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Catherine Bach (actress)

Cheryl Ladd (actress/singer)

Terry Redlin (Artist: Wildlife paintings)

L. Frank Baum (Author: Wizard of Oz)

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Author: Little House on the Prairie)

Lee Raymond (CEO of Exxon)

Ted Waitt (Co-founder of Gateway Inc.)

General David Jones (Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff)

Crazy Horse (Sioux War Chief at the Battle of the Little Bighorn)

Sitting Bull (Sioux Chief and Holy Man)

Joe Foss (Marine Corps Medal of Honor, public official, first commissioner of the American Football League [AFL])

Hubert Humphrey (Vice President of the United States)

Ernest Lawrence (Nobel Prize Winner in Physics)

Sparky Anderson (baseball player and manager)

Terry Francona (Manager of the Boston Red Sox)

Bob Barker (Host of TV show the Price is Right)

Tom Brokaw (TV journalist)

Mary Hart (TV personality)

Calamity Jane (Buffalo hunter and Scout)

George McGovern (politician)

Billy Mills (Olympic Gold Medalist)

Gutzon Borglum (painter/sculptor)

Casey Tibbs (rodeo performer)

Oscar Howe (Native American artist)

Joe Robbie (original owner of the Miami Dolphins)

Tom Daschle (politician)

Gladys Pyle (politician - first woman elected to the United States Senate without having previously been appointed to her position)

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There are lots of famous people from South Dakota so it is hard to pick just three.

Here is the list from Travel South Dakota web site:

Leaders and Politicians
  • Tom Daschle - former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority/Minority Leader
  • Joseph Foss - WWII fighter ace, South Dakota Governor (1955-59), commissioner of the American Football League
  • Hubert Humphrey - vice president under Lyndon Johnson
  • George McGovern - former U.S. Senator and 1972 Democratic presidential candidate
News and Entertainment
  • Bob Barker - former host of "Price is Right"
  • Tom Brokaw - former "NBC Nightly News" anchor
  • Mary Hart - "Entertainment Tonight" co-host
  • Cheryl Ladd - "Charlie's Angels" and "Las Vegas"
  • Al Neuharth - founder of "USA Today" and the Freedom Forum
  • Pat O'Brien - "Access Hollywood" co-host
Native Americans
  • Crazy Horse - Native American chief (Oglala Lakota)
  • Kevin Locke - Native American hoop dancer (Standing Rock Lakota)
  • Billy Mills - Native American athlete and humanitarian (Oglala Lakota)
  • Benjamin Reifel - former U.S. Congressman and U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs (Rosebud Lakota)
Artists and Authors
  • Harvey Dunn - famed prairie artist
  • Terry Redlin - popular American artist
  • L. Frank Baum - author, "The Wizard of Oz"
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder - author, "Little House on the Prairie" books
Others
  • Sparky Anderson - former baseball manager
  • Shawn Colvin - popular singer and songwriter
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Lawrence Welk.

Ann Sothern.

Angie Dickinson.

Bobby Vee.

Louis L'Amour.

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Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, Badlands, Wounded Knee and the Sturgis Motrcycle Rally.

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