List of people from Milwaukee

This is a List of Milwaukeeans, notable citizens of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Born and raised in Milwaukee
The following people were born and spent a significant number of their growing-up years in Milwaukee.
 * George A. Abert, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate; son of George Abert (listed below)


 * Jim Abrahams, director and screenwriter
 * David Adler, architect who designed over 200 estates during the "Great American Fashion era"
 * Amy Aiken, winemaker
 * Marc Alaimo, actor who played many Star Trek characters
 * Carl Allen, musician
 * Vivian Anderson, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (Milwaukee Chicks)
 * 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
 * Mitchell Ayres, bandleader for Perry Como and The Hollywood Palace
 * David Backes, author; professor
 * Gerhard A. Bading, U.S. diplomat
 * Frank Ellis Bamford, U.S. military office
 * Jimmy Banks, soccer player
 * Ben Bard, actor
 * Shorty Barr, NFL player and head coach
 * Dede Barry, Olympic medalist
 * 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
 * James Batemon III (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * John C. Becher, actor
 * Robert J. Beck, professor
 * Travis Beckum, NFL player for New York Giants
 * Chuck Belin, NFL player
 * Harry Bell, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek, police officer convicted of murdering husband's ex-wife
 * Eric Benet, R&B singer; was married to Halle Berry
 * David Benke, President of Atlantic District of Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
 * Mark W. Bennett, U.S. District Court Judge in Iowa
 * Michael Bennett, NFL player
 * James Benning, filmmaker
 * Lamont Bentley, actor; best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on television series Moesha
 * Paris Berelc, actress
 * Scott Bergold, NFL player
 * George Berry, NFL player
 * Abner Biberman, actor and director
 * Dick Bilda, NFL player
 * Roman R. Blenski, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Joseph Colt Bloodgood, physician
 * Wheeler Peckham Bloodgood, lawyer
 * Adam Bob, NFL player
 * Otto Bock, Justice of Colorado Supreme Court
 * Bill Boedeker, NFL player for the Chicago Rockets, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles
 * Frank Bohlmann, NFL player
 * Peter Bonerz, actor
 * Mark Borchardt, independent filmmaker; best known as subject of American Movie
 * Larry Borenstein, art and music promoter
 * Bob Botz, MLB player
 * Timmy Bowers, professional basketball player, 2006 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
 * David Braden, NFL player
 * Gil Brandt, executive of Dallas Cowboys
 * John W. Breen, NFL general manager
 * Cindy Bremser, Olympic athlete; Pan American Games medalist
 * Terry Brennan, head coach of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
 * Jeff Bridich, MLB general manager
 * Pamela Britton, actress
 * Mandy Brooks, MLB player
 * Fred Brown, NBA player, First Team All American at the University of Iowa
 * Judi Brown, Olympic medalist; Pan American Games gold medalist
 * William George Bruce, author, historian, publisher, civic leader for 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 Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Country Music Hall of Fame
 * Art Bues, MLB player
 * Rodney Buford, NBA player
 * Brian Burke, Wisconsin politician
 * Charles C. Butler, Chief Justice of Colorado Supreme Court
 * Jackie Cain, musician
 * Daryl Carter, NFL player
 * John M. Cavey, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
 * 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
 * Alvin J. Clasen, Wisconsin State Assembly man
 * John Louis Coffey, Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
 * James Kelsey Cogswell, U.S. Navy admiral
 * Wilbur J. Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
 * Irv Comp, NFL player
 * Michael Copps, Commissioner of Federal Communications Commission
 * Ray "Crash" Corrigan, actor; first celebrity featured on box of Wheaties
 * Anthony Crivello, Tony Award-winning actor
 * Lave Cross, MLB player for 21 years
 * John Cudahy, U.S. diplomat
 * Michael Cudahy, entrepreneur, grand-nephew of Michael Cudahy (industrialist)
 * Richard Dickson Cudahy, Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
 * Robert M. Curley, legislator and judge
 * Pat Curran, NFL player
 * James B. Currie, U.S. Air Force Major General
 * John Thomas Curtis, botanist and ecologist; Bray Curtis dissimilarity is partially named for him
 * Joseph Czerwinski, Wisconsin State Assembly member
 * Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer
 * DC the Don (Daijon Davis), rapper
 * Randy Dean, NFL player and Olympic athlete
 * Robert Dean, Olympic athlete
 * Ashton Dearholt, actor
 * Robert G. Dela Hunt, Wisconsin State Assembly member
 * Steve de Shazer, psychotherapist who developed use of solution-focused brief therapy
 * Tom Dempsey, NFL player
 * Edward J. Dengel, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Abraham DeSomer, Medal of Honor recipient
 * John R. Devitt, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Michael Dhuey, electrical and computer engineer; co-inventor of the Macintosh II and the iPod
 * Lavern Dilweg, NFL player and U.S. Representative
 * John Doehring, NFL player
 * Bernardine Dohrn, leader of the Weather Underground Organization
 * John P. Donnelly, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Michael Dorf, entrepreneur, founder of Knitting Factory
 * Stephanie Dosen, musician
