- Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (generally known as Kent Conrad) (born on March 12 1948) is a United States senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. He is the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. - Earl Pomeroy
Earl Pomeroy (born September 2 1952) is an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of North Dakota. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, Pomeroy has served as the member representing North Dakota's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 1993. Pomeroy lives in Mandan, North Dakota, with his two children, Kathryn and Scott. - Tim Johnson
Timothy Evald Johnson (born July 22, 1949 in Grand Forks, North Dakota) is a former player and manager in Major League Baseball. A shortstop and utility infielder, he became better known as a manager when he was caught lying about his service in the Vietnam War. - Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 - May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordion player, bandleader, and television impresario, hosting "The Lawrence Welk Show" from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fans as "champagne music." He is a 1961 inductee of North Dakota's Roughrider Award. - Ed Schultz
Edward Andrew Schultz (born January 27, 1954) is the host of "The Ed Schultz Show", a nationally syndicated U.S. talk radio show promising "straight talk from the heartland" from a "gun-totin', red meat-eatin' lefty." - Roger Maris
Roger Eugene Maris (September 10 1934 - December 14 1985) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who is primarily remembered for breaking Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season home run record in 1961 on the last day of the season. 37 years later, in the 1998 season, Mark McGwire broke his major league record by hitting 70. Maris remains the American League record holder as of the 2006 season. - William Langer
William "Wild Bill" Langer (September 30 1886 - November 8 1959) was a prominent American politician from North Dakota. Langer is one of the most colorful characters in North Dakota history, most famously bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of office and into prison. He served as the Governor of North Dakota from 1933 to 1934 and from 1937 to 1939. Langer also served in the United States Senate from 1940 to 1959 when he died in office. - Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom and was famous for her "soft and cool" singing style. Though she recorded dozens of hit songs (many of which she wrote or cowrote), Lee might be best known for her interpretation of the Davenport/Cooley composition "Fever" and the song written by her and Dave Barbour, "It's a Good Day." - Jim Ramstad
James M. "Jim" Ramstad (born May 6, 1946) is a United States politician from the state of Minnesota. Ramstad has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing Minnesota's 3rd congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota. The district, the state's wealthiest, includes most of the western portion of the Twin Cities area, including cities such as Maple Grove, Bloomington, Plymouth, Minnetonka, … - Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement. In 1977 he was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for murdering two FBI Agents who died during a 1975 shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There has been considerable debate over Peltier’s guilt and the fairness of his trial. Some supporters and organizations, including Amnesty International, consider him to be a political prisoner. - Chuck Klosterman
My take on Klosterman is this: if you absolutely must get a pop culture fix by reading about inane movie stars or overrated bands, you might as well read someone who is smart and funny about them, and that person is Klosterman. Although not a metal fan, I loved Fargo Rock City , and found his essays in Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs exceedingly funny. - William Lemke
William Frederick Lemke (August 13, 1878 - May 30, 1950), was a United States politician. Lemke was the attorney general of North Dakota from 1921 to 1922. He later was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1932, an NPLer on the Republican Party ticket. He served four two-year terms in Congress. While in Congress, Lemke earned a reputation as a progressive populist and supporter of the New Deal, … - Quentin N. Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick was a United States Senator from North Dakota from August 8, 1960 until his death in 1992. Prior to that he had served in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1959 to August 8, 1960. He was the son of NPL North Dakota Congressman Usher L. Burdick. Burdick received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Minnesota. Like his father, Quentin Burdick was a member of the progressive Non-Partisan League, … - Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. A former player for the New York Knicks, Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association. His reputation was established as head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 through 1998; during his tenure in Chicago, … - Dick Armey
