Biographical Records
Notable People from Minnesota
1,491 notable figures born in Minnesota, showing page 20 of 30, ranked by historical prominence.
Jake Larson
1922 – 2025
TikTokermilitary personnelwriter
John M. Peters
1927 – 2013
politicianlawyer
James D. La Belle
1925 – 1945
military personnel
David M. Pletcher
1920 – 2004
historian
Dennis Carpenter
1928 – 2003
politician
Hubert H. Peavey
1881 – 1937
editorpoliticianbusinessperson
Fred Biermann
1884 – 1968
politician
Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye
1858 – 1923
biographerhistorian
Bruce Nestande
1938 – 2020
politician
Dale Eldred
1933 – 1993
installation artistsculptorartist
David Boe
1936 – 2020
organist
Don Laughlin
1931 – 2023
businessperson
Barbara Carlson
1937 – 2018
journalistpolitician
Mark Mahowald
1931 – 2013
university teachermathematician
John Zdechlik
1937 – 2020
music educatormusicologistmusic director
Edward T. Burke
1870 – 1935
politicianlawyerjudge
Larry Buendorf
1937 – 2025
U.S. Secret Service agent
Edward Monroe Freeman
1875 – 1954
botanistbotanical collector
Paul Giel
1932 – 2002
American football playerbaseball player
Peter E. Gillquist
1938 – 2012
writer
Rand Araskog
1931 – 2021
businessperson
Richard Hongisto
1936 – 2004
politician
Richard Moe
1936 – 2025
administrative assistantlawyer
Richard Proulx
1937 – 2010
choir directorcomposer
Bob Johnson
1931 – 1991
ice hockey playerice hockey coach
Anders Henrik Bull
1875 – 1956
engineer
Amy Robbins Ware
1877 – 1929
historianpoetwriter
Jere Austin
1876 – 1927
actor
Edith Ogden Heidel
1870 – 1956
sculptorartistsuffragette
Marion Craig Wentworth
1872 – 1942
suffragistpoet
Bide Dudley
1877 – 1944
criticjournalistauthor
Elvin Ragnvald Heiberg
1873 – 1917
military officer
Dudley Knight
1939 – 2013
television actoractor
Guy E. Kelly
1876 – 1940
politician
George G. Eitel
1858 – 1928
surgeonphysician
Jerry Kindall
1935 – 2017
baseball playerbasketball player
John Campbell
1938 – 2024
American football playermilitary personnel
Bruce Voeller
1935 – 1994
biologist
Don Monson
1933 – 2025
basketball coachbasketball player
Mathew H. Ahmann
1931 – 2001
editorcivil rights advocate
Jon Wefald
1937 – 2022
teacher
Layton Kor
1938 – 2013
mountaineerrock climber
Mary Murphy
1939 – 2024
politician
Martin Brandtner
1938 – 2017
military personnel
Franklin Ellsworth
1879 – 1942
politicianlawyer
David C. Sutherland III
1949 – 2005
role-playing game designergame designerartist
Diane Carlson Evans
1946 – 2026
nurse
Ellen Bard
1949 – 2009
politician
Frances Winfield
1946 – 2019
writer
Richard Sutch
1942 – 2019
university teachereconomist