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.
Activists[]
- 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
- Theodore Wirth - planned the city's park system[7]
Artists[]
- 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
- Babes in Toyland - band
- Leslie Barlow - visual artist, painting, drawing, mixed-media
- Jason Behr - actor
- Robert Bly - poet
- Steven Brust - novelist
- Hazel Buckham - actress
- Mo Collins - actress and comedian
- Craig Finn - frontman of indie rock bands The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller
- Alan Freed - free radio activist and media personality
- Larry Gates - actor
- Terry Gilliam - director and member of Monty Python
- Peter Graves - actor
- Daniel Grodnik - writer/movie producer
- Molly Hagan - actress
- George Roy Hill - director
- James Hong - actor
- Dakota Dave Hull - musician
- Information Society - band
- Mason Jennings - musician
- 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[9]
- Ralph Meeker - actor
- Michael J. Nelson - comedian
- Ade Olufeko - digital artist
- George Morrison - artist[10]
- 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[11]
- Brian Setzer - Stray Cats
- Clifford D. Simak - author
- Jack Smight - filmmaker
- Curt Swan - cartoonist, pencil artist of Superman for D.C. Comics from 1940s to 1980s
- Bruce Swedien - Grammy Award-winning audio engineer and music producer; known for his work with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson
- John Szarkowski - photographer[12]
- Maria Cristina Tavera - artist
- Tiny Tim - TV personality
- Michael Todd - producer
- The Jets, band
- Anne Tyler - novelist[13]
- Gerald Vizenor - author
- Paul Westerberg - musician[14]
- Dan Wilson - musician
- Lizz Winstead - comedian, co-creator of The Daily Show
- Alec Soth - Photographer
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[15]
- Peter Najarian - options trader and television personality
- John S. Pillsbury - co-founder of Pillsbury Company
- Richard Sears - co-founder of Sears[16]
- Rose Totino - co-founder of Totino's frozen pizza[17]
Government[]
- Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman - politician and judge, former Minister of Defence of Somalia (1989–1990)[18]
- George C. Dahlvang - Minnesota state representative[19]
- Mark Dayton - Governor of Minnesota
- Keith Ellison - Minnesota Attorney General, former member of the United States House of Representatives (2003-2019)[20]
- William S. Ervin - former Minnesota Attorney General[21]
- Hubert Humphrey - U.S. Vice President
- Harold Kalina - Minnesota state senator and judge[22]
- Eugene McCarthy - U.S. Senator
- Walter Mondale - U.S. Vice President
- Lauris Norstad - Supreme Commander Europe NATO (The 2nd highest rank by prominabce in NATO)[9]
- Harmon T. Ogdahl - Minnesota state senator and businessman[23]
- Alan Page - Minnesota Supreme Court justice; former NFL defensive lineman and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Herman W. Sachtjen - member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and jurist
- Donald Savelkoul - lawyer and politician
- Samuel R. Thayer - ambassador to the Netherlands in the Benjamin Harrison administration[24]
- Jesse Ventura - former professional wrestler, actor, and Governor of Minnesota
- Frank E. Wheelock - a founder and first mayor of Lubbock, Texas, reared in Minneapolis[25]
Science[]
Robert Gilruth
- Peter Agre[26] - physician, biologist, Nobel Laureate
- Earl Bakken - engineer, philanthropist
- Norman Borlaug[27] - agronomist
- Paul D. Boyer[28] - chemist, Nobel Laureate
- David E. Garfin[who?]
- Robert R. Gilruth - directed the U.S. Moon landing[29]
- Leonid Hurwicz[30] - economist, academician
- Finn E. Kydland[31] - economist
- Edward B. Lewis[32] - geneticist, Nobel Prize Winner
- C. Walton Lillehei - surgeon, open-heart pioneer
- Marcia McNutt - president National Academy of Sciences[33]
- Bradford Parkinson - father of the Global Positioning System[34]
- Jeannette Piccard - pioneer of balloonists[29]
- Edward C. Prescott[35] - economist, Nobel Prize
- John Tate[36] - mathematician
Sports[]
- Andrew Alberts - National Hockey League player
- Russ Anderson - National Hockey League player
- Nate Augspurger - rugby player
- David Backes - National Hockey League 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
- 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
- Gabriele Grunewald - professional runner
- Joe Hennig - professional wrestler
- Kent Hrbek - MLB first baseman
- 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
- Dave Menne - mixed martial artist
- Paul Sather - College men's basketball coach
- Kyle Shanahan - football coach
- 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[]
References[]
- ^ Dennis Banks in American Indian Movement
- ^ Clyde Bellecourt in American Indian Movement
- ^ Sharon Belton in State and Local Affairs: Party Strengths
- ^ Pillsbury United Communities Brian Coyle Community Center
- ^ Harry Davis - a life of accomplishment. Minnesota Public Radio
- ^ "Cecil E. Newman, Newspaper Publisher" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. African American Registry.
- ^ American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration. Corneliuis Amory Pugsley Awards: Theodore Wirth. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ Eddie Albert in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Marchex, Inc. (2006). Famous Minnesotans, and Minnesota State Legislature: Youth Famous Minnesotans. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ Minneapolis Public Library (February 20, 2007). Arts at MPL: George Morrison. Retrieved April 26, 2007
- ^ Lili St. Cyr in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ Gefter, Philip (July 9, 2007). "John Szarkowski, Curator of Photography, Dies at 81". The New York Times.|accessdate=July 29, 2007
- ^ Anne Tyler in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ the Replacements in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ "Franklin Mars". The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- ^ Richard W. Sears in Sears Archives
- ^ "Rose Totino". Harvard College. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- ^ "Former Somali defense minister dies in US". Hiiraan Online. May 17, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-George C. Dahlvang
- ^ Keith Ellison in CBS/AP (November 8, 2006). "First Muslim Elected To Congress".
- ^ "Ex-State Official W. S. Erwin Dies". Winona Republican-Herald. Winona, MN. Associated Press. April 3, 1951. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Harold Kalina
- ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Harmon T. Ogdahl
- ^ John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis, Who's Who in America, Volume 3, 1903, page 1469
- ^ "A Biography of Frank Emerson Wheelock". Wheelock.lubbockisd.org. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ^ Peter Agre
- ^ Norman Borlaug
- ^ Paul D. Boyer
- ^ Jump up to: a b Robert Gilruth, Jean and Jeannette Piccard in The Glennan-Webb-Seamans Project for Research in Space History oral history Archived April 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ "MIT Aero-Astro Magazine - Parkinson".
- ^ Edward C. Prescott
- ^ John Torrence Tate
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