List of People From Minnesota - B

B

• 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
• 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
• Dean Barkley (born 1950) – U.S. Senator
• Lynsey Bartilson (born 1983) – actor
• Alphonso Barto – 7th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Carol Bartz (born 1948) – President and CEO 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
• 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) – politician
• Troy Bell (born 1980) – basketball player
• Clyde Bellecourt (born 1936) – Native American civil rights organizer
• Sharon Sayles Belton (born 1951) – first African-American mayor of Minneapolis
• Chief Bender (1884–1954) – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
• 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 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) – actor (7th Heaven)
• 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.
• 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
• Rudy Boschwitz § (born 1930) – U.S. Senator
• Lyman Bostock § (1950–1978) – baseball player
• Norman Borlaug (born 1914) – agricultural scientist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Todd Bouman (born 1972) – quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Lloyd Wheaton Bowers § (1859–1910) – Solicitor General
• Gregory A. Boyd (born 1957) – pastor, theologian, author
• Marlon Brando - actor; attended Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault, MN
• Joe Brinkman (born 1944) – umpire
• Ivar Brogger (born 1947) – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful and Invasion
• Herb Brooks (1937–2003) – 1980 Olympics ice hockey coach, Minnesota Golden Gophers coach, Minnesota North Stars coach
• Neal Broten (born 1959) – Minnesota North Stars ice-hockey player
• Jim Brower (born 1972) – baseball player
• Aaron Brown (born 1948) – broadcast journalist
• Bill Brown § (born 1938) – Minnesota Vikings football player
• Brianna Brown (born 1979) – actress
• Joey Browner § (born 1960) – football player
• Brownmark (Brown Mark or Mark Brown) (born 1962) – musician and producer
• Bob Bruer § (born 1953) – football player and coach
• Tom Brunansky § (born 1960) – Minnesota Twins baseball player
• Bobby Bryant § (born 1944) – Minnesota Vikings football player
• Rich T. Buckler § (1865–1950) – member of U.S. Congress
• Clarence Buckman § (1851–1917) – member of U.S. Congress
• Warren E. Burger (1907–1995) – Chief Justice of the United States
• Michael C. Burgess (born 1950) – physician and politician
• Tom Burgmeier (born 1943) – baseball player
• Joseph A. A. Burnquist § (1879–1961) – 19th Governor of Minnesota; 20th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Jerry Burns (born 1927) – Minnesota Vikings football coach
• Tom Burnett (1963–2001) – passenger on United Airlines Flight 93
• Pierce Butler (1866–1939) – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Dominique Byrd (born 1984) – football player for the Arizona Cardinals
• Thomas R. Byrne – politician