List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people
This is a list of notable people who attended, or taught at, the University of Wisconsin–Madison:
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Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
- John Bardeen, B.S. 1928 and M.S. 1929, only two-time recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972
- Saul Bellow, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976
- Günter Blobel, Ph.D. 1967, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1999
- Paul D. Boyer, M.S. 1941, Ph.D. 1943, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997
- Herbert Spencer Gasser, A.B. 1910, A.M. 1911, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944
- Alan G. MacDiarmid, M.S. 1952, Ph.D. 1953, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000
- Stanford Moore, Ph.D. 1938, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972
- Erwin Neher, M.S. 1967, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991
- Theodore Schultz, M.S. 1928, Ph.D. 1930, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia (2006–present)), recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 {mistake: did not attend UW-Madison}
- Edward Lawrie Tatum, B.A. 1931, M.S. 1932, Ph.D. 1935, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958
- John H. Van Vleck, A.B. 1920, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977
Athletics
Academics
Robert Green McCloskey B.A. English 1940 Ph.D. Harvard University Professor of Government and Jonathan Trumbull Chair in History, Harvard University lived 1916-1969 Citations: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1969/8/8/robert-g-mccloskey-1916-1969-pbhbollywood-itimei/ Also books by author: The American Supreme Court 1960 University of Chicago Press
Arts and entertainment
- A–M
- Don Ameche, Academy Award-winning actor
- Joseph Anthony, playwright, actor, and director
- William Bast, screenwriter
- Gary Beecham, glass artist
- James Benning (film director)
- Andrew Bergman, film writer, director, and producer
- Rick Berman, television/movie producer
- Chester Biscardi, composer
- Keith D. Black, screenwriter
- Jerry Bock, composer
- Karen Borca, musician
- Kate Borcherding, artist
- Pat Brady, cartoonist, creator of Rose Is Rose
- Tamara Braun, actress
- Marshall Brickman, screenwriter
- Oscar Brown, musician
- Johnny Burke, American lyricist[1]
- Macdonald Carey, actor
- Gina Cerminara, author
- Jeff Cesario, comedian and writer
- Ann Fox Chandonnet, poet
- Alison Chernick, filmmaker
- Dale Chihuly, glass artist
- Robert Clarke, actor
- Alf Clausen, film composer
- Hunter Cole, artist
- Carrie Coon, actress
- Joan Cusack, actress
- Rich Dahm, co-executive producer and head writer of The Colbert Report
- Richard Dauenhauer, poet
- Richard Davis, jazz-bassist, recording artist, professor/educator at University of Wisconsin-Madison
- André DeShields, Emmy Award-winning actor/singer/dancer/choreographer
- Chip Dunham, cartoonist
- Lois Ehlert, illustrator, Caldecott Medal recipient
- Dean Elliott, film composer
- David Fishelson, Broadway producer, playwright, filmmaker
- Joe Feddersen, artist
- Honor Ford-Smith, actress
- Jason Gerhardt, actor
- Glenn Gissler, interior designer
- Jill Godmilow, filmmaker
- Roger Goeb, composer
- Bert I. Gordon, film director
- Evan Gruzis, painter
- MK Guth, artist
- Daron Hagen, composer, conductor, pianist
- Uta Hagen, actress, recipient of the National Medal of Arts
- Charlie Hill, television writer
- Tom Hall, game designer
- Anna Halprin, pioneer of postmodern dance
- Timothy Hasenstein, painter and sculptor
- Sorrel Hays, pianist
- Sam Herman, glass artist
- F. Scott Hess, painter and conceptual artist
- Lee Hoiby, composer
- Gwendolyn Holbrow, sculptor
- Anders Holm, actor/writer/producer for Workaholics
- Lawrence Holofcener, sculptor
- Adam Horowitz, television writer
- Zola Jesus (a.k.a. Nika Roza Danilova), singer/songwriter
- Hisonni Johnson, actor
- Jane Kaczmarek, actress
- Irene Kampen, author
- Ben Karlin, Emmy Award-winning television producer
- Catherine Ransom Karoly, flutist
- Craig A. Kraft, sculptor
- Karl Kroeger, composer
- Myron W. Krueger, computer artist
- Kay Kurt, painter
- Rocco Landesman, producer
- Steven Levitan, television writer, director, and producer
- Marvin Lipofsky, glass artist
- Joseph Lulloff, musician
- C. Cameron Macauley, photographer
- Michael Mann, movie director/producer
- Fredric March, actor
- Steve Marmel, comedian/writer Fairly Odd Parents
- Pat McCurdy, singer-songwriter
- John O. Merrill, architect
- Steve Miller, musician
- Kui Min (pianist)
- Walter Mirisch, Academy Award-winning film producer
- Paul Monash, former screenwriter and producer
- Jemeel Moondoc, musician
- Agnes Moorehead, actress
- Errol Morris, Academy Award-winning director
- Kevin Murphy writer, actor, and puppeteer for Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Michael Derrington Murphy, chemist and musician
- N–Z
- Floyd Naramore, architect
- Bruce Nauman, glass artist
- Ken Navarro, jazz guitarist
- Aaron Ohlmann, editor, producer, and documentarian
- Tricia O'Kelley, actress
- Lance Olsen, writer and author
- Irna Phillips, actress; soap opera writer and script editor
- Meinhardt Raabe, Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz
- Nathan Rabin, film critic
- Som Ranchan, poet
- Rosetta Reitz, jazz historian
- Mark Rosenberg, film producer
- Tom Rosenberg, Academy Award-winning film producer
- Brad Rowe, actor
- Gena Rowlands, actress
- Boz Scaggs (Wm. Royce Scaggs), musician
- Ira Schneider, video artist
- Jana Schneider, actress and journalist
- Jon Schueler, artist
- Michael Schultz, filmmaker and television director
- Delmore Schwartz, poet
- Seann William Scott, actor
- Barolong Seboni, poet
- Brittany Shane, singer and songwriter
- Tom Shannon (artist)
- Ben Sidran, jazz pianist
- Tormod Skagestad, director of Det Norske Teatret
- Bently Spang, multidisciplinary artist[2]
- Lev L. Spiro, television director
- Brian Stack, Emmy Award-winning writer and comic
- Josh Stamberg, actor
- Leon C. Standifer, horticulturist, novelist, and writer
- Richard Steven Street, photographer
- Robert Stone (director)
- Herbert Stothart, film composer
- Sun Yu, film director
- David Susskind, producer of film and television
- John Szarkowski, curator and photographer
- Daniel J. Travanti, Emmy Award-winning actor
- Charlie Trotter, chef/PBS host
- Neal Ulevich, photographer
- James Valcq, composer
- Michael Velliquette, artist
- Butch Vig, musician, Garbage
- Eric Villency, interior designer
- William Walton, painter, government official
- Marc Webb, film, television, and music video director
- Matt White, singer-songwriter
- Nancy Metz White, sculptor
- John Wilde, painter
- Allee Willis, songwriter
- Tom Wopat, actor/musician
- Holly Wortell, actress
- Frank Lloyd Wright (attended), architect
- Frank Wu, science-fiction artist
- Jorge Zamacona, television writer and producer
- Marilyn J Ziffrin, composer
- David Zucker, movie director/producer
- Jerry Zucker, movie director/producer
Aviators and astronauts
- Laurel Clark, astronaut
- Roger G. DeKok, astronaut
- Walter Edwin Lees, aviator
- Charles Lindbergh, aviator (did not graduate)
- Nathan J. Lindsay, astronaut[3]
- Jim Lovell, astronaut, Apollo 13 mission
- Robert Campbell Reeve, founder of Reeve Aleutian Airways
- Richard V. Rhode, aeronautical engineer, NACA and NASA; awarded Wright Brothers Medal in 1937
- Brewster Shaw, astronaut, former director, Space Shuttle Operations, NASA
Business
- Carol Bartz, former CEO of Yahoo!, former chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Autodesk, Inc..
- Randall Boe, general counsel for AOL
- Jerome Chazen, co-founder of Liz Claiborne
- Chow Chung-Kong, CEO of MTR Corporation
- M. J. Cleary, insurance executive
- Michael J. Critelli, executive chairman of Pitney Bowes
- William H. Davidson, former President of Harley-Davidson
- Willie G. Davidson, former Vice President, Harley-Davidson
- Thomas J. Falk, CEO of Kimberly Clark
- Donald Goerke, Campbell Soup Company executive, inventor of SpaghettiOs
- William S. Harley, founder of Harley-Davidson
- Charles Walter Hart, founder of Hart-Parr Gasoline Engine Company, coined the word "tractor"
- Harvey V. Higley, president of Ansul
- David J. Lesar chairman, president and CEO of Halliburton Energy Services
- Larry McVoy, CEO, Bitmover
- Kevin Mather, baseball executive[4]
- John P. Morgridge, chairman of the board, former president and CEO of Cisco Systems, philanthropist
- William Beverly Murphy, former president and CEO Campbell Soup Company
- Keith Nosbusch, CEO, Rockwell Automation
- Richard Notebaert, former chairman and CEO of Qwest, Tellabs and Ameritech
- Daniel J. Piette, director of Petroleum Geo-Services, president and CEO of OpenSpirit Corporation
- Lee R. Raymond, former chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil
- Philip D. Reed, former president of GE
- Stephen S. Roach, economist with Morgan Stanley
- John Rowe (CEO) Exelon
- Kenneth L. Schroeder, CEO, KLA-Tencor
- Deven Sharma, president of Standard and Poor's
- Reuben Trane, president of Trane
- Patrick Waddick, president and COO of Cirrus Aircraft Corporation[5]
- Peter Booth Wiley, publisher
- Elmer Winter (1912–2009), founder of Manpower Inc.[6]
- Lewis Wolff, real estate developer and owner of the Oakland Athletics and San Jose Earthquakes
- Zhu Yunlai, CEO of China International Capital Corp
- Jane Trahey, advertiser
Literature
- Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet
- Nuala Archer, poet
- Lynne Cheney, author, writer, and former Second Lady of the United States
- Donald Clarke, author on music
- Eleanor Clymer, children's author
- Betsy Colquitt, poet
- Jane Cooper, poet
- Richard Dauenhauer, poet
- August Derleth, writer, editor, anthologist of H. P. Lovecraft, and founder of Arkham House publishing
- Esther Forbes, author and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Genevieve Foster, author
- Zona Gale, author and playwright
- Robert Greene
- Sam Greenlee, author
- Horace Gregory, poet
- Frederick Gutheim, author
- Emily Hahn, author
- Lorraine Hansberry, author and playwright
- Eva Lund Haugen, author
- Michael Heiser, author and Biblical scholar
- David Henige, author
- Kevin Henkes, children's author
- Conrad Hilberry, poet
- Hjalmar Holand, author and historian[7]
- bell hooks, author, writer, and activist
- Carolyn Hougan, writer
- Jim Hougan, writer
- Jens Joneleit, composer
- Lesley Kagen, author
- Jay Kennedy, editor-in-chief of King Features Syndicate
- Herbert Kubly, author and playwright
- Margery Latimer, author and writer
- Ann Lauterbach, poet
- Gordon MacQuarrie, author, writer, and outdoorsman
- Lotte Motz, scholar of German mythology
- Joyce Carol Oates, National Book Award-winning author and professor at Princeton University
- Ed Ochester, poet
- Lance Olsen, author and writer
- Sigurd F. Olson, author and naturalist
- Alicia Ostriker, poet
- Kenneth Patchen, poet
- Gerald Peary, film critic
- Robert Peters, poet, playwright, critic, and professor
- Richard Quinney, author
- Som Ranchan, scholar and author
- Ellen Raskin, author
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author[8]
- David Salo, linguist
- Sofia Samatar, professor, editor and writer
- Mark Schorer, writer, critic, and professor
- Delmore Schwartz, poet and writer
- Barolong Seboni, poet
- Clifford D. Simak, science fiction author
- Tormod Skagestad, poet
- Raymond J. Smith, literary critic
- John Snead, writer and role player
- Midori Snyder, writer and author
- David Stephenson, poet
- Peter Straub, author, recipient of the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award[9]
- Terry Tarnoff, writer and author
- Mark Tatge, journalist
- Steve Tittle, Canadian composer
- Danielle Trussoni, writer from La Crosse
- Francis Utley, folklorist and linguist
- James Valcq, composer and writer
- Stanley G. Weinbaum, science fiction author
- Jody Weiner, novelist, author, film producer
- Patricia Wells, author
- Eudora Welty, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist[8]
- Viola S. Wendt, poet
- E.J. Westlake, playwright
- Frank Wu, science fiction artist
- Mark Wunderlich, poet
- Marya Zaturenska, poet
News, journalism, and broadcasting
- Roy Adams, Canadian journalist
- Mary Agria, journalist/author
- Lynsey Addario, photojournalist
- Irene Osgood Andrews, former labor journalist
- Jim Armstrong, sports writer, The Denver Post
- Robert L. Bartley, former editor, Wall Street Journal
- Ira Basen, producer, CBC Radio
- Lowell Bergman, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[8]
- Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.
- Walt Bogdanich, editor, New York Times
- Nathan Brackett, senior editor Rolling Stone magazine.
- Rita Braver, national reporter, CBS News
- William Broad, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.
- Jane Brody, columnist, New York Times
- Peter Brunette, film critic (Hollywood Reporter) and film historian.
- Chris Bury, correspondent, Nightline[10]
- Erik Bye, Norwegian journalist
- Tim Cahill, adventure travel writer, founding editor of Outside magazine
- Susan Carpenter, journalist and author
- Ethan Casey, journalist
- John Darnton, journalist
- Nancy Dickerson, journalist
- Doris Dungey, former blogger
- Michael Feldman, host of Public Radio’s Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?
