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University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

Alumni

Nobel laureates

Pulitzer Prize winners

Carl Dennis Carl Dennis (born September 17, 1939) is an American poet and educator. His book ''Practical Gods'' won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Life and work Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 17, 1939, Dennis attended Oberlin College and the ...

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winner in 2002 for Poetry *

Thomas Friedman Thomas Loren Friedman (; born July 20, 1953) is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for ''The New York Times''. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global ...

, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1983 and 1988 for International Reporting and 2002 for Commentary; studied at the University of Minnesota from 1971 to 1973 before transferring to Brandeis University

Law and politics

Vice presidents

Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped)

Hubert H. Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Mi ...

, former U.S. vice president and 1968 Democratic nominee for president *

Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...

, former U.S. vice president and 1984 Democratic nominee for president

Cabinet members and diplomats

Members of Congress

Governors

Article III judges

State judges

Attorneys general

* Keith Ellison, current

Minnesota Attorney General The attorney general of Minnesota is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. State of Minnesota. Thirty individuals have held the office of Attorney General since statehood. The incumbent is Keith Ellison, a DFLer. Electi ...

* William S. Ervin, former

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Attorney General *

Mike Hatch Michael Alan Hatch (born November 12, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer. He was the Attorney General of Minnesota from 1999 to 2007, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce from 1983 to 1989, and chair of the Minnesota D ...

, former Minnesota Attorney General * Douglas M. Head, former Minnesota Attorney General *

Hubert H. Humphrey III Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born June 26, 1942) is an American retired politician who served as Minnesota Attorney General, attorney general of the state of Minnesota (1983–99) and Minnesota Senate, State Senator (1973–83). Humphrey l ...

, former Minnesota Attorney General *

Henry Linde Henry J. Linde (December 31, 1879 – 1917) was an American attorney who served as the 9th North Dakota Attorney General for one term from 1915 to 1916. Linde was born near Ridgeway in Winneshiek County, Iowa. He was educated at Luther Colle ...

, former

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* Robert W. Mattson, Sr., former Minnesota Attorney General * William D. Mitchell, former

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* Byron S. Payne, former

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Attorney General * Harry H. Peterson, former Minnesota Attorney General * Albert F. Pratt, former Minnesota Attorney General *

Warren Spannaus Warren Richard Spannaus (December 5, 1930 – November 27, 2017) was an American politician from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and the Attorney General of Minnesota from 1971 until 1983. Spannaus graduated from the University of Minne ...

, former Minnesota Attorney General * Leo A. Temmey, former Attorney General of

Foreign

Others in law and politics

Leadership and business

Science and medicine

Academics and education

Arts and entertainment

Robert Vaughn David McCallum Man from UNCLE 1966-2

Athletics

Others

* Sarah Hart (née Gengler) - Perpetrator of the

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- Attended the university for one semester and transferred to

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in South Dakota. *

Dale Snodgrass Dale Snodgrass (May 13, 1949 – July 24, 2021) was a United States Navy United States Naval Aviator, aviator and air show performer who according to the ''The Spokesman-Review, Spokane Spokesman-Review'' was considered one of the greatest fighte ...

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avaiator and

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performer who was considered one of the greatest fighter pilots of all time.

Faculty

Nobel laureates

Pulitzer Prize winners

Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the liter ...

winner in 1947 for the novel ''

All the King's Men ''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U.S ...

''; won Pulitzers in poetry in 1958 for ''Promises: Poems 1954–1956'', and in 1979 for ''Now and Then'' *

John Berryman John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...

, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1965 for Poetry *

Dominick Argento Dominick Argento (October 27, 1927 – February 20, 2019) was an American composer known for his lyric operatic and choral music. Among his best known pieces are the operas '' Postcard from Morocco'', '' Miss Havisham's Fire'', ''The Masque of An ...

, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1975 for Music

University of Minnesota presidents

Chancellors

Edward Duffield Neill Edward Duffield Neill (1823 – 1893) was an American author and educator. Neill was born in Philadelphia. After studying at the University of Pennsylvania for some time, he enrolled at Amherst College and graduated from Amherst in 1842, then st ...

, 1858–1861

Professors

Present Regents Professors

References

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