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Famous Celebrities from Minnesota
(Alive and Deceased)
posted: 070710
modified: 081119
"Work in Progress"
Bob Dylan (American Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Author, and Poet)
Born: May 24, 1941 in Duluth, MN
Information: <
http://www.bobdylan.com/moderntimes/home/main.html >
F. Scott Fitzgerald (American Author, Screenwriter)
Born: September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, MN
Died: December 21, 1940 in Hollywood, CA
The Great Gatsby
Information: <
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/ >
Judy Garland (American Actress)
Born: June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN
Died: June 22, 1969 in London, England
Information: <
http://www.judygarlandmuseum.com/ >
Best known for her role as
Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz.
James J. Hill (Canadian-American Railroad Executive)
Born: September 16, 1838 in Eramosa Township, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Died: May 29, 1916 in St. Paul, MN
Note: James J. Hill built the Hill House, St. Paul, MN, in 1891, the largest and
most expensive home in Minnesota at the time
Information: <
http://www.railserve.com/JJHill.html >, <
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/jjhh/house.html >
Garrison Keillor (American Author and Radio Personality of A
Prairie Home Companion)
Born: August 7, 1942 in Anoka, MN
Information: <
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/ > |
A Prairie Home Companion (2006
movie)
Sinclair Lewis (American Novelist and Playwright)
Born: February 7, 1885 in Sauk Centre, MN
Died: January 10, 1951 in Rome, Italy
First American to be awarded
the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930
Information: <
http://www.english.ilstu.edu/separry/sinclairlewis/biography.html >
Charles Lindbergh (American Aviator)
Born: February 4, 1902 in Detroit, MI.
He grew up
on a farm near Little Falls, MN.
Died: August 26, 1974 in Maui, HI
Information: <
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp >
The first aviator to fly
nonstop from New York to Paris by himself Click
here for more info
John Madden (American Football Player, Coach, and Sportscaster)
Born: April 10, 1936 in Austin, MN
Information: <
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/madden/story?page=bio >
Roger Maris (American Baseball Player)
Born: September 10, 1934 in Hibbing, MN
Died: December 14, 1985 in Houston, Texas
Information: < http://www.rogermaris.com/
>
Charles Horace Mayo (American Medical Doctor, Co-founder of the Mayo
Clinic)
Born: July 19, 1865 in Rochester, MN
Died: May 26, 1939 in Chicago, IL
Information: <
http://www.mayoclinic.org/tradition-heritage/ >
William James Mayo (American Physician, Co-founder of the Mayo Clinic)
Born: June 29, 1861 in Le Sueur, MN
Died: July 28, 1939 in Rochester, MN
Information: <
http://www.mayoclinic.org/tradition-heritage/ >
Walter Mondale (U.S. Vice President and Senator)
Born: January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, MN
Information: <
http://www.mnc.net/norway/Mondale.htm >
U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Prince (American Singer, Songwriter, Musician)
Born: June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, MN
Information:
Here < http://www.3121.com/ >
Winona Ryder (American Actress)
Born: October 29, 1971 in Olmsted County, MN
Information: <
http://winona.fan-sites.org/ >
Charles Schultz (American Cartoonist, Inventor of Peanuts Comic
Strips)
Born: November 26, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN
Died: February 12, 2000 in Santa Rosa, CA
Information: <
http://www.schulzmuseum.org/schulz-bio.html >, <
http://www.snoopy.com/ >
Jesse Ventura (American Politician, Minnesota Governor, Former Wrestler,
and Actor)
Born: July 15, 1951 in Minneapolis, MN
Information: <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura >
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