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page 1Military personnel from Minnesota
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
Walter Mondale
Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1928–2021)

Tim Walz
Timothy James Walz is an American politician, former educator, and Army National Guard veteran serving since 2019 as the 41st governor of Minnesota. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019, representing Minnesota's 1st congressional district, and was the Democratic nominee for vice president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Charles M. Schulz
American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000)
Gig Young
American actor (1913–1978)
James Hong
American actor (born 1929)

Eugene McCarthy
American politician (1916–2005)

Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher (1928–2017)

Derek Chauvin
American former police officer who murdered George Floyd

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
American naval officer and NASA astronaut

Kevin McCarthy
American actor (1914–2010)
William O. Douglas
US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975
Dale Gardner
American astronaut (1948–2014)
Frederick Russell Burnham
father of scouting; military scout; soldier of fortune; oil man; writer; rancher (1861–1947)
Syd Mead
American concept artist (1933–2019)
William Demarest
actor (1892–1983)
Mike Farrell
American actor and producer (born 1939)
John Kundla
American basketball player and coach (1916-2017)
Wendell R. Anderson
American politician (1933-2016)
Gus Hall
American politician (1910–2000)
Richard Carlson
American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter (1912–1977)
Duane G. Carey
American Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut
August Dvorak
American scientist (1894–1975)

Verne Gagne
American professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015)
Dennis Banks
Ojibwe co-founder of the American Indian Movement (1937-2017)
John Culver
American politician (1932-2018)
Tim Sheehy
United States Senator from Montana
David Swift
American director and producer (1919-2001)
Dave Reichert
former United States Representative from Washington
Al Quie
American politician (1923-2023)
Lesley J. McNair
recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1883-1944)
William James Mayo
American surgeon (1861-1939)
Josh A. Cassada
American physicist and astronaut
Harold Stassen
25th Governor of Minnesota (1907-2001)
Jack Bergman
American military official and politician
David Durenberger
American politician (1934–2023)
Orville Freeman
American politician (1918-2003)

Richard Ojeda
American politician and retired U.S. Army officer

Philip Berrigan
American priest and anti-war activist (1923-2002)
Karl Rolvaag
American diplomat (1913-1990)

Edward John Thye
American politician (1896-1969)

John Monk Saunders
screenwriter, novelist, film director (1897-1940)

Tim M. Babcock
American politician (1919-2015)

Charles Burlingame
American pilot
William D. Mitchell
American politician (1874-1955)
John Linder
American politician
Thomas D. White
Fourth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (1901-1965)
Petr Esterka
Czech-American catholic priest and bishop, former military chaplain in U.S. Air Force reserves
Harold Rawdon Briggs
British Army general (1894–1952)
Skitch Henderson
American pianist, conductor, and composer (1918–2005)
Rudy Perpich
American politician (1928-1995)
John William Vessey
United States Army general (1922-2016)

Tommy Cook
American actor
Ole Anderson
American professional wrestler, referee and promoter (1942–2024)
Dan Hinote
American ice hockey player and coach

John Ernest Otto Jr.
Acting FBI director

Milton Orville Thompson
American aviator (1926–1993)
Arlen Erdahl
American politician (1931–2023)
Tim Penny
American politician
Walter Judd
American politician (1898-1994)