Famous People from Wisconsin

• Baldwin, Tammy (Madison)

  The first openly gay U.S. senator

• Bremer, Arthur (Milwaukee)

  The loner who shot George Wallace in 1972

• Dafoe, Willem (Appleton)

  The Green Goblin in the 2002 movie Spider-Man

• Dahmer, Jeffrey (Milwaukee)

  The "Milwaukee Cannibal" serial killer

• Dixon, Jeane (Medford)

  Popular astrologer and psychic

• Farley, Chris (Madison)

  Star of TV's Saturday Night Live

• Fitzgerald, Edmund (Milwaukee)

  The namesake of the ship that sank on Lake Superior in 1975

• Gein, Ed (La Crosse)

  Wisconsin killer who inspired the movie Psycho

• Gillette, King Camp (Fond du Lac)

  Inventor of the disposable safety razor

• Graham, Heather (Milwaukee)

  Rollergirl in the 1997 movie Boogie Nights

• Jarreau, Al (Milwaukee)

  The singer of "We're in This Love Together"

• Kaelin, Kato (Milwaukee)

  The houseguest who testified at the O.J. Simpson murder trial

• Kaepernick, Colin (Milwaukee)

  The NFL quarterback who kneeled to protest racial injustice

• Kaeppeler, Laura (Kenosha)

  Miss America 2012

• Liberace (West Allis)

  The glitzy and popular pianist of the 1950s

• Mayer, Marissa (Wausau)

  The early Google employee who became CEO of Yahoo in 2012

• McCarthy, Joseph (Grand Chute)

  Communist-hating senator and namesake of "McCarthyism"

• Murphy, Bridey (Madison)

  Hypnotic regression celebrity of the 1950s

• Noth, Chris (Madison)

  Detective Mike Logan on TV's Law & Order

• O'Keeffe, Georgia (Sun Prairie)

  American artist who painted flowers and cow skulls

• Patrick, Danica (Beloit)

  The woman driver who finished fourth in the 2005 Indy 500

• Paul, Les (Waukesha)

  Inventor of the solid-body electric guitar

• Ray, Nicholas (Galesville)

  The director of the movie Rebel Without A Cause

• Rehnquist, William (Milwaukee)

  16th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

• Ruffalo, Mark (Kenosha)

  The star of You Can Count on Me and Just Like Heaven

• Ryan, Paul (Janesville)

  U.S. Speaker of the House, 2015-2019

• Shalhoub, Tony (Green Bay)

  Star of TV's Monk

• Slayton, Donald K. "Deke" (Sparta)

  The 'Original Seven' astronaut who later flew Apollo-Soyuz

• Snyder, Zack (Green Bay)

  The director of '300' and 'Man of Steel'

• Straub, Peter (Milwaukee)

  The author of Ghost Story

• Tracy, Spencer (Milwaukee)

  Crusty Hollywood legend who was in Boys Town

• Van Susteren, Greta (Appleton)

  Host of the Fox News show On The Record from 2002-16

• Vernon, Justin (Eau Claire)

  The indie musician behind the band Bon Iver

• Vinge, Vernor (Waukesha)

  Hugo-winning author of A Fire Upon the Deep

• Welles, Orson (Kenosha)

  The man who made Citizen Kane

• Wilder, Gene (Milwaukee)

  Frizzy-haired star of Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein

• Wilder, Laura Ingalls (Pepin County)

  Author of the Little House on the Prairie books

• Wright, Frank Lloyd (Richland Center)

  Influential American architect

See also: Index of all US States