F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the great novelists in the decades of the Twenties and Thirties. Much of his work dealt with wealth, and a classic example of this is his most famous work "The Great Gatsby." Birthplace: St. Paul.
A leading Democratic political statesman, Hubert Humphrey was mayor of Minneapolis, a Minnesota state senator, and vice-president of the United States under Lyndon Johnson. He died at Waverly in 1978. Birthplace: Wallace, South Dakota.
In 1930, Sinclair Lewis became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. His novels, "Babbitt", "Arrowsmith" and others, deal mainly with small-town Midwestern life. Birthplace: Sauk Centre.
An active participant in Minnesota state politics, Walter Mondale got his opportunity to serve at the national level by being the vice-president to Jimmy Carter. Mondale ran for president in 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan. Birthplace: Ceylon.
Charles Schulz is the creator of Peanuts, the most commercially successful comic strip of all time. Charlie Brown and Snoopy have been endearing themselves to fans of all ages since the strip's debut in 1950. Birthplace: Minneapolis.
