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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with
Kenosha, Wisconsin .
Artists, authors
William Bast , screenwriter
Chester Biscardi , composer, director of musical arts at
Yale University
Lucien Cailliet , composer, conductor, film orchestrator (
The Ten Commandments )
Jeff Cesario , comedian, TV writer
Donald Clarke , author of books on musical subjects
Korey Cooper , backup vocalist, keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for
Skillet
Anna Fermin , musician
Tom Goss , musician
Lionel Hampton , vibraphonist and bandleader
Florence Parry Heide , author
Milt Herth , organist
Margaret Landon , author of
Anna and the King of Siam (
The King and I )
Jen Ledger , drummer/singer for
Skillet
Dave Matrise , singer, guitarist for
Jungle Rot
[1]
Lloyd John Ogilvie , Presbyterian minister and writer; served as
Chaplain of the United States Senate
Milton K. Ozaki , author and detective novelist
George Pollard , portrait painter
Thom Racina , author and screenwriter (
General Hospital )
Spike Robinson , jazz saxophonist
Jim Rygiel , triple
Academy Award winner (
Lord of the Rings )
[2]
Mary Sauer , principal pianist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1959; on the piano faculty of DePaul University for 33 years, where she was coordinator of the keyboard program
[3]
Will Schaefer , composer
Edwin Stringham , composer, educator
Kathie Sullivan , vocalist (
The Lawrence Welk Show )
Irving Wallace , author (
The Chapman Report )
Actors/actresses, directors
Don Ameche , actor,
Academy Award -winner (
Cocoon ,
Trading Places )
Jim Ameche , actor (
Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy )
Thom Bierdz , actor (
The Young and the Restless )
Francesco Bilotto , television personality (
Good Morning America ,
The View ,
Today )
Edward F. Cline , film director (
The Bank Dick ,
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man )
Bert I. Gordon , film director (
The Food of the Gods )
Al Molinaro , actor (
Happy Days ,
The Odd Couple )
Mark Ruffalo , actor (
The Avengers ,
Avengers: Infinity War ,
Now You See Me ,
Shutter Island ,
Zodiac )
Tony Russel , film and stage actor (Hearts Are Wild )
Rebecca Scott , model and actress, Miss August 1999 for
Playboy
Charles Siebert , actor (
Trapper John, M.D. ), director (
Xena: Warrior Princess )
Paul Sorensen , actor (Dance With Me, Henry )
John Stephenson , voice actor (
The Flintstones )
Concetta Tomei , actress (
China Beach )
Daniel J. Travanti , actor (
Hill Street Blues )
Orson Welles , producer, actor, writer, director (
Citizen Kane ,
The Magnificent Ambersons ,
Touch of Evil ,
F for Fake )
Politics and law
Joseph F. Andrea , Wisconsin legislator
John Martin Antaramian , Wisconsin legislator, current Mayor of Kenosha
Peter W. Barca , U.S. Representative and Wisconsin legislator
Chauncey Davis ,
Michigan legislator
C. Ernest Dewey , Wisconsin legislator
Eugene Dorff , Wisconsin legislator and former Kenosha mayor
Charles Durkee , U.S. Senator
Asahel Farr , 6th, 10th, 17th, and 21st mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator
Malcolm D. Farr , Wisconsin legislator
Margaret Farrow , 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin,
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Michael Frank , 1st mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator
Myron L. Gordon ,
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Levi Grant , Wisconsin legislator
Orson S. Head , Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
Daniel Hugunin Jr. , U.S. Representative from
New York
Bob Kiss , mayor of
Burlington, Vermont
Joseph Lourigan , Wisconsin legislator
Frederick S. Lovell , 11th
Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly ,
Union Army general
Silas Matteson , Wisconsin legislator
John J. Maurer , Wisconsin legislator
John G. McMynn , 7th Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
George Molinaro , Wisconsin legislator
Earl D. Morton , Wisconsin legislator and jurist
George Howard Paul , 5th mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin legislator, journalist
Milton Pettit , 11th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 8th, 11th, 13th, and 16th mayor of Kenosha
Charles H. Pfennig , Wisconsin legislator
Mark Pocan , U.S. Representative
Lewis W. Powell , Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
Reince Priebus , former chairman of the
Republican National Committee , former
White House Chief of Staff
Michael Pucci , Australian politician
Joseph V. Quarles , U.S. Senator,
U.S. District Judge , and former Kenosha mayor
Clifford E. Randall , U.S. Representative
Robert Schmidt , Wisconsin legislator
Mathias J. Scholey , former Kenosha mayor
Conrad Shearer , Wisconsin legislator
Charles C. Sholes , former Kenosha mayor
Rouse Simmons , Wisconsin legislator and businessman
Zalmon G. Simmons , Wisconsin legislator, former Kenosha mayor, and businessman
William H. Stevenson , U.S. Representative
