# List of people from Racine, Wisconsin

This is a list of individuals who are or were natives of, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of Racine, Wisconsin, United States.

## Arts

* Kevin J. Anderson, author
* Gene Beery, artist
* Frank Bencriscutto, conductor, composer
* Karen Johnson Boyd, heiress, art dealer
* Lane Brody, born Lynn Voorlas, singer
* Mellona Moulton Butterfield, china painter, teacher
* Joyce Carlson, artist
* Alice E. Cleaver, artist
* Jason Paul Collum, author, film and television director
* Chi Coltrane, musician
* Chester Commodore, cartoonist, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize 12 times
* Ellen Corby, actress
* Victor DeLorenzo, drummer, Violent Femmes
* Peter Deming, cinematographer
* Payne Erskine, writer
* Norman D. Golden II, actor
* Greg Graffin, lead vocalist of political punk rock band Bad Religion
* Chad Harbach, author
* Max Hardcore (Paul F. Little), pornographer
* Ben Hecht, journalist, playwright and screenwriter
* Kevin Henkes, author and Caldecott Medal winner
* Lise Hilboldt, actress
* Harriet Persis Hurlbut, artist
* Zachary Scot Johnson, singer-songwriter
* David Kherdian, writer, poet and editor
* Larry Kusche, commercial pilot and author
* Fredric March, two-time Oscar-winning actor
* Barbara McNair, singer and actress
* Tina Moore, R&B singer
* Glenn C. Nelson, ceramics educator and author
* Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer
* Irene Purcell, actress, lived and died in Racine
* Warner Richmond, actor
* Liamani Segura, child singer
* Ben Sidran, musician
* Kristin Bauer van Straten, actress
* Joseph Philbrick Webster, songwriter and composer

## Athletics

* Ellen Ahrndt, AAGPBL player
* Bill Albright, NFL player
* Kevin Barry, NFL player
* Jeremiah Bass, soccer player
* Annastasia Batikis, AAGPBL player
* Caron Butler, NBA player
* Pancho Carter, Indy car racer
* Jim Chones, NBA player
* John Clay, NFL player
* Dorothy Damaschke, AAGPBL player
* Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player
* Norm Derringer, AAGPBL manager
* Myron Fohr, Indy car racer
* Bob Foster, NFL player
* Jimmy Grant, MLB player
* Jim Haluska, NFL player
* Steve Hanson, NFL player
* Jack Harris, NFL player
* Fritz Heinisch, NFL player
* Don Heinkel, MLB player
* Sonja Henning, WNBA player
* Joe Jagersberger, Indy car racer and engineer
* Jason Jaramillo, MLB player
* Abdul Jeelani, NBA player
* Kaitlin Keough, cyclist
* Ed Killian, MLB player
* Duane Kuiper, MLB player and broadcaster
* Glen Kuiper, MLB broadcaster
* Jeff Lee, NFL player
* Laurie Ann Lee, AAGPBL player
* Frances Lovett, AAGPBL player
* Ed Lytle, baseball player
* Chris Maragos, NFL player
* Jesse Marsch, professional soccer player and manager
* Jim McIlvaine, NBA player
* Kim Merritt, long-distance runner
* Jerry Mertens, NFL player
* Brent Moss, NFL player
* Leo Murphy, baseball player and manager
* Norm Nelson, Stock car racer
* Dick Phillips, MLB player
* Eric Rasmussen, MLB player
* Linda L. Rice, thoroughbred racehorse trainer
* Shane Rawley, MLB pitcher
* Gene H. Rose, NFL player
* Vinny Rottino, MLB player
* Babe Ruetz, NFL head coach
* Howie Ruetz, NFL player
* Joe Ruetz, football player
* Charles Rutkowski, NFL player
* Alex Scales, NBA player
* Tom Sorensen, Olympic volleyball player
* Jack Taschner, MLB player
* Ralph Thomas, NFL player
* Tim Van Galder, NFL player
* Fred Venturelli, NFL player
* Jamil Wilson, NBA player
* Al Zupek, NFL player
* Jerry Woods, NFL player

## Business

* Jerome Case, inventor
* Albert J. Dremel, founder of the Dremel company
* Matthew M. Fox (1911–1964), vice president of Universal Pictures
* George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team; co-owner of Premier League team, Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett Evernham Motorsports
* Jay Grinney, President and chief executive officer of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation
* Jon Hammes, founder and managing partner of Hammes Company
* Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
* Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
* Herbert Fisk Johnson III, Chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Son, member of the Forbes 400
* Samuel C. Johnson, industrialist (wax)
* Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr., founder of S.C. Johnson & Son
* Helen Johnson-Leipold, CEO of Johnson Outdoors
* Jim Jorgensen, entrepreneur; Discovery Zone, AllAdvantage and Women's Sports Foundation
* Craig Leipold, majority owner of NHL's Minnesota Wild
* John "Jack" Rogan, founder of Rogan's Shoes
* Don Smiley, President and CEO of Summerfest and former Major League Baseball executive
* Fred Young, President and CEO of Young Radiator

