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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Niels Henrik Abel
Mathematician
5-Aug-1802 6-Apr-1829 Studied elliptics and hyperelliptics
Peter Agre
Biologist
30-Jan-1949   Water channels of cell membranes
Erasmus Alberus
Religion
c. 1500 1553 German humanist, supporter of Luther
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.
Politician
15-Jun-1898 15-Apr-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1958-62
Elmer L. Andersen
Politician
17-Jun-1909 15-Nov-2004 Governor of Minnesota, 1961-63
G. Barry Anderson
Judge
c. 1954   Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
Rasmus B. Anderson
Scholar
12-Jan-1846 2-Mar-1936 America Not Discovered by Columbus
Ann-Margret
Actor
28-Apr-1941   Carnal Knowledge
Michael Antonovich
Politician
12-Aug-1939   LA County Board of Supervisors
Augustus I
Royalty
31-Jul-1526 21-Jan-1586 Elector of Saxony, 1553-86
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
21-Mar-1685 28-Jul-1750 Baroque composer
Michele Bachmann
Politician
6-Apr-1956   Congresswoman, Minnesota 6th
Robert E. Badham
Politician
9-Jun-1929 21-Oct-2005 Congressman from California, 1977-89
Robert Barnes
Religion
1495 30-Jul-1540 English reformer and martyr
Friedrich Bayer
Business
6-Jun-1825 6-May-1880 Founder of Bayer AG
Gottfried Benn
Poet
2-May-1886 7-Jul-1956 Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot
Doug Bereuter
Politician
6-Oct-1939   Congressman from Nebraska, 1979-2004
J. A. Blanchard III
Business
c. 1943   CEO of eFunds, 2000-02
Robert Bly
Poet
23-Dec-1926   Iron John: A Book About Men
Hieronymus Bock
Botanist
1498 21-Feb-1554 Arranged and ordered plants systematically
Nils A. Boe
Politician
10-Sep-1913 30-Jul-1992 Governor of South Dakota, 1965-69
John Bolton
Government
20-Nov-1948   US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-06
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Head of State
3-Sep-1947   Twice Norwegian prime minister
Otis R. Bowen
Politician
26-Feb-1918   Governor of Indiana, 1973-81
Tycho Brahe
Astronomer
14-Dec-1546 24-Oct-1601 Copper-nosed Danish astronomer
Terry E. Branstad
Politician
17-Nov-1946   Governor of Iowa, 1983-99
Jeff Bridges
Actor
4-Dec-1949   Starman, TRON
Sherrod Brown
Politician
9-Nov-1952   US Senator from Ohio
Heinrich Bullinger
Religion
18-Jul-1504 17-Sep-1575 Swiss Lutheran reformer
Gottfried August Bürger
Poet
31-Dec-1747 8-Jun-1794 Lenore
Conrad Burns
Politician
25-Jan-1935   US Senator from Montana, 1989-2007
Addie J. Butler
Religion
1946   Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Earl Butz
Government
3-Jul-1909 2-Feb-2008 Ford's disgraced Secretary of Agriculture
Dietrich Buxtehude
Composer
c. 1637 9-May-1707 Baroque period organist
Jack Cafferty
TV Personality
1942   CNN anchor
Lois Capps
Politician
10-Jan-1938   Congresswoman, California 23rd
Walter Capps
Politician
5-May-1934 28-Oct-1997 Congressman from California, 1997
John W. Carlin
Politician
5-Mar-1940   Governor of Kansas, 1979-87
Ingvar Carlsson
Head of State
9-Nov-1934   Twice Prime Minister of Sweden
Martin Chemnitz
Religion
9-Nov-1522 8-Apr-1586 Lutheran theologian in Brunswick
Prentice Cooper
Government
28-Sep-1895 18-May-1969 Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45
Georges Cuvier
Zoologist
23-Aug-1769 13-May-1832 Comparative anatomist, paleontologist
William E. Dannemeyer
Politician
22-Sep-1929   Congressman from California, 1979-93
Artur Davis
Politician
9-Apr-1967   Congressman, Alabama 7th
