List of Milwaukeeans
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Born and raised in Milwaukee
The following people were born and spent a significant amount of their growing-up years in Milwaukee.- Jim AbrahamsJim AbrahamsJim Abrahams is an American movie director and writer.Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, to a Jewish family, and attended Shorewood High School...
— director and screenwriter - David AdlerDavid AdlerDavid Adler was a prolific architect, designing over 200 buildings...
architect who designed over 200 estates during a stylistic period known as the "Great American House" - Marc AlaimoMarc AlaimoMichael Anthony "Marc" Alaimo is an American actor, known for his villainous roles. He is known to Star Trek fans for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Career:...
— actor who played many Star TrekStar TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
characters - Carl AllenCarl Allen (drummer)Carl Allen is an American jazz drummer.He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, George Coleman and Phil Woods. and the Benny Green Trio....
— musician - Joseph AnthonyJoseph AnthonyJoseph Anthony was an American playwright, actor, and director. He made his film acting debut in the 1934 film Hat, Coat, and Glove and his theatrical acting debut in a 1935 production of Mary of Scotland...
— playwright, actor, and director - AntlerAntler (poet)Antler is an American poet who lives in Wisconsin.Among other honors, Antler received the Whitman Prize from the Walt Whitman Association, given to the poet "whose contribution best reveals the continuing presence of Walt Whitman in American poetry," in 1985. Antler also was awarded the Witter...
— poet - Lynne ArrialeLynne ArrialeLynne Arriale is an American jazz pianist. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received her Master's Degree from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and in her initial training was classical. However her interest in the works of Keith Jarrett and Herbie Hancock led her to jazz. She gained...
— musician; professor - Les AspinLes AspinLeslie "Les" Aspin, Jr. was a United States Representative from 1971 to 1993, and the United States Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from January 21, 1993 to February 3, 1994.-Early life:...
— U.S. Secretary of Defense - Steve AverySteve Avery (American football)Steven George Avery is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League.-References:...
— NFL player for the Houston Oilers, Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
, and the Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... - David Backes — author; professor
- Gerhard A. BadingGerhard A. BadingGerhard Adolph Bading, M.D. was an American physician, and politician who served as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1912 to 1916. he was the U.S. Envoy to Ecuador from 1922 to 1929.-Biography:...
— U.S. diplomat - Jimmy BanksJimmy BanksFor the English footballer see Jimmy Banks James "Jimmy" Banks is a retired U.S. soccer defender. After a standout career at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Banks spent six seasons playing indoor soccer with the Milwaukee Wave...
— soccer player - Ben BardBen BardBen Bard was a movie actor, stage actor, and acting teacher. With comedian Jack Pearl, Bard worked in a comedy duo in vaudeville...
— actor - Shorty BarrShorty BarrWallace Andre Barr was a professional football player in the National Football League for the Racine Legion and the Milwaukee Badgers. He was also a player-coach for the NFL's renamed Racine Tornadoes in 1926...
— NFL player and head coach - Dede BarryDede BarryDeirdre Demet Barry is an American female cycle racer, six times U.S. champion . She has won two World Cup races, two World Championship medals, and, in 2004, the silver medal in the time trial in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She is married to fellow professionial cyclist Michael Barry...
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medalist - Tommy BartlettTommy BartlettThomson "Tommy" Bartlett was an American showman and entertainment mogul from Wisconsin. He is most often associated with the water skiing thrill show based in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, known as Tommy Bartlett's Thrill Show. The success of this and other traveling water ski shows led to...
— entertainment mogul and showman; created Tommy Bartlett's Thrill ShowTommy Bartlett's Thrill ShowTommy Bartlett's Water Ski & Jumping Boat Thrill Show, more commonly known as the Tommy Bartlett Show, is a popular tourist attraction in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The show was created in 1952 by Wisconsin showman Tommy Bartlett as a traveling group of entertainers, based in Chicago, Illinois...
in Wisconsin Dells, WisconsinWisconsin Dells, WisconsinWisconsin Dells is a city in south-central Wisconsin, with a population of 2,418 as of the 2000 census. It straddles four counties: Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk. The city takes its name from the dells of the Wisconsin River, a scenic, glacially formed gorge that features striking sandstone... - Louis BashellLouis BashellLouis Bashell was an American polka musician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was known for playing the Slovenian-style polka. He was nicknamed "Milwaukee's polka king"....
— Slovenian-style polkaSlovenian-style polkaSlovenian-style polka is an American style of polka in the Slovenian tradition. It is usually associated with Cleveland and other Midwestern cities. It is also known as "Cleveland Style."...
musician - William BastWilliam BastWilliam Bast is an American screenwriter and author currently living in Los Angeles. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television, he is the author of two biographies of the screen actor James Dean.-Early life:...
— screenwriter - John C. BecherJohn C. BecherJohn C. Becher was an American stage and television actor. He made his professional debut in 1946 at the McCarter Theatre.- Biography :...
– actor - Robert J. BeckRobert J. BeckRobert J. Beck is an educator and scholar of international law and international relations.-Education:Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and educated at Marquette University High School, Beck received an Honors B.A. Magna Cum Laude , Phi Beta Kappa, from Marquette University in 1983...
— professor - Travis BeckumTravis BeckumTravis Beckum is an American football tight end for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Giants in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin.-Early years:Travis Beckum played football for Oak Creek High School. He...
— NFL player for the New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Chuck BelinChuck BelinChuck Belin is a former guard in the National Football League. Belin was drafted in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams and was a member of the team that season, but did not see any playing time during a regular season game. He would play with the team for three more...
— NFL player - Harry BellHarry Bell (Medal of Honor)Harry Bell was a United States Army Captain received the Medal of Honor for actions during October 17, 1899, during the Philippine-American War for leading a charge against a superior number of the enemy....
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Lawrencia "Bambi" BembenekLawrencia BembenekLawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek , known as Laurie Bembenek, was convicted of murdering her husband's ex-wife, Christine Schultz, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 28, 1981...
, ex-Milwaukee police officer convicted of murdering her husband's ex-wife - Eric BenetEric BenétEric Benét, is an American singer. His duet with Tamia, "Spend My Life With You" was a number one song for three weeks on the US Billboard R&B chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2000....
— R&B singer; was married to Halle BerryHalle BerryHalle Berry is an American actress and a former fashion model. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming... - David BenkeDavid BenkeDavid Benke is a Lutheran pastor and the current president of the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.-Education and career:Benke was born on May 5, 1946 in Milwaukee, WI as the first child of Raymond and Dorothea Benke...
— President of the Atlantic DistrictAtlantic District (LCMS)The Atlantic District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod , and covers eastern New York state: New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and the Capital District...
of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod - Mark W. BennettMark W. BennettMark W. Bennett is a United States federal judge, serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Bennett received his B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1972 and a J.D. from Drake University Law School in 1975. He was in private...
— U.S. District Court Judge in IowaIowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New... - Michael Bennett — NFL player
- Lamont BentleyLamont BentleyLamont Bentley was an American actor and rapper. He was known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on Moesha and the series' spin-off The Parkers.-Career:...
— actor; best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on the television series MoeshaMoeshaMoesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show... - Scott BergoldScott BergoldScott Bergold is a former player in the National Football League. He was drafted in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals and played that season with the team.-References:...
— NFL player - George BerryGeorge Berry (American football)George Berry was a guard in the National Football League. He split his first season between the Racine Legion and the Hammond Pros. He played another season with the Hammond Pros before splitting the 1924 NFL season with Hammond and the Akron Pros...
— NFL player - Abner BibermanAbner BibermanAbner Biberman , was an American actor, director, and screenwriter...
— actor and director - Dick BildaDick BildaDick Bilda was an American Football player. He born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 15, 1919 and is deceased now. He attended Marquette University High School, graduating in 1937. He is a member of the Marquette University High School Athletic Hall of Fame. A standout athlete in three sports, he...
— NFL player - Roman R. BlenskiRoman R. Blenski-Biography:Blenski was born Roman Richard Blenski on January 24, 1917 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was known to be member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Polish National Alliance. Blenski died on August 30, 2002.-Career:...
— WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
State Senator - Adam BobAdam BobAdam Bob is a former linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted in the tenth round of the 1989 NFL Draft by the New York Jets and played that season with the team.-References:...
— NFL player - Bill BoedekerBill BoedekerWilliam Henry Boedeker, Jr. is a former halfback in the National Football League who played for the Chicago Rockets, the Cleveland Browns, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers. Boedeker played collegiate ball for DePaul University and played professionally for 5 seasons...
— NFL player for the Chicago RocketsChicago RocketsThe Chicago Rockets was an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets...
, Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
, and the Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Frank BohlmannFrank BohlmannFrank Bohlmann is a former guard in the National Football League. He played with the Chicago Cardinals during the 1942 NFL season.-References:...
— NFL player - Peter BonerzPeter BonerzPeter Bonerz is an American actor and director who is best known as the character Dr. Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show....
— actor - Mark BorchardtMark BorchardtMark Borchardt is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known as the subject of the 1999 film American Movie: The Making of Northwestern, which documented two years he spent writing, shooting and editing his horror short, Coven .-Early life:Borchardt was born and raised in Menomonee Falls,...
— independent filmmaker; best known as the subject of the film American MovieAmerican MovieAmerican Movie: The Making of Northwestern is a 1999 documentary directed by Chris Smith. The film chronicles the real 1996-1997 making of Coven, an independent horror film directed by an independent filmmaker named Mark Borchardt...
. - Larry BorensteinLarry BorensteinLarry Borenstein was an American property owner and art dealer.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Russian parents and when 13 years old he went to Chicago to join the World's Fair...
— art and music promoter - Bob BotzBob BotzRobert Allen Botz is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The , right-hander was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent before the 1955 season...
— MLB player - David BourgeoisDavid BourgeoisDavid Bourgeois is an American satirist, film critic, and editor. His work has appeared in numerous publications and on Web sites.He began his career working for Spin magazine in 1989...
— film critic - Timmy BowersTimmy BowersTimothy Jermaine Bowers is an American basketball player who currently plays with the Italian "Lega A" team Pepsi Juvecaserta.At 6'2", he is capable of playing both guard positions....
— professional basketball player - Gil BrandtGil BrandtGil Brandt was a Vice President of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988.Brandt served as the Cowboys' chief talent scout since the club's birth in 1960. He had served as a part-time scout for the Los Angeles Rams under General Manager Tex Schramm in the 1950s...
— Vice President of Player Personnel of the Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... - John W. BreenJohn W. BreenJohn W. Breen was an American football and basketball player, coach, and sports figure. He was active in the college ranks before becoming an early sports administrator in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers.-Playing history:Breen grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and played high...
— NFL general manager - Cindy BremserCindy BremserCynthia Mae Bremser is a retired middle distance runner from the United States. She finished fourth in the 3,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She won the silver medal in the 1,500 metres at the 1983 Pan American games....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete; Pan American GamesPan American GamesThe Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
medalist - Terry BrennanTerry BrennanTerence Patrick Brennan is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1954 to 1958, compiling a record of 32–18.-Early life and playing career:...
— head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting IrishNotre Dame Fighting Irish footballNotre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
football team - Pamela BrittonPamela BrittonPamela Britton was an American actress best known for appearing as "Loralee Brown" in the television series My Favorite Martian . She also starred in the film noir classic D.O.A. .-Early career:...
— actress - Mandy BrooksMandy BrooksJonathan Joseph "Mandy" Brooks, was a right-handed outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs....
— MLB player - Fred Brown — NBA player
- Judi BrownJudi BrownJudith Lynne Brown-King is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.She competed for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she won the silver medal in the women's 400 metre hurdles event.Brown was a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American...
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medalist; Pan American GamesPan American GamesThe Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
gold medalist - William George BruceWilliam George BruceWilliam George Bruce was a Milwaukee author, publisher of educational, historical and religious books, and founder of the American School Board Journal...
– author, historian, publisher, civic leader for the Milwaukee Auditorium and Port of MilwaukeePort of MilwaukeeThe Port of Milwaukee is a port in the city of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan. It primarily serves Southeastern Wisconsin along with Northern Illinois. The port owns of rail that connect to two class I railroads outside the port. The port also has over of covered warehouse space, with of that being... - J.T. Bruett — MLB player
- George BrumderGeorge BrumderGeorge Brumder was a German-American newspaper publisher and businessman born in Breuschwickersheim, Alsace-Lorraine, France. He was the fifteenth of sixteen children born to Georg and Christina Brumder. In 1857, at the age of 18, Brumder immigrated to Wisconsin with his older sister, Anna Maria,...
— newspaper publisher. - Fabian BruskewitzFabian BruskewitzFabian Wendelin Bruskewitz is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the eighth and current Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska.-Early life and ministry:...
— Roman Catholic bishop. - Felice BryantFelice and Boudleaux BryantFelice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team best known for songs such as "Rocky Top," "Love Hurts" and numerous Everly Brothers hits, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love".-Beginnings:Boudleaux was born Diadorius...
— songwriter; member of the Songwriters Hall of FameSongwriters Hall of FameThe Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online...
, and Country Music Hall of Fame - Elroy BubElroy BubElroy Bub served in the United States Army during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.His award citation reads:The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private...
— Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Art BuesArt BuesArthur Frederick Bues is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He was born on March 3, 1888 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He batted and threw right handed, weighed 184 pounds, and was 5 foot 11. Art was the nephew of George Stallings. Bues made his Major League debut on April 17, 1913 for the...
— MLB player - Rodney BufordRodney BufordRodney Alan "The Sheriff" Buford, is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada....
— NBA player - Brian BurkeBrian Burke (Wisconsin politician)Brian Burke, , is a Wisconsin politician and legislator.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Burke graduated from Marquette University. He served on the Milwaukee Common Council in 1984. From 1989 until 2001, Burke served in the Wisconsin State Senate.Burke now works for the Wisconsin State Public...
, Wisconsin politician - Charles C. ButlerCharles C. ButlerCharles C. Butler was a jurist in the State of Colorado.-Biography:Butler was born on February 6, 1865 to Washington Irving and Henrietta Butler in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On June 5, 1901 he married Emma Allen.-Career:...
— Chief Justice of the ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
Supreme Court - Jackie CainJackie CainJackie Cain is an American jazz vocalist best known for her partnership with her husband Roy Kral as the team Jackie and Roy.-Selected discography:* So Many Stars -Literature:...
— musician - Daryl CarterDaryl CarterDaryl Carter is a former linebacker in the National Football League. He was a member of the Chicago Bears during the 1997 NFL season.-References:...
— NFL player - Paul CebarPaul CebarPaul Cebar is a songwriter, singer, guitarist, and bandleader from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who has a penchant for African, Latin American and Caribbean music...
— musician - James ChanceJames ChanceJames Chance, also known as James White , is an American saxophonist, songwriter and singer....
(James Siegfried, a/k/a James White) — saxophonist, songwriter and singer, key figure in No WaveNo WaveNo Wave was a short-lived but influential underground music, film, performance art, video, and contemporary art scene that had its beginnings during the mid-1970s in New York City. The term No Wave is in part satirical word play rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre...
movement - John Moses CheneyJohn Moses CheneyJohn Moses Cheney was an American lawyer and judge.Cheney was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from Boston University School of Law with an LL.B. in 1886....
— U.S. District Court Judge in FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... - Ted CieslakTed CieslakThaddeus Walter Cieslak was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 27-year-old rookie stood 5'10" and weighed 175 lbs....
— MLB player - John Louis CoffeyJohn Louis CoffeyJohn Louis Coffey is a United States federal judge.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Coffey received a B.A. from Marquette University in 1943 and was in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received a LL.D. from Marquette University Law School in 1948. He was an Assistant...
— Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals - James Kelsey CogswellJames Kelsey CogswellJames Kelsey Cogswell was an admiral in the United States Navy who served in Spanish–American War.-Early life:Cogswell was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 27 September 1847, the son of George Cogswell and Celestia A...
— U.S. Navy admiral - Wilbur J. CohenWilbur J. CohenWilbur Joseph Cohen was an American social scientist and federal civil servant. He was one of the key architects in the creation and expansion of the American welfare state and was involved in the creation of both the New Deal and Great Society programs.Wilbur Cohen was known by several nicknames...
— U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare - Irv CompIrv CompIrving Henry Comp, Jr. was an American football player. He played his entire seven year career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1986....
— NFL player - Michael CoppsMichael CoppsMichael Joseph Copps is a Commissioner on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , an independent agency of the United States government. He has served as one of the commissioners of the FCC since May 31, 2001, and took on the additional role of acting chairman on January 20, 2009...
— Commissioner of the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications CommissionThe Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the... - Ray "Crash" Corrigan — actor; first celebrity to be featured on a box of WheatiesWheatiesWheaties is a brand of General Mills breakfast cereal. It is well known for featuring prominent athletes on the exterior of the package, and has become a major cultural icon...
- Anthony CrivelloAnthony CrivelloAnthony Crivello is an American actor and singer, mostly in musicals on Broadway. He has written several scripts and more than twenty songs.-Personal life:...
— Tony AwardTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
-winning actor and television star - Lave CrossLave CrossLafayette Napoleon Cross was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played most of his 21-year career with Philadelphia-based teams in four different leagues...
, major league baseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player for 21 years - John CudahyJohn CudahyJohn Clarence Cudahy was a real estate broker and American ambassador to Poland, Ireland, Belgium and Luxembourg. He was a Democrat.-Early life:...
— U.S. diplomat - Michael CudahyMichael Cudahy (electronics)Michael John Cudahy is an entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1924, Cudahy is the son of John Cudahy, United States ambassador to Ireland, Poland and Belgium...
— entrepreneur - Richard Dickson CudahyRichard Dickson CudahyRichard Dickson Cudahy is a United States federal judge.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cudahy received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1948, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1955. He was a Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps from 1948 to 1951....
— Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals - Pat CurranPat CurranPat Curran is a retired American football tight end. Curran played for the National Football League Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers between 1969 and 1978....
— NFL player - James B. CurrieJames B. CurrieJames Bradford Currie was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Currie was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1925. He would attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Michigan. Currie died on September 20, 2009.-Career:Currie joined the United States Army...
— U.S. Air Force Major General - John Thomas CurtisJohn Thomas CurtisJohn Thomas Curtis was an American botanist and plant ecologist. He is particularly known for his lasting contribution to the development of numerical methods in ecology. Together with J...
— botanist and ecologist, the Bray Curtis dissimilarityBray Curtis dissimilarityIn ecology and biology, the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity, named after J. Roger Bray and John T. Curtis, is a statistic used to quantify the compositional dissimilarity between two different sites. It is equivalent to the total number of species that are unique to any one of the two sites divided by...
is partially named for him - Randolph Dean — OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete - Randy DeanRandy DeanRandolph "Randy" Hume Dean is a former American football quarterback who played for three seasons in the National Football League for the New York Giants from 1977–1979. He played college football at Northwestern...
— NFL player - Robert DeanRobert Dean (handballer)Robert Klein Dean is an American former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Milwaukee and is the twin brother of Randy Dean. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1976....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete - Steve de ShazerSteve de ShazerSteve de Shazer was a psychotherapist, author, and developer and pioneer of solution focused brief therapy...
— psychotherapistPsychotherapyPsychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
who developed the use of solution-focused brief therapySolution focused brief therapySolution focused brief therapy , often referred to as simply 'solution focused therapy' or 'brief therapy', is a type of talking therapy that is based upon social constructionist philosophy. It focuses on what clients want to achieve through therapy rather than on the problem that made them seek help... - Ashton DearholtAshton DearholtAshton Dearholt was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 75 films between 1915 and 1938.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
— actor - Tom DempseyTom DempseyThomas Dempsey is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints , Philadelphia Eagles , Los Angeles Rams , Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills . He attended high school at San Dieguito High School and played college football at Palomar College...
