 State Flag of South Dakota This is a list of prominent people who were born in or lived for a significant period of time in U.S. state of South Dakota. [edit] Actors [edit] Artists [edit] Authors/Poets - L. Frank Baum
- Allison Hedge Coke (1958-), American Book Award winning poet, writer, South Dakota resident 1990-1994, and 1996-current; lived in Rapid City, Wagner, Kyle, Porcupine, Sioux Falls...
- Elizabeth Cook-Lynn author.
- Pete Dexter
- David Allan Evans (born 1940), poet laureate of South Dakota
- Joseph Hansen (1923–2004), author, best known for mystery novels; born in Aberdeen
- Cameron Hawley (1905–1969), author, Executive Suite, Cash McCall; born in Howard
- Patrick Hicks (born 1970), poet/writer, Writer-in-Residence at Augustana College
- Bill Johnson (born late 1950s), science fiction writer; born in South Dakota
- Herbert Arthur Krause (1905 - 1976), American historian
- Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968), journalist, travel writer, novelist; born in De Smet
- Joseph Marshall III (born on Rosebud Reservation) Pen Award winning author. Co-Founder of Sinte Gleska College.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), author, best known for Little House on the Prairie; lived in De Smet
[edit] Business [edit] Military [edit] Native Americans - Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) (1876–1938), Lakota writer and activist, born on Yankton Sioux Reservation
- Crazy Horse (c. 1840–1877), Oglala Lakota chief
- Oscar Howe (1915–1983), Native American artist; born in South Dakota
- Russell Means (born 1939), Native American activist; born in Pine Ridge
- Maria Pearson (1932–2003), Yankton Sioux activist who helped establish the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Rain-in-the-Face (c. 1835–1905), Hunkpapa Lakota chief
- Red Cloud (1822–1909), Oglala Lakota chief
- Sitting Bull (c. 1831–1890), Hunkpapa Lakota chief
- Touch the Clouds (ca.1837–1905), Miniconjou Teton Lakota chief known for his great size
- Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman (1936–2007), musician, activist and actor; born on Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Sioux reservation
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