| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| George Akerson |
Government |
5-Sep-1889 |
21-Dec-1937 |
First White House Press Secretary |
| Louie Anderson |
Comic |
24-Mar-1953 |
|
Host of Family Feud, 1999-2002 |
| Richard Dean Anderson |
Actor |
23-Jan-1950 |
|
MacGyver |
| LaVerne Andrews |
Singer |
6-Jul-1911 |
8-May-1967 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| Maxene Andrews |
Singer |
3-Jan-1916 |
21-Oct-1995 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| Patty Andrews |
Singer |
16-Feb-1918 |
30-Jan-2013 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| James Arness |
Actor |
26-May-1923 |
3-Jun-2011 |
Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke |
| Hy Averback |
Film Director |
21-Oct-1920 |
14-Oct-1997 |
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! |
| Lew Ayres |
Actor |
28-Dec-1908 |
30-Dec-1996 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Jason Behr |
Actor |
30-Dec-1973 |
|
Max Evans on Roswell |
| Patty Berg |
Golf |
13-Feb-1918 |
10-Sep-2006 |
Winner of 15 major titles |
| Karin Booth |
Actor |
19-Jun-1916 |
27-Jul-2003 |
My Foolish Heart |
| Virginia Bruce |
Actor |
29-Sep-1910 |
24-Feb-1982 |
The Invisible Woman |
| David Brudnoy |
Radio Personality |
5-Jun-1940 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Boston talk radio host |
| Don Callander |
Novelist |
23-Mar-1930 |
26-Jul-2008 |
Pyromancer |
| Kelly Carlson |
Actor |
17-Feb-1976 |
|
Kimber Henry on Nip/Tuck |
| David Carr |
Journalist |
8-Sep-1956 |
12-Feb-2015 |
The New York Times |
| Mo Collins |
Comic |
7-Jul-1965 |
|
Stewart's mom on MADtv |
| Rachael Leigh Cook |
Actor |
4-Oct-1979 |
|
She's All That |
| Marisa Coughlan |
Actor |
17-Mar-1974 |
|
Side Order of Life |
| Dani Crayne |
Actor |
25-Dec-1934 |
|
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend |
| Arlene Dahl |
Actor |
11-Aug-1928 |
|
Three Little Words |
| Jack Dalrymple |
Politician |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Governor of North Dakota |
| Morris Day |
Musician |
13-Dec-1957 |
|
Frontman for The Time |
| Mark Dayton |
Politician |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
Governor of Minnesota |
| Dr. Demento |
Radio Personality |
2-Apr-1941 |
|
Novelty DJ |
| Julia Duffy |
Actor |
27-Jun-1951 |
|
Stephanie on Newhart |
| Becky Norton Dunlop |
Government |
2-Oct-1951 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Kimberly Elise |
Actor |
17-Apr-1967 |
|
Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
| Larry Fitzgerald |
Football |
31-Aug-1983 |
|
Arizona Cardinals WR |
| Ed Flanders |
Actor |
29-Dec-1934 |
22-Feb-1995 |
Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere |
| Donald M. Fraser |
Politician |
20-Feb-1924 |
|
Mayor of Minneapolis, 1980-93 |
| Leslie M. Frécon |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
LFE Capital, LLC |
| Orville L. Freeman |
Politician |
9-May-1918 |
20-Feb-2003 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1955-61 |
| Thomas Friedman |
Journalist |
20-Jul-1953 |
|
New York Times |
| Lindsay Frost |
Actor |
4-Jun-1962 |
|
Monolith |
| J. Paul Getty, Sr. |
Business |
15-Dec-1892 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Getty Oil Company |
| Terry Gilliam |
Film Director |
22-Nov-1940 |
|
Monty Python alumnus, Brazil |
| Sid Gillman |
Football |
26-Oct-1911 |
3-Jan-2003 |
NFL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| Luella G. Goldberg |
Business |
26-Feb-1937 |
|
Chairman of Wellesley College, 1985-93 |
| Genevieve Gorder |
TV Personality |
26-Jul-1974 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
| Peter Graves |
Actor |
18-Mar-1926 |
14-Mar-2010 |
Mission: Impossible |
| James Gray |
Author |
30-Jun-1899 |
6-Aug-1984 |
Shoulder the Sky |
| Ann Morgan Guilbert |
Actor |
16-Oct-1928 |
14-Jun-2016 |
Yetta Rosenberg on The Nanny |
| Molly Hagan |
Actor |
3-Aug-1961 |
|
Angel on Herman's Head |
| Bridget Hanley |
Actor |
3-Feb-1941 |
|
Candy Pruitt on Here Come the Brides |
| Michael C. Hawley |
Business |
c. 1938 |
13-Jun-2004 |
CEO of Gillette, 1999-2000 |
| George Roy Hill |
Film Director |
