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appalachiablue

(42,341 posts)
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 11:47 AM Aug 15

⭐ Noted Minnesotans: Prince, Dylan, Chas Schultz, Sinclair Lewis, Wellstone, Mondale, Warren Burger...

- Famous Minnesotans, Meet Minneapolis, minneapolis.org, Edited. - Excerpts -

Many public figures who have made huge splashes on the national scene in politics, art, music and movies hail from the land of 10,000 lakes. Throughout Minnesota’s rich history, an abundance of people have stood out as stars among us, including actors, musicians, politicians, entrepreneurs, cartoonists, radio stars, writers and pro-wrestlers.

The Entertainers
- Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis on June 7, 1958, and passed away on April 21, 2016. He was as an international recording star, musician and actor whose fame rose in the early 1980s with the release of "Purple Rain," which was filmed at Minneapolis' First Ave. The “Minneapolis sound” was truly pioneered by Prince’s hybrid mixture of funk, rock, pop, R&B and New Wave. It has influenced many other musicians.

- Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth in 1941, and raised in Hibbing, Minn., attended a year at the University of Minn. in Minneapolis, then dropped out, assumed the name Bob Dylan, and continues to perform today. Dylan won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016. A mural depicting Dylan in several stages of his career was painted by muralist Eduardo Kobra on a building on 5th St. near Hennepin Ave. in downtown Minneapolis in 2015.

- Actor Jessica Lange, winner of an Academy Award and Tony Award, was born in Cloquet, Minn., and once owned a home in Stillwater, Minn., a suburb east of Saint Paul. - Joel & Ethan Coen, writers/directors/producers of such movies as Fargo, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, A Serious Man, Burn After Reading and True Grit, grew up in the Minneapolis suburb St. Louis Park and filmed Fargo and A Serious Man in the area.

- Josh Hartnett, the heart-throb movie star of films such as "The Black Dahlia" and "Pearl Harbor," grew up in Saint Paul and lived in Minneapolis for several years in the early 2000s. - Hailing from Minneapolis, Louis Perry "Louie" Anderson (March 24, 1953 – Jan. 21, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian. Anderson created the cartoon series "Life with Louie," won an Emmy Award for his role as Christine Baskets in the comedy series "Baskets," wrote three books, and was the initial host of the second revival of the game show "Family Feud," from 1999 to 2002. - Great Minnesota Authors...

- Read More,
https://www.minneapolis.org/media/media-kit/city-by-nature-basics/famous-minnesotans/

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⭐ Noted Minnesotans: Prince, Dylan, Chas Schultz, Sinclair Lewis, Wellstone, Mondale, Warren Burger... (Original Post) appalachiablue Aug 15 OP
The Replacements DBoon Aug 15 #1
Thanks for adding them. appalachiablue Aug 15 #2
Olympic gymnast Suni Lee! Dulcinea Aug 15 #3
TY! appalachiablue Aug 15 #4
The Coen brothers. Itchinjim Aug 15 #5
They're in the article. "READ MORE" appalachiablue Aug 15 #6
One of my favorites is missing from the list MerrilyMerrily Aug 16 #7
Good points, dunno how they missed these notables. Thanks! appalachiablue Aug 16 #8

DBoon

(22,881 posts)
1. The Replacements
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 11:54 AM
Aug 15

The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979. Initially a punk band, they are one of the main pioneers of alternative rock. - wikipedia

appalachiablue

(42,341 posts)
6. They're in the article. "READ MORE"
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 12:36 PM
Aug 15

Joel and Ethan Coen, writers/directors/producers of such movies as Fargo, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, A Serious Man, Burn After Reading and True Grit, grew up in the Minneapolis suburb St. Louis Park and filmed Fargo and A Serious Man in the area.

MerrilyMerrily

(151 posts)
7. One of my favorites is missing from the list
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 12:49 PM
Aug 16

The whole article lists a lot of people, but where's Norm Ornstein? He just offered to play Tim Walz on SNL since he is a fellow Minnesotan with a similar hairline.

Also, I would have expected William O Douglas to be there. He was more of a household name than Warren Burger ever was.

Harry Blackmun was born in IL and moved to MN when he was a wee one. He attended the same grade school as Warren Burger, so he should have been named in the "Minnesota Bred" section.

appalachiablue

(42,341 posts)
8. Good points, dunno how they missed these notables. Thanks!
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 01:03 PM
Aug 16

I had the honor of meeting Warren Burger at a work event Also saw a couple musicians perform - Prince and Bob Dylan. So many significant people, bravo Minnesota!

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