List of University of Minnesota people

This is a list of notable people associated with the University of Minnesota.

Alumni

Nobel laureates

Norman Borlaug

• Ernest O. Lawrence (M.A. Physics 1923) – 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics^[1]
• Walter Brattain (PhD Physics 1929) – 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics^[2]
• Melvin Calvin (PhD Chemistry 1935) – 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry^[3]
• Norman Borlaug (B.S. Forestry 1937, M.S. 1939 Plant Pathology, PhD 1942 Plant Pathology) – 1970 Nobel Peace Prize^[4]
• Edward B. Lewis (M.A. Biostatistics 1939) – 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine^[5]
• Louis J. Ignarro (PhD Pharmacology 1966) – 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine^[6]
• Daniel McFadden (B.S. Physics 1957, PhD Economics 1962) – 2000 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences^[7]
• Brian Kobilka (B.S. Biology and Chemistry 1977) – 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry^[8]
• Lars Peter Hansen (PhD Economics 1978) – 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Pulitzer Prize winners

Thomas Friedman

• Carl Dennis, Pulitzer Prize winner in 2002 for Poetry
• Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1983 and 1988 for International Reporting and 2002 for Commentary; studied at the University of Minnesota from 1971 to 1973 before transferring to Brandeis University

Law and politics

Vice presidents

Hubert Humphrey

Walter Mondale

• Hubert H. Humphrey, former U.S. Vice President and 1968 Democratic nominee for President^[9]
• Walter Mondale, former U.S. Vice President and 1984 Democratic nominee for President^[10]

Cabinet members and diplomats

William D. Mitchell

• Robert Bergland, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture^[11]
• James Blanchard, former U.S. Ambassador to Canada^[12]
• Jeffrey Davidow, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Zambia, and Venezuela^[13]
• William Dawson, former U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay and Panama
• Scott H. DeLisi, U.S. Ambassador to Nepal^[14]
• Orville Freeman, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture^[15]
• William Garvelink, former U.S. Ambassador to Congo^[16]
• James D. Hodgson, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and U.S. Ambassador to Japan^[17]
• Darryl N. Johnson, former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand^[18]
• Geri M. Joseph, journalist, United States Ambassador to the Netherlands^[19]
• Samuel L. Kaplan, U.S. Ambassador to Morocco^[20]
• Tom McDonald, former U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe^[21]
• Ronald K. McMullen, former U.S. Ambassador to Eritrea^[22]
• William D. Mitchell, former Attorney General of the United States^[23]
• Walter Mondale, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan^[10]
• Robert G. Neumann, former diplomat
• Donald R. Norland, former U.S. Ambassador
• Carl Stokes, former U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles^[24]
• Benson Whitney, former U.S. Ambassador to Norway^[25]
• Ross Wilson, former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey^[26]
• Robert F. Woodward, former diplomat^[27]

Members of congress

Everett Dirksen

Eugene McCarthy

Wayne Morse

• Sydney Anderson, former U.S. Representative^[28]
• Wendell Anderson, former U.S. Senator (DFL-MN)^[29]
• William L. Armstrong, former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator^[30]
• Joseph H. Ball, former U.S. Senator (R-MN)^[31]
• Dean Barkley, former U.S. Senator (I-MN)^[32]
• Nick Begich, former U.S. Representative^[33]
• Fred Biermann, former U.S. Representative^[34]
• Quentin Burdick, former U.S. Senator (D-ND)^[35]
• Usher L. Burdick, former U.S. Representative^[36]
• Harlan J. Bushfield, former U.S. Senator^[37]
• Vera C. Bushfield, former U.S. Senator^[38]
• Ray P. Chase, former U.S. Congressman (R-MN)^[39]
• Victor Christgau, former U.S. Congressman (R-MN)^[40]
• Frank E. Denholm, former U.S. Representative^[41]
• Everett Dirksen, former U.S. Senator^[42]
• David Durenberger, former U.S. Senator (R-MN)^[43]
• Keith Ellison, U.S. Congressman (DFL-MN)^[44]
• Franklin Ellsworth, former U.S. Representative^[45]
• Donald M. Fraser, former U.S. Congressman (DFL-MN)^[46]
• Richard Pillsbury Gale, former U.S. Representative^[47]
• Godfrey Goodwin, former U.S. Congressman (R-MN)^[48]
• Knute Hill, former U.S. Representative^[49]
• Einar Hoidale, former U.S. Congressman (DFL-MN)^[50]
• Dewey Johnson, former U.S. Representative^[51]
• Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator (R-WI)^[52]
• Ron Kind, U.S. Congressman (D-WI)^[53]
• Paul John Kvale, former U.S. Representative^[54]
• Rick Larsen, U.S. Representative^[55]
• John Linder, U.S. Congressman (R-GA)^[56]
• Ernest Lundeen, former U.S. Senator^[57]
• Bill Luther, former U.S. Congressman (DFL-MN)^[58]
• Melvin Maas, former U.S. Representative^[59]
• William Josiah MacDonald, former U.S. Representative^[60]
• Clark MacGregor, former U.S. Representative^[61]
• James Manahan, former U.S. Representative^[62]
• Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator and three-time Presidential candidate (DFL-MN)^[63]
• John Melcher, former U.S. Senator^[64]
• Clarence B. Miller, former U.S. Representative^[65]
• Wayne Morse, former U.S. Senator (R/I/D-OR)^[66]
• Walter Newton, former U.S. Representative^[67]
• Jim Ramstad, former U.S. Congressman (R-MN)^[68]
• John H. Ray, former U.S. Representative^[69]
• Elmer Ryan, former U.S. Representative^[70]
• Martin Olav Sabo, former U.S. Representative^[71]
• Thomas D. Schall, former U.S. Senator (R-MN)^[72]
• Patricia Schroeder, former U.S. Congresswoman (D-CO)^[73]
• Conrad Selvig, former U.S. Representative^[74]
• Don L. Short, former U.S. Representative^[75]
• Gerald Edward Sikorski, former U.S. Representative^[76]
• George Ross Smith, former U.S. Representative^[77]
• Henry O. Talle, former U.S. Representative^[78]
• Bruce Vento, former U.S. Congressman (DFL-MN)^[79]
• Vin Weber, former U.S. Congressman (R-MN)^[80]
• George M. Young, former U.S. Representative^[81]
• Edward Zorinsky, former U.S. Senator^[82]
• John M. Zwach, former U.S. Representative^[83]

Governors

Arne Carlson

Tim Pawlenty

• C. Elmer Anderson, former Governor of Minnesota^[84]
• Elmer L. Andersen, former Governor of Minnesota^[85]
• Wendell Anderson, former Governor of Minnesota^[29]
• James Blanchard, former Governor of Michigan^[12]
• Joseph A.A. Burnquist, former Governor of Minnesota^[86]
• Harlan J. Bushfield, former Governor of South Dakota^[87]
• Arne Carlson, former Governor of Minnesota^[88]
• Theodore Christianson, former Governor of Minnesota^[89]
• Robert B. Crosby, former Governor of Nebraska^[90]
• Charles M. Dale, former Governor of New Hampshire^[91]
• Orville Freeman, former Governor of Minnesota^[92]
• William L. Guy, former Governor of North Dakota^[93]
• Harold LeVander, former Governor of Minnesota^[94]
• John Lind, former Governor of Minnesota^[95]
• Floyd B. Olson, former Governor of Minnesota^[96]
• Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota^[97]
• J.A.O. Preus, former Governor of Minnesota^[98]
• Harold Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota^[99]
• Charles W. Turnbull, former Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands^[100]