20-Dec-1921 |
27-Dec-2002 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| James Hong |
Actor |
22-Feb-1929 |
|
Indeed! |
| Kris Humphries |
Basketball |
6-Feb-1985 |
|
Boston Celtics, married a Kardashian |
| John James |
Actor |
18-Apr-1956 |
|
Jeff Colby on Dynasty |
| Kathleen Hall Jamieson |
Scholar |
24-Nov-1946 |
|
Annenberg Public Policy Center |
| Bob Johnson |
Hockey |
4-Mar-1931 |
26-Nov-1991 |
Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer |
| Vincent Kartheiser |
Actor |
5-May-1979 |
|
Pete Campbell on Mad Men |
| Steven J. Keillor |
Historian |
25-Apr-1948 |
|
Hjalmar Petersen of Minnesota |
| Linda Kelsey |
Actor |
28-Jul-1946 |
|
Billie Newman on Lou Grant |
| T. R. Knight |
Actor |
26-Mar-1973 |
|
George O'Malley on Grey's Anatomy |
| Loring Knoblauch |
Business |
31-Oct-1941 |
|
CEO of Underwriter's Laboratories, 2001-04 |
| June Lang |
Actor |
5-May-1917 |
16-May-2005 |
Bonnie Scotland |
| Tom Laughlin |
Actor |
10-Aug-1931 |
12-Dec-2013 |
Billy Jack |
| Lung Leg |
Actor |
8-Jul-1963 |
|
That girl on the cover of EVOL |
| James LeGros |
Actor |
27-Apr-1962 |
|
Drugstore Cowboy, Living in Oblivion |
| Keith Lehrer |
Philosopher |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Metamind |
| Carl Lumbly |
Actor |
14-Aug-1952 |
|
Marcus Dixon on Alias |
| John Lurie |
Musician |
14-Dec-1952 |
|
Fishing with John, Lounge Lizard |
| Dorothy Lyman |
Actor |
18-Apr-1947 |
|
Naomi Harper on Mama's Family |
| Catharine MacKinnon |
Activist |
7-Oct-1946 |
|
Anti-pornography activist |
| Cornell MacNeil |
Singer |
24-Sep-1922 |
15-Jul-2011 |
Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Betty McCollum |
Politician |
12-Jul-1954 |
|
Congresswoman, Minnesota 4th |
| Ralph Meeker |
Actor |
21-Nov-1920 |
5-Aug-1988 |
Kiss Me Deadly |
| Paul W. Merrill |
Astronomer |
15-Aug-1887 |
19-Jul-1961 |
S-process of nucleosynthesis |
| Breckin Meyer |
Actor |
7-May-1974 |
|
Road Trip |
| Edmund S. Morgan |
Historian |
17-Jan-1916 |
8-Jul-2013 |
The Puritan Dilemma |
| Noel Neill |
Actor |
25-Nov-1920 |
3-Jul-2016 |
Adventures of Superman |
| Lauris Norstad |
Military |
24-Mar-1907 |
12-Sep-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63 |
| Vicki A. O'Meara |
Attorney |
13-May-1957 |
|
Chief Legal Officer at Pitney Bowes |
| Steve Odland |
Business |
1959 |
|
CEO of Office Depot |
| Floyd B. Olson |
Politician |
13-Nov-1891 |
22-Aug-1936 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1931-36 |
| Westbrook Pegler |
Columnist |
2-Aug-1894 |
24-Jun-1969 |
Ultraconservative newspaper columnist |
| Melissa Peterman |
Actor |
1-Jul-1970 |
|
Barbra Jean on Reba |
| Chellie Pingree |
Politician |
2-Apr-1955 |
|
Congresswoman, Maine 1st |
| Robert Pirsig |
Author |
6-Sep-1928 |
|
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
| Raymond Plank |
Business |
29-May-1922 |
|
Founder of Apache Corporation |
| Prince |
Musician |
7-Jun-1958 |
21-Apr-2016 |
Purple Rain |
| Fred Quimby |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Jul-1886 |
16-Sep-1965 |
Producer of Tom and Jerry |
| Marc Reisner |
Author |
14-Sep-1948 |
21-Jul-2000 |
Cadillac Desert |
| Kane Richmond |
Actor |
23-Dec-1906 |
22-Mar-1973 |
American character actor |
| R. T. Rybak |
Politician |
12-Nov-1955 |
|
Mayor of Minneapolis |
| Benjamin Salisbury |
Actor |
19-Oct-1980 |
|
Brighton Sheffield on The Nanny |
| Brad T. Sauer |
Business |
15-May-1959 |
|
EVP at 3M |
| Charles Schulz |
Cartoonist |
26-Nov-1922 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Cartoonist created Peanuts |
| William R. Sears |
Engineer |
1-Mar-1913 |
12-Oct-2002 |
Airfoil engineer |
| Miriam Shor |
Actor |
25-Jul-1971 |
|
Cricket Caruth-Reilly on GCB |
| Slug |
Rapper |
7-Sep-1972 |
|
Atmosphere |
| Jack Smight |
Film Director |
9-Mar-1925 |
1-Sep-2003 |
Midway |
| Charles Stenvig |
Politician |
16-Jan-1928 |
22-Feb-2010 |
Twice Mayor of Minneapolis |
| Nick Swardson |
Actor |
9-Oct-1976 |
|
Male prostitute on Reno 911 |
| Maureen Teefy |
Actor |
26-Oct-1953 |
|
Grease 2 |
| Michael Todd |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Jun-1909 |
22-Mar-1958 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Anne Tyler |
Author |
25-Oct-1941 |
|
The Accidental Tourist |
| Robert J. Ulrich |
Business |
1944 |
|
CEO of Target |
| Jay Underwood |
Actor |
1-Oct-1968 |
|
The Boy Who Could Fly |
| William G. Van Dyke |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Donaldson Company, 1996-2004 |
| Sofia Vassilieva |
Actor |
22-Oct-1992 |
|
Ariel Dubois on Medium |
| Vince Vaughn |
Actor |
28-Mar-1970 |
|
Swingers |
| Jesse Ventura |
Wrestling |
15-Jul-1951 |
|
Wrestler turned Governor of Minnesota |
| John Vessey |
Military |
29-Jun-1922 |
18-Aug-2016 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 1982-85 |
| Lee Ving |
Musician |
10-Apr-1950 |
|
Frontman, Fear |
| Mark Webber |
Actor |
19-Jul-1980 |
|
Snow Day |
| Paul Westerberg |
Musician |
31-Dec-1960 |
|
The Replacements |
| Miles D. White |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Abbott Laboratories |
| Bud Wilkinson |
Football |
23-Apr-1916 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Sooners Head Coach, 1947-63 |
| Ross Wilson |
Diplomat |
1955 |
|
US Ambassador to Turkey |
| Robert F. Woodward |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1908 |
18-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1954-58 |
| Cedric Yarbrough |
Actor |
20-Mar-1973 |
|
Deputy Jones on Reno 911! |
| Ted Yoho |
Politician |
13-Apr-1955 |
|
Congressman, Florida 3rd |
| Michael Yonkers |
Guitarist |
1947 |
|
Microminiature Love |
| Luther W. Youngdahl |
Politician |
29-May-1896 |
21-Jun-1978 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51 |
| Tay Zonday |
YouTube Personality |
6-Jul-1982 |
|
Chocolate Rain |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Elmer L. Andersen |
Politician |
17-Jun-1909 |
15-Nov-2004 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1961-63 |
| Elmer A. Benson |
Politician |
22-Sep-1895 |
13-Mar-1985 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1937-39 |
| John Berryman |
Poet |
25-Oct-1914 |
7-Jan-1972 |
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet |
| George Draper Dayton |
Business |
6-Mar-1857 |
18-Feb-1938 |
Founder of what is now Target Stores |
| Gordon R. Dickson |
Novelist |
1-Nov-1923 |
31-Jan-2001 |
Dorsai |
| Ignatius Donnelly |
Author |
3-Nov-1831 |
1-Jan-1901 |
Atlantis, the Antediluvian World |
| John M. Ford |
Author |
10-Apr-1957 |
24-Sep-2006 |
Growing Up Weightless |
| Orville L. Freeman |
Politician |
9-May-1918 |
20-Feb-2003 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1955-61 |
| Eddie Guerrero |
Wrestling |
9-Oct-1967 |
13-Nov-2005 |
Latino Heat |
| Leonid Hurwicz |
Economist |
21-Aug-1917 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Mechanism design theory |
| Ancel Keys |
Scientist |
26-Jan-1904 |
20-Nov-2004 |
Nutritionist, created the K ration |
| Willem J. Luyten |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1899 |
21-Nov-1994 |
Stellar mortician |
| Ivan Musicant |
Historian |
18-Dec-1943 |
5-Mar-1999 |
Empire by Default |
| Jean Piccard |
Aviator |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Extreme balloonist |
| Martin Sabo |
Politician |
28-Feb-1938 |
13-Mar-2016 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1979-2007 |
| Flip Saunders |
Basketball |
23-Feb-1955 |
25-Oct-2015 |
President and Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Fred A. Seaton |
Politician |
11-Dec-1909 |
16-Jan-1974 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61 |
| Clifford D. Simak |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1904 |
25-Apr-1988 |
City and The Visitors |
| Eugene C. Sit |
Business |
8-Aug-1938 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Sit Investment Associates |
| Stanislaw Skrowaczewski |
Conductor |
3-Oct-1923 |
21-Feb-2017 |
Director, Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, 1960-79 |
| Allan H. Spear |
Politician |
24-Jun-1937 |
11-Oct-2008 |
President, Minnesota Senate, 1993-2001 |
| Tiny Tim |
Musician |
12-Apr-1932 |
30-Nov-1996 |
Tip Toe Thru the Tulips |
| Abigail Van Buren |
Columnist |
4-Jul-1918 |
16-Jan-2013 |
Dear Abby emeritus |
