Army brigadier general
 * Christopher Lasch — historian, social critic
 * Oudious Lee — football player
 * Matty Lewis — musician, Zebrahead
 * Samuel Little — serial killer
 * Myra Cohn Livingston — children's poet
 * Preston Love — jazz player
 * Henry T. Lynch — cancer researcher and professor at Creighton University

M

 * Ike Mahoney — NFL player
 * Timothy Mahoney — lead guitarist of 311
 * Erin McCarthy — professional ten-pin bowler, 2022 U.S. Women's Open champion
 * Timothy McCoy — murder victim killed by John Wayne Gacy in 1972
 * Sean McDermott — NFL head coach of Buffalo Bills
 * Ed McGivern — shooter
 * Dorothy McGuire — actress
 * Duncan McGuire — soccer player
 * Jake Meyers — Major League Baseball outfielder and World Series champion with Houston Astros
 * Andy Milder — actor
 * Jay Milder — artist
 * Buddy Miles — musician
 * Anthony Michael Milone — Roman Catholic bishop
 * Henry Monsky — attorney and communal leader
 * Rowena Moore — civic and labor activist
 * Carol Morris — Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, Miss Universe 1956
 * Gerald T. Mullin — Minnesota state legislator, lawyer, and businessman
 * Frances Miller Mumaugh — painter
 * Charlie Munger (1924–2023) — billionaire investor
 * Fred Murree (1861–1950) — professional roller skater

N

 * John Najjar — auto engineer, designed Ford Mustang
 * Jim Newman — television producer
 * Nick Nolte — actor

O

 * Conor Oberst — singer-songwriter, Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos
 * Tillie Olsen — author
 * Jed Ortmeyer — professional ice hockey player
 * Sono Osato — dancer and actress

P

 * John W. Patterson — African-American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
 * Justin Patton, NBA basketball player and player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, first-round selection in the 2017 NBA draft
 * Niles Paul — NFL receiver for the Washington Redskins
 * Alexander Payne — Oscar-winning screenwriter and director
 * Neal Pionk — NHL player
 * Mark Pope — NBA player
 * Scott Porter — actor
 * Nathan Post — 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa
 * Ron Prince — college football coach

Q

 * Daniel Quinn — author

R

 * Anne Ramsey — actress
 * Andrew Rannells — actor
 * James Raschke — professional wrestler known as Baron Von Raschke
 * Origen D. Richardson — fourth Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
 * Mark Richt — college football coach
 * J. Joseph Ricketts — billionaire
 * Matthew Ricketts — first African-American graduate from UNMC; first African-American state legislator
 * Pete Ricketts — Governor of Nebraska
 * Thomas S. Ricketts — owner of baseball's Chicago Cubs
 * Trevor Roach — football player
 * Andy Roddick — professional tennis player
 * Johnny Rodgers — football player, 1972 Heisman Trophy winner
 * Joe Rogers — Colorado lieutenant governor
 * Rainbow Rowell — author
 * Darin Ruf (born 1986) — major league baseball player
 * Amber Ruffin — comedian and writer
 * Colden Ruggles — U.S. Army brigadier general
 * Edward Ruscha — artist and photographer

S

 * Penny Sackett — astronomer and Chief Scientist of Australia
 * Symone Sanders — Democratic strategist, spokesperson for Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign
 * Gale Sayers — professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
 * Walter Scott, Jr. — billionaire
 * Chad Sexton — drummer of 311
 * Josephine Platner Shear — archaeologist and numismatist
 * Leisa Sheridan — Playboy Playmate (Miss July 1993)
 * JoJo Siwa — dancer from television series Dance Moms
 * Elliott Smith — singer/songwriter
 * Q. Smith — musical theater actress
 * Nicholas Sparks — author
 * Skip Stephenson — actor and comedian from TV series Real People
 * Sting — professional wrestler, real name Steve Borden
 * Todd Storz — entrepreneur who introduced Top-40 radio format
 * Jean Stothert — Mayor of Omaha
 * Mike Sullivan — 29th Governor of Wyoming
 * Sarah Rose Summers — Miss Nebraska USA 2018 and Miss USA 2018
 * Carl A. Swanson — founder of Swanson
 * Inga Swenson — actress

T

 * Jerry Tagge — NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
 * Khyri Thomas (born 1996) — basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague
 * JT Thor — NBA player for the Charlotte Hornets and their G League affiliate the Greensboro Swarm
 * Donald E. Thorin — cinematographer
 * Thomas Tibbles — late 19th-century journalist and Native American rights activist
 * Chris Tormey — college football coach
 * Mark Traynowicz — football player
 * John Trudell — poet, Native American activist, actor
 * Stanley M. Truhlsen — professor and philanthropist
 * Steve Turre — jazz trombonist

U

 * Gabrielle Union — actress

W

 * Luigi Waites — jazz drummer and vibraphonist
 * Eleazer Wakeley — jurist and politician
 * Chris Ware — graphic novelist
 * Dan Warthen (born 1952) — major league baseball pitcher and coach
 * Fee Waybill — singer/songwriter, real name John Waldo Waybill
 * Geneice Wilcher — beauty pageant winner
 * Paul Williams — singer-songwriter, actor
 * Roger Williams — pianist
 * Aaron Wills — bassist of 311
 * Julie Wilson — singer and actress
 * Andre Woolridge — professional basketball player

Y

 * Whitney Young — civil rights activist

X

 * Malcolm X — human rights activist

Z

 * Paula Zahn — news personality