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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Peter Agre
Biologist
30-Jan-1949   Water channels of cell membranes
George A. Akerlof
Economist
17-Jun-1940   Asymmetric markets
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson
Inventor
25-Jan-1878 14-May-1975 Developed radio and television at GE and RCA
Hannes Alfvén
Physicist
30-May-1908 2-Apr-1995 Renegade Swedish astrophysicist
Nelson Algren
Author
28-Mar-1909 9-May-1981 The Man with the Golden Arm
Gene Amdahl
Engineer
16-Nov-1922   Parallel computing pioneer
C. Elmer Anderson
Politician
16-Mar-1912 12-Jan-1998 Governor of Minnesota, 1951-55
Carl David Anderson
Physicist
3-Sep-1905 11-Jan-1991 Discovered the positron, mu-meson
Leroy Anderson
Composer
29-Jun-1908 18-May-1975 The Syncopated Clock
Robert O. Anderson
Business
13-Apr-1917 2-Dec-2007 CEO of ARCO, 1966-86
Wendell R. Anderson
Politician
1-Feb-1933   Governor of Minnesota, 1971-76
Anders Jonas Ångström
Physicist
13-Aug-1814 21-Jun-1874 Founder of spectroscopy
Ann-Margret
Actor
28-Apr-1941   Carnal Knowledge
J. Hugo Aronson
Politician
1-Sep-1891 25-Feb-1978 Governor of Montana, 1953-61
Svante Arrhenius
Chemist
19-Feb-1859 2-Oct-1927 Explored electrolytic conductivity
Nils Asther
Actor
17-Jan-1897 13-Oct-1981 The Single Standard
Vincent Bendix
Inventor
12-Aug-1881 27-Mar-1945 Founder of Bendix Corporation
Edgar Bergen
Actor
16-Feb-1903 30-Sep-1978 Radio's greatest ventriloquist
Sune K. Bergström
Scientist
10-Jan-1916 15-Aug-2004 Prostaglandins
Nadia Bjorlin
Actor
2-Aug-1980   Days of Our Lives
Charles A. Blixt
Attorney
18-Aug-1951   Former counsel, RJ Reynolds
Bloodshy
Music Producer
c. 1976   Swedish hitmaker for Britney Spears et al.
Nils Bohlin
Engineer
17-Jul-1920 26-Sep-2002 Three-point safety belt
Sissela Bok
Scholar
2-Dec-1934   Ethicist
Dr. Bombay
Musician
17-Nov-1963   Purveyor of faux-ethnic Eurodance
Ray Bradbury
Author
22-Aug-1920 5-Jun-2012 Fahrenheit 451
Linda B. Buck
Biologist
29-Jan-1947   Odorant receptors and olfactory organization
Anton J. Carlson
Biologist
29-Jan-1875 2-Sep-1956 The Machinery of the Body
Arne Carlson
Politician
24-Sep-1934   Governor of Minnesota, 1991-99
Chester Carlson
Inventor
8-Feb-1906 19-Sep-1968 Invented Xerography
Arvid Carlsson
Scientist
25-Jan-1923   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Anders Celsius
Astronomer
27-Nov-1701 25-Apr-1744 Astronomer, invented centigrade scale
King Charles XII
Royalty
17-Jun-1682 30-Nov-1718 King of Sweden, 1697-1718
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Musician
7-May-1968   Desireless
Neneh Cherry
Musician
10-Mar-1964   Raw Like Sushi
Dale Chihuly
Artist
20-Sep-1941   Glass artist
Per Theodor Cleve
Chemist
10-Feb-1840 18-Jun-1905 Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm)
Thomas George Cowling
Mathematician
17-Jun-1906 16-Jun-1990 Cowling model
Edward Dahlberg
Novelist
22-Jul-1900 27-Feb-1977 Because I Was Flesh
Joyce DeWitt
Actor
23-Apr-1949   Janet on Three's Company
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Film Director
3-Feb-1889 20-Mar-1968 Greatest Danish film director
Mamie Eisenhower
First Lady
14-Nov-1896 1-Nov-1979 Ike's First Lady
Sergei Eisenstein
Film Director
23-Jan-1898 11-Feb-1948 Alexander Nevsky
Doug Engelbart
Computer Programmer
30-Jan-1925   Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Robert Englund
Actor
6-Jun-1947   The original Freddy Krueger
Stefan Eriksson
Business
14-Dec-1961   Gizmondo exec, crashed Ferrari
Ulf von Euler
Scientist
7-Feb-1905 9-Mar-1983 Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins
Edie Falco
Actor
5-Jul-1963   The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie
Assar Gabrielsson
Business
13-Aug-1891 28-May-1962 Co-Founder of Volvo
Eva Green
Actor
5-Jul-1980   The Dreamers
Allvar Gullstrand
Doctor
5-Jun-1862 28-Jul-1930 Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye
Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor
19-Dec-1980   Donnie Darko
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Actor
16-Nov-1977   Secretary
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Film Director
4-Oct-1949   Homegrown
Geri Halliwell
Singer
6-Aug-1972   Ginger Spice
Howard Hanson
Composer
28-Oct-1896 26-Feb-1981 Symphony No. 4
Victor Davis Hanson
Historian
5-Sep-1953   Carnage and Culture
Josh Hartnett
Actor
21-Jul-1978   The Virgin Suicides
Susan Hayward
Actor
30-Jun-1918 14-Mar-1975 I Want to Live!
Mitch Hedberg
Comic
24-Feb-1968 30-Mar-2005 Stand-up comedian known for one-liners
Tippi Hedren
Actor
19-Jan-1930   The Birds
Jill Hennessy
Actor
25-Nov-1968   Crossing Jordan
Mike Holmgren
Football
15-Jun-1948   President, Cleveland Browns
Gustav Holst
Composer
21-Sep-1874 25-May-1934 The Planets
Donald Johanson
Anthropologist
28-Jun-1943   Discovered "Lucy" fossils
Bob Johnson
Hockey
4-Mar-1931 26-Nov-1991 Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer
Kelly Johnson
Engineer
27-Feb-1910 21-Dec-1990 Lockheed Skunk Works plane designer
Tor Johnson
Wrestling
19-Oct-1903 12-May-1971 Plan 9 from Outer Space
Ingvar Kamprad
Business
30-Mar-1926   IKEA founder
Gary Kildall
Business
19-May-1942 11-Jul-1994 Founder of Digital Research, Inc.
Joel Kinnaman
Actor
25-Nov-1979   Stephen Holder on The Killing
Harold LeVander
Politician
10-Oct-1910 30-Mar-1992 Governor of Minnesota, 1967-71
Eli Lilly
Business
8-Jul-1838 6-Jun-1898 Founder of Eli Lilly & Co.
Charles Lindbergh
Aviator
4-Feb-1902 26-Aug-1974 Transatlantic soloist
Susan L. Lindquist
Biologist
5-Jun-1949   Protein folding
Greg Louganis
Diver
29-Jan-1960   Olympic diver, four gold medals
Susan Lucci
Actor
23-Dec-1946   Erica Kane on All My Children
Dan Lungren
Politician
22-Sep-1946   Congressman, California 3rd
Warren G. Magnuson
Politician
12-Apr-1905 20-May-1989 US Senator from Washington
Rudolph A. Marcus
Chemist
21-Jul-1923   Electron-transfer reactions
Harry Morgan
Actor
10-Apr-1915 7-Dec-2011 Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Carlson Companies, 1998-2008
Ozzie Nelson
Actor
20-Mar-1906 3-Jun-1975 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Harry Nilsson
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jun-1941 15-Jan-1994 Me and My Arrow
Queen Noor
Royalty
23-Aug-1951   Queen of Jordan
John W. Nordstrom
Business
15-Feb-1871 1-Oct-1963 Founder of Nordstrom
Ken Olsen
Business
20-Feb-1925 6-Feb-2011 Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation
Clifford Olson
Criminal
1-Jan-1940 30-Sep-2011 Killed 11 youths in British Columbia
Lyndon L. Olson
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Sweden, 1998-2001
Robert Pirsig
Author
6-Sep-1928   Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
William Rehnquist
Judge
1-Oct-1924 3-Sep-2005 US Chief Justice, 1986-2005
Charles Nelson Reilly
Actor
13-Jan-1931 25-May-2007 Flamboyant Match Game panelist
Jean Rogers
Actor
25-Mar-1916 24-Feb-1991 Dale Arden in Flash Gordon serials
Carl Sandburg
Author
6-Jan-1878 22-Jul-1967 Illinois poet, Lincoln biographer
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Politician
3-Dec-1970   Congresswoman from South Dakota, 2004-11
Andrew V. Schally
Scientist
30-Nov-1926   Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Joel Schumacher
Film Director
29-Aug-1939   The Lost Boys
Glenn Seaborg
Physicist
19-Apr-1912 25-Feb-1999 Co-Discoverer of Plutonium
Manne Siegbahn
Physicist
3-Dec-1886 26-Sep-1978 X-Ray spectroscopy
Victoria Silvstedt
Model
19-Sep-1974   1997 Playmate of the Year
Ruth Snyder
Criminal
1895 12-Jan-1928 Electrocuted for murdering husband
Jasmin St. Claire
Pornstar
23-Oct-1970   World's Biggest Gang Bang II
Harry Steenbock
Biologist
16-Aug-1886 25-Dec-1967 Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D
Cat Stevens
Singer/Songwriter
21-Jul-1948   Morning Has Broken
Erik Per Sullivan
Actor
12-Jul-1991   Dewey on Malcolm in the Middle
Alexander Suvorov
Military
24-Nov-1729 18-May-1800 Russian general, fought Turks, French
The Svedberg
Chemist
30-Aug-1884 25-Feb-1971 Inventor of the ultracentrifuge
Bo Svenson
Actor
13-Feb-1944   North Dallas Forty
Gloria Swanson
Actor
27-Mar-1897 4-Apr-1983 Sunset Blvd.
Lee Tergesen
Actor
8-Jul-1965   Beecher in Oz
Jon Tester
Politician
21-Aug-1956   US Senator from Montana
Hugo Theorell
Scientist
6-Jul-1903 15-Aug-1982 Oxidation enzymes
Burr Tillstrom
Performance Artist
13-Oct-1917 6-Dec-1985 Puppeteer, Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Audrey Totter
Actor
20-Dec-1918   The Unsuspected
Tomas Tranströmer
Poet
15-Apr-1931   Scandinavian poet
Peter Ueberroth
Baseball
2-Sep-1937   Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89
Mamie Van Doren
Actor
6-Feb-1931   High School Confidential!
Sarah Vowell
Radio Personality
27-Dec-1969   This American Life
Mark Wahlberg
Actor
5-Jun-1971   Formerly of the Funky Bunch
Charles Walgreen
Business
9-Oct-1873 11-Dec-1939 Founder of Walgreen Co.
Earl Warren
Judge
19-Mar-1891 9-Jul-1974 US Chief Justice, 1953-69
Jennifer Westfeldt
Actor
2-Feb-1970   Notes from the Underbelly
Torsten N. Wiesel
Scientist
3-Jun-1924   Neurophysiology of vision
Jesse Williams
Actor
5-Aug-1981   Dr. Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy
Luther W. Youngdahl
Politician
29-May-1896 21-Jun-1978 Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51


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