- William Fargo
William George Fargo (May 20, 1818 - August 3, 1881), pioneer American expressman, was born in Pompey, New York. From the age of thirteen he had to support himself, obtaining little schooling, and for several years he was a clerk in grocery stores in Syracuse. He became a freight agent for the Auburn & Syracuse railway company at Auburn in 1841, an express messenger between Albany and Buffalo a year later, and in 1843 a resident agent in Buffalo. - Donna Fargo
Donna Fargo, (born Yvonne Vaughan on November 10, 1945 in Mount Airy, North Carolina), is a Country Music singer and songwriter. She is best known by pop fans for her 1972 Country/Pop crossover hits "The Happiest Girl In the Whole USA" and "Funny Face," but country music lovers realize that she's accomplished much more than that in music. Fargo has had six #1 songs on the country charts. She has placed nine songs in the country top five, 15 in the top ten, … - Thomas B. Fargo
Admiral Thomas Boulton Fargo (born June 1948) served in the United States Navy during the late 20th century and early 21st century. He served as Commander, United States Pacific Command, at Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii from May 2, 2002 to February 26, 2005. He was the twentieth officer to hold the position. Born in San Diego, California, in June 1948, Fargo attended high school in Coronado, California, and Sasebo, Japan, … - Jackie Fargo
Henry Faggart, known by his ringname Jackie Fargo, is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in Southeastern regional promotions and the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. A mainstay of the Mid-South Wrestling, he served as a mentor to Jerry "The King" Lawler and The Fabulous Ones among other wrestlers in the Memphia-area. Although teaming with numerous wrestlers during his career, … - Heather Fargo
Heather Fargo (born December 12, 1952, in Oakland, California) has been Mayor of Sacramento, California since 2001. - J.C. Fargo
James Congdell Fargo is a former president of American Express. He was the younger brother of William Fargo, founder of American Express and Wells, Fargo & Co., and became the third president of American Express after William's death in 1881. Sometime between 1888 and 1890, J.C. Fargo took a trip to Europe and returned frustrated and infuriated. Despite the fact that he was president of American Express and that he carried with him traditional letters of credit, … - Brian Fargo
Brian Fargo is a computer game developer and notable game industry figure. In 1984 Fargo founded Interplay Entertainment, where he worked on most of Interplay's early games (e.g. "Bard's Tale" and "Wasteland"). He was the company's CEO until 2002, when majority control of Interplay was acquired by Titus Interactive, and he left the company. He had also worked with Brainstorm (Publisher), developing Chess Mates. - Frances McDormand
Frances Louise McDormand (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress. - William H. Macy
William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in "Fargo". He is also a teacher and director in theatre, film and television. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman". - Roger Deakins
Roger Deakins has established himself as a successful cinematographer in America and Britain. While growing up in Torquay as a young adolescent, Roger spent most of his time in and out of school focusing on his primary interest: painting. Several years later, Roger enrolled in the Bath School of Art and Design (in the city of Bath) – where he studied graphic design. While studying in Bath, Roger discovered his love of still photography. - 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. - Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang (born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr. on January 29, 1981, in Fargo, North Dakota) is a Grammy-winning American blues guitarist and singer. - Harve Presnell
Harve Presnell (born September 14, 1933) is a Golden Globe-winning American film, stage and television actor. - Brian Lee
Brian Lee (born March 26, 1987 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA) is an amateur ice hockey player who is a top prospect for the Ottawa Senators. - John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American actor from Boulder, Colorado.. He may be best known for his role as Drew Carey's cross-dressing brother on "The Drew Carey Show" and for his role as Norm, the unassuming husband of Margie Gunderson (Frances McDormand) in "Fargo". In the fall of 2003, he starred in the CBS show "The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire," with Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, … - Tim Bevan
Tim Bevan, CBE (b. 1958, Queenstown, New Zealand) is a successful movie producer. Tim Bevan co-founded Working Title Films in London with Eric Fellner in the 1980s, and the company has produced some of the most successful British films of the last fifteen years. Among Bevan's more than 40 films as producer or executive producer are "Fargo", "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", "Love Actually", "Notting Hill", … - Eric Fellner
