There are a number of notable people from North Omaha, Nebraska. This list includes people who lived in the community for any period of time, as well as groups and organizations of people within North Omaha.
Political figures
John Adams, Jr., first African American elected to the Nebraska Legislature after it became a unicameral, Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers, Nebraska State Senator, historical North Omaha community leader Brenda Council, city councilmember Lowen Kruse, Nebraska State Senator Malcolm X, civil rights leader George Wells Parker, founder of Hamitic League of the World John Grant Pegg, Weights and Measure Inspector, 1910-1916, Omaha Dr. Matthew Ricketts, first African American elected to the Nebraska Legislature, Nebraska State Senator Silas Robbins, first African American lawyer in Omaha Joe Rogers, Colorado Lieutenant Governor, 1999-2003 (Republican) Standing Bear, imprisoned and tried at Fort Omaha in Standing Bear v. Crook Susette LaFlesche Tibbles, Ponca member associated with the Standing Bear v. Crook trial Thomas Tibbles, journalist associated with the Standing Bear v. Crook trial Whitney Young, former head of Omaha Urban League Aaron Manasses McMillan, Nebraska State Senator, founder of the Peoples Hospital in North Omaha Gladys Harrison, primary candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
Stage, film, theater and dance figures
John Beasley, television and film actor
Gabrielle Union, television and film actress
Literary figures
Harold W. Andersen, Omaha World-Herald reporter
Mildred D. Brown, founder of Omaha Star, the oldest and perhaps the only African American newspaper founded by a woman Tillie Olsen, Jewish author Wallace Thurman, considered one of the greatest writers of the Harlem Renaissance
Music figures
Lester Abrams, funk musician
Wynonie Harris, rhythm & blues singer
Lloyd Hunter, big band leader
Preston Love, jazz player
Buddy Miles, musician
Geneice Wilcher, beauty pageant winner
Big Joe Williams, musician
Anna Mae Winburn, big band leader
Helen Jones Woods, big band trombonist
Business figures
Mildred Brown, founder of Omaha Star newspaper
Warren Buffett, business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Edward Creighton, pioneer businessman
John A. Creighton, pioneer businessman, philanthropist
Cathy Hughes, founder and president of Radio One
Manuel Lisa, fur trapper, founder of Fort Lisa
Sports figures
Houston Alexander, mixed martial arts fighter
Bob Boozer, former National Basketball Association player and gold medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics Terence Crawford, World Champion Boxer Bob Gibson, National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals Ahman Green, professional football player Kenton Keith, professional football player Ron Prince, former head football coach at Kansas State University Johnny Rodgers, 1972 Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, voted University of Nebraska's "player of the century" Gale Sayers, professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
Military
George Crook, leader of Fort Omaha
Alfonza W. Davis, Captain in the Tuskegee Airmen; born 1918 in North Omaha, graduate of Technical High School (Omaha, Nebraska), graduate of Omaha University, member of Kappa Alpha Psi; first black military aviator from Omaha to receive his wings from Tuskegee Field; KIA over Germany in 1944 Benjamin Foulois, stationed at Fort Omaha Balloon School Stuart Heintzelman, stationed at Fort Omaha Dan Christie Kingman, stationed at Fort Omaha Frank Purdy Lahm, stationed at Fort Omaha Balloon School Thomas Selfridge, stationed at Fort Omaha Balloon School
Cultural figures
Buffalo Bill, founded his Wild West Show in North Omaha
Bertha Calloway, founded the Great Plains Black History Museum
Thomas Rogers Kimball, early Omaha architect; designed Webster Telephone Exchange Building and several other significant buildings in North Omaha Rowena Moore, founder of the Malcolm X House Site Ken Vavrina, influential liberal activist priest in North Omaha Clarence W. Wigington, first African American municipal architect in the U.S; raised and began his career in Omaha