Jesse Ventura
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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.
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Jesse Ventura, born James George Ventura in Minneapolis on July 15, 1951, is an American film actor, radio personality, writer, and politician. He served as the Governor of Minnesota and was a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota, the Reform Party of the United States of America, and the Green Party of the United States. Ventura began his professional work in 1975 and has worked in Washington, D.C., Brooklyn Park, and Saint Paul. He is a United States Navy veteran and a professional wrestler who received the WWE Hall of Fame award.
Ventura is an atheist who speaks English and resides in Baja California. His written works include "Moy Bell," "David Ferrie," "The U.S. Constitution and Related Documents," "Jesse Ventura tells it like it is," and "The Wit and Wisdom of Jesse 'the Body...the Mind' Ventura." He is a male citizen of the United States with a height of 1.79.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Moy Bell
- David Ferrie
- The U.S. Constitution and Related Documents
- Jesse Ventura tells it like it is
- The Wit and Wisdom of Jesse 'the Body...the Mind' Ventura
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1951
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 12,959x
- Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences
· 2013 · cited 8,122x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,723x
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Key facts
- Lieutenant
- Mae Schunk
- Preceded by
- Arne Carlson
- Succeeded by
- Tim Pawlenty
- Born
- James George Janos , ( 1951-07-15 ) July 15, 1951 (age 74) , Minneapolis , Minnesota , U.S.
- Party
- Independent (1969–1998, 2000–present) Reform (1998–2000) Independence Party (2000–2003) Green (2019–2020)
- Spouse
- Theresa Larson Masters ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 )
- Education
- North Hennepin Community College (attended)
- Branch service
- United States Navy
- Years of service
- 1969–1975
- Rank
- Petty officer third class
- Unit
- Underwater Demolition Team 12, SEAL Team 1
- Battles wars
- Vietnam War
- Awards
- National Defense Service Medal , Vietnam Service Medal , Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal , Navy Expeditionary Medal
- Website
- WWE.com profile
- Ring name s
- Jesse "The Body" Ventura , Surf Ventura
- Billed height
- 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
- Billed weight
- 245 lb (111 kg)
- Billed from
- San Diego, California , Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
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Encyclopedic overview
Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos; July 15, 1951) 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.
Born in Minneapolis, Ventura was a member of the Navy Special Operations Underwater Demolition/SEAL Teams during the Vietnam War. After leaving the military, he embarked on a professional wrestling career as a heel from 1975 to 1986, taking the ring name "Jesse 'the Body' Ventura." He had a lengthy tenure in the WWF/WWE as a performer and color commentator and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004. In addition to wrestling, Ventura pursued an acting career, appearing in films such as Predator and The Running Man.
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