- List of people from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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This is a List of Milwaukeeans, notable citizens of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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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 Abrahams — director and screenwriter
- David Adler architect who designed over 200 estates during a stylistic period known as the "Great American House"
- Marc Alaimo — actor who played many Star Trek characters
- Carl Allen — musician[1]
- Joseph Anthony — playwright, actor, and director
- Antler — poet
- Lynne Arriale — musician; professor
- Les Aspin — U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Steve Avery — NFL player for the Houston Oilers, Green Bay Packers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers[2]
- David Backes — author; professor
- Gerhard A. Bading — U.S. diplomat
- Jimmy Banks — soccer player
- Ben Bard — actor
- Shorty Barr — NFL player and head coach
- Dede Barry — Olympic medalist[3]
- Tommy Bartlett — entertainment mogul and showman; created Tommy Bartlett's Thrill Show in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Louis Bashell — Slovenian-style polka musician
- William Bast — screenwriter
- John C. Becher – actor
- Robert J. Beck — professor
- Travis Beckum — NFL player for the New York Giants
- Chuck Belin — NFL player
- Harry Bell — Medal of Honor recipient
- Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek, ex-Milwaukee police officer convicted of murdering her husband's ex-wife
- Eric Benet — R&B singer; was married to Halle Berry
- David Benke — President of the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
- Mark W. Bennett — U.S. District Court Judge in Iowa
- Michael Bennett — NFL player[4]
- Lamont Bentley — actor; best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on the television series Moesha
- Scott Bergold — NFL player
- George Berry — NFL player
- Abner Biberman — actor and director
- Dick Bilda — NFL player
- Roman R. Blenski — Wisconsin State Senator
- Adam Bob — NFL player
- Bill Boedeker — NFL player for the Chicago Rockets, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles[5]
- Frank Bohlmann — NFL player
- Peter Bonerz — actor
- Mark Borchardt — independent filmmaker; best known as the subject of the film American Movie.
- Larry Borenstein — art and music promoter
- Bob Botz — MLB player[6]
- David Bourgeois — film critic
- Timmy Bowers — professional basketball player
- Gil Brandt — Vice President of Player Personnel of the Dallas Cowboys
- John W. Breen — NFL general manager
- Cindy Bremser — Olympic athlete; Pan American Games medalist[7]
- Terry Brennan — head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
- Pamela Britton — actress
- Mandy Brooks — MLB player[8]
- Fred Brown — NBA player[9]
- Judi Brown — Olympic medalist; Pan American Games gold medalist[10]
- William George Bruce – author, historian, publisher, civic leader for the Milwaukee Auditorium and Port of Milwaukee
- J.T. Bruett — MLB player
- George Brumder — newspaper publisher.
- Fabian Bruskewitz — Roman Catholic bishop.
- Felice Bryant — songwriter; member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame,[11] and Country Music Hall of Fame
- Elroy Bub — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[12]
- Art Bues — MLB player[13]
- Rodney Buford — NBA player[14]
- Brian Burke, Wisconsin politician
- Charles C. Butler — Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
- Jackie Cain — musician
- Daryl Carter — NFL player
- Paul Cebar — musician
- James Chance (James Siegfried, a/k/a James White) — saxophonist, songwriter and singer, key figure in No Wave movement
- John Moses Cheney — U.S. District Court Judge in Florida
- Ted Cieslak — MLB player[15]
- John Louis Coffey — Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
- James Kelsey Cogswell — U.S. Navy admiral
- Wilbur J. Cohen — U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare[16]
- Irv Comp — NFL player[17]
- Michael Copps — Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission[18]
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan — actor; first celebrity to be featured on a box of Wheaties[19]
- Anthony Crivello — Tony Award-winning actor and television star
- Lave Cross, major league baseball player for 21 years[20]
