Lars Onsager was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968. 

Egil Krogh – Lawyer and public servant. A key figure in the Nixon administration and the Watergate scandal, with a later focus on ethics and law.

Ivar Giaever was a Norwegian–American physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors."

Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland was a space physicist, inventor, and professor of physics at the Royal Fredriks University in Oslo. He is best remembered for his theories of atmospheric electric currents that elucidated the nature of the aurora borealis. His face now adorns the Norwegian 200-kroner banknote, but he died decades before he was recognized for his work.

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and from 1971 to 1978. 

Walter Frederick Mondale was a Senator from Minnesota and the 42nd Vice President of the United States serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.

Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. 

James Jerome Hill was an American railway entrepreneur. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains and the Pacific Northwest.

Ole Evinrude, born Ole Andreassen Aaslundeie was a Norwegian-American entrepreneur, known for the invention of the first outboard motor, a propulsion system for boats, with practical commercial application. He was inducted into the National Inverntors Hall of Fame in 2007.

Chris Pratt , actor and producer 

James King Arness, actor

Karl Christian Rove is a political consultant, policy advisor, and lobbyist. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 31, 2007.