List of personalities of the city of Milwaukee

The list of personalities in the city of Milwaukee includes people who were born in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA , as well as those who worked in Milwaukee but were not born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Milwaukee Born Personalities

1801 to 1900

John L. Mitchell (1842-1904), politician
Susan Stuart Frackelton (1848–1932), painter and ceramic artist
Percy Shelley Anneke (1850–1928), entrepreneur
Henry Schoenfeld (1857–1936), composer
Carl von Marr (1858–1936), American-German painter
Frank Enders (1860–1921), painter and etcher
William J. Cary (1865–1934), politician
William Morton Wheeler (1865–1937), authority on ants research
William H. Stafford (1869–1957), politician
Herbert James Hagerman (1871-1935), politician
Morris Fuller Benton (1872-1948), engineer
Theodore Wharton (1875–1931), film director, film producer and screenwriter
Alvin Kraenzlein (1876–1928), track and field athlete
Fred R. Zimmerman (1880–1954), politician
William S. Harley (1880-1943), entrepreneur
Lejaren Hiller (1880–1969), photographer and illustrator
Christian Steinmetz (1882–1963), basketball player
Oscar Osthoff (1883–1950), weightlifter and swimmer
John C. Kleczka (1885–1959), politician
Herbert Stothart (1885–1949), composer
Richard Anthony Muttkowski (1887–1943), entomologist
Marion Blackwell (1887–1987), Dominican sister, composer and music teacher
Aloysius Muench (1889–1962), Vatican diplomat and first apostolic nuncio in the Federal Republic of Germany
Floyd Allport (1890–1978), Professor of Social Psychology and Political Psychology
Alfred Lunt (1892–1977), film and theater actor
John C. Schafer (1893–1962), politician
Robert Murphy (1894–1978), United States diplomat
Roman Richard Atkielski (1898–1969), auxiliary bishop in Milwaukee
Louise Adelaide Wolf (1898–1962), mathematician and university professor
Bernhard Kaun (1899–1980), German composer
Pat O'Brien (1899-1983), actor
Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1899-1954), General
Otto Luening (1900–1996), conductor and composer
Spencer Tracy (1900–1967), actor

1901 to 1920

Red Dunn (1901-1957) American football player
Heinz Roemheld (1901–1985), film composer and arranger
Ray Corrigan (1902–1976), actor
Mildred Harnack (1902–1943), US-American-Ger. Literary scholar, translator and resistance fighter against National Socialism
Marguerite Henry (1902–1997), writer
Alphonse James Schladweiler (1902–1996), Bishop of New Ulm
Al Simmons (1902-1956), baseball player
Thomas O'Malley (1903-1979), politician
Albert Meyer (1903–1965), Archbishop of Chicago
Lewis D. Thill (1903-1975), politician
George F. Kennan (1904-2005), historian
Thaddeus Wasielewski (1904–1976), politician
Lloyd Viel Berkner (1905–1967), physicist
John W. Schaum (1905–1988), pianist, composer and piano teacher
Walter Annenberg (1908–2002), diplomat, publisher and art patron
George Harold Brown (1908–1987), electrical engineer
Marjorie Grene (1910–2009), philosopher
Jack Finney (1911-1995), writer
Dean Amadon (1912-2003), ornithologist
Joseph Anthony (1912–1993), actor, director and dancer
Frank K. Edmondson (1912-2008), astronomer
Myron Fohr (1912–1994), racing driver
Henry S. Reuss (1912–2002), politician
Johnny Standley (1912-1992), comedian
Clement J. Zablocki (1912–1983), politician
Wilbur J. Cohen (1913–1987), university professor and politician
Woody Herman (1913–1987), jazz clarinetist, singer and band leader
Kent Kennan (1913–2003), composer and music teacher
Paul Linebarger (1913–1966), psychologist and writer
Delbert Lamb (1914-2010), speed skater
Frank Parker (1916–1997), tennis player
Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), social scientist
Herschel Burke Gilbert (1918–2003), conductor and composer of film music
Gordon C. Zahn (1918-2007), sociologist
Dickey Chapelle (1919–1965), photographer and war journalist

