| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
| Mogens C. Bay |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Valmont Industries |
| 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 |
| Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
| 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 |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
Religion |
4-Feb-1906 |
9-Apr-1945 |
Lutheran theologian, opponent of Hitler |
| 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 |
| Jan Brewer |
Politician |
26-Sep-1944 |
|
Governor of Arizona |
| Jeff Bridges |
Actor |
4-Dec-1949 |
|
Starman |
| 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 |
| Max Carey |
Baseball |
11-Jan-1890 |
30-May-1976 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Carl XVI Gustaf |
Royalty |
30-Apr-1946 |
|
King of Sweden |
| John W. Carlin |
Politician |
5-Mar-1940 |
|
Governor of Kansas, 1979-87 |
| LeRoy T. Carlson |
Business |
15-May-1916 |
|
Founder of Telephone and Data Systems |
| 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 |
| Mary Elizabeth Donaldson |
Royalty |
5-Feb-1972 |
|
Future Queen of Denmark |
| 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 |
| Prince Frederik |
Royalty |
26-May-1968 |
|
Heir to the throne of Denmark |
| 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 |
| Gustaf VI Adolf |
Royalty |
11-Nov-1882 |
15-Sep-1973 |
King of Sweden, 1950-73 |
| Gustav V |
Royalty |
16-Jun-1858 |
29-Oct-1950 |
King of Sweden, 1907-50 |
| Debbie Halvorson |
Politician |
1-Mar-1958 |
|
Congresswoman, Illinois 11th |
| 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 |
| Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Hasselblad Machine Company |
| Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
Philosopher |
27-Aug-1770 |
14-Nov-1831 |
Phenomenology of Spirit |
| Martin Heinrich |
Politician |
17-Oct-1971 |
|
Congressman, New Mexico 1st |
| 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 |
|
Reagan's 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 |
| Gottlob Honold |
Engineer |
26-Aug-1876 |
17-Mar-1923 |
Invented the spark plug |
| Darlene Hooley |
Politician |
4-Apr-1939 |
|
Congresswoman from Oregon, 1997-2009 |
| 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 |
| Mariss Jansons |
Conductor |
14-Jan-1943 |
|
Conductor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
| Roger Jepsen |
Politician |
23-Dec-1928 |
|
US Senator from Iowa, 1979-85 |
| 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 |
|
The Road to Ensenada |
| Cynthia Lummis |
Politician |
10-Sep-1954 |
|
Congresswoman, Wyoming |
| 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 |
| Clara Maass |
Activist |
28-Jun-1876 |
24-Aug-1901 |
Human experiments with yellow fever |
| 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 |
| Sebastian Münster |
Cartographer |
20-Jan-1488 |
23-May-1552 |
Cosmographia Universalis |
| 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 |
| Lauris Norstad |
Military |
24-Mar-1907 |
12-Sep-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63 |
| 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 |
| Erik Paulsen |
Politician |
14-May-1965 |
|
Congressman, Minnesota 3rd |
| 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 |
| John Qualen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1987 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| 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 Chief Justice, 1986-2005 |
| Dave Reichert |
Politician |
29-Aug-1950 |
|
Congressman, Washington 8th |
| Paul Julius Reuter |
Journalist |
21-Jul-1816 |
25-Feb-1899 |
Founder of Reuters News Agency |
| 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 |
| Bernard A. Schriever |
Military |
14-Sep-1910 |
20-Jun-2005 |
US Air Force space program |
| 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 |
| George Tiller |
Doctor |
8-Aug-1941 |
31-May-2009 |
Late-term abortionist |
| 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 |
