List of people from Minneapolis
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The following list mentions notable people who spent time 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]
- Keith Ellison - politician[5]
- W. Harry Davis - civil rights activist[6]
- Billy Graham - evangelist[7]
- Catharine MacKinnon - lawyer and teacher
- Cecil Newman - publisher, Urban League president[8]
- Theodore Wirth - planned the city's park system[9]
Artists
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- Mary Abbott - artist
- Barkhad Abdi - actor
- Faysal Ahmed - actor
- Eddie Albert - actor[10]
- Lila Ammons - singer
- Richard Dean Anderson - actor
- The Andrews Sisters - singers
- James Arness - actor
- Babes in Toyland - band
- Robert Bly - poet
- Hazel Buckham - actress
- Coen Brothers - filmmakers[11]
- Cody DuBois
- Bob Dylan - musician
- Larry Gates - actor
- Guy Gillette - photographer
- Peter Graves - actor
- Molly Hagan - actress
- Josh Hartnett - actor
- Ted Hartwell[12]
- George Roy Hill - director Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid The Sting The World According to Garp (film) Thoroughly Modern Millie
- James Hong - actor
- Information Society - band
- Mason Jennings - musician
- Linda Kelsey - actress
- Ward Kimball - Walt Disney animator
- June Lang - actress
- Jessica Lange - actress
- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis - musicians
- Sinclair Lewis - novelist
- Liam Powell Sr
- Maud Hart Lovelace - author
- Carl Lumbly - actor
- Cornell MacNeil - of the Metropolitan Opera[13]
- Ralph Meeker - actor
- George Morrison - artist[14]
- Westbrook Pegler - journalist
- Prince - musician
- Randy Resnick - musician
- Charles M. Schulz - creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang
- Lili St. Cyr - stripper[15]
- Clifford D. Simak - author
- Jack Smight - filmmaker
- John Szarkowski - photographer[16]
- Tiny Tim - TV personality
- Michael Todd - producer
- Anne Tyler - novelist[17]
- Gerald Vizenor - author
- Paul Westerberg - musician[18]
- Dan Wilson - musician
Business
- George Dayton - of Target Corporation
- William Hood Dunwoody - businessman and partner in what is today 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[19]
- John S. Pillsbury - co-founder of Pillsbury Company
- Richard Sears - co-founder of Sears[20]
- Rose Totino - co-founder of Totino's frozen pizza[21]
- Curt Carlson - found of Carlson Companies
Government
- Hubert Humphrey - U.S. vice president
- Eugene McCarthy - U.S. senator
- Walter Mondale - U.S. vice president
- Lauris Norstad - supreme commander of NATO[13]
- Alan Page - Minnesota Supreme Court justice; Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Herman W. Sachtjen - member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and jurist
- Samuel R. Thayer - ambassador to the Netherlands in the Benjamin Harrison administration[22]
- Jesse Ventura - former professional wrestler, actor, and Governor of Minnesota
- Frank E. Wheelock - a founder and first mayor of Lubbock, Texas, reared in Minneapolis[23]
Science
- Peter Agre[24]
- Earl Bakken
- Norman Borlaug[25]
- Paul D. Boyer[26]
- Robert R. Gilruth - directed the U.S. Moon landing[27]
- Leonid Hurwicz[28]
- Finn E. Kydland[29]
- Edward B. Lewis[30]
- C. Walton Lillehei
- Marcia McNutt - president National Academy of Sciences[31]
- Bradford Parkinson - father of the Global Positioning System[32]
- Jeannette Piccard - pioneer of balloonists[27]
- Edward C. Prescott[33]
- John Tate[34]
Sports
- Dave Menne - mixed martial artist
- Brock Lesnar - mixed martial artist
- Larry Fitzgerald - professional football player
- Dominique Byrd - professional football player
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
- ↑ Keith Ellison in CBS/AP (November 8, 2006). "First Muslim Elected To Congress".
- ↑ Harry Davis - a life of accomplishment. Minnesota Public Radio
- ↑ Miller, Pam (April 7, 2007). "Billy Graham: A spirit unbowed". Star Tribune. Retrieved April 8, 2007.
- ↑ "Cecil E. Newman, Newspaper Publisher". African American Registry.
- ↑ American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration. Corneliuis Amory Pugsley Awards: Theodore Wirth. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ↑ Eddie Albert in Encyclopaedia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ↑ Coen Brothers in Encyclopaedia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
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- ↑ 13.0 13.1 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 Encyclopaedia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
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- ↑ Anne Tyler in Encyclopaedia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ↑ the Replacements in Encyclopaedia Britannica (2007). Retrieved April 26, 2007.
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- ↑ Richard W. Sears in Sears Archives
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- ↑ John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis, Who's Who in America, Volume 3, 1903, page 1469
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- ↑ Peter Agre
- ↑ Norman Borlaug
- ↑ Paul D. Boyer
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Robert Gilruth, Jean and Jeannette Piccard in The Glennan-Webb-Seamans Project for Research in Space History oral history
- ↑ Leonid Hurwicz
- ↑ Finn E. Kydland
- ↑ Edward B. Lewis
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- ↑ http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/news/magazine/aeroastro-no4/parkinson.html
- ↑ Edward C. Prescott
- ↑ John Torrence Tate
