USA Famous People of Minnesota

Minnesota (MN) 

bullet Charles Bender (1883 - 1954) The first pitcher in baseball to win six World Series games; born in Crow Wing County.
bullet Patty Berg (1918 - ) One of the greatest female golfers ever, founded the U.S. Ladies’ Professional Golfers’ Association; born in Minneapolis.
bullet William O. Douglass (1898 - 1980) The Longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice; born in Maine.
bullet Bob Dylan (1941 - ) Songwriter and singer whose songs of protest made him a hero to the civil-rights and student movements of the 1960s; born in Hibbing
bullet F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) Author famous for his characters and sense of style as in The Great Gatsby; born in St. Paul.
bullet Judy Garland (1922 - 1969) Singer and Actress most famous for her role as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz; born in Grand Rapids.
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J. Paul Getty (1892 - 1976) Richest man in the world when he died; born in Minneapolis.

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Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978), U. S. senator and vice president of the U. S. (1965 - 1969); Democratic candidate for president, 1968; Minnesota Senator.

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Garrison Keillor (1942 - ) Author and host of "A Prairie Home Companion"; born in Anoka.

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Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) The first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, he wrote of small town life such as Main Street; born in Sauk Centre.  

bullet John Madden (1936 - ) Emmy Award winning sport analyst and commentator and former coach of the Oakland Raiders; born in Austin. .
bullet Charles H. Mayo (1865 - 1939) and William J. Mayo (1861 - 1939) Physicians who founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
bullet Walter Frederick Mondale (1928 - ) 42d vice-president of the United States (1977 - 1980); Democratic candidate for president of the United States in 1984.
bullet Eugene McCarthy (1916 - ) U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Professor, author, and poet; born in Watkins.
bullet Roger Maris (1934 - 1985) Baseball player that while playing for the Yankees made history hitting 61 home runs in a single season; born in Hibbing.
bullet John S. Pillsbury (1827 - 1901) A leader in flour milling, he helped found the family company in Minneapolis in 1872; three-time Republican governor of Minnesota (1876 - 1882).
bullet Winona Ryder (1971  - ) Actress named after her birthplace, Winona, known in movies The Age of Innocence and The Crucible.
bullet Charles Schulz (1922 - 2000) Cartoonist that created the comic strip Peanuts about Charlie Brown; born in Minneapolis.
bullet Richard W. Sears (1863 - 1914) Founder of the Sears, Roebuck and Company; born in Stewartville.
bullet DeWitt Wallace (1889 - 1981) Founder of the Reader’s Digest magazine; born in St. Paul.

More Famous People of Minnesota
bullet LaVerne, Maxene, and Patti Andrews singers, Minneapolis
bullet Warren E. Burger jurist, Saint Paul
bullet William Demarest actor, Saint Paul
bullet James Earle Fraser sculptor, Winona
bullet Duane Hanson sculptor, Alexandria
bullet Garrison Keillor humorist, Anoka
bullet Jessica Lange actress, Cloquet
bullet Sinclair Lewis author, Sauk Center
bullet Edward Lowe inventor, Saint Paul
bullet Cornell MacNeil baritone, Minneapolis
bullet John Madden sportscaster, Austin
bullet Roger Maris baseball player, Hibbing
bullet E. G. Marshall actor, Owatonna
bullet Charles Horace Mayo surgeon, Rochester
bullet William J. Mayo surgeon, Le Sueur
bullet Eugene J. McCarthy senator, Watkins
bullet Kate Millett feminist, Saint Paul
bullet Walter F. Mondale Vice President, Celyon
bullet Prince Rogers Nelson singer, Minneapolis
bullet Lauris Norstad commander of NATO forces, Minneapolis
bullet Westbrook Pegler columnist, Minneapolis
bullet Jane Russell actress, Bemidji
bullet Winona Ryder actress, Winona
bullet Harrison E. Salisbury journalist, Minneapolis
bullet Kevin Sorbo actor, Mound
bullet Maurice H. Stans secretary of commerce, Shakopee
bullet Harold Edward Stassen government official, Saint Paul
bullet Michael Todd producer, Minneapolis
bullet Jesse Ventura politician, entertainer, Minneapolis
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