List of University of Minnesota people

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

Alumni

Nobel laureates

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

Pulitzer Prize winners

• 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. He studied at the University of Minnesota from 1971 to 1973 before transferring to Brandeis University.

Law and politics

Vice presidents

• 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

• 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 (diplomat) 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 (diplomat), 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]
• Robert G. Neumann, former diplomat
• Carl Stokes, former U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles^[24]
• Donald R. Norland, former U.S. Ambassador
• Walter Mondale, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan^[10]
• Benson Whitney former U.S. Ambassador to Norway^[25]
• Ross Wilson (ambassador), former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey^[26]
• Robert F. Woodward, former diplomat^[27]

Members of congress

• 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,^[43] former U.S. Senator (R-MN)
• 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]
• Einar Hoidale, former U.S. Congressman (DFL-MN)^[49]
• Knute Hill, former U.S. Representative^[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]
• Clark MacGregor, former U.S. Representative^[60]
• James Manahan, former U.S. Representative^[61]
• William Josiah MacDonald, 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

• Elmer L. Andersen, former Governor of Minnesota^[84]
• C. Elmer Anderson, 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, Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands^[100]

Article III judges

• 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]
• Milton D. Purdy, former judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota^[120]
• Gunnar Nordbye, 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]
• Edward T. Burke, former Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court^[134]
• Harrison A. Bronson, former Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court^[135]
• 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]
• Thomas Eugene Grady, former Justice, Washington Supreme Court
• Sandra Gardebring Ogren, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[140]
• Oscar Knutson, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court^[141]
• Charles Loring (judge), 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]
• John E. Simonett, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court^[150]
• Robert Sheran, former Chief Justice of the 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

• Habib Essid, Prime minister of Tunisia
• Arne Arnesen, Norwegian politician and official
• Mohamed Benaissa, former Foreign Minister of Morocco
• Luis Carranza, former Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
• Michael Clark (politician), former member of the British Parliament
• Nick Clegg, British MP, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and leader of the Liberal Democrats
• Timothy Donaldson, Bahamian banker and ambassador
• 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
• 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
• Ricardo Raineri, Minister of Energy, Chile
• Paulo Zucula, Mozambican politician
• Mohamed Azmin Ali, Malaysian politician, Current Menteri Besar (Head of State) of Selangor

Other

• Fred Agnich (Class of 1937), 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 Legislature
• Everett Bidwell, Wisconsin legislator^[162]
• Val Bjornson, Minnesota State Treasurer
• David R. Brink, former President, American Bar Association
• Alden W. Clausen, former President, World Bank
• Chris Coleman (politician), Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Lawrence D. Cohen (politician), former Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Gratia Countryman, librarian
• Paul Dailey, Jr., Wisconsin Legislature
• Jimmy Delshad, former Mayor, Beverly Hills, California
• Michael Dombeck, former Chief, United States Forest Service
• Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin Legislature
• James Harsdorf, Wisconsin Legislature
• Hon. Howard E. Haugerud, American Diplomat
• John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General, United States Navy
• Sly James, J.D., 1983, Kansas City mayor
• Ellen J. Kennedy, activist
• Roger G. Kennedy, former Director, National Park Service
• John Kringen, Deputy Director, CIA
• Robert J. Larson, Wisconsin Legislature
• Thomas E. Latimer, former Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• George E. Leach, former Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 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
• 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, Minnesota
• John E. Otto, former Director, FBI
• John Parkin, Wisconsin Legislature
• 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 Legislature
• Roy Wilkins, former civil rights activist
• Whitney Young, former civil rights activist

