List of people from Racine, Wisconsin

This is a list of individuals who are or were natives of, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of Racine, Wisconsin, USA.

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Arts

 * Kevin J. Anderson, author
 * Gene Beery, artist
 * Frank Bencriscutto, conductor, composer
 * Karen Johnson Boyd, heiress, art dealer
 * Lane Brody, born Lynn Voorlas, singer
 * Mellona Moulton Butterfield, china painter, teacher
 * Joyce Carlson, artist
 * Jason Paul Collum, author, film and television director
 * Chi Coltrane, musician
 * Chester Commodore, cartoonist, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize 12 times
 * Ellen Corby, actress
 * Victor DeLorenzo, drummer, Violent Femmes
 * Peter Deming, cinematographer
 * Payne Erskine, writer
 * Norman D. Golden II, actor
 * Greg Graffin, lead vocalist of political punk rock band Bad Religion
 * Chad Harbach, author
 * Max Hardcore (Paul F. Little), pornographer
 * Ben Hecht, journalist, playwright and screenwriter
 * Kevin Henkes, author and Caldecott Medal winner
 * Lise Hilboldt, actress
 * Harriet Persis Hurlbut, artist
 * Zachary Scot Johnson, singer-songwriter
 * David Kherdian, writer, poet and editor
 * Larry Kusche, commercial pilot and author
 * Fredric March, two-time Oscar-winning actor
 * Barbara McNair, singer and actress
 * Tina Moore, R&B singer
 * Glenn C. Nelson, ceramics educator and author
 * Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer
 * Irene Purcell, actress, lived and died in Racine
 * Warner Richmond, actor
 * Liamani Segura, child singer
 * De'Vonta Armon Wilkerson(Armon Wilkes) Rapper, Singer-Songwriter, Actor
 * Ben Sidran, musician
 * Kristin Bauer van Straten, actress
 * Joseph Philbrick Webster, songwriter and composer

Athletics

 * Ellen Ahrndt, AAGPBL player
 * Bill Albright, NFL player
 * Kevin Barry, NFL player
 * Caron Butler, NBA player
 * Pancho Carter, Indy car racer
 * Jim Chones, NBA player
 * John Clay, NFL player
 * Dorothy Damaschke, AAGPBL player
 * Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player
 * Norm Derringer, AAGPBL manager
 * Myron Fohr, Indy car racer
 * Bob Foster, NFL player
 * Jimmy Grant, MLB player
 * Jim Haluska, NFL player
 * Steve Hanson, NFL player
 * Jack Harris, NFL player
 * Fritz Heinisch, NFL player
 * Don Heinkel, MLB player
 * Sonja Henning, WNBA player
 * Joe Jagersberger, Indy car racer and engineer
 * Jason Jaramillo, MLB player
 * Abdul Jeelani, NBA player
 * Kaitlin Keough, cyclist
 * Ed Killian, MLB player
 * Duane Kuiper, MLB player and broadcaster
 * Glen Kuiper, MLB broadcaster
 * Jeff Lee, NFL player
 * Laurie Ann Lee, AAGPBL player
 * Frances Lovett, AAGPBL player
 * Ed Lytle, baseball player
 * Chris Maragos, NFL player
 * Jesse Marsch, professional soccer player and manager
 * Jim McIlvaine, NBA player
 * Kim Merritt, long-distance runner
 * Jerry Mertens, NFL player
 * Brent Moss, NFL player
 * Leo Murphy, baseball player and manager
 * Norm Nelson, Stock car racer
 * Dick Phillips, MLB player
 * Eric Rasmussen, MLB player
 * Linda L. Rice, thoroughbred racehorse trainer
 * Shane Rawley, MLB pitcher
 * Gene H. Rose, NFL player
 * Vinny Rottino, MLB player
 * Babe Ruetz, NFL head coach
 * Howie Ruetz, NFL player
 * Joe Ruetz, football player
 * Charles Rutkowski, NFL player
 * Alex Scales, NBA player
 * Tom Sorensen, Olympic volleyball player
 * Jack Taschner, MLB player
 * Ralph Thomas, NFL player
 * Tim Van Galder, NFL player
 * Fred Venturelli, NFL player
 * Jamil Wilson, NBA player
 * Al Zupek, NFL player

Business

 * Jerome Case, inventor
 * Albert J. Dremel, founder of the Dremel company
 * George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team; co-owner of Premier League team, Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett Evernham Motorsports
 * Jay Grinney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation
 * Jon Hammes, founder and managing partner of Hammes Company
 * Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
 * Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
 * Herbert Fisk Johnson III, Chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Son, member of the Forbes 400
 * Samuel C. Johnson, industrialist (wax)
 * Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr., founder of S.C. Johnson & Son
 * Helen Johnson-Leipold, CEO of Johnson Outdoors
 * Jim Jorgensen, entrepreneur; Discovery Zone, AllAdvantage and Women's Sports Foundation
 * Craig Leipold, majority owner of NHL's Minnesota Wild
 * John "Jack" Rogan, founder of Rogan's Shoes
 * Don Smiley, President and CEO of Summerfest and former Major League Baseball executive
 * Fred Young, President and CEO of Young Radiator

Military

 * Harold C. Agerholm, USMC Private First Class, World War II, Medal of Honor recipient
 * James Roy Andersen, USAAF Brigadier General
 * Arthur S. Born, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
 * Charles F. Born, U.S. Army and Air Force Major General
 * Dominic A. Cariello, Wisconsin Army National Guard Brigadier General
 * Clinton W. Davies, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
 * Gregory A. Feest, U.S. Air Force Major General
 * Irving Fish, U.S. Army Major General
 * George Clay Ginty, Union Army Brigadier General
 * John L. Jerstad, Major, USAAF, World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Travis King, U.S. Army Private Second Class, defected to North Korea on 18 July, 2023.

