The following list includes notable people who were born in or have lived in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Academics, authors, and journalists
Tim Cahill, adventure travel writer Gordon Keith Chalmers, scholar John Thomas Curtis, ecologist David J. Eicher, editor and author Margo Huston, reporter who won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting Mary Schendlinger, writer and editor Robert R. Spitzer, agricultural researcher Michelle Thaller, astrophysicist Sidney Dean Townley, astronomer and geodeticist Vernor Vinge, science fiction author Ray Wendland, petrochemist Viola S. Wendt, poet
Artists and performers
Brad Beyer, actor Frank Caliendo, comedian Carmen De La Paz, television personality Danny Gokey, American Idol contestant Sue Hawk, reality television personality Drew Kunz, artist and poet Johnny Lechner, actor Sam Llanas, musician Mark Mallman, musician Kurt Neumann, musician Les Paul, guitarist and inventor Rose Polenzani, folk musician Michael Ritchie, film director Heidi Stober, opera singer Nick Viall, reality television personality Hayward Williams, musician
Athletes
American Football
John Anderson, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers Erik Bickerstaff, NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders Dick Blanchard, NFL player for the New England Patriots Max Broadhurst, NFL player for the Dayton Triangles Chuck DeShane, NFL player for the Detroit Lions Terry Dillon, NFL player for the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders John Golemgeske, NFL player for the Brooklyn Dodgers Pat Harder, NFL player for the Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals Frank Harris, NFL player for the Chicago Bears Frank Hertz, NFL player for the Milwaukee Badgers Matt Katula, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers Ken Keuper, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants Kurt Larson, NFL player for the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers Will McDonald IV, NFL player for the New York Jets Bill Miklich, NFL player for the New York Giants and Detroit Lions Joe Schobert, NFL player for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Stetz, NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles Derek Watt, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers J. J. Watt, NFL player for the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals T. J. Watt, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers Kevin Zeitler, NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens
Baseball Jack Kading, MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates Jarred Kelenic, MLB player for the Seattle Mariners Jim Pruett, MLB player for the Philadelphia Athletics
Other
Austin Aries, professional wrestler Mike Cahill, tennis player Paul Hamm, Olympic gymnastic gold medalist Morgan Hamm, Olympic gymnast Kirstin Holum, speed ice skater Mary Beth Iagorashvili, Olympic pentathlete Gwen Jorgensen, 2014 World Triathlon Series Champion Ulvis Katlaps, ice hockey player Lauri Merten, professional golfer and winner of the 1993 U.S. Women's Open Nick Moon, soccer player Melissa Mueller, Olympic pole vaulter Elli Ochowicz, Olympic Speed Skater Leslie Osborne, U.S. women's national soccer team John Pearson, Olympic gymnast Erik Sowinski, middle-distance runner Lester Stevens, Olympic athlete Tim Ward, soccer player for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer Mitchell Whitmore, Olympic speedskater
Business People Donald Goerke, inventor of SpaghettiOs Richard W. Sears, founder of Sears and Roebuck
Military Personnel Miriam Ben-Shalom, activist and former staff sergeant Joseph E. Carberry, aviator Alfred Gorham, Tuskegee Airman Michael J. Schwerin, U.S. Navy rear admiral John Patten Story, U.S. Army major general
Politicians and Government Officials
Wisconsin State Legislators
Roderick Ainsworth, Wisconsin State Representative Scott Allen, Wisconsin State Representative Winchel Bacon, Wisconsin State Representative Silas Barber, Wisconsin State Representative William Blair, Wisconsin State Senator John F. Buckley, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer Phineas Clawson, Wisconsin State Senator Dave Craig, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator David L. Dancey, Wisconsin State Legislator and jurist J. Mac Davis, jurist and Wisconsin State Senator Elihu Enos, educator and Wisconsin state legislator William A. Freehoff, Wisconsin State Senator Joseph J. Hadfield, Wisconsin state legislator Joanne Huelsman, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator Edward Jackamonis, speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly Scott Jensen, speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly Alfred M. Jones, Illinois State Representative and Wisconsin State Senator Edwin B. Kelsey, Wisconsin State Representative Joel Kleefisch, Wisconsin State Representative Bill Kramer, Wisconsin State Representative William Langer, Wisconsin State Representative Vincent R. Mathews, Wisconsin State Representative Ernst Merton, Wisconsin State Senator and lawyer Roger P. Murphy, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist Scott Newcomer, Wisconsin State Representative Alexander Randall, Wisconsin governor Jon Richards, Wisconsin State Representative and circuit court judge John C. Schober, Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer Ellicott R. Stillman, Wisconsin State Representative Daniel H. Sumner, Wisconsin State Representative Vernon Tichenor, Wisconsin State Representative Henry Totten, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman Joseph Turner, Wisconsin Territorial and State Senator Daniel P. Vrakas, Wisconsin State Representative John M. Wells, Wisconsin State Representative E. B. West, Wisconsin State Senator John W. Whelan, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator George Winans, Wisconsin State Representative
Other
William A. Barstow, Governor of Wisconsin, Union Army general William G. Callow, Wisconsin Supreme Court Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition Party Presidential candidate Glenn R. Davis, U.S. Representative Lee S. Dreyfus, Governor of Wisconsin Daniel Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee Edmund C. Moy, businessman and U.S. Mint director Edwin M. Randall, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court Paul F. Reilly, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Eleazer Root, Episcopal priest and local politician Donald E. Tewes, U.S. Representative Tom Tillberry, Minnesota State Representative Robert William Wright, lawyer and politician
Other Little Lord Fauntleroy, unidentified homicide victim found in 1921 Deb Hoffmann, collector Florence E. Kollock (1848–1925), Universalist minister and lecturer Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, convicted in Waukesha's infamous Slender Man stabbing case Zuza Beine (2011–2025), American social media personality
See also Waukesha, Wisconsin List of people from Wisconsin
References