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U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
. The person's hometown is in parentheses.


Art and literature

;A–G * Frank Ackerman (1946–2019), economist, author, co-founder and editor of ''
Dollars & Sense ''Dollars & Sense'' is a magazine focusing on economics from a progressive perspective, published by Dollars & Sense, Inc, which also publishes textbooks in the same genre. ''Dollars & Sense'' describes itself as publishing "economic news and ana ...
'' magazine ( Madison) * David Adler (1882–1949), architect (
Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
) * Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962), writer (
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
) *
Rasmus B. Anderson Rasmus Bjørn Anderson (January 12, 1846 – March 2, 1936) was an American author, professor, editor, businessman and diplomat. He brought to popular attention the fact that Viking explorers were the first Europeans to arrive in the New World ...
(1846–1936), author, professor, and historian ( Albion) *
Walter Annenberg Walter Hubert Annenberg (March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and diplomat. Annenberg owned and operated Triangle Publications, which included ownership of ''The Philadelphia Inquirer' ...
(1908–2002), creator of ''
TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corpora ...
'' and '' Seventeen'' magazines (Milwaukee) * Antler (born 1946), poet (
Wauwatosa Wauwatosa (; known informally as Tosa; originally Wau-wau-too-sa or Hart's Mill) is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 48,387 at the 2020 census. Wauwatosa is located immediately west of Milwaukee, and is a pa ...
) * Ruth Ball (1879–1960), sculptor (Madison) * Annie Wall Barnett (1859-1942), writer, litterateur, poet ( Richland County or
Crawford County Crawford County is the name of eleven counties in the United States: * Crawford County, Arkansas * Crawford County, Georgia * Crawford County, Illinois * Crawford County, Indiana * Crawford County, Iowa * Crawford County, Kansas * Crawford Count ...
) * Lynda Barry (born 1956), author and cartoonist ( Richland Center) * Gary Beecham (born 1955), glass artist (
Ladysmith Ladysmith may refer to: * Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada * Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States * Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia * Ladysmith, Virginia, United States * Ladysmith Island, Queenslan ...
) * George Bergstrom (1876–1955), architect, designer of
The Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense. It was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the phrase ''The Pentagon'' is often used as a meton ...
( Neenah) *
Norbert Blei Norbert Blei (August 23, 1935 – April 23, 2013) was an American writer of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. In 1994, he established Cross+Roads Press, dedicated to the publication of first chapbooks by poets, short story writers, novelists and ...
(1935–2013), writer (
Ellison Bay Ellison Bay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Door County, Wisconsin, United States, within the town of Liberty Grove and is located on Highway 42 along the Green Bay. As of the 2020 census, its population i ...
) * Carrie Jacobs Bond (1862–1946), songwriter ( Janesville) *
Esther Bubley Esther Bubley (February 16, 1921 – March 16, 1998) was an American photographer who specialized in expressive photos of ordinary people in everyday lives. She worked for several agencies of the American government and her work also featured in s ...
(1921–1998), photojournalist ( Phillips) * Nancy Ekholm Burkert (born 1933), artist and illustrator, recipient of
Caldecott Medal The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Servic ...
(Milwaukee) * Ole Amundsen Buslett (1855–1924), author, newspaperman, politician ( Town of Iola, Northland, La Crosse, Stoughton) *
Nickolas Butler Nickolas Butler is an American novelist and short story author. He is the author of four novels: ''Shotgun Lovesongs'' (2014), The Hearts of Men (2017), Little Faith (2019), and ''Godspeed'' (2021). He also authored the short story collection ''B ...
, writer, author, journalist ( Eau Claire) *
Kathryn Casey Kathryn Casey is an American writer of mystery novels and non-fiction books. She is best known for writing ''She Wanted It All'', which recounts the case of Celeste Beard, who married an Austin multimillionaire only to convince her lesbian lover ...
, writer and journalist * Jessie Kalmbach Chase (1879–1970), painter (Door County and Madison) * Connie Clausen (1923–1997), literary agent ( Menasha) * Chester Commodore (1914–2004), cartoonist (Racine) * Harriet L. Cramer (1847-1922), newspaper publisher ( Waupun) * Alice Arnold Crawford (1850-1874), author * Jeremiah Curtin (1835–1906), translator ( Milwaukee County) *
Tyler Dennett Tyler Dennett (June 13, 1883 Spencer, Wisconsin – December 29, 1949 in Geneva, New York) was an American historian and educator, best known for his book ''John Hay: From Poetry to Politics'' (1933), which won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Biograp ...
(1883–1949), biographer, recipient of Pulitzer Prize ( Spencer) *
August Derleth August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and th ...
(1909–1971), writer (
Sauk City Sauk City is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, North America. The population was 3,518 as of the 2020 census. The first incorporated village in the state, the community was founded by Agoston Haraszthy and his business partner, R ...
) *
Gene DeWeese Thomas Eugene DeWeese (January 31, 1934 – March 19, 2012) was an American writer of science fiction, best known for his ''Star Trek'' novels. He also wrote Gothic, mystery, and young adult fiction, totalling more than 40 books in his caree ...
(1934–2012), writer (Milwaukee) * Donn F. Draeger (1922–1982), writer and martial artist (Milwaukee) *
Chip Duncan Chip Duncan (born January 3, 1955) is an American filmmaker, author and photographer, known principally for documentaries on history, current affairs, travel, and natural history. He is also president of Duncan Group, Inc., a production company an ...
(born 1955), filmmaker, author and photographer (
Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
) * Bill Dwyre (born 1944), columnist and editor ( Sheboygan) *
Alter Esselin Alter Esselin ( yi, אלטער עסעלין, born Orkeh Serebrenik) was a Jewish-American poet who wrote in the Yiddish language. He was born in Chernihiv, in the Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) on April ...
(1889–1974), poet (Milwaukee) *
Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), ''Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' Ci ...
(1885–1968), writer ( Appleton) *
Jack Finney Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney; October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American writer. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including '' The Body Snatchers'' and '' Time and Again''. The former was the ba ...
(1911–1995), writer (Milwaukee) * Daniel R. Fitzpatrick (1891–1969), cartoonist ( Superior) * Lewis R. Freeman (1878–1960), journalist ( Genoa Junction) *
Ellen Gabler Ellen Gabler is an investigative reporter for ''The New York Times'' and a member of a team awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Early life and education Gabler attended Memorial High School in her native Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ...
, journalist, (Eau Claire) *
Zona Gale Zona Gale, also known by her married name, Zona Gale Breese (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938), was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. The close r ...
(1874–1938), writer, playwright, recipient of Pulitzer Prize ( Portage,
Beaver Dam A beaver dam or beaver impoundment is a dam built by beavers to create a pond which protects against predators such as coyotes, wolves and bears, and holds their food during winter. These structures modify the natural environment in such a way t ...
, Milwaukee) *
Hamlin Garland Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers. Biogra ...
(1860–1940), novelist, biographer, poet ( West Salem) *
Greg Graffin Gregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964) is an American singer and evolutionary biologist. He is most recognized as the lead vocalist and only constant member of punk rock band Bad Religion, which he co-founded in 1980. He embarked on a s ...
(born 1964), singer, songwriter, musician, professor, college lecturer, author ( Madison,
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
,
Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
) *
Elmer Grey Elmer Grey, FAIA (April 29, 1872 – November 14, 1963) was an American architect and artist based in Pasadena, California. Grey designed many noted landmarks in Southern California, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Huntington Art Gall ...
(1872–1963), architect and painter (Milwaukee) * Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), journalist, editor, publisher * E. Gary Gygax (1938–2008), novelist, co-creator of ''
Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...
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Jane Hamilton Jane Hamilton (born July 13, 1957) is an American novelist. Early life Jane Hamilton was born and grew up in Oak Park, Illinois (U.S.), the youngest of five children. She won prizes for poetry and short stories throughout high school and colleg ...
(born 1957), writer (
Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...
) * Stephen Hayes, senior writer for ''
The Weekly Standard ''The Weekly Standard'' was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis and commentary, published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the ''Standard'' had been described as a "re ...
'',
Fox News The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owne ...
contributor, author (Wauwatosa) * Kevin Henkes (born 1960), author and illustrator, recipient of
Caldecott Medal The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Servic ...
(Racine, Madison) * Sarah Dyer Hobart (1845-1921), author *
Eastman Johnson Jonathan Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 – April 5, 1906) was an American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. He was best known for his genre paintings, paintings of ...
(1824–1906), co-founder of
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...
(Superior) * Russell Klika, combat photojournalist (Appleton) *
Jim Knipfel Jim Knipfel (pronounced Kah-nipfel; born June 2, 1965) is an American novelist, autobiographer, and journalist. A native of Wisconsin, Knipfel, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, is the author of three memoirs, ''Slackjaw'', ''Quitting the ...
(born 1965), writer ( Green Bay) * Ron Kovic (born 1946), writer, ''
Born on the Fourth of July ''Born on the Fourth of July'', published in 1976, is the best-selling autobiography by Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, and his book's ironic title echoed a famous line ...
'' (Ladysmith) *
Mabel Johnson Leland Mabel Johnson Leland (September 7, 1871 – March 23, 1947) was an American lecturer on Scandinavian literature and translator from Norwegian to English. Her most notable work with the translation of Arne Garborg's ''The Lost Father'' from the Ne ...
(1871-1947), lecturer, translator * David Lenz (born 1962), painter (Milwaukee) *
Gerda Lerner Gerda Hedwig Lerner (née Kronstein; April 30, 1920 – January 2, 2013) was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenp ...
(1920–2013), Women's Studies, founder of women's history (Madison) * Paul Linebarger (1913–1966), writer (Milwaukee) * Ben Logan (1920–2014), writer ('' The Land Remembers'') * Flora E. Lowry (1879-1933), anthologist * Per Lysne (1880–1947), folk artist, popularized
rosemaling Rose-painting, , or is a Scandinavian decorative folk painting that flourished from the 1700s to the mid-19th century, particularly in Norway. In Sweden, rose-painting began to be called , c. 1901, for the region where it had been most popular ...
(Stoughton) * Velma Caldwell (1858-1924), editor and writer * Karl E. Meyer, journalist for ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
''; editor of ''
World Policy Journal ''World Policy Journal'' was the flagship publication of the World Policy Institute, published by Duke University Press. Focusing on international relations, the publication provided left-wing, non-United States-centric perspectives to world issue ...
'' (Madison) *
Jacquelyn Mitchard Jacquelyn Mitchard is an American journalist and author. She is the author of the best-selling novel ''The Deep End of the Ocean'', which was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club, on September 17, 1996.Kirkpatrick, David D. - "Oprah Will Cur ...
(born 1957), writer (Milwaukee, Madison) * John Nichols (born 1959), political correspondent for ''
The Nation ''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper t ...
'' ( Union Grove) *
Lorine Niedecker Lorine Faith Niedecker (English: pronounced Needecker) (May 12, 1903 – December 31, 1970) was an American poet. Niedecker's poetry is known for its spareness, its focus on the natural landscapes of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (particularly wa ...
(1903–1970), poet ( Fort Atkinson) * Lucius W. Nieman (1857–1935), founder of ''
Milwaukee Journal The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper. It is also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely distributed. It is currently o ...
''; Nieman Foundation for Journalism dedicated to him (
Sauk County Sauk County is a county in Wisconsin. It is named after a large village of the Sauk people. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,763. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo. The county was created in 1840 from Wisconsin Territory a ...
) * Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988), writer (Madison, Edgerton) * Sterling North (1906–1974), writer (Edgerton) *
Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mother of Ame ...
(1887–1986), artist ( Sun Prairie) ;P–Z *
George Wilbur Peck George Wilbur Peck (September 28, 1840 – April 16, 1916) was an American writer and politician from Wisconsin. He served as the 17th Governor of Wisconsin and the 9th Mayor of Milwaukee. Biography Peck was born in 1840 in Henderson, ...
(1840–1916), writer, newspaper editor, politician ( Cold Spring,
Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...
, La Crosse, Milwaukee) * George Pollard (1920–2008), artist ( Waldo,
Kenosha Kenosha () is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Kenosha County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 99,986 which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenosh ...
) * Marion Manville Pope (1859-1930), author * Richard Quinney (born 1934), sociologist and writer (Madison) *
Ellen Raskin Ellen Raskin (March 13, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American children's writer and illustrator. She won the 1979 Newbery Medal for ''The Westing Game'', a mystery novel, and another children's mystery, '' Figgs & Phantoms'', was a Newbery ...
(1928–1984), writer and illustrator (Milwaukee) *
Emma May Alexander Reinertsen Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (, Alexander; pen name, Gale Forest; also known as, Mrs. R. C. Reinertsen; January 6, 1853 – March 22, 1920) was a pseudonymous American writer of prose sketches, and articles on social reform issues. As "Gale Fore ...
(1853–1920), writer (Milwaukee) * Vinnie Ream (1847–1914), sculptor (Madison) *
John Ridley John Ridley IV (born 1965) is an American screenwriter, television director, novelist, and showrunner, known for '' 12 Years a Slave'', for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also the creator and showrunner of the a ...
(born 1965), novelist (Milwaukee) * David Robbins (born 1957), artist, writer (
Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay is a large bay on the eastern end of Lake Superior between Michigan, United States, and Ontario, Canada. It is located between Whitefish Point in Michigan and Whiskey Point along the more rugged, largely wilderness Canadian Shield o ...
) * Adelaide Day Rollston (1854-1941), poet and author *
Patrick Rothfuss Patrick James Rothfuss (born June 6, 1973) is an American author. He is best known for his duology ''The Kingkiller Chronicle'', which has won him several awards, including the 2007 Quill Award for his debut novel, ''The Name of the Wind''. Its ...
(born 1973), writer (Madison) * Ella Giles Ruddy (1851-1917), author and editor * Joe Schoenmann, journalist and author * Ruth Shalit (born 1971), writer, journalist (Milwaukee) *
Clifford D. Simak Clifford Donald Simak (; August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master, and the Horror W ...
(1904–1988), writer ( Millville) *
Mona Simpson Mona Simpson (née Jandali; June 14, 1957) is an American novelist. She has written six novels and studied English at the University of California, Berkeley and Languages and Literature at Columbia University. She won a Whiting Award for her fir ...
(born 1957), author (Green Bay) * Red Smith (1905–1982), Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist (Green Bay) *
Peter Straub Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...
(1943–2022), writer (Milwaukee) * Arthur Thrall (1926–2015), artist (Milwaukee) *
John Toland John Toland (30 November 167011 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion, which are early expressions o ...
(1912–2004), Pulitzer Prize–winning writer (La Crosse) *
Neal Ulevich Neal Hirsh Ulevich (born June 18, 1946) is an American photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for "photographs of disorder and brutality in the streets of Bangkok". Life Ulevich was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attend ...
(born 1946), Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer (Milwaukee) *
Dave Umhoefer David E. Umhoefer (born 1961) is a faculty member at Marquette University where he directs the O'Brien Fellowship for Public Service Journalism. Prior, he was a reporter for the '' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for ...
(born 1961), Pulitzer Prize recipient (La Crosse) *
Jim VandeHei James VandeHei (born February 12, 1971) is an American journalist and businessman who is the co-founder and CEO of Axios and the former executive editor and co-founder of ''Politico''. Previously, he was a national political reporter at ''The Was ...
(born 1971), executive editor and co-founder of ''
Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and intern ...
'' ( Oshkosh) *
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Ignatiy Igorevich Vishnevetsky (; russian: Игнатий Игоревич Вишневецкий; born September 5, 1986)Vishnevetsky, Ignati''Time Indefinite'': "A Talk with Sergei Loznitsa" '' Mubi'' is a Russian-American film critic, essayi ...
(born 1986), film critic and essayist (Wauwatosa) * Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986), poet ( West Bend) * Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919), writer and poet ( Johnstown) *
John Wilde John Wilde (December 12, 1919 – March 9, 2006, pronounced "WILL-dee") was a painter, draughtsman and printmaker of fantastic imagery. Born near Milwaukee, Wilde lived most of his life in Wisconsin, save for service in the U.S. Army during Wor ...
(1919–2006), artist (Milwaukee,
Evansville Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...
) *
Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the '' Little House on the Prairie'' series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood ...
(1867–1957), writer ( Pepin) *
Thornton Wilder Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes — for the novel '' The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' and for the plays ''Our Town'' and '' The Skin of Our Teeth'' — ...
(1897–1975), writer (Madison) *
Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...
(1867–1959), architect ( Richland Center, Madison, Spring Green) * David Zurawik, journalist, author (Milwaukee)


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George Addes George F. Addes (August 26, 1911 – June 19, 1990) was a founder of the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) union and its secretary-treasurer from 1936 until 1947. Along with R. J. Thomas and Richard Frankensteen, he was a leader of the ...
(1911–1990), founder of
United Auto Workers The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers (UAW), is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) ...
(La Crosse) *
Edward P. Allis Edward Phelps Allis (May 12, 1824April 1, 1889) was an American businessman who founded the Edward P. Allis Company, a manufacturer of milling and mining equipment, steam engines, and other large-scale capital equipment. He was a notable ideologue ...
(1824–1899), co-founder of Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company ( Two Rivers, Milwaukee) *
J. Ogden Armour Jonathan Ogden Armour (November 11, 1863 – August 16, 1927) was an American meatpacking magnate and only surviving son of Civil War–era industrialist Philip Danforth Armour. He became owner and president of Armour & Company upon the death of ...
(1863–1927), meatpacking magnate, owner of
Armour and Company Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago's mo ...
(Milwaukee) *
Carol Bartz Carol Ann Bartz (born August 28, 1948) is an American business executive, former president and CEO of the internet services company Yahoo!, and former chairman, president, and CEO at architectural and engineering design software company Autodesk. ...
(born 1948), president and chief executive officer of
Yahoo! Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Manage ...
( Alma) * Ernest J. Briskey (1930–2006), vice president, technical and administration of Campbell Soup Company ( Waunakee) * William Wallace Cargill (1844–1909), business executive, founder of Cargill (Janesville) * Jerome Case (1819–1891), founder of an agricultural and construction equipment company (Racine) *
Leo Crowley Leo Thomas Crowley (August 15, 1889 – April 15, 1972) was a senior administrator for President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the head of the Foreign Economic Administration. Previously he had served as Alien Property Custodian and as chief o ...
(1889–1972), banker and
FDIC The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures credi ...
director ( Milton) * John Cudahy (1887–1943), industrialist (Milwaukee) * Michael Cudahy (born 1924), entrepreneur (Milwaukee) * Alexander M. Cutler, chief executive officer of the Eaton Corporation (Milwaukee) * Arthur Davidson (1881–1950), co-founder of
Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depressi ...
(Milwaukee) *
Edward L. Doheny Edward Laurence Doheny (; August 10, 1856 – September 8, 1935) was an American oil tycoon who, in 1892, drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. His success set off a petroleum boom in Southern California, a ...
(1856–1935), oil tycoon ( Fond du Lac) *
Ole Evinrude Ole Evinrude, born Ole Andreassen Aaslundeie (April 19, 1877 – July 12, 1934) was an American entrepreneur, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application. Biography Ole Evinrude was born in Hun ...
(1877–1924), inventor and entrepreneur (
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
, Madison, Milwaukee) * Judith Faulkner (born 1943), formerly of New Jersey; billionaire; CEO and founder of Epic Systems, a healthcare software company located in Wisconsin *
Bob Galvin Robert William "Bob" Galvin (October 9, 1922 – October 11, 2011) was an American executive. He was the son of the founder of Motorola, Paul Galvin, and served as the CEO of Motorola from 1959 to 1986. Motorola career Born in Marshfield, Wiscon ...
(1922–2011), chief executive officer of
Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorol ...
( Marshfield) *
Chris Gardner Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker. During the early 1980s, Gardner struggled with homelessness while raising a toddler son. He became a stockbroker and eventually founded his ow ...
(born 1954), entrepreneur, subject of movie ''
The Pursuit of Happyness ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' is a 2006 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Will Smith as Chris Gardner, a homeless salesman. Smith's son Jaden Smith co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner's son, Chri ...
'' (Milwaukee) * King C. Gillette (1855–1932), industrialist (Fond du Lac) * Donald Goerke (1926–2010), Campbell Soup Company executive, inventor of SpaghettiOs ( Waukesha) * William S. Harley (1880–1943), co-founder of
Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depressi ...
(Milwaukee) * Randolph E. Haugan (1902–1985), editor and publisher ( Martell) *
Ken Hendricks Kenneth A. Hendricks (September 8, 1941 – December 21, 2007) was an American businessman who, along with Diane Hendricks, his business partner and wife, grew a shingle supply company into a $2.6 billion fortune and a spot on the Forbes 4 ...
(1941–2007), billionaire (Janesville, Beloit, Afton) * Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938-1929), philanthropist, writer *
Jay L. Johnson Jay Lynn Johnson (born June 5, 1946) is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 26th Chief of Naval Operations from 1996 to 2000. He was later president and chief executive officer of General Dynamics. Early life Johnson was born ...
(born 1946), chief executive officer of General Dynamics (West Salem) * Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr. (1833–1919), founder of consumer products company (Racine) *
Phil Katz Phillip Walter Katz (November 3, 1962 – April 14, 2000) was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the Zip file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS. A ...
(1962–2000), computer programmer ( Glendale) *
Carl Kiekhaefer Elmer Carl Kiekhaefer (June 4, 1906 – October 5, 1983) was the owner of ''Kiekhaefer Mercury'' (later Mercury Marine) and ''Kiekhaefer Aeromarine'' and also a two-time NASCAR championship car owner. Kiekhaefer Mercury founder Mr Kiekhaefer ...
(1906–1983), owner of
Mercury Marine Mercury Marine is a marine engine division of Brunswick Corporation headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The main product line is outboard motors. It also produces the MerCruiser line of sterndrives and inboard motors. Some manufacturi ...
(
Mequon Mequon () is the largest city in Ozaukee County, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, and the third-largest city in Wisconsin by land area. Located on Lake Michigan's western shore with significant commercial developments along Interstate 43, the com ...
) * Alan Klapmeier (born 1958), aircraft designer and aviation entrepreneur (
Baraboo Baraboo is a city in the Midwest and the county seat of Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The largest city in the county, Baraboo is the principal city of the Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area. Its 2020 population was 12,556. It is situ ...
) * Dale Klapmeier (born 1961), aircraft designer and aviation entrepreneur (Baraboo) * Herbert Kohler (born 1939), business executive (
Kohler Kohler is a surname of German origin. The name was first found in Saxony. It means, "charcoal burner" so the first "Kohlers" were most likely of that occupation. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Kohler, Australian journalist *Anton ...
) *
John H. MacMillan Sr. John Hugh MacMillan Sr. (August 11, 1869 – October 20, 1944) was an American businessman, president of Cargill Cargill, Incorporated, is a privately held American global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporate ...
(1869–1944), businessman (La Crosse) *
Marissa Mayer Marissa Ann Mayer (; born May 30, 1975) is an American businesswoman and investor. She is an information technology executive, and co-founder of Sunshine Contacts. Mayer formerly served as the president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!, a p ...
(born 1975), chief executive officer of Yahoo ( Wausau) *
Oscar Mayer Oscar Mayer is an American meat and cold cut producer known for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon, ham, and Lunchables products. The company is a subsidiary of the Kraft Heinz Company and based in Chicago, Illinois. History Early years German im ...
(1859–1955), founder of meat packing company (Milwaukee, Fitchburg) * John Menard Jr. (born 1940), business executive ( Eau Claire) * George Safford Parker (1863–1937), pen inventor and entrepreneur ( Shullsburg, Janesville) *
Paul Poberezny Paul Howard Poberezny (September 14, 1921 – August 22, 2013) was an American aviator, entrepreneur, and aircraft designer. He founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in 1953, and spent the greater part of his life promoting hom ...
(1921–2013), aircraft designer, military aviator and founder of the
Experimental Aircraft Association The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Since its inception, it has grown internationally with over 200,000 members and nearly 1,000 chapt ...
( Oshkosh) *
Tom Poberezny Thomas Paul Poberezny (October 3, 1946 – July 25, 2022) was an American aerobatic world champion, as well as chairman of the annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Fly-In and Convention (now named AirVenture) from 1977 to 2011 and pr ...
(1946–2022), aerobatic aviator and president and chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association (Oshkosh) *
Herbert A. Simon Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American political scientist, with a Ph.D. in political science, whose work also influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology. His primary ...
(1916–2001), economist and computer scientist (Milwaukee) *
James Trane James Alex Trane (April 29, 1857 – January 24, 1936) was a Norwegian-American inventor and industrialist. He was the co-founder of Trane. Biography James Alex Trane was born in Tromsø, Norway. He was an immigrant to the United States who settled ...
(1857–1936), founder of heating and air conditioning company (La Crosse) *
Reuben Trane Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese ...
(1886–1954), co-founder of
Trane Trane is a manufacturer of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, along with building management systems and controls. The company is a subsidiary of Trane Technologies, a company focused on manufacturing HVAC and refrigerat ...
(La Crosse) * Elmer Winter (1912–2009), co-founder of Manpower Inc. (Milwaukee) * Dean Witter (1887–1969), founder of Dean Witter & Co. investment house (Wausau) * Walter Wriston (1919–2005), chairman and chief executive officer of
Citicorp Citigroup Inc. or Citi (stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. The company was formed by the merger of banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomer ...
(Appleton)


Brewing

* Valentin Blatz (Milwaukee) * Harry G. John (Milwaukee) *
Frederick Miller Frederick Edward John Miller (November 24, 1824 – May 11, 1888) was a brewery owner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born as ''Friedrich Eduard Johannes Müller'' in Riedlingen, Württemberg, he founded the Miller Brewing Company at the Plank Road Br ...
(Milwaukee) *
Frederick Pabst Johann Gottlieb Friedrich "Frederick" Pabst (March 28, 1836 – January 1, 1904) was a German-American brewer for whom the Pabst Brewing Company was named. Biography Early life Pabst was born on March 28, 1836, in the village of Nikolausrieth ...
(Milwaukee, Whitefish Bay) *
Joseph Schlitz Joseph Schlitz (May 15, 1831 – May 7, 1875) was a German-American entrepreneur who made his fortune in the brewing industry. Early life Joseph Schlitz was born on May 15, 1831 in Mainz, Hesse-Darmstadt. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1850. Care ...
(Milwaukee)


Education

* Florence Eliza Allen (1876–1960), mathematician and assistant professor at
University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...
( Horicon) * Thomas Barnett (born 1962), professor of warfare analysis & research at
Naval War College The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associ ...
( Chilton, Boscobel) *
Theodore Brameld Theodore Brameld (20 January 1904 – 1987) was a philosopher and educator who supported the educational philosophy of social reconstructionism. His philosophy originated in 1928 when he enrolled as a doctoral student at the University of Chicag ...
(1904–1987), professor at Long Island University, Adelphi,
Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
,
NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...
, and
Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...
( Neillsville) * Arthur Louis Breslich (1873–1924), president of German Wallace College and Baldwin-Wallace (Madison, Milwaukee) * Ernest J. Briskey (1930–2006), Dean of Agricultural Science of
Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering c ...
( Waunakee) * Albin C. Bro (1893–1956), president of
Shimer College Shimer Great Books School (pronounced ) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, with a history of being ...
( Prentice) * Carlos Castillo-Chavez (born 1952), professor of mathematical biology at Arizona State University * Edwin Copeland, noted botanist and founder of University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Agriculture * Joanne V. Creighton, president of Mount Holyoke College ( Marinette) *
Tyler Dennett Tyler Dennett (June 13, 1883 Spencer, Wisconsin – December 29, 1949 in Geneva, New York) was an American historian and educator, best known for his book ''John Hay: From Poetry to Politics'' (1933), which won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Biograp ...
(1883–1949), professor of American history at
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...
and Columbia, professor of international relations at
Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ni ...
, president of
Williams College Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kill ...
( Spencer) * Katharine Elizabeth Dopp (1863–1944), dean of Chicago Normal School ( Dopp) * Lars Paul Esbjörn (1808–1870), professor of Theology at Illinois State Normal University ( Clinton) * Ernst Guillemin (1898–1970), electrical engineer and computer scientist at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
(Milwaukee) * Harlan Hanson (1925–1996), director of Advanced Placement program from 1965 to 1989 (Madison) *
Frederick Hemke Fred Hemke, DMA ''(né'' Frederick Leroy Hemke Jr.; July 11, 1935 – April 17, 2019) was an American virtuoso classical saxophonist and influential professor of saxophone at Northwestern University. Hemke helped raise the popularity of clas ...
(1935–2019), professor of saxophone at
Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...
(Milwaukee) *
Bruno E. Jacob Bruno Ernst Jacob (September 9, 1899 – January 5, 1979) was a professor at Ripon College in Wisconsin and founder of the National Forensic League. He served as the league's executive secretary from 1925 until his retirement in 1969. Biography ...
(1899–1979), founder of
National Forensic League The National Speech and Debate Association is an American student debating society. It was established in 1925 as the National Forensic League; the name was changed in 2014. It is one of four major national organizations that direct high schoo ...
( Valders) * Peter Laurentius Larsen (1833–1915), founding president of Luther College * John Leonora (1928–2006), professor of physiology and pharmacology at Loma Linda University (Milwaukee) * A. Carl Leopold (1919–2009), graduate dean of
University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Univers ...
(Madison) *
A. Starker Leopold Aldo Starker Leopold (October 22, 1913 – August 23, 1983) was an American author, forester, zoologist and conservationist. He also served as professor at the University of California, Berkeley for thirty years. Throughout his life, Leopold ...
(1913–1983), professor of zoology and conservation at
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
(Madison) *
Luna Leopold Luna Bergere Leopold (October 8, 1915 – February 23, 2006) was a leading U.S. geomorphologist and hydrologist, and son of Aldo Leopold. He received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1936; an M.S. in physics-meteor ...
(1915–2006), professor of geology and geophysics
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
(Madison) * Charles McCarthy, librarian and political scientist (Madison) * Thorbjorn N. Mohn (1844–1899), founding president of St. Olaf College ( Columbia County) *
Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (September 22, 1880 – January 10, 1964) was an American university professor, author, speaker, poet and social worker. For more than four decades, she taught English and writing at the University of Minnesota, wi ...
(1890-1964), assistant professor ''emeritus'' of English,
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...
* Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856 – unknown), professor * Christian Keyser Preus (1852–1921), president of Luther College ( Spring Prairie) * Margarethe Schurz (1851–1876), opened first
kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th ce ...
in U.S. (
Watertown Watertown may refer to: Places in China In China, a water town is a type of ancient scenic town known for its waterways. Places in the United States *Watertown, Connecticut, a New England town **Watertown (CDP), Connecticut, the central village ...
) * Philip Stieg (born 1952), chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University The Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University is Cornell University's biomedical research unit and medical school located in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York. Weill Cornell Medicine is affiliated with NewY ...
and New York-Presbyterian Medical Center (Milwaukee) * David F. Swensen, chief investment officer at
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
(1985–2021) ( River Falls) * Rose Thering (1920–2006), professor of Catholic–Jewish dialogue at
Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the ...
(
Plain In geography, a plain is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands ...
, Racine) * Aaron Twerski (born 1939), the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at
Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and a number of adjunct faculty. Brookly ...
; former dean and professor of
tort A tort is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. Tort law can be contrasted with criminal law, which deals with criminal wrongs that are punishable ...
law at Hofstra University School of Law * Norman Wengert (1916–2001), faculty member at City College of New York, North Dakota State,
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
, Wayne State, Penn State,
University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest ...
(Milwaukee) * James Wright (born 1939), president of
Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
(Madison) * Nicholas S. Zeppos (born 1954), chancellor of
Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...
(Milwaukee)


