Biographical Records

Notable People from North Dakota

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

Hjalmar Carl Nygaard
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard
American politician (1906-1963)
1906 – 1963
politician
Roger Neumann
Roger Neumann
American musician (1941–2018)
1941 – 2018
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusic arranger
James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor
James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor
American judge (1886-1949)
1886 – 1949
lawyerjudge
Loren D. Hagen
Loren D. Hagen
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
1946 – 1971
soldier
William Theodore Mulloy
Catholic bishop (1892-1959)
1892 – 1959
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Fred Hultstrand
American photographer
1888 – 1968
photographer
Judith Beckmann
American singer and opera singer (1935–2022)
1935 – 2022
opera singer
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
Buell Quain
American ethnologist
1912 – 1939
exploreranthropologist
Corwin Hansch
American pharmacologist (1918-2011)
1918 – 2011
pharmacologistchemistpharmacist
John Holmes Dingle
American physician
1908 – 1973
university teacher
Mary Shaw Shorb
American biochemist
1907 – 1990
biochemistresearcherteacher
John Kobs
American sports coach (1898-1968)
1898 – 1968
basketball coach
Lynn Nelson
Lynn Nelson
American baseball player
1905 – 1955
baseball player
Edward Kramer Thompson
American writer
1907 – 1996
publisherjournalistwriter
Einar Maynard Gunderson
Canadian politician
1900 – 1980
bankerpolitician
Hilaire du Berrier
Hilaire du Berrier
American-French aviator
1906 – 2002
aircraft pilot
James Harvey Brown
James Harvey Brown
American politician and judge, California
1906 – 1995
disc jockeypoliticianjudge
John Kenneth Hilliard
American engineer
1901 – 1989
civil engineermilitary flight engineerengineer
Karl J. Lawrence
American football coach
1901 – 1992
American football coachbaseball playerbasketball coach
Joe Holland
American sports coach
1916 – 1992
basketball 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
Bill Christiansen
American politician
1914 – 2000
politician
Edward Arthur Steinhaus
American insect pathologist (1914-1969)
1914 – 1969
bacteriologistpathologistentomologist
Herm Witasek
American basketball player (1913-1963)
1913 – 1963
basketball player
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
David E. Bell
David E. Bell
American government official (1919-2000)
1919 – 2000
politician
Bruce Van Sickle
United States federal judge
1917 – 2007
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Leon Orris Jacobson
American educator (1911-1992)
1911 – 1992
radiologistprimary school teacherbiochemist
Doc West
American jazz drummer (1915-1951)
1915 – 1951
jazz musicianmusiciandrummer
Fido Purpur
American ice hockey player
1914 – 2001
ice hockey player
Kristian Lian
Norwegian politician and farmer
1895 – 1931
agronomistpolitician
Tom Amberry
American basketball player (1922–2017)
1922 – 2017
basketball playerpodiatrist
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
Lynn Hoyem
American football player (1939-1973)
1939 – 1973
American football player
John Alexander Weir
John Alexander Weir
American-born Canadian attorney and the first Dean of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law
1894 – 1942
deanlawyer
Gordon Kahl
American tax resister
1920 – 1983
Myrna Sharlow
Myrna Sharlow
American opera singer
1893 – 1952
opera singer
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