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The following notable people are or have been associated with
Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Politics
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W. J. Abrams, Wisconsin State Senator, Mayor of Green Bay
[1]
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David Agry, jurist and legislator
[2]
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Charles C. P. Arndt, Wisconsin Territorial Legislator
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John Penn Arndt, Wisconsin Territorial legislator
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William H. Bartran, Wisconsin State Representative and physician
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Robert C. Bassett, U.S. Presidential advisor
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John W. Byrnes, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
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James R. Charneski, Wisconsin State Representative
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Ebenezer Childs, Wisconsin Territorial legislator
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Paul F. Clark,
Nebraska State Representative
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Adolph A. Deering, Wisconsin State Representative
[3]
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Thomas A. Delaney, Wisconsin State Representative
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Jacob Dietrich, Wisconsin State Representative
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Gary T. Dilweg, Wisconsin State Representative
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Charles Doty, surveyor, military officer,
Wisconsin State Assembly
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James Duane Doty, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
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W.F. Doyle,
Michigan State Senator
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Albert Gallatin Ellis, Michigan and Wisconsin Territorial legislator
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William Finnegan, Wisconsin State Representative
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Albert Gall, Indiana State Treasurer and businessman
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Eric Genrich, Wisconsin State Representative, Mayor of Green Bay
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Mark Green, U.S. Representative
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John A. Gronouski, U.S. Postmaster General
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Rosemary Hinkfuss, Wisconsin State Representative
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William E. Hoehle, Wisconsin State Representative
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John S. Horner, Governor of
Michigan Territory
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Timothy O. Howe, U.S. Postmaster General
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Thomas R. Hudd, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
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James F. Hughes, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
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Alexander J. Irwin, Wisconsin Territorial Legislator and businessman
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Robert Irwin Jr., Michigan Territorial Legislator and businessman
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Joshua L. Johns, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
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Jay W. Johnson, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, Director of the
U.S. Mint
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Fred F. Kaftan, Wisconsin State Senator
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David M. Kelly, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senator
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Carol Kelso, Wisconsin State Representative
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Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin State Representative
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Thomas F. Konop, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
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Gustav Kustermann, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
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Harvey Larsen, Wisconsin State Representative
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Barbara Lawton, Lieutenant Governor of
Wisconsin
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Joseph F. Loy, Wisconsin State Senator
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John Macco, Wisconsin State Representative
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Stephen Mack Jr., adventurer, founder of
Rockton, Illinois
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Harold C. Malchow, Wisconsin State Representative
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John E. Martin, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Joseph Martin,
Wisconsin State representative
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Walter Melchior, Wisconsin State Representative
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Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin State Senator
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James T. Oliver, Wisconsin State Representative
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Ben Overton, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
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John W. Reynolds Jr., Governor of Wisconsin
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Samuel Ryan Jr., Wisconsin State Representative
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John Joseph Ryba, Wisconsin State Representative
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Parlan Semple, Wisconsin State Representative
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Jerome Van Sistine, Wisconsin State Senator
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Dave Hansen (politician), Wisconsin State Senator
Military
Religion
Sports
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Nate Abrams, NFL player
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John Anderson,
ESPN Sportscenter anchor, attended
Southwest High School
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Ken Anderson, professional wrestler known as Mr. Kennedy in
WWE and Mr. Anderson in
TNA
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Mason Appleton, ice hockey player for the
Winnipeg Jets
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Wayland Becker, NFL player
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Tony Bennett,
University of Virginia
men's basketball coach and former NBA player for
Charlotte Hornets, attended
Preble High School
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Jason Berken,
MLB player
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Dan Buenning,
guard for NFL
Chicago Bears, attended
Bay Port High School
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Art Bultman, NFL player for
Brooklyn Dodgers and the Green Bay Packers
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George Whitney Calhoun, co-founder of Green Bay Packers
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Dick Campbell, NFL player
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Raymond Joseph Cannon, U.S. Representative, MLB player, attorney for
Jack Dempsey and accused players of
Black Sox Scandal
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Sandy Cohen, American-Israeli basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
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James Cook, NFL player
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Jim Crowley, one-fourth of
University of Notre Dame's legendary "
Four Horsemen" backfield
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Jerry Daanen, NFL player
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Darroll DeLaPorte, NFL player
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Jay DeMerit, soccer player,
English Premier League and
Major League Soccer, 2010
World Cup
team, attended
Bay Port High School
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Dutch Dwyer, NFL player
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Riggie Dwyer, NFL player