Entertainment


Film and theatre

;A–M *
Jim Abrahams James S. Abrahams (born May 10, 1944) is an American movie director and writer, best known as a member of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. Life and career Abrahams was born to a Jewish family in Shorewood, Wisconsin, the son of Louise M. (née Oge ...
(born 1944), director ( Shorewood, Eagle River) *
Don Ameche Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, stock, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which ...
(1908–1993), actor (Kenosha) *
William Bast William Bast (April 3, 1931 – May 4, 2015) was an American screenwriter and author. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television, he was the author of two biographies of the screen actor James Dean. He often worked with hi ...
(1931–2015), screenwriter (Milwaukee, Kenosha) * Abner Biberman (1909–1977), actor and director (Milwaukee) *
Mark Borchardt Mark Borchardt (born August 20, 1966) is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known as the subject of the 1999 film ''American Movie'', which documented three years he spent writing, shooting and editing his horror short, ''Coven (1997 f ...
(born 1966), director ( Menomonee Falls) *
Joyce Carlson Joyce Carlson (March 16, 1923 – January 2, 2008) was an American artist and designer credited with creating the idyllic universe of singing children at "It's a Small World" rides at Walt Disney theme parks around the world. Carlson also wo ...
(1923–2008),
Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
animator (Racine) *
Jack Carson John Elmer Carson (October 27, 1910 – January 2, 1963) was a Canadian-born American film actor. Carson often played the role of comedic friend in films of the 1940s and 1950s, including ''The Strawberry Blonde'' (1941) with James Cagney and ...
(1910–1963), actor (Milwaukee) * Ellen Corby (1911–1999), actress (Racine) * Anthony Crivello (born 1955), Tony Award-winning actor, singer (Milwaukee) * Willem Dafoe (born 1955), actor (Appleton) * Dan Davies (born 1965), actor and screenwriter (Milwaukee) * Brian Donlevy (1901–1972), actor (Racine) * Robert Easton (actor), Robert Easton (1930–2011), actor, voice actor, dialogue coach (Milwaukee) * Chris Farley (1964–1997), actor (Madison, Minocqua, Wisconsin, Minocqua) * John P. Farley (born 1968), actor (Madison) * Kevin Farley (born 1965), actor (Madison) * Don Fellows (1922–2007), actor (Madison) * Lynn Fontanne (1887–1983), Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning actress (Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, Genesee Depot) * Gloria Foster (1933–2001), actress (Janesville) * Heather Graham (born 1970), actress (Milwaukee) * Uta Hagen (1919–2004), actress (Madison) * Theodore Hardeen (1876–1945), magician and escape artist, founder of the Magicians Guild of America (Appleton) * Howard Hawks (1896–1977), director (Neenah) * Harry Houdini (1874–1926), magician (Appleton) * Tom Hulce (born 1953), actor (Whitewater, Wisconsin, Whitewater) * Salome Jens (born 1935), actress and dancer (Milwaukee) * Jeana Keough (born 1955), actress, Playboy Playmate, ''Playboy'' Playmate (Milwaukee) * Imran Khan (Bollywood actor), Imran Khan (born 1983), actor (Madison) * David Koepp (born 1963), writer/director (Pewaukee, Wisconsin, Pewaukee, Wales, Wisconsin, Wales) * Carole Landis (1919–1948), actor (Fairchild, Wisconsin, Fairchild) * Tom Laughlin (1931–2013), actor (Milwaukee) * Joseph Losey (1909–1984), director (La Crosse) * Alfred Lunt (1892–1977), actor (Milwaukee, Genesee Depot) * Fred MacMurray (1908–1991), actor (Beaver Dam) * Michael Maize (born 1974), actor (Milwaukee) * Fredric March (1897–1975), actor (Racine) * Rob Marshall (born 1960), director (Madison) * Kerwin Mathews (1926–2007), actor (Janesville) * John Matuszak (1950–1989), actor and football player (Milwaukee, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Oak Creek) * Hattie McDaniel (1895–1952), actress, first African-American to win an Academy Award (Milwaukee) * Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974), actress, radio, stage, film, television (Reedsburg) * Niels Mueller (born 1961), writer/director (Milwaukee) ;N–Z * Cyrus Nowrasteh (born 1956), writer/director (Madison) * Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien (1899–1983), actor (Milwaukee) * Robert Emmett O'Connor (1885–1962), actor (Milwaukee) * Nancy Olson (born 1928), actress (Milwaukee) * Nick Oram (born 1979), television producer and actor * Jack Perkins (actor), Jack Perkins (1921–1998), actor (Medford) * Manilla Powers, actress (Janesville) * Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), director (Galesville, Wisconsin, Galesville) *
John Ridley John Ridley IV (born 1965) is an American screenwriter, television director, novelist, and showrunner, known for '' 12 Years a Slave'', for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also the creator and showrunner of the a ...
(born 1965), screenwriter, director (Milwaukee) * Richard Riehle (born 1948), actor (Menomonee Falls) * Michael Ritchie (film director), Michael Ritchie (1938–2001), director (Waukesha) * Gena Rowlands (born 1930), actor (Madison, Cambria, Wisconsin, Cambria, Milwaukee) * Mark Ruffalo (born 1967), actor (Kenosha) * Richard Schickel (1933–2017), critic (Milwaukee) * Greg Dean Schmitz (born 1970), online film journalist (Westfield, Wisconsin, Westfield, Middleton, Wisconsin, Middleton) * Tony Shalhoub (born 1953), actor (Green Bay) * Paul Shenar (1936–1989), actor (Milwaukee) * Oliver Smith (designer), Oliver Smith (1918–1994), theatrical scenic designer (Waupun) * Zack Snyder (born 1966), director (Green Bay) * Ford Sterling (1882–1939), actor (La Crosse) * Eric Szmanda (born 1975), actor (Milwaukee) * George Tillman Jr., director (Milwaukee) * Spencer Tracy (1900–1967), actor (Milwaukee,
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) * Judy Tyler (1932–1957), actress (Milwaukee) * Bob Uecker (born 1935), actor and sports commentator (Milwaukee) * James Valcq (born 1963), theatre composer (Milwaukee) * Marc Webb (born 1974), director (Madison) * Peter Weller (born 1947), actor (Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Stevens Point) * Orson Welles (1915–1985), director (Kenosha) * Shannon Whirry (born 1964), actress (Green Lake, Wisconsin, Green Lake) * Gene Wilder (1933–2016), actor (Milwaukee) * David Zucker (filmmaker), David Zucker (born 1947), director (Milwaukee) * Jerry Zucker (film director), Jerry Zucker (born 1950), director (Milwaukee) * Terry Zwigoff (born 1949), director (Appleton)


Television

;A–M * Marc Alaimo (born 1942), actor, ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (Milwaukee) * Andrea Anders (born 1975), actress, ''Joey (TV series), Joey'', ''Better Off Ted'' (Madison, DeForest, Wisconsin, DeForest) * Bonnie Bartlett (born 1929), Emmy Award-winning actress (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Rapids) * Kristin Bauer van Straten (born 1966), actress (Racine) * Lamont Bentley (1973–2005), actor, ''Moesha'' (Milwaukee) * Brad Beyer (born 1973), actor, Stanley Richmond on ''Jericho (2006 TV series), Jericho'' (Waukesha) * Peter Bonerz (born 1938), actor and director (Milwaukee) * Gary Burghoff (born 1943), actor, Radar O'Reilly on ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'' (Delavan, Wisconsin, Delavan) * Annie Burgstede (born 1983), actress (Waupaca, Wisconsin, Waupaca) * Ellen Corby (1911–1999), actress (Racine) * Rich Dahm, Emmy Award-winning writer and producer * James Daly (actor), James Daly (1918–1978), actor (Wisconsin Rapids) * Tyne Daly (born 1946), actress (Madison) * Nancy Dickerson (1927–1997), NBC News correspondent (Wauwatosa) * Sean Duffy (Wisconsin), Sean Duffy (born 1971), reality television star, ESPN commentator (Hayward, Wisconsin, Hayward) * Jerry Dunphy (1920–2002), television newscaster (Milwaukee) * Greg Eagles (born 1970), voice actor, ''Grim & Evil'' (Milwaukee) * Kathryn Edwards (born 1964), model, reality television star, ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'' (Milwaukee) * John Fiedler (1925–2005), actor, voice of Piglet (Winnie the Pooh), Piglet (Platteville, Wisconsin, Platteville, Shorewood) * Paul Gigot (born 1955), host and commentator on ''Journal Editorial Report'' (Green Bay, De Pere, Wisconsin, De Pere) * David Giuntoli (born 1980), actor, ''Grimm (TV series), Grimm'' (Milwaukee) * Andrea Hall (born 1947), actress (Milwaukee) * Deidre Hall (born 1947), actress (Milwaukee) *Jaida Essence Hall (born 1986), drag queen and entertainer (Milwaukee) * Dan Harmon (born 1973), writer and producer (Milwaukee) * Joel Hodgson (born 1960), actor, comedian, creator of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Green Bay) * Isabella Hofmann (born 1958), actress, Megan Russert, Lt. Megan Russert on ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' (East Troy, Wisconsin, East Troy) * Gregory Itzin (born 1948), actor, Charles Logan (24 character), President Charles Logan on ''24 (TV series), 24'' (Burlington, Wisconsin, Burlington) * Salome Jens (born 1935), actress and dancer, ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (Milwaukee) * Ernie Johnson Jr. (born 1956), sportscaster for Turner Sports and CBS Sports (Milwaukee) * Jane Kaczmarek (born 1955), actress (Greendale, Wisconsin, Greendale) * Laura Kaeppeler (born 1988), Miss America 2012 (Kenosha) * Kathy Kinney (born 1954), actress (Stevens Point) * Trenni Kusnierek (born 1977), reporter and studio host for MLB Network (Muskego, Wisconsin, Muskego) * Allen Ludden (1917–1981), game show host (Mineral Point, Wisconsin, Mineral Point) * Trixie Mattel (born Brian Michael Firkus, 1989), drag queen and entertainer (Milwaukee) * David Lee McInnis (born 1973), actor based in South Korea (Green Bay, Antigo) * Terry Meeuwsen (born 1949), Miss America 1973; co-host of ''The 700 Club'' (De Pere, Wisconsin, De Pere) * Carol Merrill (born 1941), prize presenter, ''Let's Make a Deal'' (Frederic, Wisconsin, Frederic) * Chris Mulkey (born 1948), actor, ''Bakersfield P.D.'', ''Twin Peaks'' (Viroqua, Wisconsin, Viroqua) * Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974), actress, radio, stage, film, television (Reedsburg) ;N–Z * Chris Noth (born 1954), actor, Mike Logan (Law & Order), Det. Mike Logan on ''Law & Order'' and Mr. Big on ''Sex and the City'' (Madison) * Caitlin O'Heaney (born 1953), actress, ''Tales of the Gold Monkey'' (Whitefish Bay) * Samuel Page, Sam Page (born 1976), actor, ''Shark (U.S. TV series), Shark'', ''Point Pleasant (TV series), Point Pleasant'' (Whitefish Bay) * Vic Perrin (1916–1989), actor (Menomonee Falls) * Michael Phillips (critic), Michael Phillips (born 1961), film critic and co-host of ''At the Movies (1986 TV program), At the Movies'' (Kenosha, Racine) * Amy Pietz (born 1969), actor (Milwaukee) * Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), actress (Milwaukee, Shorewood) * Brad Rowe (actor), Brad Rowe (born 1970), actor, ''Wasteland (American TV series), Wasteland'' (Milwaukee) * Tony Shalhoub (born 1953), actor (Green Bay) * Kurtwood Smith (born 1943), actor, Red Forman on ''That '70s Show'' (New Lisbon, Wisconsin, New Lisbon) * Tom Snyder (1936–2007), talk show host (Milwaukee) * The Real World: Austin, Melinda Stolp, ''The Real World: Austin'' cast member (Germantown, Wisconsin, Germantown) * Eric Szmanda (born 1975), actor (Milwaukee) * Jessica Szohr (born 1985), actress (Menomonee Falls) * Daniel J. Travanti (born 1940), Emmy Award-winning actor, ''Hill Street Blues'' (Kenosha) * Greta Van Susteren (born 1954), television commentator (Appleton) * J.D. Walsh (actor), J. D. Walsh (born 1974), actor, ''Smart Guy'' (Madison) * Tom Welling (born 1977), actor (Janesville) * Bradley Whitford (born 1959), actor (Madison) * Tom Wopat (born 1951), actor (Lodi, Wisconsin, Lodi) * Linda Young (born 1953), anime dubbing voice actress with FUNimation (Milwaukee) * Chip Zien (born 1947), actor (Milwaukee)


Comedy

* Frank Caliendo (born 1974), comedian (Waukesha) * Randy Chestnut (born 1971), comedian (Baraboo, Madison) * Chris Farley (1964–1997), comedian (Madison) * Tim Harmston, stand-up comedian (Menomonie) * Charlie Hill, (1951–2013), stand-up comedian (Oneida) * Jackie Kashian, stand-up comedian (South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, South Milwaukee) * Mary Mack (comedian), Mary Mack, stand-up comedian (Webster) * Jackie Mason (born 1931), comedian and actor (Sheboygan) * John McGivern, comedian (Milwaukee) *Dwight York (comedian), Dwight York, stand-up comedian (Amery)


Music

* BoDeans (Waukesha) * Garbage (band), Garbage (Madison) * Les Paul (Waukesha) * Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller (Milwaukee) * Violent Femmes (Milwaukee) * Yung Gravy * Al Jarreau * Liberace, Lee Liberace, or Władziu Valentino Liberace * Justin Vernon (Eau Claire) * Butch Vig * Lakeyah (Milwaukee)


History

* Stephen Ambrose (1936–2002), historian (Whitewater, Wisconsin, Whitewater) * William Cronon (born 1954), environmental historian (Madison) * Lyman Draper (1815–1891), historian and librarian (Madison) * Harvey Goldberg (1922–1987), historian (Madison) * George Mosse (1918–1999), social and cultural historian (Madison) * Gerhard Brandt Naeseth (1913–1994), founder of the Norwegian-American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library (Madison) * James Breck Perkins (1847–1910), historian and U.S. Congressman (St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, St. Croix Falls) * David Schoenbaum (born 1935), historian and social scientist (Milwaukee) * Kenneth M. Stampp (1912–2009), historian (Milwaukee) *
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(1912–2004), Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author (La Crosse) * Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932), historian, known for his Frontier Thesis (Portage) * T. Harry Williams (1909–1979), Pulitzer Prize-winning historian (Hazel Green, Wisconsin, Hazel Green)


