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 amount of their growing-up years in Milwaukee.
- George A. Abert — member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate[1]
- 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[2]
- 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[3]
- David Backes — author; professor
- Gerhard A. Bading — U.S. diplomat
- Jimmy Banks — soccer player
- Ben Bard — actor
- Shorty Barr — NFL player and head coach
- Dede Barry — Olympic medalist[4]
- 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
- 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[5]
- Lamont Bentley — actor; best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on television series Moesha
- 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[6]
- Wheeler Peckham Bloodgood — lawyer[7]
- 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[8]
- 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[9]
- Timmy Bowers — professional basketball player
- David Braden — NFL player
- Gil Brandt — executive of Dallas Cowboys
- John W. Breen — NFL general manager
- Cindy Bremser — Olympic athlete; Pan American Games medalist[10]
- Terry Brennan — head coach of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
- Jeff Bridich — MLB general manager
- Pamela Britton — actress
- Mandy Brooks — MLB player[11]
- Fred Brown — NBA player[12]
- Judi Brown — Olympic medalist; Pan American Games gold medalist[13]
- 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,[14] and Country Music Hall of Fame
- Elroy Bub — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[15]
- Art Bues — MLB player[16]
- Rodney Buford — NBA player[17]
- 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[18]
- 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[19]
- Alvin J. Clasen - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- 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[20]
- Irv Comp — NFL player[21]
- Michael Copps — Commissioner of Federal Communications Commission[22]
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan — actor; first celebrity featured on box of Wheaties[23]
- Anthony Crivello — Tony Award-winning actor
- Lave Cross — MLB player for 21 years[24]
- John Cudahy — U.S. diplomat[25]
- Michael Cudahy — entrepreneur
- Richard Dickson Cudahy — Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
- Robert M. Curley — legislator and judge
- Pat Curran — NFL player[26]
- 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
- Randolph Dean — Olympic athlete[27]
- Randy Dean — NFL player[28]
- Robert Dean — Olympic athlete[29]
- Robert G. Dela Hunt — Wisconsin State Assembly member
- Steve de Shazer — psychotherapist who developed use of solution-focused brief therapy
- Ashton Dearholt — actor
- Tom Dempsey — NFL player[30]
- Edward J. Dengel — Wisconsin State Assemblyman[31]
- Abraham DeSomer — Medal of Honor recipient[32]
- John R. Devitt - Wisconsin State Assemblyman[33]
- Michael Dhuey — electrical and computer engineer; co-inventor of the Macintosh II and the iPod[34]
- Lavern Dilweg — NFL player and U.S. Representative[35]
- John Doehring — NFL player[36]
- Bernardine Dohrn — leader of the Weather Underground Organization[37]
- John P. Donnelly - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Michael Dorf — entrepreneur, founder of Knitting Factory
- Stephanie Dosen — musician[38]
- Jeff Doucette — actor
- Donn F. Draeger — martial artist
- David Draiman — rock musician, singer in heavy metal band Disturbed
- Randee Drew — professional football player
- Wally Dreyer — NFL player for Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers; coach of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers football team[39]
- Garrett Droppers — U.S. diplomat, President of University of South Dakota
- Ron Drzewiecki — NFL player[40]
- Red Dunn — NFL player[41]
- Will Durst — comedian
- Lawrence Eagleburger — U.S. Secretary of State
- Greg Eagles — actor[42]
- Robert Easton — actor, acting teacher
- Starr Eaton — Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- Al Eckert — MLB player
- Bob Eckl — NFL player
- Patrick Eddie — NBA player
- Herbert W. Ehrgott — U.S. Air Force general
- Brent Emery — Olympic medalist[43]
- Trevor Enders — MLB player[44]
- George Engel — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[45]
- Howie Epstein — rock musician, producer, and bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Terence T. Evans — jurist
- 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[46]
- Frank Farkas — Florida state representative
