List of people from Minneapolis

The following list mentions notable people who were born in or lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States, and gained recognition.

## Academia

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* Sumner McKnight Crosby \- art historian and professor of art history at Yale University

## Activists

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Catharine MacKinnon

Amy Robbins Ware

* Dennis Banks \- Native American leader[1]
* Clyde Bellecourt \- Native American leader[2]
* Sharon Sayles Belton \- politician[3]
* Brian Coyle \- gay rights activist[4]
* W. Harry Davis \- civil rights activist[5]
* Paulette Fink \- French-born Jewish activist
* Catharine MacKinnon \- lawyer and teacher
* Cecil Newman \- publisher, Urban League president[6]
* Sean Sherman \- indigenous foods activist
* Amy Robbins Ware \- peace activist
* Theodore Wirth \- planned the city's park system[7]

## Artists

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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
* Any Austin \- YouTuber
* Catherine Backus \- sculptor
* Leslie Barlow \- visual artist, painting, drawing, mixed media
* Jason Behr \- actor
* John Berryman \- poet
* Beatrice Gjertsen Bessesen \- operatic soprano
* Robert Bly \- poet
* David Brisbin \- actor
* 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

## Business

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Doron Jensen Steve McClellan

* Curt Carlson \- founder of Carlson Companies
* George Dayton \- founder of Target Corporation
* William Hood Dunwoody \- businessman and co-founder General Mills and Wells Fargo
* J. Paul Getty \- founder of Getty Oil
* Doron Jensen \- co-founder of Timber Lodge Steakhouse and Old Country Buffet
* Franklin and Forrest Mars \- founders of Mars, Incorporated[18]
* Steve McClellan \- general manager of First Avenue[19]
* Peter Najarian \- options trader and television personality
* John S. Pillsbury \- co-founder of Pillsbury Company
* Elizabeth Augusta Russell \- philanthropist, reformer, restaurateur
* Richard Sears \- co-founder of Sears[20]
* Rose Totino \- co-founder of Totino's frozen pizza[21]

## Government

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* 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]
* Amy Klobuchar \- U.S. Senator and Hennepin County Attorney[31]
* 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
* Betty McCollum \- U.S. representative for Minnesota[32]
* Walter Mondale \- U.S. vice president
* Kelly Morrison \- U.S. representative for Minnesota[33]
* Gerald T. Mullin \- Minnesota state legislator, businessman, and lawyer[34]
* George E. Murk \- Minnesota state representative[35]
* 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[36]
* 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[37]
* Eric D. Petty \- Minnesota state senator and businessman[38]
* Bradley G. Pieper \- Minnesota state representative[39]
* Chellie Pingree \- U.S. representative for Maine[40]
* 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
* Tina Smith \- U.S. Senator and Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota[41]
* 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[42]
* Jesse Ventura \- former professional wrestler, actor, and Governor of Minnesota
* Carl O. Wegner \- lawyer and politician
* Vernon S. Welch \- Minnesota state representative and lawyer[43]
* Frank Emerson Wheelock\- a founder and first mayor of Lubbock, Texas, reared in Minneapolis[44]
* Bruce D. Williamson \- Minnesota state representative[45]
* Edwin M. Wold \- Minnesota state representative[46]
* Kenneth W. Wolfe \- Minnesota state senator[47]

* Hubert Humphrey

* Walter Mondale

* Jesse Ventura

* Eugene McCarthy

* Alan Page

## Military

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* Pete Hegseth, television presenter, author, Minnesota National Guard officer, and United States Secretary of Defense
* Harold Palmer Howard, U.S. Army brigadier general[48]

## Science

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Robert Gilruth Marcia McNutt

* Peter Agre[49] \- physician, biologist, Nobel Laureate
* Cynthia Ahearn (1952-2008) - echinodermologist and museum specialist[50]
* Earl Bakken \- engineer, philanthropist
* Norman Borlaug[51] \- agronomist
* Paul D. Boyer[52] \- chemist, Nobel Laureate
* Ian Coldwater \- computer security specialist[53]
* David E. Garfin \- biophysicist[54]
* Robert R. Gilruth \- directed the U.S. Moon landing[55]
* Leonid Hurwicz[56] \- economist, academician
* Finn E. Kydland[57] \- economist
* Edward B. Lewis[58] \- geneticist, Nobel Prize Winner
* C. Walton Lillehei \- surgeon, open-heart pioneer, Recipient of Bronze Star Medal and Order of Health Merit Jose Fernandez Madrid
* Marcia McNutt \- president National Academy of Sciences[59]
* Bradford Parkinson \- father of the Global Positioning System[60]
* Jeannette Piccard \- pioneer of balloonists[55]
* Edward C. Prescott[61] \- economist, Nobel Prize
* John Tate[62] \- mathematician

