# List of people from Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The following notable people are or have been associated with Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

## Politicians and judiciary

* Harvey R. Abraham, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* George R. Andrews, U.S. Representative from New York
* Melvin Baldwin, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
* Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Coles Bashford, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Arizona Territory
* Martin T. Battis, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman; born in Oshkosh
* Jule Berndt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Lutheran pastor; born in Oshkosh
* Gabriel Bouck, Wisconsin Attorney General
* William M. Bray, Wisconsin State Senator
* Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
* Shirley Brown, Florida State Representative
* Taylor G. Brown, Wisconsin State Senator
* Luther Buxton, New York and Wisconsin state legislator and physician
* Frank Challoner, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
* William C. Cowling, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* James H. Davidson, U.S. Representative
* James Edward Doyle, U.S. federal court judge
* James Randall Durfee, U.S. federal court judge
* Edward Eastman, bookseller; first postmaster and first mayor of Oshkosh; Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* William Faber, Wisconsin State Assembly
* Earl Finch, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Carlton Foster, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin State Senator
* Arthur H. Gruenewald, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Richard W. Guenther, U.S. Representative
* Jon R. Guiles, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Andrew Haben, Wisconsin state legislator
* Thomas S. Hanson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* F. Badger Ives, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
* Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin
* Frank B. Keefe, U.S. Representative
* Emil Keup, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Kenneth Kunde, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Florian Lampert, U.S. Representative
* B. F. Langworthy, Minnesota State Representative
* Alfred R. Lea, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Frank A. Leach, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Freeman Lord, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Gustav S. Luscher, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Herman E. Manuel, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. Representative
* Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin State Senator
* Reid F. Murray, U.S. Representative
* Leo T. Niemuth, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Alvin O'Konski, U.S. Representative
* Albert L. Osborn, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Clark M. Perry, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Leander J. Pierson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* George White Pratt, Wisconsin State Senator
* Charles Rahr, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Christian Sarau, Wisconsin State Senator
* Philetus Sawyer, politician
* Casper Schmidt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Edward M. Schneider, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Chester D. Seftenberg, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Floyd E. Shurbert, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Eber Simpson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Janet Dempsey Steiger, politician
* William A. Steiger, U.S. Representative
* Walter Tank, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Return Torrey, miller and Wisconsin state senator
* Gregg Underheim, politician
* Robert Scadden Vessey, Governor of South Dakota
* Esther K. Walling, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman
* Thomas Wall, Wisconsin businessman and state legislator
* Ganem W. Washburn, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist
* Henry I. Weed, Wisconsin State Senator
* Dayne Wescott, Wisconsin State Senator
* Edwin Wheeler, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist
* Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator

## Sportspersons

* Marty Below, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1988)
* Cozy Dolan, MLB player
* Dick Erdlitz, NFL player
* Bill Gogolewski, MLB player
* Rudy Gollomb, NFL player
* Tyrese Haliburton, NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
* Billy Hoeft, MLB player
* Hornswoggle, real name Dylan Postl, wrestler
* Peter Konz, NFL player
* Howie Koplitz, MLB player
* Hal Reilly, MLB player
* Dutch Rennert, Major League Baseball umpire
* Ted Richards, NFL player
* Hal Robl, NFL player
* Champ Seibold, NFL player
* Eber Simpson, NFL player
* Len Smith, NFL player
* Dave Tyriver, MLB player

## Military

* Harold Medberry Bemis, U.S. Navy admiral
* Charles R. Boardman, served as Adjutant General of Wisconsin and as an American general during WWI
* Edmond Konrad, U.S. Navy admiral
* Ernest Dichmann Peek, U.S. Army Major General
* William Everett Potter, U.S. Army; served as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
* Steven A. Schaick, U.S. Air Force general; Deputy Chief of Chaplains

## Others

* Lee Baxandall, founder of The Naturist Society
* Erin Boheme, musician
* Michelle Grabner, painter
* Mark Gruenwald, Marvel Comics executive editor
* Lewis Hine, photographer
* Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragist, peace activist, first president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
* KennyHoopla, musician
* Arthur C. Lichtenberger, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
* Kevin B. MacDonald, evolutionary psychologist at the California State University, Long Beach
* Helen Farnsworth Mears, sculptor
* Mike Melvoin, jazz pianist
* Luanna Meyer, professor of education in New Zealand
* Paul Poberezny, aircraft designer, military aviator and founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (1999)
* Tom Poberezny, aerobatic pilot and former chairman and president of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (2016)
* Stevie Rachelle, lead singer of Tuff
* T.J. Rodgers, scientist and entrepreneur
* Cora Folsom Salisbury, vaudeville performer and ragtime composer
* Greg Dean Schmitz, film critic
* Kathie Sullivan, singer
* Baby Doe Tabor, Colorado pioneer
* Dave Truesdale, editor and literary critic
* Jim VandeHei, editor and co-founder of Politico