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, USA.
Arts
- Kevin J. Anderson, author
- Kristin Bauer, actress
- Lane Brody, born Lynn Voorlas, singer
- Joyce Carlson, artist
- Chi Coltrane, musician
- Chester Commodore, cartoonist, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize 12 times
- Ellen Corby, television actress
- Victor DeLorenzo, drummer, Violent Femmes.
- Peter Deming, cinematographer
- Norman D. Golden II, actor
- Greg Graffin, lead vocalist of political punk rock band Bad Religion
- Chad Harbach, author [1]
- Max Hardcore, pornographer
- Ben Hecht, author and playwright
- Kevin Henkes, author and Caldecott Medal winner
- Larry Kusche, commercial pilot and author
- Fredric March, screen and stage actor
- Barbara McNair, television and screen actress
- Robert McRay, television and screen actor
- Tina Moore, R&B Singer
- Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer
- Warner Richmond, screen actor
- Ben Sidran, musician
- Joseph Philbrick Webster, songwriter and composer
Athletics
- Ellen Ahrndt, AAGPBL player
- Bill Albright, NFL player
- Kevin Barry, NFL player
- Caron Butler, NBA basketball player
- Pancho Carter, NASCAR driver, 1976 USAC Sprint Car Champion, member of the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
- Jim Chones, NBA basketball player
- Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player
- Norm Derringer, fastpitch softball player and AAGPBL manager
- Bob Foster, NFL player
- Jimmy Grant, MLB player
- Jim Haluska, NFL player
- Steve Hanson, NFL player
- Jack Harris, NFL player
- Fritz Heinisch, NFL player for the Racine Legion, Kenosha Maroons, and the Duluth Eskimos
- Don Heinkel, MLB player
- Sonja Henning, WNBA player
- Joe Jagersberger, early race car driver and founder of Rajo Motor and Manufacturing
- Jason Jaramillo, MLB player
- Abdul Jeelani, NBA basketball player
- Ed Killian, MLB player
- Duane Kuiper, MLB player and broadcaster
- Glen Kuiper, MLB broadcaster
- Jeff Lee, NFL player
- Ed Lytle, baseball player
- Jesse Marsch, soccer
- Jim McIlvaine, NBA basketball player
- Kim Merritt, long distant runner
- Jerry Mertens, NFL player
- Brent Moss, NFL player
- Leo Murphy, professional baseball player and manager
- Norm Nelson, three time USAC national stock car champion, NASCAR race winner[2]
- Dick Phillips, MLB player
- Eric Rasmussen, MLB player
- Shane Rawley, former Major League pitcher
- Gene H. Rose, NFL player
- Vinny Rottino, MLB player
- Babe Ruetz, NFL head coach
- Howie Ruetz, NFL player
- Joe Ruetz, professional football player
- Charles Rutkowski, retired NFL player
- Alex Scales, NBA player
- Tom Sorensen, Olympic volleyball player
- Jack Taschner, MLB player
- Tim Van Galder, NFL player
- Al Zupek, NFL player
Business
- Jerome Case, inventor
- George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team and 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.
- 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
- Jim Jorgensen, entrepreneur – Discovery Zone, AllAdvantage & AllAdvantage.de and Women's Sports Foundation
- Craig Leipold, majority owner of NHL ice hockey team, Minnesota Wild
- J. Frederick Rench, former CEO of Racine Industries, Trustee of the Heritage Foundation.[3]
Military
- Harold C. Agerholm, World War II Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
- James Roy Andersen, U.S. Army general
- Leroy C. Anderson, Distinguished Service Cross recipient
- Les Aspin, U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Charles F. Born, U.S. Army Major General
- Dominic A. Cariello, U.S. National Guard general
- Clinton W. Davies, U.S. Air Force general
- John M. Gross, Navy Cross recipient
- John L. Jerstad, Major, USAAF, World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
Politics
- Olympia Brown, minister and champion of women's suffrage
- Melbert B. Cary, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic Party
- Champion S. Chase, Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska; Chase County, Nebraska is named after him
- Henry A. Cooper, U.S. Representative
- Joshua Eric Dodge, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- James Rood Doolittle, U.S. Senator
- Edward Engerud, Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
- Gerald T. Flynn, U.S. Representative.
- Walter Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin
- 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
- Charles Jonas, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Henry F. Mason, Kansas State Representative
- John G. McMynn, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Gwen Moore, U.S. Representative
- George Petak, Wisconsin politician
- Kimberly Plache, Wisconsin politician
- Horace T. Sanders, Wisconsin politician and military leader
- M. M. Secor, (Martin Mathias Secor) proprietor of M. M. Secor Trunk Company and mayor of Racine in the years 1884 and 1888
- Lawrence H. Smith, U.S. Representative
- Lynn E. Stalbaum, U.S. Representative
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 Seton Hall University
Other
- Laurel Clark, astronaut; died on reentry in her first space flight on Space Shuttle Columbia
- Marguerite Davis, co-discoverer of Vitamins A and B
- Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International
- William D. Lutz, linguist
- Keith Stattenfield, lead engineer, Apple Computer
- Chad Campbell, professional golfer
Notes
- ^ http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/authors_Chad-Harbach-(1545307).htm
- ^ http:www.superbirdclub.com/files/Norm_Nelson_USAC_Stock_Champion.pdf
- ^ Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees