Famous+Wisconsonites


 * Famous Wisconsinites

A B C
 * [|__Jim Abrahams filmmaker__]
 * [|__Marc Alaimo actor__]
 * [|__Don Ameche actor__]
 * [|__Lino Dante "Alan" Ameche (The Horse)football player__]
 * [|__Roy Chapman Andrews explorer, naturalist__]
 * [|__Les Aspin politician__]
 * [|__John Bardeen physicist, nobel laureate__]
 * [|__Tom Barrett politician__]
 * [|__Eric Benét singer__]
 * [|__Michael Bennett football player__]
 * [|__Rowland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan musician__]
 * [|__Blackhawk Indian Chief__]
 * [|__John J. Blaine politician__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Robert "Rocky" Bleier football player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Richard "Dick" Bong usaf "highest-scoring air ace"__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__John Bradley iwo jima flag raiser__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Caron Butler basketball player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Carrie Chapman Catt leader women's suffrage__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Leroy Chiao astronaut__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Ellen Corby actress__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Seymour Cray supercomputer architect, engineer__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Tyne Daly actress__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Willem Defoe actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Jeane Dixon psychic, astrologer__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Donald Driver football player, dancer__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">E - G
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Chris Farley actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Brett Favre, football player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Russell "Russ" Feingold politician__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Zona Gale author__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Hamlin Garland author__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Heather Graham actress__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Harry "Bud" Grant professional football coac__] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">h
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__SkylarGray singer__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">H
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Deidre Hall actress__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Devin Harris basketball player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Corey Hart Brewer’s baseball player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Beth Heiden olympic medalist, athlete__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Eric Heiden olympic medalist, speed skater__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Woodrow "Woody" Herman musician, band leader__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch football player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Harry Houdini magician (born in Hungary)__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Thomas Hulce actor__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">J - K
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Dan Jansen olympic medalist, speed skater__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Al Jarreau singer__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Greg Jennings football player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Mark Johnson hockey player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Jane Kaczmarek actress__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Bill Kazmaier powerlifter__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Matthew "Matt" Kenseth auto racer__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Herb Kohl politician, owner (nba) milwaukee bucks__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Harvey Kuenn baseball player, coach__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">L
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Robert La Follette, Sr. politian__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau founder, player, coach green bay packers__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Carole Landis actress__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Mark C. Lee astronaut__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Vince Lombardi football coach__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Jim Lovell astronaut__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">M
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Joseph McCarthy politician__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Mike McCarthy Green Bay Packers Coach__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Clay Matthews football player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Chellsie Memmel gymnast__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Steve Miller musician, singer, songwriter__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__William "Billy" Mitchell army general, "father" u.s. air force (born in France)__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__John Muir environmentalist__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">N
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Gaylord Nelson politician__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Chris Noth actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Andy North golfer__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">O - P
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Pat O'Brien actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Georgia O'Keeffe artist__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Les Paul musician__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Q - R
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Charlotte Rae actress__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Nicholas Ray film director__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__William Rehnquist supreme court justice__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Libby Riddles first female winner iditarod trail race__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Aaron Rodgers quarterback__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Antonio "Tony" Romo football player (born in CA)__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Gena Rowlands actress__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Mark Ruffalo actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Bo Ryan Wisconsin Badger Basketball Coach__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">S
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Allan "Bud" Selig, Jr. major league baseball commissioner__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Tony Shalhoub actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Deke Slayton astronaut (one of original "mercury seven")__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Kurtwood Smith actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Tom Snyder newscaster__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Latrell Sprewell basketball player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Aaron Stecker football player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Steven Stricker golfer__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Daryl Mark Stuermer musician__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Eric Szmanda actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Jessica Szohr actress__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">T
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Mark Tauscher football player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Tommy Thompson politician__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Spencer Tracy actor__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">U -V
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Hoyt Vandenberg usaf general, director cia__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Nick Van Exel basketball player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Greta Van Susteren journalist, television host__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Bob Uecker III baseball player, sportscaster__]

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Mike Webster football player__]
 * ====== __J.J. Watt, football player__ ======
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Dwayne Wade basketball player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Scott Walker Governor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Bradley Whitford actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Jane Wiedlin musician__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Gene Wilder actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Laura Ingalls Wilder author__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Thornton Wilder novelist, playwright__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Buzz Williams Marquette University Basketball Coach__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Jeffrey Williams astronaut__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Tom Wopat actor__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Frank Lloyd Wright architect__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Oprah Winfrey televison personality__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Y - Z
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Robin Yount baseball player__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__David Zucker filmmaker__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Jerry Zucker filmmaker__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This list is not inclusive. If you have an idea for a person who was born in Wisconsin or has some tie to Wisconsin, please check with Mrs. Workentine. All Wax Museum projects/subjects MUST be APPROVED.