- Bob Franken, correspondent, CNN[11]
- Elina Fuhrman, journalist
- Jeff Greenfield, senior political correspondent, CBS
- Ruth Gruber, author and journalist
- Usha Haley, business journalist
- Paul Ingrassia, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[8]
- Don L. Johnson, journalist and author
- Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[8]
- Ben Karlin, creator and former executive producer, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
- Andy Katz, college basketball writer, ESPN
- Jay Kennedy, journalist and writer
- Louis P. Lochner, journalist
- David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[8]
- Patricia McConnell, co-host of Public Radio's Calling All Pets
- Robert D. McFadden, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[8]
- Karl E. Meyer, journalist for The New York Times and editor of World Policy Journal
- Michael Meyer (travel writer), journalist
- Edwin Newman, former NBC news correspondent
- Arthur C. Nielsen Sr., founder of AC Nielsen (TV ratings and market research)
- Michele Norris, journalist at National Public Radio
- Miriam Ottenberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[12]
- Danny Peary, film critic
- Gerald Peary, film critic
- Nathan Rabin, film critic
- Gil Reavill, journalist and screen writer
- Dan Ronan, former correspondent, CNN
- Chris Rose (journalist)
- Phil Rosenthal, columnist, Chicago Tribune
- Susanne Rust, journalist
- Joe Schoenmann, journalist, author
- Joseph Sexton, journalist and reporter with the New York Times
- Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[8]
- William P. Steven, editor and newspaper executive,Tulsa Tribune, Minneapolis Tribune, Houston Chronicle
- Algie Martin Simons, journalist
- Tom Skilling, chief meteorologist, WGN-TV
- William P. Steven, journalist
- James Suckling, wine and cigar critic
- Nilofar Suhrawardy, journalist
- Christopher Tennant, magazine editor
- Mildred Ladner Thompson, former journalist
- Stephen Thompson, NPR music producer
- Steve True, Emmy Award-winning sportscaster
- Dave Umhoefer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist,
- David C. Unger, journalist, New York Times
- Greta Van Susteren, broadcaster and news analyst, Fox News Channel
- Tom Vanden Brook, journalist with USA Today
- Kenneth Vogel, journalist with Politico
- Joan Walsh, blogger
- Mary Williams Walsh, journalist
- James Wieghart, journalist
- Conrad Worrill, broadcaster
Law and politics
- A–G
- Shirley Abrahamson, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court[13]
- Henry Cullen Adams, U.S. Representative[14]
- Ronald E. Albers, California judge[15]
- Anita Alpern, former IRS commissioner[16]
- Arthur J. Altmeyer, former Commissioner of Social Security[17]
- Thomas Ryum Amlie, U.S. Representative[18]
- Rasmus B. Anderson, U.S. diplomat[19]
- Iajuddin Ahmed, former President of Bangladesh[20]
- Wilson Ndolo Ayah, former Foreign Minister, Kenya
- William Bablitch, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[21]
- Sergio Balanzino, Italian diplomat[22]
- Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator[23]
- Hiram Barber, Jr., U.S. Representative from Illinois[24]
- Peter W. Barca, U.S. Representative[25]
- Charles V. Bardeen, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[26]
- Elmer E. Barlow, justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[27]
- Robert Barnett (lawyer), attorney[28]
- Tom Barrett, former U.S. Representative, mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin[29]
- Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative[30]
- Robert McKee Bashford, former Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin and former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[31]
- Robert C. Bassett, U.S. Presidential advisor[32]
- Susan J. M. Bauman, former Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
- Joseph D. Beck, former United States Representative[33]
- Bruce F. Beilfuss, former Chief Justice of Wisconsin[34]
- Ernst Benda, Minister of the Interior of Germany and President the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
- Helen Ginger Berrigan, federal judge[35]
- Mario Ramón Beteta, former Secretary of Finance, Mexico
- Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia[36]
- George W. Blanchard, U.S. Representative[37]
- George L. Blum, Eau Claire County Judge
- Nils Boe, 23rd Governor of South Dakota and Judge for the United States Customs Court[38]
- Randall Boe, attorney[39]
- John W. Boehne, Jr., former United States Representative[40]
- Alexander Campbell Botkin, Lieutenant Governor of Montana[41]
- Ann Walsh Bradley, Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[42]
- J. Quinn Brisben, Socialist Party USA candidate for President of the United States and Vice-President; civil rights activist; teacher[43]
- Grover L. Broadfoot, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court[44]
- Angie Brooks, former President, United Nations General Assembly[45]
- Timothy Brown, former Chief Justice of Wisconsin[46]
- Webster E. Brown, U.S. Representative[47]
- Edward E. Browne, U.S. Representative[48]
- Andrew A. Bruce, former Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court[49]
- George Bunn, diplomat[50]
- George Bunn, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court[51]
- John R. Burke, U.S. diplomat[52]
- Michael E. Burke, U.S. Representative[53]
- Elizabeth Burmaster, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin[54]
- Louis B. Butler, federal judicial nominee, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[55]
- Walter Halben Butler, former United States Representative[56]
- John W. Byrnes, U.S. Representative[57]
- William G. Callow, Wisconsin Supreme Court[58]
- John Campbell (diplomat)[59]
- Milton Robert Carr, U.S. Representative from Michigan[60]
- Patrick G. Carrick, Member of the Senior Executive Service[61]
- Sheri Polster Chappell, federal judge
- Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States (attended UW as doctoral student; received M.A. degree but did not continue)[62]
- Dave Cieslewicz, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin[63]
- Moses E. Clapp, U.S. Senator from Minnesota[64]
- Kathryn F. Clarenbach, first Chairperson of the National Organization for Women[65]
- David G. Classon, U.S. Representative[66]
- Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Cabinet of President Lyndon B. Johnson and "Father of Medicare."[67]
- William M. Conley, federal judge[68]
- Daniel Cosío Villegas, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
- Barbara B. Crabb, former federal judge[69]
- Lawrence William Cramer, former Governor, United States Virgin Islands
- Charles H. Crownhart, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[70]* Dr. Jon Cruddas, British Member of Parliament. He was a visiting Fellow (1987–1988)[71]
- John Cudahy, U.S. diplomat[72]
- Richard Dickson Cudahy, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals[73]
- George R. Currie, former Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court[74]
- Herman Dahle, U.S. Representative[75]
- George Jonathan Danforth, South Dakota State Senator
- Roland B. Day, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[76]
- John Paton Davies, Jr., U.S. diplomat
- Joseph E. Davies, U.S. diplomat[77]
- Glenn Robert Davis, U.S. Representative[78]
- Albert F. Dawson, former U.S. Representative[79]
- Ada Deer, Head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs[80]
- Evo Anton DeConcini, former justice, Arizona Supreme Court
- Edward Dithmar, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin[81]
- Christian Doerfler, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[82]
- Mark Doms, Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Administration[83]
- Brian Donnelly (UK diplomat)
- James Edward Doyle (judge), former judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin[84]
- James Edward "Jim" Doyle, 44th Governor of Wisconsin[85]
- Lee S. Dreyfus, 40th Governor of Wisconsin[86]
- Stan Dromisky, former member of the Canadian Parliament
- F. Ryan Duffy, former U. S. Senator and former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals[87]
- William S. Dwinnell, former Minnesota State Senator
- Lawrence Eagleburger, former U.S. Secretary of State[88]
- Donald B. Easum, former U. S. diplomat
- Herman Ekern, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin[89]
- Richard Elsner, lawyer, judge and Wisconsin state legislator[90]
- Howard Engle (1919–2009), physician and lead plaintiff in a landmark lawsuit against the tobacco industry[91]
- John J. Esch, U.S. Representative[92]
- Evan Alfred Evans, former United States Appeals Court judge[93]
- Tony Evers, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin[94]
- Thomas E. Fairchild, former United States Appeals Court judge[95]
- Sergio Fajardo, former mayor of Medellin, Colombia[96]
- Elizabeth P. Farrington, former U.S. Representative, Hawaii Territory[97]
- Joseph Rider Farrington, former U.S. Representative, Hawaii Territory[98]
- Russ Feingold, U.S. Senator[99]
- Bill Foster, U.S. Representative from Illinois[100]
- Alejandro Foxley, former Foreign Minister of Chile
- Chester A. Fowler, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[101]
- Oscar M. Fritz, former Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[102]