Article III judges

Harold Stassen

Warren Burger

• Donald D. Alsop, judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[101]
• Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut^[102]
• Myron H. Bright, Senior judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit^[103]
• Warren E. Burger, former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court^[104]
• William Canby, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit^[105]
• Michael J. Davis, Chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[106]
• David S. Doty, judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[107]
• Joan N. Ericksen, judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[108]
• Henry Norman Graven, former judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa^[109]
• Gerald Heaney, former judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit^[110]
• Richard H. Kyle, judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[111]
• Earl R. Larson, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[112]
• Miles Lord, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[113]
• Claude Luse, former judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin^[114]
• George MacKinnon, former judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[115]
• Harry H. MacLaughlin, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[116]
• Ann D. Montgomery, judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[117]
• Diana E. Murphy, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit^[118]
• Philip Neville, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[119]
• Gunnar Nordbye, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[120]
• Milton D. Purdy, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[121]
• James M. Rosenbaum, judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[122]
• John B. Sanborn, Jr., former judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit^[123]
• George F. Sullivan, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[124]
• John R. Tunheim, judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[125]
• Bruce Marion Van Sickle, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota^[126]
• Charles Vogel, former judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit^[127]
• Robert W. Warren, former judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin^[128]

State judges

• Douglas K. Amdahl, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[129]
• G. Barry Anderson, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[130]
• Paul H. Anderson, Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[131]
• Russell A. Anderson, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[132]
• Kathleen A. Blatz, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[133]
• Harrison A. Bronson, former Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court^[134]
• Edward T. Burke, former Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court^[135]
• Theodore Christianson, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
• Margaret Chutich, Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[136]
• Mary Jeanne Coyne, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
• John P. Devaney, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[137]
• Ralph J. Erickstad, former Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court^[138]
• Thomas F. Gallagher, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[139]
• Sandra Gardebring Ogren, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[140]
• Thomas Eugene Grady, former Justice, Washington Supreme Court
• Oscar Knutson, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[141]
• Ernest W. Lewis, former Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
• Charles Loring, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[142]
• Eric J. Magnuson, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[143]
• Helen M. Meyer, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[144]
• Julius J. Olson, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[145]
• Alan Page, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and member of NFL Hall of Fame^[146]
• Harry H. Peterson, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[147]
• Peter S. Popovich, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[148]
• Keith Rapp, Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals^[149]
• Robert Sheran, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[150]
• John E. Simonett, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[151]
• Edward C. Stringer, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[152]
• Samuel B. Wilson, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[153]
• Michael A. Wolff, former Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court^[154]
• Lawrence R. Yetka, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[155]

Attorneys general

• Mike Hatch, former Minnesota Attorney General^[156]
• Douglas M. Head, former Minnesota Attorney General
• Hubert H. Humphrey III, former Minnesota Attorney General
• Henry Linde, former North Dakota Attorney General
• Robert W. Mattson, Sr., former Minnesota Attorney General
• William D. Mitchell, former U.S. Attorney General^[157]
• Harry H. Peterson, former Minnesota Attorney General^[158]
• Albert F. Pratt, former Minnesota Attorney General^[159]
• Warren Spannaus, former Minnesota Attorney General^[160]

Foreign

Nick Clegg

• Mohamed Azmin Ali, Malaysian politician; Menteri Besar (Head of State) of Selangor
• Arne Arnesen, Norwegian politician and official
• Mohamed Benaissa, former Foreign Minister of Morocco
• Luis Carranza, former Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
• Michael Clark, former member of the British Parliament
• Nick Clegg, British MP; former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; former leader of the Liberal Democrats
• Timothy Donaldson, Bahamian banker and ambassador
• Habib Essid, Prime minister of Tunisia
• Jon Gerrard, former member, Canadian Parliament
• Geir Haarde, former Prime Minister of Iceland
• Werikhe Kafabusa, Minister for Housing, Uganda
• Vijay Kelkar, Indian economist and public official
• Ko Wen-je, physician, Mayor of Taipei City, the capital of Taiwan; former Chairman of the Department of Traumatology at National Taiwan University Hospital; visiting researcher at University of Minnesota
• Abdessalem Mansour, former Tunisian Agriculture Minister
• Khurram Murad, Pakistani politician and Islamic activist
• Fred H. Nomme, Norwegian diplomat
• Archie Norman, former member of the British Parliament
• Perng Fai-nan, economist, Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1998
• Ricardo Raineri, Minister of Energy, Chile
• Paulo Zucula, Mozambican politician

Other

William H. Stewart

• Fred Agnich, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County, 1971–1987; petroleum producer, rancher, native of St. Louis County, Minnesota^[161]
• George Edward Akerson, former White House Press Secretary
• Nihad Awad, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations
• Janet Benshoof, attorney
• John T. Benson, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
• William Berndt, Wisconsin legislator
• Everett Bidwell, Wisconsin legislator^[162]
• Val Bjornson, Minnesota State Treasurer
• D. E. Bowe, Wisconsin legislator
• David R. Brink, former President, American Bar Association
• Alden W. Clausen, former President, World Bank
• Lawrence D. Cohen, former Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Chris Coleman, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota
• John A. Conant, Wisconsin legislator
• Gratia Countryman, librarian
• Paul Dailey, Jr., Wisconsin legislator
• Jimmy Delshad, former Mayor, Beverly Hills, California
• Michael Dombeck, former Chief, United States Forest Service
• Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin legislator
• James Harsdorf, Wisconsin legislator
• Hon. Howard E. Haugerud, diplomat
• John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General, United States Navy
• Sly James, J.D., 1983, Kansas City mayor
• Andrew Johnson – Minneapolis City Councilmember^[163]
• Ellen J. Kennedy, activist
• Roger G. Kennedy, former Director, National Park Service
• John Kringen, Deputy Director, CIA
• Robert J. Larson, Wisconsin legislator
• Thomas E. Latimer, former Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• George E. Leach, former Mayor of Minneapolis
• Algernon Lee, Socialist Party of America leader
• William P. Levine, 1937, United States Army major general and Holocaust speaker
• Jim Lord, Minnesota State Treasurer, Minnesota State Senate
• Paul J. F. Lusaka, former President, United Nations General Assembly
• William H. Markham, Wisconsin legislator
• Paul J. Marwin, former Minnesota state politician
• Mary O. McCarthy, former CIA analyst who allegedly leaked classified information
• Doug McFarland, Minnesota state politician
• Richard Moe, former Chief of Staff for the United States Vice President
• Arthur Naftalin, former Mayor of Minneapolis
• John E. Otto, former Director, FBI
• John Parkin, Wisconsin legislator
• Aagot Raaen, author and educator
• Nils Nilsen Ronning, author, journalist, editor and publisher
• Edward Rustad, former Minnesota state politician
• Richard M. Scammon, former Director, United States Census Bureau
• Randy Scheunemann, influential neoconservative
• Wilfred I. Smith, archivist
• Gene Sperling, director, National Economic Council
• Elmer B. Staats, former Comptroller General of the United States
• William H. Stewart, former United States Surgeon General
• Carl Stokes, former Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio
• Steve Strachan, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, former Sheriff of King County, Washington
• Clarence Syvertson, former Director, Ames Research Center
• Kenneth S. White, Wisconsin legislator
• Roy Wilkins, former civil rights activist
• Don I. Wortman, former Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
• Whitney Young, former civil rights activist

Leadership and business

Margaret Anne Cargill

• Anthony Adducci, founder of Guidant
• John S. Barry, former CEO, WD-40 Company^[164]
• James H. Binger, former CEO, Honeywell
• Tom Burnett, Vice President, Thoratec Corporation
• Austen S. Cargill II, heir and major shareholder of Cargill
• Margaret Anne Cargill, philanthropist
• Curt Carlson, founder of the Carlson Companies
• Alden W. Clausen, former CEO, Bank of America
• Chris Cloud, co-founder of MPLS.TV; 2012 TEDxUMN Speaker; 2015 The Icee Company Fan of the Week
• John Donovan, Executive Vice President for Global Sales and Consulting Services, VeriSign
• Elmer William Engstrom, former President and CEO of RCA
• Leon Kraig Eskenazi, partner and managing director of IGNIA Partners L.L.C.; former President of Mars Inc. in Latin America
• John Hammergren, CEO, McKesson Corporation
• Rodney R. Hannula, U.S. National Guard general
• Terrance Hanold, former President of the Pillsbury Company
• Harry Heltzer, former CEO, 3M Corporation
• Robert E. Hillard, public relations executive
• Duane Ilstrup, statistician
• Irwin L. Jacobs, entrepreneur
• Mildred Jeffrey, former President of United Auto Workers and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• James A. Johnson, former CEO of Fannie Mae
• Joseph M. Juran, management consultant
• Frederick Kappel, former Chairman of AT&T
• Stephen F. Keating, former President, Honeywell
• Erwin Kelm, former President, Cargill
• Jill Konrath, sales strategist and author of Selling to Big Companies and SNAP Selling
• Mari Kooi, CEO, Wolf Asset Management International LLC
• John Hugh MacMillan, businessman^[165]
• Ted Mann, head of Mann Theatres
• Leonard Murray, former President, Soo Line Railroad
• Christopher O'Malley, President and CEO of Compuware
• James O'Shaughnessy, asset manager
• John S. Pillsbury, Jr., former President, Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
• Chuck Porter
• Prakash Puram, former CEO of iXmatch
• William John Quinn, former President, Milwaukee Road
• K.V.K. Raju, technopreneur
• Osman Rashid, entrepreneur
• Lee Raymond, former CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation
• William J. Ruane, investor
• T. Denny Sanford, CEO of United National Corporation
• Irving S. Shapiro, former CEO of DuPont
• Ballard F. Smith, former President, San Diego Padres
• Steven Snyder, management consultant
• Michael Sokolski, engineer, founder and inventor of Scantron^[166]
• Arne Sorenson, CEO, Marriott International
• Thomas O. Staggs, Chairman, Walt Disney Co.
• Melvin Steen, corporate attorney
• Ronald Stordahl, CEO, Digi-Key
• John Stumpf, CEO, Wells Fargo Bank
• Michael P. Sullivan, former President, Dairy Queen
• Eric Swanson, General Counsel of BATS Trading
• Erwin Tomash, co-founder, Dataproducts
• Robert Ulrich, CEO, Target
• Scott Ward, President (Vascular), Medtronic, Inc.
• Roy Wilkins, former Executive Director of the NAACP
• David W. Winn, U.S. Air Force general
• Michael W. Wright, former CEO of SuperValu
• Whitney Young, former Executive Director, National Urban League

Science and medicine

• Rahul Aggarwal, engineer
• J. Edward Anderson, engineer
• Dr. Moe Anderson, dental surgeon
• Dr. Rutherford Aris, professor of chemical engineering (1958–2005); professor of classics specializing in paleography
• Dave Arneson, game designer
• Marian Breland Bailey, psychologist
• Earl Bakken, founder, Medtronic
• Amit Bando, climate activist
• Christopher Barden, psychologist
• Dr. Christiaan Barnard
• Trevor J. Barnes, geographer
• John Barry, engineer
• C. Fred Bentley, soil scientist
• Lloyd Berkner, physicist and engineer
• Sanford I. Berman, philanthropist
• Philip E. Bernatz, physician
• Sara C. Bisel, anthropologist
• William F. Bottke, planetary scientist
• Marci Bowers, physician
• Walter Houser Brattain, physicist
• Jeannette Brown, chemist and historian
• Murray Fife Buell, ecologist
• Arthur H. Bulbulian, engineer
• Harold Bunger, chemist
• Hugh Butt, physician
• Dr. David P. Campbell
• Duane G. Carey, astronaut
• Cherie Carter-Scott, author
• T. T. Chang, agricultural scientist
• Ed Chi, computer scientist
• Imrich Chlamtac, computer scientist
• Helen Codere, anthropologist
• Gratia Countryman, librarian
• John Hubert Craigie, plant pathologist
• Seymour Cray, founder, Cray Research
• Arthur Cronquist, botanist
• Leah Culver, computer scientist
• David Dahlin, physician
• Donald A. Dahlstrom, engineer
• Jack Dangermond, environmental scientist
• Farrington Daniels, chemist
• Eduardo Santiago Delpin, physician
• Robert J. Desnick, physician and geneticist
• Dr. Satish Dhawan
• Theodore S. Drachman, author
• Richard Gurley Drew, inventor
• M. Bridget Duffy, physician
• Halbert L. Dunn, physician
• Marvin Dunnette, psychologist
• John S. Eastwood, engineer
• Frank Edwin Egler, plant ecologist
• William D. Emmons, chemist
• Elmer William Engstrom, television engineer
• Mordecai Ezekiel, economist
• Richard Farson, psychologist
• Robert Folinsbee, geologist
• John E. Franz, chemist
• Scott Freeman, economist
• Alfred Freedman, psychiatrist
• John G. Frayne, physician
• Arthur Fry, inventor
• Robert R. Gilruth, former Director, Johnson Space Center
• Dr. Donald Gleason
• Dr. Robert A. Good
• John Paul Goode, geographer
• Dr. Robert W. Gore
• Mark Gorenberg, engineer
• Ulysses Sherman Grant, geologist
• Ronald D. Guttmann, physician
• Torey Hayden, psychologist
• Isaac Held, scientist
• Robert A. Henle, engineer
• John Kenneth Hilliard, electrical engineer
• Jane Elizabeth Hodgson, physician
• Abram Hoffer, psychiatrist
• John H. Hoffman, scientist
• Dr. John L. Holland
• Robert Hollenhorst, physician
• Virginia M. Howick, entomologist
• Cyril Hoyt
• Sherwood B. Idso, climate scientist
• Hope Jahren, geobotanist
• James J. Jenkins, psychologist
• Chad J. Johnson, physicist
• Reynold B. Johnson, inventor
• Selmer M. Johnson, mathematician
• B. J. Kennedy, physician
• Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil, physicist
• Lemont Kier, chemist
• Lawrence Kirk, agronomist
• George R. Klare, psychologist
• Tom Krimigis, space scientist, physicist
• Paul Eston Lacy, physician
• Daryle LaFleur (B.S. Biology 1994, M.S. Molecular and Cell Biology 1997), scientist and educator
• Roger A. Laine, biochemist
• Richard Lehman
• Scott Lilienfeld, author, psychologist
• Dr. C. Walton Lillehei
• Kjell N. Lindgren, astronaut
• Joseph Lykken
• Mark P. McCahill, computer scientist
• Bruce A. Menge, ocean ecologist
• Paul E. Meehl, psychologist
• Sanjay Mittal, engineer
• Calvin Mooers, computer scientist
• George E. Moore, physician
• Edward Ng, mathematician
• Dr. Walter R. Nickel
• Joseph D. Novak
• Dr. Richard Oriani, metallurgist, first Director of Corrosion Research Center
• Walter Palmer, dental surgeon, known for killing a protected lion in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park^[167]
• James Papez, physician
• Rudolph Pariser, chemist
• George Parshall, chemist
• David Passig, futurist
• George Philippidis, energy advisor
• Jeannette Piccard
• Ananda Prasad, biochemist
• George H. Prudden, engineer
• Marian Radke-Yarrow, psychologist
• Dr. Malcolm Renfrew
• Theodore H. Rowell
• Harry Rowsell, veterinarian
• Avtar Saini, engineer
• Cecil Salmon, agronomist
• Richard L. Sandor, economist
• Roscoe Frank Sanford, astronomer
• Dr. Norman Shumway
• Bent Skovmand, plant scientist
• Deke Slayton, Mercury Seven astronaut
• Bill Smith, Motorola engineer
• Elvin C. Stakman, plant pathologist
• John Stapp, physician
• William Bushnell Stout, engineer
• Clarence Syvertson, engineer
• Leona E. Tyler, psychologist
• Jo Anne Van Tilburg, archeologist
• David Walsh, psychologist
• Richard A. Weinberg, psychologist
• Louis Jolyon West, psychiatrist
• Robert J. White, surgeon
• Louis B. Wilson, pathologist
• John A. Wise, nutritionist

