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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
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Kevin J. Anderson, author
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Gene Beery, artist
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Frank Bencriscutto, conductor, composer
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Karen Johnson Boyd, heiress, art dealer
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Lane Brody, born Lynn Voorlas, singer
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Mellona Moulton Butterfield, china painter, teacher
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Joyce Carlson, artist
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Jason Paul Collum, author, film and television director
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Chi Coltrane, musician
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Chester Commodore, cartoonist, nominated for the
Pulitzer Prize 12 times
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Ellen Corby, actress
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Victor DeLorenzo, drummer,
Violent Femmes
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Peter Deming, cinematographer
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Payne Erskine, writer
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Norman D. Golden II, actor
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Greg Graffin, lead vocalist of political
punk rock band
Bad Religion
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Chad Harbach, author
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Max Hardcore (Paul F. Little), pornographer
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Ben Hecht, journalist, playwright and screenwriter
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Kevin Henkes, author and
Caldecott Medal winner
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Lise Hilboldt, actress
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Harriet Persis Hurlbut, artist
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Zachary Scot Johnson, singer-songwriter
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David Kherdian, writer, poet and editor
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Larry Kusche, commercial pilot and author
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Fredric March, two-time Oscar-winning actor
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Barbara McNair, singer and actress
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Tina Moore, R&B singer
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Glenn C. Nelson, ceramics educator and author
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Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer
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Irene Purcell, actress, lived and died in Racine
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Warner Richmond, actor
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Liamani Segura, child singer
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Ben Sidran, musician
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Kristin Bauer van Straten, actress
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Joseph Philbrick Webster, songwriter and composer
Athletics
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Ellen Ahrndt,
AAGPBL player
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Bill Albright,
NFL player
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Kevin Barry, NFL player
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Caron Butler,
NBA player
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Pancho Carter,
Indy car racer
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Jim Chones,
NBA player
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John Clay, NFL player
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Dorothy Damaschke, AAGPBL player
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Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player
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Norm Derringer, AAGPBL manager
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Myron Fohr,
Indy car racer
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Bob Foster, NFL player
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Jimmy Grant,
MLB player
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Jim Haluska, NFL player
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Steve Hanson, NFL player
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Jack Harris, NFL player
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Fritz Heinisch, NFL player
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Don Heinkel, MLB player
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Sonja Henning,
WNBA player
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Joe Jagersberger,
Indy car racer and engineer
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Jason Jaramillo, MLB player
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Abdul Jeelani, NBA player
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Kaitlin Keough, cyclist
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Ed Killian, MLB player
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Duane Kuiper, MLB player and broadcaster
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Glen Kuiper, MLB broadcaster
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Jeff Lee, NFL player
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Laurie Ann Lee, AAGPBL player
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Frances Lovett, AAGPBL player
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Ed Lytle, baseball player
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Chris Maragos, NFL player
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Jesse Marsch, Manager of
Leeds United
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Jim McIlvaine, NBA player
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Kim Merritt, long-distance runner
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Jerry Mertens, NFL player
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Brent Moss, NFL player
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Leo Murphy, baseball player and manager
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Norm Nelson,
Stock car racer
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Dick Phillips, MLB player
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Eric Rasmussen, MLB player
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Linda L. Rice, thoroughbred racehorse trainer
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Shane Rawley, MLB pitcher
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Gene H. Rose, NFL player
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Vinny Rottino, MLB player
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Babe Ruetz, NFL head coach
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Howie Ruetz, NFL player
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Joe Ruetz, football player
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Charles Rutkowski, NFL player
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Alex Scales, NBA player
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Tom Sorensen,
Olympic volleyball player
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Jack Taschner, MLB player
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Ralph Thomas, NFL player
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Tim Van Galder, NFL player
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Fred Venturelli, NFL player
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Jamil Wilson, NBA player
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Al Zupek, NFL player
Business
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Jerome Case, inventor
- Albert J.
