List of People From Minnesota - L

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• James D. La Belle (1924–1945) – sailor
• Rob LaBelle – character actor
• Manuel Lagos (born 1971) – soccer player
• Ann Landers – (1918–2002) columnist for Minneapolis Star Tribune; birth name Eppie Lederer
• Lenny Lane (born 1970) – wrestler
• Odin Langen (1913–1976) – member of U.S. Congress
• Jessica Lange (born 1949) – actor
• Jim Lange (born 1933) – television host
• Jamie Langenbrunner (born 1975) – hockey player
• Josh Langfeld (born 1977) – hockey player
• Katherine Lanpher (born 1959) – radio personality, journalist
• Gene Larkin (born 1962) – baseball player
• Erik Larsen (born 1962) – comic-book writer, artist, and publisher
• Gary Larsen (born 1942) – football player
• Oscar Larson § (1871–1957) – member of U.S. Congress
• Reed Larson (born 1956) – hockey player
• George Latimer § (born 1935) – politician
• Roger Laufenburger (1921–2001) – politician, radio announcer, insurance agent
• Tom Laughlin (born 1931) – actor
• Trevor Laws § (born 1985) – football player
• Matt Lawton § (born 1971) – baseball player
• Bernie Leadon (born 1947) – musician
• Carrie Lee – beauty queen
• Carl Lee – football player
• Tammy Lee (born 1971) – businessperson and politician
• Pinky Lee (1907–1993) – noted actor and star of The Pinky Lee Show
• James LeGros (born 1962) – actor
• Tom Lehman (born 1959) – golfer
• John D. LeMay (born 1962) – actor
• Greg LeMond (born 1961) – Tour de France winner
• Brock Lesnar § (born 1977) – wrestler
• Meridel Le Sueur § (1900–1996) – writer
• Jon Leuer (born 1989) – basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks
• Harold LeVander § (1910–1992) – 32nd Governor of Minnesota
• David Levin – singer-songwriter
• Mark LeVoir (born 1982) – offensive tackle for the New England Patriots
• Bob Lewis (1924–2006) – businessperson, champion race horse owner
• Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) – Nobel Prize-winning novelist
• Terry Lewis § (born 1956) – songwriter, co-founder of Flyte Tyme Productions
• Walter Liggett (1886–1935) – journalist, newspaper editor
• C. Walton Lillehei (1918–1999) – doctor who performed first open heart surgery
• John Lind § (1854–1930) – 14th Governor of Minnesota; member of U.S. Congress
• Gottfrid Lindsten 29th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Terrance Lindall (born 1944) – artist
• Charles August Lindbergh, Sr. § (1859–1924) – member of U.S. Congress
• Charles Lindbergh § (1902–1974) – aviator, first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
• Chris Liwienski – football player
• Charles M. Loring (1833–1922) – Minneapolis businessman, civic leader, "Father of Park System"
• Maud Hart Lovelace (1892–1980) – author
• Kirk Lowdermilk – football player
• Cal Ludeman (born 1951) – politician, state commissioner, farmer
• Ernest Lundeen § (1878–1940) – U.S. Senator; member of U.S. Congress
• Bob Lurtsema – football player
• Bill Luther (born 1945) – member of U.S. Congress
• David Lykken (1928–2006) – behavioral geneticist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry
• Joseph Lykken (born 1957) – physicist
• Dorothy Lyman (born 1947) – actor, director, and producer
• Kelly Lynch (born 1959) – actor
• Audra Lynn (born 1980) – model and actor
• Jerry Lynn (born 1963) – wrestler