Notable People from Minnesota

Norman Saunders

American illustrator (1907-1989) who was active in comics and especially the pulp magazines, later working on paperbacks and trading cards

Don Herbert

American television host (1917–2007)

Paul Henze

US intelligence officer, writer (1924–2011)

Michael Z. Gordon

American screenwriter, producer, musician and composer

Arnold Sundgaard

American playwright, librettist, and lyricist (1909-2006)

Edward Everett Smith

American politician

William I. Nolan

American politician (1874–1943)

Harold William Henry

Catholic archbishop

Butch Thompson

American musician

Sydney E. Ahlstrom

American historian (1919–1984)

Buddy Wolfe

American professional wrestler

John Balfanz

Olympic ski jumper (1940-1991)

Harold Hagen

American politician (1901-1957)

Hazel Hall

American poet (1886-1924)

Janet Benshoof

American lawyer (1947-2017)

Michael L. Igoe

American politician (1885–1967)

Jim Brandenburg

American photographer

Sid Gillman

American football player and coach (1911–2003)

Frank Hinman Waskey

American politician (1875-1964)

Wally Olds

American ice hockey player

Robin Lee

figure skater

Roger Enrico

American businessman (1944–2016)

Robert Morris Page

American physicist (1903-1992)

Louis Loren Collins

American politician (1882-1950)

Robert Louis Hodapp

Catholic bishop (1910-1989)

Sam LoPresti

American ice hockey player (1917–1984)

Lonnie Hammargren

Nevada neurosurgeon, politician, and collector

Mary Gergen

American psychologist

Evelyn Fix

American statistician

Rhea Woltman

American aviator

BeBe Shopp

American model

Wayne Boring

comic artist (1905–1987)

Thor Carl Tollefson

American politician (1901–1982)

Bud Brisbois

American trumpeter (1937-1978)

Johnny Horan

American professional basketball player (1932–1980)

Leon Alexander Abbey

American jazz violinist, bandleader (1900-1975)

Stan Kowalski

American professional wrestler (1926-2017)

Theodore W. Parker

United States general (1909–1994)

Paul Mitchell

American football player (1920-2017)

Len Levy

American football player and professional wrestler (1921-1999)

Spencer Harris

American baseball player (1900–1982)

Robert F. Woodward

United States ambassador (1908–2001)

Jacky Lee

American football player (1939-2016)

DeWitt Wallace

Co-founder of Reader's Digest (1889-1981)

Shirley Cotter Tucker

American botanist and curator

Harland Svare

American football player and coach (1930-2020)

Cy Walter

American pianist (1915-1968)

Douglas Pike

American diplomat and historian (1924–2002)

Dan Dworsky

American architect (1927–2022)

Arvonne Fraser

American political activist