List of people from La Crosse

The following list includes notable people who were born in or have lived in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Academics

 * Donald J. Berthrong, historian
 * Ruth Boynton, physician and educator
 * Robert M. Dammon, professor and academic administrator
 * David Garbers, scientist
 * Adolph Gundersen, physician
 * Edward R. Hauser, animal scientist
 * William Duncan MacMillan, mathematician and astronomer
 * Curt Michel, NASA astronaut, professor
 * Louis Hermann Pammel, botanist
 * Walter Ristow, librarian
 * John O. Schwenn, psychologist and academic administrator
 * William A. Thompson, engineer
 * Blanche Wilkins Williams, educator of deaf students

Activists and journalists

 * Brynild Anundsen, Norwegian-American journalist
 * Harriet Bossnot, social and civic worker
 * Chris Bury, Nightline correspondent
 * James Cameron, civil rights activist
 * Tom Hanneman, sports broadcaster
 * Mark Kellogg, reporter (killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn)
 * Frieda S. Miller, labor and women's rights activist
 * William Mullen, journalist
 * Charles M. Palmer, organizer of the Associated Press
 * Marcus M. Pomeroy, editor of the La Crosse Democrat newspaper during the Civil War
 * George Edwin Taylor, activist and journalist
 * Dave Umhoefer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

Artists and performers

 * Erik Call, cinematographer
 * Bernard Joseph Dockendorff, architect
 * Chip Dunham, cartoonist
 * Mattie Gunterman, photographer
 * Frederick Heath, architect
 * Joseph Losey, film and theater director
 * Christy Oates, woodworker and furniture designer
 * Elmer Petersen, sculptor
 * Nicholas Ray, film and theater director
 * John W. Ross, architect

Actors

 * Lottie Alter, actor
 * Val Bettin, actor
 * Charles Dierkop, actor
 * Brandon Ratcliff, actor
 * Ford Sterling, actor

Authors

 * Ole Amundsen Buslett, author
 * Sylvester John Hemleben, poet, writer, and academic
 * Karla Huston, poet
 * Peg Kehret, author
 * E. E. Knight, author
 * Helen Adelia Manville, poet and litterateur
 * Marion Manville Pope, poet and author
 * William Stobb, poet
 * John Toland, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian
 * Danielle Trussoni, author

Musicians

 * Wallace Berry, composer and music theorist
 * Hugo Jan Huss, orchestra conductor
 * Stephen Jerzak, singer-songwriter, musician
 * Arthur Kreutz, composer
 * Robert E. Kreutz, composer
 * Larry Lelli, musician
 * Robert Moevs, composer
 * Robert Schulz, jazz cornetist
 * Freddie Slack, musician and bandleader

American football

 * Gordon Bahr, college football coach
 * George Dahlgren, NFL player
 * John Fay, NFL player
 * Kevin Fitzgerald, NFL player
 * Bob Fitzke, NFL player
 * Hal Hanson, NFL player and head coach
 * Parker Hesse, NFL player
 * Matt Joyce, NFL player
 * Karl Klug, NFL player
 * Richard D. Martin, college football coach
 * Klinks Meyers, APFA player
 * Tom Newberry, NFL all-pro offensive guard
 * Jim Temp, NFL player
 * Clarence Tommerson, NFL player
 * Bill Vickroy, college football coach
 * John Wilce, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
 * Brian Wrobel, NFL player

Baseball

 * John Ake, MLB player
 * Paul Fitzke, MLB and NFL player
 * Tony Ghelfi, MLB player
 * Chuck Hockenbery, MLB player
 * Tom Klawitter, MLB player
 * Ed Konetchy, MLB player
 * Damian Miller, MLB player
 * Ed Servais, college baseball coach
 * Scott Servais, MLB player and manager
 * Frank Skaff, MLB player and manager
 * Dolly Vanderlip, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Jarrod Washburn, MLB player
 * George Williams, MLB player

Basketball

 * Scott Christopherson, basketball player
 * Johnny Davis, NBA player, Washington Wizards
 * Jordan Davis, Wisconsin Men’s Basketball
 * Bronson Koenig, basketball player
 * Doug Martin, college basketball coach
 * John Mengelt, NBA player
 * Flip Saunders, NBA coach
 * Glen Selbo, NBA player, selected second overall in 1947 NBA draft

Other

 * Orville Buckner, professional boxer
 * Tim Gullikson, tennis player and coach
 * Tom Gullikson, tennis player and coach
 * Barbara Harwerth, Olympic volleyball player
 * Don Iverson, professional golfer
 * Ty Loomis, volleyball player
 * Eddie Murphy, Olympic medalist
 * Mike Peplinski, curler
 * George Poage, first African American to win an Olympic medal
 * Ryan Quinn, curler

Businesspeople

 * George Addes, founder of United Auto Workers
 * Austen Cargill, president of Cargill
 * William Wallace Cargill, founder of Cargill
 * Fay Marvin Clark, real estate developer
 * Russell G. Cleary, president of the G. Heileman Brewing Company
 * Charles Gelatt, businessman and philanthropist
 * George Gund II, banker and real estate investor
 * Gottlieb Heileman, founder of G. Heileman Brewing Company
 * John H. MacMillan Sr, President of Cargill
 * Edwin W. Rice, President of General Electric
 * James Trane, co-founder of Trane
 * Reuben Trane, co-founder of Trane

Military personnel

 * Stuart P. Baker, U.S. Navy rear admiral
 * Robert J. Flynn, U.S. Navy commander
 * John Shuman, Army Distinguished Service Medal recipient
 * Woodrow Swancutt, U.S. Air Force major general

