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Famous People from Minnesota by Picture

Can you name these famous Minnesotans based on a picture?
Some of these people (*) were born in Minnesota but had little other connection to the state
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First submittedApril 13, 2012
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Minneapolis
Hibbing
Minneapolis
Grand Rapids *
Winona County
St. Louis Park
Austin *
Roseville
St. Louis Park
Cottage Grove
Minneapolis
Little Falls
moved to Minneapolis
as an adult
Elmore
(1984 candidate)
Saint Paul
(name the cartoonist)
St. Paul *
(Jazz Age author)
30 Comments
+3
Level 84
May 15, 2014
EVERY TIME I have to come up with Macgyver I get Harry Dean Stanton stuck in my head and can't get it out.
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Level 55
Nov 30, 2014
I have to remember MacGyver's name by remembering that he has the same name as Oscar Goldman.
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Level 72
Apr 21, 2024
I have to imagine Pattie and Selma saying it to remember it.
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Level 24
Mar 10, 2022
what about fitzgerald
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Level 82
Apr 18, 2022
I just visited the Prince Memorial Mural in downtown Minneapolis a few days ago. :)
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Level 38
May 11, 2022
How is F. Scott Fitzgerald not listed?
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Level ∞
Feb 24, 2024
Added him but he really has almost no association with the state except being born there.

His family moved to Buffalo when he was just 1 year old.

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Level 24
May 11, 2022
thanks for making a quiz about Minnesota because Minnesota is obviously the best out of all the states
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Level 81
Jun 27, 2022
Because it's a province in canada.

go back to 3rd grade

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Level 79
Feb 24, 2024
wuh huh??
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Level 89
Feb 25, 2024
Canada constitutes states 51-60, so I don't understand your statement.
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Level 71
Feb 12, 2023
No Jessica Lange? She has achieved the Triple Crown of Acting (2 Oscars, 3 Primetime Emmys, Tony), plus a SAG and 5 Golden Globes. In terms of this kind of critical acclaim, she is definitely within the top 20 greatest actresses ever, and at least within striking range of the top 10 ever. Just because she hasn't chosen to be in all that many blockbusters...come on!
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Level 65
Jul 11, 2023
came here to say this^^^
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Level 91
Feb 24, 2024
Question — is the picture of Lindbergh actually of him, or of an actor playing him? The picture is sharp and in color, and it looks like that of a young person. Does a picture like that of Lindbergh from back in the 20s-30s exist? Maybe so.
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Level ∞
Feb 24, 2024
It's a real picture that has been colorized.
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Level 68
Mar 12, 2024
Same with the Dylan photo?
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Level 85
Feb 24, 2024
I always thought Richard Dean Anderson was Canadian.
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Level 72
Apr 21, 2024
Close enough!
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Level 56
Feb 24, 2024
When I saw Al Franken, I immediately typed Stuart Smalley! LOL
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Level 89
Feb 25, 2024
And I don't think anyone calls that other guy anything but Stiffler.
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Level 82
Feb 26, 2024
a Minnesota quiz has to include Craig Finn/The Hold Steady
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Level 29
Mar 15, 2024
Yung Gravy is probably the most influential minnesotan in the last 10 years
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Level 36
Apr 21, 2024
Shouldn't Garrison Keillor be on the list?
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Level 68
Apr 21, 2024
How nice that Winona Ryder’s county is named after her
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Level 74
Apr 21, 2024
I always thought that Judy Garland was born in a trunk at the Princess Theatre in Pocatello, Idaho.
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Level 72
Apr 21, 2024
Am I the only one who had to picture Pattie and Selma from The Simpsons to remember Richard Dean Anderson's name?
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Level 53
Apr 21, 2024
As a Minnesotan, this wasn’t too difficult. Some of them I recognized but had no idea they were from Minnesota, like John Madden, but the vast majority are pretty famous around here.
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Level 57
Apr 22, 2024
I only got Lindbergh. Never even heard of half of these.
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Level 55
Apr 22, 2024
Only one I missed was Coen bros, which I almost never see anywhere. Lol
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Level 67
May 15, 2024
Not a good picture of Winona Ryder. Without the hint of the county, I would have never guessed.