- Norm Coleman
Norman Bertram "Norm" Coleman, Jr. (born August 17, 1949) has served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2003, serving in the 108th, 109th, and 110th congresses. He served as the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1994 to 2002. Previously a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Coleman switched to the Republican Party of Minnesota in 1996. In 1998 he lost a bid for Governor of Minnesota against former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura, … - Al Franken
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. He is noted for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and his liberal political views. On February 14, 2007, Franken entered the race for the United States Senate seat from Minnesota currently held by the Republican Norm Coleman, and formerly held by Franken's friend Paul Wellstone. - Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most recognized work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal documentarian and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", … - Paul Wellstone
Paul David Wellstone was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and was a professor of political science at Carleton College before being elected to the Senate in 1990. Wellstone was a liberal and a leading spokesman for the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party. He served in the Senate from 1991 until his death in a plane crash on 25 October, 2002, in the 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 105th, … - Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos on July 15, 1951), also known as "The Body", "The Star", "The Mind", and "Governor Body", is an American politician, former professional wrestler, Navy UDT veteran, actor, and former radio and television talk show host. - Amy Klobuchar
Amy Jean Klobuchar (pronounced "KLOH-buh-shar") (born May 25, 1960) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman elected to the Senate by Minnesota and is one of two female senators in the 110th United States Congress freshman class. - John Kline
John Paul Kline (born September 6, 1947 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American politician. He has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota. - Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon Johnson. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and Americans for Democratic Action. He also served as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1945–1949. - Walter Mondale
Walter F. Mondale 's record of public service includes: vice president of the United States, U.S. ambassador to Japan, and U.S. senator and attorney general for the State of Minnesota. He was also the Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. president in 1984. He is currently a partner with the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, headquartered in Minneapolis with 16 offices worldwide. He serves as chair of the firm's Asia Law Practice Group. - Mark Dayton
Mark Brandt Dayton was a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party U.S. Senator from Minnesota who served 2001–2007 in the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses. - Betty McCollum
Betty L. McCollum (born July 12, 1954) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). She is currently a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Minnesota's 4th congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota, thus far serving in the 107th, 108th, 109th, and 110th congresses. The district includes St. Paul, Minnesota's capital city. - Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy was an American politician and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971. In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president of the United States to succeed incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform. - Mark Kennedy
Mark Raymond Kennedy, is an American politician. Kennedy was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007. He represented Minnesota's 2nd congressional district during the 107th Congress (2001–2003). - Charley Walters
Charles Leonard Walters (born February 21, 1947) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played one season for the Minnesota Twins in 1969 and is currently a sports columnist and reporter for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press newspaper. - 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, … - Collin Peterson
Collin is a 9th term Congressman from Minnesota's 7th district. In 2006, he was elected with 70% of the vote. Collin was born in Fargo, ND, on June 29, 1944. He is Lutheran, and his highest degree was a Bachelors from Moorehead St. University in 1966. He served in the North Dakota Army National Guard from 1963-1969. Before he was elected, he was an accountant. He is divorced. Collin Peterson is important to us because he chairs the House Ag Committee. - Kevin McHale
Kevin Edward McHale (born December 19, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player who starred for thirteen seasons in the NBA for the Boston Celtics. He is currently an executive with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. - Nick Coleman
Nicholas Joseph Coleman is a long time Minnesota journalist. He currently writes as a metro columnist for the "Star Tribune", the large circulation daily newspaper published in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Coleman is on his second stint at the Star Tribune, having begun his career there in the 1970’s. By happenstance, Coleman was in attendance when Minnesota Twins owner Calvin Griffith made his infamous Waseca Lions Club speech in 1978. - Nick Coleman
Nicholas D. (Nick) Coleman (1925-1981) was a Minnesota politician and State Senate majority leader. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he served as a Signalman 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy. He entered into politics as a volunteer with the 1948 Congressional campaign of Eugene McCarthy, who was then a professor at the College of St. Thomas (now the University of St. Thomas)in St. Paul, where Coleman was a student. Coleman was Minnesota chair of the 1960 campaign of John F. Kennedy. - Jim Oberstar
James Louis "Jim" Oberstar (born September 10 1934) is a United States politician. Oberstar has been a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing Minnesota's 8th congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota. The district is located in the northeastern part of the state. It includes the state's third-largest city, Duluth; it also includes Brainerd, International Falls and Hibbing. - Gil Gutknecht
Gilbert William "Gil or Gilly" Gutknecht, Jr. is an American politician. Gutknecht was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives first elected in 1994 to represent Minnesota's 1st congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota. Gutknecht lost his 2006 reelection bid to DFL candidate Tim Walz, and his term ended in January 2007. - Vin Weber
John Vincent Weber, a former Congressman from Minnesota; born in Slayton, Murray County, Minnesota, July 24 1952; attended the public schools; attended the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1970–1974; copublisher, Murray County newspaper; president, Weber Publishing Co.; press secretary to Representative Tom Hagedorn, 1974–1975; senior aide to Senator Rudy Boschwitz, 1977–1980; delegate, Minnesota State Republican conventions, … - Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks (born April 12, 1937), a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Banks is also known as Nowa Cumig ("Naawakamig" in the Double Vowel System); his name in the Ojibwe language means "In the Center of the Ground." - Dean Barkley
