# List of people from Green Bay, Wisconsin

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

## Politics

* W. J. Abrams, Wisconsin State Senator, Mayor of Green Bay
* David Agry, jurist and legislator
* Charles C. P. Arndt, Wisconsin Territorial Legislator
* John Penn Arndt, Wisconsin Territorial legislator
* William H. Bartran, Wisconsin State Representative and physician
* Robert C. Bassett, U.S. Presidential advisor
* John W. Byrnes, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* James R. Charneski, Wisconsin State Representative
* Ebenezer Childs, Wisconsin Territorial legislator
* Paul F. Clark, Nebraska State Representative
* Adolph A. Deering, Wisconsin State Representative
* Thomas A. Delaney, Wisconsin State Representative
* Jacob Dietrich, Wisconsin State Representative
* Gary T. Dilweg, Wisconsin State Representative
* Charles Doty, surveyor, military officer, Wisconsin State Assembly
* James Duane Doty, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* W.F. Doyle, Michigan State Senator
* Albert Gallatin Ellis, Michigan and Wisconsin Territorial legislator
* William Finnegan, Wisconsin State Representative
* Albert Gall, Indiana State Treasurer and businessman
* Eric Genrich, Wisconsin State Representative, Mayor of Green Bay
* Mark Green, U.S. Representative
* John A. Gronouski, U.S. Postmaster General
* Rosemary Hinkfuss, Wisconsin State Representative
* William E. Hoehle, Wisconsin State Representative
* John S. Horner, Governor of Michigan Territory
* Timothy O. Howe, U.S. Postmaster General
* Thomas R. Hudd, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* James F. Hughes, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* Alexander J. Irwin, Wisconsin Territorial Legislator and businessman
* Robert Irwin Jr., Michigan Territorial Legislator and businessman
* Joshua L. Johns, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* Jay W. Johnson, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, Director of the U.S. Mint
* Fred F. Kaftan, Wisconsin State Senator
* David M. Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senator
* Carol Kelso, Wisconsin State Representative
* Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin State Representative
* Thomas F. Konop, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* Gustav Kustermann, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* Harvey Larsen, Wisconsin State Representative
* Barbara Lawton, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
* Joseph F. Loy, Wisconsin State Senator
* John Macco, Wisconsin State Representative
* Stephen Mack Jr., adventurer, founder of Rockton, Illinois
* Harold C. Malchow, Wisconsin State Representative
* John E. Martin, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
* Joseph Martin, Wisconsin State representative
* Walter Melchior, Wisconsin State Representative
* Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin State Senator
* James T. Oliver, Wisconsin State Representative
* Ben Overton, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
* John W. Reynolds Jr., Governor of Wisconsin
* Samuel Ryan Jr., Wisconsin State Representative
* John Joseph Ryba, Wisconsin State Representative
* Parlan Semple, Wisconsin State Representative
* Jerome Van Sistine, Wisconsin State Senator
* Dave Hansen (politician), Wisconsin State Senator

## Military

* Steven E. Day, U.S. Coast Guard admiral
* James H. Flatley, World War II naval aviator
* Lawrence J. Fleming, U.S. Air Force Major General
* George Clay Ginty, Union Army general
* William Emery Merrill, military engineer
* Dennis Murphy, Medal of Honor recipient
* Austin Straubel, World War II army aviator
* James R. Van Den Elzen, U.S. Marine Corps general

## Religion

* Claude-Jean Allouez, Jesuit missionary
* Anton Anderledy, Superior General of the Society of Jesus
* Frank Joseph Dewane, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Adam Maida, Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
* Beth Moore, evangelical
* Otto Tank, and the Tank family

## Sports

* Nate Abrams, NFL player
* John Anderson, ESPN Sportscenter anchor, attended Southwest High School
* Ken Anderson, professional wrestler known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE and Mr. Anderson in TNA
* Mason Appleton, ice hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets
* Wayland Becker, NFL player
* Tony Bennett, University of Virginia men's basketball coach and former NBA player for Charlotte Hornets, attended Preble High School
* Jason Berken, MLB player
* Dan Buenning, guard for NFL Chicago Bears, attended Bay Port High School
* Art Bultman, NFL player for Brooklyn Dodgers and the Green Bay Packers
* George Whitney Calhoun, co-founder of Green Bay Packers
* Dick Campbell, NFL player
* Raymond Joseph Cannon, U.S. Representative, MLB player, attorney for Jack Dempsey and accused players of Black Sox Scandal
* Sandy Cohen, American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* James Cook, NFL player
* Jim Crowley, one-fourth of University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield
* Jerry Daanen, NFL player
* Darroll DeLaPorte, NFL player
* Jay DeMerit, soccer player, English Premier League and Major League Soccer, 2010 World Cup team, attended Bay Port High School
* Dutch Dwyer, NFL player
* Riggie Dwyer, NFL player
* Jim Flanigan, NFL player for Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, and Philadelphia Eagles
* Ted Fritsch, NFL player
* Ted Fritsch Jr., NFL player
* Rebecca Giddens, world champion canoer, Olympic medalist
* Scott Hansen, NASCAR driver
* Roger Harring, football coach, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
* Arnie Herber, NFL player for Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Natisha Hiedeman (born 1997), basketball player for the Israeli team Maccabi Bnot Ashdod and the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
* Jim Hobbins, NFL player
* Alec Ingold, NFL player for the Miami Dolphins
* Fee Klaus, professional football player
* Greg Knafelc, NFL player
* Tod Kowalczyk, head coach of University of Toledo men's basketball team
* Bob Kroll, NFL player
* Gary Kroner, professional football player
* Curly Lambeau, founder, player, and first coach of Green Bay Packers
* Wes Leaper, NFL player
* Jim Magnuson, MLB player
* Charlie Mathys, NFL player for Hammond Pros and Green Bay Packers
* Terrie Miller, Olympic athlete
* Dennis Murphy, Medal of Honor recipient
* Brian Noble, NFL player
* Drew Nowak, NFL player
* Dominic Olejniczak, Mayor of Green Bay, president and chairman of Green Bay Packers
* Robert J. Parins, Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and president of the Green Bay Packers
* Joe Perrault, Olympic athlete
* Joe Proski, NBA head trainer for the Phoenix Suns and member of the team's Ring of Honor
* Ken Radick, NFL player for Green Bay Packers and Brooklyn Dodgers
* Dick Rehbein, NFL assistant coach
* Chester J. Roberts, head coach of the Miami RedHawks football and men's basketball teams
* Chuck Sample, NFL player
* Mary Sauer, pole vaulter
* Max Scharping, NFL player
* Joe Secord, NFL player
* Lauren Sesselmann, professional soccer player
* Walter Wellesley Smith (1905–1982), Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
* Aaron Stecker, NFL player, attended Ashwaubenon High School
* Horst Stemke, Olympic athlete
* Kevin Stemke, NFL player
* Jerry Tagge, NFL player
* Ron Vander Kelen, MVP of 1963 Rose Bowl and NFL player
* Brad Voyles, MLB player
* Max Wagner, MLB player
* Cowboy Wheeler, NFL player
* Charlie Whitehurst, NFL player
* Bob Wickman, Major League Baseball pitcher
* Paul Wilmet, MLB player
* Eliot Wolf, NFL executive
* Vince Workman, NFL player
* Dick Zoll, NFL player for Cleveland Rams and Green Bay Packers

## Literature, music, arts

* Karen Borca, musician
* Eric Bray, record producer
* Paul Gigot, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
* Richard Gilliam, fantasy author and editor
* Thom Hazaert, record producer, journalist, radio personality, film producer/director. Publicly credited with saving Slipknot/Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor's life.
* Joel Hodgson, creator and star of TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000, graduated from Ashwaubenon High School in 1978
* Alonzo Myron Kimball, portrait painter and illustrator
* Jim Knipfel, author
* Norbert Kox, painter and writer
* Jeff Kurtenacker, composer
* Doug Larson, newspaper columnist
* Rusty Lemorande, film director, writer, producer and actor
* Pat MacDonald, songwriter and singer in Timbuk3
* Kevin MacLeod, musician and composer
* Leo Ornstein, composer, pianist, finished his life in Green Bay
* Dave Pirner, lead singer of Soul Asylum
* Devon Rodriguez, dancer
* Tony Shalhoub, actor, star of films, stage and TV series Monk and Wings, attended Green Bay East High School
* Mona Simpson, novelist and essayist; younger sister of Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.; wife of Richard Appel, a writer for The Simpsons; Homer Simpson's mother is named after her
* Red Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
* Zack Snyder, director of films Man of Steel, Dawn of the Dead (2004 version), 300, Watchmen, Justice League
* Margaret Teele (Margaret Poby), actress, attended St. Joseph's Academy (now Notre Dame de la Baie Academy)
* Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862–1934), Pennsylvania Dutch poet

## Inventors, business leaders

* Leo Frigo, civic and philanthropic leader
* John J. Gilman, educator and inventor
* Augustin Grignon, fur trader and businessman
* Mark King, CEO, Taco Bell
* Alfred Lawson, credited as inventor of the airliner
* James Mulva, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips
* Staci Simonich, scientist
* Daniel Whitney, businessman and pioneer