 * Jeff Doucette, actor
 * Donn F. Draeger, martial artist
 * Randee Drew, professional football player
 * Wally Dreyer, NFL player; coach of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers football team
 * Garrett Droppers, U.S. diplomat, President of University of South Dakota
 * Ron Drzewiecki, NFL player
 * Red Dunn, NFL player
 * Zoe Dunning, U.S. Naval Commander and LGBT activist
 * Will Durst, comedian
 * Lawrence Eagleburger, U.S. Secretary of State
 * Greg Eagles, actor
 * Robert Easton, actor, acting teacher
 * Al Eckert, MLB player
 * Bob Eckl, NFL player
 * Patrick Eddie, NBA player
 * Kathryn Edwards, model, reality television star on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
 * Herbert W. Ehrgott, U.S. Air Force general
 * Brent Emery, Olympic medalist
 * Trevor Enders, MLB player
 * Howie Epstein, rock musician, producer, and bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 * Terence T. Evans, jurist
 * Tony Evers, 46th Governor of Wisconsin
 * Ralph Evinrude, son of Ole Evinrude, inventor of world's first outboard motor, CEO Outdoor Marine Corp
 * Thomas E. Fairchild, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
 * Raleigh W. Falbe, Wisconsin state legislator
 * Anton Falch, professional baseball player
 * Frank Farkas, Florida state representative
 * Hudson Fasching, NHL player
 * Michael Feldman, radio personality for Public Radio International
 * Michael Felger, sports radio talk show host
 * Gene Felker, NFL player
 * Happy Felsch, MLB player
 * Max Fernekes, artist
 * Thomasita Fessler, painter
 * Edgar Fiedler (1929–2003), economist
 * Julius Fiege, Wisconsin State Representative
 * James E. Finnegan, Attorney General of Wisconsin
 * Jack Finney, science-fiction and thriller writer; his novel The Body Snatchers was basis for movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers
 * Brian Firkus, Drag Queen
 * Chris Foerster, NFL assistant coach
 * Reginald Foster, Latinist
 * Eduard Franz, actor
 * Jacob Elias Friend, Wisconsin state legislator, businessman, lawyer
 * Bruce Froemming, MLB umpire
 * Todd Frohwirth, MLB player
 * Fabian Gaffke, MLB player
 * Max Galasinski, stonecutter, sculptor
 * Chris Gardner, self-made millionaire whose bout with homelessness is portrayed in film The Pursuit of Happyness
 * Diante Garrett (born 1988), basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Augusts F. Gearhard, Deputy Chief of Chaplain of U.S. Air Force
 * Warren Giese, head coach of South Carolina Gamecocks football team, South Carolina State Senator
 * Herschel Burke Gilbert, film and television composer
 * Hank Gillo, NFL player and head coach
 * Martin Glendon, MLB player
 * Carlos Glidden, co-inventor of first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Samuel W. Soule
 * Danny Gokey, American Idol contestant
 * Lamar Gordon, NFL player
 * Angelo F. Greco, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Joseph A. Greco, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Abraham L. Grootemaat, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
 * James Groppi, Roman Catholic priest and civil rights activist
 * Anthony Gruszka, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Eric Gugler, architect
 * Jay Guidinger, NBA player
 * John Gurda, writer and historian
 * Carl Haessler, political activist
 * Luise Haessler, linguist
 * Eric E. Hagedorn, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Jeffrey Robert Haines, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Jaida Essence Hall, drag queen superstar and winner of the 12th season of RuPaul's Drag Race
 * Bo Hanley, NFL player and head coach
 * Derrick Harden, NFL player
 * Pat Harder, NFL player, member of College Football Hall of Fame
 * Jason Hardtke, MLB player
 * Kevin Harlan, sportscaster
 * Dan Harmon, creator of the NBC television series Community, and co-creator of television series "Rick and Morty"
 * Mildred Harnack, German resistance fighter during World War II, executed under orders from Adolf Hitler
 * George Harper, MLB player
 * Devin Harris, professional basketball player
 * Jerry Harrison, keyboardist for new wave music group Talking Heads
 * Kenny Harrison, world champion track and field athlete; Olympic gold medalist; Goodwill Games medalist
 * Mike Hart, MLB player
 * William Hartman, Distinguished Service Cross recipient
 * 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
 * Ned R. Healy, Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–44, member of Congress, 1945–47
 * Bob Heinz, NFL player
 * George Hekkers, NFL player
 * Frederick Hemke, professor of saxophone at Northwestern University
 * Marguerite Henry, award-winning children's author, known for books about animals
 * Woody Herman, jazz singer, instrumentalist, and bandleader
 * Keith K. Hilbig, General authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Elizabeth Hirschboeck, humanitarian
 * Deb Hoffmann, Winnie-the-Pooh memorabilia collector
 * Alice Holz, union organizer
 * Jack Hueller, NFL player
 * Doris Hursley, co-creator of General Hospital and daughter of Victor L. Berger
 * Andy Hurley, Fall Out Boy
 * Mike Huwiler, Olympic athlete; MLS player
 * Caroline Ingalls (1839–1924), born in Brookfield, mother of famed author Laura Ingalls Wilder
 * Einar H. Ingman Jr., Medal of Honor recipient
 * Robert Jacobson, Lutheran bishop, then Roman Catholic priest
 * Jeff Jagodzinski, NFL assistant coach, head coach of Boston College
 * Eddie Jankowski, NFL player
