Each of the people or family listed have a connection to St. Louis Park, whether as a native son or daughter who achieved great things or as a member of the community who contributed to the growth of the city. Additions and corrections are very welcome; please contact us. We have a separate page listing authors, actors and artists with St. Louis Park connections, with some overlap to this list.
A
S. Earl Ainsworth
Earl Ames and Family – Also see Something in the Water
Darlene Anderson
Camille Andre
Applequist
The Aretz Family (Bunny’s)
Morten Arneson
B
Carole Banbury Shulman
Tommy Banks
The Bartholome(w) Family
The Baston Family
Bert Baston
Ethel Baston
The Bates Family (Bertha and Irene)
Tommy Bates
Walter Beach
H.A. Bengston
Louis Berkowitz
The Billman Family
Michael Blodgett
Yiddy and Harry Bloom
The Bolmgren Family
Blanche Boyce
Dr. Glenn D. Braatz
Frank L. Bradley
The Frank W. Bradley Family – Something in the Water
The Bridgeman Family
George L. Brooks
Aaron Brown
Charlie Brown
Doc Brown – Also see Something in the Water
Henry F. Brown
Sid Brown
Sid Brown and Norman Moldestad – Something in the Water
Don Byers Memoir – Something in the Water
C
Kid Cann
Suzanne Cargill
Herbert Carleton
The Carlstrom Family – Something in the Water
Bertram W. Carpenter
Margaret and David Chatelaine (Colonial Inn)
The Christy Family – Something in the Water
Joel Barber Clough
The Coen Brothers
Marjorie Congdon
D
James Dahl
Shorty Dale
Dr. Harry W. Darby
Herb Davis – From the Re-Echo, Vol. 2, No. 2
Spencer E. Davis – Monitor Drill
LeRoy DeBoom
Anita Silbert Deikel
Ted Dietrick – Something in the Water
Downings on Hanke Avenue – Something in the Water
The Downings of “Center” – Something in the Water
The Doyle Family
The Dresser Family on Salem – Something in the Water
Mildred Dudding – from the Re-Echo, Vol. 4 No. 1
The Dunne Brothers and the Strikes of 1934
Moses Dworsky
Lynn Dwyer – Roundhouse Rodney
E
O.K. Earle
Harold Enestvedt
Carl and Catherine Erickson
Gust Erickson (Park Tavern)
O.B. Erickson
F
The Falvey Family
Famous Parkites
The Felber Family
Russell Fernstrom
Mary Monica Ferris
Adolph Fine
Leo Fine
Marshall Fine
Fingerhut
The Finnegan Family – Something in the Water
Lucy Rose Fischer
Dr. Ernest Fitch
Kleve J. Flakne
Peggy Flanagan
Frank Fleetham
The Ralph Fletcher Family
Donald Fletcher – See Something in the Water
Arne Fogel
Margaret Fornell Maunder
The Forsythe Family – Something in the Water
Katie Foss
Martin Fowler
Al Franken
Charles M. Friedheim
Thomas Friedman
The Friegang Family
G
Amelita Galli-Curci
Amelita Galli-Curci – Something in the Water
Gary Gears
Isadore V. Gedney
Ted Georgas – Lilac Way Candies
George W. Gibson
Nate Goldstone
Calvin Goodrich
George Goodrich
John A. Goodrich
Carl Graeser
The Grimes Family
Doug Gullifer
H
Art Hager
Steven Mark Hahn
Doug Haining
Halsey Hall
Halsey Hall Memoir – Something in the Water
Joseph Hamilton
Joseph Hamilton – Something in the Water
The Hanke Family
Lyle Hanks
Hansen Family Memoir – Something in the Water
George Hartmann
Marie Hartmann
Marie Hartmann – Something in the Water
Hatch Family Memoir
George Haun
The Hautman Family
Joe Hayano – Minnetonka Skelly
Gregory Hedberg
Hembre Family
Dorothy Henry
Min Himmelman
Peter Himmelman
The Hobart Family
Agnes Hodgdon
Hodgkinson Family Memoir – Something in the Water
The Holasek Family
Lloyd Holm – From the Re-Echo, Vol. 5, No. 2
Frank Howard
Greg Howard
Scotty Hudson
Carroll Hurd
Carroll Hurd – Something in the Water
