People born in MN (K-L)

• Kaine, Tim (St. Paul) politician - the Catholic Democratic governor of Virginia (2006 to present)
• Keillor, Garrison (Anoka) writer - creator of The Prairie Home Companion and the imaginary town Lake Wobegon
• Kilborn, Craig (Hastings) entertainer - former host of CBS The Late Late Show
• Krause, Peter (Alexandria) actor - plays Nathan in the HBO series Six Feet Under
• Kroc, Joan (St. Paul) billionaire - wife of Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's
• LaFontaine, Don (Duluth) – the deep bass voice you usually hear in Hollywood movie trailers
  
• Lange, Jessica (Cloquet) actress - two-time Oscar winner for Tootsie and Blue Sky
• Lehman, Tom (Austin) athlete - 1996 British Open winner
• Leigh Cook, Rachel (Minneapolis) actress - Baby-Sitters' Club, Get Carter, Josie and the Pussycats
• Lewis, Sinclair (Sauk Centre) writer - first American to win Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930
• Lillehei, C. Walton (Minneapolis) scientist - the "Father of Open Heart Surgery"
• Lowe, Edward (St. Paul) inventor - Kitty Litter