List of people from Waukesha, Wisconsin

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

Academics, authors, and journalists

 * Tim Cahill, adventure travel writer
 * Gordon Keith Chalmers, scholar
 * John Thomas Curtis, ecologist
 * David J. Eicher, editor and author
 * Margo Huston, reporter who won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
 * Mary Schendlinger, writer and editor
 * Robert R. Spitzer, agricultural researcher
 * Michelle Thaller, astrophysicist
 * Sidney Dean Townley, astronomer and geodeticist
 * Vernor Vinge, science fiction author
 * Ray Wendland, petrochemist
 * Viola S. Wendt, poet

Artists and performers

 * Brad Beyer, actor
 * Frank Caliendo, comedian
 * Carmen De La Paz, television personality
 * Danny Gokey, American Idol contestant
 * Sue Hawk, reality television personality
 * Drew Kunz, artist and poet
 * Johnny Lechner, actor
 * Sam Llanas, musician
 * Mark Mallman, musician
 * Les Paul, guitarist and inventor
 * Rose Polenzani, folk musician
 * Michael Ritchie, film director
 * Heidi Stober, opera singer
 * Nick Viall, reality television personality
 * Hayward Williams, musician

American Football

 * John Anderson, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
 * Erik Bickerstaff, NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders
 * Dick Blanchard, NFL player for the New England Patriots
 * Max Broadhurst, NFL player for the Dayton Triangles
 * Chuck DeShane, NFL player for the Detroit Lions
 * Terry Dillon, NFL player for the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders
 * John Golemgeske, NFL player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
 * Pat Harder, NFL player for the Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals
 * Frank Harris, NFL player for the Chicago Bears
 * Frank Hertz, NFL player for the Milwaukee Badgers
 * Matt Katula, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
 * Ken Keuper, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants
 * Kurt Larson, NFL player for the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers
 * Will McDonald IV, NFL player for the New York Jets
 * Bill Miklich, NFL player for the New York Giants and Detroit Lions
 * Joe Schobert, NFL player for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers
 * Bill Stetz, NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles
 * Derek Watt, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
 * J. J. Watt, NFL player for the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals
 * T. J. Watt, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
 * Kevin Zeitler, NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens

Baseball

 * Jack Kading, MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
 * Jarred Kelenic, MLB player for the Seattle Mariners
 * Jim Pruett, MLB player for the Philadelphia Athletics

Other

 * Austin Aries, professional wrestler
 * Mike Cahill, tennis player
 * Paul Hamm, Olympic gymnastic gold medalist
 * Morgan Hamm, Olympic gymnast
 * Kirstin Holum, speed ice skater
 * Mary Beth Iagorashvili, Olympic pentathlete
 * Gwen Jorgensen, 2014 World Triathlon Series Champion
 * Ulvis Katlaps, ice hockey player
 * Lauri Merten, professional golfer and winner of the 1993 U.S. Women's Open
 * Nick Moon, soccer player
 * Melissa Mueller, Olympic pole vaulter
 * Elli Ochowicz, Olympic Speed Skater
 * Leslie Osborne, U.S. women's national soccer team
 * John Pearson, Olympic gymnast
 * Erik Sowinski, middle-distance runner
 * Lester Stevens, Olympic athlete
 * Tim Ward, soccer player for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer
 * Mitchell Whitmore, Olympic speedskater

Businesspeople

 * Donald Goerke, inventor of SpaghettiOs
 * Richard W. Sears, founder of Sears and Roebuck

Military personnel

 * Miriam Ben-Shalom, activist and former staff sergeant
 * Joseph E. Carberry, aviator
 * Alfred Gorham, Tuskegee Airman
 * John Patten Story, U.S. Army major general

Wisconsin State Legislators

 * Roderick Ainsworth, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Scott Allen, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Winchel Bacon, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Silas Barber, Wisconsin State Representative
 * William Blair, Wisconsin State Senator
 * John F. Buckley, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
 * Phineas Clawson, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Dave Craig, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator
 * David L. Dancey, Wisconsin State Legislator and jurist
 * J. Mac Davis, jurist and Wisconsin State Senator
 * Elihu Enos, educator and Wisconsin state legislator
 * William A. Freehoff, Wisconsin State Senator
 * Joseph J. Hadfield, Wisconsin state legislator
 * Joanne Huelsman, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator
 * Edward Jackamonis, speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Scott Jensen, speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Alfred M. Jones, Illinois State Representative and Wisconsin State Senator
 * Edwin B. Kelsey, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Joel Kleefisch, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Bill Kramer, Wisconsin State Representative
 * William Langer, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Vincent R. Mathews, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Ernst Merton, Wisconsin State Senator and lawyer
 * Roger P. Murphy, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist
 * Scott Newcomer, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Alexander Randall, Wisconsin governor
 * Jon Richards, Wisconsin State Representative and circuit court judge
 * John C. Schober, Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer
 * Ellicott R. Stillman, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Daniel H. Sumner, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Vernon Tichenor, Wisconsin State Representative
 * Henry Totten, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman
 * Joseph Turner, Wisconsin Territorial and State Senator
 * Daniel P. Vrakas, Wisconsin State Representative
 * John M. Wells, Wisconsin State Representative
 * E. B. West, Wisconsin State Senator
 * John W. Whelan, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator
 * George Winans, Wisconsin State Representative

Other

 * William A. Barstow, Governor of Wisconsin, Union Army general
 * William G. Callow, Wisconsin Supreme Court
 * Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition Party Presidential candidate
 * Glenn R. Davis, U.S. Representative
 * Lee S. Dreyfus, Governor of Wisconsin
 * Daniel Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee
 * Edmund C. Moy, businessman and U.S. Mint director
 * Edwin M. Randall, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
 * Paul F. Reilly, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
 * Eleazer Root, Episcopal priest and local politician
 * Donald E. Tewes, U.S. Representative
 * Tom Tillberry, Minnesota State Representative
 * Robert William Wright, lawyer and politician

Other

 * Little Lord Fauntleroy, unidentified homicide victim found in 1921
 * Deb Hoffmann, collector
 * Florence E. Kollock (1848–1925), Universalist minister and lecturer
 * Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, convicted in Waukesha's infamous Slender Man stabbing case