I
Sharon Isbin
Dan Israel
J
The Jackley Family
Jeff Jacobs
Bob Jacobson
Ernie Jacobsen
Mel Jass
The Jenkins Family – Something in the Water
Early Jewish Families
Esther Johnson (Yngve)
Harald N. Johnson (Mink Farm)
Jack Johnson
Dr. Reinald G. Johnson
Torval Jorvig – Also see Something in the Water
Joe Justad
K
Mark Kalman
Kid Cann
Theodore Kidder
John Kinsell
Danny Klayman
Dennis Koslowski
Ben Koval
Bud Kraehling
L
Mary Lahammer
Dorothy Hatch Langlie
Louis M. Larson
The Laycock Family
Laycock Family Memoir – Something in the Water
Max Lazarus
Herbert P. Lefler
Dr. B. Robert Lewis
Woodfin Lewis
Peter Liepke
Skip Liepke
Skip Liepke – From the Re-Echo, Vol. 3, No. 1
The Lietzke Family
Susan Linnee
David Lloyd
Al Lovaas
Ludwig Family
M
Betty Ann McCall
The McGary Family
Fire Chief Omar McGary – From the Re-Echo Vol. 1 No. 4
Cornell MacNeil
Robert McNulty
Phyllis McQuaid
Edwin F. Martin
Wayne P. Martin
William M. Martin
A.T. Masters
Margaret Fornell Maunder
The Melbourne Family
Charles J. Miller
The Moldestad Family – See also Something in the Water
Dudley Moylan – From the Re-Echo Vol. 4 No. 2
N
Neitzel Family
Andy Nelson
Dorothea Nelson
Earnest W. Nelson
Frank Nelson – Something in the Water
Nemec Family
Jake Nilva
Carl Noren
Notable Parkites
Frank Nye – Automobile Milestones, 1904 and 1911
O
Hugh O’Brien
Scott Olson
Norm Ornstein
Martha Ostenso
P
Andraes Papandreaeu
Jeff Passolt
Emil Pearson – From the Re-Echo, Vol. 5, No. 1
The Pearson Family – Something in the Water
Howard W. Perkins
Jim Petersen
Axel Peterson
The Plehal Family
Julius E. Pockrandt
John Leslie Pollock
Dr. Irving Posnick
The Pratt Family
Frank Pucci
Q
Donald Quinn
R
The Ralles Family – Something in the Water
Evelyn Raymond
Harry Reasoner
The Rees Family
Dutch Reider
Bob Reiss
The Renner Family
The Renner Family – Something in the Water
David Reynolds
Jim Rhodes
Nelson Horatio Rice
Sam Richter
Eddie Rickenbacker – From the Re-Echo, Vol. 2, No. 1
Meshulan Riklis – From the Re-Echo, Vol. 9, No. 4
The Rivkin Brothers
The Rixon Family
The Roberts Family of Oak Hill
E.O. “Bud” Rodberg
Lydia Rogers
Lydia Rogers – Something in the Water
H. Vance Rorbach
Mark Rosen
Percy Ross
Roundhouse Rodney – Lynn Dwyer
Elliott Royce
Conrad N. Ruedlinger
Si Rutherford
The Rye Family
S
The Sandvig Family
Dusty Sauter
Lee Savold
Gene E. Schadow
The Seirup Family – See also Something in the Water
The Sewall Family – See also Something in the Water
Nate Shepard
The Shinn Family
Carole Banbury Shulman
Barry Siewert (Barry McKinna)
Anita Silbert
Maurice Silverman
Clara and Norwood Smith (Colonial Inn)
The Sorensen Family
The Stageberg Family
The Stasney Family – Something in the Water
Bob Stein
Warren Martin Stellmacher
Win Stephens
Irving Stern
Bruce Stillman
Fred W. Sugden
Clayton Swenson
Don Swenson – Also see Something in the Water
T
Len Thiel
Norman Thomas
Walter Thomas
Dana Thompson
Dana Thompson – Something in the Water
Luther Melanchton “Deacon” Thomson
Lazarus Tilleny
The Tingdale Brothers
Morris Tunick
Stan Turner
U
V
E.J. Vraalstad
W
C.B. Waddell
Walbom
T.B. Walker
Dr. John Watson
Alan Weisman
The Werner Family
The Werner Family – Something in the Water
John and Norma Westman – Westman Floral
The Whalen Family
Elmer Whipps
Dr. John J. Wild
The Williams Family – Also see Something in the Water
J. Frank Williams – Creosote Memoir
Dan Wilson
Bob Wolfe, Photographer
Kenneth Wolfe
Jimmy Wong (Foo Chu)
Bridget Wynn
X
Y
The Yngve Family
Z
Mike Zoss