Academics and education

George A. Lundberg

Negar Mottahedeh

• James Luther Adams, former professor, Harvard University
• Ramesh K. Agarwal, professor, Washington University
• Sydney E. Ahlstrom, former professor, Yale University
• John S. Allen, president, University of Florida, founding president, University of South Florida
• Fernando Alvarez, economist; professor, University of Chicago
• Glenn J. Ames, professor, University of Toledo
• Kinsey Anderson, former Professor, University of California, Berkeley
• Lawrence B. Anderson, former professor, MIT
• Richard Davis Anderson, former professor, University of Pennsylvania
• Terry H. Anderson, professor of history at Texas A&M University
• William Anderson, former professor, University of Minnesota
• James C. Anthony, professor, Michigan State University
• Masahiko Aoki, professor, Stanford University
• Arvind, computer scientist; professor at MIT
• Richard N. Aslin, professor, University of Rochester
• John D. Axtell, former professor, Purdue University
• Myrtle Aydelotte, former dean, University of Iowa
• N. H. Baker, former professor, Columbia University
• Clarence Barber, former professor, University of Manitoba
• William A. Bardeen, former associate professor, Stanford University
• Michael N. Barnett, professor, George Washington University
• Eric Becklin, professor Emeritus, UCLA
• David T. Beito, professor, The University of Alabama
• Dale Berger, Dean, Claremont Graduate University
• Jessie Bernard, former professor, Pennsylvania State University
• Robert M. Berdahl, former Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley
• Gary Berntson, professor, Ohio State University
• Ellen S. Berscheid, professor, University of Minnesota
• Robert A. Bjork, professor, UCLA
• Rebecca Blank, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison; former Dean, University of Michigan
• Walker Bleakney, former professor, Princeton University
• Carl Blegen, former professor, University of Cincinnati
• Theodore C. Blegen, former Graduate Dean, University of Minnesota
• John Elof Boodin, philosopher
• Luc Bovens, professor, University of London (London School of Economics)
• Willard L. Boyd, former president, University of Iowa
• Susan Brantly, professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Stanley Brodsky, professor, Stanford University
• Robert A. Brown, president, Boston University; former Provost, MIT
• Keith Brueckner, former professor, University of California, San Diego
• Nathaniel A. Buchwald, former Professor, UCLA
• Murray Fife Buell, professor, Rutgers University
• Martin Bunzl, professor, Rutgers University
• Jon Butler, professor, Yale University
• Arthur Butz, Associate professor, Northwestern University
• Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, professor, University of Minnesota
• John Bissell Carroll, former professor, Harvard University
• Stephen Carls, professor, Union University
• Hector-Neri Castaneda, former professor, Indiana University
• Terry Castle, professor, Stanford University
• Mary Ellen Chase, former professor, Smith College
• Lawrence J. Christiano, professor, Northwestern University
• Lee Anna Clark, professor, University of Iowa
• Sterling Clarren, professor, University of Washington
• Helen Codere, anthropologist
• Ronald L. Cohen, professor, Bennington College
• Brock Cole, former professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Hugh M. Cole, historian and former professor, Army War College
• William E. Coles, Jr., professor, University of Pittsburgh
• Elizabeth Colson, Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley
• Ada Comstock, former president, Radcliffe College
• William W. Cooley, former Professor, University of Pittsburgh
• Thomas Courtice, former president, Ohio Wesleyan University
• Richard Cyert, former president, Carnegie Mellon University
• Arthur C. Dahlberg, professor, Cornell University
• Norris Darrell, former president, American Law Institute
• John A. DeNovo, former professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Frank J. Dixon, founder and former director, Scripps Research Institute
• Joel Dobris, professor, University of California, Davis
• Monroe D. Donsker, former professor, New York University
• William Gould Dow, former professor, University of Michigan
• Fred Dretske, former professor, Stanford University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Martin Eichenbaum, professor, Northwestern University
• Frieda Ekotto, professor, University of Michigan
• Rodney Erickson, president, Pennsylvania State University
• W.G. Ernst, former professor, Stanford University
• William Kaye Estes, former professor, Harvard University
• Alvin C. Eurich, former president, State University of New York
• Lin Fanghua, professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
• Bruce A. Finlayson, professor Emeritus, University of Washington
• Otto Folin, former professor, Harvard University
• Edward Monroe Freeman, former Dean, University of Minnesota
• Scott Freeman, economist
• Phyllis Freier, former physicist
• Frederick Charles Frey, former Dean, Louisiana State University
• Reynold C. Fuson, former professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Nathaniel Gage, former professor, Stanford University
• Fred Galvin, professor, University of Kansas
• Sheldon Garon, professor, Princeton University
• Scott Gates, professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Ernest Gellhorn, former Dean of Law, Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Washington
• Mary Gergen, former professor, Pennsylvania State University
• Jon Gjerde, former professor, University of California, Berkeley
• Knut Gjerset, former professor, Luther College
• Jane Glazebrook, professor, MIT
• Gerald Jay Goldberg, professor Emeritus, UCLA
• Robert A. Good, former professor, University of Minnesota
• Irving Gottesman, former professor, University of Minnesota and the University of Virginia
• Ulysses Sherman Grant, former professor, Northwestern University
• Roger Gray, former professor, Stanford University
• Earl Grinols, professor, Baylor University
• Charles Grisham, professor, University of Virginia
• Jennifer Guglielmo, associate professor, Smith College
• Louis Guttman, professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• William W. Hagerty, former president, Drexel University
• Judith Halberstam, professor, University of Southern California
• Kermit L. Hall, former president, University at Albany, SUNY
• Patricia Hampl, professor, University of Minnesota
• Elaine Tuttle Hansen, president, Bates College
• Lars Peter Hansen, professor, University of Chicago
• Karen Hanson, provost, Indiana University
• Tim Harcourt, economist
• Robert Hariman, professor, Northwestern University
• William Hawkland, former Chancellor, Louisiana State University
• John Earl Haynes, historian
• Eric J. Heller, professor, Harvard University
• Daniel Herschlag, professor, Stanford University
• Deborah Hertz, professor, University of California, San Diego
• James L. Hetland Jr., former professor, University of Minnesota
• Sadek Hilal, former professor, Columbia University
• Ivan Hinderaker, former chancellor, University of California, Riverside
• John L. Holland, psychologist who developed the Holland Codes
• Ralph Holman, professor emeritus, University of Minnesota
• Joseph M. Horn, professor, University of Texas-Austin
• Frederick L. Hovde, former president, Purdue University
• Mary Howell, former associate dean of medicine, Harvard University
• Lloyd Hustvedt, former professor, Saint Olaf College
• Yuji Ijiri, professor, Carnegie Mellon University
• Daniel Janzen, professor, University of Pennsylvania
• Robert Jensen, professor, University of Texas-Austin
• Leon H. Johnson, professor and president, Montana State University (1964–1969)^[168]
• D. Bruce Johnstone, former chancellor, State University of New York
• Richard W. Jones, professor, Northwestern University
• Eric W. Kaler, president, University of Minnesota
• Gordon Kane, professor, University of Michigan
• Shirley Strum Kenny, former president, Queens College
• Jeanne Halgren Kilde, professor, University of Minnesota
• Robert Kingsley, former Dean of Law, University of Southern California
• James Kritzeck, professor, Princeton University
• Patricia K. Kuhl, professor, University of Washington