- Harold V. Froehlich, U.S. Representative[103]
- G. Fred Galli, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly[104]
- Edward J. Gehl, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[105]
- Bernard J. Gehrmann, U.S. Representative[106]
- Hiram Gill, former Mayor of Seattle, Washington[107]
- J. Michael Gilmore, Director of the Operational Test and Evaluation Directorate[108]
- Myron L. Gordon, former federal judge[109]
- Robert N. Gorman, former justice, Ohio Supreme Court
- Mark Green, U.S. diplomat[110]
- Stephen S. Gregory, former President, American Bar Association
- Harry W. Griswold, U.S. Representative[111]
- John A. Gronouski, United States Postmaster General[112]
- Erica Groshen, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Herbert J. Grover, educator and legislator[113]
- Kenneth Philip Grubb, former federal judge[114]
- Philip Gunawardena, former Sri Lankan revolutionary, cabinet minister, Indian freedom fighter
- Gunnar Gundersen, member of the Parliament of Norway (2005–present))[115]
- Henry Gunderson, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Steve Gunderson, U.S. Representative[116]
- H–M
Robert La Follette
- Sami Haddad, Minister of Economy and Trade, Lebanon[117]
- David Warner Hagen, former federal judge[118]
- Oscar Hallam, justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Dean of the William Mitchell College of Law[119]
- Sa'dun Hammadi, former Prime Minister of Iraq
- Don Hanaway, former Wisconsin Attorney General
- Connor Hansen, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[120]
- Doris Hanson, Wisconsin politician[121]
- Spencer Haven, former Attorney General of Wisconsin[122]
- Charles Hawks, Jr., U.S. Representative[123]
- S.I. Hayakawa, former U.S. Senator from California[124]
- Everis A. Hayes, U.S. Representative from California[125]
- Donald Hayworth, former U.S. Representative[126]
- Ned R. Healy, U.S. Representative from California[127]
- Nathan Heffernan, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[128]
- Walter Heller, Economist end presidential advisor
- Robert Kirkland Henry, U.S. Representative[129]
- Charles N. Herreid, Governor of South Dakota[130]
- Emmett R. Hicks, former Attorney General of Wisconsin[131]
- Harvey V. Higley, former administrator of Veterans Affairs
- Knute Hill, former United States Representative from the State of Washington[132]
- Jeffry House, Canadian attorney
- Henry Huber, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin[133]
- Paul O. Husting, U.S. Senator[134]
- Clifford Ireland, U.S. Representative from Illinois[135]
- Andre Jacque, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly[136]
- Edward H. Jenison, U.S. Representative from Illinois[137]
- Byron L. Johnson, U.S. Representative from Colorado[138]
- J. Leroy Johnson, former U.S. Representative[139]
- Lester Johnson, U.S. Representative[140]
- Sveinbjorn Johnson, former justice, North Dakota Supreme Court
- Burr W. Jones, U.S. Representative[141]
- Richard Jones (U.S. diplomat)[142]
- William Carey Jones, former U.S. Representative from State of Washington[143]
- Jim Jordan, U.S. Representative, Ohio, two-time NCAA wrestling champion[144]
- Pallo Jordan, former Minister of Arts and Culture, Republic of South Africa[145]
- Charles A. Kading, U.S. Representative[146]
- Steve Kagen, U.S. Representative[147]
- Philip Mayer Kaiser, U.S. diplomat
- Henry Kajura, Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
- Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative, Ohio[148]
- Robert Kastenmeier, U.S. Representative[149]
- David Keene, activist and Chairman of the American Conservative Union
- Oscar Keller, U.S. Representative from Minnesota[150]
- James C. Kerwin, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[151]
- John C. Kleczka, U.S. Representative[152]
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb, U.S. Representative from Ohio[153]
- Warren P. Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin[154]
- Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator[155]
- Scott L. Klug, U.S. Representative[156]
- Arthur W. Kopp, U.S. Representative[157]
- Carolyn H. Krause, member of the Illinois House of Representatives[158]
- Julius Albert Krug, U.S. Secretary of the Interior[159]
- Akihiko Kumashiro, member of the House of Representatives of Japan
- John La Fave, Wisconsin politician[160]
- Belle Case La Follette, women's suffragist and wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.[161]
- Bronson La Follette, former Attorney General of Wisconsin[162]
- Philip La Follette, 27th Governor of Wisconsin[163]
- Robert M. La Follette, Jr., U.S. Senator[164]
- Robert M. La Follette, Sr., 20th Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator[165]
- Jeffrey M. Lacker, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond[166]
- Richard Lamm, Governor of Colorado[167]
- John E. Lange, former United States Ambassador for Health and Pandemics[168]
- Peg Lautenschlager, former Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Charles Lavine, New York assemblyman[169]
- Barbara Lawton, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb, former U.S. Representative[170]
- Elmer O. Leatherwood, former U.S. Representative[171]
- Jon Leibowitz, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission[172]
- Nick Leluk, former member of the Canadian Parliament
- Theodore G. Lewis, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[173]
- Lien Chan, former vice-president of Taiwan and the Kuomintang.
- Thomas A. Loftus, U.S. diplomat[174]
- James B. Loken, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals[175]
- William Lorge, Wisconsin politician[176]
- Alan David Lourie, judge, United States Appeals Court[177]
- Claude Zeth Luse, former federal judge[178]
- Richard Barrett Lowe, Governor of American Samoa and Guam.
- Patrick Joseph Lucey, U.S. diplomat and Governor of Wisconsin[179]
- Dan Maes, Colorado politician
- Henry Maier, former Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin[180]
- James Manahan, former U.S. Representative[181]
- John T. Manske, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[182]
- Ben Manski, Executive Director of the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
- David W. Márquez, former Attorney General of Alaska[183]
- John E. Martin, former Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[184]
- Henry F. Mason, former justice, Kansas Supreme Court
- Alyssa Mastromonaco, presidential aide[185]
- Charles McCarthy, author of The Wisconsin Idea[186]
- Francis E. McGovern, 22nd Governor of Wisconsin[187]
- Howard J. McMurray, U.S. Representative[188]
- Alexander J. Menza, former New Jersey legislator and judge[189]
- Balthasar H. Meyer, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission[190]
- Abner Mikva, former judge, United States Appeals Court[191]
- Laura Miller, former mayor of Dallas, Texas
- Bob Mionske, attorney and former Olympic and professional bicycle racer
- William J. Morgan (Wisconsin politician), former Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Kamel Morjane, Foreign Minister of Tunisia
- Elmer A. Morse, U.S. Representative[192]
- Wayne L. Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon[193]
- Edmund C. Moy, 38th director of the U.S. mint[194]
- Dan Mozena, United States Ambassador to Angola[195]
- Reid F. Murray, U.S. Representative[196]
- Louis Westcott Myers, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court[197]
- N–S
Wiley Rutledge
- Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader. In 1998, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna
- Philleo Nash, government official, college professor[198]
- David D. Nelson, United States Ambassador to Uruguay[199]
- Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. Senator, 35th Governor of Wisconsin and founder of Earth Day[200]
- George B. Nelson, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court[201]
- John M. Nelson, U.S. Representative[202]
- Ivan A. Nestingen, former Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin[203]
- Mark Neumann, U.S. Representative[204]
- John Norquist, former Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- David Obey, U.S. Representative[205]
- Kenneth J. O'Connell, Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
- James L. O'Connor, former Wisconsin Attorney General
- Alvin O'Konski, U.S. Representative
- Tawiah Modibo Ocran, Supreme Court judge in Ghana
- Eric Oemig, Washington (state) legislator
- Conrad P. Olson, former Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
- Walter C. Owen, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Carolyn R. Payton, former Director, Peace Corps
- Russell W. Peterson, Governor of Delaware
- Richard F. Pettigrew, former United States Senator
- Joy Picus, Los Angeles, California, City Council member, 1977–91; Ms. magazine Woman of the Year
- Huang Pi-Twan, Minister for Culture, Taiwan
- Roger Pillath, retired NFL player, Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers
- Mark Pocan, United States Representative
- Jeanne Poppe, Minnesota legislator, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives[206]
- Hugh H. Price, U.S. Representative
- David Prosser, Jr., Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- John Abner Race, U.S. Representative
- David Rabinovitz, former federal judge
- Rudolph T. Randa, federal judge
- Clifford E. Randall, U.S. Representative
- Henry Riggs Rathbone, former United States Representative
- James Ward Rector, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
- Lowell A. Reed, federal judge
- Michael K. Reilly, U.S. Representative[207]
- Paul Samuel Reinsch, appointed minister to China in 1913
- Oscar Rennebohm, former Governor of Wisconsin
- John W. Reynolds, Sr., Attorney General of Wisconsin, 1927–1933
- John W. Reynolds, Jr., 36th Governor of Wisconsin[208]
- Daniel Riemer - UW law student who has just unseated an incumbent state legislator in the primary election
- Fred Risser - Wisconsin state senator and assemblyman
- Fred Risser (Progressive) - Wisconsin assemblyman
- Charles Robb, former United States Senator and former Governor of Virginia
- Julie Aberg Robison, Cary, North Carolina Councilwoman
- Julius Edward Roehr, member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1897 to 1908
- Patience Roggensack, Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Hannah Rosenthal, Executive Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
- Horace Rublee, former United States Ambassador to Switzerland
- David Sturtevant Ruder, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Wiley Rutledge, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Albert Morris Sames, former federal judge
- Arthur Loomis Sanborn, former federal judge
- David J. Saposs, former chief economist for the National Labor Relations Board
- Harry Sauthoff, U.S. Representative[209]
- Alan Schriber, Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
- Jim Sensenbrenner, U.S. Representative
- Whitney North Seymour, former President, American Bar Association
- John C. Shabaz, former federal judge
- David I. Shapiro, attorney and activist
- Helen Shiller, Chicago, Illinois Alderman
- Robert G. Siebecker, former Chief Justice of Wisconsin
- J. Minos Simon, attorney, legal author in Lafayette, Louisiana
- Stewart Simonson, Assistant Secretary of Public Health Emergency Preparedness
- Slawomir Skrzypek, former President, National Bank of Poland
- Chad "Corntassel" Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
- Daniel V. Speckhard, U.S. ambassador and diplomat
- Paul Soglin, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
- Joan E. Spero, former Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
- John Coit Spooner, U.S. Senator
- William Spriggs, Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Labor
- Janet Dempsey Steiger, Chairperson of the Postal Rate Commission and Federal Trade Commission[210]
- William A. Steiger, Congress
- Donald Steinmetz, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- E. Ray Stevens, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- William H. Stevenson, former United States Representative
- Anne K. Strasdauskas, Sheriff of Baltimore County, Maryland
- Robert C. Strong, U.S. diplomat
- Jessie Sumner, former United States Representative
- Lori Swanson, Attorney General of Minnesota
- Aleksander Szczyglo, Minister of Defense of Poland
- Elaine Szymoniak, former Iowa State Senator
- T–Z
- James Albertus Tawney, former United States Representative
- Donald Edgar Tewes, U.S. Representative
- Nahathai Thewphaingarm, former Thai Minister of Education and spokesperson of Thai Rak Thai Party
- Lewis D. Thill, U.S. Representative
- George Thompson, Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Governor of Wisconsin (1986–2001)
- Vernon W. Thomson, U.S. Representative and Governor of Wisconsin
- Fran Ulmer, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
- J.B. Van Hollen, Attorney General of Wisconsin
- William Freeman Vilas, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Postmaster General
- Aad J. Vinje, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Edward Voigt, U.S. Representative
- Thomas J. Walsh, U.S. Senator from Montana[211]
- Clement Warner - Civil war colonel and Wisconsin state legislator
- Ernest Warner - Wisconsin assemblyman
- Robert W. Warren, former federal judge
- D. Russell Wartinbee, legislator and educator
- Alexander Watson (diplomat), former U.S. diplomat
- Edward Weidenfeld, attorney
- Paul Weyrich, conservative activist and former President of the Free Congress Foundation
- John D. Wickhem, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Peter D. Wigginton, former United States Representative
- Jon P. Wilcox, Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Alexander Wiley, U.S. Senator
- Horace W. Wilkie, former Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Aaron S. Williams, Director, Peace Corps
- John B. Winslow, former Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Edwin E. Witte, Social Security advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Leonard G. Wolf, former United States Representative
- Ann Wynia, Minnesota State Representative
- Clayton K. Yeutter, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
- Rebecca Young, Wisconsin politician
- Hilbert Philip Zarky, noted attorney
- Norma Zarky, attorney
- Yeshey Zimba, former Prime Minister of Bhutan
- Roger H. Zion, former United States Representative
Military
- Frank L. Anders, Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas A. Benes, U.S. Marine Corps Major General
- Charles Ruggles Boardman, U.S. National Guard Brigadier General
- Joseph J. Brandemuehl, U.S. Air National Guard Brigadier General
- Clarence John Brown, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral
- Howard G. Bunker, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Robert Whitney Burns, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
- Chester Victor Clifton, Jr., U.S. Army Major General
- James B. Currie, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Clinton W. Davies, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Gary L. Ebben, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Samuel Fallows, Union Army Brigadier General
- Gregory A. Feest, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Richard W. Fellows, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Irving Fish, U.S. Army Major General
- James F. Flock, U.S. Marine Corps Major General
- William Frederick Hase, U.S. Army Major General
- J. Michael Hayes, U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General
- Richard W. Hunt, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral
- Harry W. Jenkins, U.S. Marine Corps Major General
- Stephen E. Johnson, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
- Donald S. Jones, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral
- Timothy M. Kennedy (general), U.S. National Guard Brigadier General
- Richard A. Knobloch, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Oscar Hugh La Grange, Union Army Brigadier General
- John David Larson, U.S. National Guard Brigadier General
- Daniel P. Leaf, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General; former Commander of United States Pacific Command
- Otto Lessing, U.S. Marine Corps Major General
- John D. Logeman, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Michael J. McCarthy, U.S. Air Force Major General
- John E. McCoy, U.S. Air National Guard Brigadier General
- Robert Bruce McCoy, U.S. National Guard Major General
- Charles C. McDonald, U.S. Air Force General
- Montgomery Meigs, U.S. Army General
- Peter George Olenchuk, U.S. Army Major General
- Jeffrey W. Oster, U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General
- Walter P. Paluch, Jr., U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- J. Gregory Pavlovich, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Francis E. Quinlan, U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General
- Russell Burton Reynolds, U.S. Army Major General
- Robley S. Rigdon, U.S. Army National Guard Brigadier General
- Carson Abel Roberts, U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General
- Walter Schindler, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral
- Robert O. Seifert, U.S. National Guard Brigadier General
- Winant Sidle, U.S. Army Major General
- Fred R. Sloan, U.S. Air National Guard Major General
- Phillips Waller Smith, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Henry J. Stehling, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Woodrow Swancutt, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Scott L. Thoele, U.S. Army National Guard Brigadier General
- Holger Toftoy, U.S. Army Major General
- Richard Tubb, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General; Physician to the President
- George V. Underwood, Jr., U.S. Army General; former Commander of Fort Bliss and Commander-in-Chief of United States Southern Command
- William J. Van Ryzin, U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General
- James M. Vande Hey, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Fred W. Vetter, Jr., U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Don S. Wenger, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Robert E. Wheeler, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Ralph Wise Zwicker, U.S. Army Major General
Religion
- Frank Joseph Dewane, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida
- W. Patrick Donlin, Supreme Advocate of the Knights of Columbus
- Michael S. Heiser, Christian author
- Ronald Myers, noted Baptist minister
- Paul J. Swain, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls
Science, technology, and engineering
Howard Aiken
- A–M
- Amy Aiken, winemaker
- Howard Aiken, computer science pioneer and recipient Edison Medal
- Loyal Blaine Aldrich, astronomer
- Ruth F. Allen, plant pathologist
- Gene Amdahl, computer scientist, Amdahl's law
- Elda Emma Anderson, physicist
- John Atanasoff, inventor of the electronic digital computer
- Chris Bangle, automobile designer, former Chief of Design for the BMW Group
- Florence Bascom (1862–1945), geologist
- Calvin Beale, demographer
- Gwen Bell, former President, The Computer Museum, Boston
- Willard Harrison Bennett, inventor and scientist
- Paul Alfred Biefeld, electrical engineer, astronomer and teacher
- Robert Byron Bird, chemical engineer, recipient of the National Medal of Science
- William Bleckwenn, neurologist and psychiatrist, instrumental in the development of the truth serum
- Joseph Colt Bloodgood, physician
- Gerard C. Bond, geologist
- Paul Brehm, neurobiologist
- Ernest J. Briskey, scientist, founder of the American Meat Science Association
- George H. Brown, inventor, television pioneer, and Edison Medal recipient
- William Bunge, geographer
- Gail Carpenter, neuroscientist and mathematician
- K. K. Chen, researcher, Eli Lilly and Company
- John Drury Clark, rocket engineer
- Emily Cobabe-Ammann, planetary scientist
- Douglas L. Coleman, biochemist
- John Thomas Curtis, botanist and ecologist, the Bray Curtis dissimilarity is partially named for him
- Donald Dafoe, surgeon
- Charles A. Doswell III, meteorologist
- Michael Dhuey, electrical and computer engineer, co-inventor of the Macintosh II and the iPod[212]
- Olin J. Eggen, astronomer
- Bruce Elmegreen, astronomer
- Howard Engle, physician
- Milton H. Erickson, psychiatrist, founder of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis [213]
- Alice Catherine Evans, microbiologist
- Helen J. Farabee, mental health advocate
- Frederick C. Finkle, geologist
- Michael J. Franklin, computer scientist
- Louis Friedman, engineer
- Michael Garey, computer scientist
- Sol Garfunkel, mathematician
- Harold Garner, biophysicist
- Meredith Gardner, linguist and codebreaker
- David H. Geiger, engineer and designer of domed stadiums
- Alwyn Howard Gentry, botanist
- Eloise Gerry, scientist with United States Forest Service
- Gerson Goldhaber, discoverer of the charmed meson, and dark energy
- Sulamith Goldhaber, physicist and spectroscopist
- Danny Goodman, computer scientist and programmer
- Morris Goodman, scientist
- Eric D. Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
- Paul Haeberli, computer programmer
- Tom Hall, game designer, co-founder of id Software[214]
- Henry Paul Hansen, palynologist
- Bruce William Hapke, planetary scientist
- Leland John Haworth, physicist and Director of the National Science Foundation
- Susan Lynn Hefle, food allergen scientist
- Ralph F. Hirschmann (1922–2009), biochemist who led synthesis of the first enzyme.[215]
- Earnest Hooton, physical anthropologist[216]
- Larry R. Johnson, President of the National Weather Association
- Richard A. Jorgensen, molecular geneticist
- Willi Kalender, inventor of spiral scan computed tomography and professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Dennis Keeney, soil scientist, first director of the Leopold Institute
- Motoo Kimura, mathematician
- Clyde Kluckhohn, anthropologist
- Elmer Kraemer, chemist
- Ben Lawton, physician
- Esther Lederberg, microbiologist and immunologist, pioneer of bacterial genetics[217]
- Albert Lehninger, biochemist, pioneer of bioenergetics, and professor at Johns Hopkins University
- Estella B. Leopold, daughter of Aldo Leopold and botanist
- Harriet Lerner, psychologist
- Karl Paul Link, biochemist, discoverer of anticoagulant warfarin
- Walter K. Link, geologist
- Bradley C. Livezey, ornithologist
- Guy Sumner Lowman, Jr., linguist
- Daryl B. Lund, food scientist and engineer, editor-chief-of Journal of Food Science[218]
- Ken Lunde, information processor
- Nancy Oestreich Lurie, anthropologist
- Jay Lush, geneticist
- John F. MacGregor, statistician
- Seth Marder, chemist
- Lynn Margulis, author of the serial endosymbiotic theory of cell development, advocate of the Gaia hypothesis. former professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- William Marr, engineer and poet
- Karl Menninger, psychiatrist
- Patrick Michaels, climatologist
- Parry Moon, electrical engineer, author
- M. Laurance Morse, microbiologist and immunologist
- Mark Myers, geologist and former USGS Director
- N–Z
- Walter Nance, geneticist
- Homer E. Newell, Jr., mathematician
- Paula M. Niedenthal, psychologist
- Arthur Nielsen, market analyst
- Gerald North, Atmospheric Scientist, author of The North Report
- Larry E. Overman, chemist
- Zorba Paster, physician
- Brian Paul, computer programmer of the Mesa 3D open source graphics library
- Emanuel R. Piore, former Director of Research, IBM
- Lynn Ponton, psychiatrist
- Richard V. Rhode, aeronautical engineer
- Sylvia Rimm, psychology
- JoAnne Robbins, creator of dysphagia medical device
- Anita Roberts, molecular biologist
- Carl Rogers, psychologist, co-founder humanistic psychology[219]
- Marshall Rosenberg, psychologist
- Harry Luman Russell, bacteriologist
- Joseph F. Rychlak, psychologist
- David Salo, linguist and translator
- John C. Sanford, plant geneticist
- John L. Savage, chief engineer of Hoover Dam
- William Schaus, entomologist
- Edward Schildhauer, a chief engineer on the Panama Canal project
- Robert Serber, physicist, participated in the Manhattan Project
- Dick Smith, software engineer and computer consultant
- James E. Smith, computer engineer
- Willem P.C. Stemmer, engineer
- Chauncey Guy Suits, former research director for GE
- M.S. Swaminathan, Father of the Green Revolution in India
- Helmer Swenholt, commanding officer of the 332nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- Katia Sycara, roboticist
- Stephen Taber III, apiologist
- Auguste Taton, botanist
- Earle M. Terry, formed WHA (AM), the first radio station to clearly transmit human speech, with Edward Bennett
- Victor A. Tiedjens, scientist
- James Tour, synthetic organic chemist
- Tso Wung-Wai, professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, political activist
- Marilyn Tremaine, computer scientist
- Glenn Thomas Trewartha, geographer
- Billie Lee Turner II, geographer
- Kameshwar C. Wali, research physicist and science writer
- John Watrous (computer scientist), quantum theorist of computing
- Warren Weaver, pioneer of machine translation
- I. Bernard Weinstein, physician
- Louis Jolyon West, psychiatrist
- Albert Whitford, astronomer
- Dave Winer, software designer
- Samuel D. Wonders, engineer, president of Carter's Ink Company
- Gordon Woods, veterinary scientist
- Charles E. Woodworth, entomologist
- A. Wayne Wymore, systems engineer and mathematician
- Ned Xoubi, nuclear engineer
- John Zillman, meteorologist
- Otto Julius Zobel, inventor of the m-derived filter and the Zobel network
Other notable alumni
- Milo Aukerman, biochemist, front man of the Descendents
- Frank J. Christensen, American labor leader
- Clarence Chamberlin, aviation pioneer
- Kathryn F. Clarenbach, first chairwoman of the National Organization for Women
- Tim Cordes, blind physician
- Anna Essinger (1879–1960), educator who aided hundreds of European children before, during and after the Holocaust.
- Helen J. Farabee (1934–1988), mental health activist in Texas
- Robert Fassnacht, graduate student, killed in the Sterling Hall bombing
- Ada Fisher, physician
- Frederick Gutheim, urban planner
- Eva Lund Haugen, author and editor
- Jerome Heckenkamp, computer hacker
- Phil Hellmuth, 13-time WSOP bracelet-winning champion
- Prynce Hopkins, activist and psychologist
- Robert Kotler, physician
- Mary Lasker, health activist, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal
- John Muir (1838—1914), naturalist, founder of the Sierra Club, instrumental in preserving Yosemite National Park
- Carol Myers-Scotton, linguist
- Sigurd F. Olson, conservationist
- Pauline Park, transgender activist
- Janet Meakin Poor, landscape designer
- Rafael Rangel Sostmann, Rector of Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and member of the World Bank.
- Lori Ringhand, judicial analyst
- Carl Schramm, President, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- Bud Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball
- Bill Stumpf, furniture designer
- Charlie Trotter, chef
Fictional alumni and faculty
- Harold "Harry" Crane, head of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's television department in Mad Men
- Jack and Maddie Fenton, scientist parents of Danny Phantom
- LN Fisher-Herrin, condescending but well-meaning UW professor, a character in the 2009 film Away We Go
- Laurie Forman, character on the situation comedy That '70s Show (did not graduate)
- Will Hayes, protagonist of the film Definitely, Maybe
- Vladimir "Vlad" Masters, a/k/a Vlad Plasmius, supervillain and foe of Danny Phantom
- Paige Morgan (of Manitowoc), who meets (as a student at Madison)and ultimately marries the Crown Prince of Denmark, thus ascending to the Danish throne, in the film The Prince and Me and its sequel.
