Editing Benson, Minnesota (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Lyn Yvonne Abramson]], Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
*[[Edgar Dale]], Professor, College of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University, 1929-1970, internationally renowned developer of the Cone of Experience theory
*[[Saxe J. Froshaug]], prohibitionist politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1911-1915 
*[[Darwin Hall]], American politician, U.S. House of Representatives, 1889-1891
*[[David Hazewinkel]], 1968 and 1972 U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler, coached wrestling in Benson in the 1970s
*[[Alfred I. Johnson]], politician, Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1955-1959
*[[James A. Johnson (businessman)|James A. Johnson]], Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae, 1991-1998; Chairman, Kennedy Center for the Arts and Brookings Institution
*[[Mark Kennedy (politician)|Mark Kennedy]], American politician and university president, U.S. House of Representatives, 2001-2007
*[[Becca Kufrin]], American television personality
*[[Ole J. Kvale]], Lutheran minister and politician, U.S. House of Representatives, 1923-1929
*[[Paul John Kvale]], Staff Editor of Minneapolis Tribune and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1929-1939
*[[Martha Ostenso]], novelist and screenwriter, author of ''Wild Geese'' and 15 other novels, born in Norway (1900), emigrated to Minnesota, lived in rural Benson as a child
*[[Sandra Peterson (politician)|Sandra Peterson]], politician, Minnesota House of Representatives, 2005-2013
*[[Ernie Wheeler]], longtime Benson educator and former professional football player, Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburg Pirates, 1939-1942