— NFL player - Abraham DeSomerAbraham DeSomerAbraham DeSomer was an enlisted man and later an officer in the United States Navy. He received America's highest military decoration - the Medal of Honor - for actions during the American intervention at Veracruz, Mexico.-Biography:Abraham DeSomer was born on December 29, 1884 in Milwaukee,...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Michael DhueyMichael DhueyMichael Joseph Dhuey is an electrical and computer engineer. He is chiefly known as the co-inventor of the Macintosh II computer in 1987, the first Macintosh computer with expansion slots...
— electrical and computer engineer; co-inventor of the Macintosh IIMacintosh IIThe Apple Macintosh II was the first personal computer model of the Macintosh II series in the Apple Macintosh line and the first Macintosh to support a color display.- History :...
and the iPodIPodiPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle... - Lavern DilwegLavern DilwegLaVern "Lavvie" Ralph Dilweg was an American football player, official, lawyers, and politician.Dilweg was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 11, 1903. He graduated from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee in 1927, and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar the same year. While at...
— NFL player and U.S. Representative - John DoehringJohn DoehringJohn Doehring was an American football halfback/fullback in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears and the Pittsburgh Pirates .-References:...
— NFL player - Bernardine DohrnBernardine DohrnBernardine Rae Dohrn is a former leader of the American anti-Vietnam War radical organization, Weather Underground. She is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and the immediate past Director of Northwestern's Children and Family Justice Center...
— leader of the Weather Underground Organization - Michael DorfMichael DorfMichael Dorf is the name of:* Michael C. Dorf, American law professor* Michael Dorf , American entrepreneur...
— entrepreneur, founder of the Knitting FactoryKnitting FactoryThe Knitting Factory is a music venue and concert house with locations in Brooklyn, Boise, Reno, and Spokane. The club originally specialized in jazz and experimental music and has expanded to showcasing all genres of music, performing arts and comedy.... - Stephanie DosenStephanie DosenStephanie Dosen is an American singer-songwriter. She was raised in Wisconsin. Her songs have been featured on the soundtracks of Dawson's Creek, NUMB3RS and Party of Five....
— musician - Donn F. DraegerDonn F. DraegerDonald 'Donn' Frederick Draeger was an expert practitioner of Asian martial arts, an author of several martial arts books, and a United States Marine...
— martial artist - David DraimanDavid DraimanDavid Michael Draiman is an American songwriter and the lead singer for the metal band Disturbed. Draiman is known for his distorted voice and rhythmic singing style...
— rock musician, singer in Heavy metalHeavy metal musicHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bandRock BandRock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
Disturbed - Randee DrewRandee DrewRandee Drew is a free agent Canadian football defensive back who most recently played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2004...
— professional football player - Wally DreyerWally DreyerWalter Otto "Wally" Dreyer was a professional American football defensive back/halfback in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers...
— NFL player for the Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
; former head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers football team - Garrett DroppersGarrett Droppers-Biography:Droppers was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John and Gertrude Droppers on April 12, 1860. He first married Cora Rand, who died in 1896, and later married Jean Tewkesbury Rand in 1897. From 1898 to 1906, he served as President of the University of South Dakota. In 1912, he was a delegate...
— U.S. diplomat, President of the University of South DakotaUniversity of South DakotaThe University of South Dakota ', the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current... - Ron DrzewieckiRon DrzewieckiRon Drzewiecki was a player in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears in 1955 and 1957 as a halfback and defensive back. He was drafted in the first round out of Marquette University.-Biography:...
— NFL player - Red Dunn — NFL player
- Will DurstWill DurstWill Durst is an American political satirist; he considers himself a modern mix of Mort Sahl and Will Rogers....
— Comedian - Lawrence EagleburgerLawrence EagleburgerLawrence Sidney Eagleburger was an American statesman and former career diplomat, who served briefly as the United States Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H....
— U.S. Secretary of State - Greg EaglesGreg EaglesGreg Eagles is an American voice actor whose talents have been used for numerous TV shows and video games...
, actor - Robert EastonRobert Easton (actor)Robert Easton is an American actor whose career in film and television spans more than 60 years. His mastery of English dialect has earned him the epithet "The Man of a Thousand Voices", For decades he has been a leading Hollywood dialogue or accent coach.Easton was born Robert Easton Burke in...
— actor - Starr Eaton — Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Al EckertAl EckertAl Eckert was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He first played with the Cincinnati Reds in 1930 and 1931. Later in his career, he would play with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1935.-References:...
— MLB player - Bob EcklBob EcklRobert Joseph Eckl was a professional American football player in the National Football League as a tackle for the Chicago Cardinals in 1945. Prior to that he played for the Milwaukee Chiefs of the third American Football League. In 1940 Eckl was elected to the All-AFL, with 1st team honors...
— NFL player - Patrick EddiePatrick EddiePatrick Eddie is a former American basketball player who played center in the National Basketball Association for the New York Knicks.-References:...
— NBA player - Herbert W. EhrgottHerbert W. EhrgottHerbert William Ehrgott was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Ehrgott was born Herbert William Ehrgott in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1904. He would attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ehrgott died on September 20, 1982.-Career:Ehrgott graduated from the...
— U.S. Air Force general - Brent EmeryBrent EmeryBrent Emery was a cyclist for the United States at the Olympic at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He would win a silver medal in men's team pursuit .-References:...
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medalist - Trevor EndersTrevor EndersTrevor Hale Enders is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher who batted right-handed, threw left-handed, and is 6 foot 1. He attended college at Houston Baptist University. Trevor played one season in the Majors as a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the season...
— MLB player - George Engel — Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Howie EpsteinHowie EpsteinHoward Norman Epstein , was a musician best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early life:...
— rock musician, producer, and bassist for Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersTom Petty and the HeartbreakersTom Petty And The Heartbreakers are an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. They were formed in 1976 by Tom Petty , Mike Campbell , Benmont Tench , , Ron Blair and Stan Lynch... - Terence T. EvansTerence T. EvansTerence Thomas Evans was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.Evans received a B.A.degree from Marquette University in 1962 and his J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School in 1967. He was assistant district attorney for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and was...
, jurist - Ralph EvinrudeRalph EvinrudeRalph S. Evinrude was an American business magnate best known for being the Chairman of Outboard Marine Corporation, and the husband of singer and entertainer Frances Langford....
— son of Ole EvinrudeOle EvinrudeOle Evinrude, born Ole Evenrudstuen was a Norwegian-American inventor, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application.-Biography:...
inventor of the world's first outboard motor, and former CEO Outdoor Marine Corp - Thomas E. FairchildThomas E. FairchildThomas Edward Fairchild , was a U.S. federal judge and former politician from Wisconsin. Before his death, he served as a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit....
— Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals - Anton FalchAnton FalchAnton C. Falch was a Major League Baseball player. He played five games for the Milwaukee Brewers of the Union Association in , three in left field and two at catcher. He went 2-for-18 at the plate for a batting average of .111.-Sources:...
— professional baseball player - Frank FarkasFrank Farkas-Biography:Farkas was born on May 17, 1956 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of St. Petersburg Junior College, Palmer College of Chiropractic and Eckerd College. Farkas is married to Toni Lee Witkowski and has two children. He is Roman Catholic....
— FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
State Representative - Michael FeldmanMichael FeldmanMichael Feldman is an American radio personality. He is the host of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, a radio program distributed by Public Radio International...
— radio personality for Public Radio InternationalPublic Radio InternationalPublic Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources... - Gene FelkerGene FelkerEugene Marvin "Gene" Felker is a former American football end in the National Football League for the Dallas Texans . He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-References:...
— NFL player - Happy FelschHappy FelschOscar Emil "Happy" Felsch was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1920. He is probably best known for his involvement in the 1919 Black Sox scandal....
— MLB player - Thomasita FesslerThomasita FesslerSister Mary Thomasita Fessler, O.S.F., was an American painter and nun. Her work consisted of paintings, sculptures and designs for stained-glass windows. She used the signature SMT, Sr. T or Sr. Thomasita.-History:Sr...
— painter - James E. FinneganJames E. FinneganJames E. Finnegan was a politician in the State of Wisconsin.-Biography:Finnegan was born James Edward Finnegan on November 26, 1892 to John and Julia Finnegan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On September 12, 1916 he married Olive M. Frawley. He died in November 1966...
— Attorney General of WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is... - Jack FinneyJack FinneyJack Finney was an American author. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers and Time and Again. The former was the basis for the 1956 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers and its remakes.-Biography:Finney was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and given the...
— science fiction and thriller writer. His novel The Body SnatchersThe Body SnatchersThe Body Snatchers is a 1955 science fiction novel by Jack Finney, originally serialized in Colliers Magazine in 1954, which describes the fictional town of Santa Mira, California being invaded by seeds that have drifted to Earth from space...
was the basis for the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Chris FoersterChris FoersterChris Foerster is currently the offensive line coach for the Washington Redskins. He was the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins in 2004.Foerster was hired by the San Francisco 49ers on February 15, 2008 as the co-offensive line coach...
— NFL assistant coach - Reginald FosterFather Reginald FosterReginald Foster is an American Catholic priest and friar of the order of Discalced Carmelites. He formerly worked in the "Latin Letters" section of the Secretariat of State in the Vatican. This section is the successor to the historical Briefs to Princes. Father Foster became one of the Pope's...
— Latinist - Bruce FroemmingBruce FroemmingBruce Neal Froemming is Major League Baseball Special Assistant to the Vice President on Umpiring, after having served as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He is the longest-tenured umpire in major league history in terms of the number of full seasons umpired, finishing his 37th season in 2007...
— MLB umpire - Todd FrohwirthTodd FrohwirthTodd Gerard Frohwirth is a retired professional baseball player. In the minor leagues, he played in Reading and Maine in 1987 before playing with the Phillies in 1987...
— MLB player - Fabian GaffkeFabian GaffkeFabian Sebastian Gaffke was a right fielder who played in Major League Baseball between and for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians . Listed at 5' 10", 185 lb., Gaffke batted and threw right-handed...
— MLB player - Gordon GanoGordon GanoGordon James Gano is an American musician. He is best known for being the singer, guitarist and songwriter of American alternative rock band Violent Femmes.-Early life:...
— lead singer and guitarist for the punk-rockPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
group the Violent FemmesViolent FemmesViolent Femmes were an American alternative rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active between 1980 and 1987 and again from 1988 to 2009... - Chris GardnerChris GardnerChristopher Paul Gardner is an American entrepreneur, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist who, during the early 1980s, struggled with homelessness while raising his toddler son, Christopher, Jr...
— self-made millionaire whose bout with homelessness is portrayed in the motion picture The Pursuit of HappynessThe Pursuit of HappynessVarèse Sarabande released the soundtrack on January 9, 2007, which included sixteen tracks.-Box office:The film debuted first at the North American box office, earning $27 million during its opening weekend and beating out heavily promoted films such as Eragon and Charlotte's Web... - Augusts F. Gearhard — Deputy Chief of Chaplain of the U.S. Air Force
- Warren GieseWarren GieseWarren Giese is an American former South Carolina state legislator and college football coach. He served as the head football coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks for five years at the University of South Carolina....
— head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks footballSouth Carolina Gamecocks footballThe South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina in NCAA Division I college football. The Gamecocks have been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1992. Steve Spurrier is the current head coach, and the team plays its home games at Williams-Brice...
team, South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
State Senator - Herschel Burke GilbertHerschel Burke GilbertHerschel Burke Gilbert was a prolific orchestrator, musical supervisor and composer of film scores as well as television scores and theme songs, including the themes for The Rifleman , Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater and The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor...
— film and television composer - Hank GilloHank GilloHenry Charles "Hank" Gillo was a professional football player for the Hammond Pros, Racine Legion, and the Milwaukee Badgers from 1920 to 1926. In 1920, Gillo also served as head coach of the Pros. He played at the collegiate level at Colgate University...
— NFL player and head coach - Martin GlendonMartin GlendonMartin J. Glendon was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Naps. He stood at 6' 5" and weighed 165 lbs.-Career:Glendon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— MLB player - Carlos GliddenCarlos GliddenCarlos Glidden , along with Christopher Sholes and Samuel W. Soule, invented the first practical typewriter at a machine shop located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-References:...
— co-inventor of the first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Samuel W. Soule - Danny GokeyDanny GokeyDaniel Jay "Danny" Gokey is an American country music singer and church music director from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the third place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol...
— American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
contestant. - Lamar GordonLamar Gordon-Miami Dolphins:In 2004 Gordon was traded to the Miami Dolphins for a third round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.-References:...
— NFL player - James GroppiJames GroppiFather James Edmund Groppi was a Roman Catholic priest and noted civil rights activist.-Early years, education, ordination as priest:...
— former Roman Catholic priest and civil rightsCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
activist. - Jay GuidingerJay GuidingerJay Patrick Guidinger is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.-Playing career:...
— NBA player - Bo HanleyBo HanleyEdward Louis Hanley was a professional football player and head coach in the National Football League. In 1920, Hanley played for the Detroit Heralds, and in 1924 Hanley served as head coach of the Kenosha Maroons. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University, where he was nicknamed...
— NFL player and head coach - Derrick HardenDerrick HardenDerrick Harden is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers . He played at the collegiate level at Eastern New Mexico University.-References:...
— NFL player - Pat HarderPat HarderMarlin M. "Pat" Harder was a college and professional football player, playing fullback and kicker. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993....
— NFL player, member of the College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... - Jason HardtkeJason HardtkeJason Robert Hardtke is a former Major League Baseball second baseman.Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft, Hardtke made his major league debut debut with the New York Mets on September 8, , and appear in his final game on July 13, .He also...
— MLB player - Kevin HarlanKevin HarlanKevin Harlan is an American television sports announcer. The son of former Green Bay Packers executive Bob Harlan, he currently broadcasts NFL and college basketball games on CBS. Harlan is also a play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT...
— sports announcer - Mildred HarnackMildred HarnackMildred Fish-Harnack was an American-German literary historian, translator, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany.- Life in the United States:...
— German resistanceGerman ResistanceThe German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
fighter during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, executed under orders from Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945... - George HarperGeorge Harper (pitcher)George B. Harper was a pitcher for Major League Baseball in the 19th century. He played in 12 games for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1894 season and 16 games for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms during the 1896 season...
— MLB player - Devin HarrisDevin HarrisDevin Lamar Harris is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Harris attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison...
— professional basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player - Jerry HarrisonJerry HarrisonJerry Harrison is an American songwriter, musician and producer...
— keyboardist for the new-waveNew Wave musicNew Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
music group Talking HeadsTalking HeadsTalking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison... - Kenny Harrison — world champion track and field athlete; OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medalist; Goodwill GamesGoodwill GamesThe Goodwill Games was an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s...
medalist - Mike HartMike Hart (left-handed hitter)Michael Lawrence Hart is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played parts of two seasons in the major leagues, for the Minnesota Twins in and for the Baltimore Orioles in ....
— MLB player - William Hartman — Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - James Michael HarveyJames Michael HarveyArchbishop James Michael Harvey is a Roman Catholic archbishop.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 29, 1975 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Rome by Pope Paul VI...
— Roman Catholic bishop. - William Frederick HaseWilliam Frederick HaseWilliam Frederick Hase was a Major General in the United States Army.-Biography:Hase was born on August 31, 1874 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Later he would attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He would marry two times. First to Daisy Sames, who died on August 14, 1903. Second to Pearl Newman,...
— U.S. Army Major General - Jerome J. HastrichJerome J. HastrichJerome Joseph Hastrich was the second bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup, in Gallup, New Mexico....
— bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of GallupRoman Catholic Diocese of GallupThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States, encompassing counties in the states of Arizona and New Mexico and and parts of Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Bernalillo, and Valencia Counties west... - Joe HauserJoe HauserJoseph John "Unser Choe" Hauser is a former professional baseball player who played first baseman in the major leagues from 1922–1929, with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians...
— MLB player - Ned R. HealyNed R. HealyNot to be confused with Don R. Healy, Los Angeles labor leader of the 1940s and 1950s.Ned Romeyn Healy , who went by Ned R. Healy, was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council in 1943 and 1944 and a member of Congress from 1945 to 1947.-Biography:Healy was born August 9, 1905, in...
— Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–44, member of Congress, 1945–47 - Bob HeinzBob HeinzRobert Kenneth Heinz is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at the University of the Pacific and in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Redskins...
— NFL player - George HekkersGeorge HekkersGeorge Hekkers was a player in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, and the Baltimore Colts from 1947 to 1949 as a tackle. Previously, he played with the Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference in 1946...
— NFL player - Frederick HemkeFrederick HemkeFrederick L. Hemke is an American saxophonist and Professor of Music at Northwestern University School of Music.-Education:...
— Professor of Saxophone at Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.... - Marguerite HenryMarguerite HenryMarguerite Henry was an American writer. Henry inspired children all over the world with her love of animals, especially horses. The author of fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals, her work has captivated entire generations of children and young adults and won...
— award-winning children's author, known for her books about animals - Woody HermanWoody HermanWoodrow Charles Herman , known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd," Herman was one of the most popular of the 1930s and '40s bandleaders...
— jazz singer, instrumentalist, and big band leader - Keith K. HilbigKeith K. HilbigKeith Karl Hilbig has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2001. Prior to becoming a general authority, he was general counsel for the LDS Church in Europe....
— General authorityGeneral authorityIn The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a general authority is a member of certain leadership organizations who are given administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church...
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Elizabeth HirschboeckElizabeth HirschboeckDr. Elizabeth Hirschboeck perhaps better known as Sister Mary Mercy was a member of the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic and a renowned international humanitarian.-Early life and education:...
— humanitarian - Guy HoffmanGuy HoffmanGuy Hoffman is a drummer and vocalist, formerly of such bands as Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes and Absinthe. He is a composer for such films as Field Day and a founding member of Radio Romeo.-Life:...
— drummer of Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes, Radio Romeo - Jack HuellerJack HuellerJack Hueller was a player in the National Football League for the Racine Legion from 1922 to 1924 as a guard.-References:...
— NFL player - Mike HuwilerMike HuwilerMike "Huey" Huwiler is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 D.C. United championship team.-High school and college:...
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete; MLSMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
player - Caroline IngallsCaroline IngallsCaroline Ingalls, born Caroline Lake Quiner was the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House books.-Biography:...
– (1839–1924) born in Brookfield, mother of famed author Laura Ingalls Wilder - Einar H. Ingman, Jr. — Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Jeff JagodzinskiJeff Jagodzinski-United Football League:-External links:*...
— NFL assistant coach and former head coach of the Boston College EaglesBoston College Eagles footballThe Boston College Eagles football team is the collegiate football program of Boston College. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a Division I Bowl Subdivision league governed by the NCAA. Within the ACC, the Eagles are one of six teams in the Atlantic Division... - Eddie JankowskiEddie JankowskiEdward J. Jankowski was an American football player. He played running back for five seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1984....
— NFL player - Dan JansenDan JansenDaniel Erwin Jansen is a former speed skater, best known for winning a gold medal in his final Olympic race after suffering through years of heartbreak. He graduated from West Allis Central High School....
— word champion speed skater; OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medalist; member of the United States Olympic Hall of FameUnited States Olympic Hall of FameThe United States Olympic Hall of Fame is an honor roll of the top American Olympic athletes.The Hall of Fame was established by the United States Olympic Committee in 1979; the first members were inducted in 1983. Between 1992 and 2003, the Hall of Fame went dormant, with no induction of new...