- Michael Feldman — radio personality for Public Radio International
- Gene Felker — NFL player[47]
- Happy Felsch — MLB player
- Thomasita Fessler — painter
- Julius Fiege — Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- 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
- Chris Foerster — NFL assistant coach
- Reginald Foster — Latinist
- Jacob Elias Friend — Wisconsin state legislator, businessman, lawyer[48]
- Bruce Froemming — MLB umpire[49]
- Todd Frohwirth — MLB player[50]
- Fabian Gaffke — MLB player[51]
- Gordon Gano — lead singer and guitarist for punk-rock group the Violent Femmes
- Chris Gardner — self-made millionaire whose bout with homelessness is portrayed in film The Pursuit of Happyness
- 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[52]
- Hank Gillo — NFL player and head coach[53]
- Martin Glendon — MLB player[54]
- Carlos Glidden — co-inventor of first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Samuel W. Soule
- Danny Gokey — American Idol contestant
- Lamar Gordon — NFL player[55]
- Doug Gottlieb — sportscaster
- 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
- Jay Guidinger — NBA player[56]
- Eric E. Hagedorn — member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Bo Hanley — NFL player and head coach[57]
- Derrick Harden — NFL player[58]
- Pat Harder — NFL player, member of College Football Hall of Fame
- Jason Hardtke — MLB player[59]
- Kevin Harlan — sportscaster
- Dan Harmon — creator of the NBC television series Community[60]
- Mildred Harnack — German resistance fighter during World War II, executed under orders from Adolf Hitler[61]
- George Harper — MLB player[62]
- 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[63]
- Mike Hart — MLB player
- William Hartman — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[64]
- 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[65]
- Ned R. Healy — Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–44, member of Congress, 1945–47
- Bob Heinz — NFL player[66]
- George Hekkers — NFL player[67]
- 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
- Jack Hueller — NFL player[68]
- Doris Hursley — co-creator of General Hospital and daughter of Victor L. Berger
- Andy Hurley - Fall Out Boy
- Mike Huwiler — Olympic athlete; MLS player[69]
- Caroline Ingalls — (1839–1924) born in Brookfield, mother of famed author Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Einar H. Ingman, Jr. — Medal of Honor recipient[70]
- 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[71]
- Al Jarreau — award-winning jazz singer
- Salome Jens — actress, best known for portraying Female Shapeshifter on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Walter Jerzakowski — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[72]
- Jim Jodat — NFL player[73]
- Hisonni Johnson — actor
- Mark Jones — NBA player[74]
- Barbara Jordan — professional tennis player
- Elizabeth Jordan – writer, journalist
- Joe Just — MLB player[75]
- 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[76]
- Karl Kassulke — NFL player[77]
- Marie Kazmierczak — All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Francis B. Keene — U.S. diplomat
- William Kellogg — former chairman and CEO, Kohl's Corporation
- Ken Keltner — MLB player[78]
- Jacob J. Killa - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- George F. Kennan — U.S. diplomat[79]
- Don Kindt — NFL player[80]
- Don Kindt, Jr. — NFL player
- Louis Joseph Kirn — U.S. Navy admiral
- Jerry Kleczka — U.S. Representative
- Red Kleinow — MLB player[81]
- Scott Klement, computer scientist[82]
- Al Klug — professional football player[83]
- 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 Assemblyman and businessman
- Herb Kohl — U.S. Senator
- Don Kojis — NBA player
- Alvin Kraenzlein — Olympic gold medalist, member of National Track & Field Hall of Fame and United States Olympic Hall of Fame[84]
- Jack Kramer — professional football player
- Ken Kranz — NFL player[85]
- Clarence Kretlow - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Gus Krock — MLB player[86]
- Tony Kubek — MLB player[87]
- Ray Kuffel — professional football player[88]
- Walter Kunicki – Wisconsin State Assembly
- Ralph Kurek — NFL player[89]
- Craig Kusick — MLB player[90]
- August W. Laabs, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Chet Laabs — MLB player[91]
- Carl Landry — NBA player[92]
- Marcus Landry — NBA player
- Irv Langhoff — NFL player[93]
- Jacob Latimore — singer and dancer
- Donald Laub — noted plastic surgeon
- 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[94]
- DeAndre Levy — NFL player
