The following list mentions notable people who were born in or lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota , in the United States, and gained recognition.
Prince
Mary Abbott - artist
Barkhad Abdi - actor
Corey Adam - stand-up comedian
Faysal Ahmed - actor
Eddie Albert - actor[ 8]
Ernest Dewey Albinson - artist
Richard Dean Anderson - actor
The Andrews Sisters - singers
Siah Armajani - sculptor and architect
James Arness - actor
Leslie Barlow - visual artist, painting, drawing, mixed media
Jason Behr - actor
Beatrice Gjertsen Bessesen - operatic soprano
Robert Bly - poet
Steven Brust - novelist
Hazel Buckham - actress
Mo Collins - actress and comedian
Louise Erdrich - novelist
Craig Finn - singer/songwriter
Suzanne Finstad , author
Alice Frost - actress, radio star
Larry Gates - actor
Terry Gilliam - director and member of Monty Python
Peter Graves - actor
Daniel Grodnik - writer/movie producer
Molly Hagan - actress
Carol M. Highsmith - photographer[ 9]
George Roy Hill - director
James Hong - actor[ 10]
Dakota Dave Hull - musician
Mason Jennings - musician
Dory Kahalé - electronic musician and DJ
Linda Kelsey - actress
Ward Kimball - Walt Disney animator
T. R. Knight - actor
June Lang - actress
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis - musicians
Maud Hart Lovelace - author
Carl Lumbly - actor
Dorothy Lyman - actress, director, producer
Cornell MacNeil - of the Metropolitan Opera [ 11]
Ralph Meeker - actor
Michael J. Nelson - comedian
Ade Olufeko - digital artist
George Morrison - artist[ 12]
Alex Pareene , editor-in-chief of Gawker
Westbrook Pegler - journalist
Prince - musician
Art Resnick - jazz pianist
Randy Resnick - musician
Prof - musician
Charles M. Schulz - creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang
Lili St. Cyr - stripper[ 13]
Brian Setzer - Stray Cats
Clifford D. Simak - author
Alfred Skrenda - illustrator [ 14]
Jack Smight - filmmaker
Alec Soth - photographer
Norman Spencer - musician
Curt Swan - cartoonist, pencil artist of Superman for D.C. Comics from 1940s to 1980s
Nick Swardson - actor, comedian
Bruce Swedien - Grammy Award-winning audio engineer and music producer; known for his work with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson
John Szarkowski - photographer, curator, critic[ 15]
Maria Cristina Tavera - artist
Tiny Tim - TV personality
Michael Todd - producer
The Jets , band
Anne Tyler - novelist[ 16]
Gerald Vizenor - author
Paul Westerberg - musician[ 17]
Dan Wilson - musician
Lizz Winstead - comedian, co-creator of The Daily Show
Doron Jensen
Steve McClellan
Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman - politician and judge, former Minister of Defence of Somalia (1989–1990)[ 22]
George Edwin Anderson - Minnesota state legislator and businessman
Marvin Harold Anderson - Minnesota state legislator and businessman
John R. Arlandson - Minnesota state legislator and lawyer
Samuel H. Bellman , Minnesota state legislator and lawyer
Thomas K. Berg - Minnesota state legislator and lawyer
Alfred L. Bergerud - Minnesota state legislator, businessman, and lawyer
LeRoy Earl Brophey Sr. - Minnesota state legislator and lawyer
Margaret Mary Byrne - Minnesota state legislator
Walter H. Campbell - Minnesota state legislator, businessman, and lawyer
James R. Casserly - Minnesota state legislator and lawyer
George C. Dahlvang - Minnesota state representative[ 23]
John Cheatham - firefighter
Mark Dayton - Governor of Minnesota
Calvin Deming - Minnesota state representative
Philip S. Duff - Minnesota state senator and newspaper editor
Keith Ellison - Minnesota Attorney General, former member of the United States House of Representatives (2003-2019)[ 24]
William S. Ervin - former Minnesota Attorney General[ 25]
Douglas Ewald - consultant and Minnesota state representative
George A. French - lawyer and Minnesota state representative
Paul Willis Guilford - Minnesota state legislator, lawyer, and judge
Carl G. Hagland - labor activist and Minnesota state representative
Harold Harrison - businessman and Minnesota state legislator
Andrew Osborne Hayfield - businessman and Minnesota state representative
Hubert Humphrey - U.S. Vice President
Robert C. Jensen - Minnesota state legislator and farmer[ 26]
Raymond J. Julkowski - Minnesota state representative and lawyer[ 27]
Harold Kalina - Minnesota state senator and judge[ 28]
