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Walter Mondale
Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1928–2021)
Clifford D. Simak
American writer, journalist (1904–1988)
Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura is an American politician, Vietnam veteran, actor, and retired professional wrestler. After achieving fame in the World Wrestling Federation, he served as the 38th governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. He was elected governor with the Reform Party and is the party's only candidate to win a major government office.
Anne Tyler
American novelist
Al Franken
American comedian and politician (born 1951)
Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher (1928–2017)
Diablo Cody
American screenwriter and author (born 1978)
Catharine MacKinnon
American feminist and legal activist
Walter Winchell
American gossip journalist (1897-1972)
Kate DiCamillo
American children's writer (born 1964)
Bruce Schneier
American computer scientist
Arlene Dahl
American actress (1925–2021)
Isra Hirsi
American environmental activist (born 2003)
Marlon James
Jamaican novelist
Gordon R. Dickson
Canadian-American science fiction writer (1923-2001)
Nick Swardson
American comedian
Tom Laughlin
American actor and political activist (1931-2013)
Joan Mondale
Second Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
Vince Flynn
American writer of fiction (1966-2013)
Alan Weisman
American writer
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
American activist, journalist and writer (1890–1998)
Gary Paulsen
American writer (1939–2021)
Jim Doughan
American actor
David Swift
American director and producer (1919-2001)
Gertrude Barrows Bennett
American writer (1884-1948)
Harrison Salisbury
American journalist (1908–1993)
Harry O. Hoyt
American screenwriter, film director (1885-1961)
David Carr
American journalist
Nick Schenk
American screenwriter
Edmund S. Morgan
American historian (1916-2013)
Melisa Wallack
screenwriter, film director, and former business manager
David D. Burns
American psychiatrist and author.
Kelly Barnhill
American writer (b. 1973)
Rebecca Jarvis
American TV journalist and ABC News correspondent
Charles Nolte
American actor (1923-2010)
Erik Larsen
American comics artist
Donald Wandrei
American writer (1908–1987)
Josh Miller
American filmmaker (born 1978)
Michael Blodgett
actor, novelist, screenwriter (1939-2007)
Lorena Hickok
American journalist (1893-1968)
Arthur Phillips
American novelist
Gerald Vizenor
American writer (born 1934)
Oksana Liaturynska
Ukrainian poet and sculptor (1902-1970)
Sid Hartman
American sports journalist
Stuart Timmons
American historian
David D. Levine
American science fiction writer
Mark Hanson
American bishop
Charles Baxter
Novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher
Michael J. Nelson
American comedian and writer
Ellen Hart
American writer
Nekima Levy Armstrong
American professor and activist
Erik Stolhanske
American comedian
Keene Thompson
American screenwriter (1885–1936)
Everett Helm
American contemporary classical composer and music critic (1913–1999)
Andrea Jenkins
American policy aide, writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist
Mel Shapiro
American theatre director (1935–2024)
Ron Miller
American illustrator and author
Trace Beaulieu
American actor, puppeteer and actor
Ralph McInerny
American writer (1929–2010)
Courtney Hansen
American television host/personality, syndicated columnist, author, and actress