20 Notable alumni of
Gustavus Adolphus College
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Gustavus Adolphus College is 1948th in the world, 670th in North America, and 629th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Gustavus Adolphus College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Peter Krause
- Enrolled in Gustavus Adolphus College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- television actordirectoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Peter William Krause is an American actor, director, and producer. He has held leading roles across multiple acclaimed television series, portraying Casey McCall on Sports Night (1998–2000), Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under (2001–2005), Nick George on Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009), Adam Braverman on Parenthood (2010–2015), Benjamin Jones on The Catch (2016–2017), and Bobby Nash on Fox/ABC's 9-1-1 (2018–2025).
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Steve Zahn
- Occupations
- film actorcomedianstage actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Steven James Zahn is an American actor.
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Gwen Walz
- Occupations
- community leaderacademic administratoreducator
- Biography
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Gwen Walz is an American educator and public school administrator. She is the 39th First Lady of Minnesota as of 2019 and the wife of Governor Tim Walz. Her husband was the Democratic Party candidate for vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election.
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Jack Bergman
- Enrolled in Gustavus Adolphus College
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- business executivemilitary officeraircraft pilotpolitician
- Biography
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John Warren Bergman is an American politician and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district since 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Kurt Elling
- Occupations
- composersongwriterjazz musiciansinger
- Biography
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Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer and songwriter.
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James M. McPherson
- Occupations
- historianwriteruniversity teacher
- Biography
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James Munro McPherson is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War. He is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. McPherson was the president of the American Historical Association in 2003.
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Margaret Anderson Kelliher
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Margaret Anderson Kelliher is an American politician, City Operations Officer for the City of Minneapolis, former Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works, former Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 60A, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. First elected in 1999, she served until 2011, also serving as the Speaker from 2007 to 2011. She is the second woman (after Dee Long) to hold the position of House speaker. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the DFL nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 2010 gubernatorial election, losing to former Senator Mark Dayton. Anderson left the Minnesota House of Representatives at the conclusion of her term in 2011 and re-entered politics when she ran for the DFL nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota's 5th congressional district in 2018, losing to Ilhan Omar. Since 2019 Kelliher, has worked in transportation management roles for the government, first as Commissioner of MnDOT, and later as Director of Public Works for the City of Minneapolis. She currently serves as the City Operations Officer for the City of Minneapolis.
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Harold LeVander
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Karl Harold Phillip LeVander was an American attorney and politician. A Republican, he served as the 32nd governor of Minnesota from January 2, 1967 to January 4, 1971, after defeating incumbent governor Karl Rolvaag in the 1966 election.
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Luther Youngdahl
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Luther Wallace Youngdahl was an American judge and politician who served as the 27th governor of Minnesota and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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G. Barry Anderson
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Grant Barry Anderson is a former associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He previously served as a member of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
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Patsy O'Connell Sherman
- Occupations
- inventorchemist
- Biography
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Patsy O’Connell Sherman was an American chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard, a 3M brand of products, a stain repellent and durable water repellent.
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Mark W. Bennett
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Mark Warren Bennett is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and a professor at Drake University Law School.
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David Hann
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David W. Hann is an American politician and a former minority leader of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican, he represented District 48, which consisted of the cities of Eden Prairie and Minnetonka, from 2003-2017. He was the chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota from 2021 to 2024.
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Adolph Olson Eberhart
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Adolph Olson Eberhart was an American politician, who served as the 17th governor of Minnesota.
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Steve Heitzeg
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Steve Heitzeg is an American composer whose works include compositions for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensemble, ballet, and film.
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Clarence R. Magney
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Clarence R. Magney was an American attorney, lawyer, and jurist who served as the mayor of Duluth from 1917 to 1920 and associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1943 to 1953.
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Nicholas Legeros
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- sculptor
- Biography
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Nicholas Legeros is an American (Minnesotan) bronze sculptor. Working from his studio building Blue Ribbon Bronze in Northeast Minneapolis, Nick has created over 500 sculptures in his career. His most prominent works can be found in the Twin Cities and Hudson, Wisconsin. In addition to his work as a sculptor, Nick is an active artist advocate and has been president of the Society of Minnesota Sculptors (1988-1995), president of the Northeast Minneapolis Artists Association (2007-2009), and served on many boards including the Northeast Community Development Corporation.
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Mike Goggin
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael P. Goggin is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 21 in southeastern Minnesota.
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Oscar A. Swenson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Oscar A. Swenson was an American politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He served two decades in the Minnesota House of Representatives, and another 14 years in the Minnesota Senate.
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Thomas Herman Johnson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Herman Johnson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1922, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Tobias Norris. Johnson was a member of the Liberal Party.
