Who's Who of Iowa

Notable People & Families from Council Bluffs, Iowa

The notable people, families, and companies from Council Bluffs, Iowa — profiled from public sources.

Lee de ForestThe Council Bluffs–born inventor whose vacuum tube made radio, television, and the electronic age possible.Read profile →Grenville M. DodgeThe Council Bluffs general and engineer who built the Union Pacific across the West.Read profile →Amelia BloomerThe women's-rights editor — namesake of “bloomers” — who spent her influential later decades in Council Bluffs.Read profile →
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