page_title: List of people from Minnesota
section_title: F
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Minnesota / F
caption_attribution_description: Thomas Friedman, American journalist, columnist, author and three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, currently working as an op-ed contributor for The New York Times.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable persons who were born or spent important time in the American state of Minnesota. People not born in Minnesota are marked with §.
context_section_description: Cliff Fagan (1911–1995) – high school basketball referee
  Colin Farnham (2004-2017) - died of heat stroke in the Arabian Highlands
  Mike Farrell (born 1939) – actor (M*A*S*H)
  Mike Farrell (born 1978) – hockey player
  Ciatrick Fason § (born 1982) – Minnesota Vikings football player
  Chris Faust § (born 1955) – photographer
  Tammy Faye Messner (1942–2007) – televangelist, singer
  George William Featherstonhaugh § (born 1780) – explorer
  Jay Feely (born 1976) – placekicker for the New York Jets
  Trevor Fehrman (born 1981) – actor
  Jim Finks § (1927–1994) – Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears executive
  David Fischer (born 1988) – hockey player
  Mardy Fish (born 1981) – tennis player
  F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) – novelist, short story writer
  Frances Scott Fitzgerald (1921–1986) – writer, journalist
  Larry Fitzgerald (born 1983) – football player
  Marcus Fitzgerald (born 1985) – football player
  David Flair (born 1979) – wrestler
  Ric Flair § (born 1949) – wrestler
  Richard E. Fleming (1917–1942) – sailor
  Loren Fletcher § (1833–1919) – member of U.S. Congress
  George Floyd (1973-2020) - murder victim
  Michael Floyd (born 1989) – football player
  Patrick Flueger (born 1983) – actor, The 4400
  Thomas Fluharty – illustrator
  Harry Flynn § (born 1933) – Roman Catholic archbishop
  Vince Flynn – author
  John R. Foley (1917–2001) – politician
  Steve Foley (1959–2008) – drummer, member of The Replacements
  Henry Fonda § – actor, attended the University of Minnesota; born in Nebraska
  John M. Ford § (died 2006) – science-fiction author and poet
  Al Franken § (born 1951) – political humorist, author, radio commentator, U.S. Senator
  Thomas Frankson (1869–1939) – lawyer, real estate developer, politician; 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
  Donald M. Fraser (born 1924) – mayor of Minneapolis, member of U.S. Congress
  James Earle Fraser (1876–1953) – sculptor
  Jeff Frazee (born 1987) – hockey player
  David Frederickson (born 1944) – politician, farmer, former president of National Farmers Union
  Dennis Frederickson (born 1939) – politician, farmer, veteran
  Orville Freeman (1918–2003) – 29th Governor of Minnesota, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
  Frederick William Freking (1911–1998) – Roman Catholic Bishop
  Bill Frenzel (born 1928) – member of U.S. Congress
  Thomas Friedman (born 1953) – journalist, columnist, author
  Lindsay Frost (born 1962) – actor
  Daniel Fry (1908–1992) – alien-spaceship passenger
  Allen J. Furlow (1890–1954) – member of U.S. Congress
caption: Thomas Friedman
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