Born and raised in Milwaukee
The following people were born and spent a significant number of their growing-up years in Milwaukee.
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- George A. Abert, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate; son of George Abert (listed below)[1]
- Jim Abrahams, director and screenwriter
- David Adler, architect who designed over 200 estates during the "Great American Fashion era"
- Amy Aiken, winemaker
- Marc Alaimo, actor who played many Star Trek characters
- Carl Allen, musician[2]
- Vivian Anderson, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (Milwaukee Chicks)
- Joseph Anthony, playwright, actor, and director
- Antler, poet
- Lynne Arriale, musician; professor
- Les Aspin, U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Steve Avery, NFL player for the Houston Oilers, Green Bay Packers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers[3]
- Mitchell Ayres, bandleader for Perry Como and The Hollywood Palace
- David Backes, author; professor
- Gerhard A. Bading, U.S. diplomat
- Frank Ellis Bamford, U.S. military office
- Jimmy Banks, soccer player
- Ben Bard, actor
- Shorty Barr, NFL player and head coach
- Dede Barry, Olympic medalist[4]
- Tommy Bartlett, entertainment mogul and showman; created Tommy Bartlett's Thrill Show in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Louis Bashell, Slovenian-style polka musician
- William Bast, screenwriter
- James Batemon III (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- John C. Becher, actor
- Robert J. Beck, professor
- Travis Beckum, NFL player for New York Giants
- Jeffery Dahmer, serial killer
- Chuck Belin, NFL player
- Harry Bell, Medal of Honor recipient
- Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek, police officer convicted of murdering husband's ex-wife
- Eric Benet, R&B singer; was married to Halle Berry
- David Benke, President of Atlantic District of Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
- Mark W. Bennett, U.S. District Court Judge in Iowa
- Michael Bennett, NFL player[5]
- James Benning, filmmaker
- Lamont Bentley, actor; best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on television series Moesha
- Scott Bergold, NFL player
- George Berry, NFL player
- Abner Biberman, actor and director
- Dick Bilda, NFL player
- Roman R. Blenski, Wisconsin State Senator
- Joseph Colt Bloodgood, physician[6]
- Wheeler Peckham Bloodgood, lawyer[7]
- Adam Bob, NFL player
- Otto Bock, Justice of Colorado Supreme Court
- Bill Boedeker, NFL player for the Chicago Rockets, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles[8]
- Frank Bohlmann, NFL player
- Peter Bonerz, actor
- Mark Borchardt, independent filmmaker; best known as subject of American Movie
- Larry Borenstein, art and music promoter
- Bob Botz, MLB player[9]
- Timmy Bowers, professional basketball player, 2006 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
- David Braden, NFL player
- Gil Brandt, executive of Dallas Cowboys
- John W. Breen, NFL general manager
- Cindy Bremser, Olympic athlete; Pan American Games medalist[10]
- Terry Brennan, head coach of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
- Jeff Bridich, MLB general manager
- Pamela Britton, actress
- Mandy Brooks, MLB player[11]
- Fred Brown, NBA player, First Team All American at the University of Iowa[12]
- Judi Brown, Olympic medalist; Pan American Games gold medalist[13]
- William George Bruce, author, historian, publisher, civic leader for Milwaukee Auditorium and Port of Milwaukee
- J.T. Bruett, MLB player
- George Brumder, newspaper publisher
- Fabian Bruskewitz, Roman Catholic bishop
- Felice Bryant, songwriter; member of Songwriters Hall of Fame,[14] and Country Music Hall of Fame
- Art Bues, MLB player[15]
- Rodney Buford, NBA player[16]
- Brian Burke, Wisconsin politician
- Charles C. Butler, Chief Justice of Colorado Supreme Court
- Jackie Cain, musician
- Daryl Carter, NFL player
- John M. Cavey, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer[17]
- Paul Cebar, musician
- James Chance (James Siegfried, a/k/a James White), saxophonist, songwriter and singer, key figure in No Wave movement
- John Moses Cheney, U.S. District Court Judge in Florida
- Ted Cieslak, MLB player[18]
- Alvin J. Clasen, Wisconsin State Assembly man
- John Louis Coffey, Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
- James Kelsey Cogswell, U.S. Navy admiral
- Wilbur J. Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare[19]
- Irv Comp, NFL player[20]