- Liberace — pianist and entertainer (West Allis)
- Al Lindow — NFL player
- James G. Lippert — Wisconsin State Assemblyman and lawyer[95]
- Jacob J. Litza, Jr. — Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman[96]
- Dick Loepfe — NFL player[97]
- Fred Luderus — MLB player[98]
- Arno H. Luehman — U.S. Air Force Major General
- Otto Luening (1900–1996) — composer, early pioneer of electronic music
- Jerry Lunz — NFL player[99]
- Alfred Lunt — Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning Broadway actor; appeared in over 24 plays with his wife Lynn Fontanne
- Rube Lutzke — MLB player[100]
- Mel Maceau — professional football player[101]
- Sandy MacKay — Michigan state representative
- Steve Mackay — drummer of Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes, Radio Romeo
- Beezie Madden — Olympic gold medalist[102]
- Mark Maddox — NFL player[103]
- 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[104]
- Bob Mann — pro golfer
- Carl von Marr — painter[105]
- Tracy Mattes — track and field athlete and humanitarian
- John Matuszak — actor and NFL player[106]
- Bob Mavis — professional baseball player[107]
- George McBride — MLB manager[108]
- 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[109]
- Darel McKinney — Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient[110]
- Chuck Mercein — NFL player for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, and the New York Jets[111]
- John L. Merkt — Wisconsin State Assembly
- Walter L. Merten — Wisconsin State Senate[112]
- Albert Gregory Meyer — Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
- Phil Micech — NFL player[113]
- 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[114]
- Dick Miller — NBA player[115]
- Fred Miller — member of the College Football Hall of Fame, President of the Miller Brewing Company[116]
- Thomas L. Miller — TV producer, co-founder of Miller-Boyett Productions
- Newton N. Minow — chairman of Federal Communications Commission[117]
- Robert J. Modrzejewski — Medal of Honor recipient recipient[118]
- David Mogilka _ lawyer and politician
- Jake Moreland — NFL player; assistant coach with Western Michigan Broncos football team[119]
- 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[120]
- Clem Neacy — NFL player[121]
- Kurt Neumann - singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the BoDeans
- Michael Neville - actor-playwright
- Kurt Nimphius — NBA player[122]
- Charles Niss - Wisconsin state legislator and businessman[123]
- Haskell Noyes — conservationist
- Pat O'Brien – actor with over 100 screen credits
- Elli Ochowicz — Olympic athlete[124]
- Robert Emmett O'Connor — actor
- Tad J. Oelstrom — U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
- Nancy Olson — actress
- Chuck Ortmann — NFL player[125]
- Oscar Osthoff — Olympic gold medalist; head coach of Washington State football team[126]
- Nik Pace — first runner-up of America's Next Top Model, cycle 5
- Frank Parker — International Tennis Hall of Fame member; one of the few Americans to win 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[127]
- Vinton Pawel — Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- Jim Peck — host of game shows The Big Showdown and Three's a Crowd; local history show I Remember Milwaukee on WMVS
- Pat Peppler — NFL head coach
- Howard Perrault — Navy Cross recipient[128]
- Anthony Pettis — mixed martial artist signed with UFC
- 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
- Ronald C. Prei — Coast Guard Medal recipient
- Karl Priebe — artist
- Gene Puerling — singer
- Charlotte Rae (Lubotsky), TV/stage actress and singer; best known as Mrs. Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life
- Ellen Raskin — author, illustrator, and fashion designer; recipient of Newbery Medal[129]
- Scottie Ray — actor
- Joel Rechlicz — NHL player
- Louise Goff Reece — U.S. Representative from Tennessee[130]
- William Rehnquist – former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Shorewood)
- John E. Reilly, Jr. — Wisconsin legislator and judge[131]
- Paul Samuel Reinsch — U.S. diplomat
- Henry S. Reuss — U.S. Representative
- John Ridley — author, television and movie producer
- Brad Rigby — MLB player[132]
- Stuart Rindy — NFL player[133]
- Jim Risch — U.S. Senator from Idaho[134]
- Nick Roach — NFL player[135]
- Fritz Roeseler — NFL player[136]
- 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[137]
- John Scardina — NFL player[138]
- Christopher Scarver, convicted murderer who killed Jeffrey Dahmer
- John C. Schafer — U.S. Representative