Sports
Milo Allison ,
MLB player
Alan Ameche ,
Wisconsin Badgers and
NFL football player, 1954
Heisman Trophy winner
Donna Becker ,
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ballplayer
Ray Berres , MLB player, longtime Chicago White Sox pitching coach
Tom Bienemann , NFL player
Fred Borak , NFL player
Dick Bosman , MLB pitcher and pitching coach
Tom Braatz , NFL player and general manager
Jeff Cohen ,
All-American basketball player at
The College of William & Mary in 1960-61
Frankie Conley , boxer
Ed Corey , MLB player
Fritz Cronin , NFL player
[4]
Press Cruthers , MLB player
Ben Dyer , MLB player
Gene Englund , NBL, NBA basketball player, captain of University of Wisconsin's 1941 national championship team
Barbara Galdonik , AAGPBL ballplayer
Melvin Gordon , NFL player
Harvey Green , MLB player
Jack Hammond , MLB player
Bob Hartman , MLB player
Joyce Hill , All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Ken Huxhold , NFL player
Chuck Jaskwhich , head coach of the
Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team
Chet Kozel , professional football player
Gavin Lux , infielder for
Los Angeles Dodgers
Walter Maurer ,
Olympic wrestling medalist
Marie Menheer , All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Darlene Mickelsen , All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Ollie O'Mara , MLB player
Megan Oster , figure skater
Charlie Pechous , MLB player
Phil Pettey , NFL player
Tom Regner ,
Notre Dame All-American offensive guard and 1966 Houston Oilers NFL Champion Team
Elmer Rhenstrom , NFL player
[5]
Ben Rothwell , professional
mixed martial artist
Paul Russo , auto racer
Augie Schmidt , baseball player and coach
Ray Spalding , NBA player
Ralph Thomas , NFL player
Nick Van Exel , NBA player and currently an assistant coach for the
Atlanta Hawks
James "Hippo" Vaughn , Chicago Cubs pitcher
Trae Waynes , NFL player
Other
Edward E. Ayer (1841–1927), railway supplies magnate; manuscript collector; benefactor to
Newberry Library and
Field Museum of Natural History
Mary D. Bradford , educator, first female superintendent of a major school system in Wisconsin
Bill Brown (1855–1941), Oregon rancher
Jerry Golden ,
ABC reporter who was first with the
John F. Kennedy assassination news
Linda Ham , manager of the
Johnson Space Center
Michael P. Hammond , chairman,
National Endowment for the Arts
Jim Jensen ,
CBS news anchor and reporter
Raymond Edward Johnson , radio actor, host of
Inner Sanctum
Samuel C. Johnson, Sr. , founder,
Johnson Wax
Edward S. "Ned" Jordan , automaker (
Jordan Motor Car Company), columnist ("Ned Jordan Speaks,"
AutoWeek ) and ad writer ("Somewhere west of Laramie")
Laura Kaeppeler , Miss Wisconsin 2011 and
Miss America 2012
Theodore H. Laban , highly decorated
U.S. Army Air Forces soldier
Lola J. May , mathematics educator
Robert Bruce McCoy , United States National Guard officer
Charles Francis McGivern , highly decorated
U.S. Navy officer
Joseph E. Meyer , herbologist and founder of the
Indiana Botanic Gardens
Charles W. Nash , automaker,
Nash Motors ,
Nash-Kelvinator
Edward T. Newell , president of the
American Numismatic Society 1916–1941
Norm Nielsen , magician and businessman
James R. O'Neill , American Civil War correspondent and sketch artist
[6]
Michael Phillips , theater critic,
Pulitzer Prize jurist
Peter Pirsch , builder of fire equipment
Luther B. Scherer , also known as Tutor Scherer, (1879–1957), American investor in casinos in
Las Vegas, Nevada and poet laureate of
Nevada .
[7]
Kendra Scott , jeweler
[8]
Christopher Latham Sholes , publisher, inventor of the
QWERTY keyboard
Zalmon Gilbert Simmons II , businessman
Charles Symmonds ,
U.S. Army general
George Nelson Tremper , educator
Paul Weyrich , co-founder of
The Heritage Foundation and
Free Congress Foundation and member of
National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
Joseph Zimmermann , inventor of the
answering machine
See also
References
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Dave Matrise interview
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IMDB biography
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"Chicago Symphony Orchestra - CSO Musicians Roster - Performer Bio" . www.cso.org . Archived from
the original on 2006-03-13.
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Pro Football Reference
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Pro Football Reference
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"O'Neill and the Band: The Baxter Springs Massacre Part One" . Civil War Wisconsin . Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. March 30, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2017 .
^ Hogan, Jan (November 4, 2012).
"Scherer Street named for colorful character with mob ties" . Las Vegas Review-Journal . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
^ Pope, Colin (February 21, 2010).
"Kendra Scott, Founder and CEO, Kendra Scott Design" . Austin Business Journal . Retrieved July 14, 2015 .