Cresco, Iowa, United States
Famous Persons from Cresco, Iowa, United States
- Tami Hoag - Born on January 20, 1959 - Dressage rider, Novelist, and Writer
- David G. Bronner - Born on January 22, 1945 - Business executive
- Dana G. Mead - Born on February 22, 1936 - Business executive, Military officer, and Writer - White House Fellows (died: October 31, 2018)
- Donald Lybbert - Born on February 19, 1923 - Composer (died: July 26, 1981)
- Harold Nichols - Born on March 22, 1917 - Amateur wrestler (died: February 22, 1997)
- Norman Borlaug - Born on March 25, 1914 - Geneticist, Agronomist, University teacher, Biologist, and Engineer - Honorary doctorate from the University of Florida | Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences | Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | honorary doctor of the University Polytechnic of Catalonia | honorary doctorate of the University of Granada | Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering | Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit | AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Borlaug CAST Communication Award | NAS Public Welfare Medal | National Medal of Science | Congressional Gold Medal | Nobel Peace Prize | Presidential Medal of Freedom (died: September 12, 2009)
- Ellen Church - Born on September 22, 1904 - Aircraft pilot, Nurse, and Flight attendant - American Campaign Medal | World War II Victory Medal | European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal | Air Medal (died: August 22, 1965)
- Otis Halbert Holmes - Born on February 22, 1902 - Rancher, University teacher, Politician, and Teacher (died: July 27, 1977)