Leadership and business

• Anthony Adducci, founder of Guidant
• John S. Barry, former CEO, WD-40 Company.^[163]
• 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, philanthropy
• 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
• 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 (politics), former CEO, 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
• Ted Mann, head of Mann Theatres
• John Hugh MacMillan, businessman^[164]
• Leonard Murray (railroad executive), 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 (executive)
• 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, Exxon Mobil Corporation
• William J. Ruane, investor
• T. Denny Sanford, CEO, United National Corporation
• Irving S. Shapiro, former CEO, DuPont
• Ballard F. Smith, former President, San Diego Padres
• Steven Snyder, management consultant
• Michael Sokolski, engineer, founder and inventor of Scantron ^[165]
• 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
• Robert Ulrich, CEO, Target
• Erwin Tomash, co-founder, Dataproducts
• 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 (United States)
• 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) who was also a 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
• Trevor J. Barnes, geographer
• Dr. Christiaan Barnard
• John Barry (WD-40), 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Sherwood B. Idso, climate scientist
• Hope Jahren, geobotanist
• James J. Jenkins, psychologist
• Chad J. Johnson, physicist
• Reynold B. Johnson, inventor
• Selmer M. Johnson, mathematician
• Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil, physicist
• Lemont Kier, chemist
• Lawrence Kirk, agronomist
• B. J. Kennedy, physician
• George R. Klare, psychologist
• Richard Lehman (surgeon)
• Dr. C. Walton Lillehei
• Kjell N. Lindgren, astronaut
• Bruce A. Menge, ocean ecologist
• Sanjay Mittal, engineer
• Edward Ng, mathematician
• Dr. Malcolm Renfrew
• Deke Slayton, Mercury Seven astronaut
• Dr. Norman Shumway
• Robert J. Desnick
• Elmer William Engstrom, former President and CEO, RCA
• Ulysses Sherman Grant, geologist
• Cyril Hoyt
• Tom Krimigis, space scientist/physicist
• Paul Eston Lacy, physician
• Joseph Lykken
• Mark P. McCahill, computer scientist
• Paul E. Meehl, psychologist
• Calvin Mooers, computer scientist
• George E. Moore, physician
• Dr. Walter R. Nickel
• Joseph D. Novak
• Dr. Richard Oriani, metallurgist, 1st Director of Corrosion Research Center
• 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
• Theodore H. Rowell
• Harry Rowsell, veterinarian
• Avtar Saini, engineer
• Cecil Salmon, agronomist
• Richard L. Sandor, economist
• Roscoe Frank Sanford, astronomer
• Bent Skovmand, plant scientist
• 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
• Virginia M. Howick, entomologist

Academics and education

• 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 (political scientist), former professor, University of Minnesota
• James C. Anthony, professor, Michigan State University
• Masahiko Aoki, Professor, Stanford University
• Arvind (computer scientist), professor, 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 Barnett, professor, George Washington University
• Eric Becklin, professor Emeritus, UCLA
• Dale Berger, Dean, Claremont Graduate University
• Jessie Bernard, former professor, Pennsylvania State University
• Gary Berntson, professor, Ohio State University
• Robert M. Berdahl, former Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley
• Ellen S. Berscheid, professor, University of Minnesota
• David T. Beito, professor, The University of Alabama
• Robert A. Bjork, professor, UCLA
• Rebecca Blank, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and 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 and former Provost, MIT
• Keith Brueckner, former professor, University of California, San Diego
• Nathaniel A. Buchwald, former Professor, UCLA
• Martin Bunzl, professor, Rutgers University
• Murray Fife Buell, 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
• Sterling Clarren, professor, University of Washington
• 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
• 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, former Founder and 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
• Farouk Abdel Wahab Mustafa, Lecturer, University of Chicago
• Bruce A. Finlayson, professor Emeritus, University of Washington
• Otto Folin, former professor, Harvard University
• Scott Freeman, economist
• Edward Monroe Freeman, former Dean, University of Minnesota
• 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 (academic), 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, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 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
• Tim Harcourt, economist
• Robert Hariman, professor, Northwestern University
• John Earl Haynes, historian
• Elaine Tuttle Hansen, president, Bates College
• Lars Peter Hansen, professor, University of Chicago
• Karen Hanson, Provost, Indiana University
• Robert Hariman, professor, Northwestern University
• William Hawkland, former Chancellor, Louisiana State University
• 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, professor emeritus, Johns Hopkins University
• Ralph Holman, professor emeritus, University of Minnesota
• Joseph M. Horn, professor, University of Texas-Austin
• Mary Howell, former associate dean of medicine, Harvard University
• Frederick L. Hovde, former president, Purdue 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)^[166]
• 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
• Mark Mahowald, professor, Northwestern University
• Helmut Maier, professor, University of Ulm
• Albert Marcet, professor, University of London (London School of Economics)
• Andreu Mas-Colell, former professor, Harvard University
• Harry S. Martin, former Librarian and Professor, Harvard University
• Richard Maxwell (academic), 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
• 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
• Laurence E. Peterson, professor, University of California, San Diego
• Francis J. Pettijohn, former Professor, Johns Hopkins University
• Ruby Pernell, former Professor, University of Minnesota, first African American faculty member hired at a state flagship university in the 20th Century
• Ronald L. Phillips, professor, University of Minnesota
• Mark Pharis, 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
• 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 and 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 (academic) 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 and former Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia
• Paul Thompson (sinologist), former professor, University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies)
• 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
• David Reinking, professor, Clemson 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

