10 Quotes From ‘Famous Celebrities’ About Iowa

"Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa" is one of the most popular movie quotes about the state of Iowa, in my opinion. After recently re-watching the Field of Dreams movie, I started to wonder what real-life celebrities thought about the state of Iowa. With the help of Brainy Quote, I've found 10 quotes from famous celebrities, authors, coaches, politicians, etc, and they all have to do with our beautiful state.

Some of these famous people you will surely recognize as they are from Iowa!

10 Celebrity Quotes About Iowa

Jason Momoa 

Do you recognize this guy? It's Aquaman! Or if you'd like to call him by his real name, it's Jason Momoa. This famous actor was born in Hawaii and was raised in Norwalk, Iowa. He still visits Iowa pretty frequently. He was once asked what Iowa was like.

Mike Leach 

Mike Leach was a college football coach who spent a very brief portion of his career in Iowa. He was an assistant coach was Wesleyan, Iowa from 1989-1991. He once compared the wind in Iowa to the wind in Texas.

Shawn Crahan 

You might recognize Shawn a little better by his stage name, "Clown." Shawn is a percussionist and one of the co-founders of the popular heavy-metal band Slipknot. Even if you're not a fan of heavy metal, if you're from Iowa, you've heard of Slipknot.

Bret Hart

Wrestling fans will remember Bret Sergeant Hart. He is a retired professional wrestler and is part of a big wrestling family. He is a second-generation wrestler, from Canada, and wrestling fans might remember the tragic passing of his brother Owen.

Paul Engle

If you've never heard of Paul Engle, he was a poet, an editor, a teacher, and he was born in Cedar Rapids, according to the Poetry Foundation. He eventually went on to become the director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop soon after its founding.

John Dalton

John Dalton is another author on the list as he was the author of the novel, Heaven Lake, according to Simon and Schuster. This novel won the Barnes and Noble 2004 Discover Award in fiction as well as the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John was also a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Sadly, I could not find a photo of John I could use but he did mention his time at the University of Iowa.

Katie Porter

Katie Porter was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa whose life has led her to becoming a congresswoman. Katie represents the 47th Congressional District in Orange County, California. She earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, according to Iowa State University.

Michael Greger

Michael Greger is a physician, author, and is currently the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States, according to Iowa State University. He specializes in clinical nutrition and is a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He's also the author of Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind Ameria's Low-Carb Craze

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States from 1929-1933. Hoover helped lead the American Relief Administration, which provided food to the millions of starving people in Central and Eastern Europe. He was known as one of the best Americans of his time for his success in rescuing the population of Belgium from starvation, according to Hoover. Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa, and West Branch is also where he's been laid to rest.

Our Last One! Jason Momoa

Sorry... I know this is a bit of a repeat person from the list but I'm a big hockey fan and it's pretty cool to find out Jason was a big hockey guy too! It turns out that rock climbing was one of his ways out of Iowa.

I know not all of these people are your typical A-list celebrities but it was pretty interesting for me to learn a little bit about the University of Iowa's workshop program and how big of an impact it's really had on literature around the world. How many of these "famous" people did you recognize?