# List of people from Rochester, Minnesota

This is a list of people who were born or lived in Rochester, Minnesota.

## Arts, media and music

* José Argüelles, author, artist
* Dan Bakkedahl, actor, comedian
* Michele Carey, actress
* Darius Danesh, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, film producer
* Amanda Hocking, author
* Judy Onofrio, artist
* Johnny Pemberton, actor
* Emily Sandberg, model and actress
* Warren Skaaren, screenplay writer, producer
* Lea Thompson, actress
* John Towey, actor
* Sheree J. Wilson, actress
* Michael York, actor
* Yung Gravy (Matt Hauri), rapper

## Science and medicine

* Luis Walter Alvarez, winner of Nobel Prize for Physics 1968
* Harry Bisel, physician
* Sara C. Bisel, physical anthropologist
* Philip Showalter Hench, winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine 1950
* Edward Calvin Kendall, winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine 1950
* Charles Horace Mayo, physician
* William James Mayo, physician
* William Worrall Mayo, physician
* Henry Stanley Plummer, physician
* Augustus Stinchfield, physician
* Michael Stuart, physician and orthopedic surgeon
* Albert Szent-Györgyi, winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine 1937

## Law and politics

* Adolph Biermann, Minnesota State Auditor
* Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
* Walter Burdick, Minnesota farmer and legislator
* Michael C. Burgess, Congressman
* Marshall Burt, Wyoming legislator, first member of the Libertarian Party to be elected to a legislature in over 20 years
* Barbara Cegavske, Secretary of State of Nevada, former Nevada legislator
* Kerry Conley, Minnesota legislator and businessman
* Robert Rankin Dunlap, Minnesota lawyer and legislator
* John Moonan Fitzgerald, Minnesota jurist and legislator
* Donald T. Franke, Minnesota jurist and legislator
* Don Frerichs, Minnesota legislator and businessman
* Allen John Furlow, Minnesota Congressman, lawyer, and World War I veteran
* Julie Anne Genter, member of the New Zealand House of Representatives representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
* Gil Gutknecht, member of Congress
* Stiles P. Jones, Minnesota state senator and lawyer
* John R. Kaley, Minnesota state representative and businessman
* Sandy Keith, Lt. Governor and State Supreme Court Chief Justice
* Frank B. Kellogg, U.S. Secretary of State and winner of Nobel Peace Prize 1929
* Harold G. Krieger. Minnesota state senator and judge
* Gordon Moore, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Leilani Munter, stock car driver
* Carla Nelson, incumbent Minnesota state senator and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
* Richard Ojeda, member of the West Virginia Senate and a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
* Edward Henry Ozmun, Minnesota lawyer, politician, and diplomat
* John Parkin, Wisconsin legislator
* John M. Peters, Iowa lawyer and legislator
* Mark Piepho, Minnesota legislator and businessman
* Nels Pierson, Minnesota legislator
* E. William Quirin, Minnesota legislator and businessman
* Dave Senjem, former Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate, former Minority Leader of the Minnesota Senate
* Ozora P. Stearns, U.S. Senator and mayor of Rochester
* Ken Zubay, Minnesota legislator and businessman

## Sports

* Mark Abboud, soccer player
* Rafael Butler, boxer
* Eric Butorac, tennis player
* Tyler Cain, basketball player
* Phil DuBois, football player
* John Fina, football player
* Guy Gosselin, hockey player
* Matthew Hurt, basketball player
* Sada Jacobson (born 1983), Olympic fencing silver and bronze medalist
* Jim Johannson (1964–2018), ice hockey player, coach and executive
* John Johannson, ice hockey player
* Ken Johannson (1930–2018), Canadian-born American ice hockey player, coach and executive
* Dick Kimball, diving coach
* Bryce Lampman, hockey player
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands, tennis player
* Scott Muller, canoer
* Shjon Podein, hockey player
* John Pohl, hockey player
* Michael Restovich, baseball player
* Bob Schmidt, football player
* Aaron Senne, baseball player
* Marcus Sherels, football player
* Jeff Siemon, football player
* Tommy Speer, fighter
* Eric Strobel, hockey player
* Colin Stuart, hockey player
* Mark Stuart, hockey player
* Mike Stuart, hockey player
* Darrell Thompson, football player
* Ben Utecht, football player
* Doug Zmolek, hockey player

## Other

* Michael A. Fitzgerald, entrepreneur and author
* Fred Hargesheimer, pilot, philanthropist
* John Jeremiah Lawler, Roman Catholic bishop
* Mary Alfred Moes, Roman Catholic nun
* Curt Rice, Norwegian linguist and rector of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
* Sarah Burger Stearns, co-founder and first president of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association
* Igor Vovkovinskiy, tallest man in U.S.