• 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
• C.C. Beck, cartoonist
• Lorna Beers, author
• T. James Belich, playwright
• Elizabeth Berg, author
• Abbie Betinis, composer
• Brad Beyer, actor
• Susan Blackwell, actress
• Asha Blake, journalist
• Carol Bly, author, short story writer
• Alan Bjerga, President of the National Press Club
• Jessica Blank, actress
• Michael Blodgett, actor and screenwriter
• Joel Brooks, actor
• Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor (did not graduate)
• Erin Bode, singer
• Roman Bohnen, actor
• John Bowe, author
• Philip Brunelle – conductor, organist, entrepreneur (founder of VocalEssence)
• Guy Branum. comedian and actor
• Amy Briggs, game designer
• Bud Brisbois, musician
• Connie Brockway, author
• Martin Bruestle, television producer
• 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, artist
• Tod Dockstader, composer
• Peter Docter, screenwriter and director
• Hedley Donovan, editor of the 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
• David Gebhard, architectural historian
• Tom Gjelten, NPR correspondent
• 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
• Bruce Henricksen, author
• Steve Heitzeg, composer
• 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
• 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
• Jill Larson, actress
• Libby Larsen, contemporary composer
• Robert Leaf, composer
• Ed Bok Lee, author
• Nicholas Legeros, bronze sculptor
• Ralph Lemon, artist
• James Lileks, columnist
• Knut Lindh, author
• Maud Hart Lovelace, author
• Terrance Lindall, artist
• Sidney Lippman, composer
• Peg Lynch. radio and television producer
• Peter MacNicol, actor
• Kevin McCarthy, 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
• James L. McGregor, journalist
• David Revere McFadden, curator
• 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
• 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
• Gale Sondergaard, Oscar-winning actress
• Wonny Song, pianist
• David Soul, actor
• Ann Stanford, poet
• Maura Stanton, poet
• Eric Stokes, composer
• 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
• Dale Warland, composer
• Donald Wandrei, science fiction/fantasy writer and editor, co-founder of Arkham House publishing
• Joseph Waters, composer
• Lou Waters, journalist
• Will Weaver, author
• Levon West, (Ivan Dmitri) artist/photographer
• 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
• David Zinman, conductor

