Paul Wellstone
 Paul David Wellstone (July 21 1944 – October 25 2002) was an American academic and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until his death in a plane crash in 2002. A member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party Wellstone was a leading spokesman for the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party. Born in Washington D.C. Wellstone graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science.