List of people from Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Politicians and judiciary

• Harvey R. Abraham, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[1]
• George R. Andrews, U.S. Representative from New York ^[2]
• Melvin Baldwin, U.S. Representative from Minnesota ^[3]
• Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[4]
• Coles Bashford, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Arizona Territory ^[5]
• Martin T. Battis, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman; born in Oshkosh ^[6]
• Jule Berndt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Lutheran pastor; born in Oshkosh ^[7]
• Gabriel Bouck, Wisconsin Attorney General ^[8]
• William M. Bray, Wisconsin State Senator ^[9]
• Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ^[10]
• Shirley Brown, Florida State Representative ^[11]
• Taylor G. Brown, Wisconsin State Senator ^[12]
• Luther Buxton, New York and Wisconsin state legislator and physician ^[13]
• Frank Challoner, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman ^[14]
• William C. Cowling, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[15]
• James H. Davidson, U.S. Representative ^[16]
• James Edward Doyle, U.S. federal court judge ^[17]
• James Randall Durfee, U.S. federal court judge ^[18]
• Edward Eastman, bookseller; first postmaster and first mayor of Oshkosh; Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[19]
• William Faber, Wisconsin State Assembly ^[20]
• Earl Finch, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[21]
• Carlton Foster, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[22]
• Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin State Senator ^[23]
• Arthur H. Gruenewald, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[24]
• Richard W. Guenther, U.S. Representative ^[25]
• Jon R. Guiles, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[26]
• Andrew Haben, Wisconsin state legislator ^[27]
• Thomas S. Hanson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[28]
• F. Badger Ives, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman ^[29]
• Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin^{[ citation needed ]}
• Frank B. Keefe, U.S. Representative ^[30]
• Emil Keup, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[31]
• Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[32]
• Kenneth Kunde, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[33]
• Florian Lampert, U.S. Representative ^[34]
• B. F. Langworthy, Minnesota State Representative ^[35]
• Alfred R. Lea, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[36]
• Frank A. Leach, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[37]
• Freeman Lord, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[38]
• Gustav S. Luscher, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[39]
• Herman E. Manuel, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[40]
• Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. Representative ^[41]
• Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin State Senator ^[42]
• Reid F. Murray, U.S. Representative ^[43]
• Leo T. Niemuth, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[44]
• Alvin O'Konski, U.S. Representative ^[45]
• Albert L. Osborn, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[46]
• Clark M. Perry, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[47]
• Leander J. Pierson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[48]
• George White Pratt, Wisconsin State Senator ^[49]
• Charles Rahr, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[50]
• Christian Sarau, Wisconsin State Senator ^[51]
• Philetus Sawyer, politician ^[52]
• Casper Schmidt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[53]
• Edward M. Schneider, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[54]
• Chester D. Seftenberg, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[55]
• Floyd E. Shurbert, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[56]
• Eber Simpson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[57]
• Janet Dempsey Steiger, politician ^[58]
• William A. Steiger, U.S. Representative ^[59]
• Walter Tank, Wisconsin State Assemblyman ^[60]
• Return Torrey, miller and Wisconsin state senator ^[61]
• Gregg Underheim, politician ^[62]
• Robert Scadden Vessey, Governor of South Dakota ^[63]
• Esther K. Walling, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman ^[64]
• Thomas Wall, Wisconsin businessman and state legislator ^[65]
• Ganem W. Washburn, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist ^[66]
• Henry I. Weed, Wisconsin State Senator ^[67]
• Dayne Wescott, Wisconsin State Senator ^[68]
• Edwin Wheeler, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist ^[69]
• Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator ^[70]

Sportspersons

• Marty Below, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1988) ^[71]
• Cozy Dolan, MLB player ^[72]
• Dick Erdlitz, NFL player ^[73]
• Bill Gogolewski, MLB player ^[74]
• Rudy Gollomb, NFL player ^[75]
• Tyrese Haliburton, NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
• Billy Hoeft, MLB player ^[76]
• Hornswoggle, real name Dylan Postl, wrestler ^[77]
• Peter Konz, NFL player ^[78]
• Howie Koplitz, MLB player ^[79]
• Hal Reilly, MLB player ^[80]
• Dutch Rennert, Major League Baseball umpire^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ted Richards, NFL player ^[81]
• Hal Robl, NFL player ^[82]
• Champ Seibold, NFL player ^[83]
• Eber Simpson, NFL player ^[84]
• Len Smith, NFL player ^[85]
• Dave Tyriver, MLB player ^[86]

Military

• Harold Medberry Bemis, U.S. Navy admiral ^[87]
• Charles R. Boardman, served as Adjutant General of Wisconsin and as an American general during WWI ^[88]
• Edmond Konrad, U.S. Navy admiral ^[89]
• Ernest Dichmann Peek, U.S. Army Major General ^[90]
• William Everett Potter, U.S. Army; served as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone ^[91]
• Steven A. Schaick, U.S. Air Force general; Deputy Chief of Chaplains ^[92]

Others

• Lee Baxandall, founder of The Naturist Society ^[93]
• Erin Boheme, musician ^[94]
• Michelle Grabner, painter ^[95]
• Mark Gruenwald, Marvel Comics executive editor ^[96]
• Lewis Hine, photographer ^[97]
• Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragist, peace activist, first president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate ^[98]
• KennyHoopla, musician ^[99]
• Arthur C. Lichtenberger, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kevin B. MacDonald, evolutionary psychologist at the California State University, Long Beach ^[100]
• Helen Farnsworth Mears, sculptor ^[101]
• Mike Melvoin, jazz pianist
• Luanna Meyer, professor of education in New Zealand ^[102]
• Paul Poberezny, aircraft designer, military aviator and founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (1999)
• Tom Poberezny, aerobatic pilot and former chairman and president of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (2016)
• Stevie Rachelle, lead singer of Tuff ^{[ citation needed ]}
• T.J. Rodgers, scientist and entrepreneur
• Cora Folsom Salisbury, vaudeville performer and ragtime composer ^[103]
• Greg Dean Schmitz, film critic^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kathie Sullivan, singer^{[ citation needed ]}
• Baby Doe Tabor, Colorado pioneer ^[104]
• Dave Truesdale, editor and literary critic
• Jim VandeHei, editor and co-founder of Politico

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