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

Vincent Paul Kartheiser is an American actor. He played Connor on The WB television series Angel and Pete Campbell on the AMC television series Mad Men, for which he received six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and won twice along with the cast. He had starring roles in the films Alaska and Another Day in Paradise. His most recent appearance is in the 2020 Netflix film The Social Dilemma.

Derek Ryan Smith, known professionally as Mod Sun, is an American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, author, painter, and poet from Bloomington, Minnesota.

Susan V. Moonsie is a Trinidad and Tobago-born American singer and musician. Moonsie is best known as a member of Vanity 6 (1982–1983) and Apollonia 6 (1983–1985) and for her association with musician Prince.

Joseph Ruud is an American professional wrestler who currently performs on the independent circuit under the ring name Erick Redbeard. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Erick Rowan between 2011 and 2020.

Paige Bueckers is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference. She was a consensus five-star recruit and the number one player in the 2020 class. At the high school level, Bueckers competed for Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Mark Brandt Dayton is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Minnesota from 2011 to 2019. He was a United States Senator for Minnesota from 2001 to 2007, and the Minnesota State Auditor from 1991 to 1995. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), which affiliates with the national Democratic Party.

Medaria Arradondo is an American law enforcement official serving as the Chief of the Minneapolis Police Department.

Bernie Leadon is an American musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of three pioneering and highly influential country rock bands: Hearts & Flowers, Dillard & Clark, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. He is a multi-instrumentalist coming from a bluegrass background. He introduced elements of this music to a mainstream audience during his tenure with the Eagles.

Ronald Harold Johnson is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States Senator for Wisconsin. He is a member of the Republican Party. Johnson was elected to the Senate in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold, and reelected in 2016, again defeating Feingold. Before politics, Johnson was chief executive officer of a polyester and plastics manufacturer founded by his brother-in-law.

Jeffrey William Monson is a retired American-Russian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 1997, he has competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, DREAM, PRIDE, M-1 Global, Impact FC, World Victory Road, and Cage Warriors. In Brazilian jiu-jitsu and grappling, Monson is a two-time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu World Champion. Monson is an anarcho-communist known for his radical left-wing political views. He is the host of Monson TV on RT.