List of people from La Crosse

The following list includes notable people who were born in or have lived in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Academics

Donald J. Berthrong, historian Ruth Boynton, physician and educator Robert M. Dammon, professor and academic administrator David Garbers, scientist Edward R. Hauser, animal scientist William Duncan MacMillan, mathematician and astronomer Curt Michel, NASA astronaut, professor Louis Hermann Pammel, botanist Walter Ristow, librarian John O. Schwenn, psychologist and academic administrator William A. Thompson, engineer Blanche Wilkins Williams, educator of deaf students

Activists and journalists

Harriet Bossnot, social and civic worker Chris Bury, Nightline correspondent James Cameron, civil rights activist Tom Hanneman, sports broadcaster Mark Kellogg, reporter (killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn) Frieda S. Miller, labor and women's rights activist William Mullen, journalist Charles M. Palmer, organizer of the Associated Press Marcus M. Pomeroy, editor of the La Crosse Democrat newspaper during the Civil War George Edwin Taylor, activist and journalist Dave Umhoefer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

Artists and performers

Erik Call, cinematographer Bernard Joseph Dockendorff, architect Chip Dunham, cartoonist Mattie Gunterman, photographer Frederick Heath, architect Joseph Losey, film and theater director Christy Oates, woodworker and furniture designer Elmer Petersen, sculptor Nicholas Ray, film and theater director John W. Ross, architect

Actors

Lottie Alter, actor Val Bettin, actor Charles Dierkop, actor Brandon Ratcliff, actor Ford Sterling, actor

Authors

Sylvester John Hemleben, poet, writer, and academic Karla Huston, poet Peg Kehret, author E. E. Knight, author Helen Adelia Manville, poet and litterateur Marion Manville Pope, poet and author William Stobb, poet John Toland, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Danielle Trussoni, author

Musicians

Wallace Berry, composer and music theorist Hugo Jan Huss, orchestra conductor Stephen Jerzak, singer-songwriter, musician Arthur Kreutz, composer Robert E. Kreutz, composer Larry Lelli, musician Robert Moevs, composer Robert Schulz, jazz cornetist Freddie Slack, musician and bandleader

Athletes

American football

Gordon Bahr, college football coach George Dahlgren, NFL player John Fay, NFL player Kevin Fitzgerald, NFL player Bob Fitzke, NFL player Hal Hanson, NFL player Parker Hesse, NFL player Matt Joyce, NFL player Karl Klug, NFL player Richard D. Martin, college football coach Klinks Meyers, APFA player Tom Newberry, NFL all-pro offensive guard Jim Temp, NFL player Clarence Tommerson, NFL player Bill Vickroy, college football coach John Wilce, member of the College Football Hall of Fame Brian Wrobel, NFL player

Baseball

John Ake, MLB player Paul Fitzke, MLB and NFL player Tony Ghelfi, MLB player Chuck Hockenbery, MLB player Tom Klawitter, MLB player Ed Konetchy, MLB player Damian Miller, MLB player Ed Servais, college baseball coach Scott Servais, MLB player and manager Frank Skaff, MLB player and manager Dolly Vanderlip, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Jarrod Washburn, MLB player George Williams, MLB player

Basketball

Scott Christopherson, basketball player Johnny Davis, NBA player, Washington Wizards Jordan Davis, Wisconsin Men’s Basketball Bronson Koenig, basketball player Doug Martin, college basketball coach John Mengelt, NBA player Flip Saunders, NBA coach Glen Selbo, NBA player, selected second overall in 1947 NBA draft

Other

Orville Buckner, professional boxer Tim Gullikson, tennis player and coach Tom Gullikson, tennis player and coach Barbara Harwerth, Olympic volleyball player Don Iverson, professional golfer Ty Loomis, volleyball player Eddie Murphy, Olympic medalist Mike Peplinski, curler George Poage, first African American to win an Olympic medal Ryan Quinn, curler

Businesspeople

George Addes, founder of United Auto Workers Austen Cargill, president of Cargill William Wallace Cargill, founder of Cargill Fay Marvin Clark, real estate developer Russell G. Cleary, president of the G. Heileman Brewing Company Charles Gelatt, businessman and philanthropist George Gund II, banker and real estate investor Gottlieb Heileman, founder of G. Heileman Brewing Company John H. MacMillan Sr, President of Cargill Edwin W. Rice, President of General Electric James Trane, co-founder of Trane Reuben Trane, co-founder of Trane

Military personnel

Stuart P. Baker, U.S. Navy rear admiral Robert J. Flynn, U.S. Navy commander John Shuman, Army Distinguished Service Medal recipient Woodrow Swancutt, U.S. Air Force major general