## Military

* Harold C. Agerholm, USMC private first class, World War II, Medal of Honor recipient
* James Roy Andersen, USAAF brigadier general
* Charles F. Born, U.S. Army and Air Force major general
* Dominic A. Cariello, Wisconsin Army National Guard brigadier general
* Clinton W. Davies, U.S. Air Force brigadier general
* Gregory A. Feest, U.S. Air Force major general
* Irving Fish, U.S. Army major general
* George Clay Ginty, Union Army brigadier general
* John L. Jerstad, major, USAAF, World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
* Travis King, U.S. Army private second class, defected to North Korea on 18 July, 2023

## Politics and law

* Gar Alperovitz, historian, political economist, activist, writer
* Robert H. Baker, Wisconsin legislator, Racine mayor and alderman, chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party
* George L. Buck, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
* Melbert B. Cary, chairman of the Connecticut Democratic Party
* Champion S. Chase, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska; namesake of Chase County, Nebraska
* Carl C. Christensen, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
* Joseph Clancy, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
* Henry A. Cooper, U.S. representative
* Thomas P. Corbett, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
* Marcel Dandeneau, Wisconsin educator and politician
* John Dickert, Racine mayor
* John Dixon, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
* Joshua Eric Dodge, Wisconsin Supreme Court
* James Rood Doolittle, U.S. senator
* Henry Dorman, Wisconsin legislator
* John Elkins, Wisconsin legislator
* Edward Engerud, Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
* Thomas Falvey, Wisconsin legislator and Racine mayor
* Margaret Farrow, first female lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
* Scott C. Fergus, Wisconsin legislator
* Peter C. Fishburn, mathematician who (with Steven Brams) rediscovered approval voting
* Gerald T. Flynn, U.S. representative
* Willis Frazell, Wisconsin legislator and barber
* William C. Giese, Wisconsin legislator and educator
* Walter Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin
* George Groesback, member of the Montana House of Representatives
* Joseph C. Hamata, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
* Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle, Washington; founder of San Clemente, California and co-founder of Lake Forest Park, Washington
* James M. Hare, Michigan Secretary of State
* Jack Harvey, Wisconsin politician
* Max W. Heck, Wisconsin politician and jurist
* Richard P. Howell, Wisconsin legislator, carpenter, and businessman
* Wallace Ingalls, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
* Lorenzo Janes. Wisconsin territorial legislator, lawyer, and businessman
* Charles Jonas, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
* John Lehman, Wisconsin legislator and educator
* William P. Lyon, 7th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 12th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Union Army officer
* Harry Mares, former mayor of White Bear Lake, MN, Minnesota state representative and educator
* Cory Mason, Wisconsin legislator and current mayor of Racine
* Henry F. Mason, Kansas legislator
* John G. McMynn, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
* Gwen Moore, U.S. representative
* Peter C. Myers, Missouri politician
* Greta Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator
* Jeffrey A. Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator and businessman, former chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
* Lisa Neubauer, Wisconsin judge
* Wallace E. Nield, Wisconsin politician
* Don Penza, former mayor of Wisconsin Rapids, WI, All-American collegian football player, legendary football coach
* George Petak, Wisconsin politician
* P. Walter Petersen, Wisconsin politician
* Kimberly Plache, Wisconsin politician
* James F. Rooney, Wisconsin legislator, former chairman of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission
* Sidney A. Sage, Wisconsin politician
* Horace T. Sanders, Wisconsin politician and military leader
* M. M. Secor (Martin Mathias Secor), proprietor of M. M. Secor Trunk Company; mayor of Racine 1884–1888
* John L. Sieb, Wisconsin politician and barber
* Lawrence H. Smith, U.S. representative
* Lynn E. Stalbaum, U.S. representative
* Jacob Stoffel Jr., Wisconsin politician
* Robert L. Turner, Wisconsin legislator and Vietnam War veteran
* William L. Utley, Wisconsin politician and military leader
* John C. Wagner, Wisconsin politician and businessman
* Van H. Wanggaard, Wisconsin legislator
* Paul Weyrich, religious conservative political activist and commentator
* Philo White, U.S. diplomat

## Religion

* Anton Marius Andersen, Lutheran minister
* James DeKoven, Episcopal clergyman
* Francis J. Haas, Roman Catholic bishop
* Richard J. Sklba, Roman Catholic bishop
* Rose Thering, Racine Dominican sister; professor at Seton Hall University

## Other

* Laurel Clark, astronaut; died on reentry in her first space flight on Space Shuttle Columbia
* Ethel B. Dietrich, economist, foreign service officer
* Marguerite Davis, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B
* Cory Everson, six-time winner of Miss Olympia bodybuilding contest
* Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International
* William D. Lutz, linguist
* F. Don Miller, executive director of the USOC