Military

;A–B * Harold C. Agerholm (1925–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Racine) * Frank L. Anders (1875–1966), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient (
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) * James Roy Andersen (1904–1945), U.S. Army general (Racine) * Beauford T. Anderson (1922–1996), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin, Eagle, Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, Soldiers Grove) * Mark E. Anderson, U.S. National Guard general (Wisconsin Rapids) * Peter Anderson (Medal of Honor), Peter Anderson (1847–1907), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Lafayette County) * Fred Ascani (1917–2010), U.S. Air Force Major General (Beloit) * Margaret H. Bair, U.S. Air National Guard general (
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) * Merton W. Baker (1924–2000), U.S. Air Force Major General (Tomahawk, Wisconsin, Tomahawk) * George Barnett (1859–1930), Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (Lancaster, Boscobel) * Stuart E. Barstad (1929–2009), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force (Colfax, Wisconsin, Colfax) * William A. Barstow (1813–1865), Union Army general (Waukesha, Janesville) * Frank E. Beatty (1853–1926), U.S. Navy admiral (Aztalan, Wisconsin, Aztalan) * Harry Bell (Medal of Honor), Harry Bell (1860–1938), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Leslie Allen Bellrichard (1941–1967), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville) * Harold Medberry Bemis (1884–1970), U.S. Navy admiral ( Oshkosh) * Paul M. Blayney, U.S. Coast Guard admiral (Milwaukee, Jefferson, Wisconsin, Jefferson) * Orville Emil Bloch (1915–1983), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, Big Falls) * Robert D. Bohn, U.S. Marine Corps Major General (Neenah) * Richard Bong (1920–1945), World War II pilot (Superior) * Frank Matteson Bostwick (1857–1945), U.S. Navy Commodore (Janesville) * Peter J. Boylan, U.S. Army Major General (Portage) * John Bradley (Iwo Jima), John Bradley (1923–1994), Iwo Jima flag-raiser (Antigo, Wisconsin, Antigo) * Edward S. Bragg (1827–1912), Union Army general (Fond du Lac) * Deming Bronson (1894–1957), World War I Medal of Honor recipient (Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Rhinelander) * Oscar Brookin, Spanish–American War Medal of Honor recipient (Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Byron) * Clarence John Brown (1895–1973), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Plum City, Wisconsin, Plum City) * F. Taylor Brown (1925–2011), U.S. Navy admiral (Ashland, Wisconsin, Ashland) * Robert Whitney Burns (1908–1964), U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Stanley, Wisconsin, Stanley) * Elmer J. Burr (1908–1942), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Neenah, Menasha) ;C–E * Joseph Cable (United States Army), Joseph Cable (1848–1877), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Madison) * James J. Carey, U.S. Navy admiral (Green Lake County, Wisconsin, Green Lake County, Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin, Aurora) * Irving J. Carr (1875–1963), U.S. Army Major General (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Chippewa Falls) * Guy W.S. Castle (1879–1919), Medal of Honor recipient * Arthur S. Champeny (1893–1979), U.S. Army general (Briggsville, Wisconsin, Briggsville) * Stanley R. Christianson (1925–1950), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Mindoro, Wisconsin, Mindoro) * Paul Clemens (United States Army), Paul Clemens, U.S. Army general (Superior) * Gerald W. Clusen, U.S. Navy admiral (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Manitowoc) * Jefferson Coates (1843–1880), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient ( Boscobel) * James Kelsey Cogswell (1847–1908), U.S. Navy admiral (Milwaukee) * Robert Grimes Coman (1887–1963), U.S. Navy Commodore (Trempealeau (town), Wisconsin, Trempealeau) * Richard H. Cosgriff (1845–1910), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Hudson, Wisconsin, Hudson, Chippewa Falls) * James E. Croft (1833–1914), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville) * Winfield S. Cunningham (1900–1986), U.S. Navy admiral (Rockbridge, Wisconsin, Rockbridge) * James B. Currie (1925–2009), U.S. Air Force Major General (Milwaukee) * William B. Cushing (1842–1874), Navy officer who sank the CSS Albemarle, CSS ''Albemarle''; namesake of the USS Cushing (DD-985), USS ''Cushing'' (Delafield, Wisconsin, Delafield) * Marshall E. Cusic Jr., U.S. Navy admiral (Marshfield) * Lysander Cutler (1807–1866), Union Army general (Milwaukee) * Clinton W. Davies (1899–1989), U.S. Air Force general (Racine) * Frederick Curtice Davis (1915–1941), highly decorated Navy officer; namesake of the USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136), USS ''Frederick C. Davis'' (Rock County, Wisconsin, Rock County) * Leighton I. Davis (1910–1995), U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta) * Charles G. Dawes (1865–1951), U.S. Army general (La Crosse) * Dirk J. Debbink, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral; Chief of Navy Reserve (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Oconomowoc) * Abraham DeSomer (1884–1974), Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * John Durham (Medal of Honor), John Durham (1843–1918), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Malone, Wisconsin, Malone) * Herbert W. Ehrgott (1910–1982), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee) * Clarence Ekstrom, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Waupaca) * Horace Ellis (1843–1867), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Chippewa Falls) * William Ellis (Medal of Honor), William Ellis (1834–1875), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Watertown) * Gerald L. Endl (1915–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Fort Atkinson, Janesville) ;F–I * Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Union Army general (Madison) * Peter Fanta, U.S. Navy admiral (Manitowoc) * Jack K. Farris (born 1934), U.S. Air Force Major General (Fennimore, Wisconsin, Fennimore) * Richard W. Fellows (1914–1998), U.S. Air Force general (Algoma, Wisconsin, Algoma) * Art Fiala (1899–2005), World War I (Kewaunee, Wisconsin, Kewaunee) * James H. Flatley (1906–1958), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Green Bay) * Lawrence J. Fleming (1922–2006), U.S. Air Force Major General (Green Bay) * James F. Flock, U.S. Marine Corps Major General (Milwaukee) * Amos Fries (1873–1963), U.S. Army Major General, Chief of the Chemical Corps, Chemical Warfare Service (Viroqua) * Harold A. Fritz (born 1944), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Julius A. Furer (1880–1963), U.S. Navy admiral (Mosel, Wisconsin, Mosel) * Augustus F. Gearhard (1893–1975), Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force (Milwaukee) * Theodore W. Goldin (1858–1935), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Avon, Wisconsin, Avon, Brodhead, Wisconsin, Brodhead, Janesville, King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, King) * Albert W. Grant (1856–1930), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Stevens Point) * Sandra A. Gregory, U.S. Air Force general (Loyal, Wisconsin, Loyal) * Kenneth E. Gruennert (1922–1942), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Helenville, Wisconsin, Helenville) * Charles Smith Hamilton (1822–1891), Union Army Major General (Milwaukee) * Melvin O. Handrich (1919–1950), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Manawa, Wisconsin, Manawa) * Rodney R. Hannula, U.S. National Guard Major General (Saxon, Wisconsin, Saxon) * William Frederick Hase (1874–1935), U.S. Army Major General (Milwaukee) * J. Michael Hayes, U.S. Marine Corps general (Milwaukee) * Philip Hayes (general), Philip Hayes (1887–1949), U.S. Army Major General (Portage) * John Higgins (admiral), John Higgins (1899–1973), U.S. Navy admiral (Madison) * Frank E. Hill (U.S. Army), Frank E. Hill (1850–1906), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Mayfield, Wisconsin, Mayfield) * Benjamin Hilliker, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Waupaca (town), Wisconsin, Town of Waupaca) * Harrison Carroll Hobart (1815–1902), Union Army general (Sheboygan, Chilton, Milwaukee) * Roy Hoffmann, U.S. Navy admiral (Milwaukee) * Lucius Roy Holbrook (1875–1952), U.S. Army Major General (Arkansaw, Wisconsin, Arkansaw) * Willard Ames Holbrook (1860–1932), U.S. Army Major General (Arkansaw, Wisconsin, Arkansaw) * David William Hutchison (1908–1982), U.S. Air Force Major General (Mineral Point) * Einar H. Ingman Jr. (1929–2015), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee, Tomahawk) ;J–L * Frank B. James (1912–2004), U.S. Air Force general (Delavan) * Marvin John Jensen (1908–1993), U.S. Navy admiral (Sheboygan) * John L. Jerstad (1918–1943), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Racine, Milwaukee) *
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, Chief of Naval Operations (West Salem) * John Johnson (Union Army), John Johnson (1842–1907), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville) * Stephen E. Johnson, U.S. Navy admiral (Wisconsin Rapids) * Donald S. Jones (1928–2004), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Madison) * Harley Sanford Jones (1902–1997), U.S. Air Force general (Fox Lake, Wisconsin, Fox Lake) * Emil C. Kiel (1895–1977), U.S. Air Force general * Charles King (general), Charles King (1844–1933), U.S. Army general (Milwaukee) * Rufus King (general), Rufus King (1814–1876), Union Army general (Milwaukee) * John Baxter Kinne (1877–1954), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient (Beloit) * Louis Joseph Kirn (1908–1995), U.S. Navy admiral (Milwaukee) * Russell Klika, combat photographer (Appleton) * Richard A. Knobloch (1918–2001), U.S. Air Force general (West Allis, Milwaukee) * Oscar Koch (1897–1970), U.S. Army general, member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame (Milwaukee) * Edmond Konrad, U.S. Navy admiral ( Oshkosh) * James Benjamin Lampert (1914–1978), U.S. Army Lieutenant General * Thomas B. Larkin (1890–1968), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army (Louisburg, Wisconsin, Louisburg) * Daniel P. Leaf, U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, commander of the United States Pacific Command (Shawano, Wisconsin, Shawano) * William D. Leahy (1875–1959), U.S. Navy fleet admiral, first military officer to reach five-star rank (Ashland) * James J. LeCleir (born 1941), U.S. Air Force major general (Chippewa Falls) * Scott D. Legwold, U.S. National Guard general (Eau Claire) * James J. Lindsay (born 1932), U.S. Army general, first commander of the United States Special Operations Command (Portage) * Nathan J. Lindsay (1936–2015), U.S. Air Force major general (Monroe, Wisconsin, Monroe) * Arno H. Luehman (1911–1989), U.S. Air Force major general (Milwaukee) * Edward E. Lyon (1871–1931), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient (Hixton, Wisconsin, Hixton) ;M–O * Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845–1912), Medal of Honor Civil War, "On Wisconsin", father of General Douglas MacArthur (
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) * Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964), General of the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Alexander Mackenzie (engineer), Alexander Mackenzie (1844–1921), U.S. Army Chief of Engineers (Potosi, Wisconsin, Postosi) * Lester J. Maitland (1899–1990), U.S. Army Air Service general (Milwaukee) * Francis Marshall (U.S. Army officer), Francis Marshall, U.S. Army general (Darlington, Wisconsin, Darlington) * Michael A. McAuliffe (born 1941), U.S. Air Force general (Ashland) * Michael J. McCarthy (general), Michael J. McCarthy, U.S. Air Force Major General (Niagara, Wisconsin, Niagara) * John E. McCoy, U.S. Air National Guard general (Janesville, Stoughton) * Robert Bruce McCoy (1867–1926), U.S. National Guard Major General (Kenosha, Lafayette, Monroe County, Wisconsin, Lafayette, Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta) * Arthur L. McCullough, U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee) * Charles C. McDonald (1933–2017), U.S. Air Force General (Barron, Wisconsin, Barron) * Edward McGlachlin Jr., U.S. Army Major General (Fond du Lac, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Stevens Point) * Hugh J. McGrath (1858–1899), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient (Fond du Lac) * Andrew Miller (soldier), Andrew Miller (1916–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Manitowoc, Two Rivers) * John S. Mills (1906–1996), U.S. Air Force Major General (Appleton) * Billy Mitchell (1879–1936), U.S. general, aviation (raised in West Allis) * Marc Mitscher (1887–1947), World War II admiral (Hillsboro, Wisconsin, Hillsboro) * Robert J. Modrzejewski (born 1934), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Daniel B. Moore (1838–1914), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Mifflin, Wisconsin, Mifflin) * Charles E. Mower (1924–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Chippewa Falls) * Dennis Murphy (Medal of Honor), Dennis Murphy (1830–1901), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Green Bay) * Beryl Newman (1911–1998), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Baraboo) * Richard J. Nolan (1848–1905), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * William Nordeen (1936–1988), U.S. Navy officer, killed in terrorist attack (Amery, Wisconsin, Amery, Centuria, Wisconsin, Centuria) * Albert O'Connor, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Lodi, Wisconsin, Lodi) * Tad J. Oelstrom, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Milwaukee) * Ralph A. Ofstie (1897–1956), U.S. Navy vice admiral (Eau Claire) * Truman O. Olson (1917–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin, Christiana,
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) * Andrew P. O'Meara (1907–2005), U.S. Army general, commander-in-chief of United States Southern Command and United States Army Europe (West Bend) * John Birdsell Oren (1909–2006), U.S. Coast Guard admiral (Madison) ;P–S * Halbert E. Paine (1826–1905), Union Army general (Milwaukee) * John Patterson (Medal of Honor), John Patterson (1838–1922), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Summit, Juneau County, Wisconsin, Summit, Mauston) * Ernest Dichmann Peek (1878–1950), U.S. Army Major General ( Oshkosh) * Oscar V. Peterson (1899–1942), World War II Medal of Honor recipient ( Prentice) * George F. Pond (1844–1911), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Fairwater, Wisconsin, Fairwater) * James Pond (Medal of Honor), James Pond (1838–1903), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville) * Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. (1924–1950), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Hatfield, Wisconsin, Hatfield, Merrillan, Wisconsin, Merrillan) * Marcus Robbins (1851–1924), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Elba, Wisconsin, Elba) * Carson Abel Roberts (1905–1983), U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General (Lancaster, Wisconsin, Lancaster) * Marcus W. Robertson (1870–1948), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient (Suamico, Wisconsin, Suamico) * Davis C. Rohr, U.S. Air Force major general (Burlington, Wisconsin, Burlington) * Thomas H. Ruger (1833–1907), superintendent of the United States Military Academy (Janesville) * Margaret A. Rykowski, U.S. Navy admiral (Milwaukee) * Ben L. Salomon (1914–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Frederick Salomon (1826–1897), Union Army general (Manitowoc) * Elmer Salzman, U.S. Marine Corps Major General (Kiel, Wisconsin, Kiel) * Walter Schindler (1897–1991), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (New Glarus, Wisconsin, New Glarus) * Herman Alfred Schmid (1910–1985), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee) * Carl Schurz (1829–1906), Union Army Major General (Watertown (town), Wisconsin, Town of Watertown, Milwaukee) * Richard Severson, U.S. Air Force general (Brooklyn (village), Wisconsin, Brooklyn) * James Shields (politician, born 1810), James Shields (1810–1879), Union Army general * Henry Hastings Sibley (1811–1891), Union Army general * William Sickles (1844–1938), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Fall River, Wisconsin, Fall River) * John Otto Siegel (1890–1973), World War I Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Lance Sijan (1942–1968), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Clayton K. Slack (1896–1976), World War I Medal of Honor recipient (Plover, Wisconsin, Plover) * Fred R. Sloan, U.S. Air National Guard Major General (Milwaukee) * John Converse Starkweather (1829–1890), Union Army general (Milwaukee) * Henry J. Stehling (1918–2001), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee) * Joseph Stika (1889–1976), U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral (Milwaukee, Kewaunee) * Kenneth E. Stumpf (born 1944), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Neenah, Milwaukee) * Jerome A. Sudut (1930–1951), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient ( Wausau) * Dennis B. Sullivan (1927–2020), U.S. Air Force general (Chippewa Falls) * Timothy S. Sullivan, U.S. Coast Guard admiral (Milwaukee) * Woodrow Swancutt (1915–1993), U.S. Air Force Major General (Edgar, Wisconsin, Edgar) ;T–Z * Eugene L. Tattini, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Madison) * Claude Taugher (1895–1963), World War I Distinguished Service Cross and Navy Cross recipient (Marathon City) * Thomas Toohey (1835–1918), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Robin G. Tornow (1942–2010), U.S. Air Force general (Monroe) * Charles Treat, U.S. Army general (Monroe) * Clement A. Trott, U.S. Army Major General (Milwaukee) * Edwin M. Truell (1841–1907), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Mauston) * Merrill B. Twining (1902–1996), U.S. Marine Corps General (Monroe) * Nathan C. Twining (1869–1924), U.S. Navy admiral ( Boscobel) * Nathan Farragut Twining (1897–1982), U.S. Air Force general (Monroe) * William J. Van Ryzin (1914–2002), U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General (Appleton) * James M. Vande Hey (1916–2009), U.S. Air Force general * Hoyt Vandenberg (1899–1954), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee) * James R. Van Den Elzen (1931–2012), U.S. Marine Corps general (Green Bay) * Alfred Verhulst (1921–1975), U.S. Air Force general (Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, Sheboygan Falls) * Fred W. Vetter Jr. (1921–2002), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee) * Lutz Wahl (1869–1928), Adjutant General of the U.S. Army (Milwaukee) * William Miller Wallace (1844–1924), U.S. Army general (Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Prairie du Chien) * Francis A. Wallar (1840–1911), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (De Soto, Wisconsin, De Soto) * Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818–1882), Union Army Major General (Mineral Point, La Crosse) * Waldemar F.A. Wendt (1912–1997), U.S. Navy Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Naval Forces Europe * Don S. Wenger (1911–1986), U.S. Air Force Major General (Monroe) * Leslie J. Westberg (1920–1997), U.S. Air Force general (Menasha) * Gary George Wetzel (born 1947), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, South Milwaukee, Milwaukee) * Charles W. Whittlesey (1884–1921), World War I Medal of Honor recipient (Florence (CDP), Wisconsin, Florence) * Hugh E. Wild (1918–2013), U.S. Air Force general (Elmwood, Wisconsin, Elmwood) * Albert H. Wilkening, U.S. Air National Guard Major General * Donald Erwin Wilson, U.S. Navy admiral (Taylor County, Wisconsin, Taylor County) * Claron A. Windus, Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville) * Arthur Wolcott Yates, U.S. Army general * Cassin Young (1894–1942), World War II Medal of Honor recipient * Frank Albert Young (1876–1941), China Relief Expedition Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee) * Elmo Zumwalt (1920–2000), Chief of Naval Operations (Milwaukee) * Ralph Wise Zwicker (1903–1991), U.S. Army Major General (Stoughton)


Nobel laureates

* John Bardeen (1908–1991), B.S. 1928 and M.S. 1929, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972 (Madison) * Günter Blobel (1936–2018), Ph.D. 1967, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1999 (Madison) * Paul D. Boyer (1918–2018), M.S. 1941, Ph.D. 1943, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997 (Madison) * Joseph Erlanger (1874–1965), recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 (Madison) * Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888–1963), B.S. 1910, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 (Platteville, Wisconsin, Platteville) * Jack Kilby (1923–2005), M.S. 1950, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the integrated circuit in 2000 (Milwaukee) * Joshua Lederberg (1925–2008), recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 (Madison) * Alan G. MacDiarmid (1927–2007), M.S. 1952, Ph.D. 1953, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 (Madison) * Stanford Moore (1913–1982), Ph.D. 1938, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972 (Madison) * William P. Murphy (1892–1987), recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 (Stoughton) * Erwin Neher (born 1944), M.S. 1967, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991 (Madison) * Theodore Schultz (1902–1998), M.S. 1928, Ph.D. 1930, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979 (Madison) *
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(1916–2001), B.A. 1936, Ph.D. 1943, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978 (Milwaukee) * Edward Lawrie Tatum (1909–1975), B.A. 1931, M.S. 1932, Ph.D. 1935, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 (Madison) * John H. van Vleck (1899–1980), A.B. 1920, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 (Madison)


Politics and activism

;A–B * Glenn A. Abbey (1898–1962), U.S. diplomat (Dodgeville, Wisconsin, Dodgeville) * Alva Adams (governor), Alva Adams (1850–1922), Governor of Colorado (Iowa County, Wisconsin, Iowa County) * Billy Adams (politician), Billy Adams (1861–1954), Governor of Colorado (Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, Blue Mounds) * J. Frank Aldrich (1853–1933), U.S. Representative from Illinois (Two Rivers) * William Aldrich (1820–1885), U.S. Representative from Illinois (Fond du Lac) * William A. Anderson (1873–1954), Mayor of Minneapolis (Adams County, Wisconsin, Adams County) * George Rex Andrews, George R. Andrews (1808–1873), U.S. Representative from New York ( Oshkosh) *
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(1908–2002), U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Milwaukee) * Les Aspin (1938–1995), Congressman and United States Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense (Milwaukee) * Gerhard A. Bading (1870–1946), U.S. diplomat (Milwaukee) * John Miller Baer (1886–1970), U.S. Representative from North Dakota (Black Creek, Wisconsin, Black Creek) * Hiram Barber Jr. (1835–1924), U.S. Representative from Illinois ( Horicon, Juneau, Wisconsin, Juneau) * Tom Barrett (Wisconsin politician), Thomas M. Barrett (born 1953), Congressman and Mayor of Milwaukee (Milwaukee) * William A. Barstow (1813–1865), governor (Waukesha, Janesville) * Coles Bashford (1816–1878), governor, U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Arizona Territory ( Oshkosh) * David L. Bazelon (1909–1993), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (Superior) * Charles S. Benton (1810–1882), U.S. Representative from New York (Milwaukee, La Crosse) * Victor L. Berger (1860–1929), U.S. Representative (Milwaukee) * Benjamin P. Birdsall (1858–1917), U.S. Representative from Iowa (Weyauwega, Wisconsin, Weyauwega) * John J. Blaine (1875–1934), governor and U.S. Senator (Wingville, Wisconsin, Wingville) * C. A. Bottolfsen (1891–1964), Governor of Idaho (Superior) * Matthias J. Bovee (1793–1872), U.S. Representative from New York (Milwaukee, Eagle, Wisconsin, Eagle) * Edward S. Bragg (1827–1912), U.S. diplomat (Fond du Lac) * John A. Bryan (1794–1864), U.S. diplomat (Milwaukee, Menasha) * James Budd (1851–1908), California governor (Janesville) * George Bunn (lawyer), George Bunn (1865–1918), justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta) * John H. Burke (1894–1951), U.S. Representative from California (Excelsior, Richland County, Wisconsin, Excelsior) * John R. Burke (1924–1993), U.S. diplomat (Madison) * Charles C. Butler, Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court (Milwaukee) * John W. Byrnes (1913–1985), U.S. Representative (Green Bay) ;C–E * Thomas Cale (1848–1941), U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Alaska Territory (Fond du Lac) * John Benton Callis (1828–1898), U.S. Representative from Alabama (Lancaster) * Lois Capps (born 1938), U.S. Representative from California (Ladysmith) * Milton Robert Carr (born 1943), U.S. Representative from Michigan (Janesville) * Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947), feminist (
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) * Eugene W. Chafin (1852–1920), Prohibition Party candidate for President of the United States (East Troy, Wisconsin, East Troy, Waukesha) * Liz Cheney (born 1966), U.S. Representative from Wyoming (Madison) * Kathryn F. Clarenbach (1920–1994), first chairwoman of the National Organization for Women (Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta) * Paul Clement (born 1966), Solicitor General of the United States (Cedarburg (town), Wisconsin, Town of Cedarburg) * Cliff Clevenger (1885–1960), U.S. Representative from Ohio (Appleton) * Wilbur J. Cohen (1913–1987), U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (Milwaukee) * Harmon Sweatland Conger (1816–1882), U.S. Representative from New York (Janesville) * Willis C. Cook (1874–1942), U.S. diplomat (Gratiot, Wisconsin, Gratiot) * Henry Allen Cooper, Henry A. Cooper (1850–1931), U.S. Representative ( Spring Prairie, Burlington, Wisconsin, Burlington, Racine) * Michael Copps (born 1940), commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (Milwaukee) * John W. Cox Jr. (born 1947), U.S. Representative from Illinois (Hazel Green, Wisconsin, Hazel Green) * Emma A. Cranmer (1858-1937), temperance activist, suffragist * Kenneth H. Dahlberg (1917–2011), figure in the Watergate scandal, later cleared (Wilson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Wilson) * Henry C. A. Damm (1874–1929), U.S. diplomat (Waushara County, Wisconsin, Waushara County) * Joseph E. Davies (1876–1958), U.S. diplomat (Watertown) * Charles G. Dawes (1865–1951), Vice President of the United States (La Crosse) * Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865–1912), U.S. diplomat (Hudson) * Ada Deer (born 1935), Native-American/Menominee activist, former Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA official (Keshena, Wisconsin, Keshena) * Peter V. Deuster (1831–1904), U.S. diplomat (Milwaukee, Port Washington, Wisconsin, Port Washington) * Bernardine Dohrn (born 1942), activist (Milwaukee) * Michael Dombeck, former chief of the US Forest Service * F. Ryan Duffy (1888–1979), chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (Fond du Lac) * Charles Durkee (1805–1870), U.S. Senator, Governor of the Utah Territory (Kenosha) * Lawrence Eagleburger (1930–2011), U.S. Secretary of State (Milwaukee) * John E. Erickson (Montana politician), John E. Erickson (1863–1946), U.S. Senator from Montana (Stoughton) * John J. Esch (1861–1941), U.S. Representative (Norwalk, Wisconsin, Norwalk, La Crosse) * Experience Estabrook (1813–1894), U.S. Congressional delegate from Nebraska Territory (Geneva, Wisconsin, Geneva) * Evan Alfred Evans (1876–1948), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals ( Spring Green, Baraboo) ;F–I * Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), U.S. diplomat (Madison) * Thomas E. Fairchild (1912–2007), chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (Milwaukee) * Jacob Fawcett, Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (Benton, Wisconsin, Benton) * Russ Feingold (born 1953), U.S. Senator and co-author of Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act (Janesville, Middleton, Wisconsin, Middleton) * William R. Finch (1847–1913), U.S. diplomat (Walworth County, Wisconsin, Walworth County) * Albert Fowler (1802–1883), Mayor of Rockford, Illinois (Milwaukee, Wauwatosa) * James A. Frear (1861–1939), U.S. Representative (Hudson) * George A. Garrett (1888–1971), U.S. diplomat (La Crosse) * Hiram Gill (1866–1919), Mayor of Seattle (Watertown) * James Gillett (1860–1937), U.S. Representative from California (Viroqua, Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta) * Callista Gingrich (born 1966), wife of former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker Newt Gingrich (Whitehall, Wisconsin, Whitehall) * Glory of the Morning, the only female chief ever recorded in the oral history of the Ho-Chunk nation * Guy D. Goff (1866–1933), U.S. Senator from West Virginia (Milwaukee) * William Goodell (abolitionist), William Goodell (1792–1878), prominent abolitionist, candidate for President of the United States (Janesville) * Warren Green (1870–1945), Governor of South Dakota (Jackson County, Wisconsin, Jackson County) * John A. Gronouski (1919–1996), U.S. Postmaster General (Dunbar, Wisconsin, Dunbar, Green Bay) * Richard W. Guenther (1845–1913), U.S. diplomat ( Oshkosh) * Herbert James Hagerman (1871–1935), Governor of the New Mexico Territory (Milwaukee) * Darwin Hall (1844–1919), U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Wheatland, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Wheatland, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, Grand Rapids) * John Hammill (1875–1936), Governor of Iowa (Linden, Wisconsin, Linden) * Henry C. Hansbrough (1848–1933), U.S. Senator from North Dakota (Baraboo) * Ole Hanson (1874–1940), Mayor of Seattle (Racine County) * Mildred Harnack (1902–1943), resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (Milwaukee) * Gilbert N. Haugen (1859–1933), U.S. Representative from Iowa (Orfordville, Wisconsin, Orfordville) * Everis A. Hayes (1855–1942), U.S. Representative from California (Waterloo, Wisconsin, Waterloo) * Ned R. Healy (1905–1977), U.S. Representative from California (Milwaukee) * Charles N. Herreid (1857–1928), Governor of South Dakota (Madison) * Lorena Hickok (1893–1968), friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, helped Harry Hopkins with fact-finding missions during the New Deal (East Troy, Wisconsin, East Troy) * Fred H. Hildebrandt (1874–1956), U.S. Representative from South Dakota (West Bend, Waupun) * George H. Hodges (1866–1947), Governor of Kansas (Orion, Wisconsin, Orion) * Adoniram J. Holmes (1842–1902), U.S. Representative from Iowa (Palmyra, Wisconsin, Palmyra) * Timothy O. Howe (1816–1883), U.S. Postmaster General (Green Bay) * Daniel Hugunin Jr. (1790–1850), U.S. Representative from New York (Kenosha) * Merlin Hull (1871–1953), U.S. Representative (Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Black River Falls) * Paul O. Husting (1866–1917), U.S. Senator (Fond du Lac) ;J–L * Franklin M. Jahnke (born 1990), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Edward H. Jenison (1907–1996), U.S. Representative from Illinois (Fond du Lac) * J. Leroy Johnson (1888–1961), U.S. Representative from California (Wausau) * Martin N. Johnson (1850–1909), U.S. Senator from North Dakota (Racine County, Wisconsin, Racine County) * Charles Jonas (Wisconsin politician), Charles Jonas (1840–1896), U.S. diplomat (Racine) * Edgar A. Jonas (1885–1965), U.S. Representative from Illinois (Mishicot, Wisconsin, Mishicot) * Francis B. Keene, U.S. diplomat (Milwaukee) * Oscar Keller (1878–1927), U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Helenville) * John Edward Kelley (1853–1941), U.S. Representative from South Dakota (Portage) * George F. Kennan (1904–2005), diplomat (Milwaukee) * Rufus King (general), Rufus King (1814–1876), U.S. diplomat (Milwaukee) * Jerry Kleczka (1943–2017), U.S. Representative (Milwaukee) * Herb Kohl (born 1935), U.S. Senator and sports-franchise owner (Milwaukee) * Ken Kratz (born 1960/1961), former district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin; law license was suspended for four months after sexting scandal * Julius Albert Krug (1907–1970), U.S. Secretary of the Interior (Madison) * Paul John Kvale (1896–1960), U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Orfordville) * Robert M. La Follette (1855–1925), Congressman, governor and U.S. Senator (Primrose, Wisconsin, Primrose, Madison) * Robert M. La Follette Jr. (1895–1953), U.S. Senator (Madison) * Melvin Laird, Mel Laird (1922–2016), Congressman and United States Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense (Marshfield) * Richard D. Lamm (1935–2021), Governor of Colorado, Reform Party candidate for President of the United States (Madison) * Gilbert L. Laws (1838–1907), U.S. Representative from Nebraska (Richland Center) * Irvine Lenroot (1869–1949), U.S. Senator (Superior) * Jerris G. Leonard (1931–2006), administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (Milwaukee) * Debbie Lesko (born 1958), U.S. Representative from Arizona (Sheboygan) * Francis O. Lindquist (1869–1924), U.S. Representative from Michigan (Marinette) * Thomas A. Livesley (1863–1947), Mayor of Salem, Oregon (Ironton, Wisconsin, Ironton) * Thomas A. Loftus (born 1945), U.S. diplomat (Stoughton) * James B. Loken (born 1940), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (Madison) * Don Lathrop Love (1863–1940), Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska (Janesville) * Patrick Joseph Lucey (1918–2014), U.S. diplomat, independent candidate for Vice President of the United States (La Crosse, Prairie du Chien) ;M–O * William Josiah MacDonald (1873–1946), U.S. Representative from Michigan (Potosi, Wisconsin, Potosi) * Henry Markham (1840–1923), U.S. Representative from California (Milwaukee) * John McCarthy (Nebraska politician), John McCarthy (1857–1943), U.S. Representative from Nebraska (Stoughton) * Joseph McCarthy (1908–1957), U.S. Senator (Grand Chute, Wisconsin, Grand Chute, Shawano) * James McCleary (politician), James McCleary (1853–1924), U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, Maiden Rock) * James B. McLeran, state assembly member * Myron Hawley McCord (1840–1908), U.S. Representative, Governor of the Arizona Territory (Shawano, Merrill, Wisconsin, Merrill) * K. T. McFarland (born 1951), Deputy National Security Advisor ( Madison) * George de Rue Meiklejohn (1857–1929), U.S. Representative from Nebraska (Weyauwega, Wisconsin, Weyauwega) * Golda Meir (1898–1978), Israeli Prime Minister (Milwaukee) * Abner J. Mikva (1926–2016), U.S. Representative from Illinois (Milwaukee) * John L. Mitchell (1842–1904), Congressman and U.S. Senator (Milwaukee) * Charles Henry Morgan (1842–1912), U.S. Representative from Missouri (Pewaukee) * John Morrow (New Mexico politician), John Morrow (1865–1935), U.S. Representative from New Mexico (Darlington, Wisconsin, Darlington) * Wayne L. Morse (1900–1974), U.S. Senator from Oregon (Madison) * Mary Mullarkey (1943–2021), Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court (New London, Wisconsin, New London) * Robert Daniel Murphy (1894–1978), U.S. diplomat (Milwaukee) * Philleo Nash (1909–1987), commissioner of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (Wisconsin Rapids) * Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005), governor and U.S. Senator (Clear Lake, Wisconsin, Clear Lake, Madison) * Knute Nelson (1843–1923), U.S. Senator from Minnesota (Palmyra, Wisconsin, Palmyra, Madison) * Orsen N. Nielsen, U.S. diplomat (Beloit) * William Nordeen (1936–1988), U.S. diplomat assassinated by the terrorist group Revolutionary Organization 17 November (Amery, Wisconsin, Amery, Centuria, Wisconsin, Centuria) * Frank Nye (1852–1935), U.S. Representative from Minnesota (River Falls, Hudson) * Gerald Nye (1892–1971), U.S. Senator from North Dakota (Hortonville, Wisconsin, Hortonville, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, Wittenberg) * Dave Obey (born 1938), U.S. Representative (Wausau) * Mike O'Callaghan (1929–2004), Governor of Nevada (La Crosse) * Kenneth J. O'Connell (1909–2000), Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (Bayfield, Wisconsin, Bayfield) * Alvin O'Konski (1904–1987), U.S. Representative (Kewaunee, Rhinelander) * Ole H. Olson (1872–1954), Governor of North Dakota (Mondovi, Wisconsin, Mondovi) ;P–S * Halbert E. Paine (1826–1905), U.S. Representative (Milwaukee) * Henry C. Payne (1843–1904), Postmaster General of the United States (Milwaukee) * James Breck Perkins (1847–1910), U.S. Representative from New York (St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, St. Croix Falls) * Russell W. Peterson (1916–2011), Governor of Delaware (Portage) * Tom Petri (born 1940), U.S. Representative (Marinette, Fond du Lac) * Augustus Herman Pettibone (1825–1918), U.S. Representative from Tennessee (La Crosse) * Milton Rice Polland (1909–2006), Marshall Islands diplomat (Milwaukee) * John F. Potter (1817–1899), U.S. diplomat (East Troy (town), Wisconsin, Town of East Troy) * Steve Preston (born 1960), SBA administrator, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Janesville) * J. A. O. Preus (1883–1961), Governor of Minnesota ( Columbia County) * Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, White House Chief of Staff (Kenosha) * William Proxmire (1915–2005), U.S. Senator (Madison) * Joseph V. Quarles (1943–1911), U.S. Senator (Kenosha) * Alexander Randall (Wisconsin politician), Alexander Randall (1819–1872), U.S. Postmaster General (Waukesha) * Edwin M. Randall (1822–1895), Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court (Waukesha) * Louise Goff Reece (1898–1970), U.S. Representative from Tennessee (Milwaukee) * William Rehnquist (1924–2005), U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice (Milwaukee, Shorewood) * Paul Samuel Reinsch (1869–1923), U.S. diplomat (Milwaukee) * Henry S. Reuss (1912–2002), U.S. Representative (Milwaukee) * James DeNoon Reymert (1821–1896), State legislator and newspaper publisher (Muskego, Wisconsin, Muskego, Norway, Wisconsin, Norway) * William A. Richards (1849–1912), Wyoming Governor (Hazel Green (town), Wisconsin, Town of Hazel Green) * Ben A. Riehle (1897–1967), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Jim Risch (born 1943), U.S. Senator from Idaho (Milwaukee) * Charles R. Robertson (1889–1951), U.S. Representative from North Dakota (Madison) * Thomas J. B. Robinson (1868–1958), U.S. Representative from Iowa (New Diggings, Wisconsin, New Diggings) * Thomas H. Ruger (1833–1907), Governor of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia (Janesville) * Loret Miller Ruppe (1936–1996), U.S. diplomat (Milwaukee) * Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830–1893), U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Viroqua) * Paul Ryan (born 1970), U.S. Representative (Janesville), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, and 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, Vice President under Mitt Romney * George Myron Sabin (1833–1890), U.S. District Court Judge in Nevada (Madison) * Elmore Y. Sarles (1859–1929), Governor of North Dakota (Wonewoc, Wisconsin, Wonewoc) * Charles R. Savage (1906–1976), U.S. Representative from Washington (state), Washington (La Farge, Wisconsin, La Farge) * John G. Schmitz (1930–2001), U.S. Representative from California, American Independent Party candidate for President of the United States (Milwaukee) * Lester Schnare, U.S. diplomat (Mondovi, Wisconsin, Mondovi) * Carl Schurz (1829–1906), U.S. Secretary of the Interior (Watertown, Milwaukee) * Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1894–1948), U.S. Secretary of Labor (Superior) * Stuart Nash Scott (1906–1991), U.S. diplomat (Madison) * Jim Sensenbrenner (born 1943), U.S. Representative ( Shorewood) * Carlos D. Shelden (1840–1904), U.S. Representative from Michigan (Walworth, Wisconsin, Walworth) * James Shields (politician, born 1806), James Shields (1806–1879), U.S. Senator from Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri * Henry Hastings Sibley (1811–1891), U.S. Congressional Delegate, Governor of Minnesota * Steve Sisolak (born 1953), Governor of Nevada (Milwaukee) * Albert Smith (New York), Albert Smith (1805–1870), U.S. Representative from New York (Milwaukee) * Daniel V. Speckhard (born 1959), U.S. diplomat (Clintonville, Wisconsin, Clintonville) * William H. Stafford (1869–1957), U.S. Representative (Milwaukee) * Pete Stark (1931–2020), U.S. Representative from California (Milwaukee) * George A. Starkweather (1794–1879), U.S. Representative from New York (Milwaukee) * Halvor Steenerson (1852–1926), U.S. Representative from Minnesota (Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin, Pleasant Springs) * Janet Dempsey Steiger (1939–2004), chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (Oshkosh) * William Story (attorney), William Story (1843–1921), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (Milwaukee) * William H. H. Stowell (1840–1922), U.S. Representative from Virginia (Appleton) * Robert C. Strong (1915–1999), U.S. diplomat (Beloit) * Bart Stupak (born 1952), Michigan Congressman (Milwaukee) ;T–Z * Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson, U.S. Representative from Texas (La Crosse) * Tommy Thompson (born 1941), governor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and 2008 candidate for president (Elroy, Wisconsin, Elroy) * Peter G. Torkildsen (born 1958), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts (Milwaukee) * William M. Treloar (1850–1935), U.S. Representative from Missouri (Linden, Wisconsin, Linden) * Ben Tremain (1888–1971) * Fran Ulmer (born 1947), Lieutenant Governor of Alaska ( Horicon) * Robert Scadden Vessey (1858–1929), Governor of South Dakota (Oshkosh) * William Freeman Vilas (1840–1908), U.S. Postmaster General and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (Madison) * Aad J. Vinje (1857–1929), Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (Superior) * Davis H. Waite (1825–1901), Governor of Colorado (Princeton, Wisconsin, Princeton) * Thomas J. Walsh (1859–1933), U.S. Senator and main prosecutor in the Teapot Dome Scandal hearings (Two Rivers) * William Warner (Missouri), William Warner (1840–1916), U.S. Senator from Missouri ( Shullsburg, Madison) * Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818–1882), U.S. Representative (Mineral Point, La Crosse) * Paul Weyrich (1942–2008), commentator (Racine) * Alexander Wiley (1884–1967), U.S. Senator (Chippewa Falls) * Frances Willard (suffragist), Frances Willard (1839–1898), suffragist and temperance activist (Janesville) * John A. Williams (judge), John A. Williams (1835–1900), U.S. District Court Judge in Arkansas (Delafield, Wisconsin, Delafield) * Gardner R. Withrow (1892–1964), U.S. Representative (La Crosse) * Leonard G. Wolf (1925–1970), U.S. Representative from Iowa (Mazomanie, Wisconsin, Mazomanie) * Frank P. Woods (1868–1944), U.S. Representative from Iowa (Sharon, Wisconsin, Sharon) * Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840-1924), temperance activist * Clement J. Zablocki (1912–1983), U.S. Representative (Milwaukee) * Carl Zeidler (1908–1942), mayor of Milwaukee * Frank Zeidler (1912–2006), mayor of Milwaukee, Socialist Party candidate for president in 1976 (Milwaukee) * Roger H. Zion (1921–2019), U.S. Representative from Indiana (Milwaukee)


Religion

* Anton Anderledy (1819–1892), superior general of the Society of Jesus (Green Bay) * Stuart E. Barstad (1929–2009), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force (Colfax, Wisconsin, Colfax) * David Benke (born 1946), president of the Atlantic District (LCMS), Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (Milwaukee) * Thea Bowman (1937–1990), Roman Catholic nun (La Crosse) * Fabian Bruskewitz (born 1935), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln (Milwaukee) * Raymond Leo Burke (born 1948), Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (Richland Center) * Solanus Casey (1870–1957), Roman Catholic priest, declared Venerable by Blessed John Paul II (Oak Grove, Pierce County, Wisconsin, Oak Grove) * W. Patrick Donlin, Supreme Advocate of the Knights of Columbus (Madison) * Selena Fox (born 1949), Wiccan priestess, religious-rights activist, and founder of Circle Sanctuary (Barneveld, Wisconsin, Barneveld) and Pagan Spirit Gathering * Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (Madison) * Augustus F. Gearhard (1893–1975), Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force (Milwaukee) * Zenas H. Gurley Sr. (1801–1871), Apostle of the Community of Christ, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Yellowstone, Wisconsin, Yellowstone) * Francis J. Haas (1889–1953), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids (Racine) * Jerome J. Hastrich (1914–1995), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup (Milwaukee) * Carl Christian Hein (1868–1937), president of the American Lutheran Church (1930), American Lutheran Church (Marion, Wisconsin, Marion) * Keith K. Hilbig (1942–2015), General authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Milwaukee) * Francis Peter Leipzig (1895–1981), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker ( Chilton) * Felix Ley (1909–1972), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Naha (Hewitt, Wood County, Wisconsin, Hewitt) * Arthur C. Lichtenberger (1900–1968), Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church ( Oshkosh) * Albert Gregory Meyer (1903–1965), archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago * Aloisius Joseph Muench (1889–1962), Roman Catholic cardinal (Milwaukee) * Joseph Perry (bishop), Joseph Perry (born 1948), auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago (Mount Calvary, Wisconsin, Mount Calvary, Milwaukee) * Franz Pieper (1852–1931), president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (Manitowoc) * Herman Amberg Preus (1825–1894), president of the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( Spring Prairie) * Vincent James Ryan (1884–1951), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck (Arlington, Wisconsin, Arlington) * Augustine Francis Schinner (1863–1937), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior and Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane (Milwaukee) * Mark Francis Schmitt (1923–2011), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette (Algoma) * James Strang (1813–1856), founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) (Voree, Wisconsin, Voree) * Hans Gerhard Stub (1849–1931), bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (United States), Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (Muskego, Wisconsin, Muskego) * Paul Francis Tanner (1905–1994), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine (Milwaukee)


Science, including medicine

* Frank Ackerman (1946–2019), economist (Madison) * Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), naturalist (Beloit) * John Bardeen (1908–1991), Nobel Prize-winning physicist (Madison) * George Harold Brown (1908–1987), developer of color television (Portage) * Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843–1928), geologist (Beloit) * John Henry Comstock (1849–1931), entomologist (Janesville) * Edwin Copeland, noted botanist and founder of the University of the Philippines Los Banos College of Agriculture * Seymour Cray (1925–1996), computer designer (Chippewa Falls) * John Thomas Curtis (1913–1961), botanist and ecologist; the Bray Curtis dissimilarity is partially named for him (Milwaukee) * Marshall E. Cusic Jr., Chief of the U.S. Navy Medical Reserve Corps (Marshfield) * Farrington Daniels (1889–1972), pioneer researcher in Solar energy (Madison) * Richard Davidson (born 1951), psychologist, pioneer of affective neuroscience (Madison) * Hector DeLuca, Vitamin D metabolism (Madison) * Michael Dhuey (born 1958), co-developer of the Macintosh II and the iPod (Milwaukee) * Olin J. Eggen (1919–1998), astronomer (Orfordville) * Milton Erickson (1901–1980), founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, Neuro-linguistic programming, NLP (Lowell, Wisconsin, Lowell) * Ernst Guillemin (1898–1970), recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor (Milwaukee) * Ned Hollister (1876–1924), biologist (Delavan) * Donald Knuth (born 1938), computer scientist (Milwaukee) * Elmer Kraemer (1898–1943), chemist (Liberty, Vernon County, Wisconsin, Liberty) * Donald Laub (born 1935), plastic surgeon (Milwaukee) * Albert Lehninger (1917–1986), biochemist (Madison) * Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), ecologist (Madison) * Karl Paul Link (1901–1978), discovered warfarin (named for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) (Madison) * William Shainline Middleton (1890–1975), co-founder and secretary-treasurer of the American Board of Internal Medicine (Madison) * John Muir (1838–1914), environmentalist (Portage) * John Benjamin Murphy (1857–1916), inventor of Murphy's punch sign, Murphy's sign, and the Murphy drip (Appleton) * Robert B. Pinter (1937–2001), biomedical engineer (Milwaukee) * Carl Rogers (1902–1987), psychologist and originator of "client-centered therapy" (Madison) * Francis G. Slack (1897–1985), physicist (Superior) * Harry Steenbock (1886–1967), Vitamin D catalyzed by sunlight, D-fortified milk; rickets cured (Charlestown, Wisconsin, Charlestown, New Holstein, Wisconsin, New Holstein, Madison) * Jeremiah Burnham Tainter (1836–1920), inventor of the Tainter gate (Prairie du Chien) * James Thomson (cell biologist), James Thomson (born 1958), first scientist to isolate human embryonic stem cells (Madison) * Darold Treffert, psychiatrist (Fond du Lac) * Charles R. Van Hise (1857–1918), geologist and academic (Fulton, Wisconsin, Fulton) * Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), sociologist, economist, social theorist (Cato, Wisconsin, Cato) * Warren Weaver (1894–1978), pioneer of machine translation (Reedsburg, Wisconsin, Reedsburg) * Louis Jolyon West (1924–1999), psychiatrist (Madison) * Daniel Hale Williams (1858–1931), surgeon (Janesville) * Oliver E. Williamson (1932–2020), economist (Superior) * Joseph Zimmermann (engineer), Joseph Zimmermann (1912–2004), inventor of the answering machine (Kenosha) * Otto Julius Zobel (1887–1970), inventor of the m-derived filter and the Zobel network (
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Space exploration

* Daniel Brandenstein (born 1943), astronaut (Watertown) * Raja Chari (born 1977), astronaut candidate * Leroy Chiao (born 1960), astronaut (Milwaukee) * Laurel Clark (1961–2003), astronaut; died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (Racine) * Mark C. Lee (born 1952), astronaut (Viroqua) * Nathan J. Lindsay (1936–2015), astronaut (Monroe) * Jim Lovell (born 1928), astronaut (Milwaukee) * Deke Slayton (1924–1993), astronaut (Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta) * Eugene L. Tattini, deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Madison) * Jeffrey Williams (astronaut), Jeffrey Williams (born 1958), astronaut (Superior, Winter, Wisconsin, Winter)


Sports

;A–B * Earl Abell (1892–1956), head coach of Colgate Raiders football, Colgate Raiders and Virginia Cavaliers football, Virginia Cavaliers football teams, member of College Football Hall of Fame (Portage) * Ellen Ahrndt (1922–2009), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (Racine, Brodhead, Wisconsin, Brodhead) * Bill Albright (1929–2013), football player (Racine) * Alan Ameche (1933–1988), football player, Heisman Trophy winner (Kenosha) * Austin Aries (born 1978), professional wrestler (Milwaukee) * Morrie Arnovich (1910–1959), MLB All-Star outfielder * Ben Askren (born 1984), Collegiate wrestling, folkstyle and Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler, mixed martial artist (Hartland, Wisconsin, Hartland) * Ed Aspatore, football player (Fond du Lac) * Glena Avila (born 1975), mixed martial artist (Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta) * Pete Banaszak (born 1944), football player (Crivitz, Wisconsin, Crivitz) * Jimmy Banks (born 1964), soccer player (Milwaukee) * Peter Barrett (sailor), Peter Barrett (1935–2000), Olympic Games, Olympic gold medalist (Madison) * Sam Barry (1892–1950), head coach, Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball, Iowa and USC Trojans men's basketball, USC, basketball, baseball, football; member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Basketball Hall of Fame (Madison) * Myrt Basing, football player (Appleton) * Mistie Bass (born 1983), basketball player (Janesville) * Lemoine Batson (1898–1991), Olympic athlete (Eau Claire) * Ginger Beaumont (1876–1956), baseball player, first player to bat in World Series (
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, Honey Creek, Walworth County, Wisconsin, Honey Creek, Burlington, Wisconsin, Burlington) * Wayland Becker (1910–1984), football player (Soperton, Wisconsin, Soperton) * Travis Beckum (born 1987), football player (Milwaukee) * Ken Behring (1928–2019), former Seattle Seahawks owner (Monroe) * Chuck Belin (born 1970), football player (Milwaukee) * Michael Bennett (running back), Michael Bennett (born 1978), football player (Milwaukee) * Tony Bennett (basketball, born 1969), Tony Bennett (born 1969), basketball coach at Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia men's basketball, player at University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, UW-Green Bay (Green Bay) * Jason Berken (born 1983), baseball player (Green Bay) * Dennis Berkholtz (born 1945), Olympic athlete (Appleton) * Ray Berres (1907–2007), baseball player and coach (Kenosha) * George Berry (American football), George Berry, football player (Milwaukee) * Rich Bickle (born 1961), NASCAR driver ( Edgerton) * Tom Bienemann, football player (Kenosha) * Dick Bilda, football player (Milwaukee) * Josh Bilicki, NASCAR driver (Menomonee Falls) * Kelly Bires (born 1984), NASCAR driver (Mauston) * Rocky Bleier (born 1946), football player, Pittsburgh Steelers (Appleton) * Bob Blewett (1877–1958), baseball player (Fond du Lac) * Dick Bosman (born 1944), MLB player and coach (Kenosha) * Timmy Bowers (born 1982), basketball player, 2006 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP (Milwaukee) * Pat Bowlen (1944–2019), owner of Denver Broncos (Prairie du Chien) * Gene Brabender (1941–1996), baseball player (Madison) * Gil Brandt (born 1933), NFL executive, Dallas Cowboys (Milwaukee) * Tyrone Braxton (born 1964), football player (Madison) * Erika Brown (curler), Erika Brown (born 1973), national champion curler (Madison) * J.T. Bruett (born 1967), baseball player (Milwaukee) * Maureen Clark, Maureen Brunt (born 1982), Olympic medalist, world champion curler (Portage) * Cub Buck (1892–1966), NFL player, college football coach (Eau Claire) * Ray Busler, football player (Watertown) * Brian Butch (born 1984), basketball player (Appleton) * Caron Butler (born 1980), basketball player (Racine) * Karyn Bye, Olympic gold medalist (River Falls) ;C–E * Dave Cahill (1942–2012), football player (Stanley, Wisconsin, Stanley) * Mike Cahill (tennis), Mike Cahill (born 1952), tennis player (Waukesha, Germantown, Wisconsin, Germantown) * Jim Caldwell (American football), Jim Caldwell (born 1955), NFL head coach (Beloit) * Dick Campbell (American football), Dick Campbell (born 1935), football player (Green Bay) * Gabe Carimi (born 1988), All-American and NFL football player * Bill Carollo (born 1951), NFL referee (Brookfield, Wisconsin, Brookfield, Shorewood) * Kip Carpenter (born 1979), Olympic medalist, world champion speed skater (Brookfield, Wisconsin, Brookfield) * Anthony Carter (basketball), Anthony Carter (born 1975), basketball player (Milwaukee) * Rick Chryst, Commissioner of the Mid-American Conference (Madison) * Franklin Clarke (1934–2018), football player (Beloit) * John Coatta (1929–2000), NFL scout (Madison) * Colin Cochart (born 1987), football player (Kewaunee) * Eddie Cochems (1877–1953), college football coach (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Sturgeon Bay, Madison) * Sandy Cohen (basketball), Sandy Cohen (born 1995), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Craig Counsell (born 1970), player and manager for Milwaukee Brewers (Whitefish Bay) * Lave Cross (1866–1927), baseball player (Milwaukee) * Press Cruthers (1890–1976), baseball player (Kenosha) * Abner Dalrymple (1857–1939), baseball player, first player to ever be intentionally walked with the bases loaded (Gratiot, Wisconsin, Gratiot) * Margaret Danhauser (1921–1987), baseball player (Racine) * Ralph Davis (guard), Ralph Davis, football player (Seymour, Wisconsin, Seymour) * Claire Decker (born 1995), NASCAR driver ( Eagle River) * Natalie Decker (born 1997), NASCAR driver ( Eagle River) * Paige Decker (born 1993), NASCAR driver ( Eagle River) * Sam Dekker (born 1994), basketball player (Sheboygan) * Jay DeMerit (born 1979), soccer player (Green Bay) * John DeMerit (born 1936), baseball player (West Bend) * Dan Devine (1924–2002), Notre Dame and Green Bay Packers head coach, College Football Hall of Fame (Augusta, Wisconsin, Augusta) * Travis Diener (born 1982), basketball player (Fond du Lac) * Mary Docter (born 1961), Olympic athlete (Madison) * Sarah Docter (born 1964), Olympic athlete (Madison) * John Doehring (1909–1972), football player (Milwaukee) * Chad Dombrowski (born 1980), soccer player (West Allis) * Tighe Dombrowski (born 1982), soccer player (West Allis) * Gus Dorais (1891–1954), NFL head coach, College Football Hall of Fame (Chippewa Falls) * Jake Dowell (born 1985), hockey player for Minnesota Wild (Eau Claire) * Davis Drewiske (born 1984), hockey player for Los Angeles Kings (Hudson) * Alyson Dudek (born 1990), Olympic athlete (Hales Corners, Wisconsin, Hales Corners) * Mike Dunleavy Jr. (born 1980), basketball player (Mequon) * Ryne Duren (1929–2011), baseball player (Cazenovia, Wisconsin, Cazenovia) * Claude Elliott (baseball), Claude Elliott (1876–1923), baseball player (Pardeeville, Wisconsin, Pardeeville) * Brent Emery (born 1957), Olympic medalist (Milwaukee) * Molly Engstrom (born 1983), Olympic medalist (Siren, Wisconsin, Siren) * Louise Erickson (baseball), Louise Erickson (born 1929), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (Arcadia, Wisconsin, Arcadia) *Alex Erickson (born 1992), NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals (Darlington, Wisconsin, Darlington) * Cory Everson (born 1958), bodybuilder, six-time Ms. Olympia (Racine) ;F–G * Yasmin Farooq (born 1965), Olympic rower (Waupun) * Suzy Favor-Hamilton (born 1967), Olympic runner (Stevens Point) * Happy Felsch, baseball player (Milwaukee) * Bill Fischer (baseball), Bill Fischer (1930–2018), MLB pitcher and coach (Wausau) * Clarke Fischer, football player (Milwaukee) * Jim Fitzgerald (1926–2012), basketball team owner (Janesville) * Stan Fox (1952–2000), Indycar driver (Janesville) * Travis Frederick (born 1991), football player (Sharon, Wisconsin, Sharon) * Tucker Fredricks (born 1984), Olympic athlete, world champion speedskater (Janesville) * Doug Free (born 1984), football player (Manitowoc) * Lewis R. Freeman (1878–1960), football head coach, USC Trojans football, USC ( Genoa Junction) * Ted Fritsch (1920–1979), football player and basketball player ( Spencer) * Ted Fritsch Jr. (born 1950), football player (Green Bay) * Bruce Froemming (born 1939), MLB umpire (Milwaukee) * Reece Gaines (born 1981), basketball player (Madison) * Jim Gantner (born 1953), baseball player (Fond du Lac, Eden, Wisconsin, Eden) * Charlie Ganzel (1862–1914), baseball player (Waterford, Wisconsin, Waterford) * Warren Giese (1924–2013), football head coach, South Carolina Gamecocks football, South Carolina (Milwaukee) * George N. Gillett Jr. (born 1938), co-owner of Liverpool F.C. and Evernham Motorsports, Richard Petty Motorsports, owned Montreal Canadiens (Racine) * Earl Girard (1927–1997), football player (Marinette) * Ed Glick (1900–1976), football player (Marinette) *Charles Goldenberg (1911–1986), All-Pro NFL player (Milwaukee) * Melvin Gordon (born 1993), NFL football player (Kenosha) * Bud Grant (born 1927), football player and coach, basketball player (Superior) * Jabari Greer (born 1982), football player (Milwaukee) * Chris Greisen (born 1976), football player (Berlin, Wisconsin, Berlin) * Nick Greisen (born 1979), football player (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Sturgeon Bay) * Burleigh Grimes (1893–1985), MLB player and manager, Baseball Hall of Fame (Emerald, Wisconsin, Emerald) * Ryan Groy (born 1990), football player (Middleton, Wisconsin, Middleton) * Paul Gruber (born 1965), football player (Prairie du Sac) * Mark Grudzielanek (born 1970), baseball player (Milwaukee) * Ruth Grulkowski (1930–2012), Olympic athlete * Tim Gullikson (1951–1996), tennis player (La Crosse) * Tom Gullikson (born 1951), tennis player (La Crosse) ;H–J * Dennis Hall (born 1971), Olympic silver medalist, World champion in Greco-Roman wrestling (Milwaukee) * Jim Haluska (1932–2012), football player (Racine) * Becca Hamilton (born 1990), Olympic curler (McFarland) * Matt Hamilton (curler), Matt Hamilton (born 1989), Olympic curler (McFarland) * Morgan Hamm (born 1982), Olympic medalist (Waukesha) * Paul Hamm (born 1982), Olympic gold medalist (Waukesha) * Hal Hanson (1895–1973), NFL player and head coach (La Crosse) * Pat Harder (1922–1992), football player, College Football Hall of Fame (Milwaukee) * Devin Harris (born 1983), basketball player (Milwaukee) * Art Hauser (born 1929), NFL player (Rubicon) * Joe Hauser (1899–1997), baseball player (Milwaukee, Sheboygan) * Nick Hayden (born 1986), football player (Hartland, Wisconsin, Hartland) * Beth Heiden (born 1959), speedskater and cyclist (Madison) * Eric Heiden (born 1958), athlete, Olympic champion (Madison) * Ben Heller (born 1991), baseball player for New York Yankees (Milwaukee) * Russ Hellickson (born 1948), Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling (Madison) * Phil Hellmuth (born 1964), professional poker player (Madison) * Arnie Herber (1910–1969), football player (Green Bay) * Eric Hinske (born 1977), baseball player for Atlanta Braves (Menasha) * Elroy Hirsch (1923–2004), football player, college administrator, actor, Pro Football Hall of Fame (Wausau, Madison) * Ed Hochuli (born 1950), NFL referee (Milwaukee) * Aaron Hohlbein (born 1985), soccer player (Middleton, Wisconsin, Middleton) * Larry Hough (born 1944), Olympic medalist (Janesville) * Mitch Jacoby (born 1973), football player (Port Washington, Wisconsin, Port Washington) * Jeff Jagodzinski (born 1963), NFL assistant coach, Boston College Eagles football, Boston College coach (Milwaukee) * Dan Jansen (born 1965), speedskater (West Allis) * Chuck Jaskwhich (1911–1988), basketball coach, Ole Miss Rebels, Ole Miss (Kenosha) * Mike Jirschele (born 1959), baseball coach, Kansas City Royals (Clintonville, Wisconsin, Clintonville) * Larry Johnson (lineman), Larry Johnson (1909–1972), football player (Odanah, Wisconsin, Odanah) * Mark Johnson (ice hockey), Mark Johnson (born 1957), NHL player; gold medalist 1980 Winter Olympics Miracle on Ice team (Madison) * Swede Johnston (1910–2002), football player (Appleton) * Davy Jones (baseball), Davy Jones (1880–1972), baseball player (Cambria, Wisconsin, Cambria) * Whip Jones (1909–2001), founder Aspen Highlands Skiing (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Oconomowoc) * Nicole Joraanstad (born 1980), Olympic athlete, national champion curler (Madison) * Barbara Jordan (tennis), Barbara Jordan (born 1957), tennis player (Milwaukee) * Addie Joss (1880–1911), baseball player, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame (Woodland, Dodge County, Wisconsin, Woodland) ;K–L * Colin Kaepernick (born 1987), football player (Milwaukee) * John Kaiser (American football), John Kaiser (born 1962), NFL player (North Lake, Wisconsin, North Lake) * Coby Karl (born 1983), basketball player (Mequon) * Karl Kassulke (1941–2008), football player (Milwaukee) * Bill Kazmaier (born 1953), powerlifter (Burlington, Wisconsin, Burlington) * Ken Keltner (1916–1991), baseball player (Milwaukee) * Lance Kendricks (born 1988), football player (Milwaukee) * Mr. Kennedy, Ken Kennedy (born 1976), professional wrestler (Wisconsin Rapids, Two Rivers, Green Bay) * Matt Kenseth (born 1972), NASCAR driver (
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(1906–1983), NASCAR owner, Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, Motorsports Hall of Fame (Mequon) * Ed Killian (1876–1928), baseball player (Racine) * Gordon King (American football), Gordon King (born 1956), football player (Madison) * A. J. Klein (born 1991), football player (Appleton) * Nap Kloza (1903–1962), baseball player and manager (Milwaukee) * Todd Kluever (born 1978), NASCAR driver ( Sun Prairie) * Gene Knutson (1932–2008), football player (Beloit) * Herman Koehler, football coach, Army Black Knights football, Army Black Knights * Phyllis Koehn (1922–2007), baseball player (Madison) * Ed Konetchy (1885–1947), baseball player (La Crosse) * Peter Konz (born 1989), football player (Oshkosh) * Dave Koslo (1920–1975), baseball player (Menasha) * Alvin Kraenzlein (1876–1928), Olympic champion (Milwaukee) * Wayne Kreklow (born 1957), basketball player (Neenah) * Dave Krieg (born 1958), football player (Iola, Wisconsin, Iola) * Clint Kriewaldt (born 1976), football player (Shiocton, Wisconsin, Shiocton) * Rocky Krsnich (1927–2019), baseball player (West Allis) * Tony Kubek (born 1935), baseball player (Milwaukee) * Harvey Kuenn (1930–1988), baseball player and manager (West Allis) * Duane Kuiper (born 1950), baseball player and sportscaster (Racine) * Alan Kulwicki (1954–1993), NASCAR driver (Greenfield, Wisconsin, Greenfield) * Garrott Kuzzy (born 1982), Olympic athlete * Travis Kvapil (born 1976), NASCAR driver (Janesville) * Steve Lacy (athlete), Steve Lacy (born 1956), Olympic athlete-runner (McFarland, Wisconsin, McFarland) * Maria Lamb (born 1986), Olympic athlete, national champion speedskater (River Falls) * Curly Lambeau (1898–1965), football player and coach (Green Bay) * Carl Landry (born 1983), NBA basketball player (Milwaukee) * Marcus Landry (born 1985), basketball player (Milwaukee) * Austen Lane (born 1987), football player (Iola) * Dan Lanphear (1938–2018), football player (Madison) * Debi Laszewski (born 1969), IFBB professional bodybuilder (Madison) * Alphonse Leemans (1912–1979), football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Superior) * Jim Leonhard (born 1982), football player (Ladysmith) * DeAndre Levy (born 1987), football player (Milwaukee) * The Crusher (wrestler), Reggie "The Crusher" Lisowski (1926–2005), world champion professional wrestler (South Milwaukee, Milwaukee) * Garrett Lowney (born 1979), Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling (Appleton) * Fred Luderus (1885–1961), baseball player (Milwaukee) * Craig Ludwig (born 1961), NHL player and assistant coach (Rhinelander) * D. Wayne Lukas (born 1935), horse trainer (Antigo, Wisconsin, Antigo) * Gavin Lux (born 1997), baseball player (Kenosha) ;M–O * Rick Majerus (1948–2012), basketball coach, head coach of Marquette University, Marquette, University of Utah, Utah, Ball State University, Ball State and Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball, Saint Louis men's basketball teams (Sheboygan) * Edgar Manske (1913–2002), football player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Nekoosa) * Chris Maragos (born 1987), football player (Racine) * Kevin Mather, baseball executive (Madison) * Wesley Matthews (born 1986), basketball player (Madison) * Greg Mattison (born 1949), NFL assistant coach (Madison) * John Matuszak (1950–1989), football player (Milwaukee, Oak Creek) * Debbie McCormick (born 1974), Olympic athlete, world champion curler (Rio, Wisconsin, Rio, Madison) * Francis J. McCormick, football player (Antigo, Wisconsin, Antigo) * Chris McIntosh (born 1977), football player (Pewaukee) * John McNally (American football), John McNally (1903–1985), NFL player and head coach, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (New Richmond, Wisconsin, New Richmond) * Jack Mead (1921–2001), football player (Appleton) * John Menard Jr. (born 1940), owner of Team Menard (Eau Claire) * Paul Menard (born 1980), NASCAR driver (Eau Claire) * David Merkow (born 1985), golfer (Hartland) * Candice Michelle (born 1978), professional wrestler (Milwaukee) * Chris Mihm (born 1979), basketball player (Milwaukee) * Damian Miller (born 1969), baseball player (La Crosse) * Bob Mionske (born 1962), former Olympic and professional bicycle racer (Madison) * John Morrissey (baseball), John Morrissey (1856–1884), baseball player (Janesville) * Tom Morrissey (baseball), Tom Morrissey (1860–1941), baseball player (Janesville) * Bob Morrow (American football), Bob Morrow (1918–2003), football player (Madison) * Dom Moselle (1926–2010), football player (Montreal, Wisconsin#Gile, Gile) * Pat Neshek (born 1980), baseball player (Madison) * Rick Neuheisel (born 1961), NFL player and assistant coach, head coach of the UCLA Bruins football, UCLA Bruins (Madison) * Kid Nichols (1869–1953), MLB player and manager, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Madison) * Andy North (born 1950), professional golfer (Thorp, Wisconsin, Thorp, Monona, Wisconsin, Monona) * Brad Nortman (born 1989), NFL player (Brookfield, Wisconsin, Brookfield) * Steve Novak (born 1983), basketball player (Brown Deer, Wisconsin, Brown Deer) * Scott O'Brien (born 1957), NFL player and assistant coach (Superior) * John Offerdahl (born 1964), football player (Wisconsin Rapids) * Leslie Osborne (born 1983), soccer player (Milwaukee, Brookfield, Wisconsin, Brookfield) * Jim Otto (born 1938), football player (Wausau) ;P–R * Andy Pafko (1921–2013), baseball player (Boyceville, Wisconsin, Boyceville) * Karl Pagel (born 1955), baseball player (Madison) * Marvin Panch (1926–2015), NASCAR driver (Menomonie, Wisconsin, Menomonie) * Danica Patrick (born 1982), Indycar and NASCAR driver (Beloit) * Joe Pavelski (born 1984), ice hockey player for the Dallas Stars (Stevens Point) * Nick Pearson (born 1979), Olympic athlete, national champion speedskater (Vernon, Wisconsin, Vernon) * Hal Peck (1917–1995), baseball player (Big Bend, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Big Bend) * Joe Perrault (1924–2010), Olympic athlete (Green Bay) * Ben Peterson (born 1950), Olympic gold and silver medalist in freestyle wrestling (Cumberland, Wisconsin, Cumberland) * John Peterson (wrestler), John Peterson (born 1948), Olympic gold and silver medalist in freestyle wrestling (Cumberland) * Phil Pettey (born 1961), NFL player and assistant coach (Kenosha) * Anthony Pettis (born 1987), former UFC and WEC lightweight champion (Milwaukee) * Sergio Pettis (born 1993), MMA/UFC-fighter and brother of Anthony Pettis (Milwaukee) * Dick Phillips (1931–1998), MLB player and coach (Racine) * Dan Plante, professional ice hockey player (Hayward) * George Poage (1880–1962), athlete (La Crosse) * Terry Porter (born 1963), NBA player and head coach (Milwaukee) * Dylan Postl (born 1986), professional wrestler (Oshkosh) * Armintie Price (born 1985), basketball player (Milwaukee) * Casey Rabach (born 1977), football player (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Sturgeon Bay) * Brad Radke (born 1972), baseball player (Eau Claire) * Catherine Raney-Norman (born 1980), Olympic athlete, national champion speedskater (Elm Grove, Wisconsin, Elm Grove) * Shane Rawley (born 1955), baseball player (Racine) * Russ Rebholz (1909–2002), football player (Portage) * Joel Rechlicz (born 1987), hockey player (Milwaukee, Brookfield, Wisconsin, Brookfield) * Hans Reese (1891–1973), Olympic athlete (Madison) * Tom Regner (1944–2014), football player (Kenosha) * Andrew Rein (born 1958), Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling ( Stoughton) * Mike Reinfeldt (born 1953), NFL player and general manager (Baraboo) * Lee Remmel (1924–2015), NFL historian (Shawano) * Pat Richter (born 1941), football player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (Madison) * Joe Riggert (1886–1973), baseball player (Janesville) * Nick Roach (born 1985), football player (Milwaukee) * Chester J. Roberts, head coach of the Miami RedHawks, Miami Redskins football and men's basketball teams (Birnamwood, Wisconsin, Birnamwood) * Andrew Rock (born 1982), track (Marshfield, Stratford, Wisconsin, Stratford) * Ryan Rohlinger (born 1983), third baseman for San Francisco Giants (West Bend) * Tony Romo (born 1980), football player (Burlington, Wisconsin, Burlington) * Aaron Ross (born 1982), football player (Hartford, Wisconsin, Hartford) * Braggo Roth (1892–1936), baseball player (Burlington) * Frank Roth (1878–1955), baseball player (Burlington) * Nina Roth (born 1988), Olympic curler (McFarland) * Ben Rothwell (born 1981), MMA fighter (Kenosha) * Pants Rowland (1879–1969), baseball manager (Platteville, Wisconsin, Platteville) * Courtney Rummel (born 2003), professional Snowboarding, snowboarder ( West Bend) * Steve Russ (born 1972), football player and assistant coach (Stetsonville, Wisconsin, Stetsonville) * Terry Ryan (baseball), Terry Ryan (born 1953), baseball general manager (Janesville) ;S–T * Tracy Sachtjen (born 1969), Olympic athlete, world champion curler (Lodi, Wisconsin, Lodi) * Zeke Sanborn (1899–1991), Olympic gold medalist (Jefferson, Wisconsin, Jefferson) * Jay Sauter (born 1964), NASCAR driver (Necedah, Wisconsin, Necedah) * Jim Sauter (NASCAR), Jim Sauter (1943–2014), former NASCAR driver (Necedah) * Johnny Sauter (born 1978), NASCAR driver (Necedah) * Tim Sauter (born 1964), NASCAR driver (Necedah) * Owen Schmitt (born 1985), football player (Gilman, Taylor County, Wisconsin, Gilman) * Mike Schneck (born 1977), football player (Whitefish Bay) * Dave Schreiner (1921–1945), football player, College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame (Lancaster) * Bill Schroeder (halfback), Bill Schroeder (1923–2003), football player (Sheboygan) * Bill Schroeder (wide receiver), Bill Schroeder (born 1971), football player (Eau Claire, Sheboygan) * Jay Schroeder (born 1961), football player (Milwaukee) * Champ Seibold (1911–1971), football player (Oshkosh) * Bud Selig (born 1934), baseball commissioner (Milwaukee) * Rich Seubert (born 1979), football player (Stratford) * John Shinners (born 1947), football player (Hartford) * Al Simmons (1902–1956), baseball player, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Milwaukee) * Jack Skille (born 1987), hockey player (Madison) * Shaka Smart (born 1977), basketball head coach, Virginia Commonwealth University Rams men's basketball, VCU (Madison) * Bill Southworth (born 1945), baseball player (Madison) * Latrell Sprewell (born 1970), basketball player (Milwaukee) * David Steckel (born 1982), ice hockey player for Nürnberg Ice Tigers (West Bend) * Aaron Stecker (born 1975), football player (Green Bay, Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, Ashwaubenon) * Kevin Stemke (born 1978), football player (Green Bay) * Greg Stiemsma (born 1985), basketball player (Randolph, Wisconsin, Randolph) * Terry Stieve (born 1954), football player (Baraboo) * Bob Strampe (born 1950), baseball player (Janesville) * Steve Stricker (born 1967), golfer ( Edgerton, Madison) * Eric Studesville (born 1967), NFL head coach (Madison) * Billy Sullivan (baseball), Billy Sullivan (1875–1965), baseball player (Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin, Oakland) * Bob Suter (1957–2014), hockey player, 1980 Winter Olympics Miracle on Ice team (Madison) * Gary Suter (born 1964), NHL player, Olympic medalist (Madison) * Ryan Suter (born 1985), NHL player, Olympic athlete (Madison) * Jerry Tagge (born 1950), football player (Green Bay) * Tyree Talton (born 1976), football player (Beloit) * Lindsay Tarpley (born 1983), soccer player, Olympic gold medalist (Madison) * Claude Taugher (1895–1963), football player (Marathon City) * Mark Tauscher (born 1977), football player (Marshfield) * Matt Tegenkamp (born 1982), professional distance runner (Madison) * Doris Tetzlaff (1921–1998), baseball player (Watertown) * Joe Thomas (offensive tackle), Joe Thomas (born 1984), football player (Brookfield, Wisconsin, Brookfield) * Mike Thompson (American football), Mike Thompson (born 1971), football player (Portage) * Fuzzy Thurston (1933–2014), football player (Altoona, Wisconsin, Altoona) * Dick Trickle (1941–2013), racecar driver (Wisconsin Rapids) * Matt Turk (born 1968), punter for Houston Texans (Greenfield, Wisconsin, Greenfield) ;U–Z * Bob Uecker (born 1935), baseball player, sportscaster and actor (Milwaukee) * Nick Van Exel (born 1971), basketball player (Kenosha) * Ron Vander Kelen (1939–2016), football player (Green Bay) * Gary Varsho (born 1961), MLB player and manager (Marshfield) * Joe Vavra (born 1959), MLB hitting coach (Chippewa Falls) * Jessie Vetter (born 1985), Olympic athlete, world champion hockey player (Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, Cottage Grove) * John Wallace (sailor), John Wallace (1903–1990), Olympic athlete (Prescott, Wisconsin, Prescott) * Jimmie Ward (born 1991), football player (Racine) * Jarrod Washburn (born 1974), baseball player (La Crosse) * Derek Watt (born 1992), football player (Waukesha) * J. J. Watt (born 1989), football player (Waukesha) * T. J. Watt (born 1994), football player (Pewaukee) * Kyle Weaver (born 1986), basketball player (Beloit) * Bruce Weber (basketball), Bruce Weber (born 1956), college basketball coach (Milwaukee) * Garrett Weber-Gale (born 1985), US Olympic swimmer (Stevens Point) * Mike Webster (1952–2002), football player (Rhinelander) * Lee Weigel (born 1963), football player (Marshfield) * Gus Welch (1892–1970), Olympic athlete, NFL player, coach at Washington State Cougars football, Washington State and Virginia Cavaliers football, Virginia, College Football Hall of Fame (Spooner, Wisconsin, Spooner) * Don Werner (born 1953), baseball player (Appleton) *Morgan White (gymnast), Morgan White (born 1983), gymnast * Charlie Whitehurst (born 1982), football player (Green Bay) * Mitchell Whitmore (born 1989), Olympic athlete, national champion speedskater (Waukesha) * Bob Wickman (born 1969), baseball player (Abrams, Wisconsin, Abrams) * Jamil Wilson (born 1990), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (Racine) * Mark Wilson (golfer), Mark Wilson (born 1974), golfer (Menomonee Falls) * Chris Wimmer (born 1979), NASCAR driver (Wausau) * Scott Wimmer (born 1976), NASCAR driver (Wausau) * Joe Wolf (born 1964), NBA player and assistant coach (Kohler) * Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej (born 1986), Olympic athlete (Eagle River) * Kevin Zeitler (born 1990), football player (Waukesha) * Jordan Zimmermann (born 1986), pitcher for Washington Nationals (Auburndale, Wisconsin, Auburndale) * Reed Zuehlke (born 1960), Olympic athlete (Eau Claire)


Notorious and infamous Wisconsinites

* Aldrich Ames (born 1941), convicted spy (River Falls) * Dwight Armstrong (1951–2010), accomplice in the Sterling Hall bombing * Steven Avery (born 1962), convicted of murder after DNA exoneration from rape conviction * Lawrencia Bembenek (1958–2010), convicted murderer (Milwaukee) * Arthur Bremer (born 1950), would-be assassin of George Wallace (Milwaukee) * Mary Brunner (born 1943), member of the Manson Family * Jeffrey Dahmer (1960–1994), serial killer (West Allis, Milwaukee) * Jeane Dixon (1904–1997), psychic * Bernardine Dohrn (born 1942), co-founder and former leader of the Weather Underground (Whitefish Bay) * Evelyn Frechette (1907–1969), lover and accomplice of John Dillinger (Neopit, Wisconsin, Neopit, Shawano) * Ed Gein (1906–1984), murderer (Plainfield) * Charles J. Guiteau (1841–1882), assassin of 20th president James A. Garfield, lived in Ulao, Wisconsin, Ulao, 1850–1855 * Eugene Hasenfus (born 1941), CIA cargo handler (Marinette) * Kato Kaelin (born 1959), person of interest, O. J. Simpson criminal trial (Glendale) * Bridey Murphy, alleged previous life * Oleg Nikolaenko (born 1987), fugitive (Milwaukee)


Fictional characters

* Characters from the television series ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' * Characters from the television series ''Happy Days'' * Characters from the television series ''Laverne and Shirley'' * Characters from the television series ''Liv and Maddie'' * Characters from the television series ''Picket Fences'' * Characters from the television series ''That '70s Show'' * Characters from the television series ''The Young and the Restless'' * Larry Appleton (portrayed by Mark Linn-Baker), from the television series ''Perfect Strangers (U.S. TV series), Perfect Strangers'' * Barbie, a doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. and a character from a series of novels published by Random House * Ryan Bingham (portrayed by George Clooney), from the film ''Up in the Air (2009 film), Up in the Air'' (2009) * Robert Harrison Blake, from the short story "The Haunter of the Dark" by H.P. Lovecraft * Paul Bunyan, mythological lumberjack (various origins cited) * William Cross, the alter ego of the comic book supervillain Crossfire (comics), Crossfire * Ashley Crawford, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Big Bertha (comics), Big Bertha * Jack Dawson (portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio), from the film ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' (1997) * Roz Doyle (portrayed by Peri Gilpin), from the television series ''Frasier''; from Bloomer, Wisconsin, Bloomer * Alan Fagan, the fourth alter ego of the comic book supervillain Mister Fear * Grand Slam (G.I. Joe), Grand Slam, a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic book series, and cartoon series * Richard Harrow (portrayed by Jack Huston), from the television series ''Boardwalk Empire'' * Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Jade (comics), Jade * Craig Hollis, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Mister Immortal * Jordan, a character in the novel ''Cell (novel), Cell'' by Stephen King * Conrad Josten, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Smuggler (comics), Smuggler * Erik Josten, a comic book superhero from Marvel Comics * Karl Kaufman, the second alter ego of the comic book superhero Phantom Eagle * Jennifer Keller (portrayed by Jewel Staite), from the television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * Hannibal King (portrayed by Ryan Reynolds), from Marvel Comics and the film ''Blade: Trinity'' (2004) * Vlad Masters (portrayed by Martin Mull), the alter ego of the supervillain Vlad Plasmius from the television series ''Danny Phantom'' * Donna Moss (portrayed by Janel Moloney), from the television series ''The West Wing'' * Sonny Munroe (portrayed by Demi Lovato), from the television series ''Sonny with a Chance'' * Mike Nelson (character), Mike Nelson (portrayed by Michael J. Nelson), from the television series ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' * Pickles the Drummer (portrayed by Brendon Small), from the television series ''Metalocalypse'' * Daniel Plainview (portrayed by Daniel Day Lewis), from the film ''There Will Be Blood'' (from Fond du Lac) * Gwen Raiden (portrayed by Alexa Davalos), from the television series ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'' and the comic book series ''Angel: After the Fall'' * Recondo (G.I. Joe), Recondo, a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic book series, and cartoon series * Todd Rice, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Obsidian (comics), Obsidian * Stan Ross (portrayed by Bernie Mac), a Milwaukee baseball star from the film ''Mr. 3000'' * President Andrew Shepherd (portrayed by Michael Douglas), a character from the film ''The American President'' * Samantha Spade (Without a Trace), Samantha Spade (portrayed by Poppy Montgomery), from the television series ''Without a Trace'' * Norbert Sykes, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Badger (comics), The Badger * Chaplain Tappman, Albert Tappman from the novel ''Catch-22'' by Joseph Heller * Martha and Steven Thompson, from the ''South Park'' episode "How to Eat with Your Butt" when a practical joke leads them to mistake Kenny for their missing son, Tommy Thompson, who has a butt on his face * Wendell Vaughn, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Quasar (Wendell Vaughn), Quasar * Seth Voelker, the alter ego of the comic book supervillain Sidewinder (comics), Sidewinder * Greg Willis, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Gravity (comics), Gravity


See also

;By educational institution affiliation * List of Marquette University alumni * List of University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire people * List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people * List of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee people ;By location * List of people from Kenosha, Wisconsin * List of people from Madison, Wisconsin * List of people from Milwaukee * List of people from Oshkosh, Wisconsin * List of people from Racine, Wisconsin


References

{{Lists of people by U.S. state Lists of people from Wisconsin