List of People From Minnesota - G

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• Wanda Gág (1893–1946) – author, illustrator
• John Gagliardi § (born 1926) – St. John's College football coach
• Greg Gagne § (born 1961) – baseball player
• Greg Gagne (born 1948) – wrestler
• Verne Gagne (born 1923) – wrestler, founder of American Wrestling Association
• Neil Gaiman § (born 1960) – British-born author
• Daniele Gaither (born 1972) – comic actor
• Thomas J. Galbraith – politician
• Richard Pillsbury Gale (1900–1973) – member of U.S. Congress
• William Gallagher (1875–1946) – member of U.S. Congress
• Jane Gallop (born 1952) – professor, feminist
• Chick Gandil (1887–1970) – baseball player
• Roy Alexander Gano (1902–1971) – Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy
• Ron Gardenhire § (born 1957) – manager of the Minnesota Twins
• Joshua Gardner § (born 1983) – sex offender
• Judy Garland (1922–1969) – singer, actor
• Lorraine Garland – folk singer and fiddler
• Edward R. Garvey § – activist, lawyer, and politician
• Mike Garvey (born 1962) – stock-car driver
• Charles Gilbert Gates – owned first home air conditioner in the United States in 1914
• Larry Gates (1915–1996) – actor
• Herbjørn Gausta (1854–1924) – landscape artist
• Tom Gilbert – hockey player
• Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber (born 1968) – disc jockey, pop music historian, and engineer.
• J. Paul Getty (1892–1976) – entrepreneur, philanthropist, founder of Getty Oil Company
• John L. Gibbs – 14th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Tom Gibis (born 1965) – voice actor
• Cass Gilbert § (1859–1934) – architect
• Stan Gilbertson (born 1944) – hockey player
• John Gilfillan § (1835–1924) – member of U.S. Congress
• Charles A. Gilman – 9th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Terry Gilliam (born 1940) – actor (Monty Python), writer, director
• Sid Gillman (1911–2003) – American football coach
• Robert R. Gilruth (1913–2000) – aviation and space pioneer
• Dan Gladden (born 1957) – Minnesota Twins baseball player
• Billy Glaze (born 1944) – serial killer
• Arne Glimcher (born 1938) – art dealer, founder of Pace Gallery, film producer and director
• James B. Goetz § (born 1936) – radio executive and the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Godfrey G. Goodwin (1873–1933) – member of U.S. Congress
• Samuel Y. Gordon – 19th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Genevieve Gorder (born 1974) – designer, television personality (Trading Spaces)
• Willis Arnold Gorman § (1816–1876) – lawyer, soldier, politician
• Irving I. Gottesman § (born 1930) - behavior geneticist, psychologist
• Moonlight Graham § (1876–1965) – doctor, baseball player
• Billy Graham § (born 1918) – evangelist, former president of Northwestern College
• Kelsey Grammer § (born 1955) - actor; Guthrie Theater alumnus
• Rod Grams (born 1948) – U.S. Senator; member of U.S. Congress
• Bud Grant § (born 1927) – former Minnesota Vikings football coach
• Mary GrandPré – illustrator (Harry Potter books)
• Jim "Mudcat" Grant § (born 1935) – Minnesota Twins baseball player
• Peter Graves (Peter Aurness) (1926–2010) – actor (Mission: Impossible television series, Airplane!, 7th Heaven)
• Lauren Green (born 1963) beauty queen, anchor
• Dennis Green (born 1949) – Minnesota Vikings football coach
• Steven Greenberg (born 1950) – musician (Funkytown), record producer
• Ingebrikt Grose (1862–1939) – Founding president of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
• Joan Growe (born 1935) – former Minnesota Secretary of State
• Ann Morgan Guilbert (born 1928) – actress, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Nanny
• Bill Gullickson (born 1959) – baseball player
• Gil Gutknecht § (born 1951) – former member of U.S. Congress
• Joe Guyon (1892–1971) – Hall of Fame NFL player
• Cristian Guzmán § (born 1978) – Minnesota Twins baseball player