- John Cudahy — U.S. diplomat[21]
- Michael Cudahy — entrepreneur
- Richard Dickson Cudahy — Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
- Pat Curran — NFL player[22]
- James B. Currie — U.S. Air Force Major General
- John Thomas Curtis — botanist and ecologist, the Bray Curtis dissimilarity is partially named for him
- Randolph Dean — Olympic athlete[23]
- Randy Dean — NFL player[24]
- Robert Dean — Olympic athlete[25]
- Steve de Shazer — psychotherapist who developed the use of solution-focused brief therapy
- Ashton Dearholt — actor
- Tom Dempsey — NFL player[26]
- Abraham DeSomer — Medal of Honor recipient[27]
- Michael Dhuey — electrical and computer engineer; co-inventor of the Macintosh II and the iPod[28]
- Lavern Dilweg — NFL player and U.S. Representative[29]
- John Doehring — NFL player[30]
- Bernardine Dohrn — leader of the Weather Underground Organization[31]
- Stephanie Dosen — musician[32]
- Donn F. Draeger — martial artist
- David Draiman — rock musician, singer in Heavy metal band Disturbed
- Randee Drew — professional football player
- Wally Dreyer — NFL player for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers; former head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers football team[33]
- Garrett Droppers — U.S. diplomat, President of the University of South Dakota
- Ron Drzewiecki — NFL player[34]
- Red Dunn — NFL player[35]
- Will Durst — Comedian
- Lawrence Eagleburger — U.S. Secretary of State
- Greg Eagles, actor[36]
- Robert Easton — actor
- Starr Eaton — Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- Al Eckert — MLB player
- Bob Eckl — NFL player
- Patrick Eddie — NBA player
- Herbert W. Ehrgott — U.S. Air Force general
- Brent Emery — Olympic medalist[37]
- Trevor Enders — MLB player[38]
- George Engel — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[39]
- Howie Epstein — rock musician, producer, and bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Terence T. Evans, jurist
- Ralph Evinrude — son of Ole Evinrude inventor of the world's first outboard motor, and former CEO Outdoor Marine Corp
- Thomas E. Fairchild — Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
- Anton Falch — professional baseball player[40]
- Frank Farkas — Florida State Representative
- Michael Feldman — radio personality for Public Radio International
- Gene Felker — NFL player[41]
- Happy Felsch — MLB player
- Thomasita Fessler — painter
- James E. Finnegan — Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Jack Finney — science fiction and thriller writer. His novel The Body Snatchers was the basis for the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Chris Foerster — NFL assistant coach
- Reginald Foster — Latinist
- Bruce Froemming — MLB umpire[42]
- Todd Frohwirth — MLB player[43]
- Fabian Gaffke — MLB player[44]
- Gordon Gano — lead singer and guitarist for the punk-rock group the Violent Femmes
- Chris Gardner — self-made millionaire whose bout with homelessness is portrayed in the motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness
- Augusts F. Gearhard — Deputy Chief of Chaplain of the U.S. Air Force
- Warren Giese — head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks football team, South Carolina State Senator
- Herschel Burke Gilbert — film and television composer[45]
- Hank Gillo — NFL player and head coach[46]
- Martin Glendon — MLB player[47]
- Carlos Glidden — co-inventor of the first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Samuel W. Soule
- Danny Gokey — American Idol contestant.
- Lamar Gordon — NFL player[48]
- James Groppi — former Roman Catholic priest and civil rights activist.
- Jay Guidinger — NBA player[49]
- Bo Hanley — NFL player and head coach[50]
- Derrick Harden — NFL player[51]
- Pat Harder — NFL player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Jason Hardtke — MLB player[52]
- Kevin Harlan — sports announcer
- Mildred Harnack — German resistance fighter during World War II, executed under orders from Adolf Hitler[53]
- George Harper — MLB player[54]
- Devin Harris — professional basketball player
- Jerry Harrison — keyboardist for the new-wave music group Talking Heads
- Kenny Harrison — world champion track and field athlete; Olympic gold medalist; Goodwill Games medalist[55]
- Mike Hart — MLB player
- William Hartman — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[56]
- James Michael Harvey — Roman Catholic bishop.
