List of Famous people born in Wisconsin, United States of America
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips is an American film critic for the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Previously he was the drama critic of the Tribune; the Los Angeles Times; the St. Paul Pioneer Press; The San Diego Union-Tribune; and the Dallas Times Herald.
Brad Beyer
Brad Beyer is an American actor. He is most known for his role in the CBS series Jericho, playing Stanley Richmond.
Victor A. Gangelin
Victor A. Gangelin was an American feature film and television set decorator. He won an Oscar for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color for West Side Story (1961). Gangelin was also nominated for another Oscar for Best Art Direction-Interior Direction, Black-and-White for Since You Went Away (1944).
Edwin W. Rice
Edwin Wilbur Rice, Jr. was a president and considered one of the three fathers of General Electric.
Tucker Fredricks
Tucker Fredricks is an American speed skater and the US record holder in the 500 meter event. He competed at the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics.
August Herman Pfund
August Herman Pfund was an American physicist, spectroscopist, and inventor.
Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir was an influential American author and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". Her most well-known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988.
Nick Pearson
Nick Pearson is an American speed skater who has competed since 1997. He was named to the U.S. team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Tohoru Masamune
Tohoru Masamune is a Japanese–American actor. He is best known for playing Shredder in Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and for the movie Inception. He played the starring role of Dr. Matt Lin in the 2019 Emmy Award and 2019 Peabody Award-winning series, ARTIFICIAL on Twitch. On stage, he has played starring roles under the direction of Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman at the Goodman Theater, and Tony Award winner Daniel J. Sullivan at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in a premiere of Far East (play) written by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright A.R. Gurney. As a voice actor, he has appeared on American Dad! and Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness.
Eduard Franz
Eduard Franz was an American actor of theatre, film and television. Franz portrayed King Ahab in the 1953 biblical low-budget film Sins of Jezebel, Jethro in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956), and Jehoam in Henry Koster's The Story of Ruth (1960).