1921 to 1940

Walter Grauman (1922–2015), director and film producer
Pat Harder (1922-1992), American football player
Herbert Ryser (1923–1985), mathematician
William H. Rehnquist (1924-2005), lawyer
Felice Bryant (1925-2003), musician
Charles Asa Schleck (1925–2011), Curia Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
Daniel C. Tosteson (1925–2009), physician and physiologist
Lee S. Dreyfus (1926-2008), politician
Abner J. Mikva (1926–2016), lawyer and politician
Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), actress and singer
Eddie Garrett (1927-2010), actor
David R. Hawkins (1927–2012), mystic, doctor, psychiatrist, spiritual teacher, and author
Jackie Cain (1928-2014), jazz singer
Gus Mercurio (1928-2010), Australian film actor and boxer
Nancy Olson (born 1928), actress
Arlene Swidler (* 1929), Catholic theologian, author, English scholar and university teacher
Lawrence Eagleburger (1930–2011), politician and diplomat
Glenn Yarbrough (1930–2016), singer and guitarist
Tommy Gumina (1931-2013), jazz accordionist
Pete Stark (1931-2020), politician
David Fromkin (1932–2017), lawyer, historian and author
Judy Tyler (1932–1957), actress
John Dirk Walecka (* 1932), theoretical nuclear physicist
Gene Wilder (1933-2016), actor
Ronald Inglehart (* 1934), political scientist
Louis Falk (* 1935), Anglican Archbishop
Bunky Green (* 1935), jazz saxophonist, jazz teacher, composer and arranger
Salome Jens (* 1935), actress
George L. Kelling (1935–2019), social worker and criminologist
Herb Kohl (* 1935), politician
Bertell Ollman (* 1935), political scientist
Bob Tetzlaff (1935–2012), racing cyclist
Bob Uecker (* 1935), sports reporter, actor and baseball player
Les Aspin (1938–1995), politician
Donald Ervin Knuth (* 1938), Professor of Computer Science
Michael Schultz (* 1938), director and film producer
Daniel Hunt Janzen (* 1939), evolutionary biologist
John Neumeier (* 1939), dancer, choreographer and ballet director
Martin J. Schreiber (* 1939), politician
Al Jarreau (1940-2017), jazz, pop, and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
Steve de Shazer (1940-2005), psychotherapist and author
Thomas A. Steitz (1940–2018), molecular biologist and biochemist

1941 to 1960

Dave Manders (born 1941), American football player
Marc Alaimo (* 1942), actor
James Benning (* 1942), avant-garde filmmaker and documentary filmmaker
Bob Kasten (* 1942), politician
Jerry Kleczka (1943–2017), politician
Steve Miller (* 1943), rock and blues guitarist
Jim Risch (* 1943), politician
Peter Straub (* 1943), writer
Neale Donald Walsch (* 1943), author of spiritual books
Patricia Wells (* 1946), cook, journalist and cookbook author
Rik DeLisle (* 1947), radio presenter
Tom Dempsey (1947-2020), American football player
Dale Duesing (* 1947), opera singer
Leland Sklar (* 1947), bassist, singer and composer
David Zucker (* 1947), director and screenwriter
Marilyn Schmiege (* 1948), American-German singer
Neal Ulevich (* 1948), journalist
James Michael Harvey (* 1949), Curial Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
David J. Skorton (* 1949), medical doctor and university professor
Jerry Zucker (born 1950), screenwriter, director and producer
Barbara Lawton (* 1951), politician
Mark Leno (* 1951), politician
Jim Ochowicz (* 1951), racing cyclist and cycling official
Daryl Stuermer (* 1952), musician and guitarist
Bart Stupak (* 1952), politician
Tom Barrett (born 1953), politician
Scott L. Klug (born 1953), politician
Gary Lauck (* 1953), neo-Nazi and history revisionist
Chris Gardner (* 1954), broker
Scott Jaeck (born 1954), actor
Leigh Barczewski (* 1955), track cyclist
Bruce Bethke (* 1955), science fiction author
Jane Kaczmarek (* 1955), theater and film actress
Eddie Allen (* 1957), jazz trumpeter
Lynne Arriale (* 1957), jazz pianist and university teacher
Michael Burks (1957–2012), blues guitarist
Barbara Jordan (* 1957), tennis player
Kristen Meadows (born 1957), actress
Jeffrey Robert Haines (* 1958), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Milwaukee
David Hazeltine (* 1958), jazz pianist
Andre Phillips (born 1959), track and field athlete
Leroy Chiao (* 1960), astronaut
Jeffrey Dahmer (1960–1994), serial killer
Ted Kirkpatrick (* 1960), drummer
Eric Simonson (* 1960), director

