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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• List of people by U.S. state