Athletics
- Brooks Bollinger, quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings
- Andrew Hampsten, champion cyclist
- Virgil Hill, boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1984)
- Tim Johnson, Major League Baseball player and manager
- Jocelyne Lamoureux, women's ice hockey Olympic silver medalist
- Monique Lamoureux, women's ice hockey Olympic silver medalist
- Roger Maris, right fielder with the New York Yankees
- Tim Olson, player with the Colorado Rockies
- Ryan Potulny, center for the Edmonton Oilers
- Cliff Purpur, first North Dakota native to become a NHL player
- Andy Schneider, defenseman with the Adler Mannheim
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