; NHL assistant coach - Al JarreauAl JarreauAlwin "Al" Lopez Jarreau is a seven-time Grammy Award winning jazz singer.- Background :Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, the fifth of six children. His web site refers to Reservoir, Inc., the name of the street where he lived. His father was a Seventh-Day Adventist Church minister and singer, and...
— award-winning jazz singer - Salome JensSalome JensSalome Jens is an American stage, film and television actress. She is perhaps best-known for portraying the Female Changeling on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Life and career:...
— actress, best known for portraying the Female Shapeshifter on Star Trek: Deep Space NineStar Trek: Deep Space NineStar Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe... - Walter Jerzakowski — Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Jim JodatJim JodatJames Steven Jodat is a former professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Los Angeles Rams, the Seattle Seahawks, and the San Diego Chargers. He played his college football at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin....
— NFL player - Hisonni JohnsonHisonni JohnsonHisonni Johnson is an American film and television actor.-Biography:Johnson was born on December 19, 1984, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, of African-American heritage. Johnson was raised by his mother in Greenfield, Milwaukee, and his father left the family.-2005 Accident:Johnson was in a head-on...
— actor - Mark JonesMark Jones (basketball)Mark Jones is a professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He was undrafted after a career at the University of Central Florida, and at the age of 30 entered the NBA with the Orlando Magic, during the 2004-05 NBA season, averaging 2.3 points per game in ten total games. .-External links:*...
— NBA player - Barbara Jordan — professional tennis player
- Joe JustJoe JustJoseph Erwin Just was a Major League Baseball player. He played for the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Just only played in 25 games over two years with the Reds. Just was 28 years old when he broke into the Major Leagues on May 13, 1944, with the Cincinnati Reds...
— MLB player - Jane KaczmarekJane KaczmarekJane Frances Kaczmarek is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character of Lois on the television series Malcolm in the Middle. Kaczmarek is a three-time Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy Award nominee...
— actress; best known as Lois in Malcolm in the MiddleMalcolm in the MiddleMalcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes... - Brian "Kato" Kaelin — actor and house guest of O.J. Simpson during the murder of Nicole Brown SimpsonNicole Brown SimpsonNicole Brown Simpson was a former wife of professional football player O. J. Simpson.- Relationship with O. J. Simpson :...
and Ronald GoldmanRonald GoldmanRonald Lyle "Ron" Goldman was an American waiter and an aspiring model. He was murdered along with Nicole Brown Simpson, former wife of O. J. Simpson, an actor and retired American football player. The subsequent criminal investigation and trial against O. J... - Bob KamesBob KamesBob Kames was an American musician who specialized in genres such as polka. Kames is credited with developing and popularizing the modern-day version of the song "Dance Little Bird," which is much better known by its more common name, The Chicken Dance...
— musician; popularized The Chicken Dance - Karl KassulkeKarl KassulkeKarl Otto Kassulke was a former professional American football player.Kassulke graduated from Drake University, where he starred as a safety. He played 10 seasons in the National Football League, all with the Minnesota Vikings...
— NFL player - Francis B. KeeneFrancis B. KeeneFrancis B. Keene was a United States diplomat and a politician in the State of Wisconsin.-Biography:Keene was born Francis Bowler Keene on December 11, 1856 to Rev. David Keene and Susan Elizabeth Keene in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On November 8, 1893 he married Emerin Price Semple.-Career:Keene was a...
— U.S. diplomat - William KelloggWilliam KelloggWilliam Kellogg may refer to:* William Kellogg , U.S. Representative from Illinois* William P. Kellogg 19th century Governor of Louisiana* William Welch Kellogg, climatologist-See also:* Will Keith Kellogg, founder of the Kellogg Company...
— former chairman and CEO, Kohl'sKohl'sKohl's Corporation is an American department store chain headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, operating , 1,089 stores in 49 states. In 1998, it entered the S&P 500 list, and is also listed in the Fortune 500...
Corporation - Ken KeltnerKen KeltnerKenneth Frederick Keltner was an American professional baseball player. He played almost his entire Major League Baseball career as a third baseman with the Cleveland Indians, until his final season when he played 13 games for the Boston Red Sox. He batted and threw right-handed...
— MLB player - George F. KennanGeorge F. KennanGeorge Frost Kennan was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War...
— U.S. diplomat - Don KindtDon KindtDonald John "Don" Kindt, Sr. was a defensive back and running back for the Chicago Bears from 1947 to 1955.Career Stats:108 Games played, 21 Int, 10 Forced Fumbles, 1 Defensive TD, Rushing; 172 Attempts for 586 Yards and 4 TD, 43 Catches for 506 Yards and 2 TDHe was elected to the Wisconsin...
— NFL player - Don Kindt, Jr.Don Kindt, Jr.Don Kindt, Jr. is a former tight end in the National Football League. He played with the Chicago Bears during the 1987 NFL season.He is the son of former NFL Pro Bowler Don Kindt.-References:...
— NFL player - Louis Joseph KirnLouis Joseph KirnLouis Joseph Kirn was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.-Biography:Kirn was born on June 8, 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He passed away on November 7, 1995.-Career:Kirn graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1932 and became an aviator...
— U.S. Navy admiral - Jerry KleczkaJerry KleczkaGerald Daniel "Jerry" Kleczka , an American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1984 to 2005, representing . The district includes the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was born....
— U.S. Representative - Red KleinowRed KleinowJohn Peter Kleinow was a reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1904 through 1911 for the New York Highlanders , Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., Kleinow batted and threw right-handed...
— MLB player - Al KlugAl KlugAlfred "Al" Klug was a professional American football offensive lineman in the All-America Football Conference. He played for the Buffalo Bisons and the Baltimore Colts as a tackle and guard. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University.-References:...
— professional football player - Tony KnapTony KnapAnthony Joseph "Tony" Knap was a college football head coach and former player. He was the head coach at Utah State , Boise State , and UNLV , compiling a career college football record of 143–53–4.-Biography:The oldest son of Polish immigrants, Knap was raised in Milwaukee,...
— head coach of the Utah State AggiesUtah State Aggies footballThe Utah State Aggies are a college football team that competes in the Western Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I, representing Utah State University. The Utah State college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Romney Stadium since 1968...
, Boise State BroncosBoise State Broncos footballThis page discusses the Boise State football program. For more Boise State athletics, see Boise State Broncos.The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I as a member of the Mountain West...
and UNLV RebelsUNLV Rebels footballThe UNLV Rebels football program is a college football team that represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . The team is currently a member of the Mountain West Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletics Association...
football teams - Richard A. KnoblochRichard A. KnoblochRichard A. Knobloch was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Knobloch was born in West Allis, Wisconsin in 1918. Later he would move to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin and Kansas State College. Knoblach passed away on August 13,...
— U.S. Air Force general - Donald KnuthDonald KnuthDonald Ervin Knuth is a computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University.He is the author of the seminal multi-volume work The Art of Computer Programming. Knuth has been called the "father" of the analysis of algorithms...
— computer scientistComputer scientistA computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
and author of The Art of Computer ProgrammingThe Art of Computer ProgrammingThe Art of Computer Programming is a comprehensive monograph written by Donald Knuth that covers many kinds of programming algorithms and their analysis.... - Oscar KochOscar KochOscar W. Koch was a brigadier general in the U.S. Army and the Third Army intelligence officer while the army was commanded by General George S...
— U.S. Army general, member of the Military Intelligence Hall of FameMilitary Intelligence Hall of FameThe Military Intelligence Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame established by the Military Intelligence Corps of the United States Army in 1988 to honor soldiers and civilians who have made exceptional contributions to Military Intelligence... - Herman KoehlerHerman Koehler-External links:...
— head coach of the Army Black KnightsArmy Black Knights footballThe Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
football team; Master of the SwordMaster of the SwordThe Master of the Sword, or MOS, is the title of the head of the Department of Physical Education and the director of the program of physical instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This position is unique in that the physical program at the academy is both academic and...
of the United States Military AcademyUnited States Military AcademyThe United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City... - Herb KohlHerb KohlHerbert H. "Herb" Kohl is the senior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and a member of the Democratic Party. He is also a philanthropist and the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks National Basketball Association team...
— U.S. Senator - Don KojisDon KojisDonald R. Kojis was a professional basketball player who attended Marquette University and was drafted by the Chicago Packers in the 2nd round of the 1961 NBA Draft...
— NBA player - Alvin KraenzleinAlvin KraenzleinAlvin Christian Kraenzlein was an American athlete. He was the first sportsman to win four Olympic titles in a single Olympic Games...
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
Gold medalist, member of the National Track & Field Hall of Fame and United States Olympic Hall of FameUnited States Olympic Hall of FameThe United States Olympic Hall of Fame is an honor roll of the top American Olympic athletes.The Hall of Fame was established by the United States Olympic Committee in 1979; the first members were inducted in 1983. Between 1992 and 2003, the Hall of Fame went dormant, with no induction of new... - Jack KramerJack Kramer (American football)Jack Kramer was a professional American football player.-Career:Kramer played with the Buffalo Bisons of the All-America Football Conference in 1946. Previously, he had been drafted in the twentieth round of the 1945 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals....
— professional football player - Ken KranzKen KranzKenneth Andrew Kranz is a former NFL football player.Kranz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Custer High School. He went on to play football for four years at the Milwaukee State Teachers College, currently known as the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The Green Bay Packers...
— NFL player - Gus KrockGus KrockAugust H. Krock , was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played three seasons, from -, for the Chicago Cubs, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Washington Nationals, and Buffalo Bisons....
— MLB player - Tony KubekTony KubekAnthony Christopher "Tony" Kubek is a retired American professional baseball player and television broadcaster....
— MLB player - Ray KuffelRay KuffelRaymond Francis Kuffel was an American football player in the All-America Football Conference for the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Rockets/Hornets from 1947 to 1949 as an end. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University and the University of Notre Dame.-References:...
— professional football player - Walter KunickiWalter KunickiWalter Kunicki is a Wisconsin politician and legislator.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kunicki graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. From 1981 until 1998, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was speaker. Kunicki is vice president at Wisconsin Energy Corporation.-Notes:...
– Wisconsin State Assembly - Ralph KurekRalph KurekRalph Kurek was a player in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1970 as a running back. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Biography:...
— NFL player - Craig KusickCraig KusickCraig Robert Kusick was an American first baseman and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played nearly his entire career from to for the Minnesota Twins.His son Craig Kusick, Jr...
— MLB player - Chet LaabsChet LaabsChester Peter Laabs was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics...
— MLB player - Carl LandryCarl LandryCarl Christopher Landry is an American professional basketball player who last played for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. He played collegiate basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers from 2004 to 2007. The 6'9", 248 lb power forward is the older brother of Marcus Landry...
— NBA player - Marcus LandryMarcus LandryMarcus Landry is an American professional basketball player for Assignia Manresa. Landry attended Vincent High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— NBA player - Irv LanghoffIrv LanghoffIrv Langhoff was a player in the National Football League for the Racine Legion in 1922 and 1923. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University.-References:...
— NFL player - Jacob LatimoreJacob LatimoreJacob O'Neal Latimore, Jr. is a RCA Records and Crown World Entertainment R&B recording artist.The first single he recorded was "Best Friend", which made it onto Radio Disney, where he became a part of the Incubator program, which features upcoming young musicians. Latimore performed on Maury ,...
— Teen Singer and Dancer - Donald LaubDonald LaubDonald R. Laub Sr. is a retired plastic surgeon who led multidisciplinary teams on reconstructive surgery missions to developing countries. He completed his undergraduate studies at Marquette University and earned an MD from the Marquette University School of Medicine in 1960...
— noted plastic surgeon - Tom LaughlinTom LaughlinTom Laughlin is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator and political activist. Laughlin is best known for his series of Billy Jack films. He has been married to Delores Taylor since 1954. Taylor has also co-produced and acted in all four of the Billy Jack films...
— actor - Tom LeeTom Lee (baseball)Thomas Frank Lee was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for Chicago White Stockings and the Baltimore Monumentals in the season.-External links:*...
— professional baseball player - David LenzDavid LenzDavid Lenz is an American portrait painter.Since 1990 Lenz has painted intimate and highly realistic portraits of unsung Americans. Lenz is perhaps best known for winning the grand prize in the 2006 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition...
— artist - John LeonoraJohn LeonoraJohn Leonora , is notable for his research into the critical role of hypothalamic "factors" for indirectly controlling the metabolism of such avascular tissues as the dental enamel, the dentin, and the Islands of Langerhans . His contributions have given a radically new perspective to the systemic...
— Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at Loma Linda UniversityLoma Linda UniversityLoma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist coeducational health sciences university located in Loma Linda, California, United States. The University comprises eight schools and the Faculty of Graduate Studies... - Louise LesterLouise LesterLouise Lester was an American silent film actress. She was the first feminine star of Western films.-Biography:...
— actress - Dave LevenickDave LevenickDave Levenick was a player in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons in 1983 and 1984 as a linebacker. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-References:...
— NFL player - DeAndre LevyDeAndre LevyDeAndre Levy is an American football linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Lions in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin....
— NFL player - LiberaceLiberaceWladziu Valentino Liberace , best known simply as Liberace, was a famous American pianist and vocalist.In a career that spanned four decades of concerts, recordings, motion pictures, television and endorsements, Liberace became world-renowned...
— pianist and entertainer (West Allis) - Al LindowAl LindowAl Lindow was a halfback in the National Football League. He was a member of the Chicago Cardinals during the 1945 NFL season.-References:...
— NFL player - Dick LoepfeDick LoepfeRichard "Dick" P. Loepfe was a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals . He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-References:...
— NFL player - Fred LuderusFred LuderusFrederick William Luderus , is a former professional baseball player who played first base in the Major Leagues from 1909-1920. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs.Luderus was a member of the 1915 Phillies team that won the National League pennant...
— MLB player - Arno H. LuehmanArno H. LuehmanArno H. Luehman was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Career:Luehman graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1934. During World War II he served as Chief of Staff of Operations of the Third Air Force and as Chief of Staff of the Thirteenth Air Force. Following the war he...
— U.S. Air Force Major General - Otto LueningOtto LueningOtto Clarence Luening was a German-American composer and conductor, and an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music....
(1900–1996) — composer, early pioneer of electronic music - Jerry LunzJerry LunzJerry Lunz was a player in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals and Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1925, 1926, and 1930. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University....
— NFL player - Alfred LuntAlfred LuntAlfred Lunt was an American stage director and actor, often identified for a long-time professional partnership with his wife, actress Lynn Fontanne...
— Tony AwardTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
- and Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
actor, who appeared in over 24 plays with his wife Lynn FontanneLynn FontanneLynn Fontanne was a British actress and major stage star in the United States for over 40 years. She teamed with her husband Alfred Lunt.She lived in the United States for more than 60 years but never relinquished her British citizenship. Lunt and Fontanne shared a special Tony Award in 1970... - Rube LutzkeRube LutzkeRube Lutzke was a former professional baseball player. He played from 1923 to 1927 with the Cleveland Indians. He primarily played third base....
— MLB player - Mel MaceauMel MaceauMelvin "Mel" Anthony Maceau was an American football center in the All-America Football Conference for the Cleveland Browns from 1946 to 1948. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University.-References:...
— professional football player - Sandy MacKaySandy MacKay-Biography:MacKay was born Alexander MacKay on January 13, 1881 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1901 he married Cora E. Winslow, who died in 1919. On July 7, 1924 he married Anna Bowman. MacKay was Episcopalian and was known to be a member of Freemasonry, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the...
— MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
State Representative - Beezie MaddenBeezie MaddenElizabeth Madden is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic winner from Cazenovia, New York....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medalist - Mark MaddoxMark MaddoxMark Anthony Maddox is a former professional American football linebacker for ten seasons in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at Northern Michigan University....
— NFL player - Greg MahlbergGreg MahlbergGregory John Mahlberg is a retired American professional baseball catcher, manager and coach. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 185 pounds ....
— MLB player - Lester Maitland — Pioneer U.S. Army aviator. In 1927 with Albert Hegenberger completed the first flight from California to Hawaii.
- Dave MandersDave MandersDavid Francis Manders was an American football center in the National Football League from 1964 through 1974. He played college football at Michigan State University...
— NFL player - Bob MannBob Mann (golfer)Robert Mann is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from 1977–1980.Mann was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from Whitefish Bay High School in 1970...
— former PGA Tour player - Carl von MarrCarl von MarrCarl von Marr , American painter, was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of an engraver, John Marr. He was the stepfather of Willy Messerschmitt....
— painter - Tracy MattesTracy MattesTracy Mattes is a retired American track and field athlete and Humanitarian Activist.In 2009 Tracy was inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, joining an elite fraternity of past inductees such as Tennis great Arthur Ashe, Olympian Jesse Owens, Gymnast Mary Lou Retton, Major...
— track and filed athlete and humanitarian - John MatuszakJohn MatuszakJohn Daniel "Tooz" Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League who later became an actor. He was the first draft pick of 1973 and played most of his career with the Oakland Raiders until he retired after winning his second Super Bowl in 1981...
— actor and NFL player - Bob MavisBob MavisRobert Henry Mavis was an American professional baseball player, manager and scout. Although he fashioned a long and successful playing career in minor league baseball as a second baseman and third baseman, his Major League career consisted of a single game...
— professional baseball player - George McBrideGeorge McBrideGeorge Florian "Pinch" McBride is a former shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Washington Senators from 1901 to 1920. He started off with the short-lived Milwaukee Brewers , but he only had 12 at-bats in three games...
— MLB manager - Tim McCannTim McCann (American football)Tim McCann is a former defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was a member of the New York Giants during the 1969 NFL season.-References:...
— NFL player - Arthur L. McCulloughArthur L. McCulloughArthur L. McCullough was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.- Biography :McCullough was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1896. He would attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.- Career :...
— U.S. Air Force general - Ed McCullyEd McCullyEdward "Ed" McCully was an evangelical Christian missionary to Ecuador who, along with four other missionaries, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Huaorani people, through efforts known as Operation Auca.-Early years:...
— Christian missionary killed during Operation AucaOperation AucaOperation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to bring the gospel to the Huaorani people of the rainforest of Ecuador... - John McGivernJohn McGivernJohn McGivern is an actor and writer. He has won numerous awards, including "Best Writer of a New Work" and the "After Dark Award". He also played the role of Bruce McIntosh in the Disney film The Princess Diaries, and many commercials for companies such as Kohls department store, Sears, and...
— actor and writer - Darel McKinneyDarel McKinneyDarel McKinney served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. He would be awarded the Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of Belleau Wood.His Navy Cross citation reads:...
— Navy CrossNavy CrossThe Navy Cross is the highest decoration that may be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and the second highest decoration given for valor. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, but can be awarded to all...
and Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Chuck MerceinChuck MerceinCharles Schley Mercein is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for six seasons for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins and New York Jets...
— NFL player for the New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
, and the New York JetsNew York JetsThe New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - John L. MerktJohn L. MerktJohn L. Merkt was an American politician.Merkt served as local ward committeeman from 1974 to 1976. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1976 and served until 1988.-Biography:...
, Wisconsin State Assembly - Albert Gregory Meyer — Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ChicagoRoman Catholic Archdiocese of ChicagoThe Archdiocese of Chicago was established as a diocese in 1843 and as an Archdiocese in 1880. It serves more than 2.3 million Catholics in Cook and Lake counties in Northeastern Illinois, a geographic area of 1,411 square miles. The Archdiocese is divided into six vicariates and 31 deaneries...
- Phil MicechPhil MicechPhil Micech was a player in the National Football League in 1987 for the Minnesota Vikings as a defensive end. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville where he now serves as the current Defensive Line coach.-Biography:...
— NFL player - Candice MichelleCandice MichelleCandice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich better known as Candice Michelle or just Candice, is an American model, actress, and professional wrestler best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment....
— former World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE) Diva, Model & Actress, best known for television ads for Go DaddyGo DaddyGo Daddy is an Internet domain registrar and Web hosting company that also sells e-business related software and services. In 2010, it reached more than 45 million domain names under management. Go Daddy is currently the largest ICANN-accredited registrar in the world, and is four times the size of... - Abner J. MikvaAbner J. MikvaAbner Joseph Mikva is a Democratic former U.S. Representative, federal judge and law professor from Chicago.-Biography:Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mikva attended the University of Chicago Law School, from which he graduated in 1951...
— Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals - Dick MillerDick Miller (basketball)Richard Mathias "Dick" Miller is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 215 lb power forward and played collegiately at the University of Toledo from 1976 to 1980...
— NBA player - Fred MillerFred Miller (football b. 1906)Fred Miller was an All American college football offensive tackle. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985. Miller, the heir to the Miller Brewing Company, was killed in a plane crash with his son on December 17, 1954....
— member of the College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
, President of the Miller Brewing CompanyMiller Brewing CompanyThe Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company owned by the United Kingdom-based SABMiller. Its regional headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the company has brewing facilities in Albany, Georgia; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Eden, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas;... - Thomas L. Miller — TV producer, co founder of what is currently known as Miller-Boyett ProductionsMiller-Boyett ProductionsMiller-Boyett Productions was an American television production company that mainly developed television sitcoms from the 1970s through the 1990s...
- Newton N. MinowNewton N. MinowNewton Norman Minow is an American attorney and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland" is cited even as the speech has passed its 50th anniversary...
, Chairman of the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications CommissionThe Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the... - Robert J. ModrzejewskiRobert J. ModrzejewskiRobert Joseph Modrzejewski is a retired United States Marine Corps officer who was awarded the United States’ highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for conspicuous gallantry in Vietnam.-Biography:...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Marcus MonroeMarcus MonroeMarcus Monroe is an actor/juggler/TV personality currently living in New York City. Marcus was born in 1985 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He moved to New York in 2004 to pursue a career in entertainment. Marcus has appeared on many TV shows including MTV's TRL, ABC Family's Switched, Nickelodeon's...
— actor - Jake MorelandJake MorelandJake Moreland is a former player in the National Football League for the New York Jets andCleveland Browns in 2000 and 2001. Moreland currently serves as tight ends coach of the Western Michigan Broncos football team at his alma mater Western Michigan University.-References:...
— NFL player; assistant coach with Western Michigan Broncos footballWestern Michigan Broncos footballThe Western Michigan Broncos football program represents Western Michigan University in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I and the Mid-American Conference . Western Michigan has competed in football since 1906, when they played three games in their inaugural season...
team - Andrew "The Butcher" MrotekAndrew MrotekAndrew Bishop Mrotek is a musician and former drummer, and backup vocalist for the rock band The Academy Is.... He has a twin brother....
- drummer for rock band The Academy Is...The Academy Is...The Academy Is... was an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2003. Before dispersing, they were signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other... - Aloisius Joseph MuenchAloisius Joseph MuenchAloisius Joseph Muench was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Fargo from 1935 to 1959, and as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany from 1951 to 1959...
— Roman Catholic Cardinal - Joseph C. MurphyJoseph C. MurphyJoseph C. Murphy was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.-Career:Murphy was a member of the House of Representatives from 1933 to 1940. He was a Democrat....
— MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
State Representative - Robert Daniel MurphyRobert Daniel MurphyRobert Daniel Murphy was an American diplomat.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Murphy had begun his diplomatic career in 1917 as a member of the American Legation in Bern, Switzerland. Among the several posts he held were Vice-Consul in Zurich and Munich, American Consul in Paris from 1930 to 1936,...
— U.S. diplomat - Clem NeacyClem NeacyClem Neacy was a player in the National Football League for the Milwaukee Badgers, Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Bears, and the Chicago Cardinals from 1924 to 1928 as an end and tackle. He played at the collegiate level at Colgate University and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.-References:...
— NFL player - Kurt NimphiusKurt NimphiusKurt Nimphius is a retired American National Basketball Association player. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Arizona State University. He was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 3rd round of the 1980 NBA Draft...
— NBA player - Pat O'BrienPat O'Brien (actor)Pat O’Brien was an American film actor with more than one hundred screen credits.-Early life:O’Brien was born William Joseph Patrick O’Brien to an Irish-American Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as an altar boy at Gesu Church while growing up near 13th and Clybourn streets...
– actor with over 100-screen credits - Elli OchowiczElli OchowiczElli Ochowicz is an Olympic speed skater who has competed in the three Winter Olympics.Ochowicz was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to Jim Ochowicz and Sheila Young. After beginning her training in the Milwaukee area, she moved to Salt Lake City to continue training...
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete - Robert Emmett O'Connor — actor
- Tad J. OelstromTad J. OelstromTad J. Oelstrom is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General who now serves as the Director of the National Security Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University...
— U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General - Nancy OlsonNancy OlsonNancy Ann Olson is an American actress.In Sunset Boulevard she played Betty Schaefer, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress...
— actress - Chuck OrtmannChuck OrtmannCharles H. Ortmann is a former American football player who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1948 to 1950 and in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1951 and the Dallas Texans in 1952....
— NFL player - Oscar OsthoffOscar OsthoffOscar Paul Osthoff was an American weightlifter and sports figure who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medalist; head coach of the Washington State Cougars footballWashington State Cougars footballThe Washington State Cougars football team is the intercollegiate football team of Washington State University. The team is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference...
team - Nik Pace — first runner-up of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5 was the fifth cycle of America's Next Top Model. The judging panel ensemble was altered - Janice Dickinson was replaced by one of the most recognizable models of the 1960s, Twiggy, and Nolé Marin was replaced by runway coach J. Alexander...
- Frank ParkerFrank Parker----Frank "Frankie" Andrew Parker was an American male tennis player. He was coached by Mercer Beasley....
— International Tennis Hall of FameInternational Tennis Hall of FameThe International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The hall of fame and honors players and contributors to the sport of tennis and includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility, and a court tennis facility.-History:The hall of fame and...
member; one of the few Americans to win both the French and U.S. Championships - Les PaulLes PaulLester William Polsfuss —known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations...
- jazz guitarist, inventor, pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar (Waukesha) - Don PavletichDon PavletichDonald Stephen Pavletich is a retired American professional baseball player, a catcher and first baseman for the Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox .In 12 seasons he played in 536 Games, had 1,373 At Bats, 163 Runs, 349 Hits, 73 Doubles, 8 Triples, 46 Home Runs, 193...
— MLB player - Vinton PawelVinton PawelVinton Pawel served in the United States Army during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of Soissons .His award citation reads:...
— Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Jim PeckJim PeckJames Edward "Jim" Peck is an American television and radio personality based in Milwaukee and is perhaps best known for his time as a game show host.-Early career:...
— game showGame showA game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
host, known for The Big ShowdownThe Big ShowdownThe Big Showdown is a game show that aired on the ABC television network from December 23, 1974 to July 4, 1975. Jim Peck, making his national television debut, was host with Dan Daniel, then a disc jockey on New York City's WHN radio, as announcer....
and Three's a CrowdThree's a Crowd (game show)Three's a Crowd was an American game show originally packaged by Chuck Barris Productions. The first version aired in syndication from September 17, 1979 to February 1, 1980...
, hosts the local history show I Remember Milwaukee on WMVSWMVSWMVS is a public television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its signal covers most of southeastern Wisconsin, including the cities of Racine, Kenosha, Sheboygan, and Waukesha.... - Carl PennerCarl PennerCarl Penner was an officer in the United States Army during World War I. He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his actions as a field artillery commander during conflicts that include the Second Battle of the Marne and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.His award citation reads:The...
— U.S. Army officer - Pat PepplerPat PepplerAlbert Patterson Peppler is a former football coach and executive who worked for teams that won five National Football League titles...
— NFL head coach - Howard PerraultHoward PerraultHoward Perrault was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Okinawa.His award citation reads:Perrault was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-References:...
— Navy CrossNavy CrossThe Navy Cross is the highest decoration that may be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and the second highest decoration given for valor. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, but can be awarded to all...
recipient - Amy PietzAmy PietzAmy Pietz is an American film and television actress.-Early life:Pietz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the adopted daughter of Nancy, a nurse, and Arnold Pietz, a truck driver. She trained throughout her childhood in ballet and prepared to go professional, but eventually decided not to due to...
— actress, known for her role as Annie Spadaro in the sitcom Caroline in the CityCaroline in the CityCaroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a... - Joan PinkstonJoan PinkstonJoan Jacobson Pinkston is a composer, choral arranger, and music teacher.-Biography:Pinkston was born in Chicago, Illinois and reared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she early displayed unusual musical gifts. She began serving as pianist of her church at age ten and appeared regularly as a pianist...
— music teacher at Bob Jones UniversityBob Jones UniversityBob Jones University is a private, for-profit, non-denominational Protestant university in Greenville, South Carolina.The university was founded in 1927 by Bob Jones, Sr. , an evangelist and contemporary of Billy Sunday... - Robert B. PinterRobert B. PinterRobert Bartholomew Pinter was a biomedical engineer and authority on signal processing in the insect visual system.-Education:He received a BS in electrical engineering from Marquette University in 1957 and an MS from Northwestern University in 1960...
— biomedical engineer - Paul PobereznyPaul PobereznyPaul Howard Poberezny is a US aviator and aircraft designer famous for his work in establishing the Experimental Aircraft Association in 1953 and promoting homebuilt aircraft.-EAA:...
— founder of the Experimental Aircraft AssociationExperimental Aircraft AssociationThe Experimental Aircraft Association is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception it has grown internationally with over 160,000 members and about 1,000 chapters worldwide....
and member of the National Aviation Hall of FameNational Aviation Hall of FameThe American National Aviation Hall of Fame is located at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, east Dayton, Ohio... - Milton Rice PollandMilton Rice PollandMilton Rice Polland was an American life insurance executive, businessman and political activist from Wisconsin, who served as an Ambassador-at-Large for the Republic of the Marshall Islands.-Background:...
— Marshall IslandsMarshall IslandsThe Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...
diplomat - Terry PorterTerry PorterTerry Porter is an American professional basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association . A native of Wisconsin, he played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point before being drafted 24th by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1985 NBA Draft...
— former NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player and former head coach of the Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center.... - Ronald C. PreiRonald C. PreiRonald C. Prei was a Coast Guard Fireman of St. Francis, Wisconsin who was awarded the Coast Guard Medal for heroic life saving actions along with two comrades.-Rescue:...
— Coast Guard MedalCoast Guard MedalThe Coast Guard Medal is a decoration of the United States military that is awarded to any service member who, while serving in any capacity with the United States Coast Guard, distinguishes themselves by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy...
recipient - Karl PriebeKarl PriebeKarl J. Priebe was an American painter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin whose studies and paintings of birds, exotic animals, and African-American culture won him international recognition.- Biography :...
— artist - Gene PuerlingGene PuerlingEugene Thomas Puerling was a vocal performer and vocal arranger. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Puerling created and led the vocal groups The Hi-Lo's and The Singers Unlimited...
— singer - Charlotte Rae (Lubotsky)Charlotte RaeCharlotte Rae is a prolific American character actress of stage, comedienne, singer and dancer, who in her six decades of television is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life...
, TV/stage actress and singer; best known as Mrs. Edna Garrett on Diff'rent StrokesDiff'rent StrokesDiff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986...
and The Facts of LifeThe Facts of Life (TV series)The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious... - Ellen RaskinEllen RaskinEllen Ermingard Raskin was an American writer, illustrator and fashion designer. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up during the Great Depression. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison...
— author, illustrator, and fashion designer; recipient of the Newbery MedalNewbery MedalThe John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ... - Scottie RayScottie RayScottie Ray , sometimes credited as Scott Rayow, is a voice actor who normally voices characters for properties of 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media and NYAV Post...
— actor - Joel RechliczJoel RechliczJoel Rechlicz is an American professional ice hockey player currently signed in the Washington Capitals organization and is currently playing for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. Rechlicz is well known for playing the enforcer role and because of that he has earned himself the...
— NHL player - Louise Goff ReeceLouise Goff ReeceLouise Goff Reece was a United States Representative from Tennessee.-Early life:Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she was a daughter of Guy D. Goff and granddaughter of Nathan Goff, both of whom were U.S. Senators from West Virginia. She was educated at Miss Treat's School, Milwaukee-Downer Seminary,...
— U.S. Representative from TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area... - William RehnquistWilliam RehnquistWilliam Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...
– former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (ShorewoodShorewood, WisconsinShorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 13,763 at the 2000 census. Howell Raines of The New York Times said in 1979 that "[t]his maplestudded town on Lake Michigan dotes on its reputation as Milwaukee's most liberal suburb."-Geography:Shorewood is...
) - Paul Samuel ReinschPaul Samuel ReinschPaul Samuel Reinsch , was an American political scientist and diplomat. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin of German-American parents...
— U.S. diplomat - Henry S. ReussHenry S. ReussHenry Schoellkopf Reuss was a Democrat U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Childhood and education:He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in that city's German section. Reuss earned his A.B. from Cornell University in 1933 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He then earned his LL.B...
— U.S. Representative - John RidleyJohn RidleyJohn Ridley is an American film director, actor, and writer.Ridley got his start as a stand-up comedian. He eventually was hired as a writer for sitcoms such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Martin...
author, television and movie producer - Brad RigbyBrad RigbyBradley Kenneth Rigby , is a retired Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. He would play for the Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, and Montreal Expos.-External links:...
— MLB player - Stuart RindyStuart RindyStuart Rindy was a player in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears in 1987 as a tackle. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater....
— NFL player - Jim RischJim RischJames Elroy "Jim" Risch is a Republican politician, rancher, and attorney from Ada County, currently serving as the junior United States Senator from Idaho. He previously served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Idaho.-Early life:Risch was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— U.S. Senator from IdahoIdahoIdaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.... - Nick RoachNick RoachNicholas Alexander Roach is an American football linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
— NFL player - Fritz RoeselerFritz RoeselerFritz Roeseler was a player in the National Football League for the Racine Legion and Milwaukee Badgers from 1922 to 1925 as an end. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University and the North Central University....
— NFL player - Brad RoweBrad Rowe (actor)Brad Rowe is an American film and television actor who began his career in movies such as Invisible Temptation and Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss ....
— actor - Loret Miller RuppeLoret Miller RuppeLoret Miller Ruppe was a Director of the Peace Corps and US Ambassador to Norway. She was the wife of U. S. Congressman Philip Ruppe of Michigan.-Early life:...
— U.S. diplomat - William Everest RyanWilliam Everest Ryan-Biography:Ryan graduated from Marquette University in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.. He would marry Rosemary Ann Kelly and have six children. Ryan served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War,...
— U.S. Government official - Margaret A. RykowskiMargaret A. RykowskiMargaret A. Rykowski is a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy Reserve and serves as Deputy Fleet Surgeon, United States Fleet Forces Command and Deputy Director, United States Navy Nurse Corps, Reserve Component.-Biography:...
— U.S. Navy admiral - Herbert John RyserHerbert John RyserHerbert John Ryser was a professor of mathematics, widely regarded as one of the major figures in combinatorics in the 20th century...
— mathematician, the Bruck-Chowla-Ryser theorem and Ryser formula are named for him - Ben L. SalomonBen L. SalomonBenjamin Lewis Salomon was a United States Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon since there were no equivalents of today's advanced paramedics...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - John ScardinaJohn ScardinaJohn Scardina was a player in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings in 1987 as a tackle. He played at the collegiate level at Concordia University Wisconsin and Lincoln University.-References:...
— NFL player - John C. SchaferJohn C. SchaferJohn C. Schafer was a Republican politician who represented Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in Congress from 1923 to 1933 and again from 1939 to 1941....
— U.S. Representative - William James SchallerWilliam James SchallerWilliam James Schaller was an officer in the United States Navy during World War II. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.His award citation reads:...
— Navy CrossNavy CrossThe Navy Cross is the highest decoration that may be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and the second highest decoration given for valor. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, but can be awarded to all...
recipient - Arlie SchardtArlie SchardtArlie Schardt was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Clearwater, Florida....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medalist - Bob ScherbarthBob ScherbarthRobert Elmer Scherbarth was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Scherbarth batted and threw right-handed...
— baseball player - Richard SchickelRichard SchickelRichard Warren Schickel is an American author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He is a film critic for Time magazine, having also written for Life magazine and the Los Angeles Times Book Review....
— author, film critic, and filmmaker - Augustine Francis SchinnerAugustine Francis SchinnerAugustine Francis Schinner was a Roman Catholic bishop.-Biography:...
— the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of SuperiorRoman Catholic Diocese of SuperiorThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior is in northern Wisconsin. It comprises the city of Superior and the counties of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Vilas, and Washburn in Wisconsin, with an area of... - Charles Asa SchleckCharles Asa SchleckCharles Asa Schleck, CSC was a Roman Catholic prelate, who served as undersecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, from 1995 to 2000....
— Roman Catholic bishop - Herman Alfred SchmidHerman Alfred SchmidHerman Alfred Schmid was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Schmid was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1910. He would attend Pasadena Junior College. Schmid died on April 12, 1985.-Career:...
— U.S. Air Force general - John G. SchmitzJohn G. SchmitzJohn George Schmitz was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and California State Senate from Orange County, California. He was also a member of the John Birch Society...
— U.S. Representative from CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... - Frank SchneibergFrank SchneibergFrank Fred Schneiberg was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in one game for the 1910 Brooklyn Superbas. He worked one inning in a game on June 8, 1910 and gave up five hits, four walks and seven earned runs.-External links:...
— baseball player - Roy SchoemannRoy SchoemannRoy Schoemann is a former center in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1938 NFL season....
— NFL player - Otto SchombergOtto SchombergOtto H. Schomberg was a Major League Baseball first basemen who played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and the Indianapolis Hoosiers.-Pittsburgh Alleghenys:...
— professional baseball player - Paul SchramkaPaul SchramkaPaul Edward Schramka is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder. Schramka signed as a free agent in 1949 with the Chicago Cubs and played with the team at the Major League level in 1953....
— MLB player - Michael SchultzMichael SchultzMichael Schultz is an American director and producer of film and television.-Life and career:Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Katherine Frances , a factory worker, and Leo Schultz, an insurance salesman...
— filmmaker and television director - Mark J. SeitzMark J. SeitzMark Joseph Seitz is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is currently an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, serving since 2010. -Biography:...
, Roman Catholic bishop - Bud SeligBud SeligAllan Huber "Bud" Selig is the ninth and current Commissioner of Major League Baseball, having served in that capacity since 1992 as the acting commissioner, and as the official commissioner since 1998...
— Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
commissioner and former owner of the Milwaukee BrewersMilwaukee BrewersThe Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League... - Paul ShenarPaul ShenarPaul Shenar was an American actor.-Career:Shenar became involved in theater at an early age, partaking in the local Milwaukee playhouse productions. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. Following his military career he began acting again...
— actor - John Otto SiegelJohn Otto SiegelJohn Otto Siegel was a United States Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class who earned the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism while serving on board of the during World War I.-Medal of Honor citation:...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Lance SijanLance SijanLance Peter Sijan was a United States Air Force officer and fighter pilot...
— first USAFAUnited States Air Force AcademyThe United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...
graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor - Carl SilvestriCarl SilvestriCarl Silvestri was a player in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons in 1965 and 1966 as a defensive back. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Biography:...
— NFL player - Al SimmonsAl SimmonsAloysius Harry Simmons , born Aloisius Szymanski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was an American baseball player. He played for two decades in the major leagues as an outfielder, and had his best years as a member of Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics during the 1930's...
— Hall of Fame Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player - Herbert SimonHerbert SimonHerbert Alexander Simon was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist, and professor—most notably at Carnegie Mellon University—whose research ranged across the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer science, public administration, economics,...
— Nobel laureateNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
and Turing AwardTuring AwardThe Turing Award, in full The ACM A.M. Turing Award, is an annual award given by the Association for Computing Machinery to "an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the...
winner for his works in artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
, cognition, and decision-making - John Sisk, Jr.John Sisk, Jr.John Martin Sisk, Jr. is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played in three games for the Chicago Bears in 1964. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University and the University of Miami.-References:...
— NFL player - Fred R. SloanFred R. SloanFred R. Sloan is a retired Major General in the United States Air National Guard and former Director of Air National Guard Forces and Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander of Air Combat Command, as well as Assistant Adjutant General of Wisconsin for the Air.-Biography:Sloan was born in...
— U.S. Air National Guard Major General - Dave Smith — professional football player
- Dick SmithDick Smith (software)Dick Smith is a Chicago, Illinois-based software engineer, computer consultant and a science fiction fanzine publisher.-Science fiction fandom:...
— software engineer and computer consultant - Tom SnyderTom SnyderThomas James "Tom" Snyder was an American television personality, news anchor and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s...
— talk show host of The Tomorrow Show and The Late Late Show - Samuel W. SouleSamuel W. SouleSamuel W. Soule along with Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden invented the first practical typewriter at a machine shop located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1869.- References :Samuel W...
— co-inventor of the first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden. - SpeechSpeech (rapper)Todd Thomas , better known by the stage name Speech, is an American rapper and musician. He is a member of the progressive hip hop group Arrested Development and has released a number of solo albums.-Background:...
— musician, lead singer of Arrested DevelopmentArrested Development (hip hop group)Arrested Development is an American alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s.-History:... - Latrell SprewellLatrell SprewellLatrell Fontaine Sprewell is a former American professional basketball player. During his time as a professional, Sprewell was named to the NBA All-Star game during four seasons, and played for the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks, and the Minnesota Timberwolves...
— four-time All-Star professional basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player - Drew StaffordDrew StaffordDrew Stafford is an American ice hockey forward, an alternate captain for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League . He started playing hockey at an early age and played for the Waukesha Warhawks in Waukesha, Wisconsin, playing with local area legends Todd Rose and Damian Carrasco-Zanini...
— NHL player - Kenneth M. StamppKenneth M. StamppKenneth Milton Stampp , Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley , was a celebrated historian of slavery, the American Civil War, and Reconstruction...
— Professor of History at the University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA... - Pete StarkPete StarkFortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 5th most senior Representative, as well as 6th most senior member of Congress overall...
— U.S. Representative from CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... - Jerome SteeverJerome SteeverJerome E. Steever was an American water polo player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Wisconsin and died in San Diego, California....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medalist - Henry J. StehlingHenry J. StehlingHenry J. Stehling was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Stehling was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1918. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and George Washington University....
— U.S. Air Force general - Christian SteinmetzChristian SteinmetzChristian "Chris" Steinmetz was an American basketball player. He played forward for the University of Wisconsin from 1903 to 1905. He was college basketball's leading scorer in the game's first 25 years from 1895 to 1920...
— member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Bill StetzBill StetzWilliam Alan "Bill" Stetz is a former American football guard in the National Football League. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1967. Stetz had previously been drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1967 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. He played at the collegiate level at Boston...
— NFL player - Brooks StevensBrooks StevensClifford Brooks Stevens was an American industrial designer of home furnishings, appliances, automobiles and motorcycles — as well as a graphic designer and stylist....
— automotive and industrial designer who developed the concept of planned obsolescencePlanned obsolescencePlanned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence in industrial design is a policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period of time... - Lester StevensLester StevensLester Barber Stevens was an American athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athlete - Philip StiegPhilip Stieg-Early life:Stieg was born in Milwaukee, WI, the third son of Betty and Edwin Stieg. He attended parochial schools for his primary and secondary education, and then enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1970.-University & Graduate Education:...
— neurosurgeon - Joseph StikaJoseph StikaJoseph Stika was a Vice Admiral in the United States Coast Guard. He graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1911 and would hold various commands until he retired in 1951, including the USCGC Bibb . In 1934 while commanding the U.S.S...
— U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral - Herbert StothartHerbert StothartHerbert Stothart was a song writer, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for nine Oscars, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz.-Biography:...
— film composer, member of the Songwriters Hall of FameSongwriters Hall of FameThe Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online... - Peter StraubPeter StraubPeter Francis Straub is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, placing him among the most-honored horror authors in...
— fiction writer and poet; best known as a horrorHorror fictionHorror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
-genre author - Daryl StuermerDaryl StuermerDaryl Mark Stuermer is an American musician who plays guitar and bass for Genesis during live shows, and lead guitar for Phil Collins during most of his solo tours and albums.-Biography:...
— lead guitarist for Phil CollinsPhil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
, guitar and bass for GenesisGenesis (band)Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
during live shows - Johnny StrzykalskiJohnny StrzykalskiJohn Raymond Strzykalski was an American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. He was drafted out of Marquette University by the Green Bay Packers in the 1946 NFL Draft.-External links:...
— NFL player - Timothy S. SullivanTimothy S. SullivanTimothy S. Sullivan is a rear admiral in the United States Coast Guard who presently serves as the Deputy Commander, Pacific Area Coast Guard Defense Forces West. He remains permanently assigned as Commander of the Pacific...
— U.S. Coast Guard admiral - Jack TaschnerJack TaschnerJack Gerard Taschner is a left-handed relief pitcher, who is currently a police officer for the City of Appleton, Wisconsin.-Early career:...
— MLB player - Todd TemkinTodd TemkinTodd Temkin is an American poet.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Temkin has carved a niche as poet turned social entrepreneur and cultural activist...
contemporary poet and cultural activist - Fred ThomasFred Thomas (third baseman)Frederick Harvey "Tommy" Thomas was a reserve infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a third baseman for three different teams between the and seasons...
— MLB player - Arthur ThrallArthur ThrallArthur Thrall is an American painter and printmaker. His works have been shown in more than 500 exhibits in the USA and abroad including England, Finland, Germany, and numerous US embassies...
— artist - Spencer TracySpencer TracySpencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American theatrical and film actor, who appeared in 75 films from 1930 to 1967. Tracy was one of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, ranking among the top ten box office draws for almost every year from 1938 to 1951...
— film actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 through the 1960s - Clement A. TrottClement A. TrottClement Augustus Trott was a Major General in the United States Army. He was a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Clement graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1899. During World War I he served as Chief of Staff of the 5th Infantry Division. From 1939 to 1940 he commanded the 6th...
— U.S. Army Major General - Dan TurkDan TurkDaniel Anthony Turk was an American football center in the National Football League from 1985 to 1999 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins. Turk was mainly used as a long snapper and reserve center...
— NFL player - Alfred TweedyAlfred Tweedy-Biography:Tweedy was born on February 24, 1880 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He would become a lawyer.-Political career:Tweedy was a member of the Senate in 1945. Previously, he was a probate court judge. He was a Republican....
— ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
State Senator - Judy TylerJudy TylerJudy Tyler was an American actress.-Early life and career:Born Judith Mae Hess in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she came from a show business family and was encouraged to study dance and acting...
(Judith Mae Hess) — film actress starred opposite Elvis PresleyElvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
in Jailhouse RockJailhouse Rock (1957 film)Jailhouse Rock is an American musical film directed by Richard Thorpe for MGM. The film stars Elvis Presley in his third film and MGM debut, Judy Tyler, and Mickey Shaughnessy.... - Bob UeckerBob UeckerRobert George "Bob" Uecker is an American former Major League Baseball player, later a sportscaster, comedian, and actor. Uecker was given the title of "Mr. Baseball" by Johnny Carson...
— Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
(MLB) player, actor, and Hall of Fame sportscaster - Neal UlevichNeal UlevichNeal Hirsh Ulevich is an American photographer, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize.-Life:A native of Milwaukee, Ulevich attended public and private schools before enrolling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated in 1968 with a BA degree in Journalism...
— photographer, recipient of the Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City... - James ValcqJames ValcqJames Valcq is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and librettist.-Biography:Valcq is among the “new guard” of theatre composers championed by Playwrights Horizons and Ira Weitzman, who co-produced the 2001 Off-Broadway production of The Spitfire Grill for which Valcq composed the...
— composer - Hoyt VandenbergHoyt VandenbergHoyt Sanford Vandenberg was a U.S. Air Force general, its second Chief of Staff, and second Director of Central Intelligence....
— General, U.S. Air Force - Tommy ViciniTommy ViciniTom Vicini is an actor born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After appearing in several plays at an early age, Vicini portrayed Tiny Tim in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, alongside actor G...
— actor and stunt double - Paul WagnerPaul WagnerPaul Allen Wagner is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Wagner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Milwaukee Brewers , and Cleveland Indians ....
— MLB player - Steve WagnerSteve Wagner (American football)Steven John Wagner is a former professional American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles ....
— NFL player - Lutz WahlLutz WahlLutz Wahl was a Major General in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1927 to 1928. He graduated from West Point in the class of 1891. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.His son, George Douglas Wahl, would become a Brigadier General.-External links:...
— U.S. Army Major General; Adjutant General of the U.S. Army - Norm WallenNorm WallenNorman "Norm" Edward Wallen was a Major League Baseball player for the Boston Braves during the season.Wallen was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and also died there...
— Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player - Neale Donald WalschNeale Donald WalschNeale Donald Walsch , is an American author of the series Conversations with God. The nine books in the complete series are Conversations With God , Friendship with God, Communion with God, Conversations With God for Teens, The New Revelations, Tomorrow's God, and Home with God: In a Life That Never...
— best-selling author of Conversations With GodConversations with GodConversations with God is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch, written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers... - Jim WaskiewiczJim WaskiewiczJames Allen "Jim" Waskiewicz is a former American football linebacker/center in the American Football League and the National Football League...
— NFL player - Bruce WeberBruce Weber (coach)Bruce Brett Weber is an American college basketball coach. Weber is the head coach of the University of Illinois men's basketball team...
— head coach of the University of Illinois men's basketball team - Bill WeirBill WeirWilliam Francis Weir is an American television journalist and co-anchor of Nightline on ABC. Before Nightline, he was a co-host of the weekend edition of Good Morning America from 2004 to 2010.-Career:...
– journalist and national co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend Edition on ABC - Norman Wengert — political scientist
- Gary George WetzelGary George WetzelGary George Wetzel is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.-Biography:...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Ken Wiesner — OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medalist - John WildeJohn WildeJohn Wilde 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 World War II. He received bachelor and master degrees in art from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he taught...
— painter - Gene WilderGene WilderGene Wilder is an American stage and screen actor, director, screenwriter, and author.Wilder began his career on stage, making his screen debut in the film Bonnie and Clyde in 1967. His first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The Producers...
— actor known for his collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel BrooksMel BrooksMel Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a stand-up comic and as a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows...
, married Gilda RadnerGilda RadnerGilda Susan Radner was an American comedian and actress, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which she won an Emmy Award in 1978.-Early life:... - Robert WilkeRobert WilkeRobert Wilke was a Colonel in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross.His award citation reads:Wilke was born on September 1, 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-References:...
— Air Force CrossAir Force Cross (United States)The Air Force Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Air Force. The Air Force Cross is the Air Force decoration equivalent to the Distinguished Service Cross and the Navy Cross .The Air Force Cross is awarded for extraordinary heroism...
recipient - Mike WilksMike Wilks (basketball)Michael Sharod Wilks, Jr. is an American professional basketball point guard who is currently a free agent.- College career :...
— NBA player - Red WilsonRed WilsonRobert James "Red" Wilson was a college football player and Major League Baseball catcher who played 10 seasons in the Major Leagues for the Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , and Cleveland Indians ....
— MLB player - Elmer WinterElmer WinterElmer Louis Winter was an American lawyer who co-founded the Manpower Inc. temporary employment agency in 1948, after his law firm encountered difficulties hiring secretarial assistance in an emergency...
(1912–2009), founder of Manpower Inc.Manpower Inc.ManpowerGroup is a workforce solutions and services provider company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established by Elmer Winter and Aaron Scheinfeld in 1948. It was acquired by Blue Arrow of Britain in 1987, but became independent again in 1991.The directors include... - Edward WollertEdward WollertEdward Wollert served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. He would be awarded the Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross.His Navy Cross citation reads:His Distinguished Service Cross citation reads:...
— Navy CrossNavy CrossThe Navy Cross is the highest decoration that may be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and the second highest decoration given for valor. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, but can be awarded to all...
and Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Whitey WolterWhitey WolterWhitey Wolter was a player in the National Football League for the Kenosha Maroons in 1924. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.-References:...
— NFL player - Neil WordenNeil WordenNeil James Worden is a former American football fullback who played in the National Football League. He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1954 NFL Draft and played in the 1954 and 1957 seasons. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame.-Collage Years:Worden went to...
— NFL player - Frank Albert YoungFrank Albert YoungFrank Albert Young served in the United States Marine Corps. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the China Relief Expedition.Young was born on June 22, 1876, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Clement J. ZablockiClement J. ZablockiClement John Zablocki was an American politician from the state of Wisconsin.-Career:Zablocki was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and he graduated from Marquette University. Zablocki was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1942. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1948 as a Democrat...
— U.S. Representative - Frank P. ZeidlerFrank P. ZeidlerFrank Paul Zeidler was an American Socialist politician and Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving three terms from April 20, 1948 to April 18, 1960. He was the most recent Socialist mayor of any major American city, although U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders was the mayor of Burlington, the largest...
— ex-mayor of Milwaukee, Socialist Party USA leader - Will ZensWill ZensWill Zens is a low budget producer, director, screenwriter, and soundtrack composer who made several films in the 1960s.-Biography and filmography:Following service as a test pilot in the U.S...
— filmmaker - Nicholas S. ZepposNicholas S. ZepposNicholas S. Zeppos is the eighth Chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.-Biography:Zeppos received both his B.A. in history and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to joining the faculty of the Vanderbilt Law School in 1987, he was a practicing attorney in...
— Chancellor of Vanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the... - Steve ZiemSteve ZiemStephen Graeling Ziem is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves for two games in .-External links:...
— MLB player - Chip ZienChip ZienChip Zien is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim...
— actor - David Zucker — film director known for his collaborations with brother Jerry Zucker on the movies Airplane!Airplane!Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures...
and Top Secret!Top Secret!Top Secret! is a 1984 comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. It stars Val Kilmer , Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp. The film is a parody of the GDR era and Elvis films... - Jerry ZuckerJerry Zucker (film director)Jerry Zucker is an American movie director known for his role in directing comedy spoof films, and the hit film Ghost....
— film director known for his collaborations with brother David Zucker on the movies Airplane!Airplane!Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures...
and Top Secret!Top Secret!Top Secret! is a 1984 comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. It stars Val Kilmer , Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp. The film is a parody of the GDR era and Elvis films... - Anthony PettisAnthony PettisAnthony Pettis is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Pettis has made a name for himself mainly fighting in his home state of Wisconsin. He is a former fighter for the World Extreme Cagefighting , where he was the...
— a mixed martial artist signed with UFC
Born elsewhere, raised in Milwaukee
The following people were not born in Milwaukee, but spent a significant amount of their growing-up years in the city.
- Naima AdedapoNaima AdedapoNaima Adedapo is an American singer and dancer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Adedapo placed in the top 11 on the tenth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
— American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
finalist - Shauna Singh BaldwinShauna Singh BaldwinShauna Singh Baldwin is a Canadian-American novelist of Indian descent. Her 2000 novel What the Body Remembers won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize , and her 2004 novel The Tiger Claw was nominated for the Giller Prize. She currently lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— Canadian-born author currently living in MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WisconsinMilwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the... - Elizabeth BanksElizabeth Banks (journalist)Elizabeth Brister Banks was an American journalist and author. Although she never renounced her American citizenship, she remained in England throughout the last forty years of her life....
— journalist - Jacob BestJacob BestJacob Best, Sr. was an American brewer who founded what would later become known as the Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— founder of what became the Pabst Brewing CompanyPabst Brewing CompanyPabst Brewing Company is an American company that dates its origins to a brewing company founded in 1844 by Jacob Best and by 1889 named after Frederick Pabst. It is currently the holding company contracting for the brewing of over two dozen brands of beer and malt liquor from defunct companies... - Jack CarsonJack CarsonJohn Elmer "Jack" Carson was a Canadian-born U.S.-based film actor.Jack Carson was one of the most popular character actors during the 'golden age of Hollywood', with a film career spanning the 1930s, '40s and '50s...
— actor - Benjamin F. ChurchBenjamin F. ChurchBenjamin F. Church was a pioneer carpenter and builder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, listed among the city's first settlers of 1835. He helped construct one of the city's first two big hotels, and built a Greek Revival temple-style house for his family that today is a public museum in Estabrook Park,...
— pioneer - Keo ColemanKeo Coleman-Biography:Coleman was born Keombani Coleman on May 1, 1970 in Los Angeles, California. He attended high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-Career:Coleman was drafted in the fourth round of the 1992 NFL Draft and spent that season with the team. He would spend the 1993 NFL season with the Green Bay...
— NFL player - Michael CudahyMichael Cudahy (meat packing)Michael Cudahy was an American industrialist.Cudahy was born in Callan, County Kilkenny Ireland in 1841 and emigrated to the United States in 1849...
— industrialist - Patrick CudahyPatrick CudahyPatrick Cudahy, Jr. ; March 17, 1849 - July 25, 1919) was an American industrialist in the meat packing business and a patriarch of the Cudahy family.-Background:...
— industrialist - Victor DeLorenzoVictor DeLorenzoVictor DeLorenzo was born on October 25, 1954, and is best known as the drummer for the folk-punk band the Violent Femmes.He grew up in Racine, Wisconsin and has lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since. He has been a drummer since the age of sixteen, but an actor since the age of five...
— drummer for the punk-rockPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
group, the Violent FemmesViolent FemmesViolent Femmes were an American alternative rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active between 1980 and 1987 and again from 1988 to 2009... - Colleen DewhurstColleen DewhurstColleen Rose Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress known for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway." In her autobiography, Dewhurst wrote: "I had moved so quickly from one Off-Broadway production to the next that I was known, at one point, as the 'Queen of Off-Broadway'...
— Canadian-born actress raised in Milwaukee; best known for her role as Marilla Cuthbert in Anne of Green GablesAnne of Green GablesAnne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908. Set in 1878, it was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book...
productions - Clarke FischerClarke Fischer-Biography:Fischer was born Clarke John Fischer on March 30, 1900 in Hermansville, Michigan. He attended high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-Career:...
— NFL player - Evelyn FrechetteEvelyn FrechetteMary Evelyn "Billie" Frechette was an American singer, waitress, convict, and lecturer known for her personal relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger in the early 1930s....
— love and accomplice of John DillingerJohn DillingerJohn Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was an American bank robber in Depression-era United States. He was charged with, but never convicted of, the murder of an East Chicago, Indiana police officer during a shoot-out. This was his only alleged homicide. His gang robbed two dozen banks and four police stations... - Joseph GraybillJoseph GraybillJoseph Graybill was an American silent film actor. He appeared in several films directed by D.W. Griffith.Graybill joined the Biograph Company around 1909 in New York City. By 1910 Griffith was the main director...
— actor - Elmer GreyElmer GreyElmer Grey, FAIA 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 Gallery, the Pasadena Playhouse and Wattles Mansion...
— noted architect and painter - Stone HallquistStone HallquistStone Conrad Hallquist was an American football running back, who played for Milwaukee Badgers in National Football League.-Biography:...
— NFL player - Matthea HarveyMatthea HarveyMatthea Harvey is a contemporary American poet, writer and professor. She has published three collections, most recently, Modern Life , which earned her the 2009 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award, and a New York Times Notable Book...
— poet - Jeffrey HunterJeffrey HunterJeffrey Hunter was an American film and television actor. His most famous roles are as Jesus in the film King of Kings, as Martin Pawley in The Searchers, and as Capt...
— actor - John JohnsonJohn Johnson (basketball)John Howard Getty "J.J." Johnson is a former American basketball player.Johnson was a 6’7” small forward who played high school basketball at Messmer High School, and collegiately for Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming and for the University of Iowa...
— NBA player - Warren S. Johnson — founder of Johnson ControlsJohnson ControlsJohnson Controls, Inc. is a company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was founded in 1885 by professor Warren S. Johnson, inventor of the first electric room thermostat....
- Kristen JohnstonKristen JohnstonKristen Johnston is an American stage, film, and television actress. She may be most famous for her role as Sally Solomon in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun...
— born in Washington D.C., raised in Whitefish Bay; Known for her role as Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock From the Sun3rd Rock from the Sun3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet... - Al C. KalmbachAl C. KalmbachAl C. Kalmbach was the founder of Kalmbach Publishing, a publisher of magazines and books geared towards enthusiasts of several different hobbies....
— born in Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinSturgeon Bay, WisconsinSturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,437 at the 2000 census. It is located at the natural end of Sturgeon Bay, although the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was built across the remainder of the Door Peninsula.-Geography:Sturgeon Bay is...
, founder of Kalmbach PublishingKalmbach PublishingKalmbach Publishing Co. is an American publisher of books and magazines, many of them railroad-related. It is now located in nearby Waukesha, Wisconsin... - KeedyKeedyKeedy is an American freestyle singer–songwriter best known for the 1991 Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit, "Save Some Love". It was included on her only studio album.-Career:...
— singer - Harold KlempHarold KlempHarold Klemp is the spiritual leader of Eckankar, Religion of the Light and Sound of God. He holds the titles of Mahanta and Living ECK Master. Eckists believe he is the 973rd Living Eck Master in an unbroken line of Masters...
— leader of EckankarEckankarEckankar is a new religious movement founded in the United States in 1965, though practiced around the world long before with a solid following in China. It focuses on spiritual exercises enabling practitioners to experience what its followers call "the Light and Sound of God." The personal... - Rico LoveRico LoveRichard Preston Butler, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Love wrote and produced hit records such as Usher’s "There Goes My Baby" and "Hey Daddy ”, Nelly's "Just a Dream" and "Gone", Beyoncé Knowles' "Sweet Dreams"...
– rapper and songwriter - Jim LovellJim LovellJames "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission...
— former NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
and commander of the Apollo 13Apollo 13Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970, at 13:13 CST. The landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the service module upon which the Command...
mission; North/South 7th Street through the downtown area was named James Lovell Street in his honor - James LudingtonJames LudingtonJames Ludington was an American entrepreneur.-Biography:When Ludington was sixteen in 1843, the family moved from New York to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With his father, Lewis Ludington, they founded Columbus, Wisconsin in 1845.On October 11, 1854 Ludington loaned funds to George W...
– founder of Columbus, WisconsinColumbus, WisconsinColumbus is a city in Columbia and Dodge Counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,991 at the 2010 census. Columbus is located about northeast of Madison on the Crawfish River. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area...
and Ludington, MichiganLudington, MichiganLudington is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,357. It is the county seat of Mason County.Ludington is a harbor town located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River... - Arthur MacArthur, Jr.Arthur MacArthur, Jr.Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. , was a United States Army General. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900 but his term ended a year later due to clashes with the civilian governor, future President William Howard Taft...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient, military governor of the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... - Golda MeirGolda MeirGolda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....
— a founder of the State of IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
; served as Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
; graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee - Billy Mitchell — general, regarded as the father of the United States Air ForceUnited States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
- Ronald MyersRonald MyersRev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D. is an American physician, medical missionary, Baptist minister, jazz musician, composer and civil rights activist...
— noted BaptistBaptistBaptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
minister - Joseph Arthur PadwayJoseph Arthur PadwayJoseph Arthur Padway was a U.S. labor lawyer and politician. Padway, who was born in Leeds, England, went to Milwaukee in 1905. Admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1912, he was appointed legal counsel for the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor three years later...
— American Socialist politician - Martin P. RobinsonMartin P. RobinsonMartin P. Robinson is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony...
– creator and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company; puppeteer for Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus and Slimey who have performed on Sesame Street since 1980. (Brookfield) - Gena RowlandsGena RowlandsGena Rowlands is an American actress of film, stage and television. The four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner is best known for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, in two of which, Gloria and A Woman Under the Influence, she gave Academy...
— actress - Mark RylanceMark RylanceMark Rylance is an English actor, theatre director and playwright.As an actor, Rylance found success on stage and screen. For his work in theatre he has won Olivier and Tony Awards among others, and a BAFTA TV Award...
— award-winning film and theater actor, theater director; best known for being the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe TheatreGlobe TheatreThe Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613...
in London from 1995–2005 - David J. SapossDavid J. SapossDavid Joseph Saposs was an American economist, historian, and civil servant. He is best known for being the chief economist of the National Labor Relations Board from 1935 to 1940.-Early life:...
, economist - Gottfried SchloemerGottfried SchloemerGottfried Schloemer or Godfrey Schloemer was a coopersmith, mechanic and inventor who lived on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US....
— maker of first gas automobile in Milwaukee - Landy ScottLandy ScottLandy Scott is a former midget car racing champion. He also served as the President of Badger Midget Auto Racing Association from 1951-1959.-Life:...
— champion race car driver - Christopher Latham Sholes inventor of the typewriter, invented in Milwaukee in 1867
- Edward SteichenEdward SteichenEdward J. Steichen was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. He was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Steichen also contributed the logo design and a custom typeface...
— world's highest-paid photographer - Mike TaylorMike Taylor (basketball)Michael Rene "Mike" Taylor is an American professional basketball player.-College basketball:Collegiately, Taylor played three seasons for Chipola College and Iowa State University , leading the latter team in scoring with 16.0 points per game...
— NBA player - Fred W. Vetter, Jr.Fred W. Vetter, Jr.Fred William Vetter, Jr. was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Vetter was born Fred William Vetter, Jr. in Snohomish, Washington in 1921. He graduated from Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
— U.S. Air Force general - Walter Wangerin, Jr.Walter Wangerin, Jr.Walter Wangerin, Jr. is an award-winning American author and educator best known for his religious novels and children's books.-Biography:...
— author - Garrett Weber-GaleGarrett Weber-GaleGarrett Weber-Gale is an American Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Early life:Weber-Gale is Jewish, and was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He competed for the University of Texas from 2003–07...
— U.S. Olympic swimmer - Stanley G. WeinbaumStanley G. WeinbaumStanley Grauman Weinbaum was an American science fiction author. His career in science fiction was short but influential...
— science fiction writer - Oprah WinfreyOprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
— talk show host and media mogul - Roger H. ZionRoger H. ZionRoger Herschel Zion is an American politician.Zion was born in Escanaba, Michigan in 1921. He attended public schools in Evansville, Indiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1943...
— U.S. Representative from IndianaIndianaIndiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is... - Jade-Lianna PetersJade-Lianna PetersJade-Lianna Gao Jian Peters is a Chinese-born naturalised American television voice actress for the Nick Jr. TV show Ni Hao, Kai-Lan.-Early Life:...
Voice Actor for Ni Hao, Kai Lan
Born in Milwaukee, raised elsewhere
The following people were born in Milwaukee, but spent most (if not all) of their growing-up years away from the city.- Walter AnnenbergWalter AnnenbergWalter Hubert Annenberg was an American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat.-Early life:Walter Annenberg was born to a Jewish family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 13, 1908. He was the son of Sarah and Moses "Moe" Annenberg, who published The Daily Racing Form and purchased The Philadelphia...
— billionaire publisher, philanthropist, and creator of the Annenberg FoundationAnnenberg FoundationThe Annenberg Foundation is a private foundation that provides funding and support to non-profit organizations in the United States and around the world... - Austin AriesAustin AriesDaniel Healy "Dan" Solwold, Jr. better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the current X Division Champion...
— professional wrestlerProfessional wrestlingProfessional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
, former world champion - J. Ogden ArmourJ. Ogden ArmourJonathan Ogden Armour was an American meatpacking magnate in Chicago, and owner and president of Armour and Company. During his tenure as president, Armour & Co...
— Owner and President of Armour and CompanyArmour and CompanyArmour & Company was an American slaughterhouse and meatpacking company founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1867 by the Armour brothers, led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company was Chicago's most important business and helped make the city and its Union Stock Yards the center of the... - Paul M. BlayneyPaul M. BlayneyPaul M. Blayney is a Rear Admiral in the United States Coast Guard.-Biography:Blayney was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was raised in Jefferson, Wisconsin. He obtained a J.D. from the Columbus School of Law in 1972.Blayney married Mary Saccardi in 1971....
— U.S. Coast Guard admiral - Richard Nelson BollesRichard Nelson BollesRichard Nelson Bolles is a former Episcopal clergyman, and the author of the best-selling job-hunting book, What Color is Your Parachute?-Early life and career:...
— author - Jeffrey DahmerJeffrey DahmerJeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
— serial killerSerial killerA serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
raised in Ohio. He returned to Milwaukee where he committed necrophilia and cannibalism. - Ruth Bachhuber DoyleRuth Bachhuber DoyleRuth Bachhuber Doyle was a Wisconsin politician and educator.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1916, Doyle was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, as a Democrat from Dane County, Wisconsin, serving from 1949-1953....
— member of the Wisconsin Assembly raised in Wausau. Mother of Wisconsin Governor Jim DoyleJim DoyleJames Edward "Jim" Doyle is a Wisconsin politician and member of the Democratic Party. He was the 44th Governor of Wisconsin, serving from January 6, 2003 to January 3, 2011. He defeated incumbent Governor Scott McCallum by a margin of 45 percent to 41 percent; the Libertarian Party candidate Ed... - Leroy ChiaoLeroy ChiaoDr. Leroy Chiao , is an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, where he lived on board the International Space Station from October 13, 2004 to April 24,...
— astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
, commander and science officer of the 10th expeditionExpedition 10Expedition 10 was the 10th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-5, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation.-Crew:-Mission parameters:*Perigee: 384 km...
to the International Space StationInternational Space StationThe International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
(ISS) - Doug GottliebDoug GottliebDouglas Michael Gottlieb is a former NCAA collegiate basketball player for the University of Notre Dame and Oklahoma State University, and the Russian Basketball Super League...
— ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
analyst, host of The Doug Gottlieb Show - Aimee GrahamAimee GrahamAimee Lynn Graham is an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Heather Graham.Graham was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Joan, a schoolteacher and noted author of children's books, and James Graham, a retired FBI agent...
— actress - Heather Graham — film actress; best known for her breakthrough role as Roller Girl in the movie Boogie NightsBoogie NightsBoogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, and chronicles his rise and fall from the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s...
- Mark GrudzielanekMark GrudzielanekMark James Grudzielanek is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed.-Early years:...
— MLB player - Herbert James HagermanHerbert James HagermanHerbert James Hagerman was an American attorney, was the Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1906 to 1907....
— Governor of New Mexico TerritoryNew Mexico Territorythumb|right|240px|Proposed boundaries for State of New Mexico, 1850The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of... - Andrea HallAndrea HallAndrea Jean Hall is an American soap opera actress who has since retired from the genre.-Personal life:She is the twin of fellow soap actress, Deidre Hall...
— twin sister of soap actress Deidre HallDeidre HallDeidre Ann Hall is a dramatic American actress best known for her portrayal of Dr. Marlena Evans on NBC's daytime drama Days of our Lives, which she played for over 29 years, and is to return to the role this summer. The character is considered an icon to the soap, and has been experienced some of...
; best known for her role as Samantha Evans on Days of our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
. - Deidre HallDeidre HallDeidre Ann Hall is a dramatic American actress best known for her portrayal of Dr. Marlena Evans on NBC's daytime drama Days of our Lives, which she played for over 29 years, and is to return to the role this summer. The character is considered an icon to the soap, and has been experienced some of...
— actress on the NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Soap operaSoap operaA soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Days of our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around... - Dennis HallDennis HallDennis Hall is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Hartford, Wisconsin, United States. Hall was a 10-time US National Champion, a World Champion, and 3-time USA Olympian. He won a Silver Medal at the 1996 Atlanta....
— world champion wrestler; OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medalist; Pan American GamesPan American GamesThe Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
gold medalist - Susan Lynn HefleSusan Lynn HefleSusan Lynn Hefle was an American food scientist who specialized in food allergens, specifically their detection and safety.-Early life:...
— food allergen scientist - Ed HochuliEd HochuliEdward G. Hochuli is an attorney for the firm of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. since 1983, and better known as an American football official in the National Football League since the 1990 NFL season. His uniform number is 85...
— NFL referee - Michael HuebschMichael HuebschMichael "Mike" Huebsch is a Wisconsin Republican Party politician and former legislator.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Huebsch graduated from Onalaska High School and attended Oral Roberts University. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1995 through 2011. From 2007-2009, he served as...
, Wisconsin politician - Andy HurleyAndy HurleyAndrew John Hurley is an American musician and drummer. He is best known as a member of the Chicago-based rock band Fall Out Boy. Prior to Fall Out Boy, Hurley played in several different bands. He is currently the drummer in the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things with Fall Out Boy guitarist...
— drummer for the band Fall Out BoyFall Out BoyFall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008... - Ernie Johnson, Jr. — Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning sportscaster - Colin KaepernickColin KaepernickColin Rand Kaepernick is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football at Nevada.-Personal:...
— footballer for Nevada Wolf PackNevada Wolf PackThe Nevada Wolf Pack are the collegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nevada, Reno, consisting of 16 varsity teams. Though often known as UNR within the state, the university is simply called Nevada for athletics purposes; its sports teams are nicknamed the Wolf Pack...
; 2007 WAC Freshman of the Year, 2008 WAC Offensive Player of the Year - Eric KellyEric KellyEric Kelly is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2001–2003. He was selected as a cornerback by the Vikings in the 3rd round of the 2001 NFL Draft...
— NFL player - George F. KennanGeorge F. KennanGeorge Frost Kennan was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War...
— architect of the U.S. cold warCold WarThe Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
policy of containment of the Soviet Union - Jalmar M. KerttulaJalmar M. KerttulaJalmar M. Kerttula is a retired Alaska politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Kerttula served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1961 to 1972...
— longest-serving member of the Alaska LegislatureAlaska LegislatureThe Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution, consisting of the lower Alaska House of Representatives, with 40 members, and the upper house Alaska Senate, with 20 members...
(1961-1963 and 1965-1995) - Pee Wee KingPee Wee KingJulius Frank Anthony Kuczynski , known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "The Tennessee Waltz"....
— songwriter, recording artist, and television entertainer; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. - James J. LindsayJames J. LindsayGeneral James Joseph Lindsay is a retired United States Army four star general, and served as the first commander of the United States Special Operations Command.Military career=...
— U.S. Army General; first commander of the United States Special Operations CommandUnited States Special Operations CommandThe United States Special Operations Command is the Unified Combatant Command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Commands of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States Armed Forces. The command is part of the Department of Defense... - Bobby MarshallBobby MarshallRobert Wells "Bobby" Marshall was an American sports player. He was best known for playing football, however he also competed in baseball, track, boxing and ice hockey....
— NFL player, member of the College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... - Chris MihmChris MihmChristopher Steven Mihm is a 7 ft , 265 pound American professional basketball player currently a free agent. He was drafted with the 7th overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.-Early life:...
— NBA player - Steve MillerSteve Miller (musician)Steven H. "Steve" Miller is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more popular-oriented sound which, from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s, resulted in a series of successful singles and albums.-Early years:Born in Milwaukee,...
— musician, Steve Miller Band - Amir OmarAmir OmarAmir Omar is the City Councilman for Place 7 in Richardson, Texas. Omar is believed to be the first Muslim elected to political office in North Texas...
— Texas politician - Leslie OsborneLeslie OsborneLeslie Marie Osborne is an American soccer defensive midfielder who currently plays for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.-Career:...
— WPSWomen's Professional SoccerWomen's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...
player - Peter PalmerPeter Palmer (actor)Peter Palmer is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Li'l Abner, both on Broadway and on film....
— Broadway and film actor, most notably as Lil' Abner - Andre PhillipsAndre PhillipsAndré Lamar Phillips is a retired American Track and Field athlete who is best known for winning the 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medalist - Armintie PriceArmintie PriceArmintie Ada Price is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream. Price, who played collegiately at the University of Mississippi, was drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2007 WNBA Draft...
— WNBAWomen's National Basketball AssociationThe Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
player - Joe RandaJoe RandaJoseph Gregory Salvatore Randa is a former Major League Baseball player. He was primarily a third baseman during his career. His nickname is "The Joker" due to his resemblance to the comic book character in Batman and his ever-present smile, especially during his plate appearances...
— MLB player - Jay SchroederJay SchroederJay Brian Schroeder is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Washington Redskins , Los Angeles Raiders , Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals .He attended Palisades High School and was a high school football teammate of actor...
, NFL player - Cordwainer SmithCordwainer SmithCordwainer Smith – pronounced CORDwainer – was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare...
(Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger) — science fiction writer, East AsiaEast AsiaEast Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
n scholar and expert in psychological warfarePsychological warfarePsychological warfare , or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations , have been known by many other names or terms, including Psy Ops, Political Warfare, “Hearts and Minds,” and Propaganda... - Bart StupakBart StupakBartholomew Thomas "Bart" Stupak is a lobbyist and American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from from 1993 to 2011....
— U.S. Representative from MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... - Eric SzmandaEric SzmandaEric Kyle Szmanda is an Polish American actor. He portrays Greg Sanders in the television crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a role he has held since the show began in 2000.-Early life and education:...
— television actor who played Greg Sanders on CSICSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... - Peter G. TorkildsenPeter G. TorkildsenPeter Gerard Torkildsen is the former Massachusetts Republican State Committee Chairman. He is also a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a Republican from Massachusetts. He currently works in the private sector....
— U.S. Representative from MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... - Butch WoolfolkButch WoolfolkHarold E. "Butch" Woolfolk is a former American football running back and kick returner who played in college for the University of Michigan and in the National Football League for the New York Giants , Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions . Woolfolk attended Westfield Senior High School in...
— NFL player - Coo Coo Cal-Singer/rapper
- Jacob LatimoreJacob LatimoreJacob O'Neal Latimore, Jr. is a RCA Records and Crown World Entertainment R&B recording artist.The first single he recorded was "Best Friend", which made it onto Radio Disney, where he became a part of the Incubator program, which features upcoming young musicians. Latimore performed on Maury ,...
– R&B Singer signed to Jive RecordsJive RecordsJive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
Born and raised elsewhere
The following people were not born or raised in Milwaukee, but have a significant connection(s) to the city.- Hank Aaron — Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
Hall of Fame; most career home runs; spent most of his MLB career in Milwaukee - Kareem Abdul-JabbarKareem Abdul-JabbarKareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points. During his career with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season...
— NBA Hall of Fame member and first ever draft choice of the Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center.... - Ray AllenRay AllenWalter Ray Allen is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. He has played professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, and the Boston Celtics; and collegiately for the University of...
— National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center....
player from 1996 to 2003 - Edward P. AllisEdward P. AllisEdward P. Allis was a businessman who co-founded Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company.-Biography:...
— co-founder of Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company - John Anderson — NFL player
- Mathilde Franziska AnnekeMathilde Franziska AnnekeMathilde Franziska Anneke was a German feminist, socialist, and newspaper editor, owner, and reporter. Born Mathilde Franziska Geisler, her first marriage to Alfred von Tabouillot, a rich wine merchant, ended in divorce...
— noted feminist - Jimmy ArcherJimmy ArcherJames Patrick Archer was an Irish-born catcher in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with four National League teams, primarily the Chicago Cubs, for whom he played from 1909 to 1917...
— MLB player - Philip Danforth ArmourPhilip Danforth ArmourPhilip Danforth Armour, Sr. was an American businessman who founded Armour and Company, an American meatpacking firm.-Biography:...
— founder of Armour and CompanyArmour and CompanyArmour & Company was an American slaughterhouse and meatpacking company founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1867 by the Armour brothers, led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company was Chicago's most important business and helped make the city and its Union Stock Yards the center of the... - Jap BarbeauJap BarbeauWilliam Joseph "Jap" Barbeau was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for four seasons. He played for the Cleveland Naps from 1905 to 1906, the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909, and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1909 to 1910. Barbeau stood at just 5'5".-Career:Barbeau started his professional...
— MLB player - Lloyd BarbeeLloyd BarbeeLloyd Augustus Barbee was an American, Democratic politician and civil rights activist.Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Barbee served in the United States Navy during World War II. In 1949, he graduated from LeMoyne-Owen College. Barbee moved to Madison, Wisconsin to study for his law degree at the...
— Wisconsin legislator - William A. BarstowWilliam A. BarstowWilliam Augustus Barstow was the third Governor of Wisconsin and a Union Army General during the American Civil War.-Early life:Barstow was born in Plainfield, Connecticut...
— Governor of WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
; Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
general - John M Barth — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson ControlsJohnson ControlsJohnson Controls, Inc. is a company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was founded in 1885 by professor Warren S. Johnson, inventor of the first electric room thermostat....
- Charles S. BentonCharles S. BentonCharles Swan Benton was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
— U.S. Representative from New York - Insoo Kim BergInsoo Kim BergInsoo Kim Berg was a Korean-born American psychotherapist who was a pioneer of solution focused brief therapy. She influenced the fields of psychotherapy, consulting, supervision and coaching with concepts such as resource-orientation and brief therapy...
— noted psychotherapist - Victor L. BergerVictor L. BergerVictor Luitpold Berger was a founding member of the Socialist Party of America and an important and influential Socialist journalist who helped establish the so-called Sewer Socialist movement. The first Socialist elected to the U.S...
— first Socialist elected to the U.S. House of Representatives - Valentin BlatzValentin BlatzValentin Blatz was a German-American brewer and banker. He was born in Bavaria and worked at his father's brewery in his youth. In August 1848 Blatz immigrated to America and by 1849 had moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
— founder of the Valentin Blatz Brewing CompanyValentin Blatz Brewing CompanyThe Valentin Blatz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It produced Blatz Beer from 1851 until 1959 when the label was sold to Pabst Brewing Company.-History:... - Aaron T. BlissAaron T. BlissAaron Thomas Bliss was a U.S. Representative from and the 25th Governor of the US state of Michigan, and was from Saginaw-Early life in New York:...
— U.S. Representative from MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... - Robert BlochRobert BlochRobert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock...
science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, fantasyFantasyFantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
and horrorHorror fictionHorror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
writer - Ernest BorgnineErnest BorgnineErnest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty...
— Academy Award-winning actor - Matthias J. BoveeMatthias J. BoveeMatthias Jacob Bovee was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Amsterdam, New York, Bovee attended the rural school until the death of his father in 1807....
— U.S. Representative from New York - Emil BreitkreutzEmil BreitkreutzEmil William Breitkreutz was a US middle distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. The race was won by James Lightbody....
— OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
medalist; head coach of the USC Trojans men's basketball team - Arthur Louis BreslichArthur Louis BreslichArthur Louis Breslich was a professor, university administrator, and a German Methodist theologian. He was President of German Wallace College, Berea, Ohio; and the first president of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea....
— President of German Wallace CollegeGerman Wallace CollegeGerman Wallace College was a German Methodist institution of higher education in Berea, Ohio. It was organized 7 June 1864. The Rev. Jakob Rothweiler of the Central German Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was appointed 3 June 1863 to inaugurate the movement to establish this...
and Baldwin-Wallace CollegeBaldwin-Wallace CollegeBaldwin–Wallace College is a liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio, founded in 1845. It is home to the Riemenschneider-Bach Institute and the Baldwin–Wallace Conservatory of Music, an internationally renowned music school. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Students receive a... - Bunny BriefBunny BriefAnthony Vincent "Bunny" Brief, born Anthony John Grzeszkowski was a Major League Baseball first baseman who spent four seasons with the St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox , and Pittsburgh Pirates...
— MLB player - Erhard BrielmaierErhard BrielmaierErhard Brielmaier , was a renowned and prominent architect within United States and Canada from late 19th century through the 20th century. Erhard Brielmaier designed and built more churches and hospitals than any other architect. -History:Brielmaier was born at Neufra near Rottweil, Wuerttemberg...
— ArchitectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, Designed many Milwaukee churches, buildings, and schools including The Basilica of St. JosaphatBasilica of St. JosaphatThe Basilica of St. Josaphat, located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, is one of 62 minor basilicas found in the United States. In its grandeur and opulence it is an excellent example of the so-called Polish Cathedral style of church... - Albert BrownAlbert Brown (United States Army)Albert B. Brown served in the United States Army during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.His award citation reads:Brown was born in Sandusky, Ohio; his official residence was listed as Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-References:...
— Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Cecil B. Brown, Jr.Cecil B. Brown, Jr.Cecil B. Brown, Jr. was an American activist, businessman, and legislator.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Brown graduated from Marquette University. He was a salesman and tax accountant. He was active in the civil rights movement in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in...
- Civil Rights activist and legislator - John A. BryanJohn A. BryanJohn Alexander Bryan was an American diplomat and politician from New York and Ohio.-Biography:...
— U.S. diplomat - Larry BucshonLarry BucshonLarry Dean Bucshon is a heart surgeon and the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.- Early life, education, and early career :Bucshon was born on May 31, 1962 and raised in Kincaid, Illinois...
— U.S. Representative from IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... - George Burr — Distinguished Service Cross recipient; official residence listed as Milwaukee
- Chris BuryChris BuryChristopher Robert Bury is an American journalist, best known for being an Emmy Award-winning correspondent at ABC News Nightline, where he also served as substitute anchor....
— Nightline correspondent - Charles C. ByrneCharles C. ByrneCharles C. Byrne was a Brigadier General in the United States Army.-Biography:Byrne was born Charles Christopher Byrne on May 7, 1837 to Charles and Emeline Byrne in Baltimore County, Maryland. He graduated from Mount St. Mary's College in 1856 and obtained a M.D. from the University of Maryland...
— U.S. Army general - James Cameron — noted civil rights activist
- Raymond Joseph CannonRaymond Joseph CannonRaymond Joseph Cannon was an attorney, baseball player and Democratic politician who represented Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in the Congress from 1933 to 1939....
— U.S. Representative, attorney for the accused players during the Black Sox ScandalBlack Sox ScandalThe Black Sox Scandal took place around and during the play of the American baseball 1919 World Series. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for life from baseball for intentionally losing games, which allowed the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series... - Al CaponeAl CaponeAlphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early...
— Chicago gangster had a "home" in Brookfield during Prohibition - Bill CarolloBill CarolloWilliam F. "Bill" Carollo is a retired American football official who officiated National Football League games from the 1989 through 2008. He wore uniform number 63. Carollo officiated in two Super Bowls and seven conference championship games...
— NFL referee - Benjamin F. ChurchBenjamin F. ChurchBenjamin F. Church was a pioneer carpenter and builder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, listed among the city's first settlers of 1835. He helped construct one of the city's first two big hotels, and built a Greek Revival temple-style house for his family that today is a public museum in Estabrook Park,...
— 1835 pioneer, builder and contractor; built Benjamin Church House, now a museum - Pep ClarkPep ClarkHarry "Pep" Clark was a Major League Baseball third baseman. Clark played for the Chicago White Sox in . In 15 career games, he had 20 hits in 65 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed....
— MLB player - John Sanford ColeJohn Sanford ColeJohn Sanford Cole was an officer in the United States Navy during World War II. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.His award citation reads:...
— Navy CrossNavy CrossThe Navy Cross is the highest decoration that may be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and the second highest decoration given for valor. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, but can be awarded to all...
recipient - Dighton CorsonDighton Corson-Biography:In 1827 Dighton was born to Isaac and Nancy Corson in Maine. He would live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Virginia City, Nevada before eventually moving to South Dakota. In 1915 he died in Pierre, South Dakota. Corson County, South Dakota is named for him....
— Justice of the South DakotaSouth DakotaSouth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
Supreme Court - John D. CumminsJohn D. CumminsJohn D. Cummins was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Pennsylvania in 1791, Cummins attended the public schools, and was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1834.He studied law....
— U.S. Representative from OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus... - Lysander CutlerLysander CutlerLysander Cutler was an American businessman, educator, politician, and a Union Army General during the American Civil War.-Early years:Cutler was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, the son of a farmer...
— Union Army general - Jeffrey DahmerJeffrey DahmerJeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
— American serial killerSerial killerA serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification... - Steven E. DaySteven E. DayRear Admiral Day was born in Albion, NY and due to his father’s employment with the Veterans Administration lived in Holley, NY, Bath, NY, and graduated from Norway-Vulcan High School, Norway, MI in 1967. His father and mother instilled in his five sisters and three brothers that we owe our...
— U.S. Coast Guard admiral - Willem Defoe — American Stage Actor lived in Milwaukee as actor at Theatre X in Third Ward
- Peter V. DeusterPeter V. DeusterPeter Victor Deuster was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Thum, near Aix la Chapelle, Rhenish Prussia, Deuster pursued an academic course....
— U.S. diplomat - Gene DeWeeseGene DeWeeseThomas Eugene DeWeese is an American writer of fiction, particularly science fiction but including Gothics, mysteries, romances, suspense, fantasy, and horror; as well as non-fiction books on technology and folk art...
— author - Dustin DiamondDustin DiamondDustin Neil Diamond is an American actor, musician, director, and stand-up comedian best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers in the television shows Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Saved by the Bell: The College Years and Saved by the Bell: The New Class.-Career:Diamond's...
, "Screech" from Saved by the BellSaved by the BellSaved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...
TV sitcom; resides in Port Washington - Timothy DolanTimothy DolanTimothy Michael Dolan is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current Archbishop of New York, having previously served as Archbishop of Milwaukee and Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis ....
— Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New YorkRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New YorkThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City , as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. There are 480 parishes... - Charlie DoughertyCharlie DoughertyCharles William Dougherty was a major league baseball player for Altoona Mountain City in 1884. He was their second baseman, and he hit a .259 batting average.-Sources:...
— MLB player - Tom DoughertyTom DoughertyTom Dougherty was a baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox in 1904. He is perhaps unique for his 'perfect' 1-0 winning record where he faced 6 batters over 2 innings without giving up any hits, walks or runs in the one game he pitched.-Notes:*...
— MLB player - F. Ryan DuffyF. Ryan DuffyFrancis Ryan Duffy was a member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1933 to 1939 and later a United States federal judge.-Biography:...
— Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals - Clifford DurrClifford DurrClifford Durr was an Alabama lawyer who played an important role in defending activists and others accused of disloyalty during the New Deal and McCarthy eras and who represented Rosa Parks in her challenge to the constitutionality of the ordinance requiring the segregation of passengers on buses...
, member of the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications CommissionThe Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the... - Hi EbrightHi EbrightHiram C. Ebright was an American baseball player. He played in 16 games for the Washington Nationals of the National League, hitting .254 in 59 at-bats. He played catcher, outfield and shortstop. He also played minor league baseball in the California League from 1888-1893 and the Western...
— MLB player - Lois EhlertLois EhlertLois Ehlert is an author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo . She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-Background:...
— illustrator; Caldecott MedalCaldecott MedalThe Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
recipient - Michael ElconinMichael ElconinMichael Elconin is an American politician, investor, and technology consultant. .Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Elconin was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, as a Democrat, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1972 serving from 1973-1977. Elconin was elected to the Wisconsin State Legislature at age...
, member of the Wisconsin State AssemblyWisconsin State AssemblyThe Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.... - Gary EllersonGary EllersonGary Tobius Ellerson is a former American football player with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions...
— NFL player for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
and Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... - Alter EsselinAlter EsselinAlter Esselin, was a Russian-born American poet who wrote in the Yiddish language. He was born in Tchernigov, Russia on April 23, 1889 and died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 22, 1974...
— Yiddish poet, carpenter, 1889-1974. - Charles E. EstabrookCharles E. EstabrookCharles E. Estabrook was an American Republican politician from Wisconsin.Born in Platteville, Wisconsin, Estabrook graduated from the now University of Wisconsin–Platteville. He was admitted to the Wisconsin bar and practiced law in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Eventually he moved to Milwaukee,...
, Wisconsin Attorney General - Ole EvinrudeOle EvinrudeOle Evinrude, born Ole Evenrudstuen was a Norwegian-American inventor, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application.-Biography:...
— founder Evirude Outboard Motors, inventor of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application - Edward T. FairchildEdward T. Fairchild (Wisconsin associate justice)Edward Thomas Fairchild was an American jurist and legislator from Wisconsin.Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, Fairchild grew up in Dansville, New York, where he was educated...
– Jurist - Chris FarleyChris FarleyChristopher Crosby "Chris" Farley was an American comedian and actor. Farley was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995....
— born in Madison, Wisconsin, graduated from Marquette University; comedian and actor; cast member on Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture... - Albert FowlerAlbert FowlerAlbert Fowler was an American pioneer and politician.Fowler was born to Elijah Fowler and his wife in Tyringham, Massachusetts...
— Mayor of Rockford, IllinoisRockford, IllinoisRockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Often referred to as "The Forest City", Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2010 U.S. census, the city was home to 152,871 people, the third most populated... - Harold A. FritzHarold A. Fritz-External links:...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Guy D. Goff — U.S. Senator from West VirginiaWest VirginiaWest Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
- William G. HaanWilliam G. HaanWilliam George Haan was a general in World War I. He graduated from West Point in 1889, from the Army War College in 1905, and was commissioned in the Artillery. He served in Cuba and the Philippines, and in 1903 went to Panama at the request of Theodore Roosevelt...
— U.S. Army Major General - J.J. HagermanJ.J. HagermanJames John Hagerman was an American industrialist who owned mines, railroads and corporate farms in the American West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the most influential men in territorial New Mexico.-Early life:J. J. Hagerman was born March 23, 1838, near Port Hope,...
— industrialist - Doc Hamann — baseball player
- Charles Smith HamiltonCharles Smith HamiltonCharles Smith Hamilton was a career United States Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican-American War. He also served as a Union Army general during the early part of the American Civil War....
— Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
Major General - Edward T. HartmanEdward T. HartmanEdward T. Hartman was an officer in the United States Army during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his actions as a regiment commander during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.His award citation reads:...
— U.S. Army officer - Gustav Otto Ludolf HeineGustav Otto Ludolf HeineGustav Otto Ludolf Heine was the owner of a successful piano business in San Francisco, which was formerly his boss's . He was born near Boizenburg in the German grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on January 7, 1868.He moved to Napa Valley, possibly in 1873, with his parents and seven siblings...
— owner of the Heine-VeloxHeine-VeloxHeine-Velox was a large, expensive luxury car made by Gustav Heine. Heine Piano Company was originally Bruenn Piano Company before Heine became owner... - James L. HerdtJames L. HerdtJames Lee Herdt , the ninth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy was appointed on March 27, 1998. A native of Casper, Wyoming, Herdt enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1966...
— 9th Master Chief Petty Officer of the NavyMaster Chief Petty Officer of the NavyThe Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy is a unique non-commissioned rank in the United States Navy, which has a paygrade of E-9. The holder of this rank and post is the most senior enlisted member of the U.S... - Harrison Carroll HobartHarrison Carroll HobartHarrison Carroll Hobart was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a lawyer and politician in the state of Wisconsin.-Biography:...
— Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
general - Timothy E. HoeksemaTimothy E. HoeksemaTimothy E. Hoeksema was the chairman of Midwest Air Group who transformed the air fleet of the Kimberly Clark paper mill company into Midwest Airlines. He retired in July 2009 after the company was sold to Republic Airways Holdings after running into financial trouble.Hoeksema was a flight...
— Chairman of Midwest Air GroupMidwest Air GroupMidwest Air Group, Inc. was an American airline holding company based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin which owned Midwest Airlines. It was ultimately controlled by parent company, TPG Capital Texas Pacific Group. Delta with the merger of Northwest Airlines Inc,... - Roy HoffmannRoy HoffmannRear Admiral Roy F. "Latch" Hoffmann, U.S. Navy is Chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, established May 4, 2004, in opposition to John Kerry's candidacy for U.S. President...
— U.S. Navy admiral - Bert HustingBert HustingBerthold Juneau Husting [Pete] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with four different teams between 1900 and 1902. Listed at 5' 10.5", 185 lb., Husting batted and threw right-handed...
— MLB player - John L. JerstadJohn L. JerstadJohn Louis "Jack" Jerstad was a United States Army Air Forces officer who was posthumously awarded the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Solomon Juneau — fur trader, land speculator, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee
- Francis Enmer KearnsFrancis Enmer KearnsFrancis Enmer Kearns distinguished himself as a Methodist pastor, a professor of English, a member of denominational boards and agencies, a bluegrass musician, a Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church , and a Visiting Professor of a United Methodist Theological Seminary...
— Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchThe United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley... - Alice Beck KehoeAlice Beck KehoeAlice Beck Kehoe is an anthropologist. She attended Barnard College and Harvard University, from which she received her PhD in Anthropology. While a student at Barnard, she was influenced by James Ford, Gordon Ekholm, and Junius Bird; she worked summers at the American Museum of Natural History...
— anthropologist - Charles KemmeCharles KemmeCharles Kemme served in the United States Army during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of Soissons .His award citation reads:...
— Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Byron KilbournByron KilbournByron Kilbourn was an American surveyor, railroad executive, and politician who was an important figure in the founding of Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
— Wisconsin railroad executive, politician, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee - Jack KilbyJack KilbyJack St. Clair Kilby was an American physicist who took part in the invention of the integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000. He is credited with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip...
— Nobel laureateNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
and co-inventor of the integrated circuitIntegrated circuitAn integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...
(IC) - Charles KingCharles King (general)Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.-Biography:...
— U.S. Army general - Rufus King — Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
general - Adam KinzingerAdam KinzingerAdam Daniel Kinzinger is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
— U.S. Representative from IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... - Al KlawitterAl KlawitterAl Klawitter was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Klawitter played two seasons with the New York Giants before playing his final season with the Detroit Tigers.-References:...
— MLB player - Nap Kloza — professional baseball player and manager
- Elmer KlumppElmer KlumppElmer Edward Klumpp was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1934 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937.-External links:...
— MLB player - Dan LallyDan LallyDaniel J. Lally , was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1897 St. Louis Browns of the National League...
— MLB player - John H. LangJohn H. LangJohn H. Lang was an American who served with the Canadian Army in World War I and then with the United States Navy through World War II and the end of his career. He earned military awards and honors for heroic service from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan in the first half of the...
— war hero - Increase A. Lapham — scientist, credited as the "Father of the U.S. Weather Service"
- Alfred LawsonAlfred LawsonAlfred William Lawson was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals...
— credited as the inventor of the airlinerAirlinerAn airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo. Such aircraft are operated by airlines. Although the definition of an airliner can vary from country to country, an airliner is typically defined as an aircraft intended for carrying multiple passengers in commercial... - Jerris G. Leonard — Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance AdministrationLaw Enforcement Assistance AdministrationThe Law Enforcement Assistance Administration was a U.S. federal agency within the U.S. Dept. of Justice. It administered federal funding to state and local law enforcement agencies, and funded educational programs, research, state planning agencies, and local crime initiatives.The LEAA was...
- Judith LightJudith LightJudith Ellen Light is an American actress. Her television roles include Karen Wolek on the soap opera One Life to Live, Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the Boss?, Claire Meade on ABC's TV series Ugly Betty and Judge Elizabeth "Liz" Donnelly on Law & Order Special Victims Unit.-Early life:Light...
— lead actress on Who's the Boss; spent her early years acting in Milwaukee theater at "the Rep" - Reginald LisowskiReginald LisowskiReginald Lisowski was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Crusher ....
— professional wrestler better known as "The Crusher" - Casey LoomisCasey LoomisCasey Loomis served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. He would be awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the Silver Star.His Navy Cross citation reads:His Distinguished Service Cross citation reads:...
— Navy CrossNavy CrossThe Navy Cross is the highest decoration that may be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and the second highest decoration given for valor. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, but can be awarded to all...
and Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Frank LuceFrank LuceFrank Edward Luce was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1923.-External links:...
— MLB player - Arthur MacArthur, Jr.Arthur MacArthur, Jr.Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. , was a United States Army General. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900 but his term ended a year later due to clashes with the civilian governor, future President William Howard Taft...
— general and father of General Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the... - Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthurGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
— U.S. Army GeneralGeneral of the Army (United States)General of the Army is a five-star general officer and is the second highest possible rank in the United States Army. A special rank of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, does exist but has only been conferred twice in the history of the Army...
; U.S. Army Chief of StaffChief of Staff of the United States ArmyThe Chief of Staff of the Army is a statutory office held by a four-star general in the United States Army, and is the most senior uniformed officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Army, and as such is the principal military advisor and a deputy to the Secretary of the Army; and is in...
; Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Theodore Mack — former owner of People's Brewery in Oshkosh, the world's first African-American owned brewery
- Dan MarionDan MarionDan Marion was a pitcher in Major League Baseball in 1914 and 1915.-Sources:...
— MLB player - Henry H. Markham — U.S. Representative from CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
- Hattie McDanielHattie McDanielHattie McDaniel was the first African-American actress to win an Academy Award. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind ....
— Academy Award-winning actress; the first African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
to win an Academy Award - Al McGuireAl McGuireAl McGuire was the head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1964 to 1977. He compiled impressive numbers throughout his coaching career, resulting in his induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, and was also well known for his colorful personality.-Early life:He...
— college basketball coach and network sports commentator - Frederick MillerFrederick MillerFrederick Edward John Miller was a brewery owner who founded the Miller Brewing Company at the Plank Road Brewery in 1855. He learned the brewing business in Sigmaringen.Miller was born in Germany, and was married to Josephine Miller in Friedrichshafen, Germany on June 7, 1853...
— brewing magnate and founder of the Miller Brewing CompanyMiller Brewing CompanyThe Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company owned by the United Kingdom-based SABMiller. Its regional headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the company has brewing facilities in Albany, Georgia; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Eden, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas;... - Elias MoleeElias MoleeElias Molee was an American journalist, philologist and linguist.-Background:Elias Molee was born in Muskego, Wisconsin, the son of John Evenson Molie and Anne Jacobson Einong. The original spelling of the family name was Molie...
— journalist; linguist - Paul MolitorPaul MolitorPaul Leo Molitor , nicknamed "Molly" and "The Ignitor", is an American former Major League Baseball designated hitter and infielder. During his 21-year baseball career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers , Toronto Blue Jays , and Minnesota Twins...
— member of baseball Hall of Fame; long-time player for the Milwaukee BrewersMilwaukee BrewersThe Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League... - Frank MurrayFrank MurrayFrank J. Murray was an American football and basketball coach. He is one of the few head football coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same college or university. Murray was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-Marquette:Murray was the 13th head football at the...
— head coach of the Marquette Golden AvalancheMarquette Golden EaglesThe Marquette Golden Eagles are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Marquette University....
and Virginia CavaliersVirginia Cavaliers footballVirginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
football teams, member of the College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... - George NewGeorge NewDr. George Edward New was an etcher and portrait artist whose work garnered him international prestige. He is best known for a portrait of General Billy Mitchell, made from World War I photographs.-Early years:...
— artist - George NicolGeorge Nicol (baseball)George Edward Nicol , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher and outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1890-1894. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago Colts, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Louisville Colonels.-External links:...
— MLB player - Richard J. NolanRichard J. NolanRichard J. Nolan served in the United States Army during the American Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor.Nolan was born on January 1, 1848, in Ireland. His official residence was listed as Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Bill NormanBill NormanHenry Willis Patrick "Bill" Norman was an American outfielder, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball. A longtime minor league player and manager, he is best remembered for his brief term as pilot of the Detroit Tigers in 1958-59.Norman was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as a...
— MLB player and manager - Bruno OribilettiBruno OribilettiBruno Oribiletti served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He would be awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Guam.His award citation reads:Oribiletti's official residence was listed as Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
— Navy CrossNavy CrossThe Navy Cross is the highest decoration that may be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and the second highest decoration given for valor. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, but can be awarded to all...
recipient - Frederick PabstFrederick PabstFrederick Pabst was a German-American brewer who founded the Pabst Brewing Company.-Early life:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Pabst was born on March 28, 1836, in the village of Nikolausrieth, then in the Province of Saxony, in the Kingdom of Prussia...
— brewing magnate of Pabst Brewing CompanyPabst Brewing CompanyPabst Brewing Company is an American company that dates its origins to a brewing company founded in 1844 by Jacob Best and by 1889 named after Frederick Pabst. It is currently the holding company contracting for the brewing of over two dozen brands of beer and malt liquor from defunct companies... - Halbert E. PaineHalbert E. PaineHalbert Eleazer Paine was a lawyer, politician, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a three-term postbellum U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin.-Biography:...
— Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
general; U.S. Representative - Jo Anne Paul — former Emmy Award-winning news reporter for WTMJ-TV 4 from 1995 to 1999; current news anchor for WJIM-AM in Lansing, MI
- Henry C. PayneHenry C. PayneHenry Clay Payne was U.S. Postmaster General from 1902 to 1904 under Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. He died in office and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— U.S. Postmaster General - George Wilbur PeckGeorge Wilbur PeckGeorge Wilbur Peck was an American writer and politician who served as the 17th Governor of Wisconsin.Peck was born in 1840 in Henderson, New York, the oldest of three children of David B. and Alzina P. Peck. In 1843, the family moved to Cold Spring, Wisconsin...
— Governor of WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is... - Hal PeckHal PeckHarold Arthur Peck was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1943 to 1949. He appeared in the 1948 World Series while a member of the Cleveland Indians. Born in Big Bend, Wisconsin, he died at age 77 in Milwaukee.-External links:...
— MLB player - Carlotta PerryCarlotta PerryCarlotta Perry was among a group of premier women poets of the late 19th century. Her poems, children's stories, and short stories were published in many of the most read publications of the time including Harper's Magazine, Godey's Lady's Book and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine...
— poet - Joseph PerryJoseph Perry (bishop)Joseph Nathaniel Perry is a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Chicago.-Education:A native of Chicago, Illinois, Joseph Perry attended various Catholic elementary schools in Chicago between 1954 and 1962. For one year, in 1962, he attended Carver High School, moving on to St...
— Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ChicagoRoman Catholic Archdiocese of ChicagoThe Archdiocese of Chicago was established as a diocese in 1843 and as an Archdiocese in 1880. It serves more than 2.3 million Catholics in Cook and Lake counties in Northeastern Illinois, a geographic area of 1,411 square miles. The Archdiocese is divided into six vicariates and 31 deaneries... - Jane and Lloyd PettitLloyd PettitLloyd Pettit was a sportscaster in Chicago and Milwaukee as well as the owner of the Milwaukee Admirals.-Early life:Pettit was born in Chicago and moved as a small child to the Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Shorewood High School...
— philanthropists of Bradley family fortune, who gifted the Bradley CenterBradley CenterThe Bradley Center is an indoor arena, located on the northwest corner of North 4th and West State Streets, in Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
and Pettit National Ice CenterPettit National Ice CenterThe Pettit National Ice Center is an indoor ice skating facility in West Allis, Wisconsin featuring two international-size ice rinks and a 400-meter speed skating oval. Located adjacent to Wisconsin State Fair Park, the center opened on December 31, 1992, and was named for Milwaukee philanthropists... - Reince PriebusReince PriebusReinhold Reince Priebus is the chairman of the Republican National Committee. He is also a previous chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin....
— Chairman of the Republican National CommitteeRepublican National CommitteeThe Republican National Committee is an American political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is... - Michael ReddMichael ReddMichael Wesley Redd is an American professional basketball player who currently is a free agent. He has most recently played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, where he attended West High School. He also was a member of the U.S...
— National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center....
shooting guard, holds the Bucks' franchise record for points in a single game with 57 - Adolph Walter RichAdolph Walter RichAdolph Walter Rich was a Milwaukee manufacturer, merchant and philanthropist best known for his work in founding the Jewish agricultural colony at Arpin, Wisconsin.-Early life:...
, manufacturer and merchant - Chester J. RobertsChester J. RobertsChester Joseph Roberts was an American football player and coach of football and basketball in the early 1900s. He was a 1912 graduate of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin where he played football. After graduation he served as a member of the faculty at several colleges in the Midwest...
— head coach of the Miami RedskinsMiami RedHawksMiami University, in Oxford, Ohio, features 18 different varsity level sports teams for men and women, all of which are known as the Miami RedHawks...
football and men's basketball teams - Paul RobesonPaul RobesonPaul Leroy Robeson was an American concert singer , recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the twentieth century...
— pro football player, actor, singer and social activist - Doug RussellDoug RussellDoug Russell is a nationally syndicated American sports talk show host and reporter. Russell joined Yahoo! Sports Radio in July, 2011 after leaving WSSP in Milwaukee, where he had co-hosted the morning show since January, 2007. Prior to joining WSSP, Russell was a nationally syndicated host and...
— nationally syndicated sports-talk radio host; currently heard on Sporting News RadioSporting News RadioYahoo! Sports Radio, formerly Sporting News Radio is a United States sports radio network that broadcasts sports news, talk, scores, and highlights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On August 1, 2011, it was announced the network would change its name to Yahoo! Sports Radio, effective...
, formerly of WTMJ-AM - Carl SandburgCarl SandburgCarl Sandburg was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat."-Biography:Sandburg was born in Galesburg,...
author, reporter, poet; worked as an organizer for the Wisconsin Social Democratic party at political party headquarters in Milwaukee. Met wife Lilian Steichen (Menomonee Falls), in 1907 - Joseph SchlitzJoseph SchlitzJoseph Schlitz was a German entrepreneur who made his fortune in the brewing industry.A native of Mainz, Germany, Schlitz emigrated to the U.S. in 1850. In 1856 he assumed management of the Krug Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1858 he married Krug's widow and changed the name of the company...
— brewing magnate of the now defunct Joseph Schlitz Brewing CompanyJoseph Schlitz Brewing CompanyThe Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was once the largest producer of beer in the world. Its namesake beer, Schlitz, was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was famously advertised with the slogan "When you're out of Schlitz,... - Carl SchurzCarl SchurzCarl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,...
— U.S. Secretary of the Interior - Christopher SholesChristopher SholesChristopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor who invented the first practical typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard still in use today...
— printer, politician, and newspaper editor; best known for inventing the modern day typewriterTypewriterA typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical device with keys that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. Typically one character is printed per keypress, and the machine prints the characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the pieces...
with its QWERTYQWERTYQWERTY is the most common modern-day keyboard layout. The name comes from the first six letters appearing in the topleft letter row of the keyboard, read left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to Remington in the...
key layout, while living in Milwaukee - Clyde Sincere, Jr. — Distinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service Cross (United States)The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
recipient - Abram D. SmithAbram D. SmithAbram Daniel Smith was an American jurist from Wisconsin.Born in New York, he moved to Wisconsin Territory and practiced law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1853 until his resignation in 1859....
, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice - Albert SmithAlbert Smith (New York)Albert Smith was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cooperstown, New York, Smith completed preparatory studies. He moved to Batavia, New York, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced...
, U.S. Representative from New York - Terry Stanton — former Emmy Award-winning news anchor for WTMJ-TV 4 from 1995–1999
- George A. StarkweatherGeorge A. StarkweatherGeorge Anson Starkweather was a United States Representative from New York, his eldest son being John Converse Starkweather...
— U.S. Representative from New York - John Converse StarkweatherJohn Converse StarkweatherJohn Converse Starkweather was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
— Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
general - Thomas E. StidhamThomas E. Stidham-External links:...
— NFL assistant coach - William StoryWilliam Story (attorney)William Story was a United States federal judge and later the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1891 to 1893 under John Long Routt....
— Lieutenant Governor of ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... - Samuel Stritch — Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Kenneth E. StumpfKenneth E. StumpfKenneth Edward Stumpf is a retired United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.-Biography:...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Ted SullivanTed Sullivan (baseball)Timothy Paul "Ted" Sullivan was an Irish-American manager and player in Major League Baseball who was born in County Clare, Ireland.-Career:...
— MLB player and manager - Monroe SwanMonroe SwanMonroe Swan is a Wisconsin politician.Born in Belzoni, Mississippi, Monroe was an employment counselor. In 1972, Monroe was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate from Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
. Wisconsin politician - Jeffrey TamborJeffrey TamborJeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Early life:...
actor, performed at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater ("The Rep") in early career - Paul Francis TannerPaul Francis TannerPaul Francis Tanner was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of St. Augustine from 1968 to 1979.-Biography:...
— Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. AugustineRoman Catholic Diocese of St. AugustineThe Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine is a diocese of the Catholic Church's Latin Church in the U.S. state of Florida. Part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami, it covers much of North Florida, including the cities of St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and Gainesville. The bishop's seat is the... - Adonis TerryAdonis TerryWilliam H. "Adonis" Terry was an American Major League Baseball player whose career spanned from his debut with the Brooklyn Atlantics in , to the Chicago Colts in . In his 14 seasons, he compiled a 197-196 win–loss record, winning 20 or more games in a season four different times...
— MLB player and umpire - Thomas TooheyThomas TooheyThomas Toohey served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor.Toohey was born on January 1, 1835..., in New York City. His official residence was listed as Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Steve TrueSteve TrueSteve True , better known as Steve "The Homer" True, is an American sportscaster from South Bend, Indiana. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Arizona, and Indiana University South Bend. His father was a professor at the University of Notre Dame before becoming a...
— Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning sportscaster - Franklin Van ValkenburghFranklin Van ValkenburghFranklin Van Valkenburgh was the last captain of the . He was killed when the Arizona exploded and sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor.-Military service:...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Henry ViandenHenry ViandenHeinrich Vianden, better known as Henry Vianden , was a German American, lithographer and engraver. He was nicked „The Bear“ by his friends and is often considered as "father of Wisconsin art".- Biography :Vianden was born in Poppelsdorf, today a quarter of Bonn...
— artist - Dwyane WadeDwyane WadeDwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. nicknamed Flash or D-Wade, is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat. Awarded 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, Wade has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league...
— professional basketball player for the NBA's Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
who played collegiately at Marquette UniversityMarquette UniversityMarquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities... - George H. WalkerGeorge H. WalkerGeorge H. Walker was an American trader and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Walker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He moved with his family to Illinois in 1825....
— trader, politician, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee - Howard WeissHoward WeissHoward "Howie" Weiss was an American football fullback. He was drafted in the third round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions and played two seasons with the team...
— NFL player - Tony WelzerTony WelzerAnton Frank Welzer was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5' 11", 160 lb., he batted and threw right-handed....
— MLB player - Don S. WengerDon S. WengerDon S. Wenger was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Wenger was born in Monroe, Wisconsin in 1911. He attended Milton College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Marquette University School of Medicine, the St. Mary's University School of Law, and George Washington...
— U.S. Air Force Major General - Mae WestMae WestMae West was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades....
— actress; screenwriter; playwright; named the 15th Greatest Female Film Star of All-Time by the American Film InstituteAmerican Film InstituteThe American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act... - James WieghartJames WieghartJames Gerard Wieghart – February 21, 2010 ) was an American editor and newpapman and a minor figure in the Iran Contra affair.-Career:...
— journalist - George A. WoodwardGeorge A. WoodwardGeorge Abisha Woodward was a jurist and a Brigadier General in the United States Army.-Biography:Woodward was born on February 14, 1835 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. His father was U.S. Representative George Washington Woodward. He obtained a B.A. from Trinity College in 1855 and married Charlotte...
— U.S. Army general - Cassin YoungCassin YoungCassin Young was a Captain in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor.-Biography:...
— Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - Sheila YoungSheila YoungSheila Grace Young-Ochowicz is a former speed skater and track cyclist from the United States.-Short biography:...
— world champion speed skater and cyclist; OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medalist; member of the United States Bicycling Hall of FameUnited States Bicycling Hall of FameThe United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, located in Davis, California, is a private organization formed to preserve and promote the sport of cycling.-Location:...
, International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Speedskating Hall of Fame - Robin YountRobin YountRobin R. Yount is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder. He spent his entire 20-year baseball career with the Milwaukee Brewers . In 1999, Yount was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.-Early years:Yount was born in Danville, Illinois...
— Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
Hall of Fame member; former player and bench coach of the Milwaukee BrewersMilwaukee BrewersThe Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League... - Elmo Zumwalt — Chief of Naval OperationsChief of Naval OperationsThe Chief of Naval Operations is a statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, and is the most senior uniformed officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Navy. The office is a military adviser and deputy to the Secretary of the Navy...
- Fred BlairFred BlairFred Basset Blair was born the son of a coal miner in Berlin, Wisconsin in 1906. His family, of French-Canadian heritage, has lived in the state for more than 150 years. He had worked as a sand farmer, in the stone quarries of Red Granite, as a tannery worker, on the railroads, and in many factories...
- Labor activist, six time candidate for Wisconsin Governor and Communist Party candidate for U.S. Senate in 1938 - Georgia CozziniGeorgia CozziniGeorgia Cozzini was an American socialist politician. She is best remembered as the first woman to run for Governor of Wisconsin and for two consecutive runs as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Socialist Labor Party of America, appearing on the ballot in 1956 and 1960.-Early years:Georgia...
– Vice Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Labor Party 1956 and 1960, the first woman to run for Governor of Wisconsin in 1942