List of People From Minnesota - A

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• Johan Arnd Aasgaard (1876–1966) – President of Concordia College, President of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
• Walter Abel (1898–1987) – actor
• Martin Abern § (1898–1949) – Trotskyist politician
• Amy Adams §- actress (neither born nor educated in Minnesota--she was born in Italy and educated in Colorado)
• Charles Edward Adams – 25th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Anthony Adducci § (1937–2006) – builder of the first lithium-battery powered pacemaker
• Peter Agre (born 1949) – Nobel Prize winner
• Walden L. Ainsworth (1886–1960) – Admiral of the United States Navy
• Eddie Albert § (1906–2005) – actor, gardener and humanitarian activist
• Frank Albertson (1909–1964) – actor
• Grady Alderman § (born 1938) – Minnesota Vikings football player
• Cole Aldrich (born 1988) – Houston Rockets basketball player
• Cyrus Aldrich § (1808–1871) – member of U.S. Congress
• John G. Alexander § (1893–1971) – member of U.S. Congress
• Brother Ali (Ali Newman) § – hip-hop artist
• Bob Allison § (1934–1995) – Minnesota Twins baseball player
• A. A. Ames § (1842–1911) – politician
• Herman Carl Andersen § (1897–1978) – member of U.S. Congress
• Brad Anderson (born 1969) – wrestler
• Clyde Elmer Anderson (1912–1998) – 28th Governor of Minnesota; 30th and 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Dan Anderson (1920–2003) – psychologist
• Elmer L. Andersen § (1909–2004) – 30th Governor of Minnesota, businessman, philanthropist
• Eugenie Anderson (1909–1997) – U.S. Ambassador to Denmark and Bulgaria; first woman appointed U.S. ambassador
• G. Barry Anderson – judge
• Gene Anderson (1933–1991) – wrestler
• Larry Anderson (born 1952) – actor
• Gary Anderson § (born 1959) – Minnesota Vikings football player
• Ken Anderson (born 1976) – wrestler
• Liz Anderson (born 1930) – songwriter
• Loni Anderson (born 1945) – television actor (WKRP in Cincinnati), former wife of Burt Reynolds.
• Louie Anderson (born 1953) – comedian, television personality (Life with Louie, Family Feud)
• Marc Anderson – Percussionist
• Morten Andersen § (born 1960) – Minnesota Vikings football player
• Ole Anderson (born 1942) – wrestler
• Patricia Anderson (born 1966) – politician, business owner, 17th state auditor
• Paul H. Anderson – judge
• Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950) – television actor (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1)
• Russell A. Anderson (born 1942) – judge
• Sydney Anderson (1881–1948) – member of U.S. Congress
• Wendell Anderson (born 1933) – 33rd Governor of Minnesota; U.S. Senator
• August H. Andresen § (1890–1958) – member of the U.S. Congress
• Patty Andrews (born 1918) – lead singer of 1940's sister act The Andrews Sisters
• Maxene Andrews (1916–1995) – soprano singer of The Andrews Sisters singing act
• LaVerne Andrews (1911–1967) – contralto singer of The Andrews Sisters
• Christopher Columbus Andrews § (1829–1922) – soldier, diplomat, and author
• Ernest Angelo, Jr. (born 1934) - Texas oilman and Republican politician
• Kofi Annan § (born 1938) – outgoing Secretary-General of the United Nations
• James Anton – bass guitarist
• Henry M. Arens § (1873–1963) – member of U.S. Congress; 26th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Richard Arlen (1899–1976) - was an American actor
• Thomas H. Armstrong § (1826–1891) – banker, lawyer, legislator, 5th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Dave Arneson (born 1955) – game designer, co-creator of D&D
• James Arness (born 1923) – television actor (Gunsmoke)
• Dorothy Arnold (Olson) (1917–1984) – film actress and the first wife of baseball star Joe DiMaggio
• Jeanne Arth – tennis player
• Antoine Auguelle § – Explorer
• Horace Austin § (1831–1905) – 6th Governor of Minnesota
• Hy Averback (1920–1997) – director, producer, actor, and production manager
• John T. Averill § (1825–1889) – member of U.S. Congress
• Lew Ayres (1908–1996) – actor