 * Dan Jansen, world champion speed skater; Olympic gold medalist; member of United States Olympic Hall of Fame; NHL assistant coach
 * Al Jarreau, award-winning jazz singer
 * Katherine Jashinski, United States Army soldier who refused orders to deploy to Afghanistan in 2006
 * Salome Jens, actress, best known for portraying Female Shapeshifter on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
 * Jim Jodat, NFL player
 * Harry G. John, philanthropist
 * Mark Jones, NBA player
 * Barbara Jordan, professional tennis player
 * Elizabeth Jordan, writer, journalist
 * Joe Just, MLB player
 * Jane Kaczmarek, actress; best known as Lois in Malcolm in the Middle
 * Brian "Kato" Kaelin, actor and house guest of O. J. Simpson during murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman
 * Bob Kames, musician; popularized The Chicken Dance
 * Karl Kassulke, NFL player
 * Phil Katz, inventor of Zip archive file format
 * Marie Kazmierczak, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Francis B. Keene, U.S. diplomat
 * Ken Keltner, MLB player
 * Skip Kendall (born 1964), professional golfer
 * Jacob J. Killa, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Don Kindt, NFL player
 * Don Kindt Jr., NFL player
 * Louis Joseph Kirn, U.S. Navy admiral
 * Jerry Kleczka, U.S. Representative
 * Red Kleinow, MLB player
 * Scott Klement, computer scientist
 * Al Klug, professional football player
 * Tony Knap, head coach of Utah State, Boise State and UNLV 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 Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
 * Herman Koehler, head coach of Army football team; Master of the Sword of the United States Military Academy
 * John J. Koepsell, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman
 * Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator
 * Don Kojis, NBA player
 * Walter Charles Kraatz, zoologist
 * Alvin Kraenzlein, Olympic gold medalist, member of National Track & Field Hall of Fame and United States Olympic Hall of Fame
 * Jack Kramer, professional football player
 * Ken Kranz, NFL player
 * Ken Kratz (born c. 1960), lawyer, former district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin; law license was suspended for four months after sexting scandal
 * Clarence Kretlow, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Gus Krock, MLB player
 * Leo Krzycki (1881–1966), labor union leader
 * Tony Kubek, MLB player
 * Ray Kuffel, professional football player
 * Walter Kunicki, Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Ralph Kurek, NFL player
 * Craig Kusick, MLB player
 * August W. Laabs, Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Chet Laabs, MLB player
 * Lakeyah, musician
 * Carl Landry, NBA player
 * Marcus Landry, NBA player
 * Irv Langhoff, NFL player
 * Jacob Latimore, singer and dancer
 * Donald Laub, noted plastic surgeon
 * Jacob Laubenheimer, former chief of the Milwaukee Police Department and founder of the world's first police academy
 * 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
 * DeAndre Levy, NFL player
 * Liberace, pianist and entertainer (West Allis)
 * Al Lindow, NFL player
 * James G. Lippert, Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer
 * Jacob J. Litza Jr., Wisconsin State Representative and businessman
 * Dick Loepfe, NFL player
 * Fred Luderus, MLB player
 * Arno H. Luehman, U.S. Air Force Major General
 * Otto Luening (1900–1996), composer, early pioneer of electronic music
 * Jerry Lunz, NFL player
 * Alfred Lunt, Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning Broadway actor; appeared in over 24 plays with his wife Lynn Fontanne
 * Rube Lutzke, MLB player
 * Mel Maceau, professional football player
 * Sandy MacKay, Michigan state representative
 * Steve Mackay, drummer of Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes, Radio Romeo
 * Beezie Madden, Olympic gold medalist
 * Mark Maddox, NFL player
 * Ira Madison III, television writer and podcaster
 * Greg Mahlberg, MLB player
 * Lester Maitland, pioneer U.S. Army aviator. In 1927 with Albert Hegenberger completed first flight from California to Hawaii
 * David John Malloy, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Dave Manders, NFL player
 * Tom Mangan, Minnesota state legislator and educator
 * Bob Mann, pro golfer
 * Carl von Marr, painter
 * Trixie Mattel, competed on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race, winner of season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, co-hosts a show on YouTube and has her own television series (The Trixie and Katya Show) on Viceland
 * Tracy Mattes, track and field athlete and humanitarian
 * John Matuszak, actor and NFL player
 * Bob Mavis, professional baseball player
 * George McBride, MLB manager
 * 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
 * Darel McKinney, Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient
 * Chuck Mercein, NFL player for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, and the New York Jets
 * John L. Merkt, Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Walter L. Merten, Wisconsin State Senate
 * Louis L. Merz, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Albert Gregory Meyer, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
 * Phil Micech, NFL player
 * Candice Michelle, wrestler, model and actress, best known for television ads for Go Daddy
 * Abner J. Mikva, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
 * Dick Miller, NBA player
 * Thomas L. Miller, TV producer, co-founder of Miller-Boyett Productions
 * Milverine (John Hamann), local celebrity known for looking like Wolverine while walking shirtless