1961 to 1980

Carl Allen (* 1961), drummer and music producer
Judi Brown (* 1961), hurdler
Michael Torke (* 1961), composer
Phil Katz (1962-2000), programmer
Beezie Madden (* 1963), show jumper
Jimmy Banks (1964-2019), football player
Paul Flaherty (1964–2006), computer scientist and electrical engineer
Kenny Harrison (born 1965), track and field athlete
Dan Jansen (* 1965), speed skater
Chris McMurry (* 1965), racing car driver
John Ridley (* 1965), author, screenwriter, producer and director
Eric Benét (* 1966), rhythm and blues singer
Paul Clement (born 1966), lawyer, professor and United States Solicitor General
Sean Hood (born 1966), screenwriter
Greg Koch (* 1966), electric guitarist
George Tillman Jr. (* 1969), director, screenwriter and film producer
Heather Graham (born 1970), actress
Latrell Sprewell (born 1970), basketball player
Aimee Graham (born 1971), actress
Mari Holden (* 1971), racing cyclist
Deirdre Demet-Barry (* 1972), racing cyclist
Rick Germanson (* 1972), jazz musician and university professor
Brittany Andrews (born 1973), porn actress
Sadie Benning (* 1973), video artist and musician
Lamont Bentley (1973-2005), actor and rapper
Dan Harmon (* 1973), screenwriter and showrunner
Mark Petering (* 1973), composer and music teacher
Davey von Bohlen (* 1975), emo and indie rock musician and songwriter
Anthony Carter (born 1975), basketball player
Eric Szmanda (born 1975), actor
Austin Aries (born 1978), wrestler
Jeff Hanson (1978–2009), singer-songwriter and guitarist
Candice Michelle (* 1978), model and wrestler
Lavelle Felton (1979-2009), basketball player
Chris Mihm (* 1979), basketball player
Andy Hurley (* 1980), drummer

From 1981

Devin Harris (born 1983), basketball player
Carl Landry (born 1983), basketball player
Tony Dunst (* 1984), poker player and presenter
Joe Sanders (* 1984), jazz bassist
Drew Stafford (born 1985), ice hockey player
DeAndre Levy (born 1987), football player
Colin Kaepernick (* 1987), football player
Brandon Brooks (born 1989), American football player
Rachel Brosnahan (born 1990), actress
Matt Polster (* 1993), soccer player
Alex Galchenyuk (* 1994), American-Russian ice hockey player

Famous Milwaukee residents

Henry Vianden (1814–1899), American-German artist
Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1817–1884), German-American women's rights activist and revolutionary
Peter Engelmann (1823–1874), educator and founder of the German-English Academy (today: University School of Milwaukee)
Georg Richard Kruse (1856–1944), music researcher
Josef Kentenich (1885–1968), founder of the Schoenstatt Work
Red Saunders (1912–1981), jazz drummer and band leader
David Wiesner (* 1956), illustrator and writer

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