The following list mentions notable people who were born in or lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States, and gained recognition.
Academia
- Sumner McKnight Crosby - art historian and professor of art history at Yale University
Activists
- Dennis Banks - Native American leader
- Clyde Bellecourt - Native American leader
- Sharon Sayles Belton - politician
- Brian Coyle - gay rights activist
- W. Harry Davis - civil rights activist
- Paulette Fink - French-born Jewish activist
- Catharine MacKinnon - lawyer and teacher
- Cecil Newman - publisher, Urban League president
- Sean Sherman - indigenous foods activist
- Amy Robbins Ware - peace activist
- Theodore Wirth - planned the city's park system
Artists
- Mary Abbott - artist
- Barkhad Abdi - actor
- Corey Adam - stand-up comedian
- After the Burial - band
- Faysal Ahmed - actor
- Eddie Albert - actor
- Ernest Dewey Albinson - artist
- Richard Dean Anderson - actor
- The Andrews Sisters - singers
- Siah Armajani - sculptor and architect
- James Arness - actor
- Atmosphere - hip hop duo
- Babes in Toyland - band
- 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
- Alan Freed - free radio activist and media personality
- 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
- George Roy Hill - director
- James Hong - actor
- Dakota Dave Hull - musician
- Information Society - band
- 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
- Ralph Meeker - actor
- Michael J. Nelson - comedian
- Ade Olufeko - digital artist
- George Morrison - artist
- Alex Pareene, editor-in-chief of Gawker
- Westbrook Pegler - journalist
- Prince - musician
- Randy Resnick - musician
- Prof - musician
- Charles M. Schulz - creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang
- Lili St. Cyr - stripper
- Brian Setzer - Stray Cats
- Clifford D. Simak - author
- Alfred Skrenda - illustrator
- 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
- Maria Cristina Tavera - artist
- Tiny Tim - TV personality
- Michael Todd - producer
- The Jets, band
- Anne Tyler - novelist
- Gerald Vizenor - author
- Paul Westerberg - musician
- Dan Wilson - musician
- Lizz Winstead - comedian, co-creator of The Daily Show
Business
- 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
- Steve McClellan - general manager of First Avenue
- 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
- Rose Totino - co-founder of Totino's frozen pizza
Government
- Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman - politician and judge, former Minister of Defence of Somalia (1989–1990)
- 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
- 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)
- William S. Ervin - former Minnesota Attorney General
- 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
- Raymond J. Julkowski - Minnesota state representative and lawyer
- Harold Kalina - Minnesota state senator and judge
- Stephen Keefe - Minnesota state senator and chemist
- Burton L. Kingsley - Minnesota state legislator and businessman
- 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
- George E. Murk - Minnesota state representative
- Dennis Newinski - Minnesota state representative and machinist
- Lauris Norstad - Supreme Commander Europe NATO (The 2nd highest rank by prominabce in NATO)
- Harmon T. Ogdahl - Minnesota state senator and businessman
- 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
- Eric D. Petty - Minnesota state senator and businessman
- Bradley G. Pieper - Minnesota state representative
- 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
- Jesse Ventura - former professional wrestler, actor, and Governor of Minnesota
- Carl O. Wegner - lawyer and politician
- Vernon S. Welch - Minnesota state representative and lawyer
- Frank E. Wheelock - a founder and first mayor of Lubbock, Texas, reared in Minneapolis
- Bruce D. Williamson - Minnesota state representative
- Edwin M. Wold - Minnesota state representative
- Kenneth W. Wolfe - Minnesota state senator
Military
- Harold Palmer Howard, U.S. Army brigadier general
Science
- Peter Agre - physician, biologist, Nobel Laureate
- Cynthia Ahearn (1952-2008) - echinodermologist and museum specialist
- Earl Bakken - engineer, philanthropist
- Norman Borlaug - agronomist
- Paul D. Boyer - chemist, Nobel Laureate
- Ian Coldwater - computer security specialist
- David E. Garfin - biophysicist
- Robert R. Gilruth - directed the U.S. Moon landing
- Leonid Hurwicz - economist, academician
- Finn E. Kydland - economist
- Edward B. Lewis - geneticist, Nobel Prize Winner
- C. Walton Lillehei - surgeon, open-heart pioneer
- Marcia McNutt - president National Academy of Sciences
- Bradford Parkinson - father of the Global Positioning System
- Jeannette Piccard - pioneer of balloonists
- Edward C. Prescott - economist, Nobel Prize
- John Tate - mathematician
Sports
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Joe Hennig - professional wrestler
- 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
- 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
- Kyle Shanahan - football coach
- 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
See also
- List of people from Minnesota
References
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