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==Notable people== {{Div col}} * [[Marc Anderson]], musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2003/11/14_williamsb_drummer/ |title=Drummer follows musical path from Austin to Africa |last1=Williams |first1=Brandt |website=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> * [[Josh Braaten]], actor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1168813/ |title=Josh Braaten - Actor |author=<!--not stated--> |website=IMDB |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> * [[Philip Brunelle]], conductor, primarily of choral music<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/philip-brunelle-mn0000152695/biography |title=Philip Brunelle - Artist Biography |last1=Cummings |first1=Robert |website=Allmusic |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> * [[Trace Bundy]], instrumental acoustic guitar player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purevolume.com/tracebundy |title=Trace Bundy |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Pure Volume |access-date=March 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910170930/http://www.purevolume.com/tracebundy |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[James W. Davidson]], explorer, writer, diplomat, and philanthropist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertlampard.ca/Books/James_Davidson/james_davidson.html |title=The Life and Times of Rotarian James Wheeler Davidson, FRGS |last1=Lampard |first1=Robert |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Richard Eberhart]], [[United States Poet Laureate]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/richard-eberhart |title=Richard Eberhart |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Poets.org |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Shannon Frid-Rubin]], violinist in [[Cloud Cult]]<ref>[https://www.npr.org/buckets/music/women/artist.php?artistId=121 Shannon Frid, Cloud Cult]. Npr.org. Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref> * [[Jason Gerhardt]], actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/11/05/jason-gerhardt-2/ |title=Jason Gerhardt excited about upcoming birth of son |author=<!--not stated--> |website=People Magazine (online) |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Jackie Graves]], boxer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austindailyherald.com/2011/07/honoring-jackie-graves/ |title=Honoring Jackie Graves |last1=Harringa |first1=Adam |website=Austin Daily Herald |date=July 30, 2011 |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> * [[Matthew Griswold (singer)|Matthew Griswold]], songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.startribune.com/songs-for-and-by-soldiers/95032409/ |title=Matthew Griswold writes songs about war |author=<!β-not stated--> |website=Star Tribune |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Burdette Haldorson]], basketball player and Olympian<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/burdie-haldorson-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/burdie-haldorson-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|title=Burdie Haldorson Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref> * [[Charles Robert Hansen]], businessman, mayor of Austin, Minnesota, and Minnesota state senator<ref>'Charles (Baldy) Hansen dies, was senator, Austin mayor,' ''Minneapolis State Tribune'', Terry Collins, May 24, 2000</ref> * [[Vince Hanson]], basketball player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30400&ATCLID=207874522 |title=Cougar Great Vince Hanson Passes Away |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Washington State Cougars |access-date=March 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404195730/http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30400&ATCLID=207874522 |archive-date=April 4, 2016}}</ref> * [[Amanda Hocking]], writer of [[paranormal romance]] [[young adult fiction]]<ref name=Vezner>{{cite news|last=Vezner|first=Tad|title=Young Austin, Minn., author finds fame β and fortune β publishing her work online|url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_17569329?nclick_check=1|access-date=April 5, 2011|newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|date=April 5, 2011}}</ref> * [[Geordie Hormel]], musician, composer, founder/owner of The Village Recorder music studio in Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394780/ |title=Geordie Hormel |author=<!--not stated--> |website=IMDB |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[George A. Hormel]], founder of [[Hormel Foods]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hormelfoods.com/about/our-history/|title=Our History - About|website=Hormel Foods|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref> * [[James C. Hormel]], United States ambassador to [[Luxembourg]], philanthropist, author<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/hormel_jc.html |title=Hormel, James C. (b. 1931) |author=Rapp, Linda |encyclopedia=glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture |date=March 1, 2004 |access-date=April 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414150718/http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/hormel_jc.html |archive-date=April 14, 2009}}</ref> * [[Jay Catherwood Hormel]], president of Hormel Foods 1929β1954; son of founder George A. Hormel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austindailyherald.com/2002/10/life-behind-the-mansion-doors/ |title=Life behind the mansion doors |last1=Bonorden |first1=Lee |date=October 5, 2002 |website=Austin Daily Herald |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Craig Hutchinson]], film director and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0404327/ |title=Craig Hutchinson |author=<!--not stated--> |website=IMDB |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Hope Jahren]], geochemist and geobiologist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austindailyherald.com/2016/05/a-lasting-impact-austin-native-making-waves-in-science/|title=A lasting impact; Austin native making waves in science|date=May 13, 2016|website=Austin Daily Herald}}</ref> * [[Lee Janzen]], professional golfer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418431/ |title=Lee Janzen |author=<!