List of Famous people born in Minnesota, United States of America

Laila Robins is an American stage, film and television actress. She has appeared in films including Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Live Nude Girls (1995), True Crime (1999), She's Lost Control (2014), and Eye in the Sky (2015). Her television credits include regular roles on Gabriel's Fire, Homeland, and Murder in the First. More recently, she has had recurring roles as Katarina Rostova in season 7 of The Blacklist and as Grace Mallory in The Boys.

Nicholas Roger Swardson is an American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his recurring role as Terry Bernadino in the comedy series Reno 911!, for his work with Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, and for his own personal sketch comedy series Nick Swardson's Pretend Time.

Ray Edward Cochran was an American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. He experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He played the guitar, piano, bass, and drums. His image as a sharply dressed and attractive young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker, and in death he achieved iconic status.

Maria Lynn Schneider is an American composer and jazz orchestra leader who has won multiple Grammy Awards.

Thomas Loren Friedman is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global trade, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues.

Robert Arthur Seguso is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the world no. 1 doubles ranking in 1985. He won a total of 29 career doubles titles between 1984 and 1991.

Joel James Gretsch is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on The 4400, Taken and V.

Maureen Ann Collins is an American actress and comedian. She is perhaps best known for being a member of the ensemble on FOX's sketch comedy series Mad TV. Collins became well known for several characters during her tenure on the show.

Patrick John Flueger is an American actor, known for a lead role as Shawn Farrell in the television series The 4400. He currently appears as a main role in Chicago P.D., playing the role of Adam Ruzek.

Marjean Holden is an American actress, stuntwoman and martial artist.