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List of people from Wisconsin
This is a list of some famous people born in Wisconsin.
- Jim Abrahams, director
- Carl Allen, drummer
- Don Ameche, actor
- Aldrich Ames, traitor
- Roy Chapman Andrews, naturalist
- John Bardeen, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Thomas M. Barrett, congressman and mayor of Milwaukee
- Lawrencia Bembenek, convicted murderer
- Eric Benét, singer
- Lamont Bentley, actor
- Bunny Berigan, musician
- Richard Bong, aviator
- John Bradley, Iwo Jima flag-raiser
- Arthur Bremer, would-be assassin of George Wallace
- Carrie Chapman Catt, feminist
- Leroy Chiao, astronaut
- Chester Commodore, cartoonist
- Ellen Corby, actress
- Seymour Cray, computer designer
- John Cudahy, industrialist
- Michael Cudahy (electronics), entrepreneur
- Willem Dafoe, actor
- Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer
- Tyne Daly, actress
- August Derleth, writer
- Jeane Dixon, psychic
- Bernardine Dohrn , activist
- Lawrence Eagleburger, diplomat
- Chris Farley, comedian
- Zona Gale, writer
- Ed Gein, serial killer
- King C. Gillette, industrialist
- Greg Graffin, singer
- Heather Graham, actress
- Eugene Hasenfus, CIA cargo handler
- Eric Heiden, athlete
- Woody Herman, musician
- Elroy Hirsch, athlete
- Tom Hulce, actor
- Al Jarreau, singer
- Salome Jens, actor
- Steven Paul Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer, head of Pixar
- Jane Kaczmarek, actress
- Kato Kaelin, houseboy
- Phil Katz, computer programmer
- George F. Kennan, diplomat
- Matt Kenseth, NASCAR driver
- Pee Wee King , musician
- Herb Kohl, senator and sports-franchise owner
- Ron Kovic, writer
- Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR driver
- Robert M. La Follette, Sr., congressman, governor and senator
- Robert M. La Follette, Jr., senator
- Carole Landis, actor
- Liberace, musician
- Joseph Losey, director
- Allen Ludden, gameshow host
- Alfred Lunt, actor
- Fredric March, actor
- Jackie Mason, comedian
- Steve Miller, musician
- Joseph McCarthy, senator
- Bridey Murphy, alleged previous life
- Gaylord Nelson, governor and senator
- Chris Noth, actor
- Pat O'Brien , actor
- Georgia O'Keeffe, artist
- Les Paul, musician
- Jeff Pilson, musician
- Charlotte Rae, actress
- Nicholas Ray, director
- William Rehnquist, Chief Justice
- The Ringling Brothers, circus owners
- Gena Rowlands, actor
- Bud Selig, baseball commissioner
- Richard Schickel , critic
- Tony Shalhoub, actor
- Herbert Simon, economist and computer scientist
- Deke Slayton, astronaut
- Tom Snyder, talkshow host
- Latrell Sprewell, basketball player
- Clyde Stubblefield, drummer
- Daryl Stuermer, guitarist
- Bart Stupak, Michigan politician
- Tommy Thompson, governor and cabinet secretary
- Spencer Tracy, actor
- Judy Tyler, actress
- Bob Uecker, actor and sports commentator
- Nick Van Exel, basketball player
- Greta Van Susteren, commentator
- Thorstein Veblen, sociologist and economist
- Mike Webster, football player
- Orson Welles, director
- Paul Weyrich, commentator
- Shannon Whirry, actress
- Bradley Whitford, actor
- Gene Wilder, actor
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, writer
- Thornton Wilder, writer
- Tom Wopat, actor
- Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
- David Zucker, director
- Jerry Zucker, director
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