Minnesota

Minnesota Famous

People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

Walter Abel actor
Peter Agre biologist
Frank Albertson actor
Catie Anderson model, actress
Dan Anderson psychologist
Larry Anderson actor
Liz Anderson singer, songwriter
Loni Anderson actress
Louie Anderson comedian
Richard Dean Anderson actor
LaVerne Andrews singer
Maxene Andrews singer
Patti Andrews singer
Dave Arneson game designer
James Arness actor
Jeanne Arth tennis player
Hy Averback actor, director, producer
Lew Ayres actor

Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund wrestler, actor
Bill Baker hockey player
Earl Bakken founder medtronic
Keith Ballard hockey player
Ann Bancroft author, explorer
Margaret Frances Culkin Baning author
Dennis Banks author, activist, teacher
Marion Barber III football player
Lynsey Bartilson actress
Charles Baxter author
Jason Behr actor
Troy Bell basketball player
Cylde Bellecourt native american civil rights organizer
Chief Bender baseball player
Tony Benshoof olympic luger
Patty Berg golfer
Tim Bergland hockey player
Jessica Biel actress
Matt Birk football player
Jason Blake hockey player
Michael Bland drummer
David Bloom journalist
Carol Bly author
Robert Bly poet, author
Brian Bonin hockey player
Wayne Boring comic book artist
Jim Brandenburg photographer
Dick Bremer sports broadcaster
Joe Brinkman umpire
Herbert Brooks hockey coach
Neal Broten hockey player
Jim Brower baseball player
Aaron Brown broadcast journalist
Vincent Bugliosi attorney, prosecutor
Warren Burger jurist
Tom Burgmeier baseball player
Dominique Byrd football player

Melvin Calvin chemist, nobel prize winner
Curt Carlson founder radisson hotels
Gretchen Carlson television host
Kelly Carlson actress
Dave Casper football player
Tracy Caulkins olympic gold medal swimmer
Cepia musician, composer
Ethan Coen director, screenwriter, producer
Joel Coen director, screenwriter, producer
William Colby cia director
Mo Collins actress
Rachael Leigh Cook actress
Marisa Coughlan actress

Arlene Dahl actress
Ian Anthony Dale actor
H. David and Dotty Dalquist entrepreneurs, inventors
Lena Davidson photographer
William Demarest actor
Carol Dempster actress
Richard Dix actor
William Douglas jurist
Julia Duffy actress
Bob Dylan singer, songwriter

E - F

Kimberly Elise actress
Louise Erdrich author
Mike Farrell actor
Francis Scott Fitzgerald author
Larry Fitzgerald, Jr. football player
Ed Flanders actor
James Earle Fraser sculptor

Wanda Gag author, illustrator
Laverne "Verne" Gagne wrestler, football player
Judy Garland actress, singer
Jean Paul Getty founder getty oil
Terry Gilliam actor, writer, director
Genevieve Gorder actress
Peter Graves actor

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Minnesota Cities, Counties & Area Codes

City	County	Area Code
Aitkin	Aitkin	218
Minneapolis	Anoka	763
Detroit Lakes	Becker	218
Bemidji	Beltrami	218
Sauk Rapids	Benton	320
Ortonville	Big Stone	320
Mankato	Blue Earth	507
New Ulm	Brown	507
Cloquet	Carlton	218
Chaska	Carver	952
Cass Lake	Cass	218
Montevideo	Chippewa	320
North Branch	Chisago	651
Moorhead	Clay	218
Bagley	Clearwater	218
Grand Marais	Cook	218
Windom	Cottonwood	507
Brainerd	Crow Wing	218
Saint Paul	Dakota	651
Kasson	Dodge	507
Alexandria	Douglas	320
Blue Earth	Faribault	507
Chatfield	Fillmore	507
Albert Lea	Freeborn	507
Red Wing	Goodhue	651
Elbow Lake	Grant	218
Minneapolis	Hennepin	612
La Crescent	Houston	507
Park Rapids	Hubbard	218
Cambridge	Isanti	763
Grand Rapids	Itasca	218
Jackson	Jackson	507
Mora	Kanabec	320
Willmar	Kandiyohi	320
Hallock	Kittson	218
International Falls	Koochiching	218
Madison	Lac Qui Parle	320
Two Harbors	Lake	218
Baudette	Lake of the Woods	218
Le Sueur	Le Sueur	507
Tyler	Lincoln	507
Marshall	Lyon	507
Mahnomen	Mahnomen	218
Warren	Marshall	218
Fairmont	Martin	507
Hutchinson	McLeod	320
Litchfield	Meeker	320
Princeton	Mille Lacs	763
Little Falls	Morrison	320
Austin	Mower	507
Slayton	Murray	507
Mankato	Nicollet	507
Worthington	Nobles	507
Ada	Norman	218
Rochester	Olmsted	507
Fergus Falls	Otter Tail	218
Thief River Falls	Pennington	218
Pine City	Pine	320
Pipestone	Pipestone	507
East Grand Forks	Polk	218
Glenwood	Pope	320
Saint Paul	Ramsey	651
Red Lake Falls	Red Lake	218
Redwood Falls	Redwood	507
Olivia	Renville	320
Faribault	Rice	507
Luverne	Rock	507
Roseau	Roseau	218
Duluth	Saint Louis	218
Shakopee	Scott	952
Elk River	Sherburne	763
Arlington	Sibley	507
Saint Cloud	Stearns	320
Owatonna	Steele	507
Morris	Stevens	320
Benson	Swift	320
Long Prairie	Todd	320
Wheaton	Traverse	320
Lake City	Wabasha	651
Wadena	Wadena	218
Waseca	Waseca	507
Saint Paul	Washington	651
Saint James	Watonwan	507
Breckenridge	Wilkin	218
Winona	Winona	507
Buffalo	Wright	763
Granite Falls	Yellow Medicine	320

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John Moen
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John Moen is a cartographer who along with his wife are the orignal founders of worldatlas.com. He and his wife, Chris Woolwine-Moen, produced thousands of award-winning maps that are used all over the world and content that aids students, teachers, travelers and parents with their geography and map questions. Today, it's one of the most popular educational sites on the web.