This is a list of notable residents from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Politics
James Abourezk, first Arab-American U.S. senator, practiced law in Sioux Falls George Jonathan Danforth, South Dakota politician Karl Dean, former mayor of Nashville, Tennessee William Dougherty, South Dakota politician James D. Ford, former Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives George Barnes Grigsby, delegate to Congress from Alaska Territory John T. Grigsby, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota Sioux K. Grigsby, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota Donald A. Haggar, lawyer and legislator Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, U.S. representative from , current President of Augustana University Crystal Johnson, state's attorney for Minnehaha County David Lillehaug, associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Attorney General of Minnesota MK Pritzker, First Lady of Illinois A. J. Rosier, Wyoming state senator John Thune, South Dakota senator; U.S. Senate Majority Leader Business Christine Olson, businesswoman and state legislator Artists and entertainment Acting, motion pictures, and television
Brian Cummings, voice actor Mary Hart, television personality, Entertainment Tonight January Jones, actress, best known for playing Betty Draper on Mad Men Gail Matthius, actress, cast member on Saturday Night Live Pat O'Brien, television personality, Access Hollywood David Soul, actor, co-star of Starsky & Hutch Joan Tabor, actress Jerry verDorn, actor, Guiding Light and One Life to Live Music Erika M. Anderson, aka EMA, musician and digital media artist George Botsford, composer and pianist, noted for the "Black and White Rag" Chris Darrow, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter David Stenshoel, musician (Boiled in Lead) Authors Jacob M. Appel, author, wrote Coulrophobia & Fata Morgana while living in Sioux FallsAmerican Writer, March 2017, Pp. 7–8 Allison Hedge Coke, writer and educator Herbert Krause, author (1905–1976) Milton J. Nieuwsma, author, screenwriter, producer Visual artists Chris Browne, comic strip artist and cartoonist, Hägar the Horrible Sports Baseball
Benny Castillo, 11-year minor league baseball player and manager Donn Clendenon, MLB first baseman Dusty Coleman, MLB infielder Terry Forster, pitcher for five MLB teams
Boxing and martial arts Shayna Baszler, former MMA fighter and professional wrestler Devin Clark, UFC mixed martial artist Nick Dinsmore, WWE wrestler 1999–2009 and WWE coach 2012–2015 Football Dallas Clark, professional football player Cooper DeJean, NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles Neil Graff, quarterback for several NFL teams Mike Martz, former head coach of NFL's St. Louis Rams, born in Sioux Falls Hockey Walker Duehr, professional ice hockey player, played in the National Hockey League Military Oscar Randolph Fladmark, World War II and Korean War fighter pilot, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Joe Foss, World War II "ace of aces" fighter pilot, first commissioner of the American Football League; 20th governor of South Dakota Melvin Grigsby, American Civil War and Spanish–American War veteran who served as Attorney General of South Dakota Other notable residents Wallace Dow, architect Michael E. Fossum, astronaut Shane Van Boening, professional pool player
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