List of Famous people born in Wisconsin, United States of America
John Morrow
John Morrow was an American attorney, politician, businessman, and educator who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico.
Will Clark
Will Clark is an American gay pornographic film actor. He is a member of the Grabby Awards Hall of Fame and has received a special citation from the GayVN Awards for his fundraising work in support of HIV/AIDS charities.
Eddy Waller
Edward C. Waller was an American stage, film and television actor.
Frank Miller
Frank Miller (1842–1925), was an American cryptographer, banker, and trustee of Stanford University. He invented the one-time pad in 1882, 35 years before the patent issued to Gilbert Vernam.
Carl von Marr
Carl von Marr was an American-born German painter. He was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of the engraver John Marr (1831–1921) and his wife Bertha Bodenstein Marr (1836–1911).
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Robert Emmett O'Connor was an American film actor. He appeared in 204 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best remembered as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in The Public Enemy (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy in Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. He also made an appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
Fred R. Zimmerman
Frederick Robert Zimmerman was a German American politician from Milwaukee, who served as the 25th Governor of Wisconsin. He served before and after his governorship as Wisconsin Secretary of State—for a total of eighteen years in that office. He also served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly. His son, Robert C. Zimmerman, was also Wisconsin Secretary of State from 1957 until 1975.
Bernhard Kaun
Bernhard Kaun was an American composer and orchestrator. He is known for Frankenstein (1931) theme.
Archie Hahn
Charles Archibald Hahn was an American track athlete and is widely regarded to be one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century. He is the first athlete to win both the 100m and 200m race at the same Olympic Games.
Alva Adams
Alva Adams was an American politician.