List of people from Green Bay, Wisconsin

The following notable people are or have been associated with Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Politics

 * W. J. Abrams, Wisconsin State Senator, Mayor of Green Bay
 * David Agry, jurist and legislator
 * Charles C. P. Arndt, Wisconsin Territorial Legislator
 * John Penn Arndt, Wisconsin Territorial legislator
 * William H. Bartran, Wisconsin State Representative and physician
 * Robert C. Bassett, U.S. Presidential advisor
 * John W. Byrnes, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
 * James R. Charneski, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Ebenezer Childs, Wisconsin Territorial legislator
 * Paul F. Clark, Nebraska State Representative
 * Adolph A. Deering, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Thomas A. Delaney, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Jacob Dietrich, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Gary T. Dilweg, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Charles Doty, surveyor, military officer, Wisconsin State Assembly
 * James Duane Doty, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
 * W.F. Doyle, Michigan State Senator
 * Albert Gallatin Ellis, Michigan and Wisconsin Territorial legislator
 * William Finnegan, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Albert Gall, Indiana State Treasurer and businessman
 * Eric Genrich, Wisconsin State Representative, Mayor of Green Bay
 * Mark Green, U.S. Representative
 * John A. Gronouski, U.S. Postmaster General
 * Rosemary Hinkfuss, Wisconsin State Representative
 * William E. Hoehle, Wisconsin State Representative
 * John S. Horner, Governor of Michigan Territory
 * Timothy O. Howe, U.S. Postmaster General
 * Thomas R. Hudd, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
 * James F. Hughes, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
 * Alexander J. Irwin, Wisconsin Territorial Legislator and businessman
 * Robert Irwin Jr., Michigan Territorial Legislator and businessman
 * Joshua L. Johns, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
 * Jay W. Johnson, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, Director of the U.S. Mint
 * Fred F. Kaftan, Wisconsin State Senator
 * David M. Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senator
 * Carol Kelso, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Thomas F. Konop, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
 * Gustav Kustermann, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
 * Harvey Larsen, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Barbara Lawton, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
 * Joseph F. Loy, Wisconsin State Senator
 * John Macco, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Stephen Mack Jr., adventurer, founder of Rockton, Illinois
 * Harold C. Malchow, Wisconsin State Representative
 * John E. Martin, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
 * Joseph Martin, Wisconsin State representative
 * Walter Melchior, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin State Senator
 * James T. Oliver, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Ben Overton, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
 * John W. Reynolds Jr., Governor of Wisconsin
 * Samuel Ryan Jr., Wisconsin State Representative
 * John Joseph Ryba, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Parlan Semple, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Jerome Van Sistine, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Dave Hansen (politician), Wisconsin State Senator

Military

 * Steven E. Day, U.S. Coast Guard admiral
 * James H. Flatley, World War II naval aviator
 * Lawrence J. Fleming, U.S. Air Force Major General
 * George Clay Ginty, Union Army general
 * William Emery Merrill, military engineer
 * Dennis Murphy, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Austin Straubel, World War II army aviator
 * James R. Van Den Elzen, U.S. Marine Corps general

Religion

 * Claude-Jean Allouez, Jesuit missionary
 * Anton Anderledy, Superior General of the Society of Jesus
 * Frank Joseph Dewane, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Adam Maida, Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
 * Beth Moore, evangelical
 * Otto Tank, and the Tank family

