List of people from Rochester, Minnesota

This is a list of people who were born or lived in Rochester, Minnesota.

Arts, media and music

• José Argüelles, author, artist
• Dan Bakkedahl, actor, comedian
• Michele Carey, actress
• Darius Danesh, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, film producer
• Amanda Hocking, author
• Judy Onofrio, artist
• Emily Sandberg, model and actress
• Warren Skaaren, screenplay writer, producer
• Lea Thompson, actress
• John Towey, actor
• Sheree J. Wilson, actress
• Michael York, actor
• Yung Gravy (Matt Hauri), rapper

Science and medicine

• Luis Walter Alvarez, winner of Nobel Prize for Physics 1968
• Harry Bisel, physician
• Sara C. Bisel, physical anthropologist
• Philip Showalter Hench, winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine 1950
• Edward Calvin Kendall, winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine 1950
• Charles Horace Mayo, physician
• William James Mayo, physician
• William Worrall Mayo, physician
• Henry Stanley Plummer, physician
• Augustus Stinchfield, physician
• Michael Stuart, physician and orthopedic surgeon
• Albert Szent-Györgyi, winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine 1937

Law and politics

• Adolph Biermann, Minnesota State Auditor
• Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Walter Burdick, Minnesota farmer and legislator
• Michael C. Burgess, Congressman
• Marshall Burt, Wyoming legislator, first member of the Libertarian Party to be elected to a legislature in over 20 years
• Barbara Cegavske, Secretary of State of Nevada, former Nevada legislator
• Kerry Conley, Minnesota legislator and businessman
• Robert Rankin Dunlap, Minnesota lawyer and legislator
• John Moonan Fitzgerald, Minnesota jurist and legislator
• Donald T. Franke, Minnesota jurist and legislator
• Don Frerichs, Minnesota legislator and businessman
• Allen John Furlow, Minnesota Congressman, lawyer, and World War I veteran
• Julie Anne Genter, member of the New Zealand House of Representatives representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
• Gil Gutknecht, member of Congress
• Stiles P. Jones, Minnesota state senator and lawyer
• John R. Kaley, Minnesota state representative and businessman
• Sandy Keith, Lt. Governor and State Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Frank B. Kellogg, U.S. Secretary of State and winner of Nobel Peace Prize 1929
• Harold G. Krieger. Minnesota state senator and judge
• Gordon Moore, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• Leilani Munter, stock car driver
• Carla Nelson, incumbent Minnesota state senator and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Richard Ojeda, member of the West Virginia Senate and a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
• Edward Henry Ozmun, Minnesota lawyer, politician, and diplomat
• John Parkin, Wisconsin legislator
• John M. Peters, Iowa lawyer and legislator
• Mark Piepho, Minnesota legislator and businessman
• Nels Pierson, Minnesota legislator
• E. William Quirin, Minnesota legislator and businessman
• Dave Senjem, former Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate, former Minority Leader of the Minnesota Senate
• Ozora P. Stearns, U.S. Senator and mayor of Rochester
• Ken Zubay, Minnesota legislator and businessman

Sports

• Rafael Butler, boxer
• Eric Butorac, tennis player
• Tyler Cain, basketball player
• Phil DuBois, football player
• John Fina, football player
• Guy Gosselin, hockey player
• Matthew Hurt, basketball player
• Sada Jacobson (born 1983), Olympic fencing silver and bronze medalist
• Jim Johannson (1964–2018), ice hockey player, coach and executive
• John Johannson, ice hockey player
• Ken Johannson (1930–2018), Canadian-born American ice hockey player, coach and executive
• Dick Kimball, diving coach
• Bryce Lampman, hockey player
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands, tennis player
• Scott Muller, canoer
• Shjon Podein, hockey player
• John Pohl, hockey player
• Michael Restovich, baseball player
• Bob Schmidt, football player
• Aaron Senne, baseball player
• Marcus Sherels, football player
• Jeff Siemon, football player
• Tommy Speer, fighter
• Eric Strobel, hockey player
• Colin Stuart, hockey player
• Mark Stuart, hockey player
• Mike Stuart, hockey player
• Darrell Thompson, football player
• Ben Utecht, football player
• Doug Zmolek, hockey player

Other

• Fred Hargesheimer, pilot, philanthropist
• John Jeremiah Lawler, Roman Catholic bishop
• Mary Alfred Moes, Roman Catholic nun
• Curt Rice, Norwegian linguist and rector of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
• Sarah Burger Stearns, co-founder and first president of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association
• Igor Vovkovinskiy, tallest man in U.S.

References

1. Rochester, Minnesota
2. List of mayors of Rochester, Minnesota
3. Rochester metropolitan area, Minnesota
4. List of University of Minnesota people
5. Olmsted County, Minnesota
6. List of people from Detroit
7. Federal Medical Center, Rochester
8. Mayo Clinic
9. 1883 Rochester tornado
10. Winona, Minnesota
11. Minnesota
12. List of deaths due to COVID-19
13. List of people from Michigan
14. List of people from Jersey City, New Jersey
15. List of tallest people
16. List of people from Toledo, Ohio
17. Governor of Minnesota
18. List of colleges and universities in Minnesota
19. List of people from Wisconsin
20. Rochester Red Wings