List of people from Davenport, Iowa

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Davenport, Iowa.

Bix Beiderbecke, jazz musician; the Bix 7 Road Race and Memorial Jazz Festival are named for him
Isabel Bloom, sculpture artist; raised in Davenport^[1]^[2]
Branden Campbell, bassist for Neon Trees; born in Davenport^[3]
Julia Michaels, singer-songwriter; born in Davenport^[4]
Helen Vanni, opera singer; born in Davenport^[5]
Dave Blunts, rapper; from Davenport

Media

Anania, internet personality
Matthew Ashford, actor (Jack Deveraux on Days of Our Lives)
Lara Flynn Boyle, actress (Twin Peaks and The Practice)^[6]
Louise Carver, silent film and stage actress
Dana Davis, actress (Franklin & Bash and 10 Things I Hate About You)
Joe Frisco, jazz dancer and performer in vaudeville
John Getz, stage and film actor (Blood Simple, Zodiac)
Hazel Keener, silent-film actress
Perry Lafferty, executive TV producer (All in the Family, M*A*S*H, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Sue Lyon, actress (Lolita)
Stuart Margolin, actor and director (The Rockford Files)
Vanessa McNeal, activist
Mary Beth Peil, actress and singer (The Good Wife)
Roger Perry, actor (Harrigan and Son)
James Philbrook, actor (The Thin Red Line)
Linnea Quigley, actress, known as a B movie scream queen
Robin Thede, comedian, writer and actress; lived here as a child; first African-American woman host of a late-night TV talk show, The Rundown
Hynden Walch, voice actress

Ken Croken, Iowa state representative since 2023^[7]
Lyda Krewson, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
Jim Leach, U.S. congressman; chairperson of National Endowment for the Humanities
Larry Leonard, Illinois state senator
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, U.S. congresswoman; former state senator and Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health^[8]
Hiram Price, U.S. congressman
Phyllis Thede, Iowa state representative from 2009 to 2023
Anthony Van Wyck, Wisconsin state senator
Mike Vondran, Iowa state representative since 2023^[9]
Jarvis White, Wisconsin state assemblyman

Frederick G. Clausen, architect
Samuel Cody, aviation pioneer; native of Davenport^[10]
Edward Hammatt, architect ^[11]
Daniel David Palmer, founder of chiropractic and the Palmer College of Chiropractic
Oran Pape, first Iowa state patrolman murdered in the line of duty
Otto Frederick Rohwedder, inventor of mass-produced sliced bread; grew up in Davenport
James A. Skinner, Executive Chairman of Walgreens Boots Alliance, and former CEO and Vice President of McDonald's; graduated from West High School (1962)^[12]