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This is a list of the people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Dubuque, Iowa, and its surrounding metropolitan area. *Austin Adams, judge, Iowa state supreme court chief justice (1880–87) *Don Ameche, actor, Loras College, buried in nearby Asbury, Iowa *Francis Beckman, bishop, an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, served as Bishop of Lincoln (1924–30) and as Archbishop of Dubuque (1930–46). *Alfred S. Bennett, judge, educator, attorney in Oregon, the 49th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving from 1919 to 1920 *Leo Binz, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque *Richard Pike Bissell, author *Gottfried Blocklinger, rear admiral in US Navy; in 1879, as a lieutenant, he commanded survey of Madeira river in the Amazon (), was a lieutenant on board USS ''Baltimore'' (C-3) during Baltimore Crisis of 1891; executive officer on board USS ''Charleston'' (C-2) during the Capture of Guam during Spanish–American War in 1898 *Donald G. Bloesch, theologian; for more than 40 years, he published scholarly yet accessible works that generally defend traditional Protestant beliefs and practices while seeking to remain in the mainstream of modern Protestant theological thought; ongoing publication of his Christian Foundation Series has brought him recognition as an important American theologian *Charles H. Bradley, Jr., businessman *James Byrne, Archbishop of Dubuque, died in Dubuque *Robert Byrne, author, billiards player, Hall of Fame instructor of pool and billiards; became a full-time writer in 1977 after the publication of his third book, author of seven novels, five collections of humorous quotations, seven books on billiards, two anthologies, and an expose of frauds in the literary world; his novel ''Thrill'' was made into NBC television movie premiering May 20, 1996; four of his novels were selections of Reader's Digest Condensed Books and published in over a dozen languages *LeRoy E. Cain, flight director during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster *Sabin Carr, pole vault gold medalist at 1928 Summer Olympics *John Patrick Carroll, bishop *Mark Chamberlain, photographic, environmental, installation artist, gallerist, curator, educator; founder/operator, BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, California; collaborated on "Laguna Canyon Project." ''The Tell'' photographic mural phase of the Project became focal point to save Laguna Canyon from development. Co-founded "The Legacy Project", documenting transition of MCAS El Toro into Orange County Great Park. Will receive Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award as "Artistic Visionary" by Arts Orange County, 10/22/14 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. *Tom Churchill, TV and radio meteorologist for ABC, NBC, PBS *Andrew Clemens, sand artist *Julien Dubuque, explorer, first white settler in Dubuque *Peter H. Engle, first Speaker of the House of Wisconsin Territory, which at that time included all of what is now Iowa (and Minnesota, and parts of the Dakotas) *David Farley, author and journalist, writing about travel, food, and culture for the ''New York Times'', ''Washington Post'', ''Condé Nast Traveler'', and ''World Hum'' *Victor Feguer, convicted murderer, last federal inmate executed in the United States before the moratorium on the death penalty following ''Furman v. Georgia'', last person put to death in Iowa *Robert John Felderman, born in Dubuque 1955, first major general (retired) from Dubuque in the 21st century, over 35 years of service in the Army and Air Force (including two years enlisted), inducted into Fort Benning Infantry School Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame *Margaret Feldner, nun, educator; served as Quincy University's 21st president, assumed the post January 1, 2004; was the first woman president appointed to the role at Quincy University; excused in 2006 *George J. Fritschel, theologian *William Arthur Ganfield, educator, figure in higher education, president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1915 to 1921 and later president of Carroll College (now called Carroll University from 1921 until his retirement in 1939; supported athletic programs at both schools *Thomas Gifford, author, best-selling American author of thriller novels *Robert John Giroux, educator, president of Clarke College from 1969–1978; president of Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky from 1978–1981; president of Newman University in Wichita, Kansas from 1982–1989 *John Graas, musician, career on the West Coast, known primarily as one of the first and best French horn players in jazz *Jerome Hanus, archbishop of the Catholic Church, served as Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota from 1987 to 1994, current Archbishop of Dubuque *Fridolin Heer, architect, he and his son set up practice in Dubuque in 1864; buildings by Fridolin Heer and Son include the Dubuque County Courthouse, 1891–1893 *Gwen Hennessey, activist, religious sister; known for protests at Fort Benning, Georgia, home of the Army's School of the Americas, a facility for training Latin American soldiers *John Hennessey, bishop of the Diocese of Dubuque from 1866–1893, then named the first archbishop of Dubuque *Jack Hicks, sculptor *Doron Jensen, founder of Timber Lodge Steakhouse *Richard A. Jensen, theologian and Carlson Professor of Homiletics at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago *Frederick William Kaltenbach, American who served the Nazis as the wartime radio broadcaster known as "Lord Hee-Haw" *Frank Keenan, actor, stage director and manager during the silent film era; among first stage actors to star in Hollywood, pursued work in feature films *Dallas Kinney, photojournalist who won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in photography for his pictures of Florida migrant workers *Kay Kurt, artist, a New Realist painter known for her large-scale candy paintings *Anna B. Lawther, leader in the women's suffrage movement *Mathias Clement Lenihan, 20th-century archbishop in the Catholic Church; bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls, Montana from 1904–30 *Alexander Levi, a French Jew of Sephardic origin, first foreigner to be naturalized in Iowa; a grocer, miner, mine provisioner and successful department store owner, he founded the first two Jewish congregations in the city, was a loyal Whig, served a term as Justice of the Peace and was the first Mason to be sworn in after the Dubuque lodge received its charter; was naturalized in 1837 and died in 1893. *Margaret Lindsay, actress, noted for her supporting work in successful films of the 1930s and 1940s such as ''Jezebel'' (1938) and ''Scarlet Street'' (1945) and for leading roles in lower-budgeted B-movies such as the Ellery Queen series at Columbia in the early 1940s *Bill Lipinski, politician, attended Loras College, was a U.S. Representative for Illinois' 3rd and 5th districts (1983–2005) *Francis MacNutt, religious author, a leading member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and an author of books on healing prayer, including Healing, The Healing Reawakening and Deliverance from Evil Spirits *Dennis Mahony, journalist, a founder of the ''Telegraph Herald''; highly partisan Northern Democrat of Copperhead sympathies and wrote articles that criticized Abraham Lincoln and the conduct of the Civil War; was arrested on August 14, 1862 by U.S. Marshal H.M. Hoxie for publishing an editorial article that was allegedly disloyal to the government; was transported from Dubuque to Washington, D.C. and held at the Old Capitol Prison; released from prison on November 10 *ShaChelle Devlin Manning, businesswoman, a change agent for nanotechnology, attempting to pave the way for nanotechnology's commercialization at the university, company, state, federal, and international level *Michael Joseph Melloy, judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit *Kate Mulgrew, actress, ''Star Trek Voyager'' and ''Mrs. Columbo'' and ''Orange is the New Black'' *Aaron Osthoff, world ranked competitive eater *Louie Psihoyos, documentary film director; in 2009 he directed and appeared in the feature-length documentary ''The Cove'', which won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature *David Rabe, playwright, won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 (''Sticks and Bones'') and also received Tony award nominations for Best Play in 1974 (''In the Boom Boom Room''), 1977 (''Streamers'') and 1985 (''Hurlyburly'') *John F. Rague (1799–1877) architect who designed and built the 1837 Old Capitol of Illinois and the 1840 Territorial Capitol of Iowa, the Dubuque city hall, central market house, and jail〔The Wisconsin Magazine of History Vol. 10, No. 2, Dec., 1926.