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,^[167] Neal Broten,^[168] Steve Christoff,^[169] Steve Janaszak,^[170] Rob McClanahan,^[171] Mike Ramsey,^[172] Buzz Schneider,^[173] Eric Strobel^[174] and Phil Verchota.^[175]
• John Anderson (baseball coach), College baseball coach^[176]
• Marion Barber III, NFL running back^[177]
• Keith Ballard, NHL defenseman^[178]
• Bert Baston, College Football Hall of Fame end^[179]
• Bobby Bell, former NFL linebacker^[180]
• Shelton Benjamin, former professional WWE wrestler^[181]
• Lindsey Berg, US Women's Volleyball Team^[182]
• Patty Berg, Co-founder, LPGA^[183]
• Bernie Bierman, College Football Hall of Fame, coach^[184]
• Brian Bonin, former NHL center^[185]
• Randy Breuer, former NBA center^[186]
• Tom Brown, College Football Hall of Fame, guard^[187]
• J.T. Bruett, former MLB outfielder^[188]
• Willie Burton, former NBA guard^[189]
• Herb Brooks, Head Coach, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team^[190]
• Rene Capo, Olympic judoka^[191]
• Chris Darkins, former NFL running back^[192]
• Natalie Darwitz US Women's Olympic Hockey Team 2002, 2006, 2010^[193]
• Eric Decker NFL wide receiver^[194]
• Brian Denman, MLB pitcher^[195]
• Tony Dungy, former NFL defensive back and NFL head coach^[196]
• Carl Eller, former NFL defensive end^[197]
• Ric Flair, former professional WWE wrestler
• George Franck, College Football Hall of Fame, halfback^[198]
• Verne Gagne, former Olympic and professional wrestler^[199]
• Brent Gates, former MLB player^[200]
• Paul Giel, former MLB pitcher^[201]
• Alex Goligoski, NHL defenseman^[202]
• Bud Grant, former NFL head coach^[203]
• Gabriele Grunewald, U.S. champion middle distance runner^[204]
• Ben Hamilton, NFL guard^[205]
• Jack Hannahan, MLB infielder^[206]
• Lou Hudson, former NBA guard^[207]
• Kris Humphries, NBA forward^[208]
• Bobby Jackson, former NBA guard^[209]
• Noel Jenke, former NFL linebacker^[210]
• Walt Jocketty, MLB General Manager^[211]
• Herb Joesting, College Football Hall of Fame, fullback^[212]
• Evan Kaufmann, ice hockey player^[213]
• Phil Kessel, NHL Winger, Toronto Maple Leafs^[214]
• Tom Kondla, former professional basketball player^[215]
• Cole Konrad – 2 time undefeated, NCAA individual champion at 285 lbs; current mixed martial artist and the Bellator Heavyweight Champion^[216]
• Mike Lehan, NFL cornerback^[217]
• Tom Lehman, PGA golfer^[218]
• Nik Lentz, wrestler; current mixed martial artist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (featherweight)^[219]
• Jordan Leopold, NHL defenseman^[220]
• Brock Lesnar, professional WWE wrestler, former mixed martial artist, former UFC Champion^[221]
• Rhys Lloyd, NFL kicker^[222]
• Pug Lund, College Football Hall of Fame, halfback^[223]
• Laurence Maroney, NFL running back^[224]
• Bobby Marshall, first African-American NFL player, College Football Hall of Fame^[225]
• Paul Martin (ice hockey), NHL defenseman^[226]
• John Mayasich, former Olympic hockey player^[227]
• Janel McCarville, WNBA center^[228]
• Clarence McGeary, former NFL defensive tackle^[229]
• John McGovern, College Football Hall of Fame, quarterback^[230]
• Kevin McHale, former NBA center^[231]
• Karl Mecklenburg, former NFL linebacker^[232]
• Mark Merrill, NFL linebacker^[233]
• Eddie Miles, NFL player^[234]
• Paul Molitor, MLB Hall of Famer^[235]
• Anthony Montgomery, NFL linebacker^[236]
• Bronko Nagurski, NFL Hall of Fame fullback^[237]
• Denny Neagle, former MLB pitcher^[238]
• Leo Nomellini, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker^[239]
• Earl Ohlgren, former NFL defensive end^[240]
• Glen Perkins, MLB pitcher, Minnesota Twins ^[241]
• John Pohl, retired NHLer^[242]
• Mitch Potter, track and field athlete, competed in the 2003 Pan American Games^[243]
• Robb Quinlan, MLB third baseman^[244]
• Pete Regnier, former NFL halfback^[245]
• Darrell Reid, NFL linebacker^[246]
• John Roethlisberger, former Olympic gymnast^[247]
• Marie Roethlisberger, former NCAA gymnastics champion^[248]
• Eddie Rogers, College Football Hall of Fame, end
• Dusty Rychart, professional basketball player^[249]
• Charlie Sanders, Pro Football Hall of Fame, tight end^[250]
• Flip Saunders, NBA head coach^[251]
• Jeff Schuh, NFL linebacker^[252]
• Mark Setterstrom, NFL offensive guard^[253]
• Bruce Smith, former NFL halfback and Heisman Trophy winner^[254]
• Matt Spaeth, NFL tight end^[255]
• Robb Stauber, former NHL goalie^[256]
• Terry Steinbach, former MLB catcher^[257]
• Sandy Stephens, All-American quarterback, member of College Football Hall of Fame^[258]
• Steve Stewart, former NFL linebacker^[259]
• Thomas Tapeh, former NFL fullback^[260]
• Jay Thomas, NFL tailback
• Darrell Thompson, former NFL running back^[261]
• Mychal Thompson, former NBA center^[262]
• Tuffy Thompson, former NFL halfback^[263]
• Festus Tierney, former NFL guard^[264]
• Clayton Tonnemaker, College Football Hall of Fame, center^[265]
• Nishad Trivedi, Professional monster truck driver
• Trent Tucker, former NBA guard^[266]
• Frank Twedell, former NFL guard^[267]
• Rick Upchurch, former NFL wide receiver^[268]
• Ben Utecht, NFL tight end^[269]
• Thomas Vanek, NHL left winger^[270]
• Jacob Volkmann, three-time All-American wrestler; current MMA fighter^[271]
• Alma Wagen, mountain climber and guide
• Krissy Wendell, US Women's Olympic Hockey Team 2002, 2006^[272]
• Lindsay Whalen, WNBA guard^[273]
• Blake Wheeler, NHL right winger^[274]
• Ed Widseth, College Football Hall of Fame, tackle^[275]
• Dick Wildung, College Football Hall of Fame, tackle^[276]
• Charles "Bud" Wilkinson, College Football Hall of Fame head coach^[277]
• Dave Winfield, MLB Hall of Famer^[278]
• Kaitlin Young (kinesiology), professional female mixed martial artist^[279]

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 the Pulitzer Prizes 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, and father of Anwar al-Awlaki.^{[280][281][282][283][284]}
• Daphne Berdahl – Anthropology professor (deceased)
• John Berryman – Literature Professor, American poet
• John Joseph Bittner – Professor of Cancer Research and 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 – Noted Beowulf scholar
• Izaak Kolthoff – "Father of analytical chemistry"
• Anatoly Liberman – Noted Germanic scholar and 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 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
• S V Patankar – Mechanical engineering – mechanical engineering – computational thermofluids
• Ralph Rapson – World famous 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 between 1974 and 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, American 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, American 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 & 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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