Dean M. Barkley (born August 31, 1950) served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from November 4, 2002 to January 3, 2003. Barkley is a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota, formerly the Minnesota Reform Party. - Rod Grams
Rod Grams served the state of Minnesota as both a member of the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Grams was born in Princeton, Minnesota. He attended Brown Institute, 1966–1968, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, 1970–1972, and Carroll College, 1974–1975. He has worked as a television news anchor and producer in Montana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota. He was the president of a construction and residential development company in Minneapolis. - Mark Olson
Mark W. Olson (born March 17, 1943 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota) is a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Olson took office on December 7, 2001, to fill an unexpired term as a member of the Board of Governors, ending January 31, 2010. He resigned on June 21, 2006, effective June 30, 2006, in order to run the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. He received a B.A. in economics in 1965 from St. Olaf College. In 2003 St. Olaf College named Mr. - Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was an Oscar-nominated American film actress and singer, best known for her role as Dorothy Gale from "The Wizard of Oz". Garland's singing voice had a natural vibrato, which she was able to maintain at an extremely low volume. The effects which she was able to project enabled her to convey a wide range of emotion when she interpreted a song. - Jim Johnson
Jim Johnson (born August 9, 1962 in New Hope, Minnesota) is a former American ice hockey player. A defenseman, Johnson was signed as a free agent in 1985 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He would play for the Penguins until he was traded early in the 1990-91 NHL season to the Minnesota North Stars. He would follow the North Stars franchise when it moved to Dallas in 1993, … - John Madden
John Earl Madden is a former American National Football League player, head coach, and a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. Madden is perhaps best known for his nearly three-decade career as a color commentator for various broadcasting networks. He was part of the iconic CBS and later Fox broadcasting duo, along with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the last color commentator for Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN in 2006. - Mason Jennings
Mason Jennings (born 1975 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Minnesota-based pop-folk singer-songwriter. He is well known for his simple yet catchy melodies, intimate lyrics, literary and historical themes, and unique voice. His music has appeared in the surf film "Shelter" and he has toured extensively. Jennings is married to Amy Turany Jennings and has 2 sons. Born in Hawaii, Jennings moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at an early age. - Alexander Ramsey
Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 - April 22, 1903) was an American politician. He was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Ramsey was elected from Pennsylvania as a Whig to the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the 28th and 29th congresses from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847. He served as the first Territorial Governor of Minnesota June 1, 1849 to May 15, 1853 as a member of the Whig Party. In 1855, he became the mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota. - Glen Perkins
Glen W. Perkins (born March 2, 1983 in Stillwater, Minnesota) is a Major League/Minor League baseball pitcher. He made his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins in 2006. Perkins attended Minnesota's University of Minnesota in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Stillwater Area High School in Oak Park Heights. - Rudy Boschwitz
Rudolph Ely "Rudy" Boschwitz is a former Independent-Republican United States Senator from Minnesota. He served in the Senate from December 1978 to January 1991, in the 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, and 101st congresses. He was then defeated by Paul Wellstone. Boschwitz was born in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 1930. Though in 1933, when he was only three years old, his family fled Nazi Germany. They settled in New Rochelle, New York, where he grew up. - John Carlson
John David Carlson (born May 12, 1984, in Litchfield, Minnesota) is an American football player. He plays tight end for the University of Notre Dame. - Dean Johnson
Dean Elton Johnson (born June 24, 1947) was formerly the majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 1982 and represented the 13th Senate District. He is widowed, has one child, two grandchildren, and is a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Luther College, a Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. - Glen Taylor
Glen A. Taylor is a billionaire American businessman and the head of Taylor Corporation, a privately held multinational company in the printing and electronics businesses with more than 15,000 employees. Taylor grew up on a farm in Comfrey, Minnesota, and attended Minnesota State University, Mankato In which he now is one of the main benefactors, donating the funds to build the Taylor Center, the school's basketball arena. He worked at a local print shop in his early life. - Jessica Biel
Jessica Biel Actress Jessica Biel was born on March 3, 1982, in Ely, Minnesota. Jessica grew up in Boulder, Colorado with an early ambition to be in music theater. As a child, she starred in several musicals, including The Sound of Music and Annie . In 1994, Biel was awarded a scholarship to Diane Hardin's Young Actors Space in Los Angeles. - Paul Martin
Paul Martin (born March 5, 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a defenceman for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Martin played high school hockey at Elk River High School and was the Mr. Hockey award winner in 2000. He was drafted in the second round, 62nd overall by the New Jersey Devils. He has been playing for the Devils since the 2003-2004 season. He has sound offensive instincts and a projectable frame. Was part of a winning program at the University of Minnesota, … - Tim Penny
Timothy Joseph "Tim" Penny, is an American politician from Minnesota. Penny was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor member of the United States House of Representatives, 1983–1995, representing Minnesota's 1st congressional district in the 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, 102nd, and 103rd congresses. In 1993, he announced that he would not seek a seventh term. Penny was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, and was educated at Winona State University, … - Bob Mould
Bob Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for influential rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.
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