Biographical Records
Notable People from Minnesota
1,491 notable figures born in Minnesota, showing page 22 of 30, ranked by historical prominence.
David Bloom
1963 – 2003
journalist
Charles Judson Herrick
1868 – 1960
neurologistuniversity teacherzoologist
Rolf Loer
1892 – 1964
actor
George P. Hammond
1896 – 1993
historian
Frances Nelson
1892 – 1975
film actor
Henrietta Melia Larson
1894 – 1983
university teacherhistorian
Samuel Armstrong
1893 – 1976
directorfilm directorbackground artist
Gratia Countryman
1866 – 1953
librarian
Charles Willis Holman
1898 – 1931
airmail pilotstunt pilotskydiver
Allen Walker Read
1906 – 2002
linguistscholar of Englishphilologist
Ancher Nelsen
1904 – 1992
politician
Carmen Hill
1895 – 1990
baseball player
Florence Klingensmith
1904 – 1933
aircraft pilot
Glenn Odekirk
1905 – 1987
military flight engineerengineer
Scot Kleinendorst
1960 – 2019
ice hockey player
Karl Anderson
1900 – 1989
hurdler
Elmer Foster
1861 – 1946
baseball player
Marty Norton
1902 – 1977
American football player
James B. Tapp
1920 – 2014
aircraft pilotmilitary personnel
Houston Branch
1903 – 1968
playwrightwriterscreenwriter
Philip Strong Humphrey
1926 – 2009
university teacherornithologistzoologist
William Gould Dow
1895 – 1999
engineer
Jeanne Arland Peterson
1921 – 2013
musicianpianistsinger
LaVerne Andrews
1911 – 1967
singer
Robert W. Johnson
1924 – 2013
politicianlawyer
Howard Wandrei
1909 – 1956
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Mary Louise Wright
1923 – 2004
figure skaterfigure skating judge
Irv Anderson
1923 – 2008
politician
Robert Baker
1926 – 2012
ice hockey player
Joseph Renville
1779 – 1846
fur traderhymnwriterexplorer
Mike Plant
1950 – 1992
athlete
Donald Olsen
1919 – 2015
architect
Edward S. Briggs
1926 – 2022
Ben Hoberman
1922 – 2014
business executive
Thomas Cochran
1871 – 1936
American football playerbanker
Alfred Moir
1924 – 2010
art historianwriter
Robert Bell
1926 – 2014
politicianlawyer
Bebe Barron
1925 – 2008
film score composercomposer
Michael Francis Podulke
1922 – 1988
printmakergraphic artistpainter
Al Beadle
1927 – 1998
architect
Newt Loken
1919 – 2011
gymnastics coachathletecoach
Irving S. Shapiro
1916 – 2001
businesspersonlawyer
Kathrene Pinkerton
1887 – 1967
writer
Leonard Shoen
1916 – 1999
entrepreneur
Mike Lynch
1875 – 1947
baseball player
Wendell Niles
1904 – 1994
radio personality
Dorothy Awes Haaland
1918 – 1996
politicianlawyer
Jimmy Pofahl
1917 – 1984
shortstopprofessional baseball player
James Allen Byrne
1911 – 1975
labor leaderminerpolitician
Ishtakhaba
1780 – 1860