- William Frederick Hase — U.S. Army Major General
- Jerome J. Hastrich — bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup
- Joe Hauser — MLB player[57]
- Ned R. Healy — Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–44, member of Congress, 1945–47
- Bob Heinz — NFL player[58]
- George Hekkers — NFL player[59]
- Frederick Hemke — Professor of Saxophone at Northwestern University
- Marguerite Henry — award-winning children's author, known for her books about animals
- Woody Herman — jazz singer, instrumentalist, and big band leader
- Keith K. Hilbig — General authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Elizabeth Hirschboeck — humanitarian
- Guy Hoffman — drummer of Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes, Radio Romeo
- Jack Hueller — NFL player[60]
- Mike Huwiler — Olympic athlete; MLS player[61]
- Caroline Ingalls – (1839–1924) born in Brookfield, mother of famed author Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Einar H. Ingman, Jr. — Medal of Honor recipient[62]
- Jeff Jagodzinski — NFL assistant coach and former head coach of the Boston College Eagles
- Eddie Jankowski — NFL player
- Dan Jansen — word champion speed skater; Olympic gold medalist; member of the United States Olympic Hall of Fame; NHL assistant coach[63]
- Al Jarreau — award-winning jazz singer
- Salome Jens — actress, best known for portraying the Female Shapeshifter on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Walter Jerzakowski — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[64]
- Jim Jodat — NFL player[65]
- Hisonni Johnson — actor
- Mark Jones — NBA player[66]
- Barbara Jordan — professional tennis player
- Joe Just — MLB player[67]
- Jane Kaczmarek — actress; best known as Lois in Malcolm in the Middle
- Brian "Kato" Kaelin — actor and house guest of O.J. Simpson during the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman
- Bob Kames — musician; popularized The Chicken Dance[68]
- Karl Kassulke — NFL player[69]
- Francis B. Keene — U.S. diplomat
- William Kellogg — former chairman and CEO, Kohl's Corporation
- Ken Keltner — MLB player[70]
- George F. Kennan — U.S. diplomat[71]
- Don Kindt — NFL player[72]
- Don Kindt, Jr. — NFL player
- Louis Joseph Kirn — U.S. Navy admiral
- Jerry Kleczka — U.S. Representative
- Red Kleinow — MLB player[73]
- Al Klug — professional football player[74]
- Tony Knap — head coach of the Utah State Aggies, Boise State Broncos and UNLV Rebels football teams
- Richard A. Knobloch — U.S. Air Force general
- Donald Knuth — computer scientist and author of The Art of Computer Programming
- Oscar Koch — U.S. Army general, member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
- Herman Koehler — head coach of the Army Black Knights football team; Master of the Sword of the United States Military Academy
- Herb Kohl — U.S. Senator
- Don Kojis — NBA player
- Alvin Kraenzlein — Olympic Gold medalist, member of the National Track & Field Hall of Fame and United States Olympic Hall of Fame[75]
- Jack Kramer — professional football player
- Ken Kranz — NFL player[76]
- Gus Krock — MLB player[77]
- Tony Kubek — MLB player[78]
- Ray Kuffel — professional football player[79]
- Walter Kunicki – Wisconsin State Assembly
- Ralph Kurek — NFL player[80]
- Craig Kusick — MLB player[81]
- Chet Laabs — MLB player[82]
- Carl Landry — NBA player[83]
- Marcus Landry — NBA player
- Irv Langhoff — NFL player[84]
- Jacob Latimore — Teen Singer and Dancer
- Donald Laub — noted plastic surgeon
- Tom Laughlin — actor
- Tom Lee — professional baseball player
- David Lenz — artist
- John Leonora — Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at Loma Linda University
- Louise Lester — actress
- Dave Levenick — NFL player[85]
- DeAndre Levy — NFL player
- Liberace — pianist and entertainer (West Allis)
- Al Lindow — NFL player
- Dick Loepfe — NFL player[86]
- Fred Luderus — MLB player[87]
- Arno H. Luehman — U.S. Air Force Major General
- Otto Luening (1900–1996) — composer, early pioneer of electronic music
- Jerry Lunz — NFL player[88]
- Alfred Lunt — Tony Award- and Emmy Award-winning Broadway actor, who appeared in over 24 plays with his wife Lynn Fontanne
- Rube Lutzke — MLB player[89]
- Mel Maceau — professional football player[90]
- Sandy MacKay — Michigan State Representative
- Beezie Madden — Olympic gold medalist[91]
- Mark Maddox — NFL player[92]
- Greg Mahlberg — MLB player
- Lester Maitland — Pioneer U.S. Army aviator. In 1927 with Albert Hegenberger completed the first flight from California to Hawaii.
- Dave Manders — NFL player[93]
- Bob Mann — former PGA Tour player
- Carl von Marr — painter[94]
- Tracy Mattes — track and filed athlete and humanitarian
- John Matuszak — actor and NFL player[95]
- Bob Mavis — professional baseball player[96]
- George McBride — MLB manager[97]
- Tim McCann — NFL player
- Arthur L. McCullough — U.S. Air Force general
- Ed McCully — Christian missionary killed during Operation Auca
- John McGivern — actor and writer[98]
- Darel McKinney — Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient[99]
- Chuck Mercein — NFL player for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, and the New York Jets[100]
- John L. Merkt, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Albert Gregory Meyer — Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
- Phil Micech — NFL player[101]
- Candice Michelle — former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Diva, Model & Actress, best known for television ads for Go Daddy
- Abner J. Mikva — Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals[102]
- Dick Miller — NBA player[103]
- Fred Miller — member of the College Football Hall of Fame, President of the Miller Brewing Company[104]
- Thomas L. Miller — TV producer, co founder of what is currently known as Miller-Boyett Productions
- Newton N. Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission[105]
- Robert J. Modrzejewski — Medal of Honor recipient[106]
- Marcus Monroe — actor
- Jake Moreland — NFL player; assistant coach with Western Michigan Broncos football team[107]
- Andrew "The Butcher" Mrotek- drummer for rock band The Academy Is...