- William James Schaller — Navy Cross recipient
- Arlie Schardt — Olympic gold medalist[139]
- Bob Scherbarth — MLB player[140]
- Richard Schickel — author, film critic, and filmmaker[141]
- 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[142]
- Roy Schoemann — NFL player
- Otto Schomberg — professional baseball player
- Paul Schramka — MLB player
- Michael Schultz — filmmaker and television director[143]
- Mark J. Seitz — Roman Catholic bishop
- Bud Selig — MLB commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers
- Paul Shenar — actor
- Cornelius Sidler - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- John Otto Siegel — Medal of Honor recipient
- Lance Sijan — first USAFA graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor
- Carl Silvestri — NFL player[144]
- 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[145]
- Fred R. Sloan — U.S. Air National Guard Major General
- Dave Smith — professional football player[146]
- 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 — musician, lead singer of Arrested Development
- Latrell Sprewell — four-time All-Star professional basketball player
- Clement Stachowiak, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[147]
- Drew Stafford — NHL player[148]
- 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[149]
- Henry J. Stehling — U.S. Air Force general
- Christian Steinmetz — member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[150]
- Erich C. Stern - Wisconsin State Assemblyman and lawyer
- Bill Stetz — NFL player[151]
- Brooks Stevens — automotive and industrial designer who developed the concept of planned obsolescence
- Lester Stevens — Olympic athlete[152]
- Philip Stieg — neurosurgeon
- Joseph Stika — U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral
- Herbert Stothart — film composer, member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame[153]
- 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[154]
- Todd Temkin — contemporary poet and cultural activist
- Clinton Textor - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Fred Thomas — MLB player[155]
- Arthur Thrall — artist
- Spencer Tracy — actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 - 1960s
- Clement A. Trott — U.S. Army Major General
- Dan Turk — NFL player
- Alfred Tweedy — Connecticut state senator
- 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
- Tommy Vicini — actor and stunt double
- Paul Wagner — MLB player
- Steve Wagner — NFL player
- Lutz Wahl — U.S. Army Major General; Adjutant General of U.S. Army
- Neale Donald Walsch — best-selling author of Conversations With God
- John A. Wall — lawyer and Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Norm Wallen — MLB player
- Jim Waskiewicz — NFL player[156]
- 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
- Jane Wiedlin - guitarist, vocalist, most notably for The Go-Go's
- Ken Wiesner — Olympic medalist[157]
- John Wilde — painter[158]
- Gene Wilder — actor known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel Brooks, married Gilda Radner
- Robert Wilke — Air Force Cross recipient[159]
- Mike Wilks — NBA player[160]
- Red Wilson — MLB player[161]
- Elmer Winter (1912–2009) — founder of Manpower Inc.[162]
- Edward Wollert — Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient[163]
- Whitey Wolter — NFL player[164]
- Neil Worden — NFL player[165]
- Sylvia Wronski — All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (Milwaukee Chicks)
- Frank Albert Young — Medal of Honor recipient[166]
- Clement J. Zablocki — U.S. Representative
- 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[167]
- Chip Zien — actor[168]
- Ray Zillmer — attorney, mountaineer and conservationist
- John A. Zoller - Wisconsin legislator
- 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
- Jack Carson — actor, Mildred Pierce, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Star Is Born
- Benjamin F. Church — pioneer
- Keo Coleman — NFL player
- Michael Cudahy — industrialist
- 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
- Clarke Fischer — NFL player
- Garrett M. Fitzgerald — politician
- Evelyn Frechette — lover and accomplice of John Dillinger
- Gordon Gano - singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Violent Femmes
- Wallace Wilson Graham — Wisconsin lawyer and politician
- Joseph Graybill — actor
- Elmer Grey — architect and painter
- Stone Hallquist — NFL player
- Matthea Harvey — poet
- Jeffrey Hunter — actor, The Searchers, King of Kings
- John Johnson — NBA player
- Warren S. Johnson — founder of Johnson Controls
- Kristen Johnston — born in Washington D.C., raised in Whitefish Bay; played Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Al C. Kalmbach — born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, founder of Kalmbach Publishing
- Keedy — singer
- Harold Klemp — leader of Eckankar
- 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
- Arthur MacArthur, Jr. — Medal of Honor recipient, military governor of the Philippines
- 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
- 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
- Gottfried Schloemer — maker of first gas automobile in Milwaukee
- Landy Scott — champion race car driver
- Christopher Latham Sholes — inventor of the typewriter, in Milwaukee in 1867
- Edward Steichen — world's highest-paid photographer
- Mike Taylor — NBA player
- Fred W. Vetter, Jr. — U.S. Air Force general
- George H. Walther - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- 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
- Andy Biersack - singer
- Richard Nelson Bolles — author
- Coo Coo Cal — singer, rapper
- Jeffrey Dahmer — serial killer raised in Ohio; returned to Milwaukee where he committed necrophilia and cannibalism
- Ruth Bachhuber Doyle — member of Wisconsin Assembly, raised in Wausau; mother of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle
- Leroy Chiao — astronaut, commander and science officer of 10th expedition to International Space Station (ISS)
- Jeff Gillan — journalist
- Doug Gottlieb — ESPN analyst, host of The Doug Gottlieb Show
- Aimee Graham — actress
- 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
- Ed Hochuli — NFL referee
- Michael Huebsch - politician
- Andy Hurley — drummer for band Fall Out Boy
- Einar H. Ingman, Jr. - Medal of Honor recipient
- 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
- 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
- Andre Phillips — Olympic gold medalist
- Armintie Price — WNBA player
- Joe Randa — MLB player
- 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
- 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; spent most 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[169]
- Anson Allen - politician and businessman[170]
- 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
- Jimmy Archer — MLB player[171]
- Philip Danforth Armour — founder of Armour and Company
- Jap Barbeau — MLB player[172]
- Lloyd Barbee — Wisconsin legislator[173]
- 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
- 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[174]
- Arthur Louis Breslich — president of German Wallace College and Baldwin-Wallace College
- Bunny Brief — MLB player[175]
- Erhard Brielmaier — Architect, Designed many Milwaukee churches, buildings, and schools including The Basilica of St. Josaphat
- Albert Brown — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[176]
- Cecil B. Brown, Jr. — Civil Rights activist and legislator[177]
- John A. Bryan — U.S. diplomat
- Larry Bucshon — U.S. Representative from Illinois
- George Burr — Distinguished Service Cross recipient; official residence listed as Milwaukee [178]
- 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[179]
- John Sanford Cole — Navy Cross recipient
- Dighton Corson — Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
- Georgia Cozzini - politician
- John D. Cummins — U.S. Representative from Ohio[180]
- Lysander Cutler — Union Army general
- Jeffrey Dahmer — serial killer
- Steven E. Day — U.S. Coast Guard admiral
- Willem Dafoe — actor, lived in Milwaukee while with Theatre X in Third Ward
- Peter V. Deuster — diplomat
- Gene DeWeese — author
- Dustin Diamond — actor, "Screech" from Saved by the Bell TV sitcom; resides 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[181]
- Tom Dougherty — MLB player
- F. Ryan Duffy — Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals[182]
- Clifford Durr — member of Federal Communications Commission
- Hi Ebright — MLB player
- Lois Ehlert — illustrator; Caldecott Medal recipient
- Michael Elconin, member of Wisconsin State Assembly[183]
- 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[184]
- 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
- Harold A. Fritz — Medal of Honor recipient[185]
- Ezekiel Gillespie - activist for equal rights for African Americans[186]
- Guy D. Goff — U.S. Senator from West Virginia[187]
- Paul Grottkau — radical newspaper publisher and labor organizer
- William G. Haan — U.S. Army Major General
- Jackson Hadley — politician and businessman[188]
- Ardie Clark Halyard (1896-1989), co-owner of the first black-owned bank in Milwaukee.
