List of people from Racine, Wisconsin

This is a list of individuals who are or were natives of, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of Racine, Wisconsin, USA.

Arts

• Kevin J. Anderson, author
• Gene Beery, artist
• Frank Bencriscutto, conductor, composer
• Karen Johnson Boyd, heiress, art dealer
• Lane Brody, born Lynn Voorlas, singer
• Joyce Carlson, artist
• Jason Paul Collum, author, film and television director
• Chi Coltrane, musician
• Chester Commodore, cartoonist, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize 12 times
• Ellen Corby, actress
• Victor DeLorenzo, drummer, Violent Femmes
• Peter Deming, cinematographer
• Payne Erskine, writer
• Norman D. Golden II, actor
• Greg Graffin, lead vocalist of political punk rock band Bad Religion
• Chad Harbach, author ^[1]
• Max Hardcore, pornographer
• Ben Hecht, journalist, playwright and screenwriter
• Kevin Henkes, author and Caldecott Medal winner
• Lise Hilboldt, actress
• David Kherdian, writer, poet and editor
• Larry Kusche, commercial pilot and author
• Fredric March, two-time Oscar-winning actor
• Barbara McNair, singer and actress
• Robert McRay, actor
• Tina Moore, R&B singer
• Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer
• Irene Purcell, actress, lived and died in Racine
• Warner Richmond, actor
• Ben Sidran, musician
• Kristin Bauer van Straten, actress
• Joseph Philbrick Webster, songwriter and composer

Athletics

• Ellen Ahrndt, AAGPBL player
• Bill Albright, NFL player
• Kevin Barry, NFL player
• Caron Butler, NBA player
• Pancho Carter, NASCAR driver
• Jim Chones, NBA player
• Dorothy Damaschke, AAGPBL player
• Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player
• Norm Derringer, AAGPBL manager
• Bob Foster, NFL player
• Jimmy Grant, MLB player
• Jim Haluska, NFL player
• Steve Hanson, NFL player
• Jack Harris, NFL player
• Fritz Heinisch, NFL player
• Don Heinkel, MLB player
• Sonja Henning, WNBA player
• Joe Jagersberger, racing and car designer
• Jason Jaramillo, MLB player
• Abdul Jeelani, NBA player
• Ed Killian, MLB player
• Duane Kuiper, MLB player and broadcaster
• Glen Kuiper, MLB broadcaster
• Jeff Lee, NFL player
• Laurie Ann Lee, AAGPBL player
• Frances Lovett, AAGPBL player
• Ed Lytle, baseball player
• Chris Maragos, NFL player
• Jesse Marsch, soccer
• Jim McIlvaine, NBA player
• Kim Merritt, long distance runner
• Jerry Mertens, NFL player
• Brent Moss, NFL player
• Leo Murphy, baseball player and manager
• Norm Nelson, stock car racer^[2]
• Dick Phillips, MLB player
• Eric Rasmussen, MLB player
• Linda L. Rice, Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
• Shane Rawley, MLB pitcher
• Gene H. Rose, NFL player
• Vinny Rottino, MLB player
• Babe Ruetz, NFL head coach
• Howie Ruetz, NFL player
• Joe Ruetz, football player
• Charles Rutkowski, NFL player
• Alex Scales, NBA player
• Tom Sorensen, Olympic volleyball player
• Jack Taschner, MLB player
• Tim Van Galder, NFL player
• Fred Venturelli, NFL player
• Al Zupek, NFL player

Business

• Jerome Case, inventor
• George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team; co-owner of Premier League team, Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett Evernham Motorsports
• Jay Grinney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation
• Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Herbert Fisk Johnson III, Chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Son, member of the Forbes 400
• Samuel C. Johnson, industrialist (wax)
• Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr., founder of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Helen Johnson-Leipold, CEO of Johnson Outdoors
• Jim Jorgensen, entrepreneur; Discovery Zone, AllAdvantage and Women's Sports Foundation
• Craig Leipold, majority owner of NHL's Minnesota Wild

Military

• Harold C. Agerholm, World War II Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
• James Roy Andersen, U.S. Army general
• Les Aspin, U.S. Secretary of Defense
• Charles F. Born, U.S. Army Major General
• Dominic A. Cariello, U.S. National Guard general
• Clinton W. Davies, U.S. Air Force general
• Irving Fish, U.S. Army general
• George Clay Ginty, Union Army general
• John L. Jerstad, Major, USAAF, World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient

Politics and law

• Robert H. Baker, Wisconsin legislator, Racine mayor and alderman, chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party
• Olympia Brown, minister and champion of women's suffrage
• George L. Buck, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Melbert B. Cary, chairman of the Connecticut Democratic Party
• Champion S. Chase, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska; namesake of Chase County, Nebraska
• Carl C. Christensen, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Joseph Clancy, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Henry A. Cooper, U.S. Representative
• Thomas P. Corbett, Wisconsin legislator and jurist
• Marcel Dandeneau, Wisconsin educator and politician
• John Dickert, Racine mayor
• John Dixon, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Joshua Eric Dodge, Wisconsin Supreme Court
• James Rood Doolittle, U.S. Senator
• Henry Dorman, Wisconsin legislator
• John Elkins, Wisconsin legislator
• Edward Engerud, Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
• Thomas Falvey, Wisconsin legislator and Racine mayor
• Gerald T. Flynn, U.S. Representative
• Willis Frazell, Wisconsin legislator and barber
• William C. Giese, Wisconsin legislator and educator
• Walter Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin
• Joseph C. Hamata, Wisconsin legislator and businessman
• Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle, Washington; founder of San Clemente, California and co-founder of Lake Forest Park, Washington
• James M. Hare, Michigan Secretary of State
• Jack Harvey, Wisconsin politician
• Max W. Heck, Wisconsin politician and jurist
• Wallace Ingalls, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
• Lorenzo Janes. Wisconsin territorial legislator, lawyer, and businessman
• Charles Jonas, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
• Cory Mason, Wisconsin politician
• Henry F. Mason, Kansas State Representative
• John G. McMynn, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Gwen Moore, U.S. Representative
• Peter C. Myers, Missouri politician
• Wallace E. Nield, Wisconsin politician
• George Petak, Wisconsin politician
• P. Walter Petersen, Wisconsin politician
• Kimberly Plache, Wisconsin politician
• Sidney A. Sage, Wisconsin politician
• Horace T. Sanders, Wisconsin politician and military leader
• M. M. Secor (Martin Mathias Secor), proprietor of M. M. Secor Trunk Company; mayor of Racine 1884-88
• John L. Sieb, Wisconsin politician and barber
• Lawrence H. Smith, U.S. Representative
• Lynn E. Stalbaum, U.S. Representative
• Jacob Stoffel, Jr., Wisconsin politician
• William L. Utley, Wisconsin politician and military leader
• Dennis Wiser, Racine mayor
• Philo White, U.S. diplomat

Religion

• Anton Marius Andersen, Lutheran minister
• James DeKoven, Episcopal clergyman
• Francis J. Haas, Roman Catholic bishop
• Richard J. Sklba, Roman Catholic bishop
• Rose Thering, Racine Dominican sister; professor at Seton Hall University

Other

• Laurel Clark, astronaut; died on reentry in her first space flight on Space Shuttle Columbia
• Marguerite Davis, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B
• Cory Everson, six-time winner of Miss Olympia bodybuilding contest
• Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International
• William D. Lutz, linguist
• Keith Stattenfield, lead engineer

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