〕 *Robert Reuland, novelist *Jim Romagna, bodybuilder and educator, instructor of Health Wellness and Recreation at the University of Dubuque, personal trainer, writes for various sports magazines such as Muscle & Fitness; Natural Fit Inc. owner *Raymond Roseliep, poet and haiku writer, Loras College *Alexander Rummler, painter *Albert Sale, soldier in the U.S. Army who served with 8th U.S. Cavalry in the Arizona Territory during the Apache Wars; was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry against a hostile band of Apache Indians, killing an Apache warrior in hand-to-hand combat and seizing his war pony, at the Santa Maria River on June 29, 1869; moved to Dubuque in 1864 and enlisted in 1866 *John P. Schlegel, educator, 23rd President of Creighton University, 26th President of the University of San Francisco from 1991 until 2000 *Dennis Schmitz, contemporary poet *George Shiras, Jr., an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who was nominated to the Court by Republican President Benjamin Harrison; at that time, had 37 years of private legal practice but had never judged a case; the only Supreme Court justice, as of 2011, to have no record of public (political, governmental or judicial) service; practiced law in Dubuque from 1855 to 1858 *Oliver Perry Shiras, first federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa *William A. Shanklin, educator, president of Upper Iowa University in 1905-09 and thereafter president of Wesleyan University *J. R. Simplot, entrepreneur and formerly world's oldest billionaire *Mark Steines, TV anchor and reporter on ''Entertainment Tonight'' *James Huff Stout, Wisconsin politician and businessman, founded Stout Manual Institute (now University of Wisconsin-Stout) *Jessie Taft, an early American authority on child placement and therapeutic adoption; best remembered for her work as the translator and biographer of Otto Rank, an outcast disciple of Sigmund Freud *Saint Cessianus, whose remains are kept inside the altar at St. Raphael's Cathedral *John Tomkins, criminal, arrested and charged with sending several threatening letters and bomb-like devices to financial firms in the Midwestern United States under the pseudonym The Bishop *William Vandever, U.S. Representative for Iowa's 2nd district (1859–61) and California's 6th district (1887–91) *James F. Watson, 25th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court serving from 1876 until 1878; previously in state legislature and later served as United States Attorney for the District of Oregon *Loras Joseph Watters, Roman Catholic bishop *Westel W. Willoughby, educator; at the urging of Professor Willoughby, Johns Hopkins created the first department of Political Science under his leadership and with him as the only professor; he continued to lead this department until his retirement at the age of 65 in 1932; helped to found the American Political Science Association and served as its 10th President; referred to father of modern political science thanks to his prolific writing; published many books beginning with ''The Nature of the State'' in 1898; one of the foremost authorities on Constitutional Law and workings of the Supreme Court of the United States ==Politicians from Dubuque== *John T. Adams, businessman. Former chairman of the Republican National Committee (1921–24) *William B. Allison, U.S. Senator, representative from Iowa. *Mike Blouin, politician. Blouin was a United States Representative representing Iowa's 2nd district (1975–79). *David Bly, politician, Minnesota House of Representatives (2007–11). *William W. Chapman, politician. Chapman was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan and Wisconsin territories, and then represented the Iowa Territory in the United States House of Representatives (1838–40). He later immigrated to the Oregon Country, where he served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature (1848–49). *Lincoln Clark, politician. Clark was a US Representative from Iowa (1851–53). *Maurice Connolly, politician. Connolly was elected in 1912 to a single term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. After giving up his House seat in an unsuccessful bid for election to the U.S. Senate in 1914, Connolly then served as an aviation officer in World War I and died in a plane crash in 1921. *Mike Connolly, politician. Iowa state senator (1990–2008). *Timothy Davis, politician. United States Representative from Iowa (1857–59). Only Iowa Representative born before 1800. Also, the first Republican representative from Iowa. *Carl DeMaio, San Diego city councilman (2008–present). *Thomas O. Edwards, politician. Edwards was elected as a Whig from Ohio to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). He attended former President John Quincy Adams, who was then a Congressman, when he suffered a fatal stroke in the Hall of the House of Representatives. He served as inspector of