- Michael Copps, Commissioner of Federal Communications Commission[21]
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan, actor; first celebrity featured on box of Wheaties[22]
- Anthony Crivello, Tony Award-winning actor
- Lave Cross, MLB player for 21 years[23]
- John Cudahy, U.S. diplomat[24]
- Michael Cudahy, entrepreneur, grand-nephew of Michael Cudahy (industrialist)
- Richard Dickson Cudahy, Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
- Robert M. Curley, legislator and judge
- Pat Curran, NFL player[25]
- James B. Currie, U.S. Air Force Major General
- John Thomas Curtis, botanist and ecologist; Bray Curtis dissimilarity is partially named for him
- Joseph Czerwinski, Wisconsin State Assembly member
- Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer
- DC the Don (Daijon Davis), rapper
- Randy Dean, NFL player[26] and Olympic athlete[27]
- Robert Dean, Olympic athlete[28]
- Ashton Dearholt, actor
- Robert G. Dela Hunt, Wisconsin State Assembly member
- Steve de Shazer, psychotherapist who developed use of solution-focused brief therapy
- Tom Dempsey, NFL player[29]
- Edward J. Dengel, Wisconsin State Representative[30]
- Abraham DeSomer, Medal of Honor recipient[31]
- John R. Devitt, Wisconsin State Representative[32]
- Michael Dhuey, electrical and computer engineer; co-inventor of the Macintosh II and the iPod[33]
- Lavern Dilweg, NFL player and U.S. Representative[34]
- John Doehring, NFL player[35]
- Bernardine Dohrn, leader of the Weather Underground Organization[36]
- John P. Donnelly, Wisconsin State Representative
- Michael Dorf, entrepreneur, founder of Knitting Factory
- Stephanie Dosen, musician[37]
- Jeff Doucette, actor
- Donn F. Draeger, martial artist
- Randee Drew, professional football player
- Wally Dreyer, NFL player; coach of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers football team[38]
- Garrett Droppers, U.S. diplomat, President of University of South Dakota
- Ron Drzewiecki, NFL player[39]
- Red Dunn, NFL player[40]
- Zoe Dunning, U.S. Naval Commander and LGBT activist
- Will Durst, comedian
- Lawrence Eagleburger, U.S. Secretary of State
- Greg Eagles, actor[41]
- Robert Easton, actor, acting teacher
- Al Eckert, MLB player
- Bob Eckl, NFL player
- Patrick Eddie, NBA player
- Kathryn Edwards, model, reality television star on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
- Herbert W. Ehrgott, U.S. Air Force general
- Brent Emery, Olympic medalist[42]
- Trevor Enders, MLB player[43]
- Howie Epstein, rock musician, producer, and bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Terence T. Evans, jurist
- Tony Evers, 46th Governor of Wisconsin
- Ralph Evinrude, son of Ole Evinrude, inventor of world's first outboard motor, CEO Outdoor Marine Corp
- Thomas E. Fairchild, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
- Raleigh W. Falbe, Wisconsin state legislator
- Anton Falch, professional baseball player[44]
- Frank Farkas, Florida state representative
- Hudson Fasching, NHL player
- Michael Feldman, radio personality for Public Radio International
- Michael Felger, sports radio talk show host
- Gene Felker, NFL player[45]
- Happy Felsch, MLB player
- Max Fernekes, artist[46]
- Thomasita Fessler, painter
- Edgar Fiedler (1929–2003), economist
- Julius Fiege, Wisconsin State Representative
- James E. Finnegan, Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Jack Finney, science-fiction and thriller writer; his novel The Body Snatchers was basis for movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Brian Firkus, Drag Queen
- Chris Foerster, NFL assistant coach
- Reginald Foster, Latinist
- Eduard Franz, actor
- Jacob Elias Friend, Wisconsin state legislator, businessman, lawyer[47]
- Bruce Froemming, MLB umpire[48]
- Todd Frohwirth, MLB player[49]
- Fabian Gaffke, MLB player[50]
- Max Galasinski, stonecutter, sculptor
- Chris Gardner, self-made millionaire whose bout with homelessness is portrayed in film The Pursuit of Happyness
- Diante Garrett (born 1988), basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Augusts F. Gearhard, Deputy Chief of Chaplain of U.S. Air Force
- Warren Giese, head coach of South Carolina Gamecocks football team, South Carolina State Senator
- Herschel Burke Gilbert, film and television composer[51]
- Hank Gillo, NFL player and head coach[52]
- Martin Glendon, MLB player[53]
- Carlos Glidden, co-inventor of first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Samuel W. Soule
- Danny Gokey, American Idol contestant
