Several famous and infamous people reside or once resided in Sioux City - from Leave it to Beaver star to a Soviet Atomic Spy. Interesting omission from this list is Tom Brokaw who my Dad used to deliver mail to up by Grandview park. Lots of Jazz musicians and athletes on the list. 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 ODay, others Dave Bancroft, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop; nicknamed Beauty 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, also had a solo career Mildred Brown, African-American journalist, worked in Iowa as a teacher before moving to Omaha and founding the Omaha Star Macdonald Carey, actor; the longtime patriarch on Days of our Lives Matt Chatham, born in Newton, Iowa, graduate of North High School, New York Jets linebacker Ron Clements, Disney animator, co-director of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and The Princess and the Frog Vern Clark, former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) in the United States Navy Dave Croston (1963– ), former NFL player for Green Bay Packers[36] Colonel George E. Bud Day, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam POW, recipient of the Medal of Honor; the United States most highly decorated officer since General Douglas MacArthur; Sioux Citys airport is named Colonel Bud Day Field in his honor, as is 6th Street (Honorable Bud Day Street) W. Edwards Deming, born in Sioux City but raised in Polk City; quality-control expert, helped improve Japans quality control Sharon Farrell (1940– ) actress (birth name Sharon Forsmoe)[37] Tommy Lee Farmer, professional criminal. First person in the US convicted under the Three-Strikes Law[38] Bruce Forbes, author, professor of Religious Stuides Morningside College[citation needed] relationship to Sioux City For Today, a Christian metal band signed to Razor & Tie Records Sioux City native Pauline (Friedman) Phillips, who used the pen name of Abigail Van Buren for her advice column Dear Abby, was the twin sister of Esther (Friedman) Lederer, the author of the competing Ann Landers column. Esther and Pauline Friedman, better known as Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, respectively; advice columnists; both born in Sioux City and graduates of Central High School Peggy Gilbert, jazz saxophonist and bandleader Dan Goldie, tennis player, winner of two ATP singles titles Fred Grandy, television actor who played Gopher Smith on The Love Boat; later became a U.S. congressman, CEO of Goodwill, and a radio personality for WMAL in Washington, D.C. Dick Green, raised in Rapid City, South Dakota, former MLB second baseman with the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics Marcus Hahnemann, goalkeeper for the United States mens national soccer team William L. Harding (1877–1934), born in Sibley, the 22nd Governor of Iowa 1917–1921[39] Jules Harlow, conservative Jewish rabbi and liturgist Matthew C. Harrison, 13th president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Tim Hauff, jazz bassist, performed with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shoter, Bruce Forman, others Kirk Hinrich, professional basketball player J.B.E. Hittle, author and historian Noah Holcomb, professional cyclist Harry Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce, moved to Council Bluffs shortly after birth, advisor to FDR during World War II Ryan Kisor, jazz trumpeter Judy Kimball, LPGA champion golfer, member of Iowa Sports Hall of Fame George Koval 1913–2006, Soviet atomic spy and only Soviet agent to infiltrate the Manhattan Project [3] Al McIntosh, born in Park River, North Dakota, newspaper editor whose columns are featured in Ken Burns The War Jerry Mathers, actor, played Beaver Cleaver on TVs Leave It to Beaver Daniel Matousek, lead singer and guitarist for The Velaires, graduate of Central High School John Melcher, United States senator from Montana from 1977 to 1989 Big Miller (Clarence Horatius Miller), jazz and blues singer and double bassist Marshall F. Moore, 7th Governor of Washington Territory[40] John Mosher, jazz bassist, composer, with Cal Tjader, Brew Moore, Earl Hines, Tennessee Ernie Ford John Osborn, tenor Lori Petty, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, actress best known for her starring role in A League of Their Own Frances Rafferty, MGM actress of the 1940s and early TV star best known for the sitcom December Bride Max Rafferty, brother of Frances Rafferty; California State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1963 to 1971, was reared in Sioux City. Ann Royer, painter, sculptor 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, born in Evansville, Indiana, former Major League Baseball pitcher, attended college in Sioux City Morgan Taylor, athlete, set 400-meter hurdles Olympic record while winning gold medal in 1924, also NCAA champion, 1928 and 1932 Olympic bronze medalist Morgan Thomas, jazz trombonist with Louis Prima Orchestra, recorded prolifically with Prima and Keely Smith in the 1950s and 1960s Gertrude Van Wagenen, Yale professor, pioneer in reproductive biology, primate research Ted Waitt, co-founder of Gateway, Inc. Brian Wansink, Cornell University professor and author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think Pierre Watkin, actor in radio, films and TV from 1930s-1950s; most famously played editor Perry White in the original Superman serials Tony Watson, current MLB pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates Kathleen Weaver, writer and editor Don Wengert, MLB pitcher from 1995–2001 Gerald W. Wolff, retired historian of the American West and Indians; lived in Sioux City
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