68 Notable alumni of
University of Minnesota - Duluth
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The University of Minnesota - Duluth is 1047th in the world, 384th in North America, and 361st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 68 notable alumni from the University of Minnesota - Duluth sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jeff Monson
- Enrolled in the University of Minnesota - Duluth
- Graduated with Master of Arts in psychology
- Occupations
- politicianmixed martial arts fighterboxerBrazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner
- Biography
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Jeffrey William Monson is an American-born Russian mixed martial artist, boxer, and submission grappler who competes primarily in the heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 1997, he has competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, DREAM, PRIDE, M-1 Global, Impact FC, World Victory Road, and Cage Warriors. In submission wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Monson is a two-time ADCC World Champion and a no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion.
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Brett Hull
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Brett Andrew Hull is a Canadian–American former ice hockey player and general manager, and currently an executive vice president of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and Phoenix Coyotes between 1986 and 2005. His career total of 741 goals is fifth highest in NHL history, and he is one of five players to score 50 goals in 50 games. He was a member of two Stanley Cup winning teams — 1999 with the Dallas Stars and 2002 with the Detroit Red Wings. In 2017, Hull was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.
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Lorenzo Music
- Occupations
- screenwritervoice actorwritermusiciantelevision producer
- Biography
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Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music was an American actor, composer, musician, performer, writer and producer. Music began his career in the 1960s with his wife, Henrietta, forming the comedy duo Gerald and His Hen. He then became a writer and a regular performer on the controversial CBS variety show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. In the 1970s, Music co-created the sitcom The Bob Newhart Show with David Davis and composed its theme music with his wife. He also wrote episodes for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, and got a major voiceover role for playing the unseen, but often heard, Carlton the Doorman in Rhoda. Music gained fame in the 1980s for voicing Jim Davis' comic strip character Garfield in twelve animated specials, and later an animated series, video games, and commercials. His distinctive voice of Garfield was also emulated by other actors following his death in 2001.
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Amit Singhal
- Occupations
- computer scientistsoftware engineer
- Biography
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Amitabh Kumar "Amit" Singhal is a former senior vice president at Google Inc., having been a Google Fellow and the head of Google's Search team for 15 years.
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Mark Pavelich
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Mark Thomas Pavelich was an American professional ice hockey forward who played 355 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, and San Jose Sharks between 1981 and 1991. Pavelich was a member of the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal.
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Matt Niskanen
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Matthew Norman Niskanen is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and Philadelphia Flyers from 2007 to 2020.
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J. T. Brown
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Joshua Thomas Brown is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota Wild. He is a TV analyst for the Seattle Kraken.
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Calahan Skogman
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Calahan Wade Skogman is an American actor, writer and former collegiate basketball and football player. He played Matthias Helvar in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023).
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Brian Kobilka
- Occupations
- physicianphysicistchemistuniversity teacherbiophysicist
- Biography
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Brian Kent Kobilka is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for discoveries that reveal the workings of G protein-coupled receptors. He is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also a co-founder of ConfometRx, a biotechnology company focusing on G protein-coupled receptors. He was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.
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Bob Davidson
- Occupations
- baseball umpire
- Biography
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Robert Allan Davidson is a former umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Balkin' Bob" and "Balk-a-Day Bob" for his tendency to liberally invoke baseball's balk rule, Davidson was an umpire on the National League (NL) staff from 1982 to 1999, and he was on the combined MLB umpiring staff from 2005 to 2016. He worked one World Series (1992) and several other postseason series.
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Justin Faulk
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Justin Michael Faulk is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Carolina Hurricanes for the first eight years of his career. He was selected by the Hurricanes in the 2nd round (37th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
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Jason Garrison
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jason John Maxwell Garrison is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League (AHL). Garrison played two years of Junior A with the Nanaimo Clippers of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), during which time he earned a scholarship to play college hockey with the University of Minnesota Duluth. Following his third NCAA year, he signed with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) as an undrafted free agent in 2008. Garrison spent four years with the Panthers organization, setting franchise records for single-season goals and power play goals by a defenceman in 2011–12.
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Alex Stalock
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Alexander Stalock is an American sports commentator and former professional ice hockey goaltender. Stalock was originally drafted 112th overall in the 2005 NHL entry draft by the San Jose Sharks, and also played for the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks. Following his playing career, Stalock began a broadcasting career with the Sharks as a radio color commentator.
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Mason Raymond
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Mason Evan Raymond is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and the Anaheim Ducks. He represented Canada in South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Caroline Ouellette
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Caroline Ouellette OC is a Canadian former ice hockey player and current associate head coach of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program. She was a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Canadiennes de Montreal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Among her many accomplishments are four Olympic gold medals, 12 IIHF Women's World Championship medals (six gold, six silver), 12 Four Nations Cup medals (eight gold, four silver) and four Clarkson Cup championships.
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Chico Resch
- Occupations
- ice hockey playersports commentator
- Biography
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Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey goaltender and television sportscaster. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, and won a Stanley Cup with the New York Islanders in 1979–80. He has served as the color commentator for telecasts of New Jersey Devils games on MSG Network and MSG Plus.
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Amanda Lee
- Occupations
- United States Naval Aviator
- Biography
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Amanda Lee is a naval aviator in the United States Navy. She was selected in June 2022 as the first female fighter jet pilot in the elite Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Lee made her debut as the Left Wing demo pilot in the number three jet on March 11, 2023, in El Centro, California, and is currently the Slot Pilot in the number four jet. She uses the call sign "Stalin".
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David Oreck
- Occupations
- spokesperson
- Biography
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David Irving Oreck was an American entrepreneur, business salesman, and speaker. He founded Oreck Corporation, manufacturers of vacuum cleaners and air purifiers, and was known for his appearances in its television commercials.
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Neal Pionk
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Neal Robert Pionk is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted player, Pionk was signed by the New York Rangers as a college free agent from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2017.
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Alex Iafallo
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Alexander Iafallo is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Los Angeles Kings.
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Maria Rooth
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Maria Elisabeth Rooth is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. She is the only University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey player to have her jersey retired. Rooth was alternate captain and one of the most experienced players on the Swedish national team beginning in 1996.
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Carson Soucy
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Carson Soucy is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Minnesota Wild, 137th overall, in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
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Jocelyne Larocque
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jocelyne Dawn Marie Larocque is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played in the PWHPA, with the Toronto Sceptres of the PWHL, Calgary Inferno and Markham Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the Calgary Oval X-Treme and Manitoba Maple Leafs of the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL), and the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). With the Bulldogs, she was a two-time NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament champion (2008, 2010). Larocque is of Métis heritage and was the first Indigenous athlete to participate in the women's ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics.
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Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil
- Occupations
- astronomer
- Biography
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Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil is a Turkish-American astrophysicist, and Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College. She formerly served as a National Science Foundation and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago. Her research led to a discovery of an extremely rare galaxy with a unique double-ringed elliptical structure, which is now commonly referred to as Burcin's Galaxy. She was also a 2018 TED Fellow, and a 2020 TED Senior Fellow.
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Kasimir Kaskisuo
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Kasimir Kaskisuo is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Norfolk Admirals of the ECHL. He has previously played for Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), as well as the Toronto Maple Leafs and Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Zvezdelina Stankova
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Zvezdelina Entcheva Stankova is an American mathematician who is a professor of mathematics at Mills College and a teaching professor at the University of California, Berkeley, the founder of the Berkeley Math Circle, and an expert in the combinatorial enumeration of permutations with forbidden patterns.
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Joey Anderson
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Joseph Thomas Anderson is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He also previously played for the New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Emily Larson
- Enrolled in the University of Minnesota - Duluth
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Emily Larson is an American politician and former mayor of Duluth, Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
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John Linder
- Enrolled in the University of Minnesota - Duluth
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officerdentist
- Biography
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John Elmer Linder is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011. His district was numbered the 4th from 1993 to 1997, the 11th from 1997 to 2003, and the 7th from 2003 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Karson Kuhlman
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Karson Kuhlman is an American professional ice hockey center for Lukko of the Liiga. He has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Seattle Kraken and Winnipeg Jets.
