People born in MN (A-B)

  • Anderson, Richard Dean (Minneapolis) actor - MacGyver
  • Anderson, Loni (St. Paul) actress, WKRP fame
  • Anderson, Louie (Minneapolis) comedian, also host of the game show Family Feud
  • Anderson, Alexander (Red Wing) scientist - discovered the process to puff wheat and rice; think rice cakes!
  • Andrews Sisters (Minneapolis) musicians - entertained Allied troops during WWII and appeared in several films
  • Arness, James (Minneapolis) actor - Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke and brother of actor Peter Graves
  • Bakken, Earl (Minneapolis) scientist - invented the first small, portable, battery-powered pacemaker in 1957; founded Medtronic
  • Bakker, Tammy Faye (International Falls) evangelist - former wife of Jim Bakker known for her tear-streaked mascara
  • Bancroft, Ann (St. Paul) adventurer - first woman to cross the ice to the North and South Poles
  • Bly, Robert (Madison) poet - also author of Iron John: A Book About Men
  • Brooks, Herb (White Bear Lake) coach - led the US Olympic hockey team in 1980 to gold
  • Bugliosi, Vincent (Hibbing) attorney - prosecutor in the Charles Manson case and author of the novel Helter Skelter
  • Burger, Warren Earl (St. Paul) judge - Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1969 to 1986

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Minnesota has a lot of famous people its quite amazing. Pretty cool site I wonder if they got a blog like this for every state it would help with my research.