• Amitava Kumar, professor, Vassar College
• Jane Larson, former professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Bibb Latane, psychologist
• Joyce Lebra, former professor, University of Colorado
• Maurice LeClair, former vice dean, Université de Montréal
• Keith Lehrer, philosopher
• Ernest Lepore, philosopher
• Aaron B. Lerner, former professor, Yale University
• Melva Lind, French scholar
• Raymond Lindeman, former ecologist
• Lars Ljungqvist, professor, NYU, Stockholm School of Economics, IZA
• Odd S. Lovoll, professor, St. Olaf College
• David Lubinski, professor, Vanderbilt University
• George A. Lundberg, former professor, University of Washington
• Thomas S. Lundgren, professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota
• Michael Lynch, geneticist; professor, Indiana University
• Myles Mace, former distinguished professor, Harvard Business School
• Conway MacMillan, professor of botany at University of Minnesota^[169]
• Mark Mahowald, professor, Northwestern University
• Helmut Maier, professor, University of Ulm
• Albert Marcet, professor, University of London (London School of Economics)
• Harry S. Martin, former librarian and professor, Harvard University
• Andreu Mas-Colell, former professor, Harvard University
• Richard Maxwell, former Dean of Law, UCLA
• E. Jerome McCarthy, former Professor, Michigan State University
• William Parker McKee, second president of Shimer College
• Ernest O. Melby, former Dean of Education, Northwestern University
• Jack Mezirow, professor emeritus, Columbia University
• Tiya Alicia Miles, associate professor, University of Michigan
• Earl Miner, former professor, Princeton University
• Sanjay Mittal, professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
• Terry M. Moe, professor, Stanford University
• Ole Moen, former professor, University of Oslo
• Parviz Moin, professor, Stanford University
• David Montgomery, professor emeritus, Yale University
• Malcolm Moos, former president, University of Minnesota
• Manfred Morari, professor, ETH Zurich
• Negar Mottahedeh, associate professor, Duke University
• C. L. Mowat, historian
• Joia Mukherjee, professor, Harvard University
• Michael Mulholland, professor, University of Michigan
• Shirley Mullen, president, Houghton College
• Farouk Abdel Wahab Mustafa, lecturer, University of Chicago
• Jack Myers, biologist; former professor, University of Texas-Austin
• Grant S. Nelson, former professor, UCLA
• Hans Neurath, professor, University of Washington
• Edward P. Ney, former professor, University of Minnesota
• Walter R. Nickel, professor, University of California, San Diego
• Alfred O. C. Nier, former professor, University of Minnesota
• Jay Noren, former president, Wayne State University
• Joseph D. Novak, former professor, Cornell University
• Josiah Ober, professor, Stanford University
• Kenneth Olwig, professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• Henry J. Oosting, former professor, Duke University
• Myron Orfield, professor, University of Minnesota
• Robert Parr, professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Donn W. Parson, professor, University of Kansas
• C.H. Patterson, professor emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Pat Pattison, professor, Berklee College of Music
• John Vernon Pavlik, professor, Rutgers University
• Vjekoslav Perica, associate professor, University of Rijeka
• Ruby Pernell, former professor, University of Minnesota; first African American faculty member hired at a state flagship university in the 20th century
• Laurence E. Peterson, professor, University of California, San Diego
• Francis J. Pettijohn, former professor, Johns Hopkins University
• Mark Pharis, professor, University of Minnesota
• Ronald L. Phillips, professor, University of Minnesota
• Maynard Pirsig, former dean of law, University of Minnesota
• John L. Pollock, philosopher
• Daniel D. Polsby, Dean of Law, George Mason University
• David Premack, professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
• Alan R. Price, former associate professor, University of Michigan
• Luis M. Proenza, president, University of Akron
• William Prosser, former dean of law, University of California, Berkeley
• Carlton C. Qualey, former professor, Carleton College
• Doraiswami Ramkrishna, professor, Purdue University
• Alan Rector, professor, University of Manchester
• Kevin P. Reilly, president, University of Wisconsin System
• Irving J. Rein, professor, Northwestern University
• David Reinking, professor, Clemson University
• Leo George Rigler, former professor, UCLA
• Donald John Roberts, professor, Stanford University
• Harry Rozmiarek, professor, University of Pennsylvania
• Dale F. Rudd, professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Millard Ruud, former executive director, Association of American Law Schools
• Allan Ryan, university attorney, Harvard University
• Robert Rynasiewicz, professor, Johns Hopkins University
• Muhammad Sahimi, professor, University of Southern California
• Eugene G. Sander, president, University of Arizona
• John C. Sanford, associate professor emeritus, Cornell University
• Jay Scheib, professor, MIT
• William R. Sears, former professor, Cornell University
• George Seddon, former geologist and philosopher
• Lee Seokwoo, associate professor, Inha University; former research scholar, Oxford University
• William H. Sewell, former chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• John M. Sharp, professor, University of Texas-Austin
• John Sharpless, professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Eugene P. Sheehy, head academic librarian, Columbia University
• Cheol Soon Shin, president, Chonbuk National University
• Norman Shumway, former professor, Stanford University
• Mulford Q. Sibley, former professor, University of Minnesota
• Yum-Tong Siu, professor, Harvard University
• Steven S. Smith, professor, Washington University
• Edwin Spanier, former professor, University of California, Berkeley
• Melford Spiro, professor emeritus, University of California, San Diego
• Harold Stassen, former president, University of Pennsylvania
• Robert Stein, former Dean of Law, University of Minnesota
• Alfred Steinberg, historian
• Malcolm Steinberg, former Professor, Princeton University
• Keith H. Steinkraus, former professor, Cornell University
• Charles Edward Stevens, former professor, Cornell University
• Peter A. Stewart, former professor, Brown University
• William Swann, professor, University of Texas-Austin
• Leigh Tesfatsion, professor, Iowa State University
• Frank Thistlethwaite, former lecturer, Cambridge University; former Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia
• Paul Thompson, former professor, University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies)
• Josephine Tilden, professor with an acrimonious relationship with the University of Minnesota^[170]
• Robert M. Townsend, professor, MIT
• Alan Trachtenberg, professor emeritus of American Studies, Yale University
• Merle Tuve, former professor, Johns Hopkins University
• Rosemond Tuve, former professor, University of Pennsylvania
• Harald Uhlig, professor, University of Chicago
• Arvind Varma, professor, Purdue University
• Paul Vojta, professor, University of California, Berkeley
• Robert G. L. Waite, former professor, Williams College
• W. Allen Wallis, former president, University of Rochester
• James Z. Wang, professor, Pennsylvania State University
• Ellen Wartella, former Dean of Communications, University of Texas-Austin
• Alexander Wendt, professor, Ohio State University
• Robert J. White, former professor, Case Western Reserve University
• Bruce A. Williams, professor, University of Virginia
• Dessima Williams, former professor, Brandeis University
• Tong-In Wongsothorn, president, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
• Randall Wright, professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Tai Tsun Wu, professor, Harvard University
• Blong Xiong, associate professor, University of Minnesota
• Paul Alan Yule, professor, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Nicolas Zafra, former professor, University of the Philippines
• Herman Zanstra, former professor, University of Amsterdam
• James Zumberge, former president, University of Southern California

Arts and entertainment

Loni Anderson

Bob Dylan

Henry Fonda

Garrison Keillor

Michele Norris

Eric Sevareid

Robert Vaughn

• Kinji Akagawa, sculptor
• Eddie Albert, actor
• Samina Ali, author
• William Albert Allard, photographer
• Loni Anderson, actress
• Poul Anderson, science fiction author
• Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons; writer; educator
• James Arness, actor
• John Astin, actor
• Maria Bamford, comedian
• Lori Barbero, musician
• Carol E Barnett, composer
• Louis and Bebe Barron, composers
• Monika Bauerlein, co-editor of Mother Jones
• Trace Beaulieu, comedian, writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (left after one year)
• C.C. Beck, cartoonist
• Lorna Beers, author
• T. James Belich, playwright
• Lou Bellamy, founder of Penumbra Theatre Company
• Elizabeth Berg, author
• Abbie Betinis, composer
• Brad Beyer, actor
• Alan Bjerga, President of the National Press Club
• Susan Blackwell, actress
• Jessica Blank, actress
• Asha Blake, journalist
• Michael Blodgett, actor and screenwriter
• Carol Bly, author, short story writer
• Erin Bode, singer
• Roman Bohnen, actor
• John Bowe, author
• Guy Branum, comedian and actor
• Amy Briggs, game designer
• Bud Brisbois, musician
• Connie Brockway, author
• Joel Brooks, actor
• Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor (did not graduate)
• Martin Bruestle, television producer
• Philip Brunelle, conductor, organist, entrepreneur (founder of VocalEssence)
• Scott Z. Burns, screenwriter
• Richard Carlson, actor
• William Carpenter, writer
• David Carr, journalist
• Aya Cash, actress
• Daniel Chorzempa, musician
• Brock Cole, author
• William E. Coles, Jr., author
• Marvel Cooke, journalist
• Maryann Corbett, poet
• Michael Coyle, composer
• Arlene Dahl, actress
• George Dahl, architect
• Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm, Playboy centerfolds
• Lynn Davis, photographer
• Carl Dennis, poet
• Jim Denomie, artist
• Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author
• Richard Dix, actor
• Ivan Dmitri, born Levon West, artist and photographer
• Tod Dockstader, composer
• Peter Docter, screenwriter and director
• Hedley Donovan, editor of Time magazine
• Celius Dougherty, musician
• Lila Downs, singer
• Dick Durrell, creator of People magazine
• Julius Duscha, journalist
• Bob Dylan, singer/songwriter (did not graduate)
• J.B. Edwards, playwright
• Stephanie Edwards, TV personality
• Kimberly Elise, actress
• Herbert Elwell, composer
• Karim Emami, literary critic
• Della Gould Emmons, author
• J. Louis Engdahl, journalist
• James Enge, author
• Mark Engebretson, musician
• Robert Engels, scriptwriter
• John Farrell, poet
• Tovah Feldshuh, actress
• Barbara Field, playwright
• Mali Finn, casting director
• Stink Fisher, actor
• Roland Flint, poet
• Henry Fonda, actor
• Santino Fontana, actor
• Frank Forest, operatic tenor and actor
• Carol Hoorn Fraser, artist
• John Fraser, critic
• Howard Frazin, composer
• Stan Freese, musician
• Thomas Friedman, journalist, The New York Times
• Dave Frishberg, musician
• Warren Frost, actor
• Mike Gansmoe, musician and comedy writer
• David Gebhard, architectural historian
• Tom Gjelten, NPR correspondent
• Lillian Glass, author, TV Commentator, body language expert
• Jay Goede, actor
• Peter Michael Goetz, actor
• Rita K. Gollin, Nathaniel Hawthorne scholar
• Carl Graffunder, architect
• Peter Graves, actor
• Dick Guindon, cartoonist
• Gene Gutche, composer
• Harmony Hammond, artist
• Frederick Harris, conductor
• Pete Hautman, author
• Thomas Heggen, author
• Steve Heitzeg, composer
• Bruce Henricksen, author
• Maureen Herman, musician
• Ari Herstand, actor, musician
• Edwin Hawley Hewitt, architect
• Lorena Hickok, journalist
• James Hong, actor (did not graduate)
• Marya Hornbacher, author
• Marshall Houts, author
• Ernie Hudson, actor
• Jim Hughart, musician
• Irene Hunt, children's author
• Lewis Hyde, essayist
• Carl Richard Jacobi, author
• Charles Jensen, poet
• Diana Johnstone, author
• Suma Josson, filmmaker
• Nathan H. Juran, film director
• Donald Keats, composer
• Garrison Keillor, author and satirist
• Linda Kelsey, actress
• Katherine Kersten, columnist
• Clyde S. Kilby, author
• Jim Klobuchar, columnist
• T. R. Knight, actor
• John Koerner, musician
• Michael Koppelman, record producer
• Walter Kuhlman, artist
• Mary La Chapelle, author
• Jessica Lange, actress
• Jim Lange, former game show host and disc jockey
• Libby Larsen, contemporary composer
• Jill Larson, actress
• Robert Leaf, composer
• Ed Bok Lee, author
• Nicholas Legeros, bronze sculptor
• Ralph Lemon, artist
• James Lileks, columnist
• Terrance Lindall, artist
• Knut Lindh, author
• Sidney Lippman, composer
• Maud Hart Lovelace, author
• Peg Lynch, radio and television producer
• Peter MacNicol, actor
• Harvey Mackay, New York Times bestselling author
• Kevin Manthei, film composer
• E.G. Marshall, actor
• E. L. Mayo, poet
• Robert McAlmon, author and poet
• Kevin McCarthy, actor
• David Revere McFadden, curator
• James L. McGregor, journalist
• Larisa Migachyov, composer
• Marjorie Mikasen, painter
• May Merrill Miller, author
• John R. Milton, author
• Craig Minowa, musician
• Freddy Moore, musician
• E. Roger Muir, television producer
• Kate Mulgrew, actress
• John Munson, musician
• Marilyn Nelson, poet
• Charles Nolte, actor
• Michele Norris, host of NPR's All Things Considered
• Eunice Norton, pianist
• Larry Novak, musician
• Roger Nygard, filmmaker
• William N. Oatis, journalist
• Doug Ohlson, abstract artist
• Jack Ohman, cartoonist
• Margo Oliver, cooking writer
• Ron Olsen, journalist
• Jenni Olson, filmmaker
• Lynn Freeman Olson, composer
• Gene O'Neill, writer
• Arieh O'Sullivan, journalist
• Laurence Overmire, poet, actor, playwright
• Stephen Paulus, contemporary composer
• Jim Paymar, journalist
• Ron Perlman, actor
• Arthur Peterson, Jr., actor
• Charles E. Peterson, preservationist
• Wayne Peterson, composer
• Kristen Pfaff, bass guitarist
• Robert Pirsig, author and philosopher
• Gundaris Pone, composer
• Michael P. Price, theatre producer and artistic director
• Gordon Purcell, artist
• Aagot Raaen, author
• Peggy Rathmann, author
• Harry Reasoner, ABC and CBS news anchor and correspondent
• Mona Lyn Reese, composer
• Sam Richter, author
• Kate Roberts, curator
• Nils Nilsen Ronning, author and journalist
• James Rosenquist, artist
• Carl Rowan, syndicated columnist, former head of United States Information Agency
• Deborah Rubin, painter
• Jerry Rusch, musician
• Kevin Rutmanis, musician
• Megan Rye, painter
• Salama Ahmed Salama, journalist
• Harrison Salisbury, journalist
• John Salminen, painter
• Rick Sanchez, former CNN anchor
• Larry Sanders, talk show host (fictional)
• April Saul, journalist
• Kurtis Scaletta, author
• Jay Scheib, theatre director
• Michael Schelle, composer
• David Schelzel, lead singer of The Ocean Blue
• George Schneeman, painter
• Maria Schneider, Grammy-Award winning composer and conductor
• Robert C. Schuler, television producer
• Keith Secola, musician
• Mabel Seeley, writer
• Eric Sevareid, journalist
• John Sheehy, architect
• Arthur Sheekman, screenwriter
• Max Shulman, author
• Hilda Simms, actress
• Kevin Skaff, musician
• Gale Sondergaard, Oscar-winning actress
• Wonny Song, pianist
• David Soul, actor
• Ann Stanford, poet
• Maura Stanton, poet
• Eric Stokes, composer
• Erin Soderberg, author
• Robert Suderburg, composer
• C. Gardner Sullivan, screenwriter
• Sarah Susanka, architect
• William Swanberg, author
• Yuko Taniguchi, poet
• Stan Tekiela, photographer
• Todd Temkin, poet and cultural activist
• Robert Thaves, cartoon developer
• Jack Tracy, journalist
• Arthur Upson, poet
• Janika Vandervelde, composer
• Robert Vaughn, actor
• John Verrall, composer
• William Wade, journalist
• Pete Wagner, cartoonist
• Sherman Walt, musician
• Donald Wandrei, science fiction/fantasy writer and editor, co-founder of Arkham House publishing
• Dale Warland, composer
• Joseph Waters, composer
• Lou Waters, journalist
• Will Weaver, author
• E.J. Westlake, playwright
• Donald Wexler, architect
• Minor White, photographer
• Ron Whyte, playwright
• Lona Williams, former television producer
• Lenny Wolpe, actor
• Joe Woyee, musician
• Patricia Wrede, author
• Yanni, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer
• Rolv Yttrehus, composer
• John Zdechlik, composer, conductor
• David Zinman, conductor
• Tay Zonday, musician and actor

