Biographical Records

Notable People from North Dakota

233 notable figures born in North Dakota, showing page 4 of 5, ranked by historical prominence.

Frank L. Anders
Frank L. Anders
U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient (1875–1966)
1875 - 1966
engineer
Francis Clyde Duffy
American politician
1890 - 1977
politicianlawyer
Howard Brandt
American physicist (1939-2014)
1939 - 2014
physicist
Cindy Duehring
American activist (1962-1999)
1962 - 1999
activist
Salvador Ramos
Salvador Ramos
perpetrator of the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre (2004–2022)
2004 - 2022
mass murdererhigh school student
Marilyn Jorgenson Reece
Marilyn Jorgenson Reece
American Civil Engineer
1926 - 2004
civil engineerengineer
James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor
James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor
American judge (1886-1949)
1886 - 1949
lawyerjudge
Fred Hultstrand
American photographer
1888 - 1968
photographer
William Jennings Gardner
American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator, law-enforcement agent (1884-1965)
1884 - 1965
American football playerbasketball coach
Kermit Edward Bye
Kermit Edward Bye
United States federal judge
1937 - 2021
judge
Lila Morris O'Neale
American cultural anthropologist
1886 - 1948
cultural anthropologistanthropologistuniversity teacher
Red Hardy
American baseball player (1923–2003)
1923 - 2003
baseball player
Bob Stenehjem
American politician
1952 - 2011
politician
Doug Larsen
Doug Larsen
American businessman and politician
1976 - 2023
politicianmilitary personnelbusinessperson
Josh Christy
American politician
1981 - 2025
politician
Oscar W. Hagen
Oscar W. Hagen
American politician (1884–1945)
1884 - 1945
politician
Karl J. Lawrence
American football coach
1901 - 1992
American football coachbaseball playerbasketball coach
John O. Simonds
John O. Simonds
American landscape architect
1913 - 2005
landscape architect
Morgan Ford
United States Judge
1911 - 1992
judge
Paul Benson
Paul Benson
United States federal judge (1918-2004)
1918 - 2004
military officerlawyerjudge
Ralph M. Rich
Ralph M. Rich
aviator of the United States Navy during World War II (1916–1942)
1916 - 1942
military officer
Sid Peterson
American baseball player (1918-2001)
1918 - 2001
baseball player
John Kenneth Hilliard
American engineer
1901 - 1989
civil engineermilitary flight engineerengineer
Herm Witasek
American basketball player (1913-1963)
1913 - 1963
basketball player
Bill Christiansen
American politician
1914 - 2000
politician
Bud Marquardt
American gridiron football player (1913-1989)
1913 - 1989
Canadian football playerAmerican football player
Agnes C. Higgins
Canadian nutritionist
1911 - 1985
nutritionist
Douglas H. Sillers
Douglas H. Sillers
American politician
1915 - 2011
politicianmilitary personnelteacher
James Harvey Brown
James Harvey Brown
American politician and judge, California
1906 - 1995
disc jockeypoliticianjudge
Hilaire du Berrier
Hilaire du Berrier
American-French aviator
1906 - 2002
aircraft pilot
Einar Maynard Gunderson
Canadian politician
1900 - 1980
bankerpolitician
Edward Kramer Thompson
American writer
1907 - 1996
publisherjournalistwriter
Leon Orris Jacobson
American educator (1911-1992)
1911 - 1992
radiologistprimary school teacherbiochemist
Fido Purpur
American ice hockey player
1914 - 2001
ice hockey player
Doc West
American jazz drummer (1915-1951)
1915 - 1951
jazz musicianmusiciandrummer
John Holmes Dingle
American physician
1908 - 1973
university teacher
William James Lindberg
United States federal judge (1904-1981)
1904 - 1981
lawyerjudge
Verne J. McCaul
Verne J. McCaul
American Marine Corps general (1903-1968)
1903 - 1968
military officer
Merrill Pye
art director (1902-1975)
1902 - 1975
production designerfilm directorart director
Mary Shaw Shorb
American biochemist
1907 - 1990
biochemistresearcherteacher
Tom Amberry
American basketball player (1922–2017)
1922 - 2017
basketball playerpodiatrist
Lynn Nelson
Lynn Nelson
American baseball player
1905 - 1955
baseball player
Henry Gurke
Henry Gurke
U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1922–1943)
1922 - 1943
military personnel
Charles Tighe
American lawyer and politician
1927 - 2004
politicianlawyer
John L. Brown
Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament, 1967-1971
1921 - 2004
politician
Byron Langley
American politician
1926 - 2018
rancherpolitician
Harvey Sand
American politician
1927 - 2019
politician
Elwood Thorpe
American politician
1929 - 2021
politician
Jim Brandt
American football player
1929 - 2020
American football player
Joe Holland
American sports coach
1916 - 1992
basketball coach
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