 * Newton N. Minow, chairman of Federal Communications Commission
 * Robert J. Modrzejewski, Medal of Honor recipient
 * David Mogilka, lawyer and politician
 * Jake Moreland, NFL player; assistant coach with Western Michigan Broncos football team
 * 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
 * Rose Namajunas, mixed martial artist
 * Alfredo Narciso, actor
 * Clem Neacy, NFL player
 * Kurt Neumann, singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the BoDeans
 * Kurt Nimphius, NBA player
 * Charles Niss, Wisconsin state legislator and businessman
 * Haskell Noyes, conservationist
 * Pat O'Brien, actor with over 100 screen credits
 * Elli Ochowicz, Olympic athlete
 * Robert Emmett O'Connor, actor
 * Tad J. Oelstrom, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
 * Nancy Olson, actress
 * Chuck Ortmann, NFL player
 * Oscar Osthoff, Olympic gold medalist; head coach of Washington State football team
 * Nik Pace, first runner-up of America's Next Top Model, cycle 5
 * Raymond A. Palmer, editor and author
 * Frank Parker, International Tennis Hall of Fame member; won both the French and U.S. Championships
 * Les Paul, jazz guitarist, inventor, pioneer in development of solid-body electric guitar (Waukesha)
 * Don Pavletich, MLB player
 * Cheryl Pawelski, record producer (Omnivore Recordings)
 * Jim Peck, host of game shows The Big Showdown and Three's a Crowd; local history show I Remember Milwaukee
 * Pat Peppler, NFL head coach
 * Anthony Pettis, mixed martial artist signed with UFC
 * Vel Phillips, politician, jurist and activist
 * Amy Pietz, actress, known for role as Annie Spadaro in sitcom Caroline in the City
 * Robert B. Pinter, biomedical engineer
 * Paul Poberezny, founder of Experimental Aircraft Association and member of National Aviation Hall of Fame
 * Milton Rice Polland, Marshall Islands diplomat
 * Glen Pommerening, Wisconsin legislator
 * Terry Porter, NBA player and head coach of Milwaukee Bucks
 * Karl Priebe, artist
 * Gene Puerling, singer
 * Charlotte Rae (Lubotsky), TV/stage actress and singer; acted in Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life
 * Ellen Raskin, author, illustrator, and fashion designer; recipient of Newbery Medal
 * Scottie Ray, actor
 * Joel Rechlicz, NHL player
 * Marshall Reckard, mechanic and politician
 * Louise Goff Reece, U.S. Representative from Tennessee
 * William Rehnquist, former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Shorewood)
 * John E. Reilly Jr., Wisconsin legislator and judge
 * Paul Samuel Reinsch, U.S. diplomat
 * Henry S. Reuss, U.S. Representative
 * John Ridley, author, television and movie producer
 * Brad Rigby, MLB player
 * Stuart Rindy, NFL player
 * Jim Risch, U.S. Senator from Idaho
 * Nick Roach, NFL player
 * Fritz Roeseler, NFL player
 * Brad Rowe, actor
 * Loret Miller Ruppe, U.S. diplomat
 * Margaret A. Rykowski, U.S. Navy admiral
 * Herbert J. Ryser, mathematician, Bruck-Chowla-Ryser theorem and Ryser formula are named for him
 * Ben L. Salomon, Medal of Honor recipient
 * John Scardina, NFL player
 * Christopher Scarver, convicted murderer who killed Jeffrey Dahmer
 * John C. Schafer, U.S. Representative
 * Arlie Schardt, Olympic gold medalist
 * Bob Scherbarth, MLB player
 * Richard Schickel, author, film critic, and filmmaker
 * Augustine Francis Schinner, first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Superior
 * Charles Asa Schleck, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Herman Alfred Schmid, U.S. Air Force general
 * Charles C. Schmidt, Wisconsin state legislator
 * John G. Schmitz, U.S. Representative from California
 * Frank Schneiberg, MLB player
 * Roy Schoemann, NFL player
 * Otto Schomberg, professional baseball player
 * Paul Schramka, MLB player
 * Charles M. Schrimpf, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Michael Schultz, filmmaker and television director
 * Mark J. Seitz, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Bud Selig, MLB commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers
 * Paul Shenar, actor
 * Paul Sicula, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Cornelius Sidler, Wisconsin State Representative
 * John Otto Siegel, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Lance Sijan, first USAFA graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor
 * Carl Silvestri, NFL player
 * Al Simmons, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
 * Herbert A. Simon, Nobel laureate and Turing Award winner for work in artificial intelligence, cognition, and decision-making
 * John Sisk Jr., NFL player
 * Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada
 * Leland Sklar, bass player
 * Fred R. Sloan, U.S. Air National Guard Major General
 * Dave Smith, professional football player
 * Dick Smith, software engineer and computer consultant
 * Tom Snyder, talk show host of The Tomorrow Show and The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
 * Samuel W. Soule, co-inventor of first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden
 * Speech (Todd Thomas), musician, lead singer of Arrested Development
 * Latrell Sprewell, four-time All-Star professional basketball player
 * Clement Stachowiak, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Drew Stafford, NHL player
 * Kenneth M. Stampp, professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley
 * Howard Stark, NFL player
 * Pete Stark, U.S. Representative from California
 * Jerome Steever, Olympic medalist