marine hospitals. He moved to Madison, Wisconsin, and thence to Dubuque, Iowa. During the Civil War served as surgeon in the Third Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. *James H. Hawley, politician. Hawley was the ninth Governor of Idaho from 1911 until 1913. Hawley also served as mayor of Boise from 1903 to 1905. *David B. Henderson, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives *Pam Jochum, politician. Member of both the Iowa state house and senate. *George W. Jones, politician. Jones was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846. *Barbara Larkin, Larkin was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from 1996 to 2001. *John Hooker Leavitt, an early banker and Iowa state senator. *Algernon Lee, Socialist Party of America leader. *Thomas McKnight, businessman, member of Wisconsin Territorial Council〔'The History of Dubuque County,' Western Historical, 1880, Biographical Sketch of Thomas McKnight, pg. 975〕 *James Henry Mays, politician. Worked as an insurance agent in Dubuque in the 1890s. Mays was also a United States representative from Utah (1915–21). *Thomas John Miller, politician and lawyer. Miller has served as 31st and 33rd Attorney General of the state of Iowa (1979–91;1995–present). *Dan Mozena, is a United States Foreign Service Officer and a member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served as the United States Ambassador to Angola 2007–2010. On May 16, 2011, President Obama nominated Mozena to be the next ambassador to Bangladesh. *Pat Murphy), politician, Iowa state representative (1989–present) *Richard L. Murphy, senator from Iowa (1933–36). Louis Murphy Park is named after him. *Mike Obermueller, politician. Former member of Minnesota House of Representatives (2009–11) *Francis W. Palmer, nineteenth-century politician, publisher, printer, editor and proprietor. 1858-61 he was editor of Dubuque Times. 1889-94 he served as Public Printer of the United States *Thomas C. Power, Senator from Montana (1890–95) *John F. Rague (1799–1877) architect who designed and built the 1837 Old Capitol of Illinois and the 1840 Territorial Capitol of Iowa, the city hall, central market house, and jail.〔 *John R. Reilly, political adviser, he joined John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign and was hired as an aide by Attorney General of the United States Robert F. Kennedy. Reilly was given the assignment by the Kennedy administration to attend the speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Roger Mudd reported that Reilly told him that he was positioned on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with a switch that would be used to cut off Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech "if the rhetoric got too inflammatory". Reilly served as a campaign aide to the presidential campaigns of all three of the Kennedys; for John in 1960, Robert in 1968 and Edward in 1980. He was also a campaign aide to Edmund S. Muskie in 1972, Walter Mondale in 1984 and Joseph Biden in 1988. *Donna Smith, politician, she has served as county board supervisor since 1978. *Sara Taylor, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs in the administration of George W. Bush. *Tom Tauke, United States Representative *Travis Tranel, politician, Wisconsin state assemblyman (2010–present). *William Tripp (politician). Tripp served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1841 and the Maine Senate in 1848-9, becoming Senate President in 1849. Tripp opened a law practice in Dubuque from 1852-57. After the war he was appointed Surveyor General for the Dakota Territory under President Andrew Johnson. *Suzanne VanOrman, politician. Member of Oregon House of Representatives (2008–present). *Martin Joseph Wade, US Representative from Iowa (1903–05). *Frank M. Ziebach, politician. Ziebach was a noted political figure in the Dakota Territory during the territorial period from 1861 to 1889. He was a pioneer newspaperman, founding a number of newspapers in the Iowa and Dakota Territories, including the Yankton "Weekly Dakotan" (also referred to as the "Weekly Dakotian") in 1861, which is still published today as the Yankton "Press and Dakotan".() He was known as the "squatter governor" of the Dakota Territory. Ziebach County, South Dakota was created in 1911, and is named for him. Ziebach went to Dubuque Iowa in 1863 and purchased an interest in the Dubuque Herald. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of people from Dubuque, Iowa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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