Sports



 * Nate Abrams, NFL player
 * John Anderson, ESPN Sportscenter anchor, attended Southwest High School
 * Ken Anderson, professional wrestler known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE and Mr. Anderson in TNA
 * Mason Appleton, ice hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets
 * Wayland Becker, NFL player
 * Tony Bennett, University of Virginia men's basketball coach and former NBA player for Charlotte Hornets, attended Preble High School
 * Jason Berken, MLB player
 * Dan Buenning, guard for NFL Chicago Bears, attended Bay Port High School
 * Art Bultman, NFL player for Brooklyn Dodgers and the Green Bay Packers
 * George Whitney Calhoun, co-founder of Green Bay Packers
 * Dick Campbell, NFL player
 * Raymond Joseph Cannon, U.S. Representative, MLB player, attorney for Jack Dempsey and accused players of Black Sox Scandal
 * Sandy Cohen, American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * James Cook, NFL player
 * Jim Crowley, one-fourth of University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield
 * Jerry Daanen, NFL player
 * Darroll DeLaPorte, NFL player
 * Jay DeMerit, soccer player, English Premier League and Major League Soccer, 2010 World Cup team, attended Bay Port High School
 * Dutch Dwyer, NFL player
 * Riggie Dwyer, NFL player
 * Jim Flanigan, NFL player for Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, and Philadelphia Eagles
 * Ted Fritsch, NFL player
 * Ted Fritsch Jr., NFL player
 * Rebecca Giddens, world champion canoer, Olympic medalist
 * Scott Hansen, NASCAR driver
 * Roger Harring, football coach, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
 * Arnie Herber, NFL player for Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
 * Natisha Hiedeman (born 1997), basketball player for the Israeli team Maccabi Bnot Ashdod and the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
 * Jim Hobbins, NFL player
 * Alec Ingold, NFL player for the Miami Dolphins
 * Fee Klaus, professional football player
 * Greg Knafelc, NFL player
 * Tod Kowalczyk, head coach of University of Toledo men's basketball team
 * Bob Kroll, NFL player
 * Gary Kroner, professional football player
 * Curly Lambeau, founder, player, and first coach of Green Bay Packers
 * Wes Leaper, NFL player
 * Jim Magnuson, MLB player
 * Charlie Mathys, NFL player for Hammond Pros and Green Bay Packers
 * Terrie Miller, Olympic athlete
 * Dennis Murphy, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Brian Noble, NFL player
 * Drew Nowak, NFL player
 * Dominic Olejniczak, Mayor of Green Bay, president and chairman of Green Bay Packers
 * Robert J. Parins, Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and president of the Green Bay Packers
 * Joe Perrault, Olympic athlete
 * Joe Proski, NBA head trainer for the Phoenix Suns and member of the team's Ring of Honor
 * Ken Radick, NFL player for Green Bay Packers and Brooklyn Dodgers
 * Dick Rehbein, NFL assistant coach
 * Chester J. Roberts, head coach of the Miami RedHawks football and men's basketball teams
 * Chuck Sample, NFL player
 * Mary Sauer, pole vaulter
 * Max Scharping, NFL player
 * Joe Secord, NFL player
 * Lauren Sesselmann, professional soccer player
 * Walter Wellesley Smith (1905–1982), Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
 * Aaron Stecker, NFL player, attended Ashwaubenon High School
 * Horst Stemke, Olympic athlete
 * Kevin Stemke, NFL player
 * Jerry Tagge, NFL player
 * Ron Vander Kelen, MVP of 1963 Rose Bowl and NFL player
 * Brad Voyles, MLB player
 * Max Wagner, MLB player
 * Cowboy Wheeler, NFL player
 * Charlie Whitehurst, NFL player
 * Bob Wickman, Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Paul Wilmet, MLB player
 * Eliot Wolf, NFL executive
 * Vince Workman, NFL player
 * Dick Zoll, NFL player for Cleveland Rams and Green Bay Packers

Literature, music, arts



 * Karen Borca, musician
 * Eric Bray, record producer
 * Paul Gigot, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
 * Richard Gilliam, fantasy author and editor
 * Thom Hazaert, record producer, journalist, radio personality, film producer/director. Publicly credited with saving Slipknot/Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor's life.
 * Joel Hodgson, creator and star of TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000, graduated from Ashwaubenon High School in 1978
 * Alonzo Myron Kimball, portrait painter and illustrator
 * Jim Knipfel, author
 * Norbert Kox, painter and writer
 * Jeff Kurtenacker, composer
 * Doug Larson, newspaper columnist
 * Rusty Lemorande, film director, writer, producer and actor
 * Pat MacDonald, songwriter and singer in Timbuk3
 * Kevin MacLeod, musician and composer
 * Leo Ornstein, composer, pianist, finished his life in Green Bay
 * Dave Pirner, lead singer of Soul Asylum
 * Devon Rodriguez, dancer
 * Tony Shalhoub, actor, star of films, stage and TV series Monk and Wings, attended Green Bay East High School
 * Mona Simpson, novelist and essayist; younger sister of Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.; wife of Richard Appel, a writer for The Simpsons; Homer Simpson's mother is named after her
 * Red Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
 * Zack Snyder, director of films Man of Steel, Dawn of the Dead (2004 version), 300, Watchmen, Justice League
 * Margaret Teele (Margaret Poby), actress, attended St. Joseph's Academy (now Notre Dame de la Baie Academy)
 * Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862–1934), Pennsylvania Dutch poet

Inventors, business leaders

 * Leo Frigo, civic and philanthropic leader
 * John J. Gilman, educator and inventor
 * Augustin Grignon, fur trader and businessman
 * Mark King, CEO, Taco Bell
 * Alfred Lawson, credited as inventor of the airliner
 * James Mulva, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips
 * Staci Simonich, scientist
 * Daniel Whitney, businessman and pioneer