list of people from minnesota

This is a partial list of prominent people who were born, grew up, lived in, or made their mark in the state of Minnesota, arranged in alphabetical order.

Martin Abern (Trotskyite)
Elmer Andersen (governor)
Louie Anderson (television personality)
Richard Dean Anderson (actor)
Wendell Anderson (governor)
Ann Bancroft (polar explorer)
Dean Barkley (independent politician)
Marion Dane Bauer (writer)
John Becker (composer)
Sharon Sayles Belton ( former mayor of Minneapolis)
Patty Berg (golfer)
Jessica Biel (actress)
Harry Blackmun (Supreme Court justice)
David Bloom (journalist died in Iraq)
Robert Bly (writer)
Jim Brandenberg (photographer)
Nicholas Brewer (painter)
Herb Brooks (ice hockey coach)
Neil Broten (hockey player)
Aaron Brown (broadcast journalist)
Paul Bunyan (legend)
Warren Burger ( former Chief Justice of the United States)
Chatwood Burton (painter)
Curt Carlson (businessman)
Nancy Carlson (author)
Charles Bender (Native American baseball player)
Coen Brothers (film directors)
Norm Coleman (former mayor of Saint Paul and senator)
Rachael Leigh Cook (actress)
Gratia Countryman (librarian)
Joseph Cretin (Roman Catholic bishop)
Adolph Dehn (lithographer)
Kate DiCamillo (author)
Ignatius Donnelly (Populist-era politician)
William Dodd (historical figure)
Daniel Greysolon DuLhut (explorer)
William Durbin (author)
Bob Dylan (singer)
Jim Eisenreich (Major League Baseball player)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (playwright)
Jacob Fjelde (sculptor)
Ric Flair (wrestler)
Harry Flynn (Roman Catholic archbishop)
William Folwell (president of the University of Minnesota)
Al Franken (satirical comedian)
Don Fraser (mayor and diplomat)
James Earle Fraser (sculptor)
Orville Freeman (governor)
Wanda Gag (woodcutter)
John Gagliardi (college football coach)
Greg Gagne (wrestler)
Verne Gagne (wrestler)
Neil Gaiman (author)
Judy Garland (actress)
J. Paul Getty (entrepreneur)
Cass Gilbert (architect)
Terry Gilliam (Monty Python member)
Genvieve Gorder (interior designer)
Archibald Graham "Moonlight" (doctor and baseball player)
Billy Graham former President of Northwestern College
Bud Grant (former football coach)
Peter Graves (actor)
Joan Growe (former state Secretary of State)
Earl Guy (writer)
Josh Hartnett (actor)
Jon Hassler (author)
James J. Hill (businessman)
Tami Hoag (author)
George Hormel (businessman)
Hubert H. Humphrey (Vice President of the United States)
Garrison Keillor (radio personality)
Frank Kellogg (United States Secretary of State)
Craig Kilborn (television personality)
Joan Kroc (philanthropist)
Jessica Lange (actress)
Tom Lehman (golfer)
Meridel Le Sueur (writer)
Sinclair Lewis (writer)
Charles Lindbergh (aviator)
Maud Hart Lovelace (author)
John Madden (football coach and commentator)
Paul Manship (sculptor)
Roger Maris (Major League Baseball player)
John Mariucci (hockey coach)
E.G. Marshall (actor)
Homer Dodge Martin (painter)
Charles Mayo (surgeon)
William Mayo (surgeon)
Eugene McCarthy (United States Senator)
Bobby McFerrin (musician)
Kevin McHale (Basketball Hall of Famer)
Breckin Meyer (actor)
Paul Molitor (Baseball Hall of Famer)
Walter Mondale (Vice President of the United States)
Mary Tyler Moore (actress)
Jack Morris (Major League Baseball player)
Bronko Nagurski (football player)
LeRoy Neiman (painter)
George "Pinky" Nelson (astronaut)
Eunice Norton (pianist)
Tim O'Brien (author)
Floyd B. Olson (governor)
Sigurd Olson (environmentalist)
Alan Page (football player and justice on Minnesota Supreme Court)
Gordon Parks (photographer)
Gary Paulsen (writer)
Westbook Pegler (journalist)
Tim Pawlenty (governor)
Rudy Perpich (governor)
John Pillsbury (financier)
Carl Pohlad (billionaire, baseball owner and philanthropist)
Prince (singer)
Kirby Puckett (Baseball Hall of Famer)
Alexander Ramsey (governor)
Joseph Renville (Native American estate owner)
Robyne Robinson (newscaster)
Ole Rolvaag (author)
Marion Ross (actress)
Francis Sampson (war hero; Saving Private Ryan loosely based on his story)
Henry Schoolcraft (explorer)
Charles M. Schulz (cartoonist)
Seann William Scott (actor)
William Sears (businessman)
Henry Hastings Sibley (governor)
Dick Siebert (college baseball coach)
Bruce Smith (Heisman Trophy winner)
Kathleen Soliah (member of Symbionese Liberation Army)
Harold Stassen (governor)
Will Steger (polar explorer)
Terry Steinbach (Major League Baseball player)
John Stevens (developer of Minneapolis)
Fran Tarkenton (former football player)
Wayne Terwilliger (baseball coach)
A. C. Townley (socialist)
Bruce Vento (United States Representative)
Jesse Ventura (wrestler and governor)
DeWitt Wallace (publisher)
Cadwallader Washburn (painter)
Paul Wellstone (progressive senator)
Frederick Weyerhaeuser (businessman)
Lindsay Whalen (WNBA player)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (writer)
Roy Wilkins (African-American leader)
August Wilson (playwright)
Dave Winfield (Baseball Hall of Famer)
Wing Young Huie (photographer)

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