- Lamar Gordon, NFL player[54]
- Angelo F. Greco, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
- Joseph A. Greco, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
- Abraham L. Grootemaat, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
- James Groppi, Roman Catholic priest and civil rights activist
- Eric Gugler, architect
- Jay Guidinger, NBA player[55]
- John Gurda, writer and historian
- Carl Haessler, political activist[56]
- Luise Haessler, linguist
- Eric E. Hagedorn, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Jeffrey Robert Haines, Roman Catholic bishop
- Jaida Essence Hall, drag queen superstar and winner of the 12th season of RuPaul's Drag Race
- Bo Hanley, NFL player and head coach[57]
- Derrick Harden, NFL player[58]
- Pat Harder, NFL player, member of College Football Hall of Fame
- Jason Hardtke, MLB player[59]
- Kevin Harlan, sportscaster
- Dan Harmon, creator of the NBC television series Community,[60] and co-creator of television series "Rick and Morty"
- Mildred Harnack, German resistance fighter during World War II, executed under orders from Adolf Hitler[61]
- George Harper, MLB player[62]
- Devin Harris, professional basketball player
- Jerry Harrison, keyboardist for new wave music group Talking Heads
- Kenny Harrison, world champion track and field athlete; Olympic gold medalist; Goodwill Games medalist[63]
- Mike Hart, MLB player
- William Hartman, Distinguished Service Cross recipient[64]
- James Michael Harvey, Roman Catholic bishop
- William Frederick Hase, U.S. Army Major General
- Jerome J. Hastrich, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup
- Joe Hauser, MLB player[65]
- Ned R. Healy, Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–44, member of Congress, 1945–47
- Bob Heinz, NFL player[66]
- George Hekkers, NFL player[67]
- Frederick Hemke, professor of saxophone at Northwestern University
- Marguerite Henry, award-winning children's author, known for books about animals
- Woody Herman, jazz singer, instrumentalist, and bandleader
- Keith K. Hilbig, General authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Elizabeth Hirschboeck, humanitarian
- Deb Hoffmann, Winnie-the-Pooh memorabilia collector
- Jack Hueller, NFL player[68]
- Doris Hursley, co-creator of General Hospital and daughter of Victor L. Berger
- Andy Hurley, Fall Out Boy
- Mike Huwiler, Olympic athlete; MLS player[69]
- Caroline Ingalls (1839–1924), born in Brookfield, mother of famed author Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Einar H. Ingman Jr., Medal of Honor recipient[70]
- Robert Jacobson, Lutheran bishop, then Roman Catholic priest
- Jeff Jagodzinski, NFL assistant coach, head coach of Boston College
- Eddie Jankowski, NFL player
- Dan Jansen, world champion speed skater; Olympic gold medalist; member of United States Olympic Hall of Fame; NHL assistant coach[71]
- Al Jarreau, award-winning jazz singer
- Katherine Jashinski, United States Army soldier who refused orders to deploy to Afghanistan in 2006
- Salome Jens, actress, best known for portraying Female Shapeshifter on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Jim Jodat, NFL player[72]
- Harry G. John, philanthropist
- Mark Jones, NBA player[73]
- Barbara Jordan, professional tennis player
- Elizabeth Jordan, writer, journalist
- Joe Just, MLB player[74]
- Jane Kaczmarek, actress; best known as Lois in Malcolm in the Middle
- Brian "Kato" Kaelin, actor and house guest of O. J. Simpson during murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman
- Bob Kames, musician; popularized The Chicken Dance[75]
- Karl Kassulke, NFL player[76]
- Phil Katz, inventor of Zip archive file format
- Marie Kazmierczak, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Francis B. Keene, U.S. diplomat
- Ken Keltner, MLB player[77]
- Skip Kendall (born 1964), professional golfer
- Jacob J. Killa, Wisconsin State Representative
- Don Kindt, NFL player[78]
- Don Kindt Jr., NFL player
- Louis Joseph Kirn, U.S. Navy admiral
- Jerry Kleczka, U.S. Representative
- Red Kleinow, MLB player[79]
- Scott Klement, computer scientist[80]
- Al Klug, professional football player[81]
- Tony Knap, head coach of Utah State, Boise State and UNLV football teams
- Richard A. Knobloch, U.S. Air Force general
- Donald Knuth, computer scientist and author of The Art of Computer Programming
- Oscar Koch, U.S. Army general, member of Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
- Herman Koehler, head coach of Army football team; Master of the Sword of the United States Military Academy