- J.J. Hagerman — industrialist
- Doc Hamann — baseball player[189]
- Charles Smith Hamilton — Union Army Major General
- Edward T. Hartman — U.S. Army officer
- Gustav Otto Ludolf Heine — owner of Heine-Velox
- James L. Herdt — 9th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
- Harrison Carroll Hobart — Union Army general
- Timothy E. Hoeksema — Chairman of Midwest Air Group
- Roy Hoffmann — U.S. Navy admiral
- James Holliday - lawyer[190]
- Bert Husting — MLB player[191]
- John L. Jerstad — Medal of Honor recipient
- 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
- Charles Kemme — Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- 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
- 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[192]
- Scott Lorenz - MLS player
- Frank Luce — MLB player
- Arthur MacArthur, Jr. — general and father of General Douglas MacArthur
- Douglas MacArthur — U.S. Army General; U.S. Army Chief of Staff; Medal of Honor recipient[193]
- Theodore Mack — former owner of People's Brewery in Oshkosh, the world's first African-American-owned brewery[194]
- Dan Marion — MLB player[195]
- Henry H. Markham — U.S. Representative from California[196]
- Hattie McDaniel — Academy Award-winning actress; the first African American to win an Academy Award
- Francis E. McGovern - 22nd Governor of Wisconsin[197]
- Al McGuire — college basketball coach and television commentator, head coach of Marquette national championship team
- Eschines P. Matthews - Wisconsin Assemblyman and businessman
- Frederick Miller — brewing magnate and founder of Miller Brewing Company
- Elias Molee — journalist; linguist
- Paul Molitor — baseball Hall of Famer; longtime player for Milwaukee Brewers
- 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[198]
- Richard J. Nolan — Medal of Honor recipient[199]
- Bill Norman — MLB player and manager[200]
- Karl F. Nystrom - rail engineer; introduced a number of important innovations, including welded lightweight freight and passenger railcars
- Bruno Oribiletti — Navy Cross recipient[201]
- 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[202]
- Carlotta Perry — poet[203]
- 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[204]
- 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
- Doug Russell — nationally syndicated sports-talk radio host; currently heard on Sporting News Radio, formerly of WTMJ-AM
- 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
- Clyde Sincere, Jr. — Distinguished Service Cross recipient[205]
- 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 Assemblyman
- William Story — Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
- Samuel Stritch — Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Kenneth E. Stumpf — Medal of Honor recipient[206]
- 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[207]
- Thomas Toohey — Medal of Honor recipient[208]
- Steve True — Emmy Award-winning sportscaster
- Don A. J. Upham - 4th Mayor of Milwaukee[209]
- 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
- Mike Walker - Pro Coach Steelers 1979-1988 and Background Actor
- Howard Weiss — NFL player
- Tony Welzer — MLB player[210]
- 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 Charles Winkler — Union Army general
- George A. Woodward — U.S. Arm general
- Cassin Young — Medal of Honor recipient[211]
- 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
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