University Of Minnesota Notable Alumni
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Discover the notable alumni of University Of Minnesota. The list includes people like Bob Dylan, Ric Flair, Jessica Lange, Henry Fonda & Walter Mondale. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as sportspersons, scientists, leaders, intellectuals & academics and film & theater personalities etc.
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1
Bob Dylan(One of the Greatest Songwriters of All Time)
Birthdate: May 24, 1941
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Duluth, Minnesota, United States
2
Ric Flair(Regarded as the Greatest Professional Wrestler of All Time)
Birthdate: February 25, 1949
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: April 20, 1949
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cloquet, Minnesota, United States
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
4
Henry Fonda(American Actor Who Cultivated an Everyman Screen Image in Several Films Considered to be Classics)
Birthdate: May 16, 1905
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
Died: August 12, 1982
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: April 13, 1950
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Washington Heights, New York, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: December 17, 1945
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: September 24, 1958
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mound, Minnesota, USA
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
8
Kevin McHale
(Basketball player Power Forward)
Birthdate: December 19, 1957
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
9
Tony Dungy(American Former Football Safety & Coach Who Served as a Head Coach for 'Tampa Bay Buccaneers' and 'Indianapolis Colts')
Birthdate: October 6, 1955
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Jackson, Michigan, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: November 8, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Beaufort West, South Africa
Died: September 2, 2001
11
Gable Steveson
(American Professional Wrestler and Retired Freestyle and Folkstyle Wrestler)
Birthdate: May 31, 2000
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Apple Valley, Minnesota, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
12
Peter Graves(Best Known for His Role as ‘Jim Phelps’ in the TV Series ‘Mission: Impossible’)
Birthdate: March 18, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died: March 14, 2010
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: February 22, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: March 26, 1973
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
15
Dave Winfield
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: October 3, 1951
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
Birthdate: May 27, 1911
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wallace, South Dakota, United States
Died: January 13, 1978
17
Aya Cash(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Gretchen Cutler’ in the TV Series ‘You're the Worst’)
Birthdate: July 13, 1982
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
18
Paul Molitor
(Baseball Player)
Birthdate: August 22, 1956
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Birthdate: August 28, 1943
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
20
Eric Decker
(American football player)
Birthdate: March 15, 1987
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
21
Verne Gagne
(American Amateur and Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: February 26, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Corcoran, Minnesota, United States
Died: April 27, 2015
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
22
Shelton Benjamin
(American Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: July 9, 1975
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
23
Norman Borlaug(American Agronomist and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970)
Birthdate: March 25, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cresco, Iowa, United States
Died: September 12, 2009
24
Mychal Thompson(Bahamian-American Former Basketball Player Who Played at the Center Position)
Birthdate: January 30, 1955
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nassau, The Bahamas
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
Birthdate: August 7, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Canton, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: June 14, 1988
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Plano, Texas, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
27
Erick Rowan
(American Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: November 28, 1981
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
Birthdate: November 3, 1908
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rainy River, Canada
Died: January 7, 1990
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
29
Sean Duffy(Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 7th District (2011 - 2019))
Birthdate: October 3, 1971
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hayward, Wisconsin, United States
Birthdate: April 14, 1970
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Died: April 21, 2016
Birthdate: March 1, 1924
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sparta, Wisconsin, United States
Died: June 13, 1993
Birthdate: April 17, 1967
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: September 17, 1907
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Died: June 25, 1995
Birthdate: August 11, 1925
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: August 7, 1942
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Anoka, Minnesota
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
36
Antoine Winfield Jr.
(American Football player)
Birthdate: August 16, 1998
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: August 8, 1901
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Canton, South Dakota, United States
Died: August 27, 1958
Birthdate: June 18, 1914
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Owatonna, Minnesota, United States
Died: August 24, 1998
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: February 15, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: September 11, 2010
Birthdate: January 5, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ceylon, Minnesota, United States
Died: April 19, 2021
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
41
Flip Saunders
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: February 23, 1955
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: October 25, 2015
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
42
Bud Grant(Former American Football Forward and Former Head Coach)
Birthdate: May 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Superior, Wisconsin, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
43
Maria Bamford
(Stand-up comedian)
Birthdate: September 3, 1970
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Port Hueneme, California, USA
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: May 26, 1967
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States
Died: June 16, 1994
45
Marion Barber III
(American football player)
Birthdate: June 10, 1983
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Plymouth, Minnesota, United States
Birthdate: June 28, 1961
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mankato, Minnesota, United States
Birthdate: March 29, 1916
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Watkins
Died: December 10, 2005
Birthdate: July 21, 1982
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
49
AnnMaria De Mars(The First American to Win a Gold Medal at the World Judo Championships)
Birthdate: August 15, 1958
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, United States
Birthdate: April 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ventnor City, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 25, 1988
The University of Minnesota is popularly known as the ‘U of M’ or just a simple ‘U’ that specializes in research in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. This reputed institution is the sixth largest educational campus in the United States. The university had about 51,147 students in the 2013-2014 which is proof enough of the kind of popularity of the institution. With 19 colleges and schools affiliated to this institution and 6 major sister institution, University of Minnesota is out-rightly one of the best institutions to pass out from. The ‘Minnesota Golden Gophers,’ are the most talked about sports team in the world; till 2015 they had 20 National Championship awards to their credit. The ‘University of Minnesota’ is among the top 25 research institution in the ‘Center for Measuring University Performance’ in Arizona. Some of the notable alumni of the University of Minnesota are famous celebrities like, the songwriter, Bob Dylan, the famous wrestler, Brock Lesnar or the basketball player, Kris Humphries. These people have made it big in nearly all walks of life and have carved a niche for themselves. They are out to make this world a better place and uphold the reputation of the famous institution; they all have passed out from. The University of Minnesota makes sure that with severe perseverance and tough educational deadlines, the best of the lot are churned out. All the Alumni are carving a niche for themselves in whichever field they are in, be it technology, entertainment or sports, they are the best at whatever they do. This list of notable University Of Minnesota alumni is based on the individual’s achievements and fame. We are quite certain that you will be surprised by some of the notable University Of Minnesota alumni who made it to this list.