Biographical Records
Notable People from Minnesota
1,491 notable figures born in Minnesota, showing page 12 of 30, ranked by historical prominence.
Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel
1882 - 1936
Theaterintendantfilm directorimpresario
Wesley LaViolette
1894 - 1978
musicographermusic educatorconductor
Sydney Anderson
1881 - 1948
politicianlawyer
Winifred Dunn
1898 - 1977
art criticjournalisteditor
Patricia A. Thiel
1953 - 2020
chemistuniversity teacher
Billy Miske
1894 - 1924
boxer
Doug Somers
1951 - 2017
professional wrestler
William R. Sears
1913 - 2002
military flight engineeruniversity teacherengineer
Freddy Moore
1950 - 2022
songwritersinger
Walter Greaza
1897 - 1973
television actoractor
William A. Mitchell
1911 - 2004
chemistinventor
Carl Van Dyke
1881 - 1919
politicianlawyerteacher
William A. Spicer
1865 - 1952
Seventh-day Adventist ministerclericwriter
Victor Christgau
1894 - 1991
politician
Frank Eddy
1856 - 1929
politician
Tom Rukavina
1950 - 2019
politician
Pamela Sue Anderson
1955 - 2017
philosopher
Melvin Maas
1898 - 1964
military officerpolitician
Mary Reynolds
1891 - 1950
French resistance fighterart collectorbookbinder
Earl Douglass
1862 - 1931
paleontologistgeologist
John Anton Blatnik
1911 - 1991
school superintendentpartisanpolitician
Henry Oscar Talle
1892 - 1969
school superintendenttreasurerpolitician
Hugh Lincoln Cooper
1865 - 1937
civil engineer
Cully Dahlstrom
1913 - 1998
ice hockey player
Bob Stinson
1959 - 1995
guitaristmusician
Edward James Devitt
1911 - 1992
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Keith Brueckner
1924 - 2014
nuclear physicistuniversity teacherphysicist
Johnny Norlander
1921 - 2002
basketball player
John Merrill
1896 - 1975
architect
Michael Z. Gordon
1941 - 2024
film producermusiciantelevision producer
John Balfanz
1940 - 1991
ski jumper
Edith Day
1896 - 1971
singeractor
Woody Woodbury
1924
film actorcomedian
Buddy Wolfe
1941 - 2017
professional wrestler
Butch Thompson
1943 - 2022
jazz musicianpianist
Gladys Nordenstrom
1924 - 2016
pianistcomposer
Paul Henze
1924 - 2011
consultantintelligence officerspy
Wally Olds
1949 - 2009
ice hockey player
Elmer Eric Schattschneider
1892 - 1971
university teacherpolitical scientist
Roger Enrico
1944 - 2016
businessperson
Sydney E. Ahlstrom
1919 - 1984
church historianuniversity teacherhistorian
Janet Benshoof
1947 - 2017
lawyer
Wayne Peterson
1927 - 2021
jazz pianistuniversity teachermusician
Lonnie Hammargren
1937 - 2023
neurosurgeonpolitician
Mary Gergen
1938 - 2020
social psychologistuniversity teacherpsychologist
John Petroske
1934 - 2019
ice hockey player
Don Herbert
1917 - 2007
science teacherjournalisttelevision presenter
Jim Brandenburg
1945 - 2025
journalistphotojournalistphotographer
Charles M. Dale
1893 - 1978
juristgovernorpolitician
Robin Lee
1919 - 1997
figure skater