List of people from Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The following notable people are or have been associated with Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Politicians and judiciary

• Harvey R. Abraham, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• George R. Andrews, U.S. representative from New York
• Melvin Baldwin, U.S. representative from Minnesota
• Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Coles Bashford, governor of Wisconsin, U.S. congressional delegate from the Arizona Territory
• Martin T. Battis, Wisconsin state assemblyman and businessman; born in Oshkosh
• Jule Berndt, Wisconsin state assemblyman and Lutheran pastor; born in Oshkosh
• Gabriel Bouck, Wisconsin attorney general
• William M. Bray, Wisconsin state senator
• Richard S. Brown, chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Shirley Brown, Florida state representative
• Taylor G. Brown, Wisconsin state senator
• Luther Buxton, New York and Wisconsin state legislator and physician
• Frank Challoner, Wisconsin state assemblyman and businessman
• William C. Cowling, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• James H. Davidson, U.S. representative
• James Edward Doyle, U.S. federal court judge
• James Randall Durfee, U.S. federal court judge
• Edward Eastman, bookseller; first postmaster and first mayor of Oshkosh; Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• William Faber, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Earl Finch, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Carlton Foster, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin state senator
• Arthur H. Gruenewald, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Richard W. Guenther, U.S. representative
• Jon R. Guiles, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Andrew Haben, Wisconsin state legislator
• Thomas S. Hanson, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• F. Badger Ives, Wisconsin state assemblyman and businessman
• Ron Johnson, U.S. senator for Wisconsin
• Frank B. Keefe, U.S. representative
• Emil Keup, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Kenneth Kunde, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Florian Lampert, U.S. representative
• B. F. Langworthy, Minnesota state representative
• Alfred R. Lea, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Frank A. Leach, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Freeman Lord, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Gustav S. Luscher, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Herman E. Manuel, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. representative
• Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin state senator
• Reid F. Murray, U.S. representative
• Leo T. Niemuth, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Alvin O'Konski, U.S. representative
• Albert L. Osborn, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Clark M. Perry, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Leander J. Pierson, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• George White Pratt, Wisconsin state senator
• Charles Rahr, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Christian Sarau, Wisconsin state senator
• Philetus Sawyer, politician
• Casper Schmidt, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Edward M. Schneider, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Chester D. Seftenberg, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Floyd E. Shurbert, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Eber Simpson, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Janet Dempsey Steiger, politician
• William A. Steiger, U.S. representative
• Walter Tank, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Return Torrey, miller and Wisconsin state senator
• Gregg Underheim, politician
• Robert Scadden Vessey, governor of South Dakota
• Esther K. Walling, Wisconsin state assemblywoman
• Thomas Wall, Wisconsin businessman and state legislator
• Ganem W. Washburn, Wisconsin state senator and jurist
• Henry I. Weed, Wisconsin state senator
• Dayne Wescott, Wisconsin state senator
• Edwin Wheeler, Wisconsin state senator and jurist
• Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin state senator

Sportspersons

• Marty Below, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1988)
• Cozy Dolan, MLB player
• Dick Erdlitz, NFL player
• Bill Gogolewski, MLB player
• Rudy Gollomb, NFL player
• Tyrese Haliburton, NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
• Billy Hoeft, MLB player
• Hornswoggle, real name Dylan Postl, wrestler
• Peter Konz, NFL player
• Howie Koplitz, MLB player
• Hal Reilly, MLB player
• Dutch Rennert, Major League Baseball umpire
• Ted Richards, NFL player
• Hal Robl, NFL player
• Champ Seibold, NFL player
• Eber Simpson, NFL player
• Len Smith, NFL player
• Dave Tyriver, MLB player

Military

• Harold Medberry Bemis, U.S. Navy admiral
• Charles R. Boardman, served as adjutant general of Wisconsin and as an American general during WWI
• Edmond Konrad, U.S. Navy admiral
• Ernest Dichmann Peek, U.S. Army major general
• William Everett Potter, U.S. Army; served as governor of the Panama Canal Zone
• Steven A. Schaick, U.S. Air Force general; deputy chief of chaplains

Others

• Lee Baxandall, founder of The Naturist Society
• Erin Boheme, musician
• Michelle Grabner, painter
• Mark Gruenwald, Marvel Comics executive editor
• Lewis Hine, photographer
• Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragist, peace activist, first president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
• KennyHoopla, musician
• Arthur C. Lichtenberger, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church
• Kevin B. MacDonald, evolutionary psychologist at the California State University, Long Beach
• Helen Farnsworth Mears, sculptor
• Mike Melvoin, jazz pianist
• Luanna Meyer, professor of education in New Zealand
• 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
• T.J. Rodgers, scientist and entrepreneur
• Cora Folsom Salisbury, vaudeville performer and ragtime composer
• Greg Dean Schmitz, film critic
• Kathie Sullivan, singer
• Baby Doe Tabor, Colorado pioneer
• Dave Truesdale, editor and literary critic
• Jim VandeHei, editor and co-founder of Politico

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