The following notable people are or have been associated with Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Politicians and judiciary
edit- Harvey R. Abraham, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[1]
- George R. Andrews, U.S. Representative from New York[2]
- Melvin Baldwin, U.S. Representative from Minnesota[3]
- Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[4]
- Coles Bashford, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Arizona Territory[5]
- Martin T. Battis, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman; born in Oshkosh[6]
- Jule Berndt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Lutheran pastor; born in Oshkosh[7]
- Gabriel Bouck, Wisconsin Attorney General[8]
- William M. Bray, Wisconsin State Senator[9]
- Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals[10]
- Shirley Brown, Florida State Representative[11]
- Taylor G. Brown, Wisconsin State Senator[12]
- Luther Buxton, New York and Wisconsin state legislator and physician[13]
- Frank Challoner, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman[14]
- William C. Cowling, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[15]
- James H. Davidson, U.S. Representative[16]
- James Edward Doyle, U.S. federal court judge[17]
- James Randall Durfee, U.S. federal court judge[18]
- Edward Eastman, bookseller; first postmaster and first mayor of Oshkosh; Wisconsin State Assemblyman[19]
- William Faber, Wisconsin State Assembly[20]
- Earl Finch, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[21]
- Carlton Foster, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[22]
- Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin State Senator[23]
- Arthur H. Gruenewald, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[24]
- Richard W. Guenther, U.S. Representative[25]
- Jon R. Guiles, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[26]
- Andrew Haben, Wisconsin state legislator[27]
- Thomas S. Hanson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[28]
- F. Badger Ives, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman[29]
- Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin[citation needed]
- Frank B. Keefe, U.S. Representative[30]
- Emil Keup, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[31]
- Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[32]
- Kenneth Kunde, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[33]
- Florian Lampert, U.S. Representative[34]
- B. F. Langworthy, Minnesota State Representative[35]
- Alfred R. Lea, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[36]
- Frank A. Leach, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[37]
- Freeman Lord, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[38]
- Gustav S. Luscher, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[39]
- Herman E. Manuel, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[40]
- Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. Representative[41]
- Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin State Senator[42]
- Reid F. Murray, U.S. Representative[43]
- Leo T. Niemuth, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[44]
- Alvin O'Konski, U.S. Representative[45]
- Albert L. Osborn, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[46]
- Clark M. Perry, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[47]
- Leander J. Pierson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[48]
- George White Pratt, Wisconsin State Senator[49]
- Charles Rahr, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[50]
- Christian Sarau, Wisconsin State Senator[51]
- Philetus Sawyer, politician[52]
- Casper Schmidt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[53]
- Edward M. Schneider, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[54]
- Chester D. Seftenberg, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[55]
- Floyd E. Shurbert, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[56]
- Eber Simpson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[57]
- Janet Dempsey Steiger, politician[58]
- William A. Steiger, U.S. Representative[59]
- Walter Tank, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[60]
- Return Torrey, miller and Wisconsin state senator[61]
- Gregg Underheim, politician[62]
- Robert Scadden Vessey, Governor of South Dakota[63]
- Esther K. Walling, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman[64]
- Thomas Wall, Wisconsin businessman and state legislator[65]
- Ganem W. Washburn, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist[66]
- Henry I. Weed, Wisconsin State Senator[67]
- Dayne Wescott, Wisconsin State Senator[68]
- Edwin Wheeler, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist[69]
- Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator[70]
Sportspersons
edit- Marty Below, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1988)[71]
- Cozy Dolan, MLB player[72]
- Dick Erdlitz, NFL player[73]
- Bill Gogolewski, MLB player[74]
- Rudy Gollomb, NFL player[75]
- Tyrese Haliburton, NBA player
- Billy Hoeft, MLB player[76]
- Hornswoggle, real name Dylan Postl, wrestler[77]
- Peter Konz, NFL player[78]
- Howie Koplitz, MLB player[79]
- Hal Reilly, MLB player[80]
- Dutch Rennert, Major League Baseball umpire[citation needed]
- Ted Richards, NFL player[81]
- Hal Robl, NFL player[82]
- Champ Seibold, NFL player[83]
- Eber Simpson, NFL player[84]
- Len Smith, NFL player[85]
- Dave Tyriver, MLB player[86]
Military
edit- Harold Medberry Bemis, U.S. Navy admiral[87]
- Charles R. Boardman, served as Adjutant General of Wisconsin and as an American general during WWI[88]
- Edmond Konrad, U.S. Navy admiral[89]
- Ernest Dichmann Peek, U.S. Army Major General[90]
- William Everett Potter, U.S. Army; served as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone[91]
- Steven A. Schaick, U.S. Air Force general; Deputy Chief of Chaplains[92]
Others
edit- Lee Baxandall, founder of The Naturist Society[93]
- Erin Boheme, musician[94]
- Michelle Grabner, painter[95]
- Mark Gruenwald, Marvel Comics executive editor[96]
- Lewis Hine, photographer[97]
- Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragist, peace activist, first president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate[98]
- KennyHoopla, musician[99]
- Arthur C. Lichtenberger, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church[citation needed]
- Kevin B. MacDonald, evolutionary psychologist at the California State University, Long Beach[100]
- Helen Farnsworth Mears, sculptor[101]
- Mike Melvoin, jazz pianist
- Luanna Meyer, professor of education in New Zealand[102]
- Paul Poberezny, aircraft designer, military aviator and founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (1999)
- Tom Poberezny, aerobatic pilot and former chairman and president of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (2016)
- Stevie Rachelle, lead singer of Tuff[citation needed]
- T.J. Rodgers, scientist and entrepreneur
- Cora Folsom Salisbury, vaudeville performer and ragtime composer[103]
- Greg Dean Schmitz, film critic[citation needed]
- Kathie Sullivan, singer[citation needed]
- Baby Doe Tabor, Colorado pioneer[104]
- Dave Truesdale, editor and literary critic
- Jim VandeHei, editor and co-founder of Politico
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