Richard Keith "Dick" Armey (born July 7, 1940 in) is a former U.S. Representative from Texas' 26th Congressional District (1985-2003) and House Majority Leader (1995-2003). He was one of the architects of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress, and the chief author of the Republican Contract with America. - Mark Andrews
Mark Andrews (born May 19 1926) is an American politician from the state of North Dakota. He is a member of the United States Republican Party. Andrews was born in Cass County, North Dakota. He attended the public schools there. In 1944 at the age of 18, Andrews was admitted to the United States Military Academy. He quit in 1946 after receiving a disability discharge. He then attended the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, North Dakota and graduated in 1949. - Travis Hafner
Travis Lee Hafner (b. June 3, 1977 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a left-handed hitting designated hitter (DH) in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cleveland Indians of the American League (AL) Central Division. He attended Cowley County College in Arkansas City, Kansas and was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 31st round of the 1996 draft. - Harold Schafer
Harold Schafer was a North Dakota businessman who founded the Gold Seal Company, the original maker of "Mr. Bubble" bubble bath soap. He was also an entrepreneur who invested money in the tourist town of Medora, North Dakota and the Medora Musical. After selling his Gold Seal interests, Schafer reivensted much of his assets in the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation to promote and preserve Medora's Western culture. - Warren Christopher
Warren Minor Christopher (born October 27, 1925) is an American diplomat and lawyer. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. Born in Scranton, North Dakota, Christopher graduated from Hollywood High School and attended the University of Redlands where he joined the local fraternity Kappa Sigma Sigma. - Gerald Nye
Gerald Prentice Nye was a United States legislator and political activist, representing North Dakota in the U.S. Senate from 1925 to 1945. Nye was born to Irwin R. Nye and Phoebe Ella ("née Prentice") Nye in Hortonville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin and moved to North Dakota in 1915. On August 16, 1916, he married Anna Margaret Munch. Over the next few years the couple had three children: Marjorie, Robert and James. He later divorced his first wife and remarried. - Marquis de Mores
Marquis de Morès was a frontier ranchman in the Badlands of Dakota Territory during the final years of the American Old West era; he was famous for having challenged Theodore Roosevelt to a duel. A native of France, de Morès tried to revolutionize the ranching industry by shipping refrigerated meat to Chicago, Illinois by railroad, thus bypassing the Chicago stockyards. He built a meat-packing plant for this purpose in Medora, North Dakota, … - Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson (born September 30, 1931, Kulm, North Dakota) is a Golden Globe award winning American television and film actress, best known for her role as the sultry Sergeant Leann (not Suzanne) "Pepper" Anderson in the 1970s crime drama, "Police Woman". - Eric Sevareid
Arnold Eric Sevareid (November 26, 1912 - July 9, 1992) was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents-dubbed "Murrow's Boys"-because they were hired by pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow. Sevareid was a child of the American Plains. He was born in Velva, North Dakota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1935. Of Norwegian ancestry, he preserved a strong bond with Norway throughout his life. - Chris Coste
Christopher Robert Coste (born February 4 1973 in Fargo, North Dakota) is a catcher/utility player for the Philadelphia Phillies. Coste was on a major league team for the first time in his career at age 33. Coste went to Concordia College, a Division III school in Minnesota, where he was a three-time All-American. Afterwards, he played four seasons for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the independent Northern League. - Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock is an American illustrator of children's books, not to be confused with the well-known geneticist of the same name (see Barbara McClintock). Her books have won numerous awards, including three New York Times Best Books, two Time Magazine Best Books, two NY Public Library 100 Recommended Books, two Parents Choice, an ALA Notable Book, a NEBA, starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, SLJ, Kirkus and Horn Book. - Darin Erstad
Darin Charles Erstad (born June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a first baseman/center fielder in Major League Baseball currently with the Chicago White Sox. Prior to 2007, he had played his entire career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996-2006). He bats and throws left-handed. - Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh Folsom Spalding (December 3, 1853 - March 17, 1934) was a United States Representative from North Dakota. He was born on a farm near Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the Lyndon Literary Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and was graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1877. He studied law in Montpelier, Vermont and was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Fargo, North Dakota. - Usher L. Burdick
