This is a list of some famous people born in Wisconsin.

• Jim Abrahams, director
• Carl Allen, drummer
• Don Ameche, actor
• Aldrich Ames, traitor
• Roy Chapman Andrews, naturalist
• John Bardeen, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Thomas M. Barrett, congressman and mayor of Milwaukee
• Lawrencia Bembenek, convicted murderer
• Eric Benét, singer
• Lamont Bentley, actor
• Bunny Berigan, musician
• Richard Bong, aviator
• John Bradley, Iwo Jima flag-raiser
• Arthur Bremer, would-be assassin of George Wallace
• Carrie Chapman Catt, feminist
• Leroy Chiao, astronaut
• Chester Commodore, cartoonist
• Ellen Corby, actress
• Seymour Cray, computer designer
• John Cudahy, industrialist
• Michael Cudahy (electronics), entrepreneur
• Willem Dafoe, actor
• Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer
• Tyne Daly, actress
• August Derleth, writer
• Jeane Dixon, psychic
• Bernardine Dohrn , activist
• Lawrence Eagleburger, diplomat
• Chris Farley, comedian
• Zona Gale, writer
• Ed Gein, serial killer
• King C. Gillette, industrialist
• Greg Graffin, singer
• Heather Graham, actress
• Eugene Hasenfus, CIA cargo handler
• Eric Heiden, athlete
• Woody Herman, musician
• Elroy Hirsch, athlete
• Tom Hulce, actor
• Al Jarreau, singer
• Salome Jens, actor
• Steven Paul Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer, head of Pixar
• Jane Kaczmarek, actress
• Kato Kaelin, houseboy
• Phil Katz, computer programmer
• George F. Kennan, diplomat
• Matt Kenseth, NASCAR driver
• Pee Wee King , musician
• Herb Kohl, senator and sports-franchise owner
• Ron Kovic, writer
• Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR driver
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr., congressman, governor and senator
• Robert M. La Follette, Jr., senator
• Carole Landis, actor
• Liberace, musician
• Joseph Losey, director
• Allen Ludden, gameshow host
• Alfred Lunt, actor
• Fredric March, actor
• Jackie Mason, comedian
• Steve Miller, musician
• Joseph McCarthy, senator
• Bridey Murphy, alleged previous life
• Gaylord Nelson, governor and senator
• Chris Noth, actor
• Pat O'Brien , actor
• Georgia O'Keeffe, artist
• Les Paul, musician
• Jeff Pilson, musician
• Charlotte Rae, actress
• Nicholas Ray, director
• William Rehnquist, Chief Justice
• The Ringling Brothers, circus owners
• Gena Rowlands, actor
• Bud Selig, baseball commissioner
• Richard Schickel , critic
• Tony Shalhoub, actor
• Herbert Simon, economist and computer scientist
• Deke Slayton, astronaut
• Tom Snyder, talkshow host
• Latrell Sprewell, basketball player
• Clyde Stubblefield, drummer
• Daryl Stuermer, guitarist
• Bart Stupak, Michigan politician
• Tommy Thompson, governor and cabinet secretary
• Spencer Tracy, actor
• Judy Tyler, actress
• Bob Uecker, actor and sports commentator
• Nick Van Exel, basketball player
• Greta Van Susteren, commentator
• Thorstein Veblen, sociologist and economist
• Mike Webster, football player
• Orson Welles, director
• Paul Weyrich, commentator
• Shannon Whirry, actress
• Bradley Whitford, actor
• Gene Wilder, actor
• Laura Ingalls Wilder, writer
• Thornton Wilder, writer
• Tom Wopat, actor
• Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
• David Zucker, director
• Jerry Zucker, director

Famous Wisconsin Bands

• BoDeans
• Garbage
• Violent Femmes
• Steve Miller Band

Related topics

• List of people by U.S. state