Politics and law

 * Gar Alperovitz, Historian, political economist, activist, writer
 * Robert H. Baker, Wisconsin legislator, Racine mayor and alderman, chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party
 * George L. Buck, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
 * Melbert B. Cary, chairman of the Connecticut Democratic Party
 * Champion S. Chase, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska; namesake of Chase County, Nebraska
 * Carl C. Christensen, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
 * Joseph Clancy, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
 * Henry A. Cooper, U.S. Representative
 * Thomas P. Corbett, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
 * Marcel Dandeneau, Wisconsin educator and politician
 * John Dickert, Racine mayor
 * John Dixon, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
 * Joshua Eric Dodge, Wisconsin Supreme Court
 * James Rood Doolittle, U.S. Senator
 * Henry Dorman, Wisconsin legislator
 * John Elkins, Wisconsin legislator
 * Edward Engerud, Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
 * Thomas Falvey, Wisconsin legislator and Racine mayor
 * Margaret Farrow, first female lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
 * Scott C. Fergus, Wisconsin legislator
 * Peter C. Fishburn, mathematician who (with Steven Brams) rediscovered approval voting
 * Gerald T. Flynn, U.S. Representative
 * Willis Frazell, Wisconsin legislator and barber
 * William C. Giese, Wisconsin legislator and educator
 * Walter Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin
 * George Groesback, member of the Montana House of Representatives
 * Joseph C. Hamata, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
 * Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle, Washington; founder of San Clemente, California and co-founder of Lake Forest Park, Washington
 * James M. Hare, Michigan Secretary of State
 * Jack Harvey, Wisconsin politician
 * Max W. Heck, Wisconsin politician and jurist
 * Richard P. Howell, Wisconsin legislator, carpenter, and businessman
 * Wallace Ingalls, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
 * Lorenzo Janes. Wisconsin territorial legislator, lawyer, and businessman
 * Charles Jonas, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
 * John Lehman, Wisconsin legislator and educator
 * William P. Lyon, 7th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 12th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Union Army officer
 * Harry Mares, former Mayor of White Bear Lake, MN, Minnesota state representative and educator
 * Cory Mason, Wisconsin legislator and current Mayor of Racine
 * Henry F. Mason, Kansas legislator
 * John G. McMynn, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
 * Gwen Moore, U.S. Representative
 * Peter C. Myers, Missouri politician
 * Greta Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator
 * Jeffrey A. Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator and businessman, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
 * Lisa Neubauer, Wisconsin judge
 * Wallace E. Nield, Wisconsin politician
 * Don Penza, former Mayor of Wisconsin Rapids, WI, All-American collegian football player, legendary football coach
 * George Petak, Wisconsin politician
 * P. Walter Petersen, Wisconsin politician
 * Kimberly Plache, Wisconsin politician
 * James F. Rooney, Wisconsin legislator, former Chairman of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission
 * Sidney A. Sage, Wisconsin politician
 * Horace T. Sanders, Wisconsin politician and military leader
 * M. M. Secor (Martin Mathias Secor), proprietor of M. M. Secor Trunk Company; mayor of Racine 1884–1888
 * John L. Sieb, Wisconsin politician and barber
 * Lawrence H. Smith, U.S. Representative
 * Lynn E. Stalbaum, U.S. Representative
 * Jacob Stoffel Jr., Wisconsin politician
 * Robert L. Turner, Wisconsin legislator and Vietnam War veteran
 * William L. Utley, Wisconsin politician and military leader
 * John C. Wagner, Wisconsin politician and businessman
 * Van H. Wanggaard, Wisconsin legislator
 * Paul Weyrich, American religious conservative political activist and commentator
 * Philo White, U.S. diplomat

Religion

 * Anton Marius Andersen, Lutheran minister
 * James DeKoven, Episcopal clergyman
 * Francis J. Haas, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Richard J. Sklba, Roman Catholic bishop
 * Rose Thering, Racine Dominican sister; professor at Seton Hall University

Other

 * Laurel Clark, astronaut; died on reentry in her first space flight on Space Shuttle Columbia
 * Ethel B. Dietrich, economist, foreign service officer
 * Marguerite Davis, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B
 * Cory Everson, six-time winner of Miss Olympia bodybuilding contest
 * Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International
 * William D. Lutz, linguist
 * F. Don Miller, executive director of the USOC