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100 people you may not have known were Wisconsin folks
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Everybody knows about Laverne, Shirley and Fonzie. To say nothing of the Violent Femmes and Bodeans. But here's a list of folks with strong Wisconsin ties -- they were either born here or lived here for a while -- that you might not know were your fellow statesmen. Now get out there and boast!
- Charlotte Rae
- Spencer Tracy
- Zucker Brothers
- Gene Wilder
- Chris Farley
- Jane Kaczmarek
- Liberace
- Orson Welles
- Daniel J. Travanti
- Harry Houdini
- Bradley Whitford
- Don Ameche
Mark Ruffalo (from "You Can Count on Me")- Jerry Harrison
- Eric Benet
- John Ridley (author, wrote "Stray Dogs")
- Willem Dafoe
- Douglas MacArthur
- Campbell Scott
- Joe McCarthy
- Oprah Winfrey
- Iceberg Slim
- Kato Kaelin
- Jackie Mason
- Latrell Sprewell
- Nick Van Exel
- Kristen Johnston
- Chris Noth (Mr. Big in Sex & the City)
Al Molinaro- Les Paul
- Steve Miller
- Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum)
- Al Jarreau
- Tony Shalhoub
- Tom Snyder
- Kurtwood Smith (dad on That '70s Show)
- D.B. Sweeney
- Howie Epstein (one of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers)
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Joe Puerta (of '70s popsters Ambrosia)
- Tom Wopat
- Peter Weller (Robocop!)
- Chip Zein (Howard the Duck!)
- Jane Hamilton
- Jacquelyn Mitchard
- Larry Watson
- Tyne Daly
Fred MacMurray- Psychic Jeane Dixon
- Lynn Fontaine
- Alfred Lunt
- Uta Hagen
- Deidre Hall
- Susan Hawk (from Survivor)
- Julie Stoffer (of Real World)
- Kathy Kinney (of Drew Carey Show)
- Timbuk 3 (The Future's So Bright...)
- Miss America Terry Meeusen (1973)
- Gena Rowlands
- Concetta Tomei (from Providence)
- B-movie star Shannon Whirry
- Da Crusher
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Judge William H. Renquist
- Golda Meir
- John Muir
- Thornton Wilder
- Owen Gromme
- Amy Pietz (of Caroline in the City)
- Father James Groppi
- Leland Sklar (Jackson Browne's bassist)
- Bill Berry (REM)
- Chordettes (Mr. Sandman)
Butch Vig and Garbage- Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers)
- Woody Herman
- Kevn Kinney (Drivin' N Cryin')
- Speech (Arrested Development)
- Jane Wiedlin (The Go Go's)
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Sean Duffy (The Real World)
- Jill Eikenberry (LA Law)
- Peter Graves
- Robert Bloch (he wrote Psycho)
- Ron Kovic (Born on the Fourth of July)
- Aldo Leopold
- Carl Sandburg
- Peter Straub
Greta Van Susteren (Fox News Network)- James Lovell
- NPR's Jackie Lyden
- Skater Dan Jansen
- Racing driver Dick Trickle
- Golfer Andy North
- Tom Hulce (Amadeus Oscar nominee)
- The Ringling Brothers
- Edna Ferber
- Skater Eric Heiden
- Red Wilson
Talkbacks
OMCreader | Jan. 28, 2006 at 11:51 a.m. (report)
Kristy said: Heather Graham was born in Milwaukee
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OMCreader | Dec. 28, 2005 at 7:22 a.m. (report)
Joe said: Tom Laughlin of "Billy Jack" fame. Went to Milw. Washington HS.
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