Elizabeth Bodine (1898 - 1986) Humanitarian.
	Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1839 - 1876) and the 7th Cavalry were stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln outside Mandan.  In 1876, they left on the journey that ended at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
	Angie Dickinson (1931 - ) Actress; born in Kulm.
	William H. Gass (1924 - ) Writer and philosopher.  He wrote Omensetter's Luck and a book of short stories called In the Heart of the Heart of the Country; born in Fargo.
	Phil Jackson (1945 - ) Basketball player and coach; grew up in Williston and played college basketball for the University of North Dakota.
	Norman Kittson (1814 - 1888) Fur trader and transportation entrepreneur. His ventures helped open the Red River Valley to settlement.
	Louis L'Amour (1908 - 1988) Author known for his vivid descriptions of frontier life; grew up in Jamestown.
	Peggy Lee (1920 - ) Singer; born in Jamestown.
	Meriwether Lewis (1774 - 1809) and William Clark (1770 - 1838) led the Corps of Discovery through North Dakota, where they spent the winter of 1804-1805 near Washburn at Fort Mandan.
	Cliff Fido Purpur (1914 - 2001) First North Dakota native to become a National Hockey League player; born in Grand Forks.
	Teddy Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) Ranched near Medora and credited his Badlands experience from 1883-1886 for molding him into a president.
	Sacagawea (c. 1790-1812 or 1884) Shoshoni Indian woman who, with her husband Toussaint Charbonneau, served as interpreter and guide for the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
	Sitting Bull (1831 - 1890) Lived the last years of his life at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, near Fort Yates.

More Famous People of North Dakota

	Dr. Robert H. Bahmer U.S. archivist
	Dr. Anne Carlsen educator
	Ronald N. Davies jurist
	Ivan Dmitre artist
	John Bernard Flannagan sculptor, Fargo
	Phyllis Frelich actress, Devils Lake
	Rev. Richard C. Halverson U.S. Senate chaplain
	Dr. Leon O. Jacobson researcher, educator, Sims
	Harold K. Johnson army general
	William Lemke representative
	Marquis de Mores cattleman
	Casper Oimoen skier
	Arthur Peterson radio and TV actor
	James Rosenquist painter, Grand Forks
	Eric Sevareid TV commentator, Velva
	Ann Sothern actress, Valley City
	Dorothy Stickney actress Dickinson
	Edward K. Thompson editor
	Era Bell Thompson editor
	Tommy Tucker band leader, Souris
	Lawrence Welk band leader, entertainer, Strasburg
	Larry Woiwode writer