Arts, media and music

• Dan Bakkedahl
  Dan Bakkedahl
  Dan Bakkedahl is an American improvisational actor, comedian and teacher from Chicago's Second City. Born in Rochester, Minnesota and raised in Stuart, Florida, he attended St...
  
  , actor, comedian
• Jeff Kryka, film composer
• Warren Skaaren
  Warren Skaaren
  Warren Skaaren was an American screenwriter and film producer. His notable writing includes: Batman , Beetlejuice , Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Fire with Fire . He was also credited as associate producer for Top Gun , for which he wrote a draft...
  
  , screenplay writer, producer
• Lea Thompson
  Lea Thompson
  Lea Katherine Thompson is an American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother, in the Back to the Future trilogy...
  
  , actress
• John Towey
  John Towey
  John Madden Towey studied acting and directing at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He received B.F.A. degree in directing in 1967. Acted two seasons at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C....
  
  , actor
• Sheree J. Wilson
  Sheree J. Wilson
  Sheree Julienne Wilson is an American actress, primarily known for her roles in soap operas and television...
  
  , actress
• Stapleton Kearns, artist
• Nathaniel Kitzmann, guitarist, member of "Just Another Band"
• Igor Vovkovinskiy, actor, tallest man in United States
• Emily Sandberg
  Emily Sandberg
  Emily Sandberg Gold is an American model and actress.-Early life:Sandberg was born Emily Margaret Sandberg in Rochester, Minnesota, to a nurse/stage-actress mother and an attorney father. At 13 she joined a mime troupe and performed at Renaissance festivals and area schools; on weekends she mimed...
  
  , model and actress

Bio and medical

• Harry Bisel
  Harry Bisel
  Dr. Harry F. Bisel was a pioneering American oncologist working in the field of medical oncology.----Dr. Harry Bisel, along with Doctors Fred Ansfield, Herman Freckman, Arnoldus Goudsmit, Robert Talley, William Wilson, and Jane Wright, was one of the founding members of the American Society of...
  
  , physician
• Sara C. Bisel
  Sara C. Bisel
  Dr. Sara C. Bisel was a physical anthropologist and classical archaeologist who played a prominent role in early scientific research at Herculaneum, a Mediterranean coastal town destroyed by the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Her pioneering work in the chemical and physical analysis of...
  
  , physical anthropologist
• Stephanie Kitzmann, famed researcher of Penicillium chrysogenum
• Charles Horace Mayo
  Charles Horace Mayo
  -External links:*...
  
  , physician
• William James Mayo
  William James Mayo
  William James Mayo, M.D. was a physician in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He and his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, both joined their father's private medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, after graduating from medical school in the 1880s...
  
  , physician
• William Worrall Mayo
  William Worrall Mayo
  William Worrall Mayo was a British medical doctor and chemist, best known for establishing the private medical practice that later evolved into the Mayo Clinic. He was a descendant of a famous English chemist, John Mayow. His sons, William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, joined the private...
  
  , physician
• Henry Stanley Plummer
  Henry Stanley Plummer
  Henry Stanley Plummer, M.D. was a prominent internist and endocrinologist who, along with Drs. William Mayo, Charles Mayo, Stinchfield, E. Starr Judd, Christopher Graham, and Donald Balfour founded Mayo Clinic. Dr...
  
  , physician
• Augustus Stinchfield
  Augustus Stinchfield
  Augustus W. Stinchfield was one of the founders, along with Drs. Charles Horace Mayo, William James Mayo, Christopher Graham, E...
  
  , physician

Business

• David Hans Schmidt
  David Hans Schmidt
  David Hans Schmidt was a broker in celebrity photos and other celebrity related items. His specialization in acquiring celebrity sex videos and nude photos earned him the nickname "The Sultan of Sleaze," a moniker he was proud to have...
  
  , celebrity item broker
• John M Olson, Apple and Microsoft Rep

Law and politics

• Harry Blackmun
  Harry Blackmun
  Harold Andrew Blackmun was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 until 1994. He is best known as the author of Roe v. Wade.- Early years and professional career :...
  
  , Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Michael C. Burgess
  Michael C. Burgess
  Michael Clifton Burgess, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.-Early life, education, and early career:...
  
  , member of Congress
• Gil Gutknecht
  Gil Gutknecht
  Gilbert William "Gil" Gutknecht, Jr. is an American politician. Gutknecht was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives first elected in 1994 to represent Minnesota's 1st congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota...
  
  , member of Congress
• Frank B. Kellogg
  Frank B. Kellogg
  Frank Billings Kellogg was an American lawyer, politician and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg-Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1929..- Biography :Kellogg was born in Potsdam, New York, and his family...
  
  , U.S. Secretary of State

Sports

• Rafael Butler, boxer
• Tyler Cain
  Tyler Cain
  Tyler Cain is an American former college basketball player for the University of South Dakota . He is best known for being the inaugural winner of the Great West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award in 2009–10, the conference's first as a Division I basketball league...
  