Dremel, founder of the
Dremel company
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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
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Jay Grinney,
President and
Chief Executive Officer of
Birmingham,
Alabama-based
HealthSouth Corporation
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Jon Hammes, founder and managing partner of Hammes Company
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Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., former head of
S.C. Johnson & Son
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Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
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Herbert Fisk Johnson III, Chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Son, member of the
Forbes 400
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Samuel C. Johnson, industrialist (wax)
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Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr., founder of S.C. Johnson & Son
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Helen Johnson-Leipold, CEO of
Johnson Outdoors
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Jim Jorgensen, entrepreneur;
Discovery Zone,
AllAdvantage and
Women's Sports Foundation
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Craig Leipold, majority owner of
NHL's
Minnesota Wild
- John "Jack" Rogan, founder of
Rogan's Shoes
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Don Smiley, President and CEO of
Summerfest and former Major League Baseball executive
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Fred Young, President and CEO of Young Radiator
Military
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Harold C. Agerholm, USMC Private First Class,
World War II,
Medal of Honor recipient
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James Roy Andersen, USAAF Brigadier General
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Arthur S. Born, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
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Charles F. Born, U.S. Army and Air Force Major General
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Dominic A. Cariello, Wisconsin Army National Guard Brigadier General
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Clinton W. Davies,
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
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Gregory A. Feest, U.S. Air Force Major General
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Irving Fish, U.S. Army Major General
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George Clay Ginty,
Union Army Brigadier General
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John L. Jerstad,
Major,
USAAF,
World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
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Travis King, U.S. Army Private Second Class, defected to
North Korea on
18 July, 2023.
Politics and law
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Gar Alperovitz, Historian, political economist, activist, writer
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Robert H. Baker, Wisconsin legislator, Racine mayor and alderman, chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party
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George L. Buck, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
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Melbert B. Cary, chairman of the
Connecticut Democratic Party
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Champion S. Chase, mayor of
Omaha, Nebraska; namesake of
Chase County, Nebraska
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Carl C. Christensen, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
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Joseph Clancy, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
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Henry A. Cooper, U.S. Representative
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Thomas P. Corbett, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
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Marcel Dandeneau, Wisconsin educator and politician
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John Dickert, Racine mayor
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John Dixon, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
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Joshua Eric Dodge, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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James Rood Doolittle, U.S. Senator
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Henry Dorman, Wisconsin legislator
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John Elkins, Wisconsin legislator
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Edward Engerud, Justice of the
North Dakota Supreme Court
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Thomas Falvey, Wisconsin legislator and Racine mayor
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Margaret Farrow, first female lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
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Scott C. Fergus, Wisconsin legislator
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Peter C. Fishburn, mathematician who (with
Steven Brams) rediscovered
approval voting
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Gerald T. Flynn, U.S. Representative
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Willis Frazell, Wisconsin legislator and barber
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William C. Giese, Wisconsin legislator and educator
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Walter Goodland,
Governor of Wisconsin
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George Groesback, member of the
Montana House of Representatives
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Joseph C. Hamata, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
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Ole Hanson, mayor of
Seattle, Washington; founder of
San Clemente, California and co-founder of
Lake Forest Park, Washington
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James M. Hare,
Michigan Secretary of State
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Jack Harvey, Wisconsin politician
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Max W. Heck, Wisconsin politician and jurist
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Richard P. Howell, Wisconsin legislator, carpenter, and businessman
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Wallace Ingalls, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
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Lorenzo Janes. Wisconsin territorial legislator, lawyer, and businessman
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Charles Jonas, Lieutenant Governor of
Wisconsin
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John Lehman, Wisconsin legislator and educator
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William P. Lyon, 7th Chief Justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court, 12th
Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly,
Union Army officer
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Harry Mares, former Mayor of White Bear Lake, MN, Minnesota state representative and educator
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Cory Mason, Wisconsin legislator and current Mayor of Racine
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Henry F. Mason, Kansas legislator
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John G. McMynn, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Gwen Moore, U.S. Representative
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Peter C. Myers, Missouri politician
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Greta Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator
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Jeffrey A. Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator and businessman, former Chairman of the
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
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Lisa Neubauer, Wisconsin judge
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Wallace E. Nield, Wisconsin politician
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Don Penza, former Mayor of Wisconsin Rapids, WI, All-American collegian football player, legendary football coach
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George Petak, Wisconsin politician
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P. Walter Petersen, Wisconsin politician
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Kimberly Plache, Wisconsin politician
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James F. Rooney, Wisconsin legislator, former Chairman of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission
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Sidney A. Sage, Wisconsin politician
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Horace T. Sanders, Wisconsin politician and military leader
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M. M. Secor (Martin Mathias Secor), proprietor of M. M. Secor Trunk Company; mayor of Racine 1884–1888
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John L. Sieb, Wisconsin politician and barber
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Lawrence H. Smith, U.S. Representative
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Lynn E. Stalbaum, U.S. Representative
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Jacob Stoffel Jr., Wisconsin politician
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Robert L. Turner, Wisconsin legislator and
Vietnam War veteran
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William L. Utley, Wisconsin politician and military leader
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John C. Wagner, Wisconsin politician and businessman
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Van H. Wanggaard, Wisconsin legislator
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Paul Weyrich, American religious conservative political activist and commentator
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Philo White, U.S. diplomat
Religion
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