Athletics

• Nine players from the University played on Herb Brooks' 1980 Miracle on Ice ice hockey team that beat the USSR and won the gold medal. The players were Bill Baker,^[171] Neal Broten,^[172] Steve Christoff,^[173] Steve Janaszak,^[174] Rob McClanahan,^[175] Mike Ramsey,^[176] Buzz Schneider,^[177] Eric Strobel^[178] and Phil Verchota.^[179]
• John Anderson, college baseball coach^[180]
• Keith Ballard, NHL defenseman^[181]
• Marion Barber III, NFL running back^[182]
• Bert Baston, College Football Hall of Fame end^[183]
• Bobby Bell, former NFL linebacker^[184]
• Shelton Benjamin, former professional WWE wrestler^[185]
• Lindsey Berg, US Women's Volleyball Team^[186]
• Patty Berg, co-founder, LPGA^[187]
• Evan Bernstein, Israeli Olympic wrestler^{[188][189][190]}
• Bernie Bierman, College Football Hall of Fame, coach^[191]
• John Billman, American football player^[192]
• Bob Bjorklund, football player^[193]
• Brian Bonin, former NHL center^[194]
• Randy Breuer, former NBA center^[195]
• Herb Brooks, Head Coach, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team^[196]
• Tom Brown, College Football Hall of Fame, guard^[197]
• J.T. Bruett, former MLB outfielder^[198]
• Willie Burton, former NBA guard^[199]
• Rene Capo, Olympic judoka^[200]
• Chris Darkins, former NFL running back^[201]
• Natalie Darwitz, US Women's Olympic Hockey Team 2002, 2006, 2010^[202]
• Eric Decker, NFL wide receiver^[203]
• Brian Denman, MLB pitcher^[204]
• Tony Dungy, former NFL defensive back and NFL head coach^[205]
• Carl Eller, former NFL defensive end^[206]
• Ric Flair, former professional WWE wrestler
• George Franck, College Football Hall of Fame, halfback^[207]
• Verne Gagne, former Olympic and professional wrestler^[208]
• Brent Gates, former MLB player^[209]
• Paul Giel, former MLB pitcher^[210]
• Alex Goligoski, NHL defenseman^[211]
• Bud Grant, former NFL head coach^[212]
• Gabriele Grunewald, U.S. champion middle distance runner^[213]
• Ben Hamilton, NFL guard^[214]
• Jack Hannahan, MLB infielder^[215]
• Lou Hudson, former NBA guard^[216]
• Kris Humphries, NBA forward^[217]
• Colton Iverson (born 1989), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League^[218]
• Bobby Jackson, former NBA guard^[219]
• Noel Jenke, former NFL linebacker^[220]
• Walt Jocketty, MLB general manager^[221]
• Herb Joesting, College Football Hall of Fame, fullback^[222]
• Evan Kaufmann, ice hockey player^[223]
• Phil Kessel, NHL winger, Toronto Maple Leafs^[224]
• Tom Kondla, former professional basketball player^[225]
• Cole Konrad, two-time undefeated, NCAA individual champion at 285 lbs; mixed martial artist and the Bellator Heavyweight Champion^[226]
• Vic Kulbitski, American football player^[227]
• Mike Lehan, NFL cornerback^[228]
• Tom Lehman, PGA golfer^[229]
• Nik Lentz, wrestler; mixed martial artist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (featherweight)^[230]
• Jordan Leopold, NHL defenseman^[231]
• Brock Lesnar, professional WWE wrestler, former mixed martial artist, former UFC Champion^[232]
• Rhys Lloyd, NFL kicker^[233]
• Pug Lund, College Football Hall of Fame, halfback^[234]
• Laurence Maroney, NFL running back^[235]
• AnnMaria De Mars, 1984 Judo World Champion, mother of Ronda Rousey^[236]
• Bobby Marshall, first African-American NFL player, College Football Hall of Fame^[237]
• Paul Martin, NHL defenseman^[238]
• John Mayasich, former Olympic hockey player^[239]
• Janel McCarville, WNBA center^[240]
• Clarence McGeary, former NFL defensive tackle^[241]
• John McGovern, College Football Hall of Fame, quarterback^[242]
• Kevin McHale, former NBA center^[243]
• Karl Mecklenburg, former NFL linebacker^[244]
• Mark Merrill, NFL linebacker^[245]
• Eddie Miles, NFL player^[246]
• Paul Molitor, MLB Hall of Famer^[247]
• Anthony Montgomery, NFL linebacker^[248]
• Bronko Nagurski, NFL Hall of Fame fullback^[249]
• Denny Neagle, former MLB pitcher^[250]
• Leo Nomellini, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker^[251]
• Earl Ohlgren, former NFL defensive end^[252]
• Glen Perkins, MLB pitcher, Minnesota Twins^[253]
• John Pohl, retired NHLer^[254]
• Mitch Potter, track and field athlete, competed in the 2003 Pan American Games^[255]
• Robb Quinlan, MLB third baseman^[256]
• Michael Rallis, former football player, currently wrestles in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental branch, NXT under the ring name of Riddick Moss.
• Pete Regnier, former NFL halfback^[257]
• Darrell Reid, NFL linebacker^[258]
• John Roethlisberger, former Olympic gymnast^[259]
• Marie Roethlisberger, former NCAA gymnastics champion^[260]
• Eddie Rogers, College Football Hall of Fame, end
• Dusty Rychart, professional basketball player^[261]
• Charlie Sanders, Pro Football Hall of Fame, tight end^[262]
• Flip Saunders, NBA head coach^[263]
• Jeff Schuh, NFL linebacker^[264]
• Mark Setterstrom, NFL offensive guard^[265]
• Rudy Sikich, NFL tackle^[266]
• Bruce Smith, former NFL halfback and Heisman Trophy winner^[267]
• Matt Spaeth, NFL tight end^[268]
• Robb Stauber, former NHL goalie^[269]
• Terry Steinbach, former MLB catcher^[270]
• Sandy Stephens, All-American quarterback, member of College Football Hall of Fame^[271]
• Steve Stewart, former NFL linebacker^[272]
• Bob Sweiger, football player^[273]
• Thomas Tapeh, former NFL fullback^[274]
• Jay Thomas, NFL tailback
• Darrell Thompson, former NFL running back^[275]
• Mychal Thompson, former NBA center^[276]
• Tuffy Thompson, former NFL halfback^[277]
• Festus Tierney, former NFL guard^[278]
• Clayton Tonnemaker, College Football Hall of Fame, center^[279]
• Trent Tucker, former NBA guard^[280]
• Frank Twedell, former NFL guard^[281]
• Rick Upchurch, former NFL wide receiver^[282]
• Ben Utecht, NFL tight end^[283]
• Thomas Vanek, NHL left winger^[284]
• Jacob Volkmann, three-time All-American wrestler; MMA fighter^[285]
• Alma Wagen, mountain climber and guide
• Krissy Wendell, US Women's Olympic Hockey Team 2002, 2006^[286]
• Lindsay Whalen, WNBA guard^[287]
• Blake Wheeler, NHL right winger^[288]
• Ed Widseth, College Football Hall of Fame, tackle^[289]
• Dick Wildung, College Football Hall of Fame, tackle^[290]
• Charles "Bud" Wilkinson, College Football Hall of Fame head coach^[291]
• Dave Winfield, MLB Hall of Famer^[292]
• Kaitlin Young, professional mixed martial artist^[293]
• Amanda Zahui B., WNBA center^[294]

