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==Notable people== <!-- Note: · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. · The article must mention how they are associated with <city name>, whether born, raised, or residing. · The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited. · Alphabetical by last name please. · All others will be deleted. --> {{div col}} * [[James Harvey Brown]] (1906–1995), Los Angeles City Council member and municipal court judge, born in Jamestown<ref name=PoliticalGraveyard>{{cite web|author=Lawrence Kestenbaum |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/shriners.html |title=Political Graveyard |publisher=Political Graveyard |access-date=February 16, 2013}}</ref> * [[Anne Carlsen]] (1915–2002), nationally recognized educator, disability rights advocate, and psychologist who lived in Jamestown for 40 plus years and for whom the Anne Carlsen School and Center is named<ref name="auto1">{{cite journal |editor1-last=McGuire |editor1-first=Russell R. |title=North Dakota Woman Ph.D. Wins 1958 President's Trophy |journal=Performance: The Story of the Handicapped |date=May 1959 |volume=IX |issue=11 |page=1,13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqhGAQAAIAAJ&q=Carlsen |access-date=January 2, 2021 |publisher=The President's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped |location=Stanford University}}</ref> * [[Alf Clausen]], film and television score composer (''[[The Simpsons]]'') * [[Edward P. J. Corbett]], English professor at the [[Ohio State University]], born in Jamestown * [[William E. DePuy]], U.S. Army general and first commander of [[United States Army Training and Doctrine Command|TRADOC]] * [[Alfred Dickey]] (1846–1901), first [[Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota]] * [[Willis Downs]], Philippine–American War era [[List of Medal of Honor recipients|Medal of Honor]] recipient * [[Roy S. Durstine]] (1886–1962), co-founder of [[BBDO]] advertising agency, born in Jamestown * [[Darin Erstad]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player * [[Morris E. Fine]], educator * [[Michael John Fitzmaurice]], a former [[United States Army Corps|United States Army]] soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the [[Medal of Honor]]—for his actions in the Vietnam War * [[John Grabinger]], North Dakota Senator * [[Travis Hafner]], former Major League Baseball player for the [[Cleveland Indians]] and [[New York Yankees]] * [[Richard Hieb]], astronaut * [[George W. Johnson (academic)|George W. Johnson]], President of [[George Mason University]] (1979–1996)<ref name=wpost>{{cite news |first=T. Rees|last=Shapiro |title=George W. Johnson, college president who transformed GMU, dies at 88 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-w-johnson-college-president-who-transformed-gmu-dies-at-88/2017/06/03/473a9fe2-4875-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> * [[Anton Klaus]], Mayor of [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] * [[John Knauf]], [[justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John Knauf |url=https://www.ndcourts.gov/john-knauf |website=www.ndcourts.gov |access-date=October 7, 2022}}</ref> * [[Louis L'Amour]], author * [[Peggy Lee]], jazz singer and composer * [[Lewis Marquardt]], South Dakota state representative and educator * [[Barbara McClintock (illustrator)|Barbara McClintock]], children's book illustrator * [[Jim Ramstad]], Minnesota politician * [[Floyd Roberts]], winner of [[1938 Indianapolis 500]] * [[Ronda Rousey]], UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion & WWE Raw, SmackDown, and Tag Team Champion * [[Myrna Sharlow]], opera singer * [[Rodney Stark]], American sociologist of religion * [[Shadoe Stevens]], radio personality * [[Mya Taylor]], actress * [[Charles F. Thompson]], U.S. Army major general<ref>{{cite book |last=Hilkert |first=David E. |date=2004 |title=Chiefs of the Army Reserve: Biographical Sketches of the United States Army Reserve's Senior Officers |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/28598523/chiefs-of-the-army-reserve-us-army-reserve |location=Fort McPherson, GA |publisher=Office of Army Reserve History, United States Army Reserve Command |page=25 |via=Yumpu.com |ref={{sfnRef|Hilkert}}}}</ref> * [[Harley Venton]], actor * [[Charles Lewis Camp]], paleontologist and zoologist {{div col end}}
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