page_title: List of people from Minnesota
section_title: B
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Minnesota / B
caption_attribution_description: English: Jessica Biel at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Français&#160;: Jessica Biel au festival de Cannes 2013.
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: Tim M. Babcock (born 1919) – politician
  Michele Bachmann § (born 1956) – politician
  David Backes (born 1984) – hockey player
  Tim Bagley (born 1957) – character actor, Strip Mall, Will & Grace
  Bill Baker (born 1956) – hockey player
  Jim Bakker § (born 1939) – televangelist
  Melvin Baldwin § (1838–1901) – member of U.S. Congress
  Joseph H. Ball (1905–1993) – U.S. Senator
  Keith Ballard (born 1982) – hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
  Maria Bamford (born 1970) – comedian and actress
  Ann Bancroft (born 1955) – polar explorer, first female to reach both the North and South Poles
  Dominique Barber (born 1986) – Houston Texans football player
  Marion Barber III (born 1983) – Dallas Cowboys football player
  Robert Baril – stand-up comedian
  Dean Barkley (born 1950) – U.S. Senator
  Lynsey Bartilson (born 1983) – actress
  Alphonso Barto – 7th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
  Carol Bartz (born 1948) – president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!
  Earl Battey § (1935–2003) – Minnesota Twins baseball player
  Elgin Baylor § (born 1934) – former basketball player
  Brian Baumgartner – actor and comedian; former artistic director at the Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis
  Charles Baxter (born 1947) – author
  John C. Beale (born 1948) – EPA consultant, convicted felon
  Dick Beardsley (born 1956) – former world-class marathoner, motivational speaker
  Tracy Beckman (born 1945) – government official, politician, business owner and manager
  James Bede § (1856–1942) – member of U.S. Congress
  Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932–1972) – member of U.S. Congress
  James Ford Bell § (1879–1961) – business leader, philanthropist, founder of General Mills
  Troy Bell (born 1980) – basketball player
  Clyde Bellecourt (born 1936) – Native American civil rights organizer
  Nick Bellore (born 1989) – Seattle Seahawks football player
  Sharon Sayles Belton (born 1951) – first African-American mayor of Minneapolis
  Charles "Chief" Bender (1884–1954) – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
  Dorothy Benham (born 1955) – Miss America 1977
  Paris Bennett § (born 1988) – singer
  Tony Benshoof (born 1975) – luger, Olympian
  Elmer Austin Benson (1895–1985) – 24th Governor of Minnesota; U.S. Senator
  Joanne Benson (born 1943) – 44th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
  William Benton (1900–1973) – U.S. Senator
  Juan Berenguer § (born 1954) – Minnesota Twins baseball player
  Patty Berg (1918–2006) – golfer, founding member of the LPGA
  Robert Bergland (born 1928) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; member of U.S. Congress
  Tim Bergland (born 1965) – hockey-player
  Jason Behr (born 1973) – actor
  John Bernard § (1893–1983) – member of U.S. Congress
  Philip Berrigan (1923–2002) – peace activist, Christian anarchist, and Roman Catholic priest
  Bill Berry (born 1958) – R.E.M. drummer
  Jessica Biel (born 1982) – actress (7th Heaven), married to Justin Timberlake
  Bernie Bierman § (1894–1977) – college football coach
  Big Eagle (c. 1827–1906) – leader of a band of Mdewakanton Sioux Indians
  John Binkowski (born 1979) – politician
  Matt Birk (born 1976) – Baltimore Ravens football player
  Harry Blackmun § (1908–1999) – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  Matt Blair § (born 1950) – Minnesota Vikings football player
  Jason Blake (born 1973) – hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks
  John Blatnik (1911–1991) – member of the U.S. Congress
  Jerome Blatz – politician
  Kathleen A. Blatz (born 1954) – judge and politician
  Theodore C. Blegen (1891–1969) – historian and author
  Floyd E. Bloom (born 1936) – medical researcher specializing in chemical neuroanatomy
  Josh Blue § (born 1978) – comedian
  Carol Bly – short story writer
  Bert Blyleven § (born 1951) – Minnesota Twins baseball player
  Eduard Bøckmann (1849–1927) – ophthalmologist, physician and inventor
  Haldor Boen § (1846–1936) – member of U.S. Congress
  Roman Bohnen (1901–1949) – actor
  Greg Boll (born 1960) – politician, activist
  Brian Bonin (born 1973) – hockey player
  Jeremy Borash (born 1977) – wrestling announcer
  Madeleine Bordallo (born 1933) – politician
  Lorraine Borg (1923–2006) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  Norman Borlaug § (born 1914) – agricu
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