page_title: List of people from Minnesota
section_title: C
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Minnesota / C
caption_attribution_description: Seymour Cray.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable persons who were born or spent important time in the American state of Minnesota. People not born in Minnesota are marked with §.
context_section_description: Melvin Calvin (1911–1997) – recipient, 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  Karlyn Kohrs Campbell (born 1937) – academic
  Gino Cappelletti (born 1934) – former collegiate, AFL and NFL wide receiver
  Rod Carew § (born 1945) – Minnesota Twins baseball player
  Ron Carey – politician
  Arne Carlson § (born 1934) – 37th Governor of Minnesota
  Bruce A. Carlson (born 1971) – Commander, Air Force Materiel Command
  Curt Carlson (1914–1999) – businessperson (Carlson Companies, Radisson Hotels)
  Gretchen Carlson – beauty queen, anchor
  John Carlson (born 1984) – tight end for the Arizona Cardinals
  Kelly Carlson (born 1976) – actor
  Kyle and Lane Carlson (born 1978) – models
  Richard Carlson (1912–1977) – actor
  Herb Carneal (1923–2007) – Minnesota Twins baseball announcer
  David Carr (born 1956) – journalist for The New York Times
  William Leighton Carss § (1865–1931) – member of U.S. Congress
  Anthony Carter § (born 1975) – Minnesota Timberwolves basketball player
  Kiki Carter (Kimberli Wilson) § (born 1957) – environmental activist, organizer, musician, songwriter, and columnist
  Ryan Carter (born 1983) – hockey player for the New Jersey Devils
  Jonathan Carver § (1710–1780) – explorer
  Bob Casey (1925–2004) – Minnesota Twins public-address announcer
  Patrick Casey (born 1978) – writer and actor
  Dave Casper (born 1951) – Hall of Fame NFL offensive lineman and tight end, primarily with the Oakland Raiders
  James Castle § (1836–1903) – member of U.S. Congress
  Tracy Caulkins (born 1963) – swimmer
  James M. Cavanaugh § (1823–1879) – member of U.S. Congress
  Chelsea Charms (born 1976) – model
  Sam Childers § (born 1962) – former gang biker, founder of Angels of East Africa located in Sudan
  Leeann Chin – founder of the Leeann Chin Chinese restaurant chain
  Tom Chorske (born 1966) – hockey player
  Chief Chouneau (William Cadreau) (1888–1946) – baseball player
  Victor Christgau (1894–1991) – member of U.S. Congress
  Theodore Christianson (1883–1948) – 21st Governor of Minnesota; member of U.S. Congress
  Charles A. Christopherson (1871–1951) – politician
  Nick Ciola (Dominic Ciola or Caesar) – musician
  Moses E. Clapp (1851–1929) – U.S. Senator
  Frank Clague § (1865–1952) – member of U.S. Congress
  Harlan Cleveland (1918–2008) – Club of Rome member, founding dean for the H. H. Humphrey Institute, politician
  Elizabeth Close (1912–2011) – pioneering female architect in Minneapolis
  David Marston Clough § (1846–1924) – 13th Governor of Minnesota; 12th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
  Ben Clymer (born 1978) – hockey player
  Cobi (born 1986) – musician
  Eddie Cochran (1938–1960) – musician
  Diablo Cody § (born 1978) – screenwriter
  Ethan Coen (born 1957) – screenwriter, director, producer
  Joel Coen (born 1954) – screenwriter, director, producer
  William Colby (1920–1996) – director of the CIA
  Chris Coleman (born 1961) – politician
  Nick Coleman (born 1950) – columnist
  Nick Coleman (1925–1981) – politician
  Norm Coleman § (born 1949) – U.S. Senator, Mayor of Saint Paul
  Louis L. Collins – 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
  Mo Collins (born 1965) – comedic actor
  Tom Compton (born 1989) – Atlanta Falcons offensive tackle
  Ada Comstock (1876–1973) – educator and President of Radcliffe College
  Solomon Comstock § (1842–1933) – member of the U.S. Congress
  Chester Adgate Congdon § (1853–1916) – lawyer and capitalist
  George Contant (1864 – date of death unknown) – train robber; later lectured against crime
  Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979) – actor, model
  Roger Cooper (born 1944) – teacher, politician
  Marisa Coughlan (born 1974) – model and actor
  Carter Coughlin – football player
  Gratia Countryman (1866–1953) – influential librarian
  Christopher Cox (born 1952) – chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; U.S. representative
  Fred Cox § (1938–2019) – Minnesota Vikings football player, inventor of Nerf football
  Brian Coyle (1944–1991) – openly gay politician
  Seymour Cray § (1925–1996) – founder Cray Research, supercomputer architect, inventor
  Joseph Crétin § (1799–1857) – first Roman Catholic bishop of Saint Paul
  Ward Cuff (1914–2002) – NFL running back and placekicker
  Daunte Culpepper § (born 197
caption: Seymour Cray
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