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Thorstein Veblen
American economist and sociologist (1857–1929)
Paul Ryan
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019
Raymond Leo Burke
American Catholic cardinal
Liberace
Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer, and actor. He was born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin and enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the height of his fame, from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world, with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule.
Walter Bradford Cannon
American physiologist (1871-1945)
Scott Walker
45th Governor of Wisconsin
Milton H. Erickson
American psychiatrist (1901–1980)
Carl Schurz
Union Army general, politician (1829-1906)
Frances Willard
American temperance activist and suffragist (1839–1898)
Gerda Lerner
Austrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013)
Stephen E. Ambrose
American historian and writer (1936–2002)
August Derleth
American novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, and anthologist (1909–1971)
Edward S. Curtis
American photographer (1868-1952)
Ron Kovic
anti-war activist
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
American geologist and educator (1843–1928)
Rebecca Blank
American economist (1955–2023)
Harry Gordon Selfridge
American born English businessman (1858–1947)
Arnold Gesell
psychologist and pediatrician (1880–1961)
Callista Gingrich
U.S. diplomat
Richard T. Ely
United States economist and author (1854–1943)
William Proxmire
American politician (1915–2005)
Delia Akeley
American explorer
Rembert Weakland
American archbishop
Emil Seidel
American politician (1864–1947)
Dave Obey
American politician
Steve Gunderson
CEO of the Council on Foundations
Clara Bewick Colby
British-American lecturer, newspaper publisher and correspondent, women's rights activist, and suffragist leader
Scott O'Hara
American pornographic actor and writer (1961-1998)
Michael A. Stackpole
science fiction author
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
American politician (1795-1864)
Jamie King
American Director, choreographer, writer
Dorr Felt
American inventor (1862–1930)
Earnest Hooton
American anthropologist (1887–1954)
Lynda Barry
American cartoonist
Bill Rebane
American politician and film director (born 1937)
Kevin Henkes
American children's illustrator and writer (born 1960)
Lorine Niedecker
American poet
Lorena Hickok
American journalist (1893-1968)
Jordan Ellenberg
American mathematician (born 1971)
Emanuel L. Philipp
American railroad executive and politician from Wisconsin (1861-1925)
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
U.S.-based Russian film critic, writer and essayist
John Bascom
American academic administrator (1827-1911)
Martin J. Schreiber
American politician
Robert T. Craig
American professor of communication
Frederic Prokosch
American writer (1906–1989)
Edgar Wilson Nye
American journalist and humorist (1850-1896)
Sigurd F. Olson
American conservationist (1899-1982)
Thomas P. M. Barnett
American military geostrategist
David Hull
American philosopher (1935–2010)
Jeremiah Curtin
American folklorist (1835–1906)
Ryne Duren
American baseball player (1929-2011)
Amos Wilder
American poet and theologian
Robert F. Morneau
Catholic bishop
Paul Poberezny
United States aviator, founder of Experimental Aircraft Association (1921–2013)
Richard Lamm
American politician (1935–2021)
Rick Majerus
American basketball player/coach (1948–2012)
John Thomas Curtis
American ecologist and botanist (1913-1961)
Frank Zeidler
American politician (1912-2006)
Darold A. Treffert
American psychiatrist
Julia Grace Wales
Canadian academic (1881–1957)