Biographical Records

Notable People from Minnesota

1,491 notable figures born in Minnesota, showing page 6 of 30, ranked by historical prominence.

Olive Ann Alcorn
Olive Ann Alcorn
American actor, model and dancer (1900-1975)
1900 - 1975
dancermodelstage actor
Clinton Sundberg
Clinton Sundberg
American actor (1903-1987)
1903 - 1987
stage actoractor
C. Elmer Anderson
C. Elmer Anderson
American politician (1912-1998)
1912 - 1998
governorpoliticianbusinessperson
Karl Rolvaag
Karl Rolvaag
American diplomat (1913-1990)
1913 - 1990
commandantdiplomatgovernor
Frances O'Connor
Frances O'Connor
American actress (1914-1982)
1914 - 1982
circus performerfilm actor
Arthur Burks
Arthur Burks
American mathematician who contributed to the design of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (1915–2008)
1915 - 2008
philosopheruniversity teachermathematician
Larry Gates
Larry Gates
American actor (1915–1996)
1915 - 1996
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Philip LaBatte
American ice hockey player (1911–2002)
1911 - 2002
ice hockey player
Ruth Duccini
American actress (1918-2014)
1918 - 2014
film actoractor
Daniel McKinnon
American ice hockey player (1922-2017)
1922 - 2017
ice hockey player
Shirley Ardell Mason
American artist (1923–1998)
1923 - 1998
artistart dealer
Donald M. Fraser
Donald M. Fraser
American politician (1924-2019)
1924 - 2019
member of parliamentmilitary officerpolitician
Don Carlson
Don Carlson
basketball player (1919-2004)
1921 - 2004
basketball playerbasketball coach
Philip Berrigan
American priest and anti-war activist (1923-2002)
1923 - 2002
anti–nuclear weapons activistpeace activistpacifist
Lois Hall
Lois Hall
American actress (1926-2006)
1926 - 2006
film actoractor
Phil Bruns
Phil Bruns
American actor, writer (1931-2012)
1931 - 2012
television actorfilm actormusician
Charles Kimbrough
Charles Kimbrough
American actor (1936–2023)
1936 - 2023
television actorfilm actorvoice actor
Gail Omvedt
Gail Omvedt
American-born Indian sociologist (1941–2021)
1941 - 2021
sociologist
Susan Gordon
Susan Gordon
American child actress (1949–2011)
1949 - 2011
film actortelevision actoractor
David Carr
David Carr
American journalist
1956 - 2015
memoiristbloggerjournalist
Gabriele Grunewald
Gabriele Grunewald
American middle- and long-distance runner
1986 - 2019
middle-distance runnerlong-distance runnerathlete
William D. Mitchell
William D. Mitchell
American politician (1874-1955)
1874 - 1955
politicianlawyer
George Ashley Campbell
American electrical engineer (1870–1954)
1870 - 1954
inventor
Ross Lee Finney
American composer (1906–1997)
1906 - 1997
music educatorcomposer
Sidney Buchman
American screenwriter (1902-1975)
1902 - 1975
film producerscreenwriter
Alice Elizabeth Doherty
Alice Elizabeth Doherty
Sideshow performer
1887 - 1933
C. Walton Lillehei
American cardiologist (1918–1999)
1918 - 1999
cardiac surgeoncardiologistsurgeon
Edmund S. Morgan
American historian (1916-2013)
1916 - 2013
historian of Modern Ageuniversity teacherhistorian
Lee Hill
Lee Hill
actor (1894-1957)
1894 - 1957
actor
Mike O'Dowd
Mike O'Dowd
American boxer
1895 - 1957
boxer
Lenore Ulric
Lenore Ulric
American actress (1892-1970)
1892 - 1970
film actoractor
Thomas D. White
Thomas D. White
Fourth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (1901-1965)
1901 - 1965
military officer
Eleanore Griffin
American screenwriter (1904-1995)
1904 - 1995
screenwriter
Georgie Stoll
American musical director and composer (1902–1985)
1905 - 1985
jazz musiciandirectorfilm score composer
Jerome Hill
American film director (1905–1972)
1905 - 1972
directorfilm editorfilm director
Verner E. Suomi
American meteorologist (1915–1995)
1915 - 1995
meteorologistuniversity teacher
Mike Karakas
American ice hockey goaltender (1911–1992)
1911 - 1992
ice hockey player
Raymond Lindeman
Raymond Lindeman
American ecologist (1915–1942)
1915 - 1942
ecologistlimnologistenvironmentalist
Rudy Perpich
Rudy Perpich
American politician (1928-1995)
1928 - 1995
governorpoliticiandentist
Arch Johnson
Arch Johnson
American actor (1922-1997)
1922 - 1997
television actorstage actoractor
Curt Swan
American artist (1920-1996)
1920 - 1996
visual artistcomics artistgraphic designer
John Noah
American ice hockey player (1927-2015)
1927 - 2015
ice hockey player
Liz Anderson
Liz Anderson
American singer and country music songwriter (1927-2011)
1927 - 2011
recording artistlyricistsongwriter
Tony Jaros
Tony Jaros
American basketball player (1920–1995)
1920 - 1995
baseball playerbasketball player
Nancy Andrews
Nancy Andrews
American actress and singer (1924-1989)
1924 - 1989
film actorstage actoractor
Myer Skoog
American basketball player-coach (1926-2019)
1926 - 2019
basketball playerbasketball coach
Charles Nolte
Charles Nolte
American actor (1923-2010)
1923 - 2010
actor
Stuart R. Schram
Stuart R. Schram
American physicist and sinologist (1924-2012)
1924 - 2012
sinologistnuclear physicistuniversity teacher
David C. Lindberg
American historian of science (1935–2015)
1935 - 2015
historian of scienceuniversity teacherhistorian
Vern Ehlers
Vern Ehlers
American politician (1934-2017)
1934 - 2017
university teacherpolitician
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