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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
*] - Singer

====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 &ndash; 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)
*] (football coach, ])
*] (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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Revision as of 04:43, 11 September 2008


This is a list of Norwegian Americans, or people born in the United States to Norwegian lineage. See also Norwegian-Americans.

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.

Lists of Americans
By US state
By ethnicity
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

List

Arts and entertainment

Actors

Dancers and choreographers

Humorists

Musicians

Models

Playboy Playmates

Adult movie performers

Business and commerce

Literature, journalism

Military and exploration

Politics and leadership

Science and engineering

Sports and adventuring

Church leaders

Other

See also

References

  1. James Arness - Norwegian American
  2. Arlene Dahl: Norwegian American
  3. Peter Graves - Norwegian American
  4. Sigrid Gurie: Norwegian American Actress
  5. NNDB Search - Lance Henriksen
  6. Ellis Island exhibit to mark 175th anniversary (Norway - the official site in the United States)
  7. "I'm half Norwegian and half Argentine"
  8. Carole Landis, Norwegian American
  9. (1979 - ) film/television actress (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)Loken - "Norwegian model-turned-actress Kristanna Loken"
  10. "Norwegian American Actor" "E. G. Marshall was born Everett Gunnar Marshall, on June 18, 1910, to Norwegian American parents"
  11. Half Norwegian (on the Mothers Side) American Bar Assn. Homepage - Links
  12. Marilyn Monroe - Biography
  13. "His father was Norwegian... Through the years, Morgan appeared opposite many hundreds, probably thousands, of actors, including, of course, fellow Norwegian Americans"
  14. "Ethnic : Portuguese and Norwegian"
  15. Kevin Sorbo Linkpage
  16. "My background is Norwegian and German, two of the unfunniest ethnic groups in the history of the world."
  17. "Called upon to help support their Greek-Norwegian family when their father's business was wiped out by the Depression"
  18. Norwegian American Hall of Fame
  19. Linda Eder, Norwegian American - a Linkpage
  20. "A prominent Norwegian-American remembers his life in Wisconsin"
  21. Short Biography of Robert Bly
  22. "He's this clean-cut Norwegian guy, and he couldn't be nicer, more courteous or more gracious"
  23. "It could be said that just as Eric Sevareid was a Norwegian-American"
  24. Knut Haukelid & THE REAL HEROES OF TELEMARK - slideshow
  25. General Lauris Norstad, Norwegian American; a Linkpage
  26. Astronaut from Minnesota town will soon be in space
  27. Sally Ride - Norwegian American Space Pioneer
  28. 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.""
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