This is a partial list of prominent people who were born, grew up, lived in, or made their mark in the state of Minnesota, arranged in alphabetical order.
- Elmer Andersen (governor)
- Louie Anderson (television personality)
- Richard Dean Anderson (actor)
- Wendell Anderson (governor)
- Ann Bancroft (polar explorer)
- Dean Barkley (independent politician)
- Marion Dane Bauer (writer)
- John Becker (composer)
- Sharon Sayles Belton (mayor of Minneapolis)
- Patty Berg (golfer)
- Jessica Biel (actress)
- Harry Blackmun (Supreme Court justice)
- David Bloom (journalist killed in Iraq)
- Robert Bly (writer)
- Jim Brandenberg (photographer)
- Nicholas Brewer (painter)
- Herb Brooks (ice hockey coach)
- Neil Broten (hockey player)
- Aaron Brown (broadcast journalist)
- Paul Bunyan (legend)
- Warren Burger (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court)
- Chatwood Burton (painter)
- Curt Carlson (businessman)
- Nancy Carlson (author)
- Charles Bender (Native American baseball player)
- Coen Brothers (film directors)
- Norm Coleman (mayor of Saint Paul and senator)
- Rachael Leigh Cook (actress)
- Gratia Countryman (librarian)
- Joseph Cretin (Roman Catholic bishop)
- Adolph Dehn (lithographer)
- Kate DiCamillo (author)
- William Dodd (historical figure)
- Daniel Greysolon DuLhut (explorer)
- William Durbin (author)
- Bob Dylan (singer)
- Jim Eisenreich (Major League Baseball player)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (playwright)
- Jacob Fjelde (sculptor)
- Ric Flair (wrestler)
- Harry Flynn (Roman Catholic archbishop)
- William Folwell (president of the University of Minnesota)
- Al Franken (satirical comedian)
- Don Fraser (mayor and diplomat)
- James Earle Fraser (sculptor)
- Orville Freeman (governor)
- Wanda Gag (woodcutter)
- John Gagliardi (college football coach)
- Greg Gagne (Major League Baseball player)
- Verne Gagne (wrestler)
- Neil Gaiman (author)
- Judy Garland (actress)
- J. Paul Getty (entrepreneur)
- Cass Gilbert (architect)
- Terry Gilliam (Monty Python member)
- Genvieve Gorder (interior designer)
- Archibald Graham "Moonlight" (doctor and baseball player)
- Peter Graves (actor)
- Joan Growe (state Secretary of State and diplomat)
- Earl Guy (writer)
- Josh Hartnett (actor)
- Jon Hassler (author)
- James J. Hill (businessman)
- Tami Hoag (author)
- George Hormel (businessman)
- Hubert H. Humphrey (Vice President of the United States)
- Garrison Keillor (radio personality)
- Frank Kellogg (United States Secretary of State)
- Craig Kilborn (television personality)
- Joan Kroc (philanthropist)
- Jessica Lange (actress)
- Tom Lehman (golfer)
- Meridel Le Sueur (writer)
- Sinclair Lewis (writer)
- Charles Lindbergh (aviator)
- Maud Hart Lovelace (author)
- John Madden (football coach and commentator)
- Paul Manship (sculptor)
- Roger Maris (Major League Baseball player)
- John Mariucci (hockey coach)
- E.G. Marshall (actor)
- Homer Dodge Martin (painter)
- Charles Mayo (surgeon)
- William Mayo (surgeon)
- Eugene McCarthy (United States Senator)
- Bobby McFerrin (musician)
- Kevin McHale (basketball player)
- Breckin Meyer (actor)
- Paul Molitor (Major League Baseball player)
- Walter Mondale (Vice President of the United States)
- Mary Tyler Moore (actress)
- Jack Morris (Major League Baseball player)
- Bronko Nagurski (football player)
- LeRoy Neiman (painter)
- George Nelson (astronaut)
- Eunice Norton (pianist)
- Tim O'Brien (author)
- Sigurd Olson (environmentalist)
- Alan Page (football player and justice on Minnesota Supreme Court)
- Gordon Parks (photographer)
- Gary Paulsen (writer)
- Tim Pawlenty (governor)
- Rudy Perpich (governor)
- John Pillsbury (financier)
- Carl Pohlad (billionaire owner and philanthropist)
- Prince (singer)
- Kirby Puckett (Major League Baseball player)
- Alexander Ramsey (governor)
- Joseph Renville (Native American estate owner)
- Robyne Robinson (newscaster)
- Ole Rolvaag (author)
- Marion Ross (actress)
- Winona Ryder (actress)
- Francis Sampson (war hero; Saving Private Ryan loosely based on his story)
- Henry Schoolcraft (explorer)
- Charles Schulz (cartoonist)
- Seann William Scott (actor)
- William Sears (businessman)
- Martin Sheen (actor)
- Henry Sibley (governor)
- Dick Siebert (college baseball coach)
- Harold Stassen (governor)
- Will Steger (polar explorer)
- Terry Steinbach (Major League Baseball player)
- John Stevens (developer of Minneapolis)
- Wayne Terwilliger (baseball coach)
- Bruce Vento (United States Representative)
- Jesse Ventura (wrestler and governor)
- DeWitt Wallace (publisher)
- Cadwallader Washburn (painter)
- Paul Wellstone (progressive senator)
- Frederick Weyerhaeuser (businessman)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (writer)
- Roy Wilkins (African-American leader)
- August Wilson (playwright)
- Dave Winfield (Major League Baseball player)
- Wing Young Huie (photographer)
