# List of people from Appleton, Wisconsin

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

## Artists and performers

* Judah Bauer, guitarist
* Willem Dafoe, actor
* Theodore Hardeen, magician
* Harry Houdini, illusionist and stunt performer
* Lynn Kellogg, singer
* Steven Krueger, actor
* Maury Laws, composer
* Jeff Loomis, guitarist
* Michael Patrick McGill, actor
* Roy Purdy, rapper
* Brenda Rae, operatic soprano
* Mark Stewart, musician
* Mary Ann Wells, dancer and ballet dance teacher
* Terry Zwigoff, filmmaker

## Athletes and sports personnel

* Esmir Bajraktarevic, soccer player
* Myrt Basing, NFL player
* Rocky Bleier, NFL player, four-time Super Bowl Champion
* Brian Butch, NBA player
* Mark Catlin Sr., football coach
* Clarence Currie, MLB player
* Christopher DeMarco, basketball coach
* Matt Erickson, MLB, Manager Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
* Royal T. Farrand, physician and college football player
* Sarah Hagen, NWSL player
* J. P. Hayes, PGA golfer
* Joe Hietpas, baseball player
* George Hogreiver, MLB player
* Danny Jansen, MLB player
* Roger Jenkins, hockey player
* Erik Jensen, NFL player
* Swede Johnston, NFL player
* Ross Kenseth, America Stock car racing driver
* Cole Konrad, first-ever Bellator Heavyweight Champion
* Ron Kostelnik, football player
* Tony Kubek, World Series champion baseball player and Hall of Fame broadcaster
* Stu Locklin, baseball and educator
* Garrett Lowney, Olympic medalist
* Jack Mead, NFL player
* Chester J. Roberts, head coach of the Miami RedHawks football and men's basketball teams
* Paul Schommer, Olympic biathlete
* Don Werner, MLB player
* Silas Young, professional wrestler

## Authors and journalists

* Mary Agria, author
* Gary Arndt, travel photographer and writer
* Edna Ferber, author
* Alfred Galpin, correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft
* Henry Golde, author and Holocaust survivor
* William Norman Grigg, author
* Walter Havighurst, author
* Gladys Taber, author
* Greta Van Susteren, journalist, Newsmax television anchor

## Businesspeople

* William Beverly Murphy, ex-president of Campbell Soup Company
* Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft
* Travis VanderZanden, founder of Bird Rides
* Walter B. Wriston, banker

## Military personnel

* John Bradley, Iwo Jima Navy flag-raiser
* Zuhdi Jasser, doctor, former lieutenant commander in the United States Navy
* John S. Mills, U.S. Air Force major general
* Erik M. Ross, U.S. Navy rear admiral
* William J. Van Ryzin, U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general

## Politicians

* George Baldwin, politician and businessman
* Clinton B. Ballard, Wisconsin State Representative
* Mark Catlin Jr., speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* William F. Cirkel, Wisconsin politician and businessman
* Bob Corbin, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
* Lorenzo E. Darling, Wisconsin State Representative
* Catherine Ebert-Gray, U.S. diplomat
* Harold Froehlich, U.S. Representative and Outagamie County Circuit Judge
* Charles J. Hagen, Wisconsin State Representative
* David Hammel, Wisconsin State Representative
* Leopold Hammel, Wisconsin State Representative
* William E. Hoehle, Wisconsin State Representative
* Steve Kagen, U.S. Congressman
* David M. Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a Wisconsin State Senator
* William Kennedy, Wisconsin State Senator
* George Kreiss, Wisconsin politician
* August W. Laabs, Wisconsin State Representative
* John F. Lappen, Wisconsin State Senator
* James Lennon, Wisconsin State Representative
* James E. Lyons, Wisconsin State Representative
* Sue R. Magnuson, Wisconsin State Representative
* David Martin, Wisconsin State Representative
* Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator
* C. E. McIntosh, Wisconsin State Representative
* Talbot Peterson, Republican Party of Wisconsin chairman
* David Prosser Jr., Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
* William J. Rogers, Wisconsin State Representative
* Sue Rohan, Wisconsin State Representative
* James Ryan, Wisconsin politician
* Samuel Ryan Jr., Wisconsin State Representative
* Oscar J. Schmiege, Wisconsin State Representative and jurist
* George J. Schneider, U.S. Representative
* Charles M. Schrimpf, Wisconsin State Representative
* David Schutter, criminal defense attorney
* Henry Clay Sloan, Wisconsin State Representative
* Perry H. Smith, Wisconsin politician
* John Tracy, Wisconsin State Representative
* William Smith Warner, Wisconsin State Representative
* Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator
* Jerry L. Wing, Wisconsin State Representative
* Bernard C. Wolter, Wisconsin State Representative

## Other

* Stephanie Chasteen (1972–2024), physics education researcher and science communicator
* Anthony Czarnik, chemist and inventor
* Emanuel Gerechter, rabbi and professor
* August Knuppel, mason and contractor
* Ann McKee, neuropathologist specializing in traumatic brain injuries
* John Benjamin Murphy, surgeon
* Larry Rosebaugh, Roman Catholic priest
* James Zwerg, civil rights activist