Usher Lloyd Burdick (February 21, 1879 - August 19, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota, father of Quentin N. Burdick, father-in-law of Jocelyn Burdick, and father-in-law of Robert W. Levering. Born in Owatonna, Minnesota, Burdick moved with his parents to Dakota Territory in 1882. He graduated from the North Dakota State Normal School at Mayville in 1900. He was deputy superintendent of schools of Benson County from 1900 to 1902. - Ronald Davies
Ronald Norwood Davies (December 11, 1904 - April 18, 1996) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota (July 22, 1955 - 1996). Davies is perhaps best known for ordering the integration of Little Rock Central High during the civil rights crisis of the 1960s. - Lynn Frazier
Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874 - January 11, 1947) was a U.S. Senator from North Dakota (1923-1941) and the Governor of that state from 1917 until being recalled in 1921. He was the first American governor ever successfully recalled from office; besides Frazier, the only other governor to have been successfully recalled is California Governor Gray Davis, who was recalled in October 2003. - Fred Hultstrand
Fred Hultstrand (September 13, 1888 - June 28, 1968) was a professional photographer. His photography helped document life in the U.S. state of North Dakota in the early twentieth century. Hultstrand was born on a farm in Fairdale, North Dakota, to Swedish immigrants, the third of six children. He attended school in Osnabrock, North Dakota, with only knowledge of his native tongue. - Milton Young
Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897-May 31, 1983) was a United States politician, most notable for representing North Dakota as US Senator from 1945 until 1981. Young was born at Berlin, North Dakota, and graduated from LaMoure High School. He attended North Dakota State University and Graceland College. In 1919, he married Malinda Benson; they had three sons. (Malinda died in 1969. Young later married Patricia Byrne of Bowman, North Dakota.) After college, … - Gordon Kahl
Gordon Wendell Kahl was a tax protester best known for his involvement in two fatal shootouts with law enforcement officers in the United States in 1983. In 1967, Kahl wrote a letter to the Internal Revenue Service stating that he would no longer pay taxes to the, in his words, "Synagogue of Satan under the 2nd plank of the Communist Manifesto." During the 1970s, Kahl organized the first Texas chapter of the Posse Comitatus, … - Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 - March 15, 2001) was an American film actress with a career spanning six decades. Born Harriette Arlene Lake in Valley City, North Dakota, Sothern left home very young and began her film career as an extra in "Broadway Nights" (1927), aged 18. During 1929 and 1930, she appeared as a chorus girl in such films as "The Show of Shows" and "Whoopee!" (as one of the "Goldwyn Girls"). - Martin N. Johnson
Martin N.Johnson (March 3, 1850 - October 21, 1909) was a United States Representative and Senator from North Dakota. Born in Racine County, Wisconsin, he moved with his parents to Decorah, Iowa, the same year. He was taught at home and attended the country schools; in 1873 he graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City, and taught two years in the California Military Academy at Oakland, California. - Edwin F. Ladd
Edwin Freemont Ladd (December 13, 1859 - June 22, 1925) was a United States Senator from North Dakota. Born in Starks, Maine, he attended the public schools and Somerset Academy (Athens, Maine) and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1884. He was a chemist of the New York State Experiment Station in Geneva, New York from 1884 to 1890 and dean of the school of chemistry and pharmacy and professor of chemistry at the North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, … - Larry Woiwode
Larry Alfred Woiwode (born October 30, 1941) is a distinguished American writer who lives in North Dakota, where he has been the state's Poet Laureate since 1995. His works have appeared in "The New Yorker", "Esquire", "The Atlantic Monthly", and "The Paris Review". He is the author of some eight novels; a book of poetry, "Even Tide"; and essays that have appeared in numerous publications. His first novel, "What I'm Going to Do, … - Rick Helling
Ricky Allen Helling (born December 15, 1970, in Devils Lake, North Dakota) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. - Jim Kleinsasser
Jim Kleinsasser (born January 31, 1977 in Carrington, North Dakota) is an American Football player who currently plays fullback and tight end for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. He attended the University of North Dakota and played for the Fighting Sioux football team. He is commonly known by his nickname, "Jim Clank Clank." - Thomas S. Kleppe
Thomas Savig Kleppe was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and as United States Secretary of the Interior. The son of homesteaders, Kleppe was born in Kintyre in Emmons County, North Dakota, he graduated from Valley City High School in Valley City, North Dakota in 1936. In 1937, he attended Valley City Teachers College. During World War II, from 1942 to 1946 he was a Warrant Officer. From 1950 to 1954, he was the mayor of Bismarck, …
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