 * Henry J. Stehling, U.S. Air Force general
 * Christian Steinmetz, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
 * Erich C. Stern, Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer
 * Bill Stetz, NFL player
 * Brooks Stevens, automotive and industrial designer who developed the concept of planned obsolescence
 * Lester Stevens, Olympic athlete
 * Anne Steytler, activist and feminist who co-founded the Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, one of the first six domestic violence response and prevention centers in the United States
 * Philip Stieg, neurosurgeon
 * Joseph Stika, U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral
 * Herbert Stothart, film composer, member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame
 * 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
 * Johnny Strzykalski, NFL player
 * Timothy S. Sullivan, U.S. Coast Guard admiral
 * Jayapataka Swami, religious leader for International Society for Krishna Consciousness
 * George Talsky, businessman and politician
 * Jack Taschner, MLB player
 * Todd Temkin, contemporary poet and cultural activist
 * Clinton Textor, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Reinhold Thiessenhusen, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Fred Thomas, MLB player
 * Arthur Thrall, artist
 * Matthew Tonner, musician and music producer of The 502s
 * Spencer Tracy, actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967
 * Clement A. Trott, U.S. Army Major General
 * Dan Turk, NFL player
 * Alfred Tweedy, Connecticut state senator
 * Aaron Twerski (born 1939), lawyer and the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, as well as a former Dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law
 * Judy Tyler (Judith Mae Hess), actress, starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock
 * Bob Uecker, 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
 * Nick Viall, contestant on The Bachelor
 * Paul Wagner, MLB player
 * Steve Wagner, NFL player
 * Lutz Wahl, U.S. Army Major General; Adjutant General of U.S. Army
 * James W. Wahner, educator and Wisconsin State Representative
 * Herman V. Wall, photographer
 * John A. Wall, lawyer and Wisconsin State Representative
 * Norm Wallen, MLB player
 * Neale Donald Walsch, best-selling author of Conversations With God
 * Jim Waskiewicz, NFL player
 * Bruce Weber, head coach of University of Illinois men's basketball team
 * Bill Weir, television journalist, co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America Weekend Edition
 * Norman Wengert, political scientist
 * Gary George Wetzel, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Joel Whitburn, American author and music historian
 * Jane Wiedlin, guitarist, vocalist, most notably for The Go-Go's
 * Ken Wiesner, Olympic medalist
 * John Wilde, painter
 * Gene Wilder, actor known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and collaborations with Mel Brooks, married Gilda Radner
 * Robert Wilke, Air Force Cross recipient
 * Mike Wilks, NBA player
 * Red Wilson, MLB player
 * Elmer Winter (1912–2009), founder of Manpower Inc.
 * Edward Wollert, Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient
 * Whitey Wolter, NFL player
 * Neil Worden, NFL player
 * Sylvia Wronski, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (Milwaukee Chicks)
 * Frank Albert Young, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Clement J. Zablocki, U.S. Representative
 * Ozias M. Zander, architect
 * 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
 * Chip Zien, actor
 * Ray Zillmer, attorney, mountaineer, and conservationist
 * John A. Zoller, Wisconsin legislator
 * Charlotte Zucker, actress, mother of David and Jerry Zucker
 * David Zucker, film director, Airplane! and Top Secret!
 * Jerry Zucker, film director, Airplane! and Top Secret!

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
 * Elizabeth Baker Bohan, author, journalist, artist, social reformer
 * Andrew H. Boncel, Wisconsin state legislator and newspaper editor
 * Jack Carson, actor, Mildred Pierce, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Star Is Born
 * Keo Coleman, NFL player
 * Michael Cudahy, industrialist, great-uncle of Michael Cudahy (electronics)
 * Patrick Cudahy, industrialist
 * Victor DeLorenzo, drummer for punk-rock group, the Violent Femmes
 * Humphrey J. Desmond, Wisconsin legislator, lawyer, writer, and newspaper editor
 * Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-born actress raised in Milwaukee, two-time Tony Award winner, four-time Emmy Award winner
 * Joel Ehrendreich, US Career Diplomat, current Ambassador to Palau (2023)
 * Clarke Fischer, NFL player
 * Garrett M. Fitzgerald, politician
 * Evelyn Frechette, lover and accomplice of John Dillinger
 * Gordon Gano, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the Violent Femmes
 * Charles Goldenberg (1911–1986), Odessa-born All-Pro NFL player
 * Wallace Wilson Graham, Wisconsin lawyer and politician
 * Joseph Graybill, actor
 * Elmer Grey, architect and painter
 * Stone Hallquist, NFL player
 * Albert Hammond, politician
 * Matthea Harvey, poet
 * Houdini, illusionist and stunt performer
 * Jeffrey Hunter, actor, The Searchers, King of Kings
 * John Johnson, NBA basketball player, First Team All-American at University of Iowa
 * Warren S. Johnson, founder of Johnson Controls
 * Kristen Johnston, born in Washington DC, raised in Whitefish Bay; played Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun
 * Josette Vieau Juneau, Métis "founding mother" of Milwaukee
