List of people from Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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

Politicians and judiciary

 * Harvey R. Abraham, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * George R. Andrews, U.S. Representative from New York
 * Melvin Baldwin, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
 * Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Coles Bashford, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Arizona Territory
 * Martin T. Battis, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman; born in Oshkosh
 * Jule Berndt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Lutheran pastor; born in Oshkosh
 * Gabriel Bouck, Wisconsin Attorney General
 * William M. Bray, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
 * Shirley Brown, Florida State Representative
 * Taylor G. Brown, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Luther Buxton, New York and Wisconsin state legislator and physician
 * Frank Challoner, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
 * William C. Cowling, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * James H. Davidson, U.S. Representative
 * James Edward Doyle, U.S. federal court judge
 * James Randall Durfee, U.S. federal court judge
 * Edward Eastman, bookseller; first postmaster and first mayor of Oshkosh; Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * William Faber, Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Earl Finch, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Carlton Foster, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Arthur H. Gruenewald, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Richard W. Guenther, U.S. Representative
 * Jon R. Guiles, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Andrew Haben, Wisconsin state legislator
 * Thomas S. Hanson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * F. Badger Ives, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
 * Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin
 * Frank B. Keefe, U.S. Representative
 * Emil Keup, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Kenneth Kunde, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Florian Lampert, U.S. Representative
 * B. F. Langworthy, Minnesota State Representative
 * Alfred R. Lea, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Frank A. Leach, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Freeman Lord, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Gustav S. Luscher, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Herman E. Manuel, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. Representative
 * Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Reid F. Murray, U.S. Representative
 * Leo T. Niemuth, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Alvin O'Konski, U.S. Representative
 * Albert L. Osborn, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Clark M. Perry, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Leander J. Pierson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * George White Pratt, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Charles Rahr, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Christian Sarau, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Philetus Sawyer, politician
 * Casper Schmidt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Edward M. Schneider, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Chester D. Seftenberg, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Floyd E. Shurbert, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Eber Simpson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Janet Dempsey Steiger, politician
 * William A. Steiger, U.S. Representative
 * Walter Tank, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Return Torrey, miller and Wisconsin state senator
 * Gregg Underheim, politician
 * Robert Scadden Vessey, Governor of South Dakota
 * Esther K. Walling, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman
 * Thomas Wall, Wisconsin businessman and state legislator
 * Ganem W. Washburn, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist
 * Henry I. Weed, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Dayne Wescott, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Edwin Wheeler, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist
 * Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator

Sportspersons

 * Marty Below, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1988)
 * Cozy Dolan, MLB player
 * Dick Erdlitz, NFL player
 * Bill Gogolewski, MLB player
 * Rudy Gollomb, NFL player
 * Tyrese Haliburton, NBA player
 * Billy Hoeft, MLB player
 * Hornswoggle, real name Dylan Postl, wrestler
 * Peter Konz, NFL player
 * Howie Koplitz, MLB player
 * Hal Reilly, MLB player
 * Dutch Rennert, Major League Baseball umpire
 * Ted Richards, NFL player
 * Hal Robl, NFL player
 * Champ Seibold, NFL player
 * Eber Simpson, NFL player
 * Len Smith, NFL player
 * Dave Tyriver, MLB player

Military

 * Harold Medberry Bemis, U.S. Navy admiral
 * Charles R. Boardman, served as Adjutant General of Wisconsin and as an American general during WWI
 * Edmond Konrad, U.S. Navy admiral
 * Ernest Dichmann Peek, U.S. Army Major General
 * William Everett Potter, U.S. Army; served as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
 * Steven A. Schaick, U.S. Air Force general; Deputy Chief of Chaplains

Others

 * Lee Baxandall, founder of The Naturist Society
 * Erin Boheme, musician
 * Michelle Grabner, painter
 * Mark Gruenwald, Marvel Comics executive editor
 * Lewis Hine, photographer
 * Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragist, peace activist, first president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
 * KennyHoopla, musician
 * Arthur C. Lichtenberger, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
 * Kevin B. MacDonald, evolutionary psychologist at the California State University, Long Beach
 * Helen Farnsworth Mears, sculptor
 * Mike Melvoin, jazz pianist
 * Luanna Meyer, professor of education in New Zealand
 * Paul Poberezny, aircraft designer, military aviator and founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (1999)
 * Tom Poberezny, aerobatic pilot and former chairman and president of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (2016)
 * Stevie Rachelle, lead singer of Tuff
 * T.J. Rodgers, scientist and entrepreneur
 * Cora Folsom Salisbury, vaudeville performer and ragtime composer
 * Greg Dean Schmitz, film critic
 * Kathie Sullivan, singer
 * Baby Doe Tabor, Colorado pioneer
 * Dave Truesdale, editor and literary critic
 * Jim VandeHei, editor and co-founder of Politico