William R. Day
Judge
17-Apr-1849 9-Jul-1923 US Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22
Norm Dicks
Politician
16-Dec-1940   Congressman, Washington 6th
Byron Dorgan
Politician
14-May-1942   US Senator from North Dakota
Kirsten Dunst
Actor
30-Apr-1982   Mary-Jane in Spider-Man
Norman A. Erbe
Politician
25-Oct-1919 8-Jun-2000 Governor of Iowa, 1961-63
Tage Erlander
Head of State
13-Jun-1901 21-Jun-1985 Prime Minister of Sweden, 1946-69
Johannes Fibiger
Scientist
23-Apr-1867 30-Jan-1928 Caused cancer in lab rats
Myron Floren
Musician
5-Nov-1919 23-Jul-2005 Accordionist for Lawrence Welk
Werner Forssmann
Doctor
29-Aug-1904 1-Jun-1979 Cardiac catheterization
Orville L. Freeman
Politician
9-May-1918 20-Feb-2003 Governor of Minnesota, 1955-61
Harold V. Froehlich
Politician
12-May-1932   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1973-75
Jim Geringer
Politician
24-Apr-1944   Governor of Wyoming, 1995-2003
Kurt Gerstein
Military
11-Aug-1905 25-Jul-1945 Holocaust collaborator and whistleblower
Rod Grams
Politician
4-Feb-1948   US Senator from Minnesota
Gustav Adolph the Great
Royalty
9-Dec-1594 6-Nov-1632 King of Sweden 1611-32
Archie M. Gubbrud
Politician
31-Dec-1910 26-Apr-1987 Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65
Gustav V
Royalty
16-Jun-1858 29-Oct-1950 King of Sweden, 1907-50
Patrick Hamilton
Religion
1504 29-Feb-1528 Scottish Lutheran martyr
Howard Hanson
Composer
28-Oct-1896 26-Feb-1981 Symphony No. 4
Michael D. Harter
Politician
6-Apr-1846 22-Feb-1896 Congressman, committed suicide
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Philosopher
27-Aug-1770 14-Nov-1831 Phenomenology of Spirit
Frank B. Heintzleman
Politician
3-Dec-1888 24-Jun-1965 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1953-57
Werner Heisenberg
Physicist
5-Dec-1901 1-Feb-1976 Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Ralph E. Herseth
Politician
2-Jul-1909 24-Jul-1969 Governor of South Dakota, 1959-61
Donald Hodel
Government
23-May-1935   US Secretary of Energy & Interior
Nicholas J. Hoff
Engineer
3-Jan-1906 4-Aug-1997 Aluminum in aircraft design
Herman Hollerith
Inventor
29-Feb-1860 17-Nov-1929 Invented the punchcard
Fritz Hollings
Politician
1-Jan-1922   US Senator from South Carolina, 1967-2005
Tom Holmoe
Football
7-Mar-1960   BYU Athletic Director
Darlene Hooley
Politician
4-Apr-1939   Congresswoman, Oregon 5th
William Hurt
Actor
20-Mar-1950   Altered States, Broadcast News
James M. Hushagen
Attorney
1948   Eisenhower & Carlson
George Isaak
Astronomer
7-Mar-1933 5-Jun-2005 Resonant scattering spectroscopy
Michael Johns
Government
8-Sep-1964   Conservative activist, healthcare exec
Gary Johnson
Politician
1-Jan-1953   Governor of New Mexico, 1995-2003
Tim Johnson
Politician
28-Dec-1946   US Senator from South Dakota
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
22-Apr-1724 12-Feb-1804 Transcendental idealist
William Kemmler
Criminal
9-May-1860 6-Aug-1890 First man executed by electric chair
Johannes Kepler
Astronomer
27-Dec-1571 15-Nov-1630 Laws of Planetary Motion
Søren Kierkegaard
Philosopher
5-May-1813 11-Nov-1855 Father of existentialism
Ron Kind
Politician
16-Mar-1963   Congressman, Wisconsin 3rd
Donald E. Knuth
Computer Programmer
10-Jan-1938   The Art of Computer Programming
F. Mark Kuhlmann
Attorney
c. 1948   General Counsel of McDonnell-Douglas, 1991-97
Douglas W. Leatherdale
Business
c. 1935   CEO of St. Paul Companies, 1990-2001
Peggy Lee
Singer
26-May-1920 21-Jan-2001 Is That All There Is?
