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
[edit]- Sumner McKnight Crosby - art historian and professor of art history at Yale University
Activists
[edit]- 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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- 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
Business
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- 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
[edit]- 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 prominabce 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]
Military
[edit]- Harold Palmer Howard, U.S. Army brigadier general[43]
Science
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- Peter Agre[44] - physician, biologist, Nobel Laureate
- Cynthia Ahearn (1952-2008) - echinodermologist and museum specialist[45]
- Earl Bakken - engineer, philanthropist
- Norman Borlaug[46] - agronomist
- Paul D. Boyer[47] - chemist, Nobel Laureate
- Ian Coldwater - computer security specialist[48]
- David E. Garfin[broken anchor] - biophysicist[49]
- Robert R. Gilruth - directed the U.S. Moon landing[50]
- Leonid Hurwicz[51] - economist, academician
- Finn E. Kydland[52] - economist
- Edward B. Lewis[53] - 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[54]
- Bradford Parkinson - father of the Global Positioning System[55]
- Jeannette Piccard - pioneer of balloonists[50]
- Edward C. Prescott[56] - economist, Nobel Prize
- John Tate[57] - mathematician
Sports
[edit]- 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
- 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
- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "New Photos Capture America of Our Time". Voice of America. January 17, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Salisbury, Martin (2017). The illustrated dust jacket, 1920-1970. London. pp. 166–167. ISBN 9780500519134. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Gefter, Philip (July 9, 2007). "John Szarkowski, Curator of Photography, Dies at 81". The New York Times.|access-date=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.
- ^ Keller, Martin (2019). Hijinx and Hearsay: Scenester Stories from Minnesota's Pop Life. Minnesota Historical Society Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 9781681341323.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 'Robert C. Jensen-obituary,' Minneapolis Star Tribube (Minnesota), November 29, 2011, pg. B7
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fintschenko, Y, Salamanzadeh, A, Davalos, R (2014). "AES 2013: Annual Meeting of the AES Electrophoresis Society". American Laboratory. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 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