# List of people from Kenosha, Wisconsin

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Kenosha, Wisconsin.

## Artists, authors

* William Bast, screenwriter
* Chester Biscardi, composer, director of musical arts at Yale University
* Lucien Cailliet, composer, conductor, film orchestrator (The Ten Commandments)
* Jeff Cesario, comedian, TV writer
* Donald Clarke, author of books on musical subjects
* Korey Cooper, backup vocalist, keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for Skillet
* Anna Fermin, musician
* Tom Goss, musician
* Lionel Hampton, vibraphonist and bandleader
* Florence Parry Heide, author
* Milt Herth, organist
* Margaret Landon, author of Anna and the King of Siam (The King and I)
* Jen Ledger, drummer/singer for Skillet
* Dave Matrise, singer, guitarist for Jungle Rot
* Lloyd John Ogilvie, Presbyterian minister and writer; served as Chaplain of the United States Senate
* Milton K. Ozaki, author and detective novelist
* Gus Polinski musician - Clarinet player and leader of the Kenosha Kickers
* George Pollard, portrait painter
* Thom Racina, author and screenwriter (General Hospital)
* Spike Robinson, jazz saxophonist
* Jim Rygiel, triple Academy Award winner (Lord of the Rings)
* Mary Sauer, principal pianist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1959; on the piano faculty of DePaul University for 33 years, where she was coordinator of the keyboard program
* Will Schaefer, composer
* Edwin Stringham, composer, educator
* Kathie Sullivan, vocalist (The Lawrence Welk Show)
* Irving Wallace, author (The Chapman Report)

## Actors/actresses, directors

* Don Ameche, actor, Academy Award-winner (Cocoon, Trading Places)
* Jim Ameche, actor (Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy)
* Thom Bierdz, actor (The Young and the Restless)
* Francesco Bilotto, television personality (Good Morning America, The View, Today)
* Edward F. Cline, film director (The Bank Dick, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man)
* Bert I. Gordon, film director (The Food of the Gods)
* Al Molinaro, actor (Happy Days, The Odd Couple)
* Mark Ruffalo, actor (The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Now You See Me, Shutter Island, Zodiac)
* Tony Russel, film and stage actor (Hearts Are Wild)
* Rebecca Scott, model and actress, Miss August 1999 for Playboy
* Charles Siebert, actor (Trapper John, M.D.), director (Xena: Warrior Princess)
* Paul Sorensen, actor (Dance With Me, Henry)
* John Stephenson, voice actor (The Flintstones)
* Concetta Tomei, actress (China Beach)
* Daniel J. Travanti, actor (Hill Street Blues)
* Orson Welles, producer, actor, writer, director (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil, F for Fake)

## Politics and law

* Joseph F. Andrea, Wisconsin legislator
* John Martin Antaramian, Wisconsin legislator, former mayor of Kenosha
* Peter W. Barca, U.S. Representative and Wisconsin legislator
* Chauncey Davis, Michigan legislator
* C. Ernest Dewey, Wisconsin legislator
* Eugene Dorff, Wisconsin legislator and former Kenosha mayor
* Charles Durkee, U.S. Senator
* Asahel Farr, 6th, 10th, 17th, and 21st mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator
* Malcolm D. Farr, Wisconsin legislator
* Margaret Farrow, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
* Michael Frank, 1st mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator
* Myron L. Gordon, Wisconsin Supreme Court
* Levi Grant, Wisconsin legislator
* Orson S. Head, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
* Daniel Hugunin Jr., U.S. Representative from New York
* Bob Kiss, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
* Joseph Lourigan, Wisconsin legislator
* Frederick S. Lovell, 11th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Union Army general
* Silas Matteson, Wisconsin legislator
* John J. Maurer, Wisconsin legislator
* John G. McMynn, 7th Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
* George Molinaro, Wisconsin legislator
* Earl D. Morton, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
* George Howard Paul, 5th mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator, journalist
* Milton Pettit, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 8th, 11th, 13th, and 16th mayor of Kenosha
* Charles H. Pfennig, Wisconsin legislator
* Mark Pocan, U.S. Representative
* Lewis W. Powell, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
* Reince Priebus, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, former White House Chief of Staff
* Michael Pucci, Australian politician
* Joseph V. Quarles, U.S. Senator, U.S. District Judge, and former Kenosha mayor
* Clifford E. Randall, U.S. Representative
* Robert Schmidt, Wisconsin legislator
* Mathias J. Scholey, former Kenosha mayor
* Conrad Shearer, Wisconsin legislator
* Charles C. Sholes, former Kenosha mayor
* Rouse Simmons, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
* Zalmon G. Simmons, Wisconsin legislator, former Kenosha mayor, and businessman
* William H. Stevenson, U.S. Representative

