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The following is an alphabetically ordered list of famous Norwegian-Americans.
Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Waldemar Ager (Newspaperman & Author)
- Gene Amdahl (Computer Pioneer & High-Tech Entrepreneur; Architect of IBM's System/360)
- Gene Amondson (Prohibition Party's 2004 Presidential candidate)
- Arthur Andersen (Successful businessman; Founder of accounting company Arthur Andersen)
- Rasmus B. Anderson (Writer, Historian, and Professor)
- Andrews Sisters (Singers. Norwegian mother)
- Christian Anfinsen (Chemist & Nobel Prize Winner)
- Anna-Lisa (Actress)
- James Arness (Actor & brother of Peter Graves. Born James Aurness)
- John C. Ausland (Author & Military Advisor)
B
C
D
E
- Linda Eder (Singer)
- Douglas Engelbart (Computer Pioneer; Inventor of the Computer mouse)
- Leif Ericson (Viking Explorer & the first European to discover and colonize America, circa 1000 AD. Although Leif was born and raised in North-West Iceland which was not under Norwegian rule, he was the son of Norwegian explorer Eric the Red.)
- Stein Eriksen (Olympic Alpine Skier and Ski Resort Owner)
- Ole Evinrude (Inventor. Developed first ever successful outboard motor)
F
- Kirsten Flagstad (Opera Singer)
- Joe Foss (A farmer, a WWII Hero, a two-term Governor from South Dakota, the first commissioner of the American Football League, the president of the National Rifle Association, and the host of two successful Television shows)
- Andrew Furuseth (Labor Leader)
G
- Ivar Giaever (Physicist & Nobel Prize winner)
- Herbjørn Gausta (Artist)
- Peter Graves (Actor. Born Peter Graves Aurness)
- Sigrid Gurie (Actress. Twin sister of Knut Haukelid)
- Greta Gynt (Actress)
H
I
J
- Henry "Scoop" Jackson (US senator)
- Jon Jansen (Football player)
- Earl Johnson Jr. (Appellate Court Jurist. Current member of the California Court of Appeals)
- Sonny Jurgensen (Football player & Broadcaster)
K
L
M
N
- Knute Nelson (Soldier & Politician. Fought for the Union in the Civil War, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, elected to five terms in the U.S. Senate, and served as the two-term governor of Minnesota)
- Eliot Ness (Law Enforcer. Nemesis of the notorious Al Capone; see the Hollywood movie The Untouchables.)
- Greta Nissen (Actress)
- Lauris Norstad (Soldier. Served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe from 1956 to 1963)
O
P
- Gary Paulsen (Author)
- Pat Paulsen (Comedian. Emmy Winner.)
- Charles J. Pederson (Chemist. Nobel Prize Winner)
- Cleng Peerson (the "Father of Norwegian Immigration to the United States". Led early Norwegian immigrants to settlements in America)
Q
R
S
T
- Richard E. Taylor (Phyicist & Nobel Prize Winner)
- John A. (Snowshoes) Thompson (Mail Carrier. Every Winter between 1856 & 1876 he made the long trek to deliver mail between California and Mormon Station, Utah. Hailed as the "Viking of the Sierra")
- Merle Antony Tuve (Phyicist & Geophyicist)
U
V
W
- Grete Waitz (Marathon Runner)
- Earl Warren (Supreme Court Justice, Governor of California, & the 1948 Republican Party nominee for Vice President. Norwegian father, Swedish mother)
X
Y
Z
- Renée Zellweger (Actress. Norwegian mother, Swiss-German father)
- Vera Zorina (Actress & Dancer)
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