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Yvonne Prettner Solon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yvonne Prettner Solon is an American politician who served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Minnesota, from 2011 to 2015. She is the sixth consecutive woman to serve in that capacity and is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. She served with Governor Mark Dayton, who successfully ran for reelection, while she chose to retire at the end of her term.
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Jay Rosehill
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jay Rosehill is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Manchester Storm of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Rosehill was mostly known as an enforcer in hockey. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
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Tom Rukavina
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Rukavina was an American politician and a Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1987 to 2013. In 2010 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota, seeking the DFL nomination. He was a St. Louis County commissioner from 2015 to 2018.
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Jack Connolly
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jack Connolly is an American former professional ice hockey center who played twelve seasons in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He played college hockey for the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.
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Erika Holst
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerassociation football player
- Biography
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Ylva Erika Holst is a Swedish former ice hockey player. She was a member of the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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Bruce A. Carlson
- Occupations
- priestmilitary officer
- Biography
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Bruce Allen Carlson, was the 17th Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He is a former four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the sixth Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The command conducts research, development, test and evaluation, and provides acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. After over 37 years of service, he retired from the Air Force on January 1, 2009. Carlson served as a general authority and a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from April 2009 to October 2015.
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Dylan Olsen
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Dylan D. Olsen is an American and Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who most recently played with the Wichita Thunder of the ECHL. Olsen played for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Olsen was drafted 28th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He played his junior hockey with the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), and played college ice hockey at the University of Minnesota Duluth of the NCAA.
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Hunter Miska
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Hunter Miska is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing with Bridgeport Islanders in the American Hockey League (AHL). He has formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Arizona Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche.
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Haley Irwin
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Haley Lyn Irwin is a Canadian ice hockey player. She was a member of the 2009–10 Hockey Canada national women's team and played for the Calgary Inferno and Montreal Stars of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and played for the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in the NCAA. She served as Canada's captain in a gold-medal winning effort at the 2014 4 Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia.
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Kim Martin
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Kim Kristine Martin Hasson is a retired Swedish goaltender, currently working in the Linköping HC organization. With the Swedish national team she won two Olympic medals, bronze in 2002 and silver in 2006, and two IIHF World Women's Championships bronze medals, in 2005 and 2007. Martin Hasson played in the SDHL with AIK and Linköping HC, in the Russian Women's Hockey League with Tornado Dmitrov, in the NCAA Division I with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, in the J20 SuperElit with the Malmö Redhawks’ junior men's team, and in the J18 Allsvenskan with Hammarby IF's junior men's team.
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Mary Franson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Franson is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represents District 12B, which includes portions of Douglas, Stearns and Pope counties in the west central part of the state. She is also a licensed child care provider and a former employee of AT&T.
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Jenny Schmidgall-Potter
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jennifer Lynn Schmidgall-Potter is an American ice hockey player. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. After, she plays for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League, where she won the league championship and was named MVP for the 2008–09 season. She was selected to the 2010 US Olympic team and was the only mother on the team.
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Liz Olson
- Years
- 1980s
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liz Olson is an American politician who formerly served in the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Olson represented District 8A in northeastern Minnesota, which includes parts of the city of Duluth in St. Louis County.
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Andy Welinski
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Andrew Philip Welinski is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played on a professional tryout (PTO) with the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the third round, 83rd overall, of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
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Jenni Asserholt
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jenni Anna Christina Asserholt is a Swedish retired ice hockey player and current team physical therapist to HV71 Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She played as a forward with HV71 Dam and Linköping HC Dam in the SDHL and with the Swedish women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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Pernilla Winberg
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Pernilla Margareta Stephanie Winberg is a Swedish ice hockey retired forward, who currently serves as a commentator for C More and assistant coach for PWHL Boston. She scored 282 points across her 9 year SDHL career, winning two SDHL championships. She made over 300 appearances for the Swedish national team, winning a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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Jennifer Harß
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerice hockey coach
- Biography
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Jennifer Sandra "Jenny" Harß is a German ice hockey coach and retired goaltender for the German national ice hockey team. A two-time Olympian, she represented Germany at the Winter Olympic Games in 2006 and 2014. During her club career, she tended goal in the German Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga (DFEL), the men's Oberliga, the men's Bayernliga, and with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program in the NCAA Division I.
