Services. Notable people Ralph Block, film producer and screenwriter; president of Screen Actors Guild. Elwood Brown, basketball coach. Wilmer D. Elfrink, football and basketball player. Guy M. Gillette, U.S. Representative (1930 - 1936) and Senator (1936 -1945) from Iowa. Roger Goeb, composer. Kelly Goodburn, NFL punter and Super Bowl champion for Washington Redskins. Major General Joseph A. Green, Chief of the Coast Artillery Corps. T. J. Hockenson, tight end for the Minnesota Vikings. Dan Huseman, member of Iowa House of Representatives. Royal C. Johnson, 8th Attorney General of South Dakota, U.S. Representative from South Dakota; highly decorated World War I veteran. Matt Koch, MLB baseball player with Arizona Diamondbacks. Ben F. Laposky, artist and mathematician. Edward Lindberg, Olympic gold medalist in 1912, track and field. Steve Melter, baseball player. Thomas Miller, Iowa newspaper editor and politician Spike Nelson, football player and coach. Ken Nordine, voiceover. Doug Ohlson, abstract artist. Jason Ravnsborg, 31st Attorney General of South Dakota. Laurence Rickels, theorist and philosopher, studied vampires, the Devil, technology and science fiction. General John D. Ryan, US Air Force Chief of Staff, 1969–71. Francis L. Sampson, Army officer whose rescue of young soldier inspired film Saving Private Ryan. Harold D. Schuster, editor and film director. Adam Timmerman, NFL lineman and Super Bowl champion for St. Louis Rams and Green Bay Packers. Steven VanRoekel, second Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States Stanton Warburton, U.S. Representative from Washington; moved to Cherokee. Notes References External links City of Cherokee, Iowa Website Portal style website, Government, Business, Library, Recreation and more Cities in Cherokee County, Iowa Cities in Iowa County seats in Iowa Populated places established in 1873 1873 establishments in Iowa