List of people from Racine, Wisconsin

This is a list of individuals who are or were natives of, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of Racine, Wisconsin, USA.

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Arts

• Kevin J. Anderson, author
• Gene Beery, artist
• Frank Bencriscutto, conductor, composer
• Karen Johnson Boyd, heiress, art dealer
• Lane Brody, born Lynn Voorlas, singer
• Mellona Moulton Butterfield, china painter, teacher
• Joyce Carlson, artist
• Jason Paul Collum, author, film and television director
• Chi Coltrane, musician
• Chester Commodore, cartoonist, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize 12 times
• Ellen Corby, actress
• Victor DeLorenzo, drummer, Violent Femmes
• Peter Deming, cinematographer
• Payne Erskine, writer
• Norman D. Golden II, actor
• Greg Graffin, lead vocalist of political punk rock band Bad Religion
• Chad Harbach, author ^[1]
• Max Hardcore (Paul F. Little), pornographer
• Ben Hecht, journalist, playwright and screenwriter
• Kevin Henkes, author and Caldecott Medal winner
• Lise Hilboldt, actress
• Harriet Persis Hurlbut, artist
• Zachary Scot Johnson, singer-songwriter
• David Kherdian, writer, poet and editor
• Larry Kusche, commercial pilot and author
• Fredric March, two-time Oscar-winning actor
• Barbara McNair, singer and actress
• Tina Moore, R&B singer
• Glenn C. Nelson, ceramics educator and author ^[2]
• Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer
• Irene Purcell, actress, lived and died in Racine
• Warner Richmond, actor
• Liamani Segura, child singer
• De'Vonta Armon Wilkerson(Armon Wilkes) Rapper, Singer-Songwriter, Actor
• Ben Sidran, musician
• Kristin Bauer van Straten, actress
• Joseph Philbrick Webster, songwriter and composer

Athletics

• Ellen Ahrndt, AAGPBL player
• Bill Albright, NFL player
• Kevin Barry, NFL player
• Caron Butler, NBA player
• Pancho Carter, Indy car racer
• Jim Chones, NBA player
• John Clay, NFL player
• Dorothy Damaschke, AAGPBL player
• Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player
• Norm Derringer, AAGPBL manager
• Myron Fohr, Indy car racer
• Bob Foster, NFL player
• Jimmy Grant, MLB player
• Jim Haluska, NFL player
• Steve Hanson, NFL player
• Jack Harris, NFL player
• Fritz Heinisch, NFL player
• Don Heinkel, MLB player
• Sonja Henning, WNBA player
• Joe Jagersberger, Indy car racer and engineer
• Jason Jaramillo, MLB player
• Abdul Jeelani, NBA player
• Kaitlin Keough, cyclist
• Ed Killian, MLB player
• Duane Kuiper, MLB player and broadcaster
• Glen Kuiper, MLB broadcaster
• Jeff Lee, NFL player
• Laurie Ann Lee, AAGPBL player
• Frances Lovett, AAGPBL player
• Ed Lytle, baseball player
• Chris Maragos, NFL player
• Jesse Marsch, professional soccer player and manager
• Jim McIlvaine, NBA player
• Kim Merritt, long-distance runner
• Jerry Mertens, NFL player
• Brent Moss, NFL player
• Leo Murphy, baseball player and manager
• Norm Nelson, Stock car racer
• Dick Phillips, MLB player
• Eric Rasmussen, MLB player
• Linda L. Rice, thoroughbred racehorse trainer
• Shane Rawley, MLB pitcher
• Gene H. Rose, NFL player
• Vinny Rottino, MLB player
• Babe Ruetz, NFL head coach
• Howie Ruetz, NFL player
• Joe Ruetz, football player
• Charles Rutkowski, NFL player
• Alex Scales, NBA player
• Tom Sorensen, Olympic volleyball player
• Jack Taschner, MLB player
• Ralph Thomas, NFL player
• Tim Van Galder, NFL player
• Fred Venturelli, NFL player
• Jamil Wilson, NBA player
• Al Zupek, NFL player

Business

• Jerome Case, inventor
• Albert J. Dremel, founder of the Dremel company
• Matthew M. Fox (1911–1964), vice president of Universal Pictures
• George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team; co-owner of Premier League team, Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett Evernham Motorsports
• Jay Grinney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation
• Jon Hammes, founder and managing partner of Hammes Company
• Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Herbert Fisk Johnson III, Chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Son, member of the Forbes 400
• Samuel C. Johnson, industrialist (wax)
• Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr., founder of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Helen Johnson-Leipold, CEO of Johnson Outdoors
• Jim Jorgensen, entrepreneur; Discovery Zone, AllAdvantage and Women's Sports Foundation
• Craig Leipold, majority owner of NHL's Minnesota Wild
• John "Jack" Rogan, founder of Rogan's Shoes
• Don Smiley, President and CEO of Summerfest and former Major League Baseball executive
• Fred Young, President and CEO of Young Radiator

Military

• Harold C. Agerholm, USMC Private First Class, World War II, Medal of Honor recipient
• James Roy Andersen, USAAF Brigadier General
• Arthur S. Born, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
• Charles F. Born, U.S. Army and Air Force Major General
• Dominic A. Cariello, Wisconsin Army National Guard Brigadier General
• Clinton W. Davies, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
• Gregory A. Feest, U.S. Air Force Major General
• Irving Fish, U.S. Army Major General
• George Clay Ginty, Union Army Brigadier General
• John L. Jerstad, Major, USAAF, World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
• Travis King, U.S. Army Private Second Class, defected to North Korea on 18 July, 2023.