Gottfried Leibniz
Mathematician
1-Jul-1646 14-Nov-1716 Co-Inventor of calculus
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Military
29-Aug-1899 12-Nov-1988 Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69
Harold LeVander
Politician
10-Oct-1910 30-Mar-1992 Governor of Minnesota, 1967-71
Arthur A. Link
Politician
24-May-1914   Governor of North Dakota, 1973-81
Tom Loeffler
Politician
1-Aug-1946   Congressman from Texas, 1979-87
Zoe Lofgren
Politician
21-Dec-1947   Congresswoman, California 16th
Lyle Lovett
Country Musician
1-Nov-1957   Warped country musician with big hair
Richard C. Lundell
Business
c. 1943   Lutheran Brotherhood
Martin Luther
Religion
10-Nov-1483 18-Feb-1546 Created Protestant movement
Feodor Lynen
Scientist
6-Apr-1911 6-Aug-1979 Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
William H. Macy
Actor
13-Mar-1950   Fargo
Thomas Mann
Novelist
6-Jun-1875 12-Aug-1955 Buddenbrooks
Maurice, comte de Saxe
Military
28-Oct-1696 30-Nov-1750 Marshal Saxe
John P. McDaniel
Business
c. 1942   MedStar Health
Ed Meese
Government
2-Dec-1931   Attorney General under Reagan, 1985-88
Sid Meier
Computer Programmer
1954   Father of Computer Gaming
Verne Meisner
Musician
4-Dec-1938 10-Jun-2005 Wisconsin's Polka King
Philipp Melanchthon
Religion
15-Feb-1497 19-Apr-1560 Confession of Augsburg
Felix Mendelssohn
Composer
3-Feb-1809 4-Nov-1847 Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Justus Menius
Religion
13-Dec-1499 11-Aug-1558 Lutheran theologian in Thuringinia
Angela Merkel
Politician
17-Jul-1954   Chancellor of Germany
Georg Michaelis
Head of State
8-Sep-1857 24-Jul-1936 German Chancellor 1917
Paul W. Middeke
Business
c. 1946   Former Partner, Ernst & Young
David Minge
Politician
19-Mar-1942   Congressman from Minnesota, 1993-2001
Frank H. Moeller
Business
c. 1945   VTEL Corporation
Friedrich Myconius
Religion
26-Dec-1490 7-Apr-1546 German Lutheran theologian
Mark Neumann
Politician
27-Feb-1954   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1995-99
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher
15-Oct-1844 25-Aug-1900 God is dead
Peter Norbeck
Politician
20-Aug-1870 20-Dec-1936 US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36
John W. Nordstrom
Business
15-Feb-1871 1-Oct-1963 Founder of Nordstrom
Jim Nussle
Politician
27-Jun-1960   OMB Director
Doug Ose
Politician
27-Jun-1955   Congressman from California, 1999-2005
Andreas Osiander
Religion
19-Dec-1498 17-Oct-1552 German Lutheran theologian
Michael Oxley
Politician
11-Feb-1944   Congressman, Ohio 4th
Johann Pachelbel
Musician
1-Sep-1653 3-Mar-1706 Canon in D Major
Will Patton
Actor
14-Jun-1954   Remember the Titans
Wolfgang Paul
Physicist
10-Aug-1913 6-Dec-1993 Co-Inventor of the ion trap
Göran Persson
Head of State
20-Jan-1949   Prime Minister of Sweden, 1996-2006
Tsar Peter III
Royalty
21-Feb-1728 17-Jul-1762 Tsar of Russia, 1762 for six months
Collin Peterson
Politician
29-Jun-1944   Congressman, Minnesota 7th
Thomas Petri
Politician
28-May-1940   Congressman, Wisconsin 6th
Henrik Pontoppidan
Author
24-Jul-1857 21-Aug-1943 Lucky Peter
Dennis Rader
Criminal
9-Mar-1945   BTK serial killer
Leopold von Ranke
Historian
12-Dec-1795 23-May-1886 Prominent 19th century German historian
James Rebhorn
Actor
1-Sep-1948   Independence Day
William Rehnquist