 * Al C. Kalmbach, born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, founder of Kalmbach Publishing
 * Keedy, singer
 * Harold Klemp, leader of Eckankar
 * Tim Knoll, freestyle BMX rider
 * Leon L. Lewis, attorney, spymaster, and Jewish community leader
 * 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
 * John Luick, American Civil War veteran; founder of Luick Ice Cream
 * Arie Luyendyk Jr., professional auto racer, The Bachelorette contestant (Brookfield)
 * Arthur MacArthur Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, military governor of the Philippines
 * Rick Majerus, basketball coach; son of Raymond Majerus
 * Golda Meir, a founder of 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 "father" of United States Air Force
 * Ronald Myers, noted Baptist minister
 * Joseph Arthur Padway, socialist politician
 * Ray Phillips, NFL player
 * Emma May Alexander Reinertsen, writer, social reformer
 * Antonio R. Riley, Midwest Regional Administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
 * Martin P. Robinson, creator and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company; puppeteer for Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus and Slimey (Brookfield)
 * Gena Rowlands, Oscar-nominated actress, four-time Emmy Award winner
 * Mark Rylance, theater actor and director; director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, two-time Tony Award winner
 * David J. Saposs, economist
 * Landy Scott, champion race car driver
 * Edward Steichen, in 1900 left Milwaukee to NYC, met Alfred Stieglitz who was married to Georgia O'Keeffe; world's highest-paid photographer
 * Mike Taylor, NBA player
 * Fred W. Vetter Jr., U.S. Air Force general
 * George H. Walther, Wisconsin State Representative
 * 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

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 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
 * Jonah Bride, baseball player
 * Rachel Brosnahan, actress
 * Coo Coo Cal, singer, rapper
 * Raja Chari, astronaut candidate
 * Leroy Chiao, astronaut, commander and science officer of 10th expedition to International Space Station (ISS)
 * George Croil, Royal Canadian Air Force Air Marshal; first Chief of the Air Staff
 * Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer raised in Ohio; returned to Milwaukee where he also committed acts of necrophilia and cannibalism
 * Dan Davies, actor and screenwriter
 * Ruth Bachhuber Doyle, member of Wisconsin Assembly, raised in Wausau; mother of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle
 * Edward T. Foote II, former president of the University of Miami
 * Alex Galchenyuk, hockey player for the AHL's Colorado Eagles
 * Jeff Gillan, journalist
 * Doug Gottlieb, ESPN analyst, host of The Doug Gottlieb Show
 * Heather Graham, film actress; best known for role as Roller Girl in 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 soap opera Days of Our Lives and twin sister of actress Andrea Hall
 * Dennis Hall, world champion wrestler, Olympic medalist; Pan American Games gold medalist
 * Susan Lynn Hefle, food allergen scientist
 * Ben Heller, MLB pitcher
 * Ed Hochuli, NFL referee
 * Michael Huebsch, politician
 * Ernie Johnson Jr., Emmy Award-winning sportscaster
 * Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for San Francisco 49ers
 * Eric Kelly, NFL player
 * George F. Kennan, architect of U.S. Cold War policy of containment of 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
 * Jacob Latimore, R&B singer
 * James J. Lindsay, U.S. Army General; first commander of United States Special Operations Command
 * Bobby Marshall, NFL player, member of College Football Hall of Fame
 * Ava Max, singer-songwriter
 * Chris Mihm, NBA player
 * Steve Miller, musician, Steve Miller Band
 * Raymond J. Moyer, politician
 * Amir Omar, Texas politician
 * Leslie Osborne, WPS player
 * Peter Palmer, Broadway and film actor, most notably as Li'l Abner
 * Otto A. Paulsen, Minnesota state representative and farmer
 * Andre Phillips, Olympic gold medalist
 * Armintie Price, WNBA player
 * Joe Randa, MLB player
 * Robert D. Richardson, biographer and historian
 * Jay Schroeder, NFL player
 * Mary Shane, pioneer sportscaster
 * Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger), science fiction writer, East Asian scholar and expert in psychological warfare
 * Bart Stupak, U.S. Representative from Michigan
 * Austin Surhoff, swimmer
 * Eric Szmanda, actor, played Greg Sanders on CSI
 * Peter G. Torkildsen, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
 * Butch Woolfolk, NFL player

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 Famer; all-time leader in home runs; played majority of MLB career in Milwaukee
 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Hall of Famer and first draft choice of Milwaukee Bucks
 * George Abert, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; father of George A. Abert
 * Andrew J. Aikens, newspaper editor
 * Anson Allen, politician and businessman
 * Ray Allen, Milwaukee Bucks player from 1996 to 2003
 * Edward P. Allis, co-founder of Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
 * John Anderson, NFL player
 * Mathilde Franziska Anneke, feminist
 * Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks player
 * Jimmy Archer, MLB player
 * Philip Danforth Armour, founder of Armour and Company
 * Jap Barbeau, MLB player
 * Lloyd Barbee, Wisconsin legislator
 * William A. Barstow, Governor of Wisconsin; Union Army general
