List of people from Appleton, Wisconsin

The following notable people are from or have been associated with Appleton, Wisconsin.

Artists and performers

• Judah Bauer, guitarist
• Willem Dafoe, actor ^[1]
• Theodore Hardeen, magician
• Harry Houdini, illusionist and stunt performer ^[1]
• Lynn Kellogg, singer
• Steven Krueger, actor
• Maury Laws, composer ^[1]
• Jeff Loomis, guitarist
• Michael Patrick McGill, actor
• Roy Purdy, rapper
• Brenda Rae, operatic soprano
• Mark Stewart, musician
• Mary Ann Wells, dancer and ballet dance teacher
• Terry Zwigoff, filmmaker

Athletes and sports personnel

• Esmir Bajraktarevic, soccer player
• Myrt Basing, NFL player
• Rocky Bleier, NFL player, four-time Super Bowl Champion
• Brian Butch, NBA player
• Mark Catlin Sr., football coach
• Clarence Currie, MLB player
• Christopher DeMarco, basketball coach
• Matt Erickson, MLB, Manager Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
• Royal T. Farrand, physician and college football player
• Sarah Hagen, NWSL player
• J. P. Hayes, PGA golfer
• Joe Hietpas, baseball player
• George Hogreiver, MLB player
• Danny Jansen, MLB player
• Roger Jenkins, hockey player
• Erik Jensen, NFL player
• Swede Johnston, NFL player
• Ross Kenseth, America Stock car racing driver
• Cole Konrad, first-ever Bellator Heavyweight Champion
• Ron Kostelnik, football player
• Tony Kubek, World Series champion baseball player and Hall of Fame broadcaster
• Stu Locklin, baseball and educator
• Garrett Lowney, Olympic medalist
• Jack Mead, NFL player
• Chester J. Roberts, head coach of the Miami RedHawks football and men's basketball teams
• Paul Schommer, Olympic biathlete
• Don Werner, MLB player
• Silas Young, professional wrestler

Authors and journalists

• Mary Agria, author
• Gary Arndt, travel photographer and writer
• Edna Ferber, author ^[1]
• Alfred Galpin, correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft
• Henry Golde, author and Holocaust survivor
• William Norman Grigg, author
• Walter Havighurst, author
• Gladys Taber, author
• Greta Van Susteren, journalist, Newsmax television anchor ^[1]

Businesspeople

• William Beverly Murphy, ex-president of Campbell Soup Company
• Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft ^[2]
• Travis VanderZanden, founder of Bird Rides ^[3]
• Walter B. Wriston, banker

Military personnel

• John Bradley, Iwo Jima Navy flag-raiser ^[1]
• Zuhdi Jasser, doctor, former lieutenant commander in the United States Navy
• John S. Mills, U.S. Air Force major general
• Erik M. Ross, U.S. Navy rear admiral
• William J. Van Ryzin, U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general

Politicians

• George Baldwin, politician and businessman
• Clinton B. Ballard, Wisconsin State Representative
• Mark Catlin Jr., speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William F. Cirkel, Wisconsin politician and businessman ^[4]
• Bob Corbin, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Lorenzo E. Darling, Wisconsin State Representative
• Catherine Ebert-Gray, U.S. diplomat
• Harold Froehlich, U.S. Representative and Outagamie County Circuit Judge
• Charles J. Hagen, Wisconsin State Representative
• David Hammel, Wisconsin State Representative
• Leopold Hammel, Wisconsin State Representative
• William E. Hoehle, Wisconsin State Representative
• Steve Kagen, U.S. Congressman
• David M. Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a Wisconsin State Senator
• William Kennedy, Wisconsin State Senator ^[5]
• George Kreiss, Wisconsin politician
• August W. Laabs, Wisconsin State Representative
• John F. Lappen, Wisconsin State Senator
• James Lennon, Wisconsin State Representative
• James E. Lyons, Wisconsin State Representative
• Sue R. Magnuson, Wisconsin State Representative
• David Martin, Wisconsin State Representative
• Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator
• C. E. McIntosh, Wisconsin State Representative
• Talbot Peterson, Republican Party of Wisconsin chairman
• David Prosser Jr., Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
• William J. Rogers, Wisconsin State Representative
• Sue Rohan, Wisconsin State Representative
• James Ryan, Wisconsin politician
• Samuel Ryan Jr., Wisconsin State Representative
• Oscar J. Schmiege, Wisconsin State Representative and jurist
• George J. Schneider, U.S. Representative
• Charles M. Schrimpf, Wisconsin State Representative
• David Schutter, criminal defense attorney ^[6]
• Henry Clay Sloan, Wisconsin State Representative
• Perry H. Smith, Wisconsin politician
• John Tracy, Wisconsin State Representative
• William Smith Warner, Wisconsin State Representative
• Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator
• Jerry L. Wing, Wisconsin State Representative
• Bernard C. Wolter, Wisconsin State Representative

Other

• Stephanie Chasteen (1972–2024), physics education researcher and science communicator
• Anthony Czarnik, chemist and inventor
• Emanuel Gerechter, rabbi and professor
• August Knuppel, mason and contractor
• Ann McKee, neuropathologist specializing in traumatic brain injuries
• John Benjamin Murphy, surgeon
• Larry Rosebaugh, Roman Catholic priest
• James Zwerg, civil rights activist

References

1. "General Facts about Appleton, WI". Lawrence University. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
2. "Brad Smith". news.microsoft.com. Microsoft. Retrieved December 9, 2016. Smith grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin
3. "How Bird scooters CEO Travis VanderZanden went from Appleton to the head of a company valued at $2 billion". www.postcrescent.com. Retrieved September 22, 2021.(subscription required)
4. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1885,' Biographical Sketch of William Fredeick Cirkel, pg. 437-438
5. Wisconsin Blue Book 1893, p. 671.
6. Kampfer, Donald (August 16, 1981). "Schuetter is real". archived.