21 Notable alumni of
Minnesota State University Moorhead
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Minnesota State University Moorhead is 1800th in the world, 627th in North America, and 591st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Minnesota State University Moorhead sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kevin Sorbo
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm actorfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Kevin David Sorbo is an American actor. He has had starring roles in two television series: as Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and as Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda (2000–2005). In between his years playing Hercules, Sorbo played his first leading film role in the 1997 fantasy film Kull the Conqueror.
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Barkhad Abdi
- Occupations
- film actorfilm directorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Barkhad Abdi is a Somali–American actor. He made his acting debut as the pirate Abduwali Muse in the biographical drama film Captain Phillips (2013), which earned him a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, along with Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
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Clint Hill
- Occupations
- bodyguardintelligence agentU.S. Secret Service agent
- Biography
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Clinton J. Hill is a former U.S. Secret Service agent who served under five United States presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gerald Ford. Hill is best known for his act of bravery on November 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. During the assassination, Hill ran into the line of fire from the Secret Service followup car, leaped onto the back of the presidential car, and shielded the stricken president and the First Lady with his own body as the car raced to Parkland Memorial Hospital. His act is documented in film footage by Abraham Zapruder. Since the death of Nellie Connally in 2006, Hill is the last surviving person who was inside the presidential limousine that day.
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Nikita Koloff
- Occupations
- professional wrestleractorAmerican football player
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Nikita Koloff is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions and its successor, World Championship Wrestling between 1984 and 1992, where he was billed from Russia (and, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania). During his career, Koloff held championships including the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, NWA United States Championship, NWA World Television Championship, and UWF World Television Championship. He was inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006 and the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame of 2008.
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Marc Trestman
- Occupations
- American football coachCanadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Marc Marlyn Trestman is an American professional football coach. He led the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) to back-to-back Grey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010, and another as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in 2017. He was also named CFL Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2017. He has also coached in the National Football League (NFL).
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Ed Schultz
- Occupations
- television presenterradio personalityCanadian football playerpunditsports commentator
- Biography
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Edward Andrew Schultz was an American television and radio host, political commentator, news anchor and sports broadcaster.
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David Joerger
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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David Joerger is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach of the Dakota Wizards from 2000 to 2004 and in 2006–2007 in the International Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association, and the NBA Development League, winning championships in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2007. He also coached the Sioux Falls Skyforce from 2004 to 2006, winning a championship in 2005. In the NBA, Joerger served as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies from 2013 to 2016, and Sacramento Kings from 2016 to 2019.
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Collin Peterson
- Enrolled in Minnesota State University Moorhead
- In 1966 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- accountantpolitician
- Biography
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Collin Clark Peterson is an American accountant, politician, and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 7th congressional district from 1991 to 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he was chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture from 2019 to 2021 having previously held the office from 2007 to 2011; he had been ranking member from 2011 to 2019 and 2005 to 2007. Peterson was the most senior U.S. Representative from Minnesota and the dean of Minnesota's congressional delegation. In 2020, Peterson was defeated by Michelle Fischbach, ending his 30-year tenure in the United States House of Representatives. In 2022, Peterson registered as a federal lobbyist after opening an eponymous consulting firm.
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Dane Boedigheimer
- Occupations
- film producersingervoice actor
- Biography
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Dane Willard Boedigheimer, better known by their pseudonym Dane Boe, is an American internet personality, voice actress, writer, animator, and musician. They are known for creating the web series Annoying Orange and the spin-off television series The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange; Boedigheimer provides the voice of the title character in both productions.
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Patrick Volkerding
- Occupations
- businesspersonprogrammersoftware developercomputer scientistengineer
- Biography
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Patrick Volkerding is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution. Volkerding is Slackware's "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL), and is also known informally as "The Man".
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Jan Maxwell
- Occupations
- stage actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Janice Elaine Maxwell was an American stage and television actress. She was a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner. In a career spanning over thirty years, Maxwell was one of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed stage actresses of her time.
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Bradley Joseph
- Occupations
- recording artistcomposerjazz musicianpianistmusic director
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Bradley Joseph is an American composer, arranger, and producer of contemporary instrumental music. His compositions include works for orchestras, quartets and solo piano pieces. He has been active since 1983, and he has played various instruments in rock bands throughout the Midwest. In 1989, the Greek composer Yanni hired him for his core band, after hearing a tape of his original compositions. He was a featured concert keyboard player with Yanni on six major tours, most recently in 2003 for the 60-city Ethnicity tour.
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Bob Bowlsby
- Occupations
- athlete
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Robert Addison Bowlsby is an American college athletic administrator. Bowlsby most recently was the fourth commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, a position he held from 2012 to 2022. Prior to that position, he served as the athletic director at the University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa, and Stanford University.
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Tammy Miller
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Tammy Miller is an American politician and corporate executive from North Dakota. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 39th lieutenant governor of North Dakota from 2023 to 2024. Miller was appointed by Governor Doug Burgum, following Lieutenant Governor Brent Sanford's resignation.
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Roger Moe
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Roger Moe is an American politician who served as a member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for governor in the 2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
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Neil Tapio
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Neal Tapio is an American businessman, South Dakota state senator, and a former candidate for U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district. Tapio gained attention as an early supporter of Donald Trump and served as the Trump presidential campaign director for South Dakota.
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Tim Purdon
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Timothy Q. Purdon is a lawyer who served as the 18th United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota from 2010 to 2015. He is now a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP.
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Skip Finn
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Harold Raymond "Skip" Finn was an American politician, who represented Minnesota's 4th district in the Minnesota Senate as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
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S. D. Nelson
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
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SD Nelson was born Stephen D. Nelson at the United States Army Station Hospital in Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is an American illustrator and author of many children's books including Black Elk’s Vision, Gift Horse, The Star People and Buffalo Bird Girl. Nelson's work has been praised as “stirring, inspirational, original and beautifully illustrated”. His books have received the American Indian Library Association – Honor Book Award 2016.; the Spur Award – Western Writers of America 2004, 2006 (Finalist Awards 2005, 2011, 2016); the Notable Book Award – American Library Association 2001, 2011, and the Bluebonnet Master List Award – Texas Library Association 2011.
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Delrae Knutson
- Occupations
- stage actoractor
- Biography
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Delrae Knutson is a stage actress and singer from Minnesota, USA specializing in musical comedy. She started her career in 1981 and has performed in theaters throughout the United States and Canada, though most of her work has been in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, USA.
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Rod Halvorson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rodney N. Halvorson is an Iowa state legislator and political activist in Iowa and his home state of Minnesota. Halvorson was born and raised in Appleton, Minnesota. A Democrat, he served Webster and Calhoun county in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 1999, representing the 7th District. From 1979 to 1995, he served Fort Dodge and Webster county in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing the 46th and 13th Districts.
