List of people from Kenosha, Wisconsin

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Artists, authors

• William Bast, screenwriter
• Chester Biscardi, composer, director of musical arts at Yale University
• Lucien Cailliet, composer, conductor, film orchestrator (The Ten Commandments)
• Jeff Cesario, comedian, TV writer
• Donald Clarke, author of books on musical subjects
• Korey Cooper, backup vocalist, keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for Skillet
• Anna Fermin, musician
• Tom Goss, musician
• Lionel Hampton, vibraphonist and bandleader
• Florence Parry Heide, author
• Milt Herth, organist
• Margaret Landon, author of Anna and the King of Siam (The King and I)
• Jen Ledger, drummer/singer for Skillet
• Dave Matrise, singer, guitarist for Jungle Rot^[1]
• Lloyd John Ogilvie, Presbyterian minister and writer; served as Chaplain of the United States Senate
• Milton K. Ozaki, author and detective novelist
• Gus Polinski musician - Clarinet player and leader of the Kenosha Kickers
• George Pollard, portrait painter
• Thom Racina, author and screenwriter (General Hospital)
• Spike Robinson, jazz saxophonist
• Jim Rygiel, triple Academy Award winner (Lord of the Rings) ^[2]
• Mary Sauer, principal pianist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1959; on the piano faculty of DePaul University for 33 years, where she was coordinator of the keyboard program^[3]
• Will Schaefer, composer
• Edwin Stringham, composer, educator
• Kathie Sullivan, vocalist (The Lawrence Welk Show)
• Irving Wallace, author (The Chapman Report)

Actors/actresses, directors

• Don Ameche, actor, Academy Award-winner (Cocoon, Trading Places)
• Jim Ameche, actor (Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy)
• Thom Bierdz, actor (The Young and the Restless)
• Francesco Bilotto, television personality (Good Morning America, The View, Today)
• Edward F. Cline, film director (The Bank Dick, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man)
• Bert I. Gordon, film director (The Food of the Gods)
• Al Molinaro, actor (Happy Days, The Odd Couple)
• Mark Ruffalo, actor (The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Now You See Me, Shutter Island, Zodiac)
• Tony Russel, film and stage actor (Hearts Are Wild)
• Rebecca Scott, model and actress, Miss August 1999 for Playboy
• Charles Siebert, actor (Trapper John, M.D.), director (Xena: Warrior Princess)
• Paul Sorensen, actor (Dance With Me, Henry)
• John Stephenson, voice actor (The Flintstones)
• Concetta Tomei, actress (China Beach)
• Daniel J. Travanti, actor (Hill Street Blues)
• Orson Welles, producer, actor, writer, director (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil, F for Fake)

Politics and law

• Joseph F. Andrea, Wisconsin legislator
• John Martin Antaramian, Wisconsin legislator, former mayor of Kenosha
• Peter W. Barca, U.S. Representative and Wisconsin legislator
• Chauncey Davis, Michigan legislator
• C. Ernest Dewey, Wisconsin legislator
• Eugene Dorff, Wisconsin legislator and former Kenosha mayor
• Charles Durkee, U.S. Senator
• Asahel Farr, 6th, 10th, 17th, and 21st mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator
• Malcolm D. Farr, Wisconsin legislator
• Margaret Farrow, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
• Michael Frank, 1st mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator
• Myron L. Gordon, Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Levi Grant, Wisconsin legislator
• Orson S. Head, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
• Daniel Hugunin Jr., U.S. Representative from New York
• Bob Kiss, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
• Joseph Lourigan, Wisconsin legislator
• Frederick S. Lovell, 11th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Union Army general
• Silas Matteson, Wisconsin legislator
• John J. Maurer, Wisconsin legislator
• John G. McMynn, 7th Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
• George Molinaro, Wisconsin legislator
• Earl D. Morton, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
• George Howard Paul, 5th mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator, journalist
• Milton Pettit, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 8th, 11th, 13th, and 16th mayor of Kenosha
• Charles H. Pfennig, Wisconsin legislator
• Mark Pocan, U.S. Representative
• Lewis W. Powell, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
• Reince Priebus, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, former White House Chief of Staff
• Michael Pucci, Australian politician
• Joseph V. Quarles, U.S. Senator, U.S. District Judge, and former Kenosha mayor
• Clifford E. Randall, U.S. Representative
• Robert Schmidt, Wisconsin legislator
• Mathias J. Scholey, former Kenosha mayor
• Conrad Shearer, Wisconsin legislator
• Charles C. Sholes, former Kenosha mayor
• Rouse Simmons, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Zalmon G. Simmons, Wisconsin legislator, former Kenosha mayor, and businessman
• William H. Stevenson, U.S. Representative

