List of people from Appleton, Wisconsin

The following notable people are from or have been associated with Appleton, Wisconsin.

Artists and performers

 * Judah Bauer, guitarist
 * Willem Dafoe, actor
 * Theodore Hardeen, magician
 * Harry Houdini, illusionist and stunt performer
 * Lynn Kellogg, singer
 * Steven Krueger, actor
 * Maury Laws, composer
 * Jeff Loomis, guitarist
 * Michael Patrick McGill, actor
 * Roy Purdy, rapper
 * Brenda Rae, operatic soprano
 * Mark Stewart (American musician)
 * Terry Zwigoff, filmmaker
 * Mary Ann Wells, dancer and ballet dance teacher

Athletes and sports personnel

 * Esmir Bajraktarevic, MLS player
 * Myrt Basing, NFL player
 * Rocky Bleier, NFL player, four-time Super Bowl Champion
 * Brian Butch, NBA player
 * Mark Catlin Sr., football coach
 * Clarence Currie, MLB player
 * Matt Erickson, MLB, Manager Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
 * Royal T. Farrand, physician and college football player
 * Sarah Hagen, NWSL player
 * J. P. Hayes, PGA golfer
 * Joe Hietpas, baseball player
 * George Hogreiver, MLB player
 * Danny Jansen, MLB Player
 * Roger Jenkins, hockey player
 * Erik Jensen, NFL player
 * Swede Johnston, NFL player
 * Ross Kenseth, America Stock car racing driver
 * Cole Konrad, first-ever Bellator Heavyweight Champion
 * Ron Kostelnik, football player
 * Tony Kubek, World Series champion baseball player and Hall of Fame broadcaster
 * Stu Locklin, baseball and educator
 * Garrett Lowney, Olympic medalist
 * Jack Mead, NFL player
 * Chester J. Roberts, head coach of the Miami RedHawks football and men's basketball teams
 * Paul Schommer, Olympic biathlete
 * Don Werner, MLB player
 * Silas Young, professional wrestler

Authors and journalists

 * Mary Agria, author
 * Gary Arndt, travel photographer and writer
 * Jesse David Chariton, historian
 * Edna Ferber, author
 * Alfred Galpin, correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft
 * Henry Golde, author and Holocaust survivor
 * William Norman Grigg, author
 * Walter Havighurst, author
 * Gladys Taber, author
 * Greta Van Susteren, journalist, Newsmax television anchor

Businesspeople

 * William Beverly Murphy, ex-president of Campbell Soup Company
 * Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft
 * Travis VanderZanden, founder of Bird Rides
 * Walter B. Wriston, banker

Military personnel

 * John Bradley, Iwo Jima Navy flag-raiser
 * Zuhdi Jasser, doctor, former lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy
 * John S. Mills, U.S. Air Force Major General
 * Erik M. Ross, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
 * William J. Van Ryzin, U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General

Politicians

 * George Baldwin, politician and businessman
 * Clinton B. Ballard, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Mark Catlin Jr., speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * William F. Cirkel, Wisconsin politician and businessman
 * Bob Corbin, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
 * Lorenzo E. Darling, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Catherine Ebert-Gray, U.S. diplomat
 * Harold Froehlich, U.S. Representative and Outagamie County Circuit Judge
 * Charles J. Hagen, Wisconsin State Representative
 * David Hammel, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Leopold Hammel, Wisconsin State Representative
 * William E. Hoehle, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Steve Kagen, U.S. Congressman
 * David M. Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a Wisconsin State Senator
 * William Kennedy, Wisconsin State Senator
 * George Kreiss, Wisconsin politician
 * August W. Laabs, Wisconsin State Representative
 * John F. Lappen, Wisconsin State Senator
 * James Lennon, Wisconsin State Representative
 * James E. Lyons, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Sue R. Magnuson, Wisconsin State Representative
 * David Martin, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator
 * C. E. McIntosh, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Talbot Peterson, Republican Party of Wisconsin chairman
 * David Prosser Jr., Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
 * William J. Rogers, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Sue Rohan, Wisconsin State Representative
 * James Ryan, Wisconsin politician
 * Samuel Ryan Jr., Wisconsin State Representative
 * Oscar J. Schmiege, Wisconsin State Representative and jurist
 * George J. Schneider, U.S. Representative
 * Charles M. Schrimpf, Wisconsin State Representative
 * David Schutter, criminal defense attorney
 * Henry Clay Sloan, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Perry H. Smith, Wisconsin politician
 * John Tracy, Wisconsin State Representative
 * William Smith Warner, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Jerry L. Wing, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Bernard C. Wolter, Wisconsin State Representative

Other

 * Emanuel Gerechter, rabbi and professor
 * August Knuppel, mason and contractor
 * Ann McKee, neuropathologist specializing in traumatic brain injuries
 * John Benjamin Murphy, surgeon
 * Larry Rosebaugh, Roman Catholic priest
 * James Zwerg, civil rights activist
 * Anthony Czarnik, American chemist and inventor