List of people from Racine, Wisconsin
Introduction 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.
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* 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* Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer* Irene Purcell, actress, lived and died in Racine* Warner Richmond, actor* Liamani Segura, child singer* Ben Sidran, musician* Kristin Bauer van Straten, actress* Joseph Philbrick Webster, songwriter and composer
Athletics Jamil Wilson shooting* Ellen Ahrndt, AAGPBL player* Bill Albright, NFL player* Kevin Barry, NFL player* Caron Butler, NBA player* Pancho Carter, NASCAR driver* Jim Chones, NBA player* John Clay, NFL player* Dorothy Damaschke, AAGPBL player* Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player* Norm Derringer, AAGPBL manager* 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, racing and car designer* 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, Manager of Leeds United* 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 (born 1990),NBA player * Al Zupek, NFL player
Business * Jerome Case, inventor* Albert J. Dremel, founder of the Dremel company* 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
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