List of people from Appleton, Wisconsin
The following notable people are from or have been associated with Appleton, Wisconsin.
- Mary Agria, author
- Gary Arndt, travel photographer and writer
- George Baldwin, politician and businessman
- Clinton B. Ballard, Wisconsin politician
- Myrt Basing, NFL player
- Rocky Bleier, NFL player, four-time Super Bowl Champion
- John Bradley, Iwo Jima Navy flag-raiser[1]
- Brian Butch, NBA player
- Mark Catlin Jr., former speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Mark Catlin Sr., football coach
- William F. Cirkel, Wisconsin politician and businessman[2]
- Bob Corbin, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Clarence Currie, MLB player
- Willem Dafoe, actor[1]
- Lorenzo E. Darling, Wisconsin State Representative
- Catherine Ebert-Gray, U.S. diplomat
- Matt Erickson, MLB, Manager Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
- Royal T. Farrand, physician and college football player
- Edna Ferber, author[1]
- Harold Froehlich, U.S. Representative and Outagamie County Circuit Judge
- Alfred Galpin, correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft
- Henry Golde, author and Holocaust survivor
- William Norman Grigg, author
- Charles J. Hagen, Wisconsin State Representative
- Sarah Hagen, NWSL player
- Theodore Hardeen, magician
- Walter Havighurst, author
- J. P. Hayes, PGA golfer
- David Hammel, politician
- Leopold Hammel, politician
- Joe Hietpas (born 1979), baseball player
- William E. Hoehle, Wisconsin politician
- George Hogriever, MLB player
- Harry Houdini, illusionist and stunt performer[1]
- Zuhdi Jasser, doctor, former lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy
- Roger Jenkins, hockey player
- Erik Jensen, NFL player
- Swede Johnston, NFL player
- Steve Kagen, U.S. Congressman
- David M. Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a Wisconsin State Senator
- William Kennedy, Wisconsin State Senator[3]
- Ross Kenseth, America Stock car racing driver
- August Knuppel, mason and contractor
- Cole Konrad, first-ever Bellator Heavyweight Champion
- Ron Kostelnik, football player
- George Kreiss, Wisconsin politician
- Steven Krueger, actor
- Tony Kubek, World Series champion baseball player and Hall of Fame broadcaster
- August W. Laabs, Wisconsin politician
- John F. Lappen, Wisconsin State Senator
- Maury Laws, composer[1]
- James Lennon, Wisconsin State Representative
- Stu Locklin, baseball and educator
- Jeff Loomis, guitarist
- Garrett Lowney, Olympic medalist
- James E. Lyons, Wisconsin State Representative
- Sue R. Magnuson, Wisconsin State Representative
- David Martin, Wisconsin State Representative
- Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator, 1947-1957
- C. E. McIntosh, Wisconsin State Representative
- Jack Mead, NFL player
- John S. Mills, U.S. Air Force Major General
- John Benjamin Murphy, surgeon
- William Beverly Murphy, ex-president of Campbell Soup Company
- David Prosser Jr., Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
- Brenda Rae, operatic soprano
- Chester J. Roberts, head coach of the Miami RedHawks football and men's basketball teams
- William J. Rogers, Wisconsin State Representative
- Sue Rohan, Wisconsin State Representative
- Larry Rosebaugh, Roman Catholic priest
- Erik M. Ross, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
- 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
- Henry Clay Sloan, Wisconsin State Representative
- Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft[4]
- Perry H. Smith, businessman, legislator
- Gladys Taber, author
- John Tracy, Wisconsin State Representative
- William J. Van Ryzin, U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General
- David Schutter, criminal defense attorney[5]
- Greta Van Susteren, journalist, MSNBC television anchor[1]
- William Smith Warner, Wisconsin State Representative
- Don Werner, MLB player
- Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator
- Jerry L. Wing, businessman and politician
- Bernard C. Wolter, businessman and politician
- Walter B. Wriston, banker
- Silas Young, professional wrestler
- James Zwerg, civil rights activist
- Terry Zwigoff, filmmaker
References
- ^ a b c d e f "General Facts about Appleton, WI". Lawrence University. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1885,' Biographical Sketch of William Fredeick Cirkel, pg. 437-438
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1893, p. 671.
- ^ "Brad Smith". news.microsoft.com. Microsoft. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
Smith grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin
- ^ Kampfer, Donald (August 16, 1981). "Schuetter is real". archived.