List of Famous people born in Wisconsin, United States of America

James Goldstein

First Name James
Last Name Goldstein
Born on January 5, 1940 (age 86)

James F. Goldstein is an American businessman who attends over one hundred National Basketball Association (NBA) games each season, typically in courtside seats, including approximately 95 percent of home games for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. He also travels from city to city to watch games, especially during the NBA playoffs, and often attends post-game press conferences. His passion for the NBA has been featured in USA Today, the Detroit Free Press, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and ESPN the Magazine.

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John Bardeen

First Name John
Last Name Bardeen
Born on May 23, 1908
Died on January 30, 1991 (aged 82)

John Bardeen was an American physicist. He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon N Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS theory.

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Kevin Farley

First Name Kevin
Last Name Farley
Born on June 8, 1965 (age 60)

Kevin Peter Farley is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer and director.

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Samuel Page

Samuel L. Elliott
First Name Samuel
Last Name Page
Born on November 5, 1976 (age 49)

Samuel Page is an American actor. He has appeared on popular television shows, such as Mad Men, Desperate Housewives, House of Cards, Switched at Birth, Scandal, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Gossip Girl, and The Bold Type.

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Steve Miller

First Name Steve
Last Name Miller
Born on October 5, 1943 (age 82)

Steven Haworth Miller is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, known as leader of the Steve Miller Band. He began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more pop-oriented sound during the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, releasing popular singles and albums. Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Alex Galchenyuk

Alexander Alexandrovich Galchenyuk is an American professional ice hockey forward currently for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Montreal Canadiens, Arizona Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Wild. After two years playing in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Sarnia Sting, he was drafted third overall by the Canadiens in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

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Dennis H. Klatt

First Name Dennis
Last Name Klatt
Born on March 31, 1938
Died on December 30, 1988 (aged 50)

Dennis H. Klatt was a noted American researcher in speech and hearing science. Klatt was the pioneer of computerized speech synthesis and created an interface which allowed for speech for non-expert users for the first time. Prior to his work, non-verbal individuals would need specialist support to be able to speak at all. The DECtalk speech synthesizer, best known as Stephen Hawking's voice, was based on Klatt's own voice.

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Debbie Lesko

First Name Debbie
Born on November 14, 1958 (age 67)

Debra Kay Lesko is an American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Arizona's 8th congressional district. The district is located in the West Valley portion of the Valley of the Sun and includes Glendale, Surprise, Sun City, Peoria, and part of western Phoenix.

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Joe Pavelski

First Name Joe
Last Name Pavelski
Born on July 11, 1984 (age 41)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Joseph James Pavelski is an American professional ice hockey player for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He had previously played for the San Jose Sharks for the first thirteen years of his NHL career, and also served as captain during his final four years with the team. He attended University of Wisconsin and played for the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team.

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Jim Risch

First Name Jim
Last Name Risch

James Elroy Risch is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2003 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2009, and as governor of Idaho from 2006 to 2007.

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