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

John F. Tefft

First Name John
Last Name Tefft
Born on August 16, 1949 (age 76)

John F. Tefft is an American diplomat who has served as a Foreign Service Officer since 1972. He was confirmed as the United States Ambassador to Russia on July 31, 2014. He has previously served as the United States' ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, and Lithuania, as well as chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of the United States in Moscow.

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Chris Tallman

First Name Chris
Last Name Tallman
Born on September 22, 1970 (age 55)

Christopher Tallman is an American actor and comedian best known for his regular appearances on the Comedy Central programs Crossballs and Reno 911!. Tallman was also the creator of the popular Channel 101 series Time Belt which he wrote, directed, co-produced and starred in. He has also guest-starred on many television shows such as House, Parks and Recreation, Emily's Reasons Why Not, Angel, How I Met Your Mother, The Sarah Silverman Show, The King of Queens and appeared on Frank TV as Ed McMahon. On October 14, 2013, Tallman's new show The Thundermans began airing on Nickelodeon. It features Tallman as Hank Thunderman, a superhero father, with powers such as flying and super-strength.

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Nick Eversman

First Name Nick
Last Name Eversman
Born on February 15, 1986 (age 40)

Nicholas Eversman is an American actor, best known for his roles as Michael Winstone on the ABC mystery drama Missing and Liam Jones II on the ABC fantasy adventure drama Once Upon a Time

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Jose Pablo Cantillo

First Name Jose
Last Name Cantillo
Born on March 30, 1979 (age 47)
Height 172 cm | 5'8

Jose Pablo Cantillo is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ricky Verona in Crank, Hector Salazar in FX's Sons of Anarchy, and Caesar Martinez in AMC's The Walking Dead.

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Herbert Fisk Johnson III

First Name Herbert
Last Name III
Born on May 19, 1957 (age 68)
Net Worth $3.5B

Herbert Fisk Johnson III, known as Fisk, is an American businessman. He is the fifth generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc of Racine, Wisconsin, as chairman and CEO.

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Helen Johnson-Leipold

First Name Helen
Last Name Johnson-Leipold
Net Worth $3.6B

Helen Johnson-Leipold is an American billionaire businesswoman, the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr., who died in 2004, and Imogene Powers Johnson and the great great granddaughter of S. C. Johnson & Son founder Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.. She was elected Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors in March 1999, and she was elected Chairman of Johnson Financial Group in July 2004. She began her career at Foote, Cone & Belding in Chicago in 1979 and joined S. C. Johnson & Son in September 1985. She is tied with her three siblings and mother at #182 on the Forbes 400 list of Richest Americans. Johnson-Leipold was born in Racine, Wisconsin.

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Caroline Ingalls

First Name Caroline
Last Name Ingalls
Born on December 12, 1839
Died on April 20, 1924 (aged 84)

Caroline Lake Ingalls was the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House books.

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Gertrude Weaver

First Name Gertrude
Born on July 4, 1898
Died on April 6, 2015 (aged 116)

American supercentenarians are citizens or residents of the United States who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians. As of 12 March 2021, the GRG lists the oldest living American as Hester Ford, aged 115 years, 209 days. The longest-lived person ever from the United States was Sarah Knauss, of Hollywood, Pennsylvania, who died on December 30, 1999, aged 119 years, 97 days.

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Mike Melvoin

Michael Melvoin
First Name Mike
Last Name Melvoin
Born on May 10, 1937
Died on February 22, 2012 (aged 74)

Mike Melvoin was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He served as chairman and president of The Recording Academy and worked as a prolific studio musician, recording with Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, The Jackson 5, Natalie Cole, and The Beach Boys. Melvoin was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for "All or Nothing at All" from his album It's Always You.

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Elli Ochowicz

First Name Elli
Last Name Ochowicz
Born on December 15, 1983 (age 42)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Elizabeth Kristine "Elli" Ochowicz is an Olympic speed skater who has competed in the three Winter Olympics.

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