List of people from Lincoln, Nebraska

! colspan="6" align="center" |List of people from Lincoln, Nebraska, in alphabetical order

|1903

|1980

|Athlete

|NFL player

|1888

|1966

|Teacher and politician

|First woman from Nebraska elected to serve in U.S. Senate

| 1938

|

| Neuroscientist

| One of world's foremost authorities on schizophrenia

|1896

|1998

|Artist

|Artist and educator

| 1879

| 1957

| Professional baseball player{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=beebefr01|title=Fred Beebe Stats|publisher=Baseball Almanac|accessdate=October 30, 2012|archive-date=October 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001164020/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=beebefr01|url-status=live}}

| Pitcher for five Major League Baseball teams

| 1968

|

| Professional football player

| Played for NFL's Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars{{cite web|url= https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BouwSh20.htm|title= Shawn Bouwens|publisher= Pro-Football-Reference.Com|accessdate= October 6, 2012|archive-date= August 13, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190813065754/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BouwSh20.htm|url-status= live}}

| 1922

| 2011

| Actress

| Featured in films such as Cover Girl and Blonde Ice

| 1860

| 1925

| Lawyer, statesman, politician

| Three-time Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States

|2003

|

|Soccer player

|Goalkeeper{{Cite web |title=Mitch Budler |url=https://gozips.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/mitch-budler/9674 |access-date=February 16, 2025 |website=Akron Zips}}

|1990

|

|Soccer player

|Forward who represented Puerto Rico{{Cite web |title=Julián Cardona |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/45151/Julian_Cardona.html |access-date=March 12, 2025 |website=National Football Teams}}

| 1936

|

| Entertainer

| Host of The Dick Cavett Show

| 1985

|

| Athlete

| Relief pitcher for Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees

| 1941

|

| Politician

| Vice president of the United States under George W. Bush

|1979

|

|Artist

|Visual effects artist for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and other films{{Cite web|title=Trent Claus|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2740914/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=IMDb}}

| 1823

| 1905

| Politician

| U.S. representative from Wisconsin

| 1922

| 1944

| Soldier

| Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient in World War II

|

|

|Stand-up comedian

|

|1997

|

|Rapper, TikTok personality

|

| 1865

| 1951

| Banker, politician

| Vice president of the United States during Coolidge administration

| 1937

| 1992

| Actress

| Won an Academy Award for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1967

| 1929

| 1997

| Actor

| Starred as "Bosley" in hit TV series Charlie's Angels

| 1931

| 1995

| Actress

| Starred in 1970s Broadway production Best Friend

| 1899

| 1996

| Writer

| Mystery Writers of America award-winning author of While the Patient Slept

| 1903

| 1990

| Engineer

| Credited with popularizing the use of the electronic flash in photography

| 1907

| 1977

| Poet, science writer

| Inspired the environmental movement with his writings

| 1940

|

| Politician

| Member of Arkansas State Senate from North Little Rock

| 1951

|

| Politician

| Republican U.S. senator

| 1943

|

| Criminal

| Teenage girlfriend of murderer Charles Starkweather; youngest female in US history to be tried for first-degree murder

| 1910

| 1991

| Author

| Aviator, author of The High and The Mighty and Fate Is the Hunter

| 1949

|

| Coach

| College football coach, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Northern Colorado

| 1984

|

| Athlete

| Player for 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals

| 1988

|

| Model

| Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model

| 1918

| 2001

| Businessman

| Creator and publisher of CliffsNotes

| 1869

| 1934

| Psychologist

| Educational reformer, member of Lincoln Board of Education

| 1972

|

| Basketball coach

| Former head coach of NBA's Chicago Bulls, current coach of Nebraska Men's Basketball

| 1950

|

| Politician

| Former Republican mayor of Lincoln and governor of Nebraska

| 1915

| 2000

| Plagiarist

| Sold Margaret Keane's big-waif paintings as his own

| 1943

|

| Politician

| 35th governor of Nebraska and U.S. senator{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000146 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov |date= |accessdate=2012-11-04 |archive-date=2012-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102160853/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000146 |url-status=live }}

| 1975

|

| Coach

| Head football coach at the University of Mississippi; former head coach of the Oakland Raiders, the USC Trojans, the Tennessee Volunteers, and the Florida Atlantic Owls; former offensive coordinator for the Alabama Crimson Tide

| 1937

| 2013

| Politician

| Former mayor of Aspen, Colorado{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Travers |title=Helen Kalin Klanderud: June 9, 1937 — Oct. 3, 2013 |url=http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159690 |work=Aspen Daily News |date=2013-10-05 |accessdate=2013-10-27 |archive-date=2013-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016215630/http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159690 |url-status=live }}