- Aloisius Joseph Muench — Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Joseph C. Murphy — Michigan State Representative
- Robert Daniel Murphy — U.S. diplomat[108]
- Clem Neacy — NFL player[109]
- Kurt Nimphius — NBA player[110]
- Pat O'Brien – actor with over 100-screen credits
- Elli Ochowicz — Olympic athlete[111]
- Robert Emmett O'Connor — actor
- Tad J. Oelstrom — U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
- Nancy Olson — actress
- Chuck Ortmann — NFL player[112]
- Oscar Osthoff — Olympic gold medalist; head coach of the Washington State Cougars football team[113]
- Nik Pace — first runner-up of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5
- Frank Parker — International Tennis Hall of Fame member; one of the few Americans to win both the French and U.S. Championships
- Les Paul- jazz guitarist, inventor, pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar (Waukesha)
- Don Pavletich — MLB player[114]
- Vinton Pawel — Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- Jim Peck — game show host, known for The Big Showdown and Three's a Crowd, hosts the local history show I Remember Milwaukee on WMVS
- Carl Penner — U.S. Army officer
- Pat Peppler — NFL head coach
- Howard Perrault — Navy Cross recipient[115]
- Amy Pietz — actress, known for her role as Annie Spadaro in the sitcom Caroline in the City
- Joan Pinkston — music teacher at Bob Jones University[116]
- Robert B. Pinter — biomedical engineer
- Paul Poberezny — founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association and member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame
- Milton Rice Polland — Marshall Islands diplomat
- Terry Porter — former NBA player and former head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks
- Ronald C. Prei — Coast Guard Medal recipient
- Karl Priebe — artist
- Gene Puerling — singer
- Charlotte Rae (Lubotsky), TV/stage actress and singer; best known as Mrs. Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life
- Ellen Raskin — author, illustrator, and fashion designer; recipient of the Newbery Medal[117]
- Scottie Ray — actor
- Joel Rechlicz — NHL player
- Louise Goff Reece — U.S. Representative from Tennessee[118]
- William Rehnquist – former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Shorewood)
- Paul Samuel Reinsch — U.S. diplomat
- Henry S. Reuss — U.S. Representative
- John Ridley author, television and movie producer
- Brad Rigby — MLB player[119]
- Stuart Rindy — NFL player[120]
- Jim Risch — U.S. Senator from Idaho[121]
- Nick Roach — NFL player[122]
- Fritz Roeseler — NFL player[123]
- Brad Rowe — actor
- Loret Miller Ruppe — U.S. diplomat
- William Everest Ryan — U.S. Government official
- Margaret A. Rykowski — U.S. Navy admiral
- Herbert John Ryser — mathematician, the Bruck-Chowla-Ryser theorem and Ryser formula are named for him
- Ben L. Salomon — Medal of Honor recipient[124]
- John Scardina — NFL player[125]
- John C. Schafer — U.S. Representative
- William James Schaller — Navy Cross recipient
- Arlie Schardt — Olympic gold medalist[126]
- Bob Scherbarth — baseball player[127]
- Richard Schickel — author, film critic, and filmmaker[128]
- Augustine Francis Schinner — the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Superior
- Charles Asa Schleck — Roman Catholic bishop
- Herman Alfred Schmid — U.S. Air Force general
- John G. Schmitz — U.S. Representative from California
- Frank Schneiberg — baseball player[129]
- Roy Schoemann — NFL player
- Otto Schomberg — professional baseball player
- Paul Schramka — MLB player
- Michael Schultz — filmmaker and television director[130]
- Mark J. Seitz, Roman Catholic bishop
- Bud Selig — Major League Baseball commissioner and former owner of the Milwaukee Brewers
- Paul Shenar — actor
- John Otto Siegel — Medal of Honor recipient
- Lance Sijan — first USAFA graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor
- Carl Silvestri — NFL player[131]
- Al Simmons — Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
- Herbert Simon — Nobel laureate and Turing Award winner for his works in artificial intelligence, cognition, and decision-making
- John Sisk, Jr. — NFL player[132]
- Fred R. Sloan — U.S. Air National Guard Major General
- Dave Smith — professional football player[133]
- Dick Smith — software engineer and computer consultant
- Tom Snyder — talk show host of The Tomorrow Show and The Late Late Show
- Samuel W. Soule — co-inventor of the first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden.
