Biographical Records
Notable People from Wisconsin
1,531 notable figures born in Wisconsin, showing page 19 of 31, ranked by historical prominence.
Francis O. Lindquist
1869 – 1924
politician
James Rodger Brandon
1927 – 2015
theatrologistuniversity teacher
Charles H. Weisse
1866 – 1919
politicianbusinessperson
Poul Pedersen
1925 – 2003
cinematographer
Benjamin Hoskins Paddock
1926 – 1998
bank robbercon artistsailor
Donald Gehrmann
1927 – 2022
middle-distance runner
Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr.
1925 – 1950
military personnel
Charles Thomas Horngren
1926 – 2011
accounting academicstatutory auditoraccountant
Jerry Dunphy
1921 – 2002
journalist
Robert L. Hall
1927 – 2012
anthropologist
Reed De Rouen
1921 – 1986
actorscreenwriter
William J. Cary
1865 – 1934
politicianbusinessperson
Anne Nicol Gaylor
1926 – 2015
editorcivil rights advocatebusinessperson
Hazel Larsen Archer
1921 – 2001
artistphotographer
Billy Reed
1922 – 2005
baseball playerbasketball player
Alexander Mackenzie
1844 – 1921
engineer
Carlos Cortez
1923 – 2005
artistphotographer
Dan Devine
1924 – 2002
American football coachAmerican football player
David Dockendorf
1923 – 1997
audio engineerengineer
Don L. Johnson
1927 – 2006
conservationistjournalist
Doug Holcomb
1925 – 2008
basketball player
Buddy Clark
1929 – 1999
double-bassistmusician
Willie Pickens
1931 – 2017
jazz musicianmusic educatormusic teacher
Billy Breakenridge
1846 – 1931
writeractor
Ric Waite
1933 – 2012
cinematographerphotographer
James Alton James
1864 – 1962
academic administratorhistorian
Bertha E. Reynolds
1868 – 1961
physician
Lloyd John Ogilvie
1930 – 2019
theologianauthorchaplain
Mary Mageau
1934 – 2020
music educatormusicologistharpsichordist
Ernest Warner
1868 – 1930
politicianlawyer
Jean Miner Coburn
1865 – 1967
sculptor
Alice Arnold Crawford
1850 – 1874
poet
Howard Kyle
1861 – 1950
stage actoractor
Thomas Reed Martin
1866 – 1949
architect
Ludvig Hektoen
1863 – 1951
pathologistbotanistsurgeon
Don Pavletich
1938 – 2020
baseball player
George Rublee
1868 – 1957
politicianlawyer
Eva Kinney Griffith
1852 – 1918
novelistwriter
Jeff Cohen
1939 – 1978
basketball player
Frederic O. MacCartney
1864 – 1903
politician
Billy Hoeft
1932 – 2010
baseball player
Winifred Bonfils
1863 – 1936
newspaperpersonjournalistwriter
William Hawley Atwell
1869 – 1961
lawyerjudge
Carol Hoorn Fraser
1930 – 1991
artist
Charles C. McDonald
1933 – 2017
military officer
Willard Ames Holbrook
1860 – 1932
military personnel
Augie Pabst
1933 – 2024
racing automobile driver
Walter C. Owen
1868 – 1934
politicianlawyerjudge
Walt Wilmot
1863 – 1929
baseball player
Bunky Green
1933 – 2025
saxophonistjazz musicianmusic educator