## Sports

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* Mukwelle Akale – soccer player[63]
* Andrew Alberts \- National Hockey League player
* Russ Anderson \- National Hockey League player
* Sacar Anim (born 1997) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Nate Augspurger \- rugby player
* David Backes \- National Hockey League player
* Rachel Banham \- professional basketball player
* Garrett Bender \- rugby union player
* Casey Borer \- National Hockey League player
* Rebekkah Brunson \- basketball player and coach
* Brady Bryant – soccer player and coach[64]
* Dustin Byfuglien \- National Hockey League player
* Dominique Byrd \- professional football player
* Geno Crandall \- basketball player with Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Cully Dahlstrom \- National Hockey League player
* Birdie Draper \- parachutist and stunt performer
* Joe Dziedzic \- National Hockey League player
* Chad Erickson \- National Hockey League player
* Larry Fitzgerald \- professional football player
* Rusty Fitzgerald \- National Hockey League player
* Jake Gardiner \- National Hockey League player
* Gabriele Grunewald \- professional runner
* Brad Hand \- Major League Baseball pitcher
* Pudge Heffelfinger \- football player
* Joe Hennig \- professional wrestler
* Chet Holmgren \- Oklahoma City Thunder C
* Kent Hrbek \- Major League Baseball player
* Janet Jamieson \- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Tom Kurvers \- National Hockey League player
* Reed Larson \- National Hockey League player
* Brock Lesnar \- professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
* Ryan Lindgren \- National Hockey League player
* Dave Menne \- mixed martial artist
* Chris Middlebrook \- bandy player and official
* Brock Nelson \- National Hockey League player
* Zach Parise \- National Hockey League player
* Nick Perbix \- National Hockey League player
* Paul Sather \- college men's basketball coach
* Briana Scurry \- Women's World Cup winner, Olympic gold medalist, retired professional soccer player, and first woman goalkeeper in the National Soccer Hall of Fame
* Kyle Shanahan \- football coach
* Tom Shevlin \- Yale track athlete and football captain
* Jalen Suggs \- Orlando Magic PG / SG
* Terrell Suggs \- Kansas City Chiefs defensive end / linebacker
* Matt Tennyson \- National Hockey League player
* John Thomas (born 1975) - basketball player
* Hal Trumble \- ice hockey administrator and referee
* Lyle Wright \- businessman, events promoter, United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
* Taylor Twellman \- former soccer player and MLS commentator

## See also

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* Biography portal
* Lists portal
* United States portal

* List of people from Minnesota

## References

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1. ^ Dennis Banks in American Indian Movement
2. ^ Clyde Bellecourt in American Indian Movement
3. ^ Sharon Belton in State and Local Affairs: Party Strengths
4. ^ Pillsbury United Communities Brian Coyle Community Center
5. ^ Harry Davis - a life of accomplishment. Minnesota Public Radio
6. ^ "Cecil E. Newman, Newspaper Publisher" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. African American Registry.
7. ^ American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration. Corneliuis Amory Pugsley Awards: Theodore Wirth. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
8. ^ Eddie Albert in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
9. ^ "New Photos Capture America of Our Time". Voice of America. January 17, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
10. ^ "'This is my chance!' Everything Everywhere's James Hong on bullying, 'yellowface' and his big break – at 94 | Movies | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
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12. ^ Minneapolis Public Library (February 20, 2007). Arts at MPL: George Morrison. Retrieved April 26, 2007
13. ^ Lili St. Cyr in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
14. ^ Salisbury, Martin (2017). The illustrated dust jacket, 1920-1970. London. pp. 166–167\. ISBN 9780500519134. Retrieved October 9, 2022.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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18. ^ "Franklin Mars". The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
19. ^ Keller, Martin (2019). Hijinx and Hearsay: Scenester Stories from Minnesota's Pop Life. Minnesota Historical Society Press. pp. 191–192\. ISBN 9781681341323.
20. ^ Richard W. Sears in Sears Archives
21. ^ "Rose Totino". Harvard College. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
22. ^ "Former Somali defense minister dies in US". Hiiraan Online. May 17, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
23. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-George C. Dahlvang
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26. ^ 'Robert C. Jensen-obituary,' Minneapolis Star Tribube (Minnesota), November 29, 2011, pg. B7
27. ^ Minnesotalegislators: Past & Present-Raymond Julkowski
28. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Harold Kalina
29. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Stephen "Steve" Keefe
30. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Burton L. Kingsley
31. ^ "U.S. Senate: States in the Senate | Minnesota". www.senate.gov. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
32. ^ "MCCOLLUM, Betty". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
33. ^ "MORRISON, Kelly". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
34. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Gerald T. Mullin
35. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-George E. Murk
36. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Harmon T. Ogdahl
37. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Donna C. Peterson
38. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Prent-Eric D. Petty
39. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Bradley G. Pieper
40. ^ "PINGREE, Chellie". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
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44. ^ "A Biography of Frank Emerson Wheelock". Wheelock.lubbockisd.org. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
45. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Bruce D. Williamson
46. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Edwin S. Wold
47. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Kenneth W. Wolfe
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57. ^ Finn E. Kydland
58. ^ Edward B. Lewis
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