Judge
1-Oct-1924 3-Sep-2005 US Supreme Court Chief Justice 1986-2005
Dave Reichert
Politician
29-Aug-1950   Congressman, Washington 8th
Alice M. Richter
Business
c. 1954   Former Partner, KPMG
Bernhard Riemann
Mathematician
17-Sep-1826 20-Jul-1866 Topologist, also Riemann Hypothesis
Raymond Rubicam
Business
16-Jun-1892 8-May-1978 Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam
Martin Sabo
Politician
28-Feb-1938   Congressman from Minnesota, 1979-2007
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Politician
3-Dec-1970   Congresswoman, South Dakota
Michael Schiavo
Relative
3-Apr-1963   Terri Schiavo's husband
Dieter Schnebel
Composer
14-Mar-1930   Avant-garde composer
William Scholl
Business
22-Jun-1882 29-Mar-1968 Dr Scholl's shoe pads
Norman Schwarzkopf
Military
22-Aug-1934   Leader in Persian Gulf War
Albert Schweitzer
Activist
14-Jan-1875 4-Sep-1965 Humanitarian and theologian
Ted Schwinden
Politician
31-Aug-1925   Governor of Montana, 1981-89
James H. Scott
Business
c. 1943   Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Jean Seberg
Actor
13-Nov-1938 8-Sep-1979 Saint Joan
Kurt M. Senske
Business
c. 1959   Lutheran Social Services of the South
Eric Sevareid
Journalist
26-Nov-1912 9-Jul-1992 CBS News journalist
John Shimkus
Politician
21-Feb-1958   Congressman, Illinois 19th
Henrik Shipstead
Politician
8-Jan-1881 26-Jun-1960 US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47
Bill Shuster
Politician
10-Jan-1961   Congressman, Pennsylvania 9th
Paul Simon
Politician
29-Nov-1928 9-Dec-2003 US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate
Albert K. W. Siu
Business
?   Chief Learning Officer at AT&T, 1996-2002
Nathan Söderblom
Religion
15-Jan-1866 12-Jul-1931 Archbishop of Sweden
Elke Sommer
Actor
5-Nov-1940   Deadlier Than the Male
Floyd Spence
Politician
9-Apr-1928 16-Aug-2001 Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001
Allan R. Spies
Business
c. 1949   CFO of US West, 1997-2000
Arlan Stangeland
Politician
8-Feb-1930   Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-91
Harry Steenbock
Biologist
16-Aug-1886 25-Dec-1967 Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D
Rod Steiger
Actor
14-Apr-1925 9-Jul-2002 In The Heat of the Night
Charlie Stenholm
Politician
26-Oct-1938   Congressman from Texas, 1979-2005
Fritz Stern
Historian
2-Feb-1926   German historian
Rick Steves
Author
1955   Europe Through the Back Door
Peter Straub
Novelist
2-Mar-1943   Ghost Story
Carl W. Strom
Diplomat
22-Dec-1899 27-Jan-1969 US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61
Don Sundquist
Politician
15-Mar-1936   Governor of Tennessee, 1995-2003
Paul Tillich
Religion
20-Aug-1886 22-Oct-1965 Systematic Theology
Adrian M. Tocklin
Business
c. 1952   Former President, Continental Insurance Company
Daniel C. Tsui
Physicist
28-Feb-1939   Fractional quantum Hall effect
Andrew Volstead
Politician
31-Oct-1860 20-Jan-1947 Legislated enforcement of Prohibition
Silas Warner
Computer Programmer
18-Aug-1949 26-Feb-2004 Castle Wolfenstein
Danny Wuerffel
Football
27-May-1974   Winner, 1996 Heisman Trophy
Luther W. Youngdahl
Politician
29-May-1896 21-Jun-1978 Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51
Steve Zahn
Actor
13-Nov-1968   Glenn in Out of Sight



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