Minnesota
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.
A
- 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
C
- 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
- 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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H
- Duane Hanson sculptor
- Josh Hartnett actor
- Jon Hassler author
- Tippi Hedren actress
- Bill Holm author
- Phil Housley hockey player
- Kent "Herbie" Hrbek baseball player
- Jerry Juhl writer, producer, actor
- Garrison Keillor author, humorist
- Linda Kelsey actress
- Craig Kilborn television host
- T. R. Knight actor
- Jerry Koosman baseball player
- Peter Krause actor
- Jessica Lange actress
- Tom Lehman golfer
- Sinclair Lewis author
- Maud Hart Lovelace author
- Edward Lowe inventor
- Don Lucia college hockey coach
- Catharine MacKinnon feminist, scholar, lawyer, activist
- Cornell MacNeil opera singer
- John Madden TV commentator
- Roger Maris baseball player
- John Mariucci hockey player, administrator, coach
- June Marlowe actress
- Frank Mars candy maker
- E. G. Marshall actor
- Charles H. Mayo surgeon
- William J. Mayo surgeon
- Eugene McCarthy politician
- Kevin McHale basketball player
- Paul Molitor baseball player
- Walter Mondale u. s. vice president
- Jack Morris baseball player
- LeRoy Neiman artist
- Cindy Nelson downhill skier
- "Prince" Rogers Nelson singer
- Westbrook Pegler columnist
- Gary Puckett singer
R - S
- Marion Ross actress
- Jane Russell actress
- Winona Ryder actress
- Charles M. Schulz cartoonist
- Seann William Scott actor
- Briana Scurry soccer player
- Richard W. Sears co-founder sears, roebuck and co.
- Bruce "Boo" Smith heisman trophy winner, football player
- Kevin Sorbo actor
- LaVyrle Spencer author
- Will Steger explorer
- Lea Thompson actress, dancer
- Cheryl Tiegs actress
- Michael Todd producer
- Rose Totino founder totino's frozen pizza
- Anne Tyler author
- Vince Vaughn actor
- Jesse Ventura politician, actor
- Andrew John Volstead politician, author volstead act
- DeWitt Wallace publisher, founder "Reader's Digest"
- Dave Winfield baseball player
- Adam Young musician, singer, songwriter
- Gig Young actor
- Steve Zahn actor, comedian
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