The following list includes notable people, past and present, who were born or have lived in Duluth, Minnesota, the second-largest city (and first-largest U.S. city) on the shores of Lake Superior.
Samuel F. Snively, Mayor of Duluth from 1921 to 1937; pushed for the creation of numerous parks and boulevards throughout the city; longest running Mayor in Duluth's history
Albert Woolson (February 11, 1850 – August 2, 1956), last Union civil war soldier to die
Alexander Ren (2008-) Former student of Ordean East Middle School and current student of Duluth East High School who has had major impacts on both schools
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The following list includes notable people past and present who were born or have lived in Duluth Minnesota the second largest city and first largest U S city on the shores of Lake Superior Contents 1 Business and industry 2 Entertainment 3 Music 4 Politics and law 5 Sports 6 Writers and journalists 7 Others 8 See also 9 ReferencesBusiness and industry editW T Bailey 1842 1914 19th and 20th century lumber tycoon who kept his headquarters in Duluth Bob Chinn owner of Bob Chinn s Crab House highest grossing restaurant in America Thomas F Cole 1862 1939 mining executive president of Oliver Iron Mining Company after its merge with U S Steel Chester Adgate Congdon 1853 1916 attorney and investor Alan and Dale Klapmeier founders of Cirrus Aircraft pioneered the use of composites glass cockpits and ballistic parachutes for production aircraft inducted into National Aviation Hall of Fame 2014 Seven Iron Brothers also known as the Merritt brothers of Duluth discovered iron ore in 1890 in the Mesabi Iron Range David Oreck 1923 2023 entrepreneur and lecturer Jeno Paulucci 1918 2011 entrepreneur philanthropist and food industry magnate founder of Chun King Jeno s Inc and Bellisio Foods creator of the pizza rollEntertainment editDale Arnold sportscaster for WEEI FM and NESN Dorothy Arnold actress first wife of baseball player Joe DiMaggio Maria Bamford comedian and television actress American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic 2014 Odin Biron actor Mitch Clem cartoonist Marguerite De La Motte silent movie actress Carol Dempster silent movie actress Otis Dozovic professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment Daniel Durant stage and film actor Jane Frazee actress Peggy Knudsen actress Don LaFontaine 1940 2008 prolific voice over actor of film and video game trailers television advertisements and network promotions Jessica Lange photographer and Academy Emmy Tony SAG and Golden Globe Award winning actress tied as the sixth most Oscar nominated actress in history born in Cloquet and resided in Duluth Verne Lundquist CBS sportscaster Chris Monroe cartoonist and children s book illustrator Edna Munsey stage and silent film actress Lorenzo Music voice actor raised in Duluth Gena Lee Nolin actress Charles Nolte 1923 2010 actor and director born in Duluth Dennis Shryack screenwriter Alan and Mimi Sparhawk founders of the indie rock band LowMusic editBill Berry drummer for the band R E M Haley Bonar folk music singer and songwriter David Dondero indie folk musician Bob Dylan iconic Grammy and Academy Award winning folk singer and songwriter spearheaded the American folk music revival during mid 1960s inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 born in Duluth Sadik Hakim jazz pianist played on Charlie Parker s famous Ko Ko session Dan Murphy Soul Asylum band member and founder Charlie Parr folk musician Rivulets slowcore band founder Nathan Amundson originates from Duluth Alice Sjoselius 1888 1982 concert singer voice teacher Phil Solem musician Alan Sparhawk and wife Mimi Parker founding members of the indie rock and slowcore band Low Trampled by Turtles bluegrass band hails from Duluth and refers to the city in several songsPolitics and law editSalisbury Adams 1925 2004 Minnesota state legislator and lawyer John Antila 1902 1969 Minnesota state legislator and businessman Melvin Baldwin U S Representative William W Billson Minnesota state senator and lawyer Gordon H Butler Minnesota state senator Chester Adgate Congdon 1853 1916 lawyer and capitalist Albert J Connors Wisconsin state senator Harold J Dahl 1930 1989 Minnesota state legislator and judge Richard E Ferrario 1931 1985 Minnesota state senator and educator Alfred E France Minnesota state representative and businessman Ben E Gustafson Minnesota state legislator and businessman Earl B Gustafson Minnesota state legislator judge and lawyer James Gustafson Minnesota State Senator and businessman Richard H Hanson 1931 2023 Minnesota state legislator Gerald Heaney 1918 2010 United States Circuit Judge Arlene Ione Lehto Minnesota state legislator and businesswoman Charles Lundy Lewis Minnesota Supreme Court justice Robert Mahoney Michigan state legislator Sidney Redding Mason Minnesota state legislator and businessman Henry Louis Morin Minnesota state senator farmer and laborunion activist Page Morris 1853 1924 United States Representative 1897 1903 and United States District Judge 1903 1924 Thomas Francis O Malley 1889 1954 Minnesota state legislator and railroad conductor Richard F Palmer Minnesota state legislator and newspaper editor Samuel F Snively Mayor of Duluth from 1921 to 1937 pushed for the creation of numerous parks and boulevards throughout the city longest running Mayor in Duluth s history Pete Stauber U S Representative 2019 present Ozora P Stearns lawyer and U S senator from Minnesota 1871 Pat Sullivan Majority Leader of the Washington House of Representatives Dwight A Swanstrom Minnesota state legislator and businessman Gordon Voss Minnesota state legislator Gerald Willet Minnesota state legislator and businessmanSports editMason Aguirre professional snowboarder competed in 2006 Winter Olympics Jim Ahern professional golfer played on PGA Tour and Champions Tour Greg Anderson drag racer Pro Stock NHRA champion Herbert Clow National Football League 1920s Jack Connolly hockey player Hobey Baker Award winner 2012 captain of 2011 Minnesota Duluth men s NCAA championship team Gary DeGrio professional ice hockey forward Dan Devine captain of UMD football team later coached the Missouri Tigers Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Green Bay Packers Ethan Finlay soccer player Derek Forbort hockey player for the Boston Bruins Dates Fryberger hockey player in 1964 Winter Olympics Kara Goucher distance runner world championships silver medalist 2008 and 2012 Olympian C J Ham running back for Minnesota Vikings Phil Hoene hockey player native Duluthian played for UMD and Los Angeles Kings Bill Irwin professional wrestler known in WWE as The Goon Lenny Lane professional wrestler Drew LeBlanc hockey player Hobey Baker Award winner 2013 Jim McNally Olympic sport shooter Russ Method football player Bill O Toole football player Neal Pionk hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets Chris Plys curler 2010 Winter Olympic team Joe Polo curler 2006 Winter Olympic team Rick Rickert basketball player University of Minnesota and New Zealand Breakers Barbara Rotvig AAGPBL player John Shuster Olympic curling medalist Whitey Skoog basketball player University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Lakers Gordy Soltau NFL player for San Francisco 49ers Jamie Trachsel head softball coach at Ole Miss former head coach at Minnesota Iowa State and North Dakota State Katie Vesterstein skier Darren Ward Olympic swimmer Butch Williams NHL player Tom Williams 1940 1992 NHL player 1960 Winter Olympics gold medalistWriters and journalists editMargaret Culkin Banning best selling author of 36 novels early women s rights advocate Carol Bly author Irving Copi philosopher logician and textbook author Marty Essen ten time award winning author photographer professional speaker Roger Grimsby journalist television news anchor and actor David Hagberg author of international thrillers Steve Hagen Zen author and priest Amy Hoff Scottish historian folklorist writer and director Louis Jenkins author and poet Sinclair Lewis 1885 1951 author and Nobel laureate wrote the novel Cass Timberlane while a resident of Duluth John L Morrison newspaper publisher Lauran Paine 1916 2001 author Rick Shefchik author historian and journalistOthers editScott D Anderson 1965 1999 author and pilot successfully flew all in flight test deployments of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System inducted into Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame 2010 Mike Colalillo 1925 2011 Medal of Honor recipient US Army World War II Henry A Courtney Jr 1916 1945 posthumous Medal of Honor recipient US Marine Corps World War II John H Darling engineer and astronomer Robert R Gilruth 1913 2000 first director of NASA s Manned Spacecraft Center served during programs Mercury Gemini and Apollo inducted into National Aviation Hall of Fame 1994 raised in Duluth Robert Isabell 1952 2009 event planner Kay Kurt painter Nika Nesgoda conceptual artist and photographer William P Levine U S Army major general and Holocaust speaker Janet McCarter Woolley 1906 1996 tuberculosis researcher Ellen Pence scholar and social activist created Duluth Model of intervention in domestic violence Frederick Emil Resche 1866 1946 U S Army brigadier general 1 Erik Sommer artist Sarah Burger Stearns first president of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association Gloria Tew 1923 2022 abstract sculptor Oliver G Traphagen 1854 1932 architect Albert Woolson February 11 1850 August 2 1956 last Union civil war soldier to die Alexander Ren 2008 Former student of Ordean East Middle School and current student of Duluth East High School who has had major impacts on both schoolsSee also editHistory of Minnesota List of people from MinnesotaReferences edit Davis Henry Blaine Jr 1998 Generals in Khaki Raleigh NC Pentland Press pp 306 307 ISBN 978 1 5719 7088 6 via Google Books Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people from Duluth Minnesota amp oldid 1199328467, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