- Speech — musician, lead singer of Arrested Development
- Latrell Sprewell — four-time All-Star professional basketball player
- Drew Stafford — NHL player[134]
- Kenneth M. Stampp — Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley
- Pete Stark — U.S. Representative from California
- Jerome Steever — Olympic medalist[135]
- Henry J. Stehling — U.S. Air Force general
- Christian Steinmetz — member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[136]
- Bill Stetz — NFL player[137]
- Brooks Stevens — automotive and industrial designer who developed the concept of planned obsolescence
- Lester Stevens — Olympic athlete[138]
- Philip Stieg — neurosurgeon
- Joseph Stika — U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral
- Herbert Stothart — film composer, member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame[139]
- Peter Straub — fiction writer and poet; best known as a horror-genre author
- Daryl Stuermer— lead guitarist for Phil Collins, guitar and bass for Genesis during live shows
- Johnny Strzykalski — NFL player
- Timothy S. Sullivan — U.S. Coast Guard admiral
- Jack Taschner — MLB player[140]
- Todd Temkin contemporary poet and cultural activist
- Fred Thomas — MLB player[141]
- Arthur Thrall — artist
- Spencer Tracy — film actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 through the 1960s
- Clement A. Trott — U.S. Army Major General
- Dan Turk — NFL player
- Alfred Tweedy — Connecticut State Senator
- Judy Tyler (Judith Mae Hess) — film actress starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock
- Bob Uecker — Major League Baseball (MLB) player, actor, and Hall of Fame sportscaster
- Neal Ulevich — photographer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize
- James Valcq — composer
- Hoyt Vandenberg — General, U.S. Air Force
- Tommy Vicini — actor and stunt double
- Paul Wagner — MLB player
- Steve Wagner — NFL player
- Lutz Wahl — U.S. Army Major General; Adjutant General of the U.S. Army
- Norm Wallen — Major League Baseball player
- Neale Donald Walsch — best-selling author of Conversations With God
- Jim Waskiewicz — NFL player[142]
- Bruce Weber — head coach of the University of Illinois men's basketball team
- Bill Weir – journalist and national co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend Edition on ABC
- Norman Wengert — political scientist
- Gary George Wetzel — Medal of Honor recipient
- Ken Wiesner — Olympic medalist[143]
- John Wilde — painter[144]
- Gene Wilder — actor known for his collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel Brooks, married Gilda Radner
- Robert Wilke — Air Force Cross recipient[145]
- Mike Wilks — NBA player[146]
- Red Wilson — MLB player[147]
- Elmer Winter (1912–2009), founder of Manpower Inc.[148]
- Edward Wollert — Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient[149]
- Whitey Wolter — NFL player[150]
- Neil Worden — NFL player[151]
- Frank Albert Young — Medal of Honor recipient[152]
- Clement J. Zablocki — U.S. Representative
- Frank P. Zeidler— ex-mayor of Milwaukee, Socialist Party USA leader
- Will Zens — filmmaker
- Nicholas S. Zeppos — Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
- Steve Ziem — MLB player[153]
- Chip Zien — actor[154]
- David Zucker — film director known for his collaborations with brother Jerry Zucker on the movies Airplane! and Top Secret!
- Jerry Zucker — film director known for his collaborations with brother David Zucker on the movies Airplane! and Top Secret!
