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

Eleanor Gates 'Ellie' Kinnaird is a North Carolina politician who served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 23rd Senate district from January 1997 until her resignation in 2013. Her district included constituents in Orange and Chatham counties.

Broken Lizard is an American comedy troupe that comprises Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. They collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and productions of their films, with Chandrasekhar and Heffernan being the primary directors; the team however does not have any single leader and they work collaboratively when choosing material and writing projects.

Paul Harold Westerberg is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in The Replacements. Following the break up of the Replacements, Westerberg launched a solo career which saw him release three albums on major record labels. Since then he has been mostly releasing music that he has self-produced and recorded in the home studio in his basement. He has also released two albums and an EP under the pseudonym, Grandpaboy. Most recently, in 2017, Westerberg released songs on SoundCloud as User 964848511 and on Bandcamp as Dry Wood Garage.

Sharon Sayles Belton is an American community leader, politician and activist. She is Vice President of Community Relations and Government Affairs for Thomson Reuters Legal business.

Mark Steven Cohen is an American neuroscientist and early pioneer of functional brain imaging using magnetic resonance imaging. He currently is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiology, Psychology, Biomedical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Behavior and the Staglin Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. He is also a performing musician.

Jake Garber is an American make-up artist who has done over 140 movies and television shows. For films he is most known for movies such as Star Trek: First Contact, Scream 3, Ghosts of Mars, Kill Bill, Hulk, Collateral, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The Hitcher, Grindhouse, The Mist, Inglourious Basterds, and Django Unchained. He has also done TV shows such as Star Trek: Voyager, Firefly, The Walking Dead and The X-Files.

Don Ness is an American politician who served as the 38th Mayor of Duluth, Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

The Invasion is a 2007 American science fiction horror film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, with additional scenes written by The Wachowskis and directed by James McTeigue, and starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. The plot follows a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist (Kidman) who finds those around her turning into emotionless beings shortly after a major space shuttle crash.

Cheri Lynn Honkala is an American anti-poverty advocate, co-founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU) and co-founder and National Coordinator of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign. She has been a noted advocate for human rights in the United States and internationally. She is the mother of actor Mark Webber.

John E. Otto was the acting director of the FBI in 1987.