- Donna Moss, White House staffer in the television series The West Wing (dropped out half-way through to support her boyfriend as he went through medical school)
- Allison Parker, receptionist character in the 1992 prime time soap opera Melrose Place
- A. Clarence Shandon, MBA, protagonist of the novel Silverlock
- Andrew Shepherd, former UW professor and now President of the United States, protagonist of the 1995 film The American President
- James Walker, B.A. in History, magna cum laude, business executive protagonist of the short-lived television series Big Shots
- Chris, played by Will Arnett on the situation comedy Parks and Recreation, says he went to UW for both his undergrad and grad-school work. "No, Badgers." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyrV-AmwNHM
Notable faculty and staff
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- A–G
- Martha W. Alibali, psychologist
- Timothy F. H. Allen, botanist
- Stub Allison, head coach of the Washington Huskies, South Dakota Coyotes, and California Golden Bears football teams, Washington Huskies men's basketball team, and Washington Huskies baseball team
- Ann Althouse, professor of law and well-known blogger
- Rasmus B. Anderson, professor, author, diplomat
- Michael Apple, leading educational theorist
- Richard Askey, mathematician, the Askey–Wilson polynomials and Askey–Gasper inequality are partially named for him
- Louis Winslow Austin, physicist, recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor
- Stephen Babcock, inventor of the Babcock test for measuring the butterfat content of milk
- Bob Babich, NFL assistant coach
- Eric Bach, computer scientist
- Ira Baldwin, bacteriologist
- Charles Russell Bardeen, first dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School
- Amy Barger, astronomer
- Michael Barnett, scholar of international relations
- Quan Barry, poet
- Helmut Beinert, professor of biochemistry
- Edward Bennett, professor of electrical engineering, formed WHA (AM), the first radio station to clearly transmit human speech, with Earle M. Terry
- Tony Bennett, NBA player and head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team
- Leonard Berkowitz, psychologist
- Robert Byron Bird, chemical engineer, recipient of the National Medal of Science
- George David Birkhoff, mathematician, discoverer of the ergodic theorem
- Lisle Blackbourn, NFL head coach
- Gary Blackney, head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons football team
- Earl Blaik, head coach of the Dartmouth Big Green and Army Black Knights football teams, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- William Bleckwenn, neurologist and psychiatrist, instrumental in the development of the truth drug
- Craig Bohl, head coach of the North Dakota State Bison football team
- David Bordwell, prominent neoformalist film theorist and author
- George E. P. Box, statistician
- Paul S. Boyer, historian of American thought and culture
- Léon Brillouin, physicist
- Royal Alexander Brink, plant geneticist
- Thomas D. Brock, microbiologist
- Martin Bronfenbrenner, economist
- Aaron Brower, professor of social work and Vice-Provost for Teaching & Learning
- Richard A. Brualdi, professor of combinatorial mathematics
- Robert V. Bruce, winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History
- Edgar Buckingham, physicist
- Tim Buckley, head coach of the Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team
- Jacob Burney, NFL assistant coach
- Robert H. Burris, recipient of the National Medal of Science
- Angus Cameron, U.S. Senator
- Sean B. Carroll, professor of evolutionary biology
- Frederic G. Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief of the Dictionary of American Regional English
- Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Founder the Journal of Geology
- Bill Chandler, head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones and Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball teams
- Y. Austin Chang, professor of material engineering
- Chang Jen-Hu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chinese Culture University
- Arthur B. Chapman, Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Geep Chryst, NFL, assistant coach
- Paul Chryst, head football coach, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Clarence S. Clay, Jr., geophysics faculty
- W. Wallace Cleland, biochemist
- John Coatta, NFL scout
- Eddie Cochems, head coach of the North Dakota State Bison, Clemson Tigers, Saint Louis Billikens, and Maine Black Bears football teams
- Bill Cofield, former men's basketball head coach, first African American coach of a major sport in the Big Ten Conference
- John R. Commons, one of the architects of Social Security in the United States
- Clifton F. Conrad, professor of educational leadership & policy analysis
- Ron Cooper, head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles, Louisville Cardinals, and Alabama A&M Bulldogs football teams
- Elizabeth A. Craig, biochemistry professor
- William Cronon, Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies, winner of the Bancroft Prize, recipient of MacArthur fellowship
- James F. Crow, professor of genetics, population geneticist
- John Culbertson, professor of economics
- Richard N. Current, historian
- Merle Curti, historian of U.S. intellectual history
- Philip D. Curtin, historian
- John Thomas Curtis, botanist and ecologist, the Bray Curtis dissimilarity is partially named for him
- Marshall E. Cusic Jr., U.S. Navy admiral, Chief of the U.S. Navy Medical Reserve Corps
- Scott Cutlip, dean of the University of Georgia College of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Farrington Daniels, early researcher in solar energy
- Richard Davis, jazz bassist
- Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry, widely known for his mind-body research [220]
- Carl de Boor, professor emeritus of mathematics and computer science; winner of National Medal of Science, best known for pioneering work on splines
- Hector DeLuca, researcher of vitamin D
- Robert Disque, President of the Drexel Institute of Technology
- Dave Doeren, head coach of the Norther Illinois Huskies football team
- Donald Downs, professor of political science
- Mitchell Duneier, sociologist
- Mike Eaves, NHL player and assistant coach
- Jordan Ellenberg, professor of mathematics, novelist, writer
- Edward C. Elliott, educational researcher and Purdue University president
- Amy Burns Ellis, professor of mathematics education
- Richard Theodore Ely (1854–1943), professor, social activist, economist
- Joseph Erlanger, 1944 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Nathan Feinsinger, chairman of the Wage Stabilization Board and associate general counsel to the National War Labor Board
- Carl Russell Fish, professor of history
- Harold K. Forsen, professor of Nuclear Engineering
- Perry A. Frey, professor of biochemistry
- Milton Friedman, associate professor of Economics Nobel Prize for Economics
- John Gallagher III, editor of the Astronomical Journal
- Adam Gamoran, professor of sociology and director, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
- Morton Ann Gernsbacher, professor of psychology and president of the Association for Psychological Science
- Harvey Goldberg, historian
- James R. Goodman, professor of computer science and computer architect, known for his work on cache coherence protocols
- Doug Graber, NFL assistant coach
- M. Elizabeth Graue professor of Curriculum and Instruction
- Michelle Grabner, professor of art
- Luther W. Graef, President of the American Society of Civil Engineers
- H–M
- Theodore S. Hamerow, historian
- Mike Hankwitz, head coach of the Arizona Wildcats and Colorado Buffaloes football teams
- Harry Harlow, psychologist, known for studies on affection using rhesus monkeys with artificial mothers
- Edwin B. Hart, conductor of the single-grain experiment, the Institute of Food Technologists' Babcock-Hart Award is partially named after him
- Einar Haugen, linguist
- Robert J. Havighurst, physicist, aging expert
- James Edwin Hawley, mineralogist, Hawleyite is named for him
- Elroy Hirsch, NFL player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame
- Jeff Horton, NFL assistant coach, head coach of the Nevada Wolf Pack and UNLV Rebels football teams
- Clark L. Hull, psychologist
- William Hunter, statistician
- Krisztina Morvai associate professor of law, member of the European Parliament
- Willard Hurst, seminal figure in the development of modern American legal history
- Rob Ianello, head coach of the Akron Zips football team
- Hugh Iltis, known for his scientific discoveries in the domestication of corn
- Roland Duer Irving, member of the United States Geological Survey
- Greg Jackson, NFL player
- Arnold Jeter, head coach of the Delaware State Hornets football team
- Gunnar Johansen, artist-in-residence
- Bob Johnson, NHL head coach
- Mark Johnson, NHL player and 1980 Winter Olympics Miracle on Ice team
- Burr W. Jones, U.S. Representative
- Horace Kallen, philosopher
- Nietzchka Keene, filmmaker
- Har Gobind Khorana, 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for describing the genetic code and how it operates in protein synthesis
- Franklin Hiram King, soil scientist and early promoter of sustainable agriculture
- Philip King, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Rufus King, U.S. diplomat, Union Army general
- Grayson L. Kirk, President of Columbia University
- Stephen Cole Kleene, a foundational contributor to theoretical computer science
- Rudolf Kolisch, violinist
- Thomas R. Kratochwill, psychologist
- Gloria Ladson-Billings, leading educational theorist and past president of the American Educational Research Association
- Elmer A. Lampe, head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs and Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball teams
- Jane Larson, feminist legal scholar
- Aldo Leopold, ecologist
- Judith Walzer Leavitt, Professor of History of Medicine, History of Science, and Women's Studies
- Lewis Leavitt, pediatrician
- Mike Leckrone, director of the University of Wisconsin marching band since 1969
- Joshua Lederberg, 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- For his research in genetic structure and function in microorganisms
- Albert L. Lehninger, biochemist
- Charles Kenneth Leith, geologist, Penrose Medal recipient
- Gerda Lerner, Professor Emerita; historian of women's and gender history; considered a founder of women's history
- Philip H. Lewis Jr.; Landscape Architect/Planner
- Tom Lieb, head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions and Florida Gators football teams, Olympic medalist
- George Little, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Harvey Littleton, founder of the modern American studio glass movement
- Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Almanac, which helped spawn the environmental movement and interest in ecology; also founded the Wilderness Society
- Miron Livny, computer science professor and founder of the Condor High-Throughput Computing System
- William Lorenz, Army Distinguished Service Medal recipient
- Henry S. Magoon, U.S. Representative
- Abby Lillian Marlatt, director of home economics
- Carolyn "Biddy" Martin, professor of German and current chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Abraham Maslow, psychologist, known for Maslow's hierarchy of needs
- Ron McBride, head coach of the Utah Utes and Weber State Wildcats football teams
- Dan McCarney, head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones and North Texas Mean Green football teams
- Anne McClintock, Simone de Beauvoir Professor and author of Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest
- Tasha McDowell, head coach of the Western Michigan Broncos women's basketball team
- Mike McGee, NFL player, head coach of the East Carolina Pirates and Duke Blue Devils football teams, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Nellie Y. McKay, scholar of African-American literature and co-editor of the Norton Anthology of African-American Literature
- Howard J. McMurray, U.S. Representative
- Milton McPike, NFL player
- Walter Meanwell, former head coach of the men's basketball team, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Alexander Meiklejohn, philosopher and free-speech advocate
- William Shainline Middleton, co-founder and Secretary-Treasurer of the American Board of Internal Medicine
- Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
- Frederic E. Mohs, surgeon and developer of the Mohs surgery technique for removing types of skin cancer.
- Howard Moore, head coach of the UIC Flames men's basketball team
- Perry Moss, NFL player, Athletic Director of Florida State University, head coach of the Florida State Seminoles and Marshall Thundering Herd football teams
- George L. Mosse, professor; historian of European nationalism and gender
- Reid F. Murray, U.S. Representative
- N–S
- Gerhard Brandt Naeseth, genealogical author; member of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
- Adolphus Peter Nelson, U.S. Representative
- Kathryn Norlock, feminist philosopher
- Ronald Numbers, historian of science
- Hakkı Ögelman, physicist and astrophysicist
- John Palermo, NFL assistant coach
- Charles D. Parker, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Harry Partch, avant-garde composer
- Zorba Paster, co-host of Public Radio's Zorba Paster On Your Health
- Stanley Payne, historian
- Russell W. Peterson, Governor of Delaware
- Saul Phillips, head coach of the North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team
- Felix Pollak, curator of Special Collections; poet
- Andrew C. Porter, former director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research, professor of education policy at Vanderbilt
- Ellis Rainsberger, head coach of the Kansas State Wildcats football team
- Hans Reese, Olympic athlete
- Paul Samuel Reinsch, U.S. diplomat
- Milton Resnick, artist-in-residence
- Pat Richter, NFL player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Patrick T. Riley, political theorist
- Paul Roach, NFL assistant coach, athletic director and head football coach at the University of Wyoming
- Carl Rogers, psychologist and founder of Client-Centered Therapy
- Thomas A. Romberg, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction (mathematics education)
- Walter Rudin, mathematician best known for his books on mathematical analysis
- Joe Rudolph, NFL player
- Bo Ryan, current head men's basketball coach
- Alfred A. Sanelli, U.S. Army general
- Harrison Schmitt, adjunct professor of engineering physics, 12th man on the Moon as Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist
- Hans Schneider, mathematician, best known for his contributions to the Linear Algebra and Matrix society
- Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician, best known for the discovery in 1946 of splines
- John Settle, NFL player
- Donna E. Shalala, chancellor 1987–1993; Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1993–2001
- Charles S. Slichter, mathematician and physicist
- Ithamar Sloan, U.S. Representative
- Red Smith, MLB and NFL player and coach
- Oliver Smithies, faculty 1960 to 1988, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007
- Clarence Spears, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Bob Spoo, head coach of the Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
- Kurt Squire, director of the Games, Learning & Society Conference
- Dale Steele, head coach of the Campbell Fighting Camels football team
- Harry Steenbock, biochemist, vitamin D researcher
- John Stiegelmeier, head coach of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
- Mike Stock, NFL assistant coach
- Scott Straus, assistant professor of Political Science and International Studies, specialising in the study of genocide
- Harry Stuhldreher, NFL player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Stephen Suomi director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Comparative Ethology Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health
- Aage B. Sørensen, sociologist
- T–Z
- Cecil Taylor, jazz pianist
- Henry Charles Taylor, agricultural economist
- Howard Temin, 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of reverse transcriptase
- Edward Ten Eyck, first American to win the Diamond Challenge Sculls
- James Thomson, credited with first successful culturing of human embryonic stem cells
- Arthur Thrall, artist
- Giulio Tononi, professor of psychiatry
- Darold Treffert, psychiatrist
- Frederick Jackson Turner, historian and creator of the "frontier thesis" explaining the American character
- Timothy Tyson, professor of African-American history and author
- Stanislaw Ulam, mathematician who joined the Manhattan Project during World War II
- Harry Vail, rowing coach, the Dad Vail Regatta is named after him
- Ryan G. Van Cleave, author
- Clark Van Galder, head coach of the Fresno State Bulldogs football team
- Charles R. Van Hise, geologist and university president who formulated the "Wisconsin Idea"
- Edward Burr Van Vleck, mathematician and professor
- Alexander Vasiliev (1867–1953), Byzantinist and Arabist
- Jan Vansina, historian of Africa and father of oral historical methodology
- Pete Waite, head coach of the women's volleyball team, author
- David Ward, President of the American Council on Education
- Oliver Patterson Watts, chemical engineer
- Viola S. Wendt, poet
- Albert Whitford, astronomer
- Eugene Wigner, 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics
- John Wilce, head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- William Appleman Williams, historian of American diplomacy
- Erik Olin Wright, sociologist
- Sewall Wright, professor of genetics, one of the fathers of population genetics
- Todd Yeagley, MLS player
- Kenneth Zeichner, winner of several awards for Teacher Education
- Efim Zelmanov, recipient of the Fields Medal in 1994
- Howard Zimmerman, organic chemist, discovered barrelene
- Otto Julius Zobel, inventor of the m-derived filter and the Zobel network
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