Eric Fellner (b. 1959, England) is a successful movie producer. Eric Fellner co-founded Working Title Films in London with Tim Bevan in the late 1980s, and the company has produced some of the most successful British films of the last twenty years. Among Fellner's more than 60 films as producer or executive producer are "Hidden Agenda", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Dead Man Walking", " Fargo", "Notting Hill", … - Steve Park
Steve Park is a Korean American comedian. Originally a stand-up comedian, his best known work includes being a cast member of "In Living Color" during the 1991-1992 season and the roles of Mike Yanagita in "Fargo" and Sonny in "Do The Right Thing". He is married to another former cast member of "In Living Color", Kelly Coffield. After witnessing a racial incident while doing a guest role on the show "Friends", … - Caridee English
CariDee English born May 22, 1985,, from Fargo, North Dakota) was named the winning contestant of Cycle 7 of "America's Next Top Model" after making it to the finals with Melrose Bickerstaff. Her prize was a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl Cosmetics, a modeling contract with Elite Models, and a six-page fashion editorial and cover for "Seventeen" magazine. She is the second "ANTM" winner from North Dakota, the other being Nicole Linkletter of Cycle 5. - Warren Keith
Warren Keith is a character actor who has been featured in many contemporary films and has an active career on stage in San Francisco in the late 1990s and since 2000. He played the FBI Agent in the Coen brother's film "Raising Arizona". He was featured in "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski" where he played the fastidious funeral director. He had a starring role in the film "Haiku Tunnel". He is married to Melissa Smith and resides in San Francisco. - Paul Gaustad
Paul Michael Gaustad (born February 3, 1982 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States) is a professional ice hockey center who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. Gaustad was drafted in the 7th round (220th overall) by the Sabres in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. In the off-season Paul lives in Portland, Oregon. He also played for the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL. Prior to joining Portland in 99-00, Gaustad started the season playing for a Tier II team in Burnaby, … - Jennifer Baumgardner
Jennifer Baumgardner (b. circa 1970) is an author and feminist activist. Her books include "Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future" written with Amy Richards, and "Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics". Baumgardner grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, graduating in 1992. Subsequently, she moved to New York City where she took a job writing for Ms. Magazine. - Shannon Curfman
Shannon Curfman (born July 31, 1985 in Fargo, North Dakota) is an American blues-rock guitarist and singer. She came to prominence in 1999, at the age of 14, with the release of her first album, "Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions", which she recorded a year earlier. Even at that time, her deep, robust voice and virtuoso electric guitar playing surprised many listeners, who found it difficult to believe that they were listening to a performer in her teens, … - Gary Emineth
Gary Emineth (born c. 1950) is a North Dakota political figure serving as the Chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party since July 2007's retirement of Ken Karls. He was chosen at the party's committee meeting in Fargo, USA in July. - Jeffrey Schwarz
Jeffrey Schwarz is President & CEO of Automat Pictures, a Los Angeles based entertainment company specializing in the production of original television programming, DVD Added Value, EPKs (electronic press kits), narrative and documentary films. Jeffrey launched Automat at the dawn of the DVD format, recognizing the potential for fully realized Added Value programming. He has since contributed to the success of dozens of major studio DVD releases, … - Joseph E. Duncan III
Joseph Edward Duncan III (born February 25, 1963) is an alleged American serial killer, and convicted sex offender and murderer who received national attention after being arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Shasta Groene, age eight, and her brother Dylan, age nine. - Ken Karls
Ken Karls (born July 15, 1947) is a North Dakota political figure who served as the Chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party from 2003 until July 2007. On May 2, 2007 Karls announced that he would not be running for another two years in the job. Karls had been the state Republican chairman for four years, and his successor, Gary Emineth was chosen at the party's committee meeting in Fargo in July. - William C. Marcil
