List of people from Kenosha, Wisconsin

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Artists, authors

 * William Bast, screenwriter
 * Chester Biscardi, composer, director of musical arts at Yale University
 * Lucien Cailliet, composer, conductor, film orchestrator (The Ten Commandments)
 * Jeff Cesario, comedian, TV writer
 * Donald Clarke, author of books on musical subjects
 * Korey Cooper, backup vocalist, keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for Skillet
 * Anna Fermin, musician
 * Tom Goss, musician
 * Lionel Hampton, vibraphonist and bandleader
 * Florence Parry Heide, author
 * Milt Herth, organist
 * Margaret Landon, author of Anna and the King of Siam (The King and I)
 * Jen Ledger, drummer/singer for Skillet
 * Dave Matrise, singer, guitarist for Jungle Rot
 * Lloyd John Ogilvie, Presbyterian minister and writer; served as Chaplain of the United States Senate
 * Milton K. Ozaki, author and detective novelist
 * George Pollard, portrait painter
 * Thom Racina, author and screenwriter (General Hospital)
 * Spike Robinson, jazz saxophonist
 * Jim Rygiel, triple Academy Award winner (Lord of the Rings)
 * Mary Sauer, principal pianist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1959; on the piano faculty of DePaul University for 33 years, where she was coordinator of the keyboard program
 * Will Schaefer, composer
 * Edwin Stringham, composer, educator
 * Kathie Sullivan, vocalist (The Lawrence Welk Show)
 * Irving Wallace, author (The Chapman Report)

Actors/actresses, directors

 * Don Ameche, actor, Academy Award-winner (Cocoon, Trading Places)
 * Jim Ameche, actor (Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy)
 * Thom Bierdz, actor (The Young and the Restless)
 * Francesco Bilotto, television personality (Good Morning America, The View, Today)
 * Edward F. Cline, film director (The Bank Dick, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man)
 * Bert I. Gordon, film director (The Food of the Gods)
 * Al Molinaro, actor (Happy Days, The Odd Couple)
 * Mark Ruffalo, actor (The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Now You See Me, Shutter Island, Zodiac)
 * Tony Russel, film and stage actor (Hearts Are Wild)
 * Rebecca Scott, model and actress, Miss August 1999 for Playboy
 * Charles Siebert, actor (Trapper John, M.D.), director (Xena: Warrior Princess)
 * Paul Sorensen, actor (Dance With Me, Henry)
 * John Stephenson, voice actor (The Flintstones)
 * Concetta Tomei, actress (China Beach)
 * Daniel J. Travanti, actor (Hill Street Blues)
 * Orson Welles, producer, actor, writer, director (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil, F for Fake)

Politics and law

 * Joseph F. Andrea, Wisconsin legislator
 * John Martin Antaramian, Wisconsin legislator, former Mayor of Kenosha
 * Peter W. Barca, U.S. Representative and Wisconsin legislator
 * Chauncey Davis, Michigan legislator
 * C. Ernest Dewey, Wisconsin legislator
 * Eugene Dorff, Wisconsin legislator and former Kenosha mayor
 * Charles Durkee, U.S. Senator
 * Asahel Farr, 6th, 10th, 17th, and 21st mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator
 * Malcolm D. Farr, Wisconsin legislator
 * Margaret Farrow, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
 * Michael Frank, 1st mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator
 * Myron L. Gordon, Wisconsin Supreme Court
 * Levi Grant, Wisconsin legislator
 * Orson S. Head, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
 * Daniel Hugunin Jr., U.S. Representative from New York
 * Bob Kiss, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
 * Joseph Lourigan, Wisconsin legislator
 * Frederick S. Lovell, 11th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Union Army general
 * Silas Matteson, Wisconsin legislator
 * John J. Maurer, Wisconsin legislator
 * John G. McMynn, 7th Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
 * George Molinaro, Wisconsin legislator
 * Earl D. Morton, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
 * George Howard Paul, 5th mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator, journalist
 * Milton Pettit, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 8th, 11th, 13th, and 16th mayor of Kenosha
 * Charles H. Pfennig, Wisconsin legislator
 * Mark Pocan, U.S. Representative
 * Lewis W. Powell, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
 * Reince Priebus, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, former White House Chief of Staff
 * Michael Pucci, Australian politician
 * Joseph V. Quarles, U.S. Senator, U.S. District Judge, and former Kenosha mayor
 * Clifford E. Randall, U.S. Representative
 * Robert Schmidt, Wisconsin legislator
 * Mathias J. Scholey, former Kenosha mayor
 * Conrad Shearer, Wisconsin legislator
 * Charles C. Sholes, former Kenosha mayor
 * Rouse Simmons, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
 * Zalmon G. Simmons, Wisconsin legislator, former Kenosha mayor, and businessman
 * William H. Stevenson, U.S. Representative

