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

Thomas Denny Sanford is a South Dakota businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of First Premier Bank and the chairman and chief executive officer of its holding company, United National Corporation.

John Michael Lutz is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is best known for playing J. D. Lutz on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, and for his work as a writer on the NBC series Saturday Night Live for seven seasons. In 2014, he joined the writing staff of the NBC late-night talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Legacies is an American fantasy drama television series, created by Julie Plec, that premiered on The CW on October 25, 2018. It is part of The Vampire Diaries Universe as it is a spin-off of The Originals and features characters from both that series and its predecessor, The Vampire Diaries. Danielle Rose Russell stars as the 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, continuing the role she originated in the fifth and final season of The Originals. Matt Davis also features prominently in the series, reprising his role as Alaric Saltzman from The Vampire Diaries. The CW renewed the series for a fourth season which premiered on October 14, 2021. In May 2022, it was announced that the fourth season would be its final season.

John Harrington is an American former ice hockey forward and is currently a head coach for HC Asiago of the Italian Serie A and former head coach for the Slovenian national team.

John Stewart Dalrymple III is an American politician and businessman who served as the 32nd Governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 36th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 2000 until 2010, when Governor John Hoeven resigned after his election to the United States Senate and Dalrymple succeeded him.

Mark Patrick Wegner is an American Major League Baseball umpire. He worked in the National League from 1998 to 1999, and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He was promoted to Crew Chief for the 2018 MLB season when Dale Scott retired after the 2017 MLB season.

Nathaniel Eric "Nate" Richert is an American former actor, director, musician and songwriter.

William Paul Luther is an American politician and lawyer from Minnesota. Luther was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) member of the United States House of Representatives representing Minnesota's 6th congressional district from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2003, serving in the 104th, 105th, 106th, and 107th congresses,

Erik Robert Johnson is an American ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed the "Condor", Johnson formerly played for the St. Louis Blues, with whom he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Additionally, he has represented the United States in numerous tournaments.

Ken Martin is an American political figure from Minnesota. He is currently Chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, President of the Association of State Democratic Committees, and a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee.