Famous People from Wisconsin

Wisconsin Biographies, Famous People from Wisconsin

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Don Ameche (1908 - 1993) Actor who won an Academy Award for his performance in Cocoon; born in Kenosha.

Richard I. Bong (1920 - 1945)America's leading air ace during World War II; born in Superior.

Seymour Cray (1925 - 1996) Developed the super-computer; born in Chippewa Falls.

August Derleth (1909 - 1971) Author; born in Sauk City.

Eric Heiden (1958 - ) Five-time gold medallist speed skater of the 1980 Winter Olympics; born in Madison.

Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926) Famous magician and escape artist; from Appleton.

Pee Wee King (1914 - 2000) Singer and an important figure in country music; born in Milwaukee.

Liberace (1919 - 1987) Famous musician ;born in West Allis.

Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964) Well-known WWII and Korean war general; lived in Milwaukee.

Golda Meir (1898 - 1978) Israels first woman prime minister; raised in Milwaukee.

Tom Snyder (1936 - ) Radio talk-show host; born in Milwaukee.

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959) America's most famous architect; born in Richland Center.

Tom Wopat (1951 - ) Played Luke Duke in the hit television series, "Dukes Of Hazard"; born on a small dairy farm in Lodi.

Gene Wilder (1935 - ) Actor made famous in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; born in Milwaukee.

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867 - 1957) Author of the Little House books;born in Pepin.

More Famous People of Wisconsin

Roy Chapman Andrews naturalist and explorer, Beloit

John Bardeen inventor, Madison

Carrie Catt woman suffragist, Ripon

Ellen Corby actress, Racine

William Defoe actort, Appleton

Tyne Daly actress, Madison

Jeanne Dixon seer, Medford

Chris Farley actor, Madison

Zona Gale author, Portage

Woody Herman band leader, Milwaukee

Loretta Sell Hildegarde singer, Adell

Thomas Hulce actor, Whitewater

George F. Kennan diplomat, Milwaukee

Robert La Follette politician, Primrose

Allen Ludden tv host, Mineral Point

Alfred Lunt actor, Milwaukee

Frederic March actor, Racine

Jackie Mason comedian, Sheboygan

Charles and John Ringling circus entrepreneurs, Baraboo

Pat O'Brien actor, Milwaukee

Georgia O'Keeffe painter, Sun Prairie

Les Paul musician, Waukesha

Amy Pietz actress, Oak Creek

Charlotte Rae actress, Milwaukee

William H. Rehnquist jurist, Milwaukee

Gena Rowlands actress, Cambria

Spencer Tracy actor, Milwaukee

Bob Uecker baseball player, Milwaukee

Thorstein Veblen economist, Cato Township

Orson Welles actor and producer, Kenosha

Thornton Wilder author, Madison

Charles Winninger actor, Athen

Frank Lloyd Wright architect, Richland Center

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