William C. Marcil is a North Dakota businessman and a leader in the state's newspaper industry. Marcil was born in Rolette, North Dakota in 1936. He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1958. He then married Jane Black, daughter of Norman Black, owner-publisher of "Fargo Forum" newspaper. In 1969, Marcil became the president and publisher of the "Forum". Today, Marcil is chief executive officer of Forum Communications, … - Thomas McGrath
Thomas McGrath, (Sheldon, North Dakota, 1916 - Minneapolis, September 1990) was an American poet. He was a graduate of the University of North Dakota, did postgraduate studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He taught at Colby College, Waterville, Maine and Los Angeles State College from which he was dismissed in connection with his appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. - L. B. Hanna
Louis B. Hanna came to the Dakota Territory in 1881 with his brother, Robert C. Hanna and began farming near what is now Hope, North Dakota. He sold his land in 1882 and moved to Page where he began his career as a businessman. He started a retail lumber company, then expanded into grain handling. Soon he needed banking facilities, so he opened a private bank at Page. The bank became a state bank, then became the First National Bank of Page, with Hanna as the president. - Arthur Naftalin
Arthur Naftalin (June 28, 1917 - May 16, 2005) was an American political scientist and politician. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party DFL, he served as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 3 July, 1961 to 6 July, 1969. He was the city's only Jewish mayor. Naftalin was born in Fargo, North Dakota, one of four children of Sandel and Tillie Naftalin. He was married to Frances Healy Naftalin; among their children is Mark Naftalin, a musician. - Arlan Stangeland
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland (b. February 8, 1930 in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota. As a Republican, Stangeland served on the Barnesville, … - Peter Schjeldahl
Peter Schjeldahl was born in 1942 in Fargo, North Dakota. He grew up in small towns throughout Minnesota and attended Carleton College and the New School. He began his professional writing career as a reporter in Minnesota, Iowa and New Jersey. He is married to Brooke Alderson, an actress. - Jocelyn Burdick
Jocelyn Birch Burdick, (February 6, 1922 in Fargo) Democrat of North Dakota, was a United States Senator briefly during 1992. Upon the death of her husband, Senator Quentin N. Burdick, Governor George Sinner appointed her to fill the vacancy until a special election was held. She was not a candidate for election to the rest of the term, and retired to Fargo upon the election of Kent Conrad to the office. - Donna Nalewaja
Donna Lou Nalewaja, (Nahl-ah-why'-uh) (born October 8, 1939 in Winterset, Iowa) is a North Dakota politician and real estate broker who ran under Leon L. Mallberg for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 1988 as a Republican, and for the North Dakota United States Senate in 1998 against incumbent Byron Dorgan. Nalewaja also served in the North Dakota House of Representatives for Fargo's district 45 for 4 years, and in the North Dakota Senate for 12 years. - John B. Raymond
John Baldwin Raymond (December 5, 1844 - January 3, 1886) was a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, then moved with his parents to Tazewell County, Illinois in 1853. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, being promoted to Captain for action at the Battle of Vicksburg. Following the war Raymond settled in Mississippi. - Frank M. Byrne
Frank M. Byrne (October 23 1858 - December 24 1928) was the eighth Governor of South Dakota. Byrne was born near Volney, Allamakee County, Iowa to Irish immigrants, Michael and Delia (Hart) Byrne. Byrne's formal education was limited to rural school; but, he frequently read books from his own large library. In 1879, he drove a team of oxen to Sioux Falls in what was then Dakota Territory. - A. P. T. James
Alphonso Philbert Theophilus "Fargo" James (c.1908-January 7, 1962), born in Black Rock, Tobago, was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1946. He served in the Legislative Council until 1961 when he was defeated by A.N.R. Robinson. James was known as "Fargo", after a brand of trucks, because of his strength and tendency to crush opponents. He was known as being a proponent of Tobagonian secession from Trinidad and Tobago. - Stepan Popel
Stepan (Stefan, Stephan, Stephen) Popel (Popiel) was a chess champion of Lvov, Paris and eventually, of the Ukrainians in North America (USA and Canada). He was born in Komarniki, Galicia, Austria-Hungary and died December 1987 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA). - David Paul Hanson
David Paul Hanson (born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1950) is an American musician and advertising executive. He is a drummer and was founding writer of Overland Stage on Epic Records in 1972. He is currently president of H2M Advertising in Fargo, North Dakota, and is a member of a jazz ensemble, the Tatsuo Kato Group. *Tatsuo Kato Group: David Hanson Discusses the band Overland Stage and its album, "The Overland Stage"
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