Politics and law

• Gar Alperovitz, Historian, political economist, activist, writer
• Robert H. Baker, Wisconsin legislator, Racine mayor and alderman, chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party
• George L. Buck, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Melbert B. Cary, chairman of the Connecticut Democratic Party
• Champion S. Chase, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska; namesake of Chase County, Nebraska
• Carl C. Christensen, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Joseph Clancy, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Henry A. Cooper, U.S. Representative
• Thomas P. Corbett, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
• Marcel Dandeneau, Wisconsin educator and politician
• John Dickert, Racine mayor
• John Dixon, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Joshua Eric Dodge, Wisconsin Supreme Court
• James Rood Doolittle, U.S. Senator
• Henry Dorman, Wisconsin legislator
• John Elkins, Wisconsin legislator
• Edward Engerud, Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
• Thomas Falvey, Wisconsin legislator and Racine mayor
• Margaret Farrow, first female lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
• Scott C. Fergus, Wisconsin legislator
• Peter C. Fishburn, mathematician who (with Steven Brams) rediscovered approval voting
• Gerald T. Flynn, U.S. Representative
• Willis Frazell, Wisconsin legislator and barber
• William C. Giese, Wisconsin legislator and educator
• Walter Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin
• George Groesback, member of the Montana House of Representatives
• Joseph C. Hamata, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle, Washington; founder of San Clemente, California and co-founder of Lake Forest Park, Washington
• James M. Hare, Michigan Secretary of State
• Jack Harvey, Wisconsin politician
• Max W. Heck, Wisconsin politician and jurist
• Richard P. Howell, Wisconsin legislator, carpenter, and businessman
• Wallace Ingalls, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
• Lorenzo Janes. Wisconsin territorial legislator, lawyer, and businessman
• Charles Jonas, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
• John Lehman, Wisconsin legislator and educator
• William P. Lyon, 7th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 12th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Union Army officer
• Harry Mares, former mayor of White Bear Lake, MN, Minnesota state representative and educator
• Cory Mason, Wisconsin legislator and current mayor of Racine
• Henry F. Mason, Kansas legislator
• John G. McMynn, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Gwen Moore, U.S. Representative
• Peter C. Myers, Missouri politician
• Greta Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator
• Jeffrey A. Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator and businessman, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
• Lisa Neubauer, Wisconsin judge
• Wallace E. Nield, Wisconsin politician
• Don Penza, former mayor of Wisconsin Rapids, WI, All-American collegian football player, legendary football coach
• George Petak, Wisconsin politician
• P. Walter Petersen, Wisconsin politician
• Kimberly Plache, Wisconsin politician
• James F. Rooney, Wisconsin legislator, former Chairman of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission
• Sidney A. Sage, Wisconsin politician
• Horace T. Sanders, Wisconsin politician and military leader
• M. M. Secor (Martin Mathias Secor), proprietor of M. M. Secor Trunk Company; mayor of Racine 1884–1888
• John L. Sieb, Wisconsin politician and barber
• Lawrence H. Smith, U.S. Representative
• Lynn E. Stalbaum, U.S. Representative
• Jacob Stoffel Jr., Wisconsin politician
• Robert L. Turner, Wisconsin legislator and Vietnam War veteran
• William L. Utley, Wisconsin politician and military leader
• John C. Wagner, Wisconsin politician and businessman
• Van H. Wanggaard, Wisconsin legislator
• Paul Weyrich, American religious conservative political activist and commentator
• Philo White, U.S. diplomat

Religion

• Anton Marius Andersen, Lutheran minister
• James DeKoven, Episcopal clergyman
• Francis J. Haas, Roman Catholic bishop
• Richard J. Sklba, Roman Catholic bishop
• Rose Thering, Racine Dominican sister; professor at Seton Hall University

Other

• Laurel Clark, astronaut; died on reentry in her first space flight on Space Shuttle Columbia
• Ethel B. Dietrich, economist, foreign service officer
• Marguerite Davis, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B
• Cory Everson, six-time winner of Miss Olympia bodybuilding contest
• Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International
• William D. Lutz, linguist
• F. Don Miller, executive director of the USOC

References

1. "Chad Harbach - Hachette Book Group". Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
2. "Obituary of Glenn Nelson: Artist, mentor and author". Jane Street Clayworks. March 6, 2011.