Politicians

 * Malvin R. Anderson, Minnesota state legislator and businessman
 * Wendell Abraham Anderson, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
 * Elmer E. Barlow, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
 * Reginald Bicha
 * Timothy Burns, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
 * Erasmus D. Campbell, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and Mayor of La Crosse
 * Ebenezer Childs, territorial legislator
 * Barbara Flynn Currie, Illinois State Representative
 * Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States
 * George Gale, Wisconsin circuit court judge
 * George A. Garrett, U.S. diplomat
 * Wayne J. Hood, Executive Director of the Republican National Committee
 * John Azor Kellogg, U.S. military leader and state senator
 * Charles E. Knoblauch, Iowa State Representative
 * Minnie C. T. Love, Colorado State Representative and member of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan
 * Patrick Joseph Lucey, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. diplomat
 * Paul Lundsten, Wisconsin court of appeals judge
 * Jane Magnus-Stinson, federal judge
 * Paul Marcotte, businessman and Kentucky State Representative
 * Thomas Morris, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
 * Gary K. Nelson, Attorney General of Arizona
 * Mike O'Callaghan, Governor of Nevada
 * Jim Omerberg, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
 * Theodore D. Parsons, New Jersey Attorney General
 * George Wilbur Peck, newspaper publisher, humorist, mayor of Milwaukee, and Governor of Wisconsin
 * John Rusche, Idaho State Representative
 * Ellis Baker Usher, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
 * James M. Wahl, member of the Dakota Territorial Legislature
 * Julia Wallace, New Zealand politician
 * Cadwallader C. Washburn, Civil War general, Wisconsin governor, and U.S. Representative
 * Michael A. Wolff, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri

United States legislators

 * Charles S. Benton, U.S. Representative from New York
 * Fred Biermann, U.S. Representative from Iowa
 * Angus Cameron, U.S. Senator
 * Frank P. Coburn, U.S. Representative
 * John J. Esch, U.S. Representative
 * Merlin Hull, U.S. Representative
 * Ron Kind, U.S. Representative
 * James T. McCleary, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
 * Augustus Herman Pettibone, U.S. Representative from Tennessee
 * William H. Stevenson, U.S. Representative
 * Clark W. Thompson, U.S. Representative from Texas
 * Gardner R. Withrow, U.S. Representative
 * Gilbert Motier Woodward, U.S. Representative

Wisconsin state legislators

 * Raymond Bice, Sr., businessman, State Representative and senator
 * Jill Billings, State Representative
 * Otto Bosshard, State Representative
 * John Brindley, State Representative and La Crosse County judge
 * Sylvester G. Clements, State Representative and businessman
 * Elijah Fox Cook, Michigan and Wisconsin State Senator
 * James Devitt, State Representative and Senator
 * Steve Doyle, State Representative
 * John S. Durland, State Representative
 * Thomas A. Dyson, State Senator and county judge
 * Edwin Flint, State Senator and circuit court judge
 * Lawrence R. Gibson, State Representative
 * Levi Withee Gibson, State Representative
 * Gerald Greider, State Representative
 * Thomas Harnisch, State Senator
 * Gideon Hixon, Wisconsin State Representative and senator
 * James J. Hogan, Wisconsin State Representative and Mayor of La Crosse
 * Clark L. Hood, State Representative
 * William Hull, State Representative
 * Thomas Johnson, State Representative
 * Dan Kapanke, State Senator
 * Milo Knutson, mayor of La Crosse and state senator
 * Edward C. Krause, State Representative
 * Carl Kurtenecker, State Representative
 * Donald A. McDonald, State Representative
 * John Medinger, Mayor of La Crosse and State Representative
 * Isaac E. Messmore, State Representative and Civil War Colonel
 * Mark Meyer, State Representative and Senator
 * Lewis T. Mittness, State Representative
 * John Mulder, State Representative
 * Leland E. Mulder, State Representative
 * Henry Nein, State Representative
 * Lee Nerison, State Representative
 * John Oestreicher, State Representative
 * Paul Offner, State Representative and Senator
 * Oscar S. Paulson, State Senator
 * James D. H. Peterson, State Representative
 * Brad Pfaff, State Senator
 * George H. Ray, State Representative
 * Arnt O. Rhea, State Representative
 * Theodore Rodolf, State Representative
 * Rudolph Schlabach, State Representative and Senator
 * Marlin Schneider, State Representative
 * Jennifer Shilling, State Senator
 * Albert O. Sorge, State Representative
 * Gysbert Van Steenwyk, Sr., Mayor of La Crosse, State Representative and Senator
 * Thomas Benton Stoddard, first mayor of La Crosse and State Representative
 * Gregg Underheim, State Representative
 * D. Russell Wartinbee, State Representative
 * Guilford M. Wiley, State Representative
 * Merrick Wing, State Senator
 * Levi Withee, State Senator
 * Niram Withee, State Representative

Religious leaders

 * Patrick Augustine, Anglican assistant bishop
 * Thea Bowman, Roman Catholic religious sister and educator
 * Raymond Burke, Cardinal Prefect of the Vatican's Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
 * William P. Callahan, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Kilian Caspar Flasch, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Frederick William Freking, Roman Catholic bishop
 * William Richard Griffin, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Michael Heiss, first Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse
 * Alexander Joseph McGavick, Roman Catholic bishop
 * John Joseph Paul, Roman Catholic bishop
 * James Schwebach, Roman Catholic bishop
 * John Patrick Treacy, Roman Catholic bishop

Others

 * Ed Gein, serial killer and grave robber
 * Evelyn Hartley, teenager missing since 1953
 * Ken Kratz
 * Nathan "Nate the Hoof Guy" Ranallo
 * Scott Thorson