Faculty

Nobel laureates

• Philip S. Hench, Medicine, Mayo Foundation, 1923–1965; 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Edward C. Kendall, Biochemistry, Mayo Foundation, 1914–1951; 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• John Bardeen, Physics, 1938–1941; Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972
• John H. van Vleck, Physics, 1923–28; 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics
• William Lipscomb, Chemistry, 1946–1959; 1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Paul D. Boyer, Biochemistry, 1945–1963; 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Saul Bellow, English, 1946; 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Milton Friedman, Economics, 1945–1946; 1976 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
• George J. Stigler, Economics, 1938–46; 1982 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
• Edward C. Prescott, Economics, 1980–2003; 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
• Leonid Hurwicz, Economics, 1951–2008; 2007 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
• Christopher A. Sims, Economics, 1970–1990; 2011 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
• Thomas J. Sargent, Economics, 1971–1987; 2011 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
• Robert J. Shiller, Economics, 1972–1974; 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Pulitzer Prize winners

• Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1947 for the novel All the King's Men; won Pulitzers in poetry in 1958 for Promises: Poems 1954–1956, and in 1979 for Now and Then
• John Berryman, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1965 for Poetry
• Dominick Argento, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1975 for Music

University of Minnesota presidents

• William Watts Folwell (1869–1884)
• Cyrus Northrop (1884–1911)
• George Edgar Vincent (1911–1917)
• Marion Burton (1917–1920)
• Lotus Coffman (1920–1938)
• Guy Stanton Ford (1938–1941)
• Walter Coffey (1941–1945)
• James Morrill (1945–1960)
• O. Meredith Wilson (1960–1967)
• Malcolm Moos (1967–1974)
• C. Peter Magrath (1974–1984)
• Kenneth H. Keller (1984–1988)
• Nils Hasselmo (1988–1997)
• Mark G. Yudof (1997–2002)
• Robert H. Bruininks (2002–2011)
• Eric W. Kaler (2011–present)

Chancellors

• Edward Duffield Neill,1858–1861

Professors

• Nasser al-Aulaqi, Yemeni Agriculture Minister; president of Sanaa University; father of Anwar al-Awlaki^{[295][296][297][298][299]}
• Lou Bellamy, professor of theatre arts, founder of Penumbra Theatre Company
• Daphne Berdahl, anthropology professor (deceased)
• John Berryman, literature professor, poet
• John Joseph Bittner, Professor of Cancer Research; Director of the Division of Cancer Biology (1943–1961)
• Theodore C. Blegen, Dean of the Graduate School (1940–1960)
• Norman Borlaug, creator of the Green Revolution
• Marilyn Carroll, neuroscience professor
• Eli Coleman, Director of the Program in Human Sexuality; Editor of the Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality
• Herbert Feigl, member of the Vienna Circle, the most influential group of philosophers of the twentieth century; founder of the world's first center to study philosophy of science, the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
• Edward Monroe Freeman, professor of botany; dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics
• Seymour Geisser, founder of the School of Statistics; DNA evidence expert
• Ray Gonzales, professor of creative writing; award-winning poet, essayist, and editor
• Florence Goodenough, psychology
• Irving I. Gottesman, psychology
• Walter Heller, Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors under JFK
• Geoffrey Hellman, Professor of Philosophy
• James Kakalios, professor of physics, noted for his work with comic book fans
• Ancel Keys, nutritionist, inventor of K-rations
• Frederick Klaeber, Beowulf scholar
• Izaak Kolthoff, "father of analytical chemistry"
• Anatoly Liberman, Germanic scholar; author of An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology
• David Lykken, professor of psychology and psychiatry; founder of Minnesota Twin Family Study
• George Morrison, art professor
• Richard T. Murphy, Jr., landscape architecture professor
• Katherine Nash, sculpture professor
• Edward P. Ney, astronomy and physics professor; discovered cosmic ray heavy nuclei
• Peg O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College, Wittgensteinian, feminist philosopher
• Michael Osterholm, School of Public Health professor
• Suhas Patankar, mechanical engineering; mechanical engineering; computational thermofluids
• Ralph Rapson, architect and university bureaucrat
• Juan Rosai, Professor of Anatomical pathology and discoverer of medical conditions such as the Rosai-Dorfman disease and desmoplastic small round cell tumor, appointed Professor and Director of Anatomic Pathology at the University of Minnesota Medical School 1974–1985
• Eugene Rousseau, saxophone instructor
• Naomi Scheman, Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
• Ephraim Sparrow, mechanical engineering; thermodynamics and heat transfer
• Allen Tate, literature professor, poet
• Valerie Tiberius, Professor of Philosophy
• Andrew H. Van de Ven, Vernon H. Heath Chair of Organizational Innovation and Change, Professor Carlson School of Management
• James Wright, literature professor, poet
• Blong Xiong, first Hmong in the US to receive tenure at a major university
• Zhi-Li Zhang, computer science professor
• Jack Zipes, German professor, translator and scholar of fairy tales

Present Regents Professors

Regents Professorship Present Recipients: U Awards & Honors: U of M.

• Frank Bates, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Ellen S. Berscheid, Psychology
• John Chipman, Economics
• Thomas Clayton, English
• H. Ted Davis, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Sara Evans, History
• Apostolos Georgopoulos, Neuroscience
• Richard Goldstein, Mechanical Engineering
• Megan Gunnar, Child Psychology, Institute for Child Development
• Ashley Haase, Microbiology
• Patricia Hampl, English
• Robert Hebbel, Medicine
• Allen Issacman, History
• John Najarian, Surgery
• Alfred Michael, Pediatrics
• Ronald Phillips, Agronomy and Plant Genetics
• Lanny D Schmidt, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Kathryn Sikkink, Political Science
• John Sullivan, Political Science
• Richard A. Swanson, Professor of Human Resource Resource Development
• David Tilman, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
• Donald Truhlar, Chemistry
• David Weissbrodt, Law
• James White, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
• Albert Yonas, Perceptual Development

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