# List of people from Waukesha, Wisconsin

The following list includes notable people who were born in or have lived in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

## Academics, authors, and journalists

* Tim Cahill, adventure travel writer
* Gordon Keith Chalmers, scholar
* John Thomas Curtis, ecologist
* David J. Eicher, editor and author
* Margo Huston, reporter who won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
* Mary Schendlinger, writer and editor
* Robert R. Spitzer, agricultural researcher
* Michelle Thaller, astrophysicist
* Sidney Dean Townley, astronomer and geodeticist
* Vernor Vinge, science fiction author
* Ray Wendland, petrochemist
* Viola S. Wendt, poet

## Artists and performers

* Brad Beyer, actor
* Frank Caliendo, comedian
* Carmen De La Paz, television personality
* Danny Gokey, American Idol contestant
* Sue Hawk, reality television personality
* Drew Kunz, artist and poet
* Johnny Lechner, actor
* Sam Llanas, musician
* Mark Mallman, musician
* Kurt Neumann, musician
* Les Paul, guitarist and inventor
* Rose Polenzani, folk musician
* Michael Ritchie, film director
* Heidi Stober, opera singer
* Nick Viall, reality television personality
* Hayward Williams, musician

## Athletes
### American Football

* John Anderson, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
* Erik Bickerstaff, NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders
* Dick Blanchard, NFL player for the New England Patriots
* Max Broadhurst, NFL player for the Dayton Triangles
* Chuck DeShane, NFL player for the Detroit Lions
* Terry Dillon, NFL player for the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders
* John Golemgeske, NFL player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
* Pat Harder, NFL player for the Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals
* Frank Harris, NFL player for the Chicago Bears
* Frank Hertz, NFL player for the Milwaukee Badgers
* Matt Katula, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
* Ken Keuper, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants
* Kurt Larson, NFL player for the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers
* Will McDonald IV, NFL player for the New York Jets
* Bill Miklich, NFL player for the New York Giants and Detroit Lions
* Joe Schobert, NFL player for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers
* Bill Stetz, NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles
* Derek Watt, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
* J. J. Watt, NFL player for the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals
* T. J. Watt, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
* Kevin Zeitler, NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens

### Baseball

* Jack Kading, MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
* Jarred Kelenic, MLB player for the Seattle Mariners
* Jim Pruett, MLB player for the Philadelphia Athletics

### Other

* Austin Aries, professional wrestler
* Mike Cahill, tennis player
* Paul Hamm, Olympic gymnastic gold medalist
* Morgan Hamm, Olympic gymnast
* Kirstin Holum, speed ice skater
* Mary Beth Iagorashvili, Olympic pentathlete
* Gwen Jorgensen, 2014 World Triathlon Series Champion
* Ulvis Katlaps, ice hockey player
* Lauri Merten, professional golfer and winner of the 1993 U.S. Women's Open
* Nick Moon, soccer player
* Melissa Mueller, Olympic pole vaulter
* Elli Ochowicz, Olympic Speed Skater
* Leslie Osborne, U.S. women's national soccer team
* John Pearson, Olympic gymnast
* Erik Sowinski, middle-distance runner
* Lester Stevens, Olympic athlete
* Tim Ward, soccer player for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer
* Mitchell Whitmore, Olympic speedskater

## Businesspeople

* Donald Goerke, inventor of SpaghettiOs
* Richard W. Sears, founder of Sears and Roebuck

## Military personnel

* Miriam Ben-Shalom, activist and former staff sergeant
* Joseph E. Carberry, aviator
* Alfred Gorham, Tuskegee Airman
* John Patten Story, U.S. Army major general

## Politicians and government officials
### Wisconsin State Legislators

* Roderick Ainsworth, Wisconsin State Representative
* Scott Allen, Wisconsin State Representative
* Winchel Bacon, Wisconsin State Representative
* Silas Barber, Wisconsin State Representative
* William Blair, Wisconsin State Senator
* John F. Buckley, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
* Phineas Clawson, Wisconsin State Senator
* Dave Craig, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator
* David L. Dancey, Wisconsin State Legislator and jurist
* J. Mac Davis, jurist and Wisconsin State Senator
* Elihu Enos, educator and Wisconsin state legislator
* William A. Freehoff, Wisconsin State Senator
* Joseph J. Hadfield, Wisconsin state legislator
* Joanne Huelsman, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator
* Edward Jackamonis, speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* Scott Jensen, speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* Alfred M. Jones, Illinois State Representative and Wisconsin State Senator
* Edwin B. Kelsey, Wisconsin State Representative
* Joel Kleefisch, Wisconsin State Representative
* Bill Kramer, Wisconsin State Representative
* William Langer, Wisconsin State Representative
* Vincent R. Mathews, Wisconsin State Representative
* Ernst Merton, Wisconsin State Senator and lawyer
* Roger P. Murphy, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist
* Scott Newcomer, Wisconsin State Representative
* Alexander Randall, Wisconsin governor
* Jon Richards, Wisconsin State Representative and circuit court judge
* John C. Schober, Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer
* Ellicott R. Stillman, Wisconsin State Representative
* Daniel H. Sumner, Wisconsin State Representative
* Vernon Tichenor, Wisconsin State Representative
* Henry Totten, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman
* Joseph Turner, Wisconsin Territorial and State Senator
* Daniel P. Vrakas, Wisconsin State Representative
* John M. Wells, Wisconsin State Representative
* E. B. West, Wisconsin State Senator
* John W. Whelan, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator
* George Winans, Wisconsin State Representative

### Other

* William A. Barstow, Governor of Wisconsin, Union Army general
* William G. Callow, Wisconsin Supreme Court
* Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition Party Presidential candidate
* Glenn R. Davis, U.S. Representative
* Lee S. Dreyfus, Governor of Wisconsin
* Daniel Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee
* Edmund C. Moy, businessman and U.S. Mint director
* Edwin M. Randall, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
* Paul F. Reilly, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
* Eleazer Root, Episcopal priest and local politician
* Donald E. Tewes, U.S. Representative
* Tom Tillberry, Minnesota State Representative
* Robert William Wright, lawyer and politician

## Other

* Little Lord Fauntleroy, unidentified homicide victim found in 1921
* Deb Hoffmann, collector
* Florence E. Kollock (1848–1925), Universalist minister and lecturer
* Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, convicted in Waukesha's infamous Slender Man stabbing case