List of people from Green Bay, Wisconsin
The following notable people are or have been associated with Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Politics[]
- W. J. Abrams – Wisconsin State Senator, Mayor of Green Bay[1]
- David Agry – jurist and legislator[2]
- Charles C. P. Arndt – Wisconsin Territorial Legislator
- John Penn Arndt – Wisconsin Territorial legislator
- William H. Bartran – Wisconsin State Representative and physician
- Robert C. Bassett – U.S. Presidential advisor
- John W. Byrnes – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- James R. Charneski – Wisconsin State Representative
- Ebenezer Childs – Wisconsin Territorial legislator
- Paul F. Clark – Nebraska State Representative
- Adolph A. Deering – Wisconsin State Representative[3]
- Thomas A. Delaney – Wisconsin State Representative
- Jacob Dietrich – Wisconsin State Representative
- Gary T. Dilweg – Wisconsin State Representative
- Charles Doty – surveyor, military officer, Wisconsin State Assembly
- James Duane Doty – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- W.F. Doyle – Michigan State Senator
- Albert Gallatin Ellis – Michigan and Wisconsin Territorial legislator
- William Finnegan – Wisconsin State Representative
- Albert Gall – Indiana State Treasurer and businessman
- Mark Green – U.S. Representative
- John A. Gronouski – U.S. Postmaster General
- Rosemary Hinkfuss – Wisconsin State Representative
- William E. Hoehle – Wisconsin State Representative
- John S. Horner – Governor of Michigan Territory
- Timothy O. Howe – U.S. Postmaster General
- Thomas R. Hudd – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- James F. Hughes – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- Alexander J. Irwin – Wisconsin Territorial Legislator and businessman
- Robert Irwin Jr. – Michigan Territorial Legislator and businessman
- Joshua L. Johns – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- Jay W. Johnson – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, Director of the U.S. Mint
- Fred F. Kaftan – Wisconsin State Senator
- David M. Kelly – Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senator
- Carol Kelso – Wisconsin State Representative
- Gaines A. Knapp – Wisconsin State Representative
- Thomas F. Konop – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- Gustav Kustermann – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- Harvey Larsen – Wisconsin State Representative
- Barbara Lawton – Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Joseph F. Loy – Wisconsin State Senator
- John Macco – Wisconsin State Representative
- Stephen Mack Jr. – adventurer, founder of Rockton, Illinois
- Harold C. Malchow – Wisconsin State Representative
- John E. Martin – Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Joseph Martin – Wisconsin State representative
- Walter Melchior – Wisconsin State Representative
- Bernard N. Moran – Wisconsin State Senator
- James T. Oliver – Wisconsin State Representative
- Ben Overton – Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- John W. Reynolds Jr. – Governor of Wisconsin
- Samuel Ryan Jr. – Wisconsin State Representative
- John Joseph Ryba – Wisconsin State Representative
- Parlan Semple – Wisconsin State Representative
- Jerome Van Sistine – Wisconsin State Senator
- Eric Genrich – Wisconsin State Representative, Mayor of Green Bay
Military[]
- Steven E. Day – U.S. Coast Guard admiral
- Admiral James H. Flatley – World War II naval aviator
- Lawrence J. Fleming – U.S. Air Force Major General
- George Clay Ginty – Union Army general
- William Emery Merrill – military engineer
- Dennis Murphy – Medal of Honor recipient
- Austin Straubel – World War II army aviator
- James R. Van Den Elzen – U.S. Marine Corps general
Religion[]
- Claude-Jean Allouez – Jesuit missionary
- Anton Anderledy – Superior General of the Society of Jesus
- Frank Joseph Dewane – American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Adam Maida – Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
- Beth Moore – evangelical
- Otto Tank and the Tank family
Sports[]
- Nate Abrams – NFL player
- John Anderson – ESPN Sportscenter anchor, attended Southwest High School
- Ken Anderson – professional wrestler known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE and Mr. Anderson in TNA
- Mason Appleton – ice hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets
- Wayland Becker – NFL player
- Tony Bennett – University of Virginia men's basketball coach and former NBA player for Charlotte Hornets, attended Preble High School
- Jason Berken – MLB player
- Dan Buenning – guard for NFL Chicago Bears, attended Bay Port High School
- Art Bultman – NFL player for Brooklyn Dodgers and the Green Bay Packers
- George Whitney Calhoun – co-founder of Green Bay Packers
- Dick Campbell – NFL player
- Raymond Joseph Cannon – U.S. Representative, MLB player, attorney for Jack Dempsey and accused players of Black Sox Scandal
- Sandy Cohen – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- James Cook – NFL player
- Jim Crowley – one-fourth of University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield
- Jerry Daanen – NFL player
- Darroll DeLaPorte – NFL player
- Jay DeMerit – soccer player, English Premier League and Major League Soccer, 2010 World Cup team, attended Bay Port High School
- Dutch Dwyer – NFL player
- Riggie Dwyer – NFL player
- Jim Flanigan – NFL player for Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, and Philadelphia Eagles
- Ted Fritsch – NFL player
- Ted Fritsch Jr. – NFL player
- Rebecca Giddens – world champion canoer, Olympic medalist
- Scott Hansen – NASCAR driver
- Roger Harring – football coach, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
- Arnie Herber – NFL player for Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Jim Hobbins – NFL player
- Alec Ingold – NFL player for the Las Vegas Raiders
- Fee Klaus – professional football player
- Greg Knafelc – NFL player
- Tod Kowalczyk – head coach of University of Toledo men's basketball team
- Bob Kroll – NFL player
- Gary Kroner – professional football player
- Curly Lambeau – founder, player, and first coach of Green Bay Packers
- Wes Leaper – NFL player
- Jim Magnuson – MLB player
- Charlie Mathys – NFL player for Hammond Pros and Green Bay Packers
- Terrie Miller – Olympic athlete
- Dennis Murphy – Medal of Honor recipient
- Brian Noble – NFL player
- Drew Nowak – NFL player
- Dominic Olejniczak – Mayor of Green Bay, president and chairman of Green Bay Packers
- Robert J. Parins – Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and president of the Green Bay Packers
- Joe Perrault – Olympic athlete
- Joe Proski – NBA head trainer for the Phoenix Suns and member of the team's Ring of Honor
- Ken Radick – NFL player for Green Bay Packers and Brooklyn Dodgers
- Dick Rehbein – NFL assistant coach
- Chester J. Roberts – head coach of the Miami RedHawks football and men's basketball teams
- Chuck Sample – NFL player
- Mary Sauer – pole vaulter
- Max Scharping – NFL player
- Joe Secord – NFL player
- Lauren Sesselmann – professional soccer player
- Walter Wellesley Smith (1905–1982) – Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
- Aaron Stecker – NFL player, attended Ashwaubenon High School
- Horst Stemke – Olympic athlete
- Kevin Stemke – NFL player
- Jerry Tagge – NFL player
- Ron Vander Kelen – MVP of 1963 Rose Bowl and NFL player
- Brad Voyles – MLB player
- Cowboy Wheeler – NFL player
- Charlie Whitehurst – NFL player
- Bob Wickman – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Paul Wilmet – MLB player
- Eliot Wolf – NFL executive
- Vince Workman – NFL player
- Dick Zoll – NFL player for Cleveland Rams and Green Bay Packers
Literature, music, arts[]
- Karen Borca – musician
- Eric Bray – record producer
- Paul Gigot – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Richard Gilliam – fantasy author and editor
- Thom Hazaert – record producer, journalist, radio personality, film producer/director. Publicly credited with saving Slipknot/Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor's life.
- Joel Hodgson – creator and star of TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000, graduated from Ashwaubenon High School in 1978
- Alonzo Myron Kimball – portrait painter and illustrator
- Jim Knipfel – author
- Norbert Kox – painter and writer
- Jeff Kurtenacker – composer
- Doug Larson – newspaper columnist
- Rusty Lemorande – film director, writer, producer and actor
- Pat MacDonald – songwriter and singer in Timbuk3
- Kevin MacLeod – musician and composer
- Leo Ornstein – composer, pianist, finished his life in Green Bay
- Dave Pirner – lead singer of Soul Asylum
- Devon Rodriguez – dancer
- Tony Shalhoub – actor, star of films, stage and TV series Monk and Wings, attended Green Bay East High School
- 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
- Red Smith – Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter
- 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)
- Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862–1934) – Pennsylvania Dutch poet
Inventors, business leaders[]
- Leo Frigo – civic and philanthropic leader
- John J. Gilman – educator and inventor
- Augustin Grignon – fur trader and businessman
- – CEO, Taco Bell[4]
- Alfred Lawson – credited as inventor of the airliner
- James Mulva – former chairman, president and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips
- Staci Simonich – scientist
- Daniel Whitney – businessman and pioneer
References[]
- ^ "W. J. Abrams (1829-1900)". City of Green Bay. Archived from the original on 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ^ Martin, Deborah Beaumont (1913). History of Brown County, Wisconsin: Past and Present, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 270.
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- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1960, Biographical Sketch of A.A. Deering, pg. 32
- ^ Bodilly, Sue (30 July 2019). "Yum Brands' new Taco Bell CEO is former Adidas executive Mark King". Inside UW-Green Bay News. University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
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