List of people from Appleton, Wisconsin

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

Artists and performers

• Judah Bauer, guitarist
• Willem Dafoe, actor
• Theodore Hardeen, magician
• Harry Houdini, illusionist and stunt performer
• Lynn Kellogg, singer
• Steven Krueger, actor
• Maury Laws, composer
• Jeff Loomis, guitarist
• Michael Patrick McGill, actor
• Roy Purdy, rapper
• Brenda Rae, operatic soprano
• Mark Stewart (American musician)
• Terry Zwigoff, filmmaker
• Mary Ann Wells, dancer and ballet dance teacher

Athletes and sports personnel

Authors and journalists

• Mary Agria, author
• Gary Arndt, travel photographer and writer
• Jesse David Chariton, historian
• Edna Ferber, author
• Alfred Galpin, correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft
• Henry Golde, author and Holocaust survivor
• William Norman Grigg, author
• Walter Havighurst, author
• Gladys Taber, author
• Greta Van Susteren, journalist, Newsmax television anchor

Businesspeople

• William Beverly Murphy, ex-president of Campbell Soup Company
• Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft
• Travis VanderZanden, founder of Bird Rides
• Walter B. Wriston, banker

Military personnel

• John Bradley, Iwo Jima Navy flag-raiser
• Zuhdi Jasser, doctor, former lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy
• John S. Mills, U.S. Air Force Major General
• Erik M. Ross, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
• William J. Van Ryzin, U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General

Politicians

Other

• August Knuppel, mason and contractor
• Ann McKee, neuropathologist specializing in traumatic brain injuries
• John Benjamin Murphy, surgeon
• Larry Rosebaugh, Roman Catholic priest
• James Zwerg, civil rights activist
• Anthony Czarnik, American chemist and inventor

References