Sports

• Milo Allison, MLB player
• Alan Ameche, Wisconsin Badgers and NFL football player, 1954 Heisman Trophy winner
• Donna Becker, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ballplayer
• Ray Berres, MLB player, longtime Chicago White Sox pitching coach
• Tom Bienemann, NFL player
• John Bocwinski, soccer player and 1972 Olympian^[4]
• Fred Borak, NFL player
• Dick Bosman, MLB pitcher and pitching coach
• Tom Braatz, NFL player and general manager
• David Cabán, soccer player^[5]
• Jeff Cohen, All-American basketball player at The College of William & Mary in 1960-61
• Frankie Conley, boxer
• Ed Corey, MLB player
• Fritz Cronin, NFL player^[6]
• Press Cruthers, MLB player
• Kate Del Fava, NWSL player
• Ben Dyer, MLB player
• Gene Englund, NBL, NBA basketball player, captain of University of Wisconsin's 1941 national championship team
• Barbara Galdonik, AAGPBL ballplayer
• Melvin Gordon, NFL player
• Harvey Green, MLB player
• Jack Hammond, MLB player
• Bob Hartman, MLB player
• Joyce Hill, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Ken Huxhold, NFL player
• Chuck Jaskwhich, head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team
• Chet Kozel, professional football player
• Gavin Lux, infielder for Cincinnati Reds
• Walter Maurer, Olympic wrestling medalist
• Marie Menheer, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Darlene Mickelsen, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Ollie O'Mara, MLB player
• Megan Oster, figure skater
• Charlie Pechous, MLB player
• Phil Pettey, NFL player
• Tom Regner, Notre Dame All-American offensive guard and 1966 Houston Oilers NFL Champion Team
• Elmer Rhenstrom, NFL player^[7]
• Ben Rothwell, professional mixed martial artist
• Paul Russo, auto racer
• Augie Schmidt, baseball player and coach
• Ray Spalding, NBA player
• Ralph Thomas, NFL player
• Nick Van Exel, NBA player and currently an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks
• James "Hippo" Vaughn, Chicago Cubs pitcher
• Trae Waynes, NFL player

Other

• Edward E. Ayer (1841–1927), railway supplies magnate; manuscript collector; benefactor to Newberry Library and Field Museum of Natural History
• Mary D. Bradford, educator, first female superintendent of a major school system in Wisconsin
• Bill Brown (1855–1941), Oregon rancher
• Jerry Golden, ABC reporter who was first with the John F. Kennedy assassination news
• Linda Ham, manager of the Johnson Space Center
• Michael P. Hammond, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
• Jim Jensen, CBS news anchor and reporter
• Raymond Edward Johnson, radio actor, host of Inner Sanctum
• Samuel C. Johnson, Sr., founder, Johnson Wax
• Edward S. "Ned" Jordan, automaker (Jordan Motor Car Company), columnist ("Ned Jordan Speaks," AutoWeek) and ad writer ("Somewhere west of Laramie")
• Laura Kaeppeler, Miss Wisconsin 2011 and Miss America 2012
• Theodore H. Laban, highly decorated U.S. Army Air Forces soldier
• Lola J. May, mathematics educator
• Robert Bruce McCoy, United States National Guard officer
• Charles Francis McGivern, highly decorated U.S. Navy officer
• Joseph E. Meyer, herbologist and founder of the Indiana Botanic Gardens
• Charles W. Nash, automaker, Nash Motors, Nash-Kelvinator
• Edward T. Newell, president of the American Numismatic Society 1916–1941
• Norm Nielsen, magician and businessman
• James R. O'Neill, American Civil War correspondent and sketch artist^[8]
• Michael Phillips, theater critic, Pulitzer Prize jurist
• Peter Pirsch, builder of fire equipment
• Luther B. Scherer, also known as Tutor Scherer, (1879–1957), American investor in casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada and poet laureate of Nevada.^[9]
• Kendra Scott, jeweler^[10]
• Christopher Latham Sholes, publisher, inventor of the QWERTY keyboard
• Zalmon Gilbert Simmons II, businessman
• Charles Symmonds, U.S. Army general
• George Nelson Tremper, educator
• Paul Weyrich, co-founder of The Heritage Foundation and Free Congress Foundation and member of National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
• Joseph Zimmermann, inventor of the answering machine

See also

• List of mayors of Kenosha, Wisconsin