 * John M Barth, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson Controls
 * John Knowlton Bartlett, Vice President of American Medical Association
 * Charles S. Benton, U.S. Representative from New York
 * Insoo Kim Berg, psychotherapist
 * Victor L. Berger, first Socialist elected to U.S. House of Representatives
 * William Joshua Blackmon, street preacher and artist
 * Fred Blair, labor activist and politician
 * Valentin Blatz, founder of Valentin Blatz Brewing Company
 * Aaron T. Bliss, U.S. Representative from Michigan
 * Robert Bloch, science fiction, fantasy and horror writer, author of Psycho
 * Ernest Borgnine, Academy Award-winning actor
 * Matthias J. Bovee, U.S. Representative from New York
 * Emil Breitkreutz, Olympic medalist; head coach of USC Trojans men's basketball team
 * Arthur Louis Breslich, president of German Wallace College and Baldwin-Wallace College
 * Bunny Brief, MLB player
 * Erhard Brielmaier, architect, designed many Milwaukee churches, buildings, and schools including The Basilica of St. Josaphat recipient
 * Cecil B. Brown Jr., civil rights activist and legislator
 * John A. Bryan, U.S. diplomat
 * Larry Bucshon, U.S. Representative from Illinois
 * Chris Bury, television journalist, Nightline correspondent
 * Charles C. Byrne, U.S. Army general
 * James Cameron, civil rights activist
 * Raymond Joseph Cannon, U.S. Representative, attorney for the accused players during Black Sox Scandal
 * Al Capone, Chicago gangster; had a "home" in Brookfield during Prohibition
 * Bill Carollo, NFL referee
 * Sam Cassell, NBA player for Milwaukee Bucks
 * Benjamin F. Church, 1835 pioneer, builder and contractor; built Benjamin Church House, now a museum
 * Pep Clark, MLB player
 * Dighton Corson, Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
 * Georgia Cozzini, politician
 * Harriet L. Cramer, publisher of The Evening Wisconsin, a daily newspaper in Milwaukee
 * John D. Cummins, U.S. Representative from Ohio
 * Lysander Cutler, Union Army general
 * Steven E. Day, U.S. Coast Guard admiral
 * Willem Dafoe, actor, from Appleton, WI., lived in Milwaukee while with Theatre X in Third Ward; before moving to NYC where he spent 10 years before becoming well-known.
 * Peter V. Deuster, diplomat
 * Gene DeWeese, author
 * Dustin Diamond, actor, "Screech" from Saved by the Bell TV sitcom; resided in Port Washington
 * Joseph Doe, U.S. Assistant Secretary of War
 * Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
 * Charlie Dougherty, MLB player
 * Tom Dougherty, MLB player
 * David Draiman, rock musician, singer in heavy metal band Disturbed
 * F. Ryan Duffy, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
 * Clifford Durr, member of Federal Communications Commission
 * Hi Ebright, MLB player
 * Lois Ehlert, illustrator; Caldecott Medal recipient
 * Michael Elconin, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Gary Ellerson, NFL player for Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions
 * Alter Esselin, Yiddish poet, carpenter, 1889–1974
 * Charles E. Estabrook, Wisconsin Attorney General
 * Ole Evinrude, founder of Evirude Outboard Motors, inventor of first outboard motor with practical commercial application
 * Edward T. Fairchild, jurist
 * Chris Farley, born in Madison, Wisconsin, graduated from Marquette University; comedian and actor; cast member on Saturday Night Live
 * Asahel Finch Jr., lawyer and politician
 * Albert Fowler, mayor of Rockford, Illinois
 * Charles F. Freeman, businessman and politician
 * Harold A. Fritz, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Ezekiel Gillespie, activist for equal rights for African Americans
 * Luther F. Gilson, businessman and politician
 * Guy D. Goff, U.S. Senator from West Virginia
 * Paul Grottkau, radical newspaper publisher and labor organizer
 * William G. Haan, U.S. Army Major General
 * Jackson Hadley, politician and businessman
 * Ardie Clark Halyard (1896–1989), co-owner of the first black-owned bank in Milwaukee
 * J.J. Hagerman, industrialist
 * Doc Hamann, baseball player
 * Charles Smith Hamilton, Union Army Major General
 * Gustav Otto Ludolf Heine, owner of Heine-Velox
 * James L. Herdt, 9th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
 * Osia Joslyn Hiles, philanthropist and poet, heavily involved in many Milwaukee philanthropies such as the Wisconsin Humane Society
 * Harrison Carroll Hobart, Union Army general
 * Adrian Hoecken, Dutch missionary to the first nations
 * Timothy E. Hoeksema, Chairman of Midwest Air Group
 * Roy Hoffmann, U.S. Navy admiral
 * James Holliday, lawyer
 * Gertrude Hull, educator
 * Bert Husting, MLB player
 * John L. Jerstad, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Electa Amanda Wright Johnson, philanthropist, writer
 * Solomon Juneau, fur trader, land speculator, and co-founder of City of Milwaukee
 * Francis Enmer Kearns, bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church
 * Alice Beck Kehoe, anthropologist
 * Byron Kilbourn, Wisconsin railroad executive, politician, and co-founder 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
 * Conrad Krez, Union Army general
 * Ivanka Mandunić Kuzmanović, Croatian poet and historian
 * Dan Lally, MLB player
 * John H. Lang, war hero
 * Increase A. Lapham, scientist; "father of the U.S. Weather Service"
 * Alfred Lawson, credited as inventor of the airliner
 * Jerris G. Leonard, administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
 * Judith Light, actress, star of Who's the Boss; acted in Milwaukee theater at "the Rep"