- Anthony Pettis— 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 Adedapo — American Idol finalist
- Shauna Singh Baldwin — Canadian-born author currently living in Milwaukee
- Elizabeth Banks — journalist
- Jacob Best — founder of what became the Pabst Brewing Company
- Jack Carson — actor
- Benjamin F. Church — pioneer
- Keo Coleman — NFL player
- Michael Cudahy — industrialist
- Patrick Cudahy — industrialist
- Victor DeLorenzo — drummer for the punk-rock group, the Violent Femmes
- Colleen Dewhurst — Canadian-born actress raised in Milwaukee; best known for her role as Marilla Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables productions
- Clarke Fischer — NFL player
- Evelyn Frechette — love and accomplice of John Dillinger
- Joseph Graybill — actor
- Elmer Grey — noted architect and painter
- Stone Hallquist — NFL player
- Matthea Harvey — poet
- Jeffrey Hunter — actor
- John Johnson — NBA player
- Warren S. Johnson — founder of Johnson Controls
- Kristen Johnston — born in Washington D.C., raised in Whitefish Bay; Known for her role as Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock From the Sun
- Al C. Kalmbach — born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, founder of Kalmbach Publishing
- Keedy — singer
- Harold Klemp — leader of Eckankar
- Rico Love – rapper and songwriter
- Jim Lovell — former NASA astronaut and commander of the Apollo 13 mission; North/South 7th Street through the downtown area was named James Lovell Street in his honor
- James Ludington – founder of Columbus, Wisconsin and Ludington, Michigan
- Arthur MacArthur, Jr. — Medal of Honor recipient, military governor of the Philippines
- Golda Meir — a founder of the State of Israel; served as Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and Prime Minister; graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Billy Mitchell — general, regarded as the father of the United States Air Force
- Ronald Myers — noted Baptist minister
- Joseph Arthur Padway — American Socialist politician
- Martin P. Robinson – 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 Rowlands — actress
- Mark Rylance — award-winning film and theater actor, theater director; best known for being the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London from 1995–2005
- David J. Saposs, economist
- Gottfried Schloemer — maker of first gas automobile in Milwaukee
- Landy Scott — champion race car driver
- Christopher Latham Sholes inventor of the typewriter, invented in Milwaukee in 1867
- Edward Steichen — world's highest-paid photographer
- Mike Taylor — NBA player
- Fred W. Vetter, Jr. — U.S. Air Force general
- Walter Wangerin, Jr. — author
- Garrett Weber-Gale — U.S. Olympic swimmer
- Stanley G. Weinbaum — science fiction writer
- Oprah Winfrey — talk show host and media mogul
- Roger H. Zion — U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Jade-Lianna PetersVoice 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 Annenberg — billionaire publisher, philanthropist, and creator of the Annenberg Foundation
- Austin Aries — professional wrestler, former world champion
- J. Ogden Armour — Owner and President of Armour and Company
- Paul M. Blayney — U.S. Coast Guard admiral
- Richard Nelson Bolles — author
- Jeffrey Dahmer — serial killer raised in Ohio. He returned to Milwaukee where he committed necrophilia and cannibalism.
- Ruth Bachhuber Doyle — member of the Wisconsin Assembly raised in Wausau. Mother of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle
- Leroy Chiao — astronaut, commander and science officer of the 10th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS)
- Doug Gottlieb — ESPN analyst, host of The Doug Gottlieb Show
- Aimee Graham — actress
- Heather Graham — film actress; best known for her breakthrough role as Roller Girl in the movie Boogie Nights
- Mark Grudzielanek — MLB player
- Herbert James Hagerman — Governor of New Mexico Territory
- Andrea Hall — twin sister of soap actress Deidre Hall; best known for her role as Samantha Evans on Days of our Lives.
- Deidre Hall — actress on the NBC Soap opera Days of our Lives
- Dennis Hall — world champion wrestler; Olympic medalist; Pan American Games gold medalist
- Susan Lynn Hefle — food allergen scientist[citation needed]
- Ed Hochuli — NFL referee
- Michael Huebsch, Wisconsin politician
- Andy Hurley — drummer for the band Fall Out Boy
- Ernie Johnson, Jr. — Emmy Award-winning sportscaster
- Colin Kaepernick — footballer for Nevada Wolf Pack; 2007 WAC Freshman of the Year, 2008 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
- Eric Kelly — NFL player
- George F. Kennan — architect of the U.S. cold war policy of containment of the Soviet Union
- Jalmar M. Kerttula — longest-serving member of the Alaska Legislature (1961-1963 and 1965-1995)
- Pee Wee King — songwriter, recording artist, and television entertainer; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- James J. Lindsay — U.S. Army General; first commander of the United States Special Operations Command
- Bobby Marshall — NFL player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Chris Mihm — NBA player
- Steve Miller — musician, Steve Miller Band
- Amir Omar — Texas politician
- Leslie Osborne — WPS player
- Peter Palmer — Broadway and film actor, most notably as Lil' Abner
- Andre Phillips — Olympic gold medalist
- Armintie Price — WNBA player
- Joe Randa — MLB player
- Jay Schroeder, NFL player
- Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger) — science fiction writer, East Asian scholar and expert in psychological warfare
