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==Notable people== [[Image:GagHouse.JPG|thumb|upright|Wanda Gág House]] * [[David Rysdahl]], actor, born in New Ulm in 1987. * [[Ali Bernard]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic]] wrestler, born in New Ulm in 1986. * [[Joseph Bobleter]], newspaper editor, Minnesota legislator, and mayor of New Ulm. * [[Kathryn Adams Doty]], actress, born in New Ulm in 1920; married to actor [[Hugh Beaumont]] of ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' television show fame. * [[Marion Downs (audiologist)|Marion Downs]], audiologist who pioneered newborn hearing screening, born in New Ulm in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marion Downs|url=http://www.cogreatwomen.org/project/marion-downs/|website=Colorado Women's Hall of Fame|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> * [[Robert A. Duin]], [[U.S. Coast Guard]] Rear Admiral, born in New Ulm in 1924. * [[Tony Eckstein]], former Minnesota politician, [[Minnesota House of Representatives|legislator]] and New Ulm mayor, born in New Ulm in 1923.[http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/506304.html] * [[Dennis R. Frederickson]], Minnesota state legislator * [[Wanda Gág]], author and artist, born in New Ulm in 1893. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070216085224/http://www.newulmweb.com/citylights/gag/gag.htm] Her childhood home is open to tour. * [[Tippi Hedren]], actress, born in New Ulm in 1930; [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001335/] She starred in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s films ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]'' and ''[[Marnie (film)|Marnie]]''. * [[Ben D. Hughes]], farmer and Minnesota state legislator * [[Harold G. Krieger]], Minnesota state senator and judge, born in New Ulm in 1926. * [[John Lind (politician)|John Lind]], although born in [[Sweden]], immigrated to the United States and called New Ulm his hometown. He was a successful lawyer and the 14th governor of Minnesota [https://web.archive.org/web/20070206132950/http://www.newulm.com/about/history.html] from 1899 to 1901. He later served as a United States [[Congressman]] from 1903 to 1905. * [[Harold Loeffelmacher]], polka band leader, born near New Ulm in 1905, organized The [[Six Fat Dutchmen]] in New Ulm during the 1930s. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208080845/http://www.internationalpolka.com/loeffelmacher.htm] His band played polka music all over the United States. * [[Brad Lohaus]], retired [[National Basketball Association]] player, born in New Ulm in 1964. * [[William Pfaender]], businessman, Minnesota state treasurer, and legislator; served as mayor of New Ulm. * [[August Schell]] moved to New Ulm from Germany in 1848, starting the [[August Schell Brewing Company]]. The brewery is still in business today. He died in New Ulm in 1891. *[[Flip Schulke]], photojournalist who traveled with [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] * [[Terry Steinbach]], former [[Oakland A's]] catcher, born in New Ulm in 1962. A three-time All-Star and in 1988 was voted the All-Star Game [[Most valuable player|MVP]]. * [[Thomas O. Streissguth]], Minnesota Supreme Court justice. * [[Lenore Ulric]], actress and movie star, born in New Ulm in 1892. * [[Hal Wick]], South Dakota state legislator, born in New Ulm in 1944. * [[Whoopee John Wilfahrt]], born in 1893, on a farm near New Ulm. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080219102337/http://www.internationalpolka.com/wilfahrt.htm] He became the leader of one of the most successful [[polka]] bands in the nation.
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