 * Reginald Lisowski, professional wrestler known as "The Crusher"
 * Casey Loomis, Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient
 * Scott Lorenz, MLS player
 * Frank Luce, MLB player
 * Arie Luyendyk, two-time Indianapolis 500 winner (Brookfield)
 * Arthur MacArthur Sr, judge; father of Arthur MacArthur Jr and grandfather of General Douglas MacArthur
 * Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army General; U.S. Army Chief of Staff; Medal of Honor recipient
 * Raymond Majerus, labor leader; father of Rick Majerus
 * Dan Marion, MLB player
 * Henry H. Markham, U.S. Representative from California
 * Hattie McDaniel, Academy Award-winning actress; the first African American to win an Academy Award
 * Francis E. McGovern, 22nd Governor of Wisconsin
 * Al McGuire, college basketball coach and television commentator, head coach of Marquette national championship team
 * Eschines P. Matthews, Wisconsin Assemblyman and businessman
 * Khris Middleton, Milwaukee Bucks player
 * Frederick Miller, brewing magnate and founder of Miller Brewing Company; grandfather of Fred Miller
 * Elias Molee, journalist; linguist
 * Paul Molitor, baseball Hall of Famer; longtime player for Milwaukee Brewers
 * Mary Mortimer (1816–1877), British-born American educator
 * Frank Murray, head coach of Marquette Golden Avalanche and Virginia Cavaliers football teams, member of College Football Hall of Fame
 * George New, artist
 * George Nicol, MLB player
 * Richard J. Nolan, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Bill Norman, MLB player and manager
 * Karl F. Nystrom, rail engineer; introduced a number of important innovations, including welded lightweight freight and passenger railcars
 * John O'Malley, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Frederick Pabst, brewing magnate of Pabst Brewing Company
 * Halbert E. Paine, Union Army general; U.S. Representative
 * Henry C. Payne, U.S. Postmaster General
 * George Wilbur Peck, Governor of Wisconsin
 * Hal Peck, MLB player
 * Carlotta Perry, poet
 * Joseph Perry, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
 * Jane and Lloyd Pettit, philanthropists of Bradley family fortune, who gifted Bradley Center and Pettit National Ice Center
 * Marjorie Peters, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, born in Greenfield, WI and a longtime resident of Milwaukee
 * Emanuel L. Philipp, 23rd Governor of Wisconsin and resident of Milwaukee
 * Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee
 * Michael Redd, Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard, holds Bucks' franchise record for points in a single game with 57
 * Adolph Walter Rich, manufacturer and merchant
 * Chester J. Roberts, head coach of Miami Redskins football and men's basketball teams
 * Paul Robeson, pro football player, actor, singer and social activist
 * Henry C. Runkel, lawyer and politician
 * Carl Sandburg, author, reporter, poet; worked as organizer for Wisconsin Social Democratic Party at headquarters in Milwaukee; met wife Lilian Steichen (Menomonee Falls) in 1907
 * Joseph Schlitz, brewing magnate of now defunct Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
 * Carl Schurz, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
 * John Sharpstein, Justice of the California Supreme Court
 * Christopher Sholes, printer, politician, and newspaper editor; best known for inventing the modern day typewriter with its QWERTY key layout, while living in Milwaukee
 * Abram D. Smith, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
 * Albert Smith, U.S. Representative from New York
 * George A. Starkweather, U.S. Representative from New York
 * John Converse Starkweather, Union Army general
 * Thomas E. Stidham, NFL assistant coach
 * Ellicott R. Stillman, Wisconsin State Representative
 * William Story, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
 * Samuel Stritch, Roman Catholic cardinal
 * Kenneth E. Stumpf, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Ted Sullivan, MLB player and manager
 * Monroe Swan, Wisconsin politician
 * Jeffrey Tambor, actor, performed at Milwaukee Repertory Theater ("The Rep")
 * Paul Francis Tanner, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine
 * Adonis Terry, MLB player and umpire
 * Thomas Toohey, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Don A. J. Upham, 4th Mayor of Milwaukee
 * Franklin Van Valkenburgh, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Henry Vianden, artist
 * Dwyane Wade, guard for NBA's Miami Heat who played collegiately at Marquette University
 * George H. Walker, trader, politician, and co-founder of City of Milwaukee
 * Howard Weiss, NFL player
 * Tony Welzer, MLB player
 * Don S. Wenger, U.S. Air Force Major General
 * Mae West, actress, screenwriter, playwright, named 15th Greatest Female Film Star of All-Time by the American Film Institute
 * Philo White, U.S. diplomat
 * James Wieghart, journalist
 * Frederick L. Wieseman, U.S. Marine Lieutenant general
 * Frederick C. Winkler, Union Army general
 * George A. Woodward, U.S. Army general
 * Christian Yelich, MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers
 * Cassin Young, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Sheila Young, world champion speed skater and cyclist; Olympic gold medalist; member of United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, and National Speedskating Hall of Fame
 * Robin Yount, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer; player and bench coach for Milwaukee Brewers
 * Elmo Zumwalt, Chief of Naval Operations