# Roosevelt High School (Minnesota)

Roosevelt High School, or simply Roosevelt, is a public school located in the Standish neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. A part of the Minneapolis Public Schools, it is named after 26th United States President Theodore Roosevelt. Athletic and other competition teams from the school are nicknamed the Teddies. Roosevelt has been an International Baccalaureate World School since March 2010, and offers the Diploma Programme as well as the IB Career-related Certificate.

## Notable alumni

* Barkhad Abdi — actor, nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 2013 Academy Awards
* Peter Agre — molecular biologist, who along with Roderick MacKinnon was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2003
* Marvin Harold Anderson — former Minnesota state senator
* Medaria Arradondo — chief of the Minneapolis Police Department, from 2017 to 2022
* Linda Berglin — long-time Minnesota senator and leader on issues relevant to health and human services
* Ray Christensen — voice of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers for 45 consecutive seasons
* Ken Exel — former professional basketball player
* Darnella Frazier — recipient of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize special citation award for video of the murder of George Floyd
* Fortune Gordien — former world record holder in the discus
* Dan Hall — former member of the Minnesota Senate
* Lloyd Hollingsworth — former head coach, Gustavus Adolphus College (football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey)
* Wally Kersten — former NFL offensive tackle
* Joe Kraker — former NFL offensive guard
* Bill Kuusisto — former NFL offensive guard
* Reed Larson — former National Hockey League defenseman, member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
* Marcus LeVesseur — (attended) 4x state champion and 4x NCAA DIII wrestler; professional Mixed martial artist in the UFC
* Bob Lindberg — former professional hockey player
* John Linsley — performed pioneering research in the field of cosmic rays and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1980
* Sammy Morgan (fighter) — competed on The Ultimate Fighter 2, retired professional Mixed Martial Artist
* Larry Munson — collegiate and professional sportscaster
* Ronald Naslund — Olympic ice hockey silver medalist
* Gail Omvedt — Indian sociologist and human rights activist
* Lloyd Parsons — former NFL halfback
* Mike Ramsey — former National Hockey League defenseman, Olympic gold medalist
* Don Riley — sportswriter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press
* James Rosenquist — one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement
* Robert Sheran — former Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
* Don Smith — former Basketball Association of America forward
* Winston Boogie Smith — man killed by law enforcement officers in 2021
* Charles Stenvig — former mayor of Minneapolis
* David C. Sutherland III — influential early Dungeons & Dragons artist
* John Thomas — former professional basketball forward
* Jesse Ventura — professional wrestler, 38th governor of Minnesota, and actor! known as James Janos while in high school
* John William Vessey Jr. — (attended) United States Army general, the tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; at retirement was the longest-serving active duty member in the United States Army