People born in MN (S-T)

  • Samuelson, Ralph (Lake City) inventor - waterskiing
  • Schneider, Maria (Windom) musician - nominated for 2004 Grammies in jazz
  • Schulz, Charles (St. Paul) cartoonist - Peanuts creator
  • Sears, Julia (Mankato) suffragette - first woman in the US to head a public college in 1872
  • Sherman, Patsy (Minneapolis) inventor - Scotchgard
  • Shield, Leroy Bernard (Waseca) - musician - wrote theme music used in the Little Rascals and Laurel and Hardy films for the Hal Roach Studios.
  • Solem, Phil (Duluth) musician - half of the band, The Rembrandts, known for the Friends theme song "I'll Be There For You"
  • Sondergaard, Gale (Litchfield) actress - won first-ever Academy Award for best supporting actress in 1936
  • Sorbo, Kevin (Mound) actor - Hercules
  • Spencer, LaVyrle (Browerville) writer - romance novels
  • Stassen, Harold E. (West St. Paul) politician - youngest governor in US history at age 31; ran for president 9 times (1948-1992)
  • Steger, Will (Richfield) explorer - led the first team to cross Antarctica by dogsled
  • Taylor, Glen (Worthington) billionaire - 306th richest person in the world in 2004 according to Forbes
  • Thompson, Lea (Rochester) actress - played Lorraine in Back to the Future
  • Tiegs, Cheryl (Breckenridge) model - 1970s poster girl
  • Todd, Mike (Minneapolis) producer - married to Elizabeth Taylor, won an Oscar for producing Around the World in 80 Days in 1956

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