List of people from Grand Forks, North Dakota

The following is a list of people who were born in, have lived in, or are otherwise associated with the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Arts and entertainment

*Lynn Anderson – country music artist
*Maxwell Anderson – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter, and lyricist
*Tom Brosseau – folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
*Tony Fontane – former gospel singer
*Kam Heskin – actress
*Nicole Linkletter – winner of reality show "America's Next Top Model", fifth season
*Stuart McDonald – former editorial cartoonist, "Grand Forks Herald"
*Alan Ritchson – actor, singer, model
*James Rosenquist – artist
*Natalie West – actress, "Roseanne"

Athletics

*Brooks Bollinger – Minnesota Vikings football quarterback
*Andrew Hampsten – cyclist, winner of the 1988 Giro d'Italia and the Alpe d'Huez stage of the 1992 Tour de France
*Virgil Hill – boxer, silver medal winner in the 1984 Summer Olympics
*Phil Jackson – National Basketball Association basketball coach
*Tim Johnson – former Major League Baseball player and manager
*Roger Maris – former New York Yankees baseball player
*Tim Olson – Colorado Rockies baseball player
*Ryan Potulny – center for the Philadelphia Flyers
*Cliff Purpur – first North Dakota native to become a National Hockey League player
*Andy Schneider – ice hockey defenceman

Business

*Ralph Engelstad – former Las Vegas Strip casino owner, philanthropist
*Andrew Freeman - Inventor of the Block heater and former manager of Minnkota Power Cooperative
*Sally J. Smith – current President and CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc

Law, politics, and government

*Ben Clayburgh – unsuccessful United States Senate candidate
*Rick Clayburgh – former North Dakota Tax Commissioner, unsuccessful candidate for United States House of Representatives
*Ronald Davies – former federal judge, ordered the integration of Little Rock Central High School
*James D. Gronna – former North Dakota Secretary of State
*Walter Maddock – former Governor of North Dakota
*Pat Owens – former Grand Forks mayor during the 1997 Red River Flood
*Leonard Peltier – American Indian activist and convict
*Dale V. Sandstrom – North Dakota Supreme Court justice
*Arthur G. Sorlie – former Governor of North Dakota

Literature and journalism

*James M. Edie – philosopher
*Al McIntosh – distinguished newspaper editor whose columns are featured in Ken Burns' "The War"
*Jennie Shortridge – novelist
*Era Bell Thompson – former editor of "Ebony" magazine
*George H. Walsh – newspaper editor and publisher, instrumental in founding the University of North Dakota
*Walter Wangerin, Jr. – author best known for his religious novels and children's books

Military

*Charles W. Lindberg – part of the first flag raising at Iwo Jima

ee also

*List of University of North Dakota people