Famous Graves in Iowa
377 records found
The Day the Music Died Memorial
unknown – 3 Feb 1959Erected in 1988, the memorial is on the crash site where music...
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Herbert Clark Hoover
10 Aug 1874 – 20 Oct 196431st United States President. He had the misfortune to inherit an...
West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, USA
Don Arthur Ameche
31 May 1908 – 6 Dec 1993Actor, Singer. He was born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha,...
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Thomas F. Sullivan
24 Jan 1883 – 1 Mar 1965Folk Figure. Father of the five Sullivan brothers who died in...
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
Grant Wood
13 Feb 1891 – 12 Feb 1942Painter. One of the three leaders of the Regionalist movement of...
Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa, USA
Harry Reasoner
17 Apr 1923 – 6 Aug 1991Television Broadcast Journalist. A graduate of Stanford...
Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa, USA
Chief Blackhawk Cenotaph
1763 – 4 Oct 1838American Sauk Indian Leader. Born at Saukenuk, Illinois, he was...
Selma, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Chief Taimah Cenotaph
1790 – 1830Fox Chief. Taimah which roughly translates to ‘man who makes the...
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Fran Allison
20 Nov 1907 – 13 Jun 1989Actress. Born in La Porte City, Iowa, she began working as a...
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
John Friestad Thorson Jr.
10 May 1920 – 28 Oct 1944World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in...
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA
Chief Wapello
1787 – 15 Mar 1842Fox Primary Chief. Born in what is present day Wisconsin, he...
Agency, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Joy Hodges
29 Jan 1915 – 19 Jan 2003Actress, Singer. A noted stage, screen, and Big Band artist, she...
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Meredith Willson
18 May 1902 – 15 Jun 1984Conductor, Composer, Songwriter, and Playwright. He is best...
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Chief War Eagle
1785 – 1851He was the last Sioux Chief to reside in the Iowa territory. He...
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
St. Ann's Guild World War II Monument
Birth and death dates unknown.Erected by the St. Ann's Guild Committee in June 1946, the...
Long Grove, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Robert John Hibbs
21 Apr 1943 – 5 Mar 1966Vietnam Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He was a Second...
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
Capt Darrell Robins Lindsey Cenotaph
30 Dec 1919 – 9 Aug 1944World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in...
Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa, USA
SGT Ralph George Neppel
31 Oct 1923 – 27 Jan 1987World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Awarded as a...
Lidderdale, Carroll County, Iowa, USA
Chief Waubonsie
1765 – 1848Potawatomi Indian Chief. He was the leader of the Potawatomi...
Mills County, Iowa, USA
Bix Beiderbecke
10 Mar 1903 – 6 Aug 1931Jazz Musician. With the bands of
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
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