List Of Norwegian-americans

A

• Waldemar Ager (Newspaperman & Author)
• Gene Amdahl (Computer Pioneer & High-Tech Entrepreneur; Architect of IBM's System/360)
• Gene Amondson (Prohibition Party's 2004 Presidential candidate)
• Arthur Andersen (Successful businessman; Founder of accounting company Arthur Andersen)
• Rasmus B. Anderson (Writer, Historian, and Professor)
• Andrews Sisters (Singers. Norwegian mother)
• Christian Anfinsen (Chemist & Nobel Prize Winner)
• Anna-Lisa (Actress)
• James Arness (Actor & brother of Peter Graves. Born James Aurness)
• John C. Ausland (Author & Military Advisor)

B

• Bernt Balchen (Aviator & Explorer)
• Jakob Bjerknes (Pioneer in the field of Meteorology)
• Robert Bly (Poet & Author)
• Norman Borlaug (Agronomist & Nobel Prize Winner. Responsible for helping hundreds of millions of people in third-world countries survive by improving methods of food production. The "Father of the Green Revolution")

C

• James Cagney (Actor. Norwegian mother)

D

• Arlene Dahl (Actress)
• Blossom Dearie (Singer. Norwegian mother)
• Babe Didrikson (Athlete)

E

• Linda Eder (Singer)
• Douglas Engelbart (Computer pioneer; inventor of the Computer mouse; co-inventor of hypertext)
• Leif Ericson (Viking Explorer & the first European to discover and colonize America, circa 1000 AD. Although Leif was born and raised in North-West Iceland which was not under Norwegian rule, he was the son of Norwegian explorer Eric the Red.)
• Stein Eriksen (Olympic Alpine Skier and Ski Resort Owner)
• Ole Evinrude (Inventor. Developed first ever successful outboard motor)

F

• Kirsten Flagstad (Opera Singer)
• Joe Foss (A farmer, a WWII Hero, a two-term Governor from South Dakota, the first commissioner of the American Football League, the president of the National Rifle Association, and the host of two successful Television shows)
• Andrew Furuseth (Labor Leader)

G

• Ivar Giaever (Physicist & Nobel Prize winner)
• Herbjrn Gausta (Artist)
• Peter Graves (Actor. Born Peter Graves Aurness)
• Sigrid Gurie (Actress. Twin sister of Knut Haukelid)
• Greta Gynt (Actress)

H

• Joseph Hansen (Author)
• Mark S. Hanson (Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America & President of the Lutheran World Federation)
• Knut Haukelid (WWII hero. Twin brother of Sigrid Gurie)
• Hans Christian Heg (Early Norwegian immigrant—from Lier—to America. Became Wisconsin state prison commissioner & was the first Scandinavian elected to statewide office in that state. Anti-slavery activist. Helped form and led a Union Army Brigade composed entirely of Scandinavian volunteers during the Civil War)
• Sonja Henie (Actress & Ice-Skater)
• Conrad Hilton (Hotel Owner. Developed the world-famous and successful Hilton Hotel chain)
• Celeste Holm (Actress)
• Hubert H. Humphrey (Served as Vice President under President Lyndon Johnson, and was the Democratic party's nominee for president in 1968)

I

• none registered

J

• Henry "Scoop" Jackson (US senator)
• Jon Jansen (Football player)
• Earl Johnson Jr. (Appellate Court Jurist. Current member of the California Court of Appeals)
• Sonny Jurgensen (Football player & Broadcaster)

K

• Vendela Kirsebom (Supermodel. Norwegian mother)
• Garrison Keillor (Author and NPR Radio Host)

L

• Carole Landis (Actress)
• Lorna Landvik (Author)
• Lise Lunge-Larsen (Children's Author & Professor)
• Ernest O. Lawrence (Inventor & Nobel Prize Winner)
• Kristanna Loken (Actress)

M

• E.G. (Everett Gunnar) Marshall (Actor)
• Robert Mitchum (Actor)
• Walter Mondale (42nd Vice President of the USA. Served as a senator for 12 years and as an ambassador to Japan. Democratic nominee for Presidency in 1984)
• Marilyn Monroe (Actress. Birth name: Norma Jean Mortensen. Illegitimate daughter of actor Edward Mortensen)
• Harry Morgan (Actor. Born Harry Bratsburg. Norwegian father, Swedish mother)

N

• Knute Nelson (Soldier & Politician. Fought for the Union in the Civil War, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, elected to five terms in the U.S. Senate, and served as the two-term governor of Minnesota)
• Ted Nelson (Co-inventor of hypertext)
• Eliot Ness (Law Enforcer. Nemesis of the notorious Al Capone; see the Hollywood movie The Untouchables.)
• Greta Nissen (Actress)
• Sondre Norheim (Skier, called "father of modern skiing")
• Lauris Norstad (Soldier. Served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe from 1956 to 1963)

O

• Floyd B. Olson (former governor of Minnesota. Leader of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, which became Minnesota's Democratic Party)
• Casper Oimoen (Skier)
• Lars Onsager (Chemist & Physicist. Nobel Prize Winner)

P

• Gary Paulsen (Author)
• Pat Paulsen (Comedian. Emmy Winner.)
• Charles J. Pederson (Chemist. Nobel Prize Winner)
• Cleng Peerson (the "Father of Norwegian Immigration to the United States". Led early Norwegian immigrants to settlements in America)

Q

• none registered

R

• Sally Ride (Astronaut)
• Knute Rockne (Football Innovator & Coach)
• Ole Rlvaag (Novelist & Professor)
• Finn Ronne (Polar Explorer)
• Karl Rove (Senior Advisor & chief political strategist for George Bush)

S

• Martin Sabo (Congressman (D) from Minnesota since 1979)
• Marta Sandal (Concert Singer)
• Pete Sanstol (Boxer)
• Atle Selberg (Professor of Mathematics)
• Eric Sevareid (Newspaper reporter turned television news commentator. Served with the world-famous Walter Cronkite)
• Ole Singstad (Tunnel builder)
• William S. Skylstad (Catholic Bishop, President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Karsten Solheim (Businessman & Innovator)
• Kevin Sorbo (Actor)
• Jan Stenerud (Football innovator and player—legendary kicker—, Hall of Fame Inductee)
• Leonard Seppala (The year 2000 marked exactly 100 years since Leonard Seppala left from Skjervy in the north of Troms county bound for the USA, going all the way to Nome, Alaska to dig for gold. Like all gold prospectors, he wanted to become rich, but never did. Still, he is known as one of the most famous Norwegians in the US. Lowell Thomas credits Seppala with establishing the news service in the USA. In addition, Seppala was nominated for the "Musher of the Century" award. He shared this fame and glory with his four-legged friends, the Siberian huskies.)

T

• Richard E. Taylor (Phyicist & Nobel Prize Winner)
• John A. "Snowshoe" Thompson (Mail Carrier. Every Winter between 1856 & 1876 he made the long trek to deliver mail between California and Mormon Station, Utah. Hailed as the "Viking of the Sierra")
• Merle Antony Tuve (Phyicist & Geophyicist)

U

• none registered

V

• Oswald Veblen (Mathemetician)
• Thorstein Veblen (Economist, Professor, & Social Commentator. Coined the term "Conspicuous Consumption")
• Andrew Volstead (Politician. Author of the Volstead Act, which provided for the enforcement of Prohibition)

W

• Grete Waitz (Marathon Runner)
• Earl Warren (Supreme Court Justice, Governor of California, & the 1948 Republican Party nominee for Vice President. Norwegian father, Swedish mother)
• Jon Wefald (President of Kansas State University, Minnesota Secretary of Agriculture)

X

• none registered

Y

• none registered

Z

• Rene Zellweger (Actress. Norwegian mother, Swiss-German father)
• Vera Zorina (Actress & Dancer)

See also

• Norwegians
• List of famous Norwegians

External links

• The Norwegian-American Homepage – Hosted by www.lawzone.com

• List

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