| 1892

| 1964

| U.S. Army officer

| Commanded three divisions as a major general during World War II{{cite news |date=March 27, 1944 |title=Maj. Gen. Herman F. Kramer, native Nebraskan, born in Lincoln |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119693311/kramer/ |work=Lincoln Journal |location=Lincoln, NE |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}

| 1946

| 2020

| Musicologist, journal editor

| Expert of Karlheinz Stockhausen

| 1971

|

| Anthropologist

|

| 1943

|

| Activist

| Prominent Communist and radio host

| 1987

|

| Animator

| Specialist in CGI

| 1874

| 1918

| Opera singer

| International performer and Lincoln voice teacher

| 1969

|

| Writer

| Author of historical and supernatural literature

| 1901

| 1980

| Professional football player

| Quarterback for Nebraska and Green Bay Packers, district attorney

| 1875

| 1946

| Chemist

| Developed Lewis dot structure of molecular modeling

| 1918

| 2011

| Historian

| Historian of Lewis and Clark Expedition

| 1921

| 1986

| Actor, singer

| Best known for starring in musicals Oklahoma! and Carousel

| 1985

|

| Actress

| Best known for voice roles like Helga Pataki, as well as several characters, in Hey Arnold! and several other characters in Recess and other series.

| 1940

| 1992

| State legislator, school board member

| First African-American woman to serve in the Nebraska Legislature (1977–1979)

| 1984

|

| Musician

| Singer, songwriter, producer and film composer from electric pop duo 3OH!3

| 1837

| 1910

| Social reform activist

| Held important positions in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and Daughters of the American Revolution

| 1965

|

| Professional football player

| Played for NFL's Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NOONADAN01 |title=Danny Noonan |publisher=databaseFootball.com |accessdate=October 6, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024181036/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NOONADAN01 |archivedate=October 24, 2012 }}

| 1957

|

| Papyrologist and classicist

| Lecturer on papyrology and Greek literature

| 1947

|

| Psychologist, author

| Received, and later returned, presidential citation from American Psychological Association

| 1870

| 1964

| Legal scholar and educator

| Dean of Harvard University law school 1916-36

| 1943

|

| Businessman

| Father of JonBenét Ramsey

| 1907

| 1996

| Politician

| United States Solicitor General (1956–61){{cite web|url= http://www.justice.gov/osg/aboutosg/osghistpage.php?id=30|title= J. Lee Rankin|publisher= United States Department of Justice|accessdate= October 6, 2012|archive-date= October 20, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141020024006/http://www.justice.gov/osg/aboutosg/osghistpage.php?id=30|url-status= live}}

|1914

|2008

|Businessman

|Chairman & CEO, Beatrice Foods Co.

| 1958

|

| Politician

| Member of Lincoln City Council

| 1981

|

| Professional basketball player

| Plays in pro league in Australia

| 1926

| 2007

| Artist, children's book illustrator

| Awarded Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award in Art (1999) by UNL College of Fine Art, Nebraska

| 1983

|

| Professional football player

| Linebacker for five NFL teams

| 1984

|

| Professional football player

| Played linebacker for New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns

| 1975

|

| Writer

| Author of fantasy and science-fiction books

|1893

|1967

|Actor

|Played Moss Grimmick on Gunsmoke

| 1936

|

| Politician

| Former Democratic mayor of Lincoln

| 1989

|

| Actress

| Starred in Nickelodeon's sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

|1992

|

|Athlete

|Tennis player

| 1928

| 2010

| Lawyer, speechwriter

| Closest adviser to and speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy

| 1938

| 1959

| Criminal

| Executed after killing spree in Nebraska and Wyoming that left 11 dead

| 1980

|

| Musician

| Drummer for ska punk band Reel Big Fish

| 1962

|

| Professional basketball player

| Played for NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Atlanta Hawks

| 1974

|

| Actress

| Won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby

| 1964

|

| Musician

| Solo pop rock artist, formerly member of R.E.M. and The B-52's

| 1972

| 1993

| Trans Icon

| Murdered for being a transgender man; inspired the 1999 Oscar-winning film Boys Don't Cry

| 1962

|

| Actress

| Starred in TV series Northern Exposure and film Cliffhanger

| 1978

|

| Musician

| Guitarist for pop rock band Maroon 5

| 1897

| 1988

| Attorney

| Served as U.S. District Judge in District of Nebraska

|1967

|

|Athlete

|NFL and AFL player

| 1963

|

| Comedian, actor

| Co-star of Blue Collar Comedy Tour

| 1899

| 1981

| Businessman

| Founded Wick Communications

| 1900

| 1982

| Announcer

| Radio and TV announcer for Jack Benny

| 1943

|

| Musician

| Was member of duo Zager and Evans; current salesman of EZ-Play modified guitars

| 1960

|

| Director and playwright

| Winner of Broadway's Tony Award in 2002

| 1987

|

| Pro football player

| Placekicker for NFL's New York Jets