Sports

 * Milo Allison, MLB player
 * Alan Ameche, Wisconsin Badgers and NFL football player, 1954 Heisman Trophy winner
 * Donna Becker, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ballplayer
 * Ray Berres, MLB player, longtime Chicago White Sox pitching coach
 * Tom Bienemann, NFL player
 * Fred Borak, NFL player
 * Dick Bosman, MLB pitcher and pitching coach
 * Tom Braatz, NFL player and general manager
 * Jeff Cohen, All-American basketball player at The College of William & Mary in 1960-61
 * Frankie Conley, boxer
 * Ed Corey, MLB player
 * Fritz Cronin, NFL player
 * Press Cruthers, MLB player
 * Ben Dyer, MLB player
 * Gene Englund, NBL, NBA basketball player, captain of University of Wisconsin's 1941 national championship team
 * Barbara Galdonik, AAGPBL ballplayer
 * Melvin Gordon, NFL player
 * Harvey Green, MLB player
 * Jack Hammond, MLB player
 * Bob Hartman, MLB player
 * Joyce Hill, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Ken Huxhold, NFL player
 * Chuck Jaskwhich, head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team
 * Chet Kozel, professional football player
 * Gavin Lux, infielder for Los Angeles Dodgers
 * Walter Maurer, Olympic wrestling medalist
 * Marie Menheer, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Darlene Mickelsen, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Ollie O'Mara, MLB player
 * Megan Oster, figure skater
 * Charlie Pechous, MLB player
 * Phil Pettey, NFL player
 * Tom Regner, Notre Dame All-American offensive guard and 1966 Houston Oilers NFL Champion Team
 * Elmer Rhenstrom, NFL player
 * Ben Rothwell, professional mixed martial artist
 * Paul Russo, auto racer
 * Augie Schmidt, baseball player and coach
 * Ray Spalding, NBA player
 * Ralph Thomas, NFL player
 * Nick Van Exel, NBA player and currently an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks
 * James "Hippo" Vaughn, Chicago Cubs pitcher
 * Trae Waynes, NFL player

Other

 * Edward E. Ayer (1841–1927), railway supplies magnate; manuscript collector; benefactor to Newberry Library and Field Museum of Natural History
 * Mary D. Bradford, educator, first female superintendent of a major school system in Wisconsin
 * Bill Brown (1855–1941), Oregon rancher
 * Jerry Golden, ABC reporter who was first with the John F. Kennedy assassination news
 * Linda Ham, manager of the Johnson Space Center
 * Michael P. Hammond, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
 * Jim Jensen, CBS news anchor and reporter
 * Raymond Edward Johnson, radio actor, host of Inner Sanctum
 * Samuel C. Johnson, Sr., founder, Johnson Wax
 * Edward S. "Ned" Jordan, automaker (Jordan Motor Car Company), columnist ("Ned Jordan Speaks," AutoWeek) and ad writer ("Somewhere west of Laramie")
 * Laura Kaeppeler, Miss Wisconsin 2011 and Miss America 2012
 * Theodore H. Laban, highly decorated U.S. Army Air Forces soldier
 * Lola J. May, mathematics educator
 * Robert Bruce McCoy, United States National Guard officer
 * Charles Francis McGivern, highly decorated U.S. Navy officer
 * Joseph E. Meyer, herbologist and founder of the Indiana Botanic Gardens
 * Charles W. Nash, automaker, Nash Motors, Nash-Kelvinator
 * Edward T. Newell, president of the American Numismatic Society 1916–1941
 * Norm Nielsen, magician and businessman
 * James R. O'Neill, American Civil War correspondent and sketch artist
 * Michael Phillips, theater critic, Pulitzer Prize jurist
 * Peter Pirsch, builder of fire equipment
 * Luther B. Scherer, also known as Tutor Scherer, (1879–1957), American investor in casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada and poet laureate of Nevada.
 * Kendra Scott, jeweler
 * Christopher Latham Sholes, publisher, inventor of the QWERTY keyboard
 * Zalmon Gilbert Simmons II, businessman
 * Charles Symmonds, U.S. Army general
 * George Nelson Tremper, educator
 * Paul Weyrich, co-founder of The Heritage Foundation and Free Congress Foundation and member of National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
 * Joseph Zimmermann, inventor of the answering machine