Editing Anoka, Minnesota (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Flora Aldrich]], physician and writer
*[[Stub Allison]], American college football coach
*[[Dale Arnold]], sportscaster, co-host of the [[WEEI-FM]] ''Dale & Holley (with Keefe) Show'' and the [[Boston Bruins]] pre- and postgame shows on [[NESN]], resided in Anoka
*[[Michele Bachmann]], U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 6th District, was raised in Anoka and graduated from Anoka High School in 1974
*[[Theodora Bean]] (1871–1926), American journalist and suffragist
*[[Gretchen Carlson]], former [[Fox News Channel]] anchor, 1989's [[Miss America]], and celebrity spokesperson for [[March of Dimes]]
*[[Larry Constantine]], computer software pioneer and author, was raised in Anoka and graduated from Anoka High School in 1961
*[[Jake Deitchler]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|wrestler]], graduated from Anoka High School in 2008
*[[Herbert Funk Goodrich]], a former judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]], was born in Anoka
*[[Anna Arnold Hedgeman]], first African American to earn a B.A. from Hamline University and the first African American woman to hold a mayoral cabinet position in the history of New York.
*[[Garrison Keillor]], radio host of ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' and author, born in Anoka and graduated from Anoka High School
*[[Ernest A. Larsen]], Minnesota state legislator and educator
*[[Tom Mangan]], Minnesota state legislator and educator
*[[Steve Nelson (American football)|Steve Nelson]], son of Anoka High School head football coach Stan Nelson, linebacker for the New England Patriots in the late 1970s
*[[Brandon Paulson]], U.S. [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|wrestler]], 1996 silver medalist, graduated from Anoka High School in 1992
*[[Briana Scurry]], [[United States women's national soccer team]] goalie, graduated from Anoka High School in 1990
*[[Sean Sherk]], former [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] lightweight champion
*[[Richard K. Sorenson]], [[Master Sergeant#United States|master sergeant]], [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]], was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for his heroism in the [[Battle of Kwajalein|Marshall Islands]] of the [[Pacific War|South Pacific]] in February 1944<ref name="Soreson_RK.htm">[http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Soreson_RK.htm Richard K. Sorenson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208205543/http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Soreson_RK.htm |date=2006-12-08 }}, [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]] History Division, web site accessed 20 January 2007</ref> Rick Sorenson Park in downtown Anoka is named for him.
*[[Matt Sorteberg]] (born 1986), professional ice hockey defenceman 
*[[Robert Stewart Sparks]], Los Angeles, California, city council member, 1925–27
*[[Bill Tuttle]], major league baseball player of the 1950s and 1960s
*[[Dick Wildung]], player for the [[Green Bay Packers]]