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
- Gene Beery, artist
- Frank Bencriscutto, conductor, composer
- Lane Brody, born Lynn Voorlas, singer
- Joyce Carlson, 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
- 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, journalist, playwright and screenwriter
- Kevin Henkes, author and Caldecott Medal winner
- David Kherdian, writer, poet and editor
- Larry Kusche, commercial pilot and author
- Fredric March, two-time Oscar-winning actor
- Barbara McNair, singer and actress
- Robert McRay, actor
- Tina Moore, R&B singer
- Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer
- Warner Richmond, actor
- 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
- Caron Butler, NBA 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 player
- Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player
- Norm Derringer, fastpitch softball player and AAGPBL manager
- Stuart Fetherston, world's greatest amateur lacrosse player
- 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 Duluth Eskimos
- Don Heinkel, MLB player
- Sonja Henning, WNBA player
- Joe Jagersberger, early race car driver; founder of Rajo Motor and Manufacturing
- Jason Jaramillo, MLB player
- Abdul Jeelani, NBA player
- Ed Killian, MLB player
- Duane Kuiper, MLB player and broadcaster
- Glen Kuiper, MLB broadcaster
- Jeff Lee, NFL player
- Ed Lytle, baseball player
- Chris Maragos, NFL player
- Jesse Marsch, soccer
- Jim McIlvaine, NBA player
- Kim Merritt, long distance 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, 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
- Tim Van Galder, NFL player
- Fred Venturelli, NFL player
- Al Zupek, NFL player
Business
- Jerome Case, inventor
- 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
- 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 and Women's Sports Foundation
- Craig Leipold, majority owner of NHL's Minnesota Wild
- Jack Rogan, entrepreneur; Rogan's Shoes
Military
- Harold C. Agerholm, World War II Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
- James Roy Andersen, U.S. Army general
- 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
- Irving Fish, U.S. Army general
- George Clay Ginty, Union Army general
- John L. Jerstad, Major, USAAF, World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
Politics
- Robert H. Baker, Wisconsin legislator, Racine mayor and alderman, Chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party
- Olympia Brown, minister and champion of women's suffrage
- 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
- Henry A. Cooper, U.S. Representative
- Thomas P. Corbett, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
- 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 mayor of Racine
- Gerald T. Flynn, U.S. Representative
- Willis Frazell, Wisconsin legislator and barber
- William C. Giese, Wisconsin legislator and educator
- Walter Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin
- 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
- Wallace Ingalls, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
- Charles Jonas, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Cory Mason, Wisconsin politician
- Henry F. Mason, Kansas State Representative
- John G. McMynn, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Gwen Moore, U.S. Representative
- Peter C. Myers, Missouri politician
- Wallace E. Nield, Wisconsin politician
- George Petak, Wisconsin politician
- P. Walter Petersen, Wisconsin politician
- Kimberly Plache, Wisconsin politician
- 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 1884-88
- John L. Sieb, Wisconsin politician and barber
- Lawrence H. Smith, U.S. Representative
- Lynn E. Stalbaum, U.S. Representative
- Jacob Stoffel, Jr., Wisconsin politician
- William L. Utley, Wisconsin politician and military leader
- 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
- 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
- Keith Stattenfield, lead engineer