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Famous People from Minnesota
Minnesota
Biographies, Famous People from Minnesota
Alexander McGillivray
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Charles Bender (1883 - 1954) The first
pitcher in baseball to win six World Series
games; born in Crow Wing County.
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Patty Berg (1918 - ) One of the
greatest female golfers ever, founded the U.S.
Ladies’ Professional Golfers’ Association;
born in Minneapolis.
- William O. Douglass (1898 - 1980)
The Longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court
Justice; born in Maine.
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Bob Dylan (1941 - ) Songwriter
and singer whose songs of protest made him a
hero to the civil-rights and student movements
of the 1960s; born in Hibbing
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F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)
Author famous for his characters and sense of
style as in The Great Gatsby; born in St.
Paul.
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Judy Garland (1922 - 1969) Singer and
Actress most famous for her role as Dorothy in
the Wizard of Oz; born in Grand Rapids.
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J. Paul Getty
(1892 - 1976) Richest man in the world when he
died; born in Minneapolis.
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Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978),
U. S. senator and vice president of the U. S.
(1965 - 1969); Democratic candidate for
president, 1968; Minnesota Senator.
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Garrison Keillor
(1942 - ) Author and host of "A Prairie Home
Companion"; born in Anoka.
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Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) The first
American to win the Nobel Prize for
literature, he wrote of small town life such
as Main Street; born in Sauk Centre.
- John Madden (1936 - ) Emmy Award
winning sport analyst and commentator and
former coach of the Oakland Raiders; born in
Austin. .
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Charles H. Mayo (1865 - 1939) and
William J. Mayo (1861 - 1939)
Physicians who founded the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester.
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Walter Frederick Mondale (1928 -
) 42d vice-president of the United States
(1977 - 1980); Democratic candidate for
president of the United States in 1984.
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Eugene McCarthy (1916 - ) U.S. Senator
from Minnesota. Professor, author, and poet;
born in Watkins.
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Roger Maris (1934 - 1985) Baseball
player that while playing for the Yankees made
history hitting 61 home runs in a single
season; born in Hibbing.
- John S. Pillsbury (1827 -
1901) A leader in flour milling, he helped
found the family company in Minneapolis in
1872; three-time Republican governor of
Minnesota (1876 - 1882).
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Winona Ryder (1971 - ) Actress named
after her birthplace, Winona, known in movies
The Age of Innocence and The Crucible.
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Charles Schulz (1922 - 2000)
Cartoonist that created the comic strip
Peanuts about Charlie Brown; born in
Minneapolis.
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Richard W. Sears (1863 - 1914) Founder
of the Sears, Roebuck and Company; born in
Stewartville.
- DeWitt Wallace (1889 - 1981)
Founder of the Reader’s Digest magazine; born
in St. Paul.
More Famous People of Minnesota
- LaVerne, Maxene, and Patti Andrews
singers, Minneapolis
- Warren E. Burger jurist, Saint
Paul
- William Demarest actor, Saint
Paul
- James Earle Fraser sculptor,
Winona
- Duane Hanson sculptor,
Alexandria
- Garrison Keillor humorist, Anoka
- Jessica Lange actress, Cloquet
- Sinclair Lewis author, Sauk
Center
- Edward Lowe inventor, Saint Paul
- Cornell MacNeil baritone,
Minneapolis
- John Madden sportscaster, Austin
- Roger Maris baseball player,
Hibbing
- E. G. Marshall actor, Owatonna
- Charles Horace Mayo surgeon,
Rochester
- William J. Mayo surgeon, Le
Sueur
- Eugene J. McCarthy senator,
Watkins
- Kate Millett feminist, Saint
Paul
- Walter F. Mondale Vice President,
Celyon
- Prince Rogers Nelson singer,
Minneapolis
- Lauris Norstad commander of NATO
forces, Minneapolis
- Westbrook Pegler columnist,
Minneapolis
- Jane Russell actress, Bemidji
- Winona Ryder actress, Winona
- Harrison E. Salisbury journalist,
Minneapolis
- Kevin Sorbo actor, Mound
- Maurice H. Stans secretary of
commerce, Shakopee
- Harold Edward Stassen government
official, Saint Paul
- Michael Todd producer,
Minneapolis
- Jesse Ventura politician,
entertainer, Minneapolis
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