Biographical Records

Notable People from Minnesota

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

Frances O'Connor
Frances O'Connor
American actress (1914-1982)
1914 – 1982
circus performerfilm actor
Ruth Duccini
American actress (1918-2014)
1918 – 2014
film actoractor
John Monk Saunders
John Monk Saunders
screenwriter, novelist, film director (1897-1940)
1897 – 1940
novelistfilm directorscreenwriter
Frank Orren Lowden
Frank Orren Lowden
American politician (1861-1943)
1861 – 1943
university teacherjuristpolitician
Philip LaBatte
American ice hockey player (1911–2002)
1911 – 2002
ice hockey player
Clinton Sundberg
Clinton Sundberg
American actor (1903-1987)
1903 – 1987
stage actoractor
Tommy Milton
Tommy Milton
American racecar driver (1893-1962)
1893 – 1962
racing automobile driver
Maurice Stans
Maurice Stans
American accountant, civil servant (1908–1998)
1908 – 1998
accountantpolitician
Lew Meehan
Lew Meehan
American actor (1890-1951)
1890 – 1951
film actoractorscreenwriter
Roman Bohnen
Roman Bohnen
American actor (1901-1949)
1901 – 1949
stage actoractor
Myrtle Lind
Myrtle Lind
American actress
1898 – 1966
film actoractor
Donald M. Fraser
Donald M. Fraser
American politician (1924-2019)
1924 – 2019
member of parliamentmilitary officerpolitician
Larry Gates
Larry Gates
American actor (1915–1996)
1915 – 1996
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Lois Hall
Lois Hall
American actress (1926-2006)
1926 – 2006
film actoractor
Leroy Shield
Leroy Shield
American film score and radio composer, pianist, session musician (1893-1962)
1893 – 1962
session musicianfilm score composerpianist
Gail Omvedt
Gail Omvedt
American-born Indian sociologist (1941–2021)
1941 – 2021
sociologist
Harold Rawdon Briggs
British Army general (1894–1952)
1894 – 1952
military personnel
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
Gabriele Grunewald
Gabriele Grunewald
American middle- and long-distance runner
1986 – 2019
middle-distance runnerlong-distance runnerathlete
Olive Ann Alcorn
Olive Ann Alcorn
American actor, model and dancer (1900-1975)
1900 – 1975
dancermodelstage actor
Don Carlson
Don Carlson
basketball player (1919-2004)
1921 – 2004
basketball playerbasketball coach
Joe Gores
Joe Gores
American writer (1931–2011)
1931 – 2011
short story writercrime fiction writernovelist
John Noah
American ice hockey player (1927-2015)
1927 – 2015
ice hockey player
Georgie Stoll
American musical director and composer (1902–1985)
1905 – 1985
jazz musiciandirectorfilm score composer
Jan Kuehnemund
Jan Kuehnemund
American guitarist (1953–2013)
1953 – 2013
guitaristsongwriter
Curt Swan
American artist (1920-1996)
1920 – 1996
visual artistcomics artistgraphic designer
Mike Karakas
American ice hockey goaltender (1911–1992)
1911 – 1992
ice hockey player
Verner E. Suomi
American meteorologist (1915–1995)
1915 – 1995
meteorologistuniversity teacher
Anneka Di Lorenzo
American actress and model (1952-2011)
1952 – 2011
film actorerotic photography modelactor
William D. Mitchell
William D. Mitchell
American politician (1874-1955)
1874 – 1955
politicianlawyer
Liz Anderson
Liz Anderson
American singer and country music songwriter (1927-2011)
1927 – 2011
recording artistlyricistsongwriter
Arch Johnson
Arch Johnson
American actor (1922-1997)
1922 – 1997
television actorstage actoractor
Eleanore Griffin
American screenwriter (1904-1995)
1904 – 1995
screenwriter
Paul Sirba
American bishop
1960 – 2019
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Lenore Ulric
Lenore Ulric
American actress (1892-1970)
1892 – 1970
film actoractor
Vern Ehlers
Vern Ehlers
American politician (1934-2017)
1934 – 2017
university teacherpolitician
Alice Elizabeth Doherty
Alice Elizabeth Doherty
Sideshow performer
1887 – 1933
David C. Lindberg
American historian of science (1935–2015)
1935 – 2015
historian of scienceuniversity teacherhistorian
Henry Boucha
Henry Boucha
American ice hockey player (1951–2023)
1951 – 2023
ice hockey player
Rudy Perpich
Rudy Perpich
American politician (1928-1995)
1928 – 1995
governorpoliticiandentist
Stuart R. Schram
Stuart R. Schram
American physicist and sinologist (1924-2012)
1924 – 2012
sinologistnuclear physicistuniversity teacher
Mike O'Dowd
Mike O'Dowd
American boxer
1895 – 1957
boxer
Joan Staley
Joan Staley
American model and actress (1940–2019)
1940 – 2019
legal secretaryfilm actortelevision actor
Charles Nolte
Charles Nolte
American actor (1923-2010)
1923 – 2010
actor
Sidney Buchman
American screenwriter (1902-1975)
1902 – 1975
film producerscreenwriter
Ross Lee Finney
American composer (1906–1997)
1906 – 1997
music educatorcomposer
Myer Skoog
American basketball player-coach (1926-2019)
1926 – 2019
basketball playerbasketball coach
Nancy Andrews
Nancy Andrews
American actress and singer (1924-1989)
1924 – 1989
film actorstage actoractor
Tony Jaros
Tony Jaros
American basketball player (1920–1995)
1920 – 1995
baseball playerbasketball player
John Matchefts
American ice hockey player (1931–2013)
1931 – 2013
ice hockey player
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