Politicians

Malvin R. Anderson, Minnesota state legislator and businessman Wendell Abraham Anderson, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Elmer E. Barlow, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Reginald Bicha Timothy Burns, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Erasmus D. Campbell, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and Mayor of La Crosse Ebenezer Childs, territorial legislator Barbara Flynn Currie, Illinois State Representative Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States George Gale, Wisconsin circuit court judge George A. Garrett, U.S. diplomat Wayne J. Hood, Executive Director of the Republican National Committee John Azor Kellogg, U.S. military leader and state senator Charles E. Knoblauch, Iowa State Representative Minnie C. T. Love, Colorado State Representative and member of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan Patrick Joseph Lucey, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. diplomat Paul Lundsten, Wisconsin court of appeals judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, federal judge Paul Marcotte, businessman and Kentucky State Representative Thomas Morris, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Gary K. Nelson, Attorney General of Arizona Mike O'Callaghan, Governor of Nevada Jim Omerberg, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates Theodore D. Parsons, New Jersey Attorney General George Wilbur Peck, newspaper publisher, humorist, mayor of Milwaukee, and Governor of Wisconsin John Rusche, Idaho State Representative Ellis Baker Usher, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin James M. Wahl, member of the Dakota Territorial Legislature Julia Wallace, New Zealand politician Cadwallader C. Washburn, Civil War general, Wisconsin governor, and U.S. Representative Michael A. Wolff, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri

United States legislators

Charles S. Benton, U.S. Representative from New York Fred Biermann, U.S. Representative from Iowa Angus Cameron, U.S. Senator Frank P. Coburn, U.S. Representative John J. Esch, U.S. Representative Merlin Hull, U.S. Representative Ron Kind, U.S. Representative James T. McCleary, U.S. Representative from Minnesota Augustus Herman Pettibone, U.S. Representative from Tennessee William H. Stevenson, U.S. Representative Clark W. Thompson, U.S. Representative from Texas Gardner R. Withrow, U.S. Representative Gilbert Motier Woodward, U.S. Representative

Wisconsin state legislators

Raymond Bice, Sr., businessman, State Representative and senator Jill Billings, State Representative Otto Bosshard, State Representative John Brindley, State Representative and La Crosse County judge Sylvester G. Clements, State Representative and businessman Elijah Fox Cook, Michigan and Wisconsin State Senator James Devitt, State Representative and Senator Steve Doyle, State Representative John S. Durland, State Representative Thomas A. Dyson, State Senator and county judge Edwin Flint, State Senator and circuit court judge Lawrence R. Gibson, State Representative Levi Withee Gibson, State Representative Gerald Greider, State Representative Thomas Harnisch, State Senator Gideon Hixon, Wisconsin State Representative and senator James J. Hogan, Wisconsin State Representative and Mayor of La Crosse Clark L. Hood, State Representative William Hull, State RepresentativeLyman Copeland Draper (ed.). Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. volume 9, Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1909, Wisconsin Necrology-1881, pp. 461-462. Thomas Johnson, State Representative Dan Kapanke, State Senator Milo Knutson, mayor of La Crosse and state senator Edward C. Krause, State Representative Carl Kurtenacker, State RepresentativePaul F. Hunter (ed.). The Wisconsin Blue Book 1919. Madison: Democrat Printing Company, 1919, p. 487. Donald A. McDonald, State Representative John Medinger, Mayor of La Crosse and State Representative Isaac E. Messmore, State Representative and Civil War Colonel Mark Meyer, State Representative and Senator Lewis T. Mittness, State Representative John Mulder, State Representative Leland E. Mulder, State Representative Henry Nein, State Representative Lee Nerison, State Representative John Oestreicher, State Representative Paul Offner, State Representative and Senator Oscar S. Paulson, State Senator James D. H. Peterson, State Representative Brad Pfaff, State Senator George H. Ray, State Representative Arnt O. Rhea, State Representative Theodore Rodolf, State Representative Rudolph Schlabach, State Representative and Senator Marlin Schneider, State Representative Jennifer Shilling, State Senator Albert O. Sorge, State Representative Gysbert Van Steenwyk, Sr., Mayor of La Crosse, State Representative and Senator Thomas Benton Stoddard, first mayor of La Crosse and State Representative Gregg Underheim, State Representative D. Russell Wartinbee, State Representative Guilford M. Wiley, State Representative Merrick Wing, State Senator Levi Withee, State Senator Niran Withee, State Representative

Religious leaders

Patrick Augustine, Anglican assistant bishop Thea Bowman, Roman Catholic religious sister and educator Raymond Burke, Cardinal Prefect of the Vatican's Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura William P. Callahan, Roman Catholic bishop Kilian Caspar Flasch, Roman Catholic bishop Frederick William Freking, Roman Catholic bishop William Richard Griffin, Roman Catholic bishop Michael Heiss, first Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse Alexander Joseph McGavick, Roman Catholic bishop John Joseph Paul, Roman Catholic bishop James Schwebach, Roman Catholic bishop John Patrick Treacy, Roman Catholic bishop

Others

Ed Gein, murderer and grave robber Evelyn Hartley, teenager missing since 1953 Ken Kratz Scott Thorson

See also

La Crosse, Wisconsin List of people from Wisconsin

References