- John J. Koepsell, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman
- Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator
- Don Kojis, NBA player
- Walter Charles Kraatz, zoologist
- Alvin Kraenzlein, Olympic gold medalist, member of National Track & Field Hall of Fame and United States Olympic Hall of Fame[82]
- Jack Kramer, professional football player
- Ken Kranz, NFL player[83]
- Ken Kratz (born c. 1960), lawyer, former district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin; law license was suspended for four months after sexting scandal[84]
- Clarence Kretlow, Wisconsin State Representative
- Gus Krock, MLB player[85]
- Leo Krzycki (1881–1966), labor union leader
- Tony Kubek, MLB player[86]
- Ray Kuffel, professional football player[87]
- Walter Kunicki, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Ralph Kurek, NFL player[88]
- Craig Kusick, MLB player[89]
- August W. Laabs, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Chet Laabs, MLB player[90]
- Carl Landry, NBA player[91]
- Marcus Landry, NBA player
- Irv Langhoff, NFL player[92]
- Jacob Latimore, singer and dancer
- Donald Laub, noted plastic surgeon
- Tom Laughlin, actor
- Tom Lee, professional baseball player
- David Lenz, artist
- John Leonora, professor of physiology and pharmacology at Loma Linda University
- Louise Lester, actress
- Dave Levenick, NFL player[93]
- DeAndre Levy, NFL player
- Liberace, pianist and entertainer (West Allis)
- Al Lindow, NFL player
- James G. Lippert, Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer[94]
- Jacob J. Litza Jr., Wisconsin State Representative and businessman[95]
- Dick Loepfe, NFL player[96]
- Fred Luderus, MLB player[97]
- Arno H. Luehman, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Otto Luening (1900–1996), composer, early pioneer of electronic music
- Jerry Lunz, NFL player[98]
- Alfred Lunt, Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning Broadway actor; appeared in over 24 plays with his wife Lynn Fontanne
- Rube Lutzke, MLB player[99]
- Mel Maceau, professional football player[100]
- Sandy MacKay, Michigan state representative
- Steve Mackay, drummer of Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes, Radio Romeo
- Beezie Madden, Olympic gold medalist[101]
- Mark Maddox, NFL player[102]
- Ira Madison III, television writer and podcaster
- Greg Mahlberg, MLB player
- Lester Maitland, pioneer U.S. Army aviator. In 1927 with Albert Hegenberger completed first flight from California to Hawaii
- David John Malloy, Roman Catholic bishop
- Dave Manders, NFL player[103]
- Tom Mangan, Minnesota state legislator and educator
- Bob Mann, pro golfer
- Carl von Marr, painter[104]
- Trixie Mattel, competed on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race, winner of season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, co-hosts a show on YouTube and has her own television series (The Trixie and Katya Show) on Viceland
- Tracy Mattes, track and field athlete and humanitarian
- John Matuszak, actor and NFL player[105]
- Bob Mavis, professional baseball player[106]
- George McBride, MLB manager[107]
- Tim McCann, NFL player
- Arthur L. McCullough, U.S. Air Force general
- Ed McCully, Christian missionary killed during Operation Auca
- John McGivern, actor and writer[108]
- Darel McKinney, Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient[109]
- Chuck Mercein, NFL player for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, and the New York Jets[110]
- John L. Merkt, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Walter L. Merten, Wisconsin State Senate[111]
- Louis L. Merz, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly[112]
- Albert Gregory Meyer, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
- Phil Micech, NFL player[113]
- Candice Michelle, wrestler, model and actress, best known for television ads for Go Daddy
- Abner J. Mikva, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals[114]
- Dick Miller, NBA player[115]
- Thomas L. Miller, TV producer, co-founder of Miller-Boyett Productions
- Milverine (John Hamann), local celebrity known for looking like Wolverine while walking shirtless[116]
- Newton N. Minow, chairman of Federal Communications Commission[117]
- Robert J. Modrzejewski, Medal of Honor recipient[118]
- David Mogilka, lawyer and politician
- Jake Moreland, NFL player; assistant coach with Western Michigan Broncos football team[119]
- Andrew "The Butcher" Mrotek, drummer for rock band The Academy Is...
