#1Famous people · Minneapolis
Of the 20 famous people born in Minneapolis, an unusual share are performers
Prince, the American musician, is the most widely known, written about in 112 languages. Behind the leader come Terry Gilliam and Vince Vaughn. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 12 of them. The earliest on the list is Carl Blegen, born in 1887, and the youngest Sofia Vassilieva, born in 1992.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Prince
in 112 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Carl Blegen
Youngest
1992
Sofia Vassilieva
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
9 people
Also called it home
8
notable residents
What stands out about Minneapolis’ famous people
Known worldwidePrince has an article in 112 languages, more than anyone else from here.A town of performersPerformers make up 9 of the 20, 4.8 times the usual share.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 1992, among 12 since 1950.A chosen home8 more notable people chose to live here, Walter Mondale among them.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Minneapolis
Two of the three are performers.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Terry Gilliam
born 1940American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor
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#3Known for
What Minneapolis is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 4.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Minneapolis’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Film, TV & StageSportsWriting & ArtsMusicBusinessPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Minneapolis
17 more, from 1887 to 1992.
Jesse Ventura
born 1951American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota
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No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Minneapolis home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 8 in all, led by Walter Mondale.
Walter Mondale
1928–2021Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Around it, Edina has the most people on record, 44 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Minneapolis and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Prince: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Gilliam: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vince Vaughn: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Paul Getty: Publication:Los Angeles Daily News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Hegseth: SECWAR, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Dean Anderson: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Mondale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Klobuchar: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mardy Fish: Michele Sandberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: Nickolas Muray, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Lynch: Michael Locke from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curt Hennig: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Muscala: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Moulton Cheney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons