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

 * 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, Recipient of Bronze Star Medal and Order of Health Merit Jose Fernandez Madrid
 * 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