  , basketball player
• Phil DuBois
  Phil DuBois
  Phillip Donn DuBois is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He also played for the Washington Federals of the United States Football League. DuBois played college football at San Diego State University.He currently resides in...
  
  , football player
• John Fina
  John Fina
  John Joseph Fina is a former American football offensive lineman, who spent eleven years in the National Football League, ten of those with the Buffalo Bills, and a one-year stint with the Arizona Cardinals...
  
  , football player
• Guy Gosselin
  Guy Gosselin
  Guy Gordon Gosselin is a former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted in the eighth round, 159th overall, by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft....
  
  , hockey player
• John Johannson
  John Johannson
  John Joseph Johannson is a retired ice hockey center. He played for the United States at the 1981 World Junior Championships. Johannson was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 10th round, 192nd overall in the 1981 NHL entry draft...
  
  , hockey player
• Dick Kimball
  Dick Kimball
  Dick Kimball is an American former diving champion and diving coach at the University of Michigan. He was the NCAA springboard champion in 1957 and the Professional World Diving champion in 1963. He coached the University of Michigan diving team from 1958-2002 and also coached the U.S. Olympic...
  
  , diving coach
• Bryce Lampman
  Bryce Lampman
  Bryce James Lampman is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently under contract with ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...
  
  , hockey player
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands, tennis player
• Matt Meyer, baseball player
• Scott Muller
  Scott Muller
  Scott Andrew Muller is a former Australian and Queensland cricketer.-State cricket:Muller was a fast-medium bowler for the Queensland Bulls in the Sheffield Shield competition who was a solid performer for his state, with a bowling average of 23...
  
  , canoer
• John Pohl
  John Pohl
  John Pohl is a retired American professional ice hockey center.-Playing career:Pohl played for the University of Minnesota where he helped lead the team to the 2002 NCAA National Championship. He also was a standout player at Red Wing High School in Red Wing, Minnesota, where he grew up; during...
  
  , hockey player
• Shjon Podein
  Shjon Podein
  Shjon Podein is an American former professional ice hockey left winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues....
  
  , hockey player
• Michael Restovich
  Michael Restovich
  Michael Jerome Restovich is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder.-High school career:...
  
  , baseball player
• Bob Schmidt
  Bob Schmidt (American football)
  Robert Malcolm Schmidt is a former college and professional American football offensive tackle.-Pro football career:...
  
  , football player
• Aaron Senne, baseball player
• Jeff Siemon
  Jeff Siemon
  Jeffrey Glenn Siemon is a former professional American football player and an inductee in the College Football Hall of Fame....
  
  , football player
• Tommy Speer
  Tommy Speer
  Tommy Speer is an American professional mixed martial artist. He received national exposure on The Ultimate Fighter 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting as a member of Team Hughes.-The Ultimate Fighter:...
  
  , fighter
• Eric Strobel
  Eric Strobel
  Eric Martin Strobel is a retired American ice hockey forward who was a member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 gold medal winning U.S. Olympic hockey team.-Amateur career:...
  
  , hockey player
• Colin Stuart
  Colin Stuart (ice hockey)
  Colin Stuart is an American professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League . He is the older brother of Winnipeg Jets defenseman, Mark Stuart.-Playing career:...
  
  , hockey player
• Mark Stuart, hockey player
• Mike Stuart
  Mike Stuart
  Michael Stuart is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Lørenskog of the Norwegian Eliteserien.-Playing career:...
  
  , hockey player
• Darrell Thompson
  Darrell Thompson
  Darrell Alexander Thompson is a retired American football running back who played in the National Football League. After graduating from John Marshall High School in Rochester, he played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where he became the school's all time leader in career...
  
  , football player
• Ben Utecht
  Ben Utecht
  Benjamin Jeffrey Utecht is a former American football tight end who played for the Indianapolis Colts and the Cincinnati Bengals. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Minnesota...
  
  , football player
• Doug Zmolek
  Doug Zmolek
  Douglas Allan Zmolek is an American retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for eight seasons between 1992 and 2000.-Playing career:...
  
  , hockey player
• Longar Longar, Basketball player
• Marcus Sherels
  Marcus Sherels
  Marcus Sherels is an American football cornerback who plays for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. Sherels attended John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minnesota and went on to play for the Minnesota Golden Gophers on scholarship. Sherels was waived by the Vikings on September 4, 2010 and signed...
  
  , Football player
• Isaac Odim, Football player

Other

• Fred Hargesheimer
  Fred Hargesheimer
  Captain Fred Hargesheimer was a former pilot of the USAAF who was shot down over Papua New Guinea in June 1943. He later became a philanthropist who helped out the village which had hidden him from the Japanese.-Early life:...
  
  , pilot, philanthropist
• John Jeremiah Lawler
  John Jeremiah Lawler
  John Jeremiah Lawler was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Rapid City from 1916 until his death in 1948.-Biography:...
  
  , Roman Catholic bishop
• Mary Alfred Moes, Roman Catholic nun
• Christopher Kitzmann, Entrepreneur, inventor
• Carl Bergquist, University of Minnesota Second Trumpet Player