- Bart Stupak — U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Eric Szmanda — television actor who played Greg Sanders on CSI
- Peter G. Torkildsen — U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Butch Woolfolk — NFL player
- Coo Coo Cal-Singer/rapper
- Jacob Latimore – R&B Singer signed to Jive Records
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 Baseball Hall of Fame; most career home runs; spent most of his MLB career in Milwaukee
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — NBA Hall of Fame member and first ever draft choice of the Milwaukee Bucks
- Ray Allen — National Basketball Association Milwaukee Bucks player from 1996 to 2003
- Edward P. Allis — co-founder of Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
- John Anderson — NFL player
- Mathilde Franziska Anneke — noted feminist
- Jimmy Archer — MLB player[155]
- Philip Danforth Armour — founder of Armour and Company
- Jap Barbeau — MLB player[156]
- Lloyd Barbee — Wisconsin legislator[157]
- William A. Barstow — Governor of Wisconsin; Union Army general
- John M Barth — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Controls
- Charles S. Benton — U.S. Representative from New York
- Insoo Kim Berg — noted psychotherapist
- Victor L. Berger — first Socialist elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
- Valentin Blatz — founder of the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company
- Aaron T. Bliss — U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Robert Bloch science fiction, fantasy and horror writer
- Ernest Borgnine — Academy Award-winning actor
- Matthias J. Bovee — U.S. Representative from New York
- Emil Breitkreutz — Olympic medalist; head coach of the USC Trojans men's basketball team[158]
- Arthur Louis Breslich — President of German Wallace College and Baldwin-Wallace College
- Bunny Brief — MLB player[159]
- Erhard Brielmaier — Architect, Designed many Milwaukee churches, buildings, and schools including The Basilica of St. Josaphat
- Albert Brown — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[160]
- Cecil B. Brown, Jr. - Civil Rights activist and legislator[161]
- John A. Bryan — U.S. diplomat
- Larry Bucshon — U.S. Representative from Illinois
- George Burr — Distinguished Service Cross recipient; official residence listed as Milwaukee [162]
- Chris Bury — Nightline correspondent
- Charles C. Byrne — U.S. Army general
- James Cameron — noted civil rights activist
- Raymond Joseph Cannon — U.S. Representative, attorney for the accused players during the Black Sox Scandal
- Al Capone — Chicago gangster had a "home" in Brookfield during Prohibition
- Bill Carollo — NFL referee
- Benjamin F. Church — 1835 pioneer, builder and contractor; built Benjamin Church House, now a museum
- Pep Clark — MLB player[163]
- John Sanford Cole — Navy Cross recipient
- Dighton Corson — Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
- John D. Cummins — U.S. Representative from Ohio[164]
- Lysander Cutler — Union Army general
- Jeffrey Dahmer — American serial killer
- Steven E. Day — U.S. Coast Guard admiral
- Willem Defoe — American Stage Actor lived in Milwaukee as actor at Theatre X in Third Ward
- Peter V. Deuster — U.S. diplomat
- Gene DeWeese — author
- Dustin Diamond, "Screech" from Saved by the Bell TV sitcom; resides in Port Washington
- Timothy Dolan — Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
- Charlie Dougherty — MLB player[165]
- Tom Dougherty — MLB player
- F. Ryan Duffy — Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals[166]
- Clifford Durr, member of the Federal Communications Commission
- Hi Ebright — MLB player
- Lois Ehlert — illustrator; Caldecott Medal recipient
- Michael Elconin, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly[167]
- Gary Ellerson — NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions
- Alter Esselin — Yiddish poet, carpenter, 1889-1974.
- Charles E. Estabrook, Wisconsin Attorney General
- Ole Evinrude — founder Evirude Outboard Motors, inventor of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application
- Edward T. Fairchild[168] – Jurist
- Chris Farley — born in Madison, Wisconsin, graduated from Marquette University; comedian and actor; cast member on Saturday Night Live
- Albert Fowler — Mayor of Rockford, Illinois
- Harold A. Fritz — Medal of Honor recipient[169]
- Guy D. Goff — U.S. Senator from West Virginia[170]
- William G. Haan — U.S. Army Major General
- J.J. Hagerman — industrialist
- Doc Hamann — baseball player[171]
- Charles Smith Hamilton — Union Army Major General
- Edward T. Hartman — U.S. Army officer
- Gustav Otto Ludolf Heine — owner of the Heine-Velox
- James L. Herdt — 9th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
- Harrison Carroll Hobart — Union Army general
- Timothy E. Hoeksema — Chairman of Midwest Air Group[citation needed]
- Roy Hoffmann — U.S. Navy admiral
- Bert Husting — MLB player[172]
- John L. Jerstad — Medal of Honor recipient
- Solomon Juneau — fur trader, land speculator, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee
- Francis Enmer Kearns — Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church
- Alice Beck Kehoe — anthropologist
- Charles Kemme — Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- Byron Kilbourn — Wisconsin railroad executive, politician, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee
- Jack Kilby — Nobel laureate and co-inventor of the integrated circuit (IC)
- Charles King — U.S. Army general
- Rufus King — Union Army general
- Adam Kinzinger — U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Al Klawitter — MLB player
- Nap Kloza — professional baseball player and manager