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Maddie Rooney
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Madeline S. "Maddie" Rooney is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was the starting goaltender for the United States women's national ice hockey team when they won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Saara Niemi
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerice hockey coach
- Biography
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Saara Elisa Niemi née Tuominen is a Finnish ice hockey coach and former player. She has served as head coach of IFK Helsinki in the Auroraliiga since 2018, and as an assistant coach to the Finnish national team since 2021. At the 2006 Torino Olympics, Tuominen competed for Finland. scoring one goal and four assists. She was an alternate captain for Finland's women's ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where the Finns won the bronze medal.
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Iya Gavrilova
- Enrolled in the University of Minnesota - Duluth
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in accounting
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Iya Viktorovna Gavrilova is a Russian ice hockey player, currently affiliated with the Calgary section of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She was a member of the Russian national team from 2003 to 2016 and represented Russia at the Winter Olympic Games in 2006, 2010, and 2014 and at eleven IIHF Women's World Championships, winning bronze medals at the tournaments in 2013 and 2016. At the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain, Gavrilova was part of Russia's gold medal-winning team, the first team to defeat Canada in FISU women's ice hockey history.
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Ashton Bell
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Ashton Bell is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She played college ice hockey at Minnesota Duluth.
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Joyce Peppin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joyce J. Peppin is an American politician and former majority leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 34A, which included portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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Gabbie Hughes
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Gabrielle Marie Hughes is an American professional ice hockey player for the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She played college ice hockey at Minnesota Duluth, where she was a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2022.
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Sydney Brodt
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Sydney Jane Brodt is an American ice hockey player. She has played with Frölunda HC in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) since December 2024. As a member of the United States national team, she won a gold medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.
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Emma Söderberg
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Emma Martine Söderberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She played college ice hockey with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program.
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Michela Cava
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Michela Cava is a Canadian ice hockey centre for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
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Justin Fontaine
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Justin Carl Fontaine is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota Wild.
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Elwyn Tinklenberg
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elwyn "El" Tinklenberg has been an American government official and candidate for public office. He was Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, a city council member and mayor, and a two-time candidate for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination for U.S. Congress from Minnesota's 6th District.
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Susan Gaertner
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Susan Gaertner is a Minnesota politician and the former county attorney for Ramsey County, Minnesota. She was a candidate for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for governor in the 2010 election, and became a principal at Minneapolis-based law firm Gray Plant Mooty.
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Travis Oleksuk
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Travis Oleksuk is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Starbulls Rosenheim in the German Oberliga. Oleksuk most recently iced with EC VSV in the Austrian IceHL. Prior to that, Oleksuk had a short spell with Sheffield Steelers of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Oleksuk also previously played for Graz99ers of the Austrian Hockey League (IceHL).
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Jess Koizumi
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jessica "Jess" Koizumi is an American ice hockey coach and player, currently serving as the associate head coach of the Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program. She won a gold medal as a member of the United States national women's ice hockey team at the 2008 IIHF Women's World Championship. During her playing career, Koizumi played with the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL), the Montreal Stars and the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), and the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She scored the first goal in PHF history in the league’s inaugural game, which featured the Whale facing off against the New York Riveters.
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Josh Meyers
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Josh Meyers is an American former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Krefeld Pinguine in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 7th round (206th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
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Chris Casto
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Chris Casto is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League (AHL).
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Elin Holmlöv
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Elin Anna Maria Holmlöv is a Swedish retired ice hockey player. She plays forward position for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won the bronze medal at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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John Ward
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Ward is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he represented District 10A, which included portions of Crow Wing County in the north central part of the state. He is also a retired teacher and coach.
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Sarah Anderson
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sarah L. Anderson is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 44A, which included a large section of Plymouth, located in western Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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Linnea Hedin
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Linnea Johanna Hedin is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with SDE Hockey. As a member of the Swedish national team, she participated in the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2012 and 2013.
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Jenna McParland
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jenna McParland is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Toronto Six in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).