## Sports

* Milo Allison, MLB player
* Alan Ameche, Wisconsin Badgers and NFL football player, 1954 Heisman Trophy winner
* Donna Becker, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ballplayer
* Ray Berres, MLB player, longtime Chicago White Sox pitching coach
* Tom Bienemann, NFL player
* John Bocwinski, soccer player and 1972 Olympian
* Fred Borak, NFL player
* Dick Bosman, MLB pitcher and pitching coach
* Tom Braatz, NFL player and general manager
* David Cabán, soccer player
* Jeff Cohen, All-American basketball player at The College of William & Mary in 1960-61
* Frankie Conley, boxer
* Ed Corey, MLB player
* Fritz Cronin, NFL player
* Press Cruthers, MLB player
* Kate Del Fava, NWSL player
* Ben Dyer, MLB player
* Gene Englund, NBL, NBA basketball player, captain of University of Wisconsin's 1941 national championship team
* Barbara Galdonik, AAGPBL ballplayer
* Melvin Gordon, NFL player
* Harvey Green, MLB player
* Jack Hammond, MLB player
* Bob Hartman, MLB player
* Joyce Hill, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Ken Huxhold, NFL player
* Chuck Jaskwhich, head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team
* Chet Kozel, professional football player
* Gavin Lux, infielder for Los Angeles Dodgers
* Walter Maurer, Olympic wrestling medalist
* Marie Menheer, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Darlene Mickelsen, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Ollie O'Mara, MLB player
* Megan Oster, figure skater
* Charlie Pechous, MLB player
* Phil Pettey, NFL player
* Tom Regner, Notre Dame All-American offensive guard and 1966 Houston Oilers NFL Champion Team
* Elmer Rhenstrom, NFL player
* Ben Rothwell, professional mixed martial artist
* Paul Russo, auto racer
* Augie Schmidt, baseball player and coach
* Ray Spalding, NBA player
* Ralph Thomas, NFL player
* Nick Van Exel, NBA player and currently an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks
* James "Hippo" Vaughn, Chicago Cubs pitcher
* Trae Waynes, NFL player

## Other

* Edward E. Ayer (1841–1927), railway supplies magnate; manuscript collector; benefactor to Newberry Library and Field Museum of Natural History
* Mary D. Bradford, educator, first female superintendent of a major school system in Wisconsin
* Bill Brown (1855–1941), Oregon rancher
* Jerry Golden, ABC reporter who was first with the John F. Kennedy assassination news
* Linda Ham, manager of the Johnson Space Center
* Michael P. Hammond, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
* Jim Jensen, CBS news anchor and reporter
* Raymond Edward Johnson, radio actor, host of Inner Sanctum
* Samuel C. Johnson, Sr., founder, Johnson Wax
* Edward S. "Ned" Jordan, automaker (Jordan Motor Car Company), columnist ("Ned Jordan Speaks," AutoWeek) and ad writer ("Somewhere west of Laramie")
* Laura Kaeppeler, Miss Wisconsin 2011 and Miss America 2012
* Theodore H. Laban, highly decorated U.S. Army Air Forces soldier
* Lola J. May, mathematics educator
* Robert Bruce McCoy, United States National Guard officer
* Charles Francis McGivern, highly decorated U.S. Navy officer
* Joseph E. Meyer, herbologist and founder of the Indiana Botanic Gardens
* Charles W. Nash, automaker, Nash Motors, Nash-Kelvinator
* Edward T. Newell, president of the American Numismatic Society 1916–1941
* Norm Nielsen, magician and businessman
* James R. O'Neill, American Civil War correspondent and sketch artist
* Michael Phillips, theater critic, Pulitzer Prize jurist
* Peter Pirsch, builder of fire equipment
* Luther B. Scherer, also known as Tutor Scherer, (1879–1957), American investor in casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada and poet laureate of Nevada.
* Kendra Scott, jeweler
* Christopher Latham Sholes, publisher, inventor of the QWERTY keyboard
* Zalmon Gilbert Simmons II, businessman
* Charles Symmonds, U.S. Army general
* George Nelson Tremper, educator
* Paul Weyrich, co-founder of The Heritage Foundation and Free Congress Foundation and member of National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
* Joseph Zimmermann, inventor of the answering machine