--not stated--> |website=IMDB |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Molly Kate Kestner]], musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.thecurrent.org/2014/08/molly-kate-kestner-talks-about-staying-grounded-and-starting-college-after-10-million-youtube-views/ |title=Molly Kate Kestner talks about staying grounded |last1=Gabler |first1=Jay |date=August 22, 2014 |website=The Current |publisher=[[Minnesota Public Radio]] |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Jennie Ellis Keysor]], educator, writer<ref name="WillardLivermore-1893">{{cite book |last1=Willard |first1=Frances Elizabeth |author1-link=Frances Willard |last2=Livermore |first2=Mary Ashton Rice |author2-link=Mary Livermore |title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life |year=1893 |publisher=[[Charles Wells Moulton]] |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Jennie_Ellis_Keysor |page=435 |chapter=KEYSOR, Mrs. Jennie Ellis }}</ref> * [[Larry Kramer (American football)|Larry Kramer]], football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=925954 |title=Larry Kramer |author=<!--not stated--> |website=University of Nebraska |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Tom Lehman]], professional golfer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.01677.html |title=Tom Lehman |author=<!--not stated--> |website=PGA Tour |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[John Madden]], former [[Oakland Raiders]] head coach, NFL commentator, and member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=255|title=John Madden |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=December 27, 2012}}</ref> * [[John Maus]], musician<ref>[http://www.mpls.tv/2011/06/23/john-maus-the-sound-of-the-north/ John Maus: The Sound of the North]. Mpls.Tv (June 23, 2011). Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/magazine/the-orchestral-maneuvers-of-john-maus.html?_r=0 |title=The Orchestral Maneuvers of John Maus |last1=Ferguson |first1=Wm. |work=The New York Times |date=October 28, 2011 |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> * [[Helen E. McMillan]], Minnesota state legislator<ref>'Former Legislator McMillan, 74, Dies,' ''Minnesota Star-Tribune'', January 30, 1984</ref> * [[Patrick Moore (golfer)|Patrick Moore]], professional golfer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.20676.patrick-moore.html |title=Patrick Moore |author=<!--not stated--> |website=PGA Tour |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Wilbur Moore]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MoorWi20.htm |title=Wilbur Moore |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Barry Morrow]], screenwriter and producer * [[Bob Motzko]], [[University of Minnesota]] head men's ice hockey coach<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scsuhuskies.com/coaches.aspx?rc=5 |title=Bob Motzko: Head Men's Hockey Coach |author=<!--not stated--> |website=St. Cloud State University |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Tim O'Brien (author)|Tim O'Brien]], novelist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collections.mnhs.org/mnauthors/index.php/10001257 |title=Minnesota Author Biographies Project : mnhs.org |publisher=People.mnhs.org |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-date=December 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231124042/http://collections.mnhs.org/mnauthors/index.php/10001257 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Charlie Parr]], musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austindailyherald.com/2012/05/charlie-parr-plans-homecoming/ |title=Charlie Parr plans homecoming |last1=Mewes |first1=Trey |date=May 17, 2012 |website=Austin Daily Herald |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> * [[Pat Piper (politician)|Pat Piper]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mayerfh.com/obituaries/Patricia-Piper/#!/Obituary|title=Patricia Kathryn Piper|work=Patricia Kathryn Piper Obituary}}</ref> * [[Jeanne Poppe]], member of the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=132|title=Rep. Jeanne Poppe|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref> * [[Leo J. Reding]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10552|title=Reding, Leo John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref> * [[William Pitt Root]], poet<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3401600620/root-william-pitt.html |title=William Pitt Root |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Paul Michael Stephani]], serial killer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/04/paul-michael-stephani-weepy-voice-killer/ |title=Paul Michael Stephani 'The Weepy-Voice Killer': 5 Fast Facts |date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> * [[Frank Twedell]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TwedFr20.htm|title=Frank Twedell|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=December 24, 2010}}</ref> * [[Wally Ulrich]], professional golfer<ref name=weather>{{cite news|title=Ulrich Was No Fair-Weather Golfer |author=Gregg Wong |work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |location=St. Paul, Minnesota |date=May 21, 1995 |page=14C}}</ref> * [[Sheldon B. Vance]], U.S. ambassador to Zaire<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/958/000120598/|title=Sheldon B. Vance|website=www.nndb.com|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref> * [[Bree Walker]], radio talk show host, actress, and disability-rights activist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abilitymagazine.com/walker_interview.html |title=Bree Walker Interview |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Ability Magazine (online) |access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> * [[Robert B. Westbrook (historian)|Robert B. Westbrook]], historian * [[Sandy Wollschlager]], chemist and Minnesota state representative<ref>[https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=15262 Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Sandy Wollschlager]</ref> * [[Michael Wuertz]], former [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] with the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Oakland Athletics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wuertmi01.shtml |title=Michael Wuertz Statistics |author=<!--not stated--> |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> * [[Martin Zellar]], musician and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/02/10_galballye_zellar/ |title=Martin Zellar gets political |last1=Galbally |first1=Erin |date=February 10, 2005 |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
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