Newly crowned Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet isn’t a Minnesotan — let’s make that clear. But considering his fanfare-filled visits to Minnesota last year, as he prepared for and then promoted his role as Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” it feels only right that he be claimed as one, no?

In any case, the Dylan portrayer’s best actor nod got us wondering: How many actual Minnesotans have won Oscars?

Here’s a list we here at the Minnesota Star Tribune have started compiling, and a look at some notable Minnesotan nominees. Reach out to let us know who we’ve missed!

[More: Lakeville native helped assemble Oscar nominee “The Wild Robot.”]

A native of Mankato, director and mountaineer Jimmy Chin won the Academy Award for outstanding documentary in 2019 for his movie “Free Solo.”

The film was co-directed with wife Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and focused on the death-defying feats of professional climber Alex Honnold as he became the first person to climb with no ropes the rock formation El Capitain in Yosemite National Park.

Legendary guitarist Prince, who grew up in Minneapolis, won the award for best original score in 1984 for his romantic rock musical “Purple Rain.” The movie’s soundtrack was the sixth full-length studio album for Prince.

Speaking of Dylan, the legendary singer-songwriter won an Academy Award in 2001 for best original song, for his tune “Things Have Changed,” which was written for the movie “Wonder Boys.”

Actor Judy Garland may have spent only her early childhood years in Minnesota, but it still counts for the state to claim her as a Minnesotan who won an Oscar. In the 1939 Academy Awards ceremony, she received the academy juvenile award for her performances that year, which included “The Wizard of Oz” and “Babes in Arms.”

The Juvenile Award was axed after 1961. It was meant to recognize actors younger than age 18.

Pixar’s Pete Docter, a native of Bloomington, has served as the animation company’s chief creative officer since 2018, but he was directing movies well before that.

Three of his movies have won Oscars for best animated feature: “Up” in 2009, “Inside Out” in 2015 and “Soul” in 2020.

Filmmaker brothers Joel and Ethan Coen grew up in St. Louis Park and have received a lengthy list of nominations for Academy Awards since they entered the film industry.

Their first film to win was the mostly Minnesota-set “Fargo,” which won for best original screenplay in 1997. Frances McDormand won the best actress award that year for her portrayal of the film’s Sheriff Marge Gunderson, crafting one of the most indelible fictional Minnesotans ever put on a screen.

The Coens did even better with their widely praised “No Country for Old Men,” a film based on a 2005 Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. The film won best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay.

Minnesotan Jessica Lange won best actress in a supporting role for her performance as a soap opera star in the comedy “Tootsie” in 1982.

Lange, who grew up in Cloquet and for years kept a home in Stillwater, took best actress in 1994 for her performance as a troubled wife in “Blue Sky.”

Born in Litchfield, Gale Sondergaard was the first person to win the award of best supporting actress, an award category that was created in 1936. She won for her performance in “Anthony Adverse.”

A native of Edina, Jim Burke won the award for best picture as a co-producer for the movie “Green Book.”

Jim Erickson is a set designer who was born in Minnesota and later moved to Canada. In 2013, he won the Academy Award for best production design for his work in the biographical drama “Lincoln.”

In 1974, George Roy Hill secured his first Academy Award for best director for the heist movie “The Sting.” Hill was born and raised in Minneapolis.

Producer and Minneapolis native Michael Todd won an Academy Award for best picture for “Around the World in 80 Days” in 1957.

Born in St. Cloud but raised in Washington, D.C., Gig Young was nominated twice for best supporting actor before finally winning the award in 1970 for “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” The film was nominated for nine awards, but Young was the only person from the film to win one.

While these Minnesotans didn’t take home the Oscar, here are some notable actors, musicians and filmmakers from the state who have the similarly impressive accomplishment of being nominated for an Academy Award:

Promo posters for the 2013 thriller “Captain Phillips” listed only the name of its star actor Tom Hanks, but a Minneapolis actor — Barkhad Abdi — was the only one to secure an Oscar nomination for the film.

Abdi played the role of the real-life Somali pirate Abduwali Muse, the only surviving pirate from the group that attacked and hijacked a cargo ship in 2009 off the coast of Somalia. Abdi was nominated for best supporting actor, but the award went to Jared Leto for his performance in “Dallas Buyers Club.”

“The Wild Robot” is a leading contender for best animated feature that has now been nominated for best animated feature, best original score, and best sound in this year’s Academy Awards. The 3D-animated film tells the story of a shipwrecked robot that struggles to find its place on an island filled with tribalistic animals and the orphan goose that the robot helps raise.

One of the more than 800 people who worked on it was Lakeville native Lucie Lyon, an assistant film editor at DreamWorks Animation. In a recent interview with the Star Tribune, Lyon discussed how her childhood taking courses at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis and internships in the area at companies such as Tremendous! Entertainment developed her love of films.

St. Louis Park native Dan Wilson was nominated for best original song for “It Never Went Away” in 2024. Wilson co-wrote the song with pianist Jon Batiste for the documentary “American Symphony.” He was also nominated in 2023 for two songs,

Wilson is a musician, songwriter and record producer who plays in the rock band Semisonic. He plays several instruments, and his credits include helping Taylor Swift write the 2012 song “Treacherous.”