- Aloisius Joseph Muench, Roman Catholic cardinal
- Joseph C. Murphy, Michigan state representative
- Robert Daniel Murphy, U.S. diplomat[120]
- Rose Namajunas, mixed martial artist
- Alfredo Narciso, actor
- Clem Neacy, NFL player[121]
- Kurt Neumann, singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the BoDeans
- Kurt Nimphius, NBA player[122]
- Charles Niss, Wisconsin state legislator and businessman[123]
- Haskell Noyes, conservationist
- Pat O'Brien, actor with over 100 screen credits
- Elli Ochowicz, Olympic athlete[124]
- Robert Emmett O'Connor, actor
- Tad J. Oelstrom, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
- Nancy Olson, actress
- Chuck Ortmann, NFL player[125]
- Oscar Osthoff, Olympic gold medalist; head coach of Washington State football team[126]
- Nik Pace, first runner-up of America's Next Top Model, cycle 5
- Raymond A. Palmer, editor and author
- Frank Parker, International Tennis Hall of Fame member; won both the French and U.S. Championships
- Les Paul, jazz guitarist, inventor, pioneer in development of solid-body electric guitar (Waukesha)
- Don Pavletich, MLB player[127]
- Cheryl Pawelski, record producer (Omnivore Recordings)
- Jim Peck, host of game shows The Big Showdown and Three's a Crowd; local history show I Remember Milwaukee
- Pat Peppler, NFL head coach
- Anthony Pettis, mixed martial artist signed with UFC
- Vel Phillips, politician, jurist and activist
- Amy Pietz, actress, known for role as Annie Spadaro in sitcom Caroline in the City
- Robert B. Pinter, biomedical engineer
- Paul Poberezny, founder of Experimental Aircraft Association and member of National Aviation Hall of Fame
- Milton Rice Polland, Marshall Islands diplomat
- Glen Pommerening, Wisconsin legislator
- Terry Porter, NBA player and head coach of Milwaukee Bucks
- Karl Priebe, artist
- Gene Puerling, singer
- Charlotte Rae (Lubotsky), TV/stage actress and singer; acted in Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life
- Ellen Raskin, author, illustrator, and fashion designer; recipient of Newbery Medal[128]
- Scottie Ray, actor
- Joel Rechlicz, NHL player
- Marshall Reckard, mechanic and politician[129]
- Louise Goff Reece, U.S. Representative from Tennessee[130]
- William Rehnquist, former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Shorewood)
- John E. Reilly Jr., Wisconsin legislator and judge[131]
- Paul Samuel Reinsch, U.S. diplomat
- Henry S. Reuss, U.S. Representative
- John Ridley, author, television and movie producer
- Brad Rigby, MLB player[132]
- Stuart Rindy, NFL player[133]
- Jim Risch, U.S. Senator from Idaho[134]
- Nick Roach, NFL player[135]
- Fritz Roeseler, NFL player[136]
- Brad Rowe, actor
- Loret Miller Ruppe, U.S. diplomat
- Margaret A. Rykowski, U.S. Navy admiral
- Herbert J. Ryser, mathematician, Bruck-Chowla-Ryser theorem and Ryser formula are named for him
- Ben L. Salomon, Medal of Honor recipient[137]
- John Scardina, NFL player[138]
- Christopher Scarver, convicted murderer who killed Jeffrey Dahmer
- John C. Schafer, U.S. Representative
- Arlie Schardt, Olympic gold medalist[139]
- Bob Scherbarth, MLB player[140]
- Richard Schickel, author, film critic, and filmmaker[141]
- Augustine Francis Schinner, first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Superior
- Charles Asa Schleck, Roman Catholic bishop
- Herman Alfred Schmid, U.S. Air Force general
- Charles C. Schmidt, Wisconsin state legislator
- John G. Schmitz, U.S. Representative from California
- Frank Schneiberg, MLB player[142]
- Roy Schoemann, NFL player
- Otto Schomberg, professional baseball player
- Paul Schramka, MLB player
- Charles M. Schrimpf, Wisconsin State Representative
- Michael Schultz, filmmaker and television director[143]
- Mark J. Seitz, Roman Catholic bishop
- Bud Selig, MLB commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers
- Paul Shenar, actor
- Paul Sicula, Wisconsin State Representative
- Cornelius Sidler, Wisconsin State Representative
- John Otto Siegel, Medal of Honor recipient
- Lance Sijan, first USAFA graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor
- Carl Silvestri, NFL player[144]
- Al Simmons, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
- Herbert A. Simon, Nobel laureate and Turing Award winner for work in artificial intelligence, cognition, and decision-making
- John Sisk Jr., NFL player[145]
- Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada
- Leland Sklar, bass player
- Fred R. Sloan, U.S. Air National Guard Major General
- Dave Smith, professional football player[146]
- Dick Smith, software engineer and computer consultant
- Tom Snyder, talk show host of The Tomorrow Show and The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
