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

• Bernt Balchen (Aviator & Explorer)
• Jakob Bjerknes (Pioneer in the field of Meteorology)
• Robert Bly (Poet & Author)
• Norman Borlaug (Agronomist & Nobel Prize Winner. Responsible for helping hundreds of millions of people in third-world countries survive by improving methods of food production. The "Father of the Green Revolution")

C

• James Cagney (Actor. Norwegian mother)

D

• Arlene Dahl (Actress)
• Blossom Dearie (Singer. Norwegian mother)
• Babe Didrikson (Athlete)

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

• Joseph Hansen (Author)
• Mark S. Hanson (Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America & President of the Lutheran World Federation)
• Knut Haukelid (WWII hero. Twin brother of Sigrid Gurie)
• Hans Christian Heg (Early Norwegian immigrant—from Lier—to America. Became Wisconsin state prison commissioner & was the first Scandinavian elected to statewide office in that state. Anti-slavery activist. Helped form and led a Union Army Brigade composed entirely of Scandinavian volunteers during the Civil War)
• Sonja Henie (Actress & Ice-Skater)
• Conrad Hilton (Hotel Owner. Developed the world-famous and successful Hilton Hotel chain)
• Celeste Holm (Actress)
• Hubert H. Humphrey (Served as Vice President under President Lyndon Johnson, and was the Democratic party's nominee for president in 1968)

I

• none registered

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

• Vendela Kirsebom (Supermodel. Norwegian mother, Swedish father)
• Garrison Keillor (Author and NPR Radio Host)

L

• Carole Landis (Actress)
• Lorna Landvik (Author)
• Lise Lunge-Larsen (Children's Author & Professor)
• Ernest O. Lawrence (Inventor & Nobel Prize Winner)
• Kristanna Loken (Actress)

M

• E.G. (“Everett Gunnar”) Marshall (Actor)
• Robert Mitchum (Actor)
• Walter Mondale (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)
• Marilyn Monroe (Actress. Birth name: Norma Jean Mortensen. Illegitimate daughter of actor Edward Mortensen)
• Harry Morgan (Actor. Born Harry Bratsburg. Norwegian father, Swedish mother)

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

• Floyd B. Olson (former governor of Minnesota. Leader of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, which became Minnesota's Democratic Party)
• Casper Oimoen (Skier)
• Lars Onsager (Chemist & Physicist. Nobel Prize Winner)

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

• none registered

R

• Sally Ride (Astronaut)
• Knute Rockne (Football Innovator & Coach)
• Ole Rølvaag (Novelist & Professor)
• Finn Ronne (Polar Explorer)
• Karl Rove (Senior Advisor & chief political strategist for George Bush)

S

• Martin Sabo (Congressman (D) from Minnesota since 1979)
• Marta Sandal (Concert Singer)
• Pete Sanstol (Boxer)
• Atle Selberg (Professor of Mathematics)
• Eric Sevareid (Newspaper reporter turned television news commentator. Served with the world-famous Walter Cronkite)
• Ole Singstad (Tunnel builder)
• William S. Skylstad (Catholic Bishop, President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Karsten Solheim (Businessman & Innovator)
• Kevin Sorbo (Actor)
• Jan Stenerud (Football innovator and player (Legendary Kicker); Hall of Fame Inductee)

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

• none registered

V

• Oswald Veblen (Mathemetician)
• Thorstein Veblen (Economist, Professor, & Social Commentator. Coined the term "Conspicuous Consumption")
• Andrew Volstead (Politician. Author of the Volstead Act, which provided for the enforcement of Prohibition)

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

• none registered

Y

• none registered

Z

• Renée Zellweger (Actress. Norwegian mother, Swiss-German father)
• Vera Zorina (Actress & Dancer)

See also

• Norwegians
• List of famous Norwegians

External links

• The Norwegian-American Homepage (http://www.lawzone.com/half-nor/hallfame.html) – Hosted by www.lawzone.com