- Elmer Klumpp — MLB player
- Dan Lally — MLB player
- John H. Lang — war hero
- Increase A. Lapham — scientist, credited as the "Father of the U.S. Weather Service"
- Alfred Lawson — credited as the inventor of the airliner
- Jerris G. Leonard — Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
- Judith Light — lead actress on Who's the Boss; spent her early years acting in Milwaukee theater at "the Rep"
- Reginald Lisowski — professional wrestler better known as "The Crusher"
- Casey Loomis — Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient[173]
- Frank Luce — MLB player
- Arthur MacArthur, Jr. — general and father of General Douglas MacArthur
- Douglas MacArthur — U.S. Army General; U.S. Army Chief of Staff; Medal of Honor recipient[174]
- Theodore Mack — former owner of People's Brewery in Oshkosh, the world's first African-American owned brewery[175]
- Dan Marion — MLB player[176]
- Henry H. Markham — U.S. Representative from California[177]
- Hattie McDaniel — Academy Award-winning actress; the first African American to win an Academy Award
- Al McGuire — college basketball coach and network sports commentator
- Frederick Miller — brewing magnate and founder of the Miller Brewing Company
- Elias Molee — journalist; linguist
- Paul Molitor — member of baseball Hall of Fame; long-time player for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Frank Murray — head coach of the Marquette Golden Avalanche and Virginia Cavaliers football teams, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- George New — artist
- George Nicol — MLB player[178]
- Richard J. Nolan — Medal of Honor recipient[179]
- Bill Norman — MLB player and manager[180]
- Bruno Oribiletti — Navy Cross recipient[181]
- Frederick Pabst — brewing magnate of Pabst Brewing Company
- Halbert E. Paine — Union 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. Payne — U.S. Postmaster General
- George Wilbur Peck — Governor of Wisconsin
- Hal Peck — MLB player[182]
- Carlotta Perry — poet[183]
- Joseph Perry — Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
- Jane and Lloyd Pettit — philanthropists of Bradley family fortune, who gifted the Bradley Center and Pettit National Ice Center
- Reince Priebus — Chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Michael Redd — National Basketball Association Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard, holds the Bucks' franchise record for points in a single game with 57
- Adolph Walter Rich, manufacturer and merchant
- Chester J. Roberts — head coach of the Miami Redskins football and men's basketball teams
- Paul Robeson — pro football player, actor, singer and social activist
- Doug Russell — nationally syndicated sports-talk radio host; currently heard on Sporting News Radio, formerly of WTMJ-AM
- Carl Sandburg 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 Schlitz — brewing magnate of the now defunct Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
- Carl Schurz — U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Christopher Sholes — printer, politician, and newspaper editor; best known for inventing the modern day typewriter with its QWERTY key layout, while living in Milwaukee
- Clyde Sincere, Jr. — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[184]
- Abram D. Smith, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
- Albert Smith, U.S. Representative from New York
- Terry Stanton — former Emmy Award-winning news anchor for WTMJ-TV 4 from 1995–1999
- George A. Starkweather — U.S. Representative from New York
- John Converse Starkweather — Union Army general
- Thomas E. Stidham — NFL assistant coach
- William Story — Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
- Samuel Stritch — Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Kenneth E. Stumpf — Medal of Honor recipient[185]
- Ted Sullivan — MLB player and manager
- Monroe Swan. Wisconsin politician
- Jeffrey Tambor actor, performed at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater ("The Rep") in early career
- Paul Francis Tanner — Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine
- Adonis Terry — MLB player and umpire[186]
- Thomas Toohey — Medal of Honor recipient[187]
- Steve True — Emmy Award-winning sportscaster
- Franklin Van Valkenburgh — Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry Vianden — artist
- Dwyane Wade — professional basketball player for the NBA's Miami Heat who played collegiately at Marquette University
- George H. Walker — trader, politician, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee
- Howard Weiss — NFL player
- Tony Welzer — MLB player[188]
- Don S. Wenger — U.S. Air Force Major General
- Mae West — actress; screenwriter; playwright; named the 15th Greatest Female Film Star of All-Time by the American Film Institute
- James Wieghart — journalist
- George A. Woodward — U.S. Army general
- Cassin Young — Medal of Honor recipient[189]
- Sheila Young — world champion speed skater and cyclist; Olympic gold medalist; member of the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Speedskating Hall of Fame
- Robin Yount — Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member; former player and bench coach of the Milwaukee Brewers
- Elmo Zumwalt — Chief of Naval Operations
- Fred Blair- Labor activist, six time candidate for Wisconsin Governor and Communist Party candidate for U.S. Senate in 1938
- Georgia Cozzini – Vice Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Labor Party 1956 and 1960, the first woman to run for Governor of Wisconsin in 1942
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