<sod>'''James George Janos''' (born July 15, 1951),<ref name="National Governors Association">{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_minnesota/col2-content/main-content-list/title_ventura_jesse.html |title=National Governors Association Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura biography |publisher=National Governors Association |accessdate=2015-08-27}}</ref>  better known by his stage name '''Jesse Ventura''', is an American former [[professional wrestler]], [[actor]], political commentator, [[author]], naval veteran, and [[politician]] who served as the [[List of Governors of Minnesota|38th]] [[Governor of Minnesota]] from 1999 to 2003. He was the first and only member of the [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] to win a major government position, but later joined the [[Independence Party of Minnesota]].<eod>
<sod>'''James George Janos''' (born July 15, 1951),<ref name="National Governors Association">{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_minnesota/col2-content/main-content-list/title_ventura_jesse.html |title=National Governors Association Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura biography |publisher=National Governors Association |accessdate=2015-08-27}}</ref> known by his stage name '''Jesse Ventura''', is an American former [[professional wrestler]], [[actor]], political commentator, [[author]], naval veteran, and [[politician]] who served as the [[List of Governors of Minnesota|38th]] [[Governor of Minnesota]] from 1999 to 2003. He was the first and only member of the [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] to win a major government position, but later joined the [[Independence Party of Minnesota]].<eod>