Editing Northfield, Minnesota (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Peter Agre]] (born January 30, 1949), Nobel laureate in chemistry
* [[Adelbert Ames]] (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933), [[Union Army]] general during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]
* [[Cyril Archibald]] (1837 – April 13, 1914), member of Canadian Parliament
* [[Ian Barbour]] (October 5, 1923 – December 24, 2013), winner of 1999 [[Templeton Prize]]
* [[Steven Brust]] (born November 23, 1955), author and musician
* [[Mataeo Bunbury]] (born June 13, 2005), soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mataeo Bunbury |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/mataeo-bunbury/ |access-date=February 16, 2025 |website=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref>
* [[Lincoln Child]] (born 1957), author
* [[F. Melius Christiansen]] (April 1, 1871 – June 1, 1955), pioneer of ''[[a cappella]]'' choral music
* [[Raymond Cox]] (1951–2017), Minnesota state legislator and businessman
* [[Michael Dorris]] (January 30, 1945 – April 10, 1997), author
* [[Joan N. Ericksen]] (born 1954), United States District Court judge
* [[Ralph B. Goodhue]] (January 27, 1878 - January 18, 1960), Minnesota state senator and farmer
* [[Laurence McKinley Gould]] (August 22, 1896 – June 21, 1995), geologist, educator, polar explorer
* [[Joel Heatwole]] (August 22, 1856 – April 4, 1910), [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]]
* [[Lucius Roy Holbrook]] (April 30, 1875 – October 19, 1952), [[U.S. Army]] [[major general]]
* [[Alexandra Holden]] (born April 30, 1977), actress
* [[Siri Hustvedt]] (born February 19, 1955), author, poet, and essayist
* [[Justin Kloos]], NHL player for the [[Anaheim Ducks]]
* [[Thomas M. Neuville]] (January 31, 1950 – January 26, 2022), Minnesota state senator and judge
* [[Grace Fallow Norton]] (October 29, 1876 – 1962), poet
* [[Karl Rolvaag]] (July 18, 1913 – December 20, 1990), governor of Minnesota
* [[Ole Edvart Rølvaag]] (April 22, 1876 – November 5, 1931), author
* [[Gilmore Schjeldahl]] (June 1, 1912 – March 10, 2002), inventor and entrepreneur
* [[Peter Schjeldahl]] (March 20, 1942 - October 21, 2022), art critic and writer
* [[Marilyn Sellars]] (born 1944), country music singer
* [[Chad Setterstrom]] (born June 13, 1980), professional football player
* [[Mark Setterstrom]] (born March 3, 1984), professional football player
* [[Edward Sövik]] (June 9, 1918 – May 4, 2014), architect, liturgist
* [[Steve Strachan (sheriff)|Steve Strachan]] (born January 26, 1965), former member of the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]]
* [[Edward John Thye]] (April 26, 1896 – August 28, 1969), governor of Minnesota and U.S. Senator
* [[Thorstein Veblen]] (July 30, 1857 – August 3, 1929), economist and sociologist
* [[Paul Wellstone]] (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002), U.S. Senator
* [[Jon Wee]] (born 1965?), professional juggler
* [[Johnny Western]] (born October 28, 1934), singer-songwriter, actor, radio host
* [[Charles Augustus Wheaton]] (July 1, 1809, - March 14, 1882), major figure in the [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] movement and [[Underground Railroad]]
* [[William Cullen Wilcox|Ida Belle Clary Wilcox]] (August 6, 1850 – January 26, 1928), missionary honored by South Africa in 2009<ref name=northfield>{{cite news|last=Cohn|first=Jacob|title=Professor Cherif Keita's Documentary Film "Cemetery Stories" Links South Africa to Northfield|url=http://apps.carleton.edu/community/news/?story_id=939608|access-date=August 1, 2013|newspaper=Carleton College|date=January 25, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jerome J. Workman Jr.]] (born August 6, 1952), American spectroscopist, editor, author