page_title: List of people from Minneapolis
section_title: Artists
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Minneapolis / Artists
caption_attribution_description: English: Prince performing at Coachella 2008.
context_page_description: The following list mentions notable people who were born in or lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States, and gained recognition.
context_section_description: Mary Abbott - artist
  Barkhad Abdi - actor
  Faysal Ahmed - actor
  Eddie Albert - actor
  Richard Dean Anderson - actor
  The Andrews Sisters - singers
  James Arness - actor
  Babes in Toyland - band
  BeBe Zahara Benet - drag performer/singer, first winner of RuPaul's Drag Race
  Jason Behr - actor
  Robert Bly - poet
  Steven Brust - novelist
  Hazel Buckham - actress
  Craig Finn - frontman of indie rock bands The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller
  Alan Freed - free radio activist and media personality
  Larry Gates - actor
  Terry Gilliam - director and member of Monty Python
  Peter Graves - actor
  Molly Hagan - actress
  George Roy Hill - director
  James Hong - actor
  Dakota Dave Hull - musician
  Information Society - band
  Jillian Janson - pornographic actress
  Mason Jennings - musician
  Linda Kelsey  - actress
  Ward Kimball - Walt Disney animator
  T. R. Knight - actor
  June Lang - actress
  Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis - musicians
  Maud Hart Lovelace - author
  Carl Lumbly - actor
  Dorothy Lyman - actress, director, producer
  Cornell MacNeil - of the Metropolitan Opera
  Ralph Meeker - actor
  Ade Olufeko - digital artist
  George Morrison - artist
  Westbrook Pegler - journalist
  Prince - musician
  Randy Resnick - musician
  Prof - musician
  Charles M. Schulz - creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang
  Lili St. Cyr - stripper
  Brian Setzer - Stray Cats
  Clifford D. Simak - author
  Jack Smight - filmmaker
  Curt Swan - cartoonist, pencil artist of Superman for D.C. Comics from 1940s to 1980s
  Bruce Swedien - Grammy Award-winning audio engineer and music producer; known for his work with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson
  John Szarkowski - photographer
  Maria Cristina Tavera - artist
  Tiny Tim - TV personality
  Michael Todd - producer
  Anne Tyler - novelist
  Gerald Vizenor - author
  Paul Westerberg - musician
  Dan Wilson - musician
  Lizz Winstead - comedian, co-creator of The Daily Show
caption: Prince
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