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| This is a list of ''']s''', or people born in the ] to ] lineage. See also ]. | |||
| The list is ordered by category of human endavour. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both of the pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup. | |||
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| ==List== | |||
| ===Arts and entertainment=== | |||
| ====Actors==== | |||
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| *] <ref> "I'm half Norwegian and half Argentine"</ref> | |||
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| *] <ref>(1979 - ) film/television actress (''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'')'''Loken''' - "Norwegian model-turned-actress Kristanna Loken"</ref> | |||
| *] <ref> "Norwegian American Actor" "E. G. Marshall was born Everett Gunnar Marshall, on June 18, 1910, to Norwegian American parents"</ref> | |||
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| *] <ref> "His father was Norwegian... Through the years, Morgan appeared opposite many hundreds, probably thousands, of actors, including, of course, fellow Norwegian Americans"</ref> | |||
| *] <ref> "Ethnic : Portuguese and Norwegian"</ref> | |||
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| *] (Norwegian-Sami mother) | |||
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| ====Dancers and choreographers==== | |||
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| ====Humorists==== | |||
| *] - "The Simpsons" cartoonist/creator<ref> "My background is Norwegian and German, two of the unfunniest ethnic groups in the history of the world."</ref> | |||
| *] (Comedian, Emmy winner) | |||
| ====Musicians==== | |||
| *] - singers<ref> "Called upon to help support their Greek-Norwegian family when their father's business was wiped out by the Depression"</ref> | |||
| *] - singer<ref></ref> | |||
| *] - singer<ref></ref> | |||
| *] - Musician/actor | |||
| *] Legendary heavy metal bass guitarist most notably in ] | |||
| *] - singer, guitarist | |||
| *] - singer, composer, arranger (born Norma Eggstrom) | |||
| *] - Singer, Songwriter | |||
| *] - drummer. Also of English descent. | |||
| *] - (Actor/Musician, "The Monkees". Born Peter Halsten Thorkelson. Father of Norwegian Descent.) | |||
| *] - (Actor/Musician, His father Frank was of Scottish-Irish descent and his mother of Norwegian descent.) | |||
| *] - Singer | |||
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| ====Models==== | |||
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| ====Playboy Playmates==== | |||
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| ====Adult movie performers==== | |||
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| ===Business and commerce=== | |||
| *], founder of Arthur Andersen LLP | |||
| *], Founder of the Hilton Hotel chain and great grandfather of ] & ] | |||
| *], Businessman and father of ] & ] | |||
| *], Captain of commercial fishing vessel ''F/V Northwestern'' featured in Discovery Channel's ]. | |||
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| *], Captian of commercial fishing vessel ''F/V Cornelia Marie'' featured on Discovery Channel's ] | |||
| ===Literature, journalism=== | |||
| *] - witer/historian/professor<ref> "A prominent Norwegian-American remembers his life in Wisconsin"</ref> | |||
| *] - poet/author<ref></ref> | |||
| *] - author<ref> "He's this clean-cut Norwegian guy, and he couldn't be nicer, more courteous or more gracious"</ref> | |||
| *] - author | |||
| *] - newspaper reporter/TV news commentator<ref> "It could be said that just as Eric Sevareid was a Norwegian-American"</ref>, one of ]. | |||
| ===Military and exploration=== | |||
| *], high-scoring ] ] of World War II | |||
| *], the "Candy Bomber" of the Berlin airlift | |||
| *] - Norwegian Army Officer born in the U.S.<ref></ref> | |||
| *] - soldier, served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe<ref></ref> | |||
| *] - astronaut<ref></ref> | |||
| *] - astronaut<ref></ref> | |||
| ===Politics and leadership=== | |||
| *] (Prohibition Party's 2004 Presidential candidate) | |||
| *] - 30th State Governor of ], Norwegian immigrant father and Swedish-American mother | |||
| *] - 29th Governor of ] | |||
| *] (Senator of New Mexico, cousin of Conrad Hilton) | |||
| *], Governor from ] | |||
| *], 79th Attorney General of the United States | |||
| *], openly ] former Congressman | |||
| *] (Presiding Bishop of the ] & President of the ]) | |||
| *] (Served as Vice President under President ], and was the Democratic party's nominee for president in 1968) | |||
| *] (US senator) | |||
| *] (first woman elected to ] from ]) | |||
| *] (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) | |||
| *] (Law Enforcer. Nemesis of the notorious ]; see the Hollywood movie '']''.) | |||
| *] (former governor of Minnesota. Leader of the ], which later merged with Minnesota's ]) | |||
| *] (Former Governor of Minnesota, and former US ambassador to Iceland) | |||
| *] (1950 - ) Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush<ref>'''Rove''' - "Oslo, Norway: In "Plan of Attack", Bob Woodward describes Karl Rove's attitude toward Swedes: "Rove saw that the president was "wired up" about Blix. The president knew Rove's attitude toward the Swedes. As the highest-ranking Norwegian-American in the White House -- and perhaps the only one -- Rove was convinced of the historical duplicity of the Swedes, who had invaded Norway in 1814 and ruled the country until 1905. There was a long-standing grudge and it was a running joke between the president and Rove.""</ref> | |||
| *] (] ] from ] 1979 – 2007) | |||
| *] (Bishop Catholic Diocese of Spokane, WA) | |||
| *] (Senator of South Dakota) | |||
| *] (Politician. Author of the ], which provided for the enforcement of Prohibition) | |||
| *] (Supreme Court Justice, Governor of California, & the 1948 Republican Party nominee for Vice President. Norwegian father, Swedish mother) | |||
| *] (President of ], Minnesota Secretary of Agriculture) | |||
| ===Science and engineering=== | |||
| *] (Computer Pioneer & High-Tech Entrepreneur; Architect of IBM's ]) | |||
| *] (Chemist & Nobel Prize Laureate) | |||
| *] (] & ] Laureate. Responsible for helping hundreds of millions of people in ] survive by improving methods of food production. The "Father of the Green Revolution") | |||
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| *] (Computer pioneer; inventor of the ]; co-inventor of ]) | |||
| *] (Inventor of the ]) | |||
| *] (Inventor & Nobel Prize Laureate) | |||
| *] (Progenitor of the field of "Aerial Robotics") | |||
| *] (Co-inventor of ]) | |||
| *] (founder of ]. Norwegian father, Swedish mother.) | |||
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| *] (Economist, Professor, & Social Commentator. Coined the term "Conspicuous Consumption") | |||
| *] Professor and pioneer of informational graphics. | |||
| ===Sports and adventuring=== | |||
| *] (Olympic athlete, LPGA golfer) | |||
| *] (Olympic gold medal winning speed skater) | |||
| *] (Olympic speed skater) | |||
| *] (Football player) | |||
| *] (Football player & Broadcaster) | |||
| *] (men's basketball coach, ]) | |||
| *] (triathlete) | |||
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| *] (figure skater) | |||
| ===Church leaders=== | |||
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| ===Other=== | |||
| *] (Paranormal investigator and photographer) | |||
| *] (Lawyer imprisoned for his role in ]) | |||
| *] (winner of ] Cycle 7 | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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