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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 -LRB- 1880 -- 87 -RRB-. Austin Adams. Austin Adams ( lawyer ). Don Ameche , actor , Loras College , buried in nearby Asbury , Iowa. Don Ameche. Don Ameche. Loras College. Loras College. Francis Beckman , bishop , an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church , served as Bishop of Lincoln -LRB- 1924 -- 30 -RRB- and as Archbishop of Dubuque -LRB- 1930 -- 46 -RRB- .. Francis Beckman. Francis Beckman. Bishop of Lincoln. Bishop of Lincoln. Archbishop of Dubuque. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque. Alfred S. Bennett , judge , educator , attorney in Oregon , the 49th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court , serving from 1919 to 1920. Alfred S. Bennett. Alfred S. Bennett. Oregon Supreme Court. Oregon Supreme Court. Leo Binz , Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Leo Binz. Leo Binz. Richard Pike Bissell , author. Richard Pike Bissell. Richard Pike Bissell. Gottfried Blocklinger , rear admiral in US Navy ; in 1879 , as a lieutenant , he commanded survey of Madeira river in the Amazon -LSB- 1 -RSB- , was a lieutenant on board USS Baltimore -LRB- C-3 -RRB- during Baltimore Crisis of 1891 ; executive officer on board USS Charleston -LRB- C-2 -RRB- during the Capture of Guam during Spanish -- American War in 1898. Gottfried Blocklinger. Gottfried Blocklinger. 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. Donald G. Bloesch. Donald G. Bloesch. Charles H. Bradley , Jr. , businessman. James Byrne , Archbishop of Dubuque , died in Dubuque. Archbishop of Dubuque. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque. James Byrne. James Byrne ( bishop ). 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. Robert Byrne. Robert Byrne ( author ). NBC. NBC. LeRoy E. Cain , flight director during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. LeRoy E. Cain. LeRoy E. Cain. Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Sabin Carr , pole vault gold medalist at 1928 Summer Olympics. Sabin Carr. Sabin Carr. 1928 Summer Olympics. 1928 Summer Olympics. John Patrick Carroll , bishop. John Patrick Carroll. John Patrick Carroll. Mark Chamberlain , photographic , environmental , installation artist , gallerist , curator , educator ; founder / operator , BC Space Gallery , Laguna Beach , California ; collaborated on `` Laguna Canyon Project . ''. Mark Chamberlain. Mark Chamberlain ( photographer ). 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. Tom Churchill. Tom Churchill. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. NBC. NBC. PBS. Public Broadcasting Service. Andrew Clemens , sand artist. Andrew Clemens. Andrew Clemens. Ada Langworthy Collier -LRB- 1843-1919 -RRB- , poet , writer. Ada Langworthy Collier. Ada Langworthy Collier. Ira Davenport , 1912 Olympic bronze medalist and Dubuque coach. Ira Davenport. Ira Davenport ( athlete ). Julien Dubuque , explorer , first white settler in Dubuque. Julien Dubuque. Julien Dubuque. Peter H. Engle , first Speaker of the House of Wisconsin Territory , which at that time included all of what is now Iowa -LRB- and Minnesota , and parts of the Dakotas -RRB-. Peter H. Engle. Peter H. Engle. Wisconsin Territory. Wisconsin Territory. David Farley , author and journalist , writing about travel , food , and culture for the New York Times , Washington Post , Conde Nast Traveler , and World Hum. David Farley. David Farley. New York Times. New York Times. Washington Post. Washington Post. 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. Victor Feguer. Victor Feguer. Furman v. Georgia. Furman v. Georgia. Robert John Felderman , born in Dubuque 1955 , first major general -LRB- retired -RRB- from Dubuque in the 21st century , over 35 years of service in the Army and Air Force -LRB- including two years enlisted -RRB- , 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. Margaret Feldner. Margaret Feldner. Quincy University. Quincy University. George J. Fritschel , theologian. George J. Fritschel. George J. Fritschel. 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 -LRB- now called Carroll University from 1921 until his retirement in 1939 ; supported athletic programs at both schools. William Arthur Ganfield. William Arthur Ganfield. Carroll University. Carroll University. Thomas Gifford , author , best-selling American author of thriller novels. Thomas Gifford. Thomas Gifford. 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. Robert John Giroux. Robert John Giroux. Clarke College. Clarke University. Thomas More College. Thomas More College ( Kentucky ). Newman University. Newman University, Wichita. John Graas , musician , career on the West Coast , known primarily as one of the first and best French horn players in jazz. John Graas. John Graas. French horn. French horn. Jerome Hanus , archbishop of the Catholic Church , served as Bishop of Saint Cloud , Minnesota from 1987 to 1994 , former Archbishop of Dubuque. Archbishop of Dubuque. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque. Jerome Hanus. Jerome Hanus. 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. Fridolin Heer. Fridolin Heer. Dubuque County Courthouse. Dubuque County Courthouse. 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. Gwen Hennessey. Gwen Hennessey. John Hennessey , bishop of the Diocese of Dubuque from 1866 -- 1893 , then named the first archbishop of Dubuque. John Hennessey. John Hennessy ( archbishop ). Jack Hicks , sculptor. Jack Hicks. Jack Hicks. Doron Jensen , founder of Timber Lodge Steakhouse. Doron Jensen. Doron Jensen. Timber Lodge Steakhouse. Timber Lodge Steakhouse. Richard A. Jensen , theologian and Carlson Professor of Homiletics at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Richard A. Jensen. Richard A. Jensen. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Frederick William Kaltenbach , American who served the Nazis as the wartime radio broadcaster known as `` Lord Hee-Haw ''. Frederick William Kaltenbach. Frederick William Kaltenbach. Lord Hee-Haw. Lord Haw-Haw#Origin of the name. 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. Frank Keenan. Frank Keenan. Dallas Kinney , photojournalist who won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in photography for his pictures of Florida migrant workers. Dallas Kinney. Dallas Kinney. Pulitzer Prize. Pulitzer Prize. Kay Kurt , artist , a New Realist painter known for her large-scale candy paintings. Kay Kurt. Kay Kurt. New Realist. New Realist. Anna B. Lawther , leader in the women 's suffrage movement. Anna B. Lawther. Anna B. Lawther. Mathias Clement Lenihan , 20th-century archbishop in the Catholic Church ; bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls , Montana from 1904 -- 30. Mathias Clement Lenihan. Mathias Clement Lenihan. 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 .. Alexander Levi. Alexander Levi. Margaret Lindsay , actress , noted for her supporting work in successful films of the 1930s and 1940s such as Jezebel -LRB- 1938 -RRB- and Scarlet Street -LRB- 1945 -RRB- and for leading roles in lower-budgeted B-movies such as the Ellery Queen series at Columbia in the early 1940s. Margaret Lindsay. Margaret Lindsay. Bill Lipinski , politician , attended Loras College , was a U.S. Representative for Illinois ' 3rd and 5th districts -LRB- 1983 -- 2005 -RRB-. Loras College. Loras College. Bill Lipinski. Bill Lipinski. 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. Francis MacNutt. Francis MacNutt. Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Catholic Charismatic Renewal. 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. Dennis Mahony. Dennis Mahony. Telegraph Herald. Telegraph Herald. 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. ShaChelle Devlin Manning. ShaChelle Devlin Manning. Michael Joseph Melloy , judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Michael Joseph Melloy. Michael Joseph Melloy. Kate Mulgrew , actress , Star Trek Voyager and Mrs. Columbo and Orange is the New Black. Kate Mulgrew. Kate Mulgrew. Star Trek Voyager. Star Trek Voyager. Mrs. Columbo. Mrs. Columbo. Orange is the New Black. 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. Louie Psihoyos. Louie Psihoyos. David Rabe , playwright , won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 -LRB- Sticks and Bones -RRB- and also received Tony award nominations for Best Play in 1974 -LRB- In the Boom Boom Room -RRB- , 1977 -LRB- Streamers -RRB- and 1985 -LRB- Hurlyburly -RRB-. David Rabe. David Rabe. John F. Rague -LRB- 1799 -- 1877 -RRB- 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. John F. Rague. John F. Rague. Old Capitol of Illinois. Illinois State Capitol#Former capitols. Territorial Capitol of Iowa. Iowa Old Capitol Building. jail. Dubuque County Jail. Robert Reuland , novelist. Robert Reuland. Robert Reuland. 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. Jim Romagna. Jim Romagna. Raymond Roseliep , poet and haiku writer , Loras College. Loras College. Loras College. Raymond Roseliep. Raymond Roseliep. Alexander Rummler , painter. Alexander Rummler. Alexander Rummler. 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. Albert Sale. Albert Sale. John P. Schlegel , educator , 23rd President of Creighton University , 26th President of the University of San Francisco from 1991 until 2000. John P. Schlegel. John P. Schlegel. Creighton University. Creighton University. University of San Francisco. University of San Francisco. Dennis Schmitz , contemporary poet. Dennis Schmitz. Dennis Schmitz. 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 -LRB- political , governmental or judicial -RRB- 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. Oliver Perry Shiras. Oliver Perry Shiras. William A. Shanklin , educator , president of Upper Iowa University in 1905-09 and thereafter president of Wesleyan University. William A. Shanklin. William A. Shanklin. Upper Iowa University. Upper Iowa University. Wesleyan University. Wesleyan University. J. R. Simplot , entrepreneur and formerly world 's oldest billionaire. J. R. Simplot. J. R. Simplot. Mark Steines , TV anchor and reporter on Entertainment Tonight. Mark Steines. Mark Steines. Entertainment Tonight. Entertainment Tonight. James Huff Stout , Wisconsin politician and businessman , founded Stout Manual Institute -LRB- now University of Wisconsin-Stout -RRB-. James Huff Stout. James Huff 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. Jessie Taft. Jessie Taft. Otto Rank. Otto Rank. Sigmund Freud. Sigmund Freud. Saint Cessianus , whose remains are kept inside the altar at St. Raphael 's Cathedral. Saint Cessianus. Saint Cessianus. 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. John Tomkins. John Tomkins. William Vandever , U.S. Representative for Iowa 's 2nd district -LRB- 1859 -- 61 -RRB- and California 's 6th district -LRB- 1887 -- 91 -RRB-. William Vandever. William Vandever. 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. Oregon Supreme Court. Oregon Supreme Court. James F. Watson. James F. Watson. Loras Joseph Watters , Roman Catholic bishop. Loras Joseph Watters. Loras Joseph Watters. 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. Westel W. Willoughby. Westel W. Willoughby. Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins