Biographical Records
Notable People from Wisconsin
1,531 notable figures born in Wisconsin, showing page 22 of 31, ranked by historical prominence.
Flavia Camp Canfield
1844 – 1930
novelist
Ed Thompson
1944 – 2011
politicianbusinessperson
Edward E. Leamer
1944 – 2025
economist
Frank Weddig
1944 – 2012
politician
Robert D. Bohn
1921 – 2002
military officer
Fred Kessler
1940 – 2024
politicianlawyerjudge
Frederick L. Van Sickle
1943 – 2021
lawyerjudge
Gene Brabender
1941 – 1996
baseball player
Roy Mackal
1925 – 2013
biochemist
Ruth Clusen
1922 – 2005
activistpoliticianteacher
Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr.
1928 – 2004
businessperson
Slim Lonsdorf
1905 – 1987
basketball player
Ted Fritsch
1920 – 1979
American football playerbasketball playerbaseball player
Terry Brennan
1928 – 2021
American football player
Thomas John Curran
1924 – 2012
military officerlawyerjudge
Curtis D. MacDougall
1903 – 1985
journalist
Edward E. Ayer
1841 – 1927
bibliophiledonorhistorian
Vernon Biever
1923 – 2010
photographer
Vic Johnson
1920 – 2005
baseball player
Warren Giese
1924 – 2013
American football coachathletic directorpolitician
Charles Ruggles Boardman
1860 – 1950
journalisteditor
Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve
1819 – 1907
suffragist
Howard Hibbard
1928 – 1984
art historianwriter
Charles Edward Barns
1862 – 1937
journalistastronomer
Jared Hassin
1989 – 2023
American football player
Willis Cole
1882 – 1965
baseball player
C. A. Ingram
1867 – 1937
politicianlawyer
Bernie Graham
1863 – 1886
baseball player
Earl Miner
1927 – 2004
japanologistuniversity teacher
Balthasar Henry Meyer
1866 – 1954
writer
John Emmet Sheridan
1877 – 1948
painterdesigner
Ron Rewald
1942 – 2017
American football player
Tom Blake
1902 – 1994
surferswimmer
Milt Herth
1902 – 1989
jazz musician
Rudolph T. Randa
1940 – 2016
lawyerjudge
Amos Cross
1860 – 1888
baseball player
Alexander Legge
1866 – 1933
businessperson
Froelich Rainey
1907 – 1992
archaeologistanthropologist
Adolphus Frederic St. Sure
1869 – 1949
lawyerjudge
San W. Orr, Jr.
1941 – 2014
businesspersonlawyer
Charles F. Crosby
1847 – 1889
politicianlawyerjudge
Fred Risser
1900 – 1971
politicianlawyer
Fred Miller
1906 – 1954
businessperson
Almeda Lambert
1863 – 1921
cookbook writerbusinessperson
Scoop Posewitz
1908 – 1993
basketball player
Al Klug
1920 – 1957
American football player
Frank Hertz
1902 – 1963
American football player
Art Albrecht
1921 – 2004
American football player
Anna Groff Bryant
1860 – 1941
singer
Harriet Persis Hurlbut
1862 – 1932
painter