PROMINENT PEOPLE
WITH NEBRASKA TIES
Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher · Fred Astaire,
dancer and actor · Max Baer, boxer · Marlon
Brando, Academy Award-winning actor · William
Jennings Bryan, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S.
Representative, Democratic Party nominee for
president 1896, 1900, and 1908 ·
Warren Buffett, investor; Forbes Magazine’s
2008 Richest Man in the World · Richard N.
Cabela, entrepreneur, founder of Cabela’s
sporting store · Johnny Carson, comedian · Joba
Chamberlain, Major League Baseball pitcher ·
Dick Cheney, 46th U.S. Vice-president · Adam
DeVine, actor · Brian Duensing, Major League
Baseball pitcher, Minnesota Twins · Henry Fonda,
Academy Award-winning actor · Bob Gibson,
Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, St.
Louis Cardinals · Alex Gordon, Major League
Baseball All-Star and Gold Glove winner, Kansas
Modeled after the Power and Light District in Kansas City, the Railyard sits right across from the front entrance of Pinnacle
Bank Arena, allowing fans to go to an event and then go out to the outdoor plaza.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha and its metro-area, is less than an hour’s drive from Lincoln and has a population of
nearly 900,000. Omaha is home to TD Ameritrade Park, the NCAA College World Series and the world-renowned
Henry Doorly Zoo.
City Royals · Amy Heidemann, Karmin lead singer
· Marg Helgenberger, actress · Peter Kiewit,
contractor, investor and philanthropist · Jaime
King, actress · Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the
United States and Pulitzer Prize winner · Larry the
Cable Guy, comedian · Malcolm X, civil rights
leader · Nick Nolte, actor, producer · Alexander
Payne, Academy Award-winning Director · Edwin
Perkins, inventor of Kool-Aid, philanthropist · Andy
Roddick, tennis star, 2003 U.S. Open Champion ·
Gale Sayers, Football Hall of Fame running back,
Chicago Bears · Elliott Smith, singer-songwriter ·
Hilary Swank, two-time Academy Award-winning
actress · Jack Sock, 2014 Wimbledon doubles
champion · Gabrielle Union, actress ·
James Valentine, Maroon 5 · Tony Watson, Major
League Baseball All-Star, Pittsburgh Pirates · Paula
Zahn, Former News anchor for CNN
INTRO
THIS IS NEBRASKA
COACHES & STAFF
HUSKER WOMEN
HUSKER MEN
HISTORY
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