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Jim Flanigan, NFL player for
Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers,
San Francisco 49ers, and
Philadelphia Eagles
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Ted Fritsch, NFL player
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Ted Fritsch Jr., NFL player
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Rebecca Giddens, world champion canoer, Olympic medalist
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Scott Hansen, NASCAR driver
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Roger Harring, football coach,
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
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Arnie Herber, NFL player for Green Bay Packers and
New York Giants, member of
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Natisha Hiedeman (born 1997), basketball player for the Israeli team
Maccabi Bnot Ashdod and the
Connecticut Sun of the
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
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Jim Hobbins, NFL player
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Alec Ingold, NFL player for the
Miami Dolphins
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Fee Klaus, professional football player
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Greg Knafelc, NFL player
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Tod Kowalczyk, head coach of
University of Toledo men's basketball team
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Bob Kroll, NFL player
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Gary Kroner, professional football player
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Curly Lambeau, founder, player, and first coach of Green Bay Packers
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Wes Leaper, NFL player
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Jim Magnuson, MLB player
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Charlie Mathys, NFL player for
Hammond Pros and Green Bay Packers
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Terrie Miller, Olympic athlete
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Dennis Murphy,
Medal of Honor recipient
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Brian Noble, NFL player
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Drew Nowak, NFL player
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Dominic Olejniczak, Mayor of Green Bay, president and chairman of Green Bay Packers
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Robert J. Parins, Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and president of the Green Bay Packers
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Joe Perrault, Olympic athlete
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Joe Proski, NBA head trainer for the
Phoenix Suns and member of the
team's Ring of Honor
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Ken Radick, NFL player for Green Bay Packers and
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Dick Rehbein, NFL assistant coach
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Chester J. Roberts, head coach of the
Miami RedHawks football and men's basketball teams
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Chuck Sample, NFL player
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Mary Sauer, pole vaulter
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Max Scharping, NFL player
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Joe Secord, NFL player
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Lauren Sesselmann, professional soccer player
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Walter Wellesley Smith (1905–1982), Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
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Aaron Stecker, NFL player, attended Ashwaubenon High School
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Horst Stemke, Olympic athlete
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Kevin Stemke, NFL player
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Jerry Tagge, NFL player
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Ron Vander Kelen, MVP of
1963 Rose Bowl and NFL player
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Brad Voyles, MLB player
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Max Wagner, MLB player
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Cowboy Wheeler, NFL player
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Charlie Whitehurst, NFL player
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Bob Wickman,
Major League Baseball
pitcher
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Paul Wilmet, MLB player
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Eliot Wolf, NFL executive
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Vince Workman, NFL player
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Dick Zoll, NFL player for
Cleveland Rams and Green Bay Packers
Literature, music, arts
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Karen Borca, musician
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Eric Bray, record producer
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Paul Gigot,
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
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Richard Gilliam, fantasy author and editor
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Thom Hazaert, record producer, journalist, radio personality, film producer/director. Publicly credited with saving
Slipknot/
Stone Sour vocalist
Corey Taylor's life.
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Joel Hodgson, creator and star of TV show
Mystery Science Theater 3000, graduated from Ashwaubenon High School in 1978
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Alonzo Myron Kimball, portrait painter and illustrator
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Jim Knipfel, author
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Norbert Kox, painter and writer
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Jeff Kurtenacker, composer
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Doug Larson, newspaper columnist
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Rusty Lemorande, film director, writer, producer and actor
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Pat MacDonald, songwriter and singer in
Timbuk3
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Kevin MacLeod, musician and composer
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Leo Ornstein, composer, pianist, finished his life in Green Bay
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Dave Pirner, lead singer of
Soul Asylum
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Devon Rodriguez, dancer
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Tony Shalhoub, actor, star of films, stage and TV series
Monk and
Wings, attended
Green Bay East High School
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Mona Simpson, novelist and essayist; younger sister of
Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of
Apple Inc.; wife of
Richard Appel, a writer for
The Simpsons; Homer Simpson's mother is named after her
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Red Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
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Zack Snyder, director of films
Man of Steel,
Dawn of the Dead (2004 version),
300,
Watchmen,
Justice League
- Margaret Teele (Margaret Poby), actress, attended St. Joseph's Academy (now
Notre Dame de la Baie Academy)
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Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862–1934),
Pennsylvania Dutch poet
Inventors, business leaders
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Leo Frigo, civic and philanthropic leader
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John J. Gilman, educator and inventor
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Augustin Grignon, fur trader and businessman
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Mark King, CEO,
Taco Bell
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Alfred Lawson, credited as inventor of the
airliner
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James Mulva, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of
ConocoPhillips
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Staci Simonich, scientist
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Daniel Whitney, businessman and pioneer
References