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- Alan Page § (born 1945) – football player and Minnesota Supreme Court justice
- John U. D. Page (1903–1950) – soldier
- Doug Pagitt – religion author
- Floyd Palmer (born 1943) – businessperson
- Carl Panzram (1891–1930) – serial killer, author
- George Andreas Papandreou (born 1952) – Greek politician
- Bob Paradise (born 1944) – hockey player
- Zach Parise (born 1984) – hockey player
- Robert Ezra Park § (1864–1944) – urban sociologist
- Bradford Parkinson (born 1935) - father of the Global Positioning System
- Gordon Parks § (1912–2006) – photographer
- Emory Parnell (1892–1979) – actor
- Nancy Parsons (1942–2001) – actor
- Camilo Pascual (born 1934) – baseball player
- Gary Paulsen (born 1939) – author
- Jeno Paulucci – founder of Jeno's Frozen Pizza, Chun King Corporation, and Luigino's
- Mary Pawlenty – judge, first lady of the state
- Tim Pawlenty (born 1960) – 39th Governor of Minnesota
- Pat Peake (born 1973) – hockey player
- Westbrook Pegler (1894–1969) – journalist and writer
- Mary Jo Pehl – actor, broadcaster, and writer
- Tim Penny (born 1951) – member of U.S. Congress
- Glen Perkins (born 1983) – baseball player
- Rudy Perpich (1928–1995) – 34th and 36th Governor of Minnesota; 39th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
- Jim Perry § (born 1935) – baseball player
- Melissa Peterman (born 1970) – actor
- Hjalmar Petersen § (1890–1968) – 23rd Governor of Minnesota; 28th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
- Aaron Peterson – politician
- Barbara Peterson – Miss USA 1976
- Collin Peterson (born 1944) – member of U.S. Congress
- Darrel Peterson (1939–1994) – politician, farmer
- Paul Peterson (St. Paul) – musician
- Wayne Peterson (born 1925) - composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Brittany Petros (born 1974) – actor
- William Wallace Phelps § (1826–1873) – member of U.S. Congress
- Reynold Philipsek (born 1952) – musician
- Arthur Phillips (born 1969) – author
- Don Piccard (born 1926) – balloonist
- Jean Piccard § (1884–1963) – organic chemist, balloonist
- Jeannette Piccard § (1895–1981) – teacher, balloonist, priest
- Justin Pierre (born 1976) – musician
- Janelle Pierzina (born 1980) – actor, model
- Bernard Pietenpol (1901–1984) – mechanic, aircraft designer
- Zebulon Montgomery Pike § (1779–1813) – explorer
- John S. Pillsbury § (1828–1901) – founder of Pillsbury, 8th Governor of Minnesota
- Chellie Pingree (born 1955) – politician
- Robert M. Pirsig § (born 1928) – author, philosopher
- William Pittenger § (1885–1951) – member of U.S. Congress
- Mike Ploog (born 1942) – storyboard and comic-book artist
- Henry Stanley Plummer (1874–1937) – physician
- Mortimer Plumtree (born 1969) – wrestler
- Shjon Podein (born 1968) – hockey player
- Henry Poehler § (1833–1912) – member of U.S. Congress
- Carl Pohlad § (born 1915) – billionaire, baseball owner and philanthropist
- Joe Polo (born 1982) – American curler and Olympic bronze medalist
- Olivia Poole (1889–1975) – inventor
- P.O.S – rapper
- Vic Power § (1927–2005) – baseball player
- Chris Pratt (born 1979) - actor, Everwood, Parks and Recreation
- Tom Preissing § (born 1978) – hockey player
- Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus § (1883–1961) – 20th Governor of Minnesota
- Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus II (1920–1994) – shaman
- Prince (born 1958) – singer, songwriter, actor, composer
- Pat Proft (born 1947) – comedy writer and actor
- Joel Przybilla (born 1979) – basketball player
- Kirby Puckett § (1960–2006) – Baseball Hall of Famer
- George Putnam (born 1914) – television host
- Herbert Putnam § (1861–1955) Librarian of Congress
- William S. Pye (1880–1959) – Admiral in the U.S. Navy
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