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- Clifford Fagan (1911–1995) – high school basketball referee
- 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 manager
- 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) – a sailor
- Loren Fletcher § (1833–1919) – member of U.S. Congress
- Patrick Flueger (born 1983) – actor, The 4400
- 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
- Jamie Foss – singer
- Al Franken § (born 1951) – political humorist, author, radio commentator, U.S. Senator
- Thomas Frankson (1869–1939) – lawyer, real estate developer, and 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) – shaman
- 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
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