Peter Agre
born 1949 American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Siri Hustvedt
born 1955 American novelist, essayist, poet
Alexandra Holden
born 1977 American actress
Edward Fitzgerald
1890–1966 American ice hockey player
Karl Rolvaag
1913–1990 American diplomat
Paul Vincent Dudley
1926–2006 Catholic bishop
Sylvia Chase
1938–2019 American broadcast journalist
Caleb Thielbar
born 1987 American professional baseball player
Stéphanie Blake
born 1968 American writer
Helen Hornbeck Tanner
1916–2011 American historian
Jeff Schmidt
born 1971 American baseball player
Mataeo Bunbury
born 2005 American professional soccer player
Richard Hoppin
1913–1991 American musicologist
Ron Hansen
1932–1993 American football player
Chad Setterstrom
born 1980 American football player
G. N. Glasoe
1902–1987 American physicist
Jackson Erdmann
born 1997 American football quarterback
Mark Setterstrom
born 1984 American football player
Sam McKinniss
born 1985 American painter
Cole Anderson
born 1997 American racing driver
Elizabeth Cowling
1910–1997 American cellist and musicologist
George J. Burke
1885–1950 American judge
Hugh L. Burleson
1867–1933 American bishop
Ralph Bigelow Goodhue
1878–1960 American politician – Minnesota -- "R.B." Senate 1943-50 (District 18)
Tim Tollefson
born 1985 American physiotherapist
Erwin E. Orr
born 1868 American politician – Minnesota -House 1917-18 (District 51)
John David Nystuen
1931–2022 Geographer; Ph.D. University of Washington 1959
Kenneth Nelsen
born 1941 American artist
Larissa Lowthorp
American executive producer and creative director
Newcomb K. Chaney
1883–1966 American chemical engineer
Raymond F. Sawyer
1932–2026 Ph.D. Harvard University 1958
Robert M. Fossum
born 1938 American mathematics professor
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Paul Wellstone
1944–2002 American politician
Todd Lippert
born 1977 American politician
Aaron Street
American lawyer, entrepreneur, and author; co-founder of Lawyerist
Jane E. Stromseth
American legal scholar
Richard Smedstad Kleber
1933–2024 American mathematics professor