Famous Graves in Iowa
372 records found
The Day the Music Died Memorial
Birth and death dates unknown.Erected 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
Harry Reasoner
17 Apr 1923 – 6 Aug 1991Television Broadcast Journalist. A graduate of Stanford...
Humboldt, Humboldt 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
Chief Blackhawk Cenotaph
1743 – 3 Oct 1838American Sauk Indian Leader. Born at Saukenuk, Illinois, he was...
Selma, Van Buren 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
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
Chief Wapello
1787 – 15 Mar 1842Fox Primary Chief. Born in what is present day Wisconsin, he...
Agency, Wapello 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 Taimah Cenotaph
1790 – 1830Fox Chief. Taimah which roughly translates to ‘man who makes the...
Burlington, Des Moines 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
1SGT Herschel Floyd Briles
7 Feb 1914 – 17 Jul 1994World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He rescued...
Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Bix Beiderbecke
10 Mar 1903 – 6 Aug 1931Jazz Musician. With the bands of
Davenport, 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
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
Jacob Gardner Lauman
20 Jan 1813 – 9 Feb 1867Civil War Union Brigadier General. A prominent Iowa businessman...
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Joseph Fitz
24 May 1886 – 24 Feb 1945Philippine Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient....
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Dr Ira Blanchard
30 Sep 1808 – 11 Aug 1872Abolitionist, Physician, Scholar, Religious Leader. Along with...
Benton Township, Fremont County, Iowa, USA