Stephen Keefe - Minnesota state senator and chemist[ 29]
Burton L. Kingsley - Minnesota state legislator and businessman[ 30]
Herman J. Kording - Minnesota state legislator and farmer
Adolph Kvam - Minnesota state representative and businessman
Bob Latz - Minnesota state representative and lawyer
Ron Latz - Minnesota state senator and lawyer
John George Lennon - Minnesota state legislator and businessman
Leonard E. Lindquist - Minnesota state legislator and lawyer
Carl L. Lyse - Minnesota state legislator and businessman
Robert George Marshall - Minnesota state senator and businessman
Eugene McCarthy - U.S. Senator
Walter Mondale - U.S. Vice President
Gerald T. Mullin - Minnesota state legislator, businessman, and lawyer[ 31]
George E. Murk - Minnesota state representative[ 32]
Dennis Newinski - Minnesota state representative and machinist
Lauris Norstad - Supreme Commander Europe NATO (The 2nd highest rank by prominence in NATO)[ 11]
Harmon T. Ogdahl - Minnesota state senator and businessman[ 33]
Alan Page - Minnesota Supreme Court justice; former NFL defensive lineman and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
Wilber L. Paulson - Minnesota state legislator and businessman
Donna C. Peterson - Minnesota state legislator and educator[ 34]
Eric D. Petty - Minnesota state senator and businessman[ 35]
Bradley G. Pieper - Minnesota state representative[ 36]
Jim Rice - Minnesota state representative
Charles W. Root - lawyer and politician
Herman W. Sachtjen - member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and jurist
Donald Savelkoul - lawyer and politician
David D. Schaaf - Minnesota state senator and florist
John Day Smith - Minnesota state legislator, judge, and lawyer
Clifford C. Sommer - Minnesota state senator and businessman
James C. Swanson - Minnesota state legislator and educator
Samuel R. Thayer - ambassador to the Netherlands in the Benjamin Harrison administration[ 37]
Jesse Ventura - former professional wrestler, actor, and Governor of Minnesota
Carl O. Wegner - lawyer and politician
Vernon S. Welch - Minnesota state representative and lawyer[ 38]
Frank E. Wheelock - a founder and first mayor of Lubbock , Texas , reared in Minneapolis[ 39]
Bruce D. Williamson - Minnesota state representative[ 40]
Edwin M. Wold - Minnesota state representative[ 41]
Kenneth W. Wolfe - Minnesota state senator[ 42]
Robert Gilruth
Marcia McNutt
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^ Minnesotalegislators: Past & Present-Raymond Julkowski
^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Harold Kalina
^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Stephen "Steve" Keefe
^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Burton L. Kingsley
^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Gerald T. Mullin
^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-George E. Murk
^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Harmon T. Ogdahl
^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Donna C. Peterson
^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Prent-Eric D. Petty
^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Bradley G. Pieper
^ John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis, Who's Who in America , Volume 3, 1903, page 1469
^ 'Vernon S. Welch (obituary),' Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota), April 13, 1980
^ "A Biography of Frank Emerson Wheelock" . Wheelock.lubbockisd.org. Retrieved July 3, 2015 .
^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Bruce D. Williamson
^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Edwin S. Wold
^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Kenneth W. Wolfe
^ Davis, Henry Blaine Jr. (1998). Generals in Khaki . Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, Inc. p. 189. ISBN 1571970886 .
^ Peter Agre
^ "SI NMNH IZ Cynthia Ahearn Obituary" . invertebrates.si.edu . Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
^ Norman Borlaug
^ Paul D. Boyer
^ "Ian Coldwater" . RSA Conference . Retrieved July 23, 2021 .
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^ Leonid Hurwicz
^ Finn E. Kydland
^ Edward B. Lewis
^ "Marcia McNutt Elected 22nd NAS President; New Treasurer, Council Members Chosen" (Press release). National Academy of Sciences. February 16, 2016. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016 .
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