- Samuel W. Soule, co-inventor of first practical typewriter, with Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden
- Speech (Todd Thomas), musician, lead singer of Arrested Development
- Latrell Sprewell, four-time All-Star professional basketball player
- Clement Stachowiak, Wisconsin State Representative[147]
- Drew Stafford, NHL player[148]
- Kenneth M. Stampp, professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley
- Howard Stark, NFL player
- Pete Stark, U.S. Representative from California
- Jerome Steever, Olympic medalist[149]
- Henry J. Stehling, U.S. Air Force general
- Christian Steinmetz, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[150]
- Erich C. Stern, Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer
- Bill Stetz, NFL player[151]
- Brooks Stevens, automotive and industrial designer who developed the concept of planned obsolescence
- Lester Stevens, Olympic athlete[152]
- Anne Steytler, activist and feminist who co-founded the Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, one of the first six domestic violence response and prevention centers in the United States[153]
- Philip Stieg, neurosurgeon
- Joseph Stika, U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral
- Herbert Stothart, film composer, member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame[154]
- Peter Straub, fiction writer and poet; best known as a horror-genre author
- Daryl Stuermer, lead guitarist for Phil Collins, guitar and bass for Genesis
- Johnny Strzykalski, NFL player
- Timothy S. Sullivan, U.S. Coast Guard admiral
- Jayapataka Swami, religious leader for International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- George Talsky, businessman and politician
- Jack Taschner, MLB player[155]
- Todd Temkin, contemporary poet and cultural activist
- Clinton Textor, Wisconsin State Representative
- Reinhold Thiessenhusen, Wisconsin State Representative
- Fred Thomas, MLB player[156]
- Arthur Thrall, artist
- Matthew Tonner, musician and music producer of The 502s
- Spencer Tracy, actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967
- Clement A. Trott, U.S. Army Major General
- Dan Turk, NFL player
- Alfred Tweedy, Connecticut state senator
- Aaron Twerski (born 1939), lawyer and the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, as well as a former Dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law
- Judy Tyler (Judith Mae Hess), actress, starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock
- Bob Uecker, MLB player, actor, and Hall of Fame sportscaster
- Neal Ulevich, photographer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize
- James Valcq, composer
- Hoyt Vandenberg, General, U.S. Air Force
- Nick Viall, contestant on The Bachelor
- Paul Wagner, MLB player
- Steve Wagner, NFL player
- Lutz Wahl, U.S. Army Major General; Adjutant General of U.S. Army
- James W. Wahner, educator and Wisconsin State Representative
- Herman V. Wall, photographer
- John A. Wall, lawyer and Wisconsin State Representative
- Norm Wallen, MLB player
- Neale Donald Walsch, best-selling author of Conversations With God
- Jim Waskiewicz, NFL player[157]
- Bruce Weber, head coach of University of Illinois men's basketball team
- Bill Weir, television journalist, co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America Weekend Edition
- Norman Wengert, political scientist
- Gary George Wetzel, Medal of Honor recipient
- Joel Whitburn, American author and music historian
- Jane Wiedlin, guitarist, vocalist, most notably for The Go-Go's
- Ken Wiesner, Olympic medalist[158]
- John Wilde, painter[159]
- Gene Wilder, actor known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and collaborations with Mel Brooks, married Gilda Radner
- Robert Wilke, Air Force Cross recipient[160]
- Mike Wilks, NBA player[161]
- Red Wilson, MLB player[162]
- Elmer Winter (1912–2009), founder of Manpower Inc.[163]
- Edward Wollert, Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient[164]
- Whitey Wolter, NFL player[165]
- Neil Worden, NFL player[166]
- Sylvia Wronski, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (Milwaukee Chicks)
- Frank Albert Young, Medal of Honor recipient[167]
- Clement J. Zablocki, U.S. Representative
- Ozias M. Zander, architect
- Frank P. Zeidler, ex-mayor of Milwaukee, Socialist Party USA leader
- Will Zens, filmmaker
- Nicholas S. Zeppos, chancellor of Vanderbilt University
- Steve Ziem, MLB player[168]
- Chip Zien, actor[169]
- Ray Zillmer, attorney, mountaineer, and conservationist
- John A. Zoller, Wisconsin legislator
- Charlotte Zucker, actress, mother of David and Jerry Zucker
- David Zucker, film director, Airplane! and Top Secret!
- Jerry Zucker, film director, Airplane! and Top Secret!
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