| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Iajuddin Ahmed |
Head of State |
1-Feb-1931 |
|
President of Bangladesh |
| W. Steve Albrecht |
Educator |
c. 1949 |
|
Accounting Professor at BYU |
| Gene Amdahl |
Engineer |
16-Nov-1922 |
|
Parallel computing pioneer |
| Alan Ameche |
Football |
1-Mar-1933 |
8-Aug-1988 |
Winner, 1954 Heisman Trophy |
| David R. Anderson |
Business |
? |
|
CEO of American Family Insurance |
| William Bagley |
Educator |
15-Mar-1874 |
1-Jul-1946 |
Opponent of Dewey's progressive education |
| Tammy Baldwin |
Politician |
11-Feb-1962 |
|
Congresswoman, Wisconsin 2nd |
| John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Tom Barrett |
Politician |
8-Dec-1953 |
|
Mayor of Milwaukee |
| Carol Bartz |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Autodesk, 1992-2006 |
| Lowell Bergman |
Film/TV Producer |
24-Jul-1945 |
|
Former 60 Minutes producer |
| Rebecca M. Blank |
Economist |
19-Sep-1955 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1998-99 |
| Günter Blobel |
Scientist |
21-May-1936 |
|
Protein signaling in cells |
| Nils A. Boe |
Politician |
10-Sep-1913 |
30-Jul-1992 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1965-69 |
| Norman O. Brown |
Historian |
25-Sep-1913 |
2-Oct-2002 |
Life Against Death |
| Bob Carr |
Politician |
27-Mar-1943 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1975-95 |
| Howard L. Carver |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Former Partner, Ernst & Young |
| Chris Chelios |
Hockey |
25-Jan-1962 |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
| Dick Cheney |
Politician |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
Dubya's VP, ex-CEO of Halliburton |
| Dale Chihuly |
Artist |
20-Sep-1941 |
|
Overrated glass artist |
| Stephen P. Cohen |
Scholar |
c. 1946 |
|
Foreign policy analyst |
| Wilbur J. Cohen |
Government |
10-Jun-1913 |
17-May-1987 |
HEW Secretary, 1968-69 |
| Duane E. Collins |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Parker Hannifin, 1993-2001 |
| Michael J. Critelli |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Pitney Bowes, 1997-2007 |
| Tom Davis |
Basketball |
3-Dec-1938 |
|
Iowa Hawkeyes Head Coach, 1986-99 |
| Ron Dayne |
Football |
14-Mar-1978 |
|
Houston Texans RB |
| Blake E. Devitt |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young |
| Jim Doyle |
Politician |
23-Nov-1945 |
|
Governor of Wisconsin |
| Lee S. Dreyfus |
Politician |
20-Jun-1926 |
2-Jan-2008 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83 |
| Lawrence Eagleburger |
Government |
1-Aug-1930 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1992-93 |
| Thomas J. Falk |
Business |
1958 |
|
CEO of Kimberly-Clark |
| Russ Feingold |
Politician |
2-Mar-1953 |
|
US Senator from Wisconsin |
| Bill Foster |
Politician |
7-Oct-1955 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 14th |
| Harold V. Froehlich |
Politician |
12-May-1932 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1973-75 |
| Ellen V. Futter |
Educator |
21-Sep-1949 |
|
President of Barnard College, 1980-93 |
| Zona Gale |
Novelist |
26-Aug-1874 |
27-Dec-1938 |
Miss Lulu Bett |
| Herbert S. Gasser |
Scientist |
5-Jul-1888 |
11-May-1963 |
Nerve conduction |
| C. Daniel Gelatt |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
President of NMT Corporation |
| Dennis R. Glass |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Lincoln National |
| Stuart Gordon |
Film Director |
11-Aug-1947 |
|
Re-Animator |
| William J. Grede |
Business |
24-Feb-1897 |
5-Jun-1989 |
Grede Foundries, Inc. |
| Mark Green |
Politician |
1-Jun-1960 |
|
US Ambassador to Tanzania |
| Steven Gunderson |
Politician |
10-May-1951 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1981-97 |
| Arvid Harnack |
Spy |
24-May-1901 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Executed for espionage |
| Mildred Fish Harnack |
Spy |
16-Sep-1902 |
16-Feb-1943 |
Guillotined by the Gestapo |
| S. I. Hayakawa |
Politician |
19-Jul-1906 |
27-Feb-1992 |
Semanticist and US Senator |
| Eric Heiden |
Skating |
15-Jun-1958 |
|
Olympic speed skater, 5 gold medals |
| Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch |
Football |
17-Jun-1923 |
28-Jan-2004 |
LA Rams halfback 1949-57 |
| bell hooks |
Sociologist |
9-Sep-1952 |
|
Feminist blackademic, Ain't I A Woman |
| Leslie Ann Howard |
Administrator |
c. 1954 |
|
President, Dane County United Way |
| Mark W. Huddleston |
Educator |
c. 1950 |
|
President, University of New Hampshire |
| Clark L. Hull |
Psychologist |
24-May-1884 |
10-May-1952 |
Principles of Behavior |
| Richard H. Jones |
Diplomat |
26-Aug-1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel |
| Steve Kagen |
Politician |
12-Dec-1949 |
|
Congressman, Wisconsin 8th |
| Philip M. Kaiser |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1913 |
24-May-2007 |
US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81 |
| Marcy Kaptur |
Politician |
17-Jun-1946 |
|
Congresswoman, Ohio 9th |
| Ted D. Kellner |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Fiduciary Management, Inc. |
| H. Gobind Khorana |
Scientist |
9-Jan-1922 |
|
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Scott L. Klug |
Politician |
16-Jan-1953 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1991-99 |
| Charles B. Knapp |
Educator |
13-Aug-1946 |
|
President, University of Georgia, 1987-97 |
| Herb Kohl |
Politician |
7-Feb-1935 |
|
US Senator from Wisconsin |
| Kay Koplovitz |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Co-Founder, USA Network |
| Robert M. La Follette |
Politician |
14-Jun-1855 |
20-Jun-1925 |
Governor and Senator from Wisconsin |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Barbara Lawton |
Politician |
5-Jul-1951 |
|
Lt. Governor of Wisconsin |
| Donald C. Leidel |
Diplomat |
31-Aug-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1983-86 |
| Patrick J. Lucey |
Politician |
21-Mar-1918 |
|
Governor of Wisconsin, 1971-77 |
| Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
| Michael Mann |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Manhunter, Heat, and Collateral |
| Montgomery Meigs |
Military |
11-Jan-1945 |
|
Military analyst |
| Laura Miller |
Politician |
18-Nov-1958 |
|
Mayor of Dallas, 2002-07 |
| Thomas J. Mohs |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Founder, Placon Corporation |
| John P. Morgridge |
Business |
23-Jul-1933 |
|
CEO of Cisco, 1988-95 |
| Errol Morris |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| Erwin Neher |
Scientist |
20-Mar-1944 |
|
Cellular ion channels |
| Mark Neumann |
Politician |
27-Feb-1954 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1995-99 |
| Edwin Newman |
Journalist |
25-Jan-1919 |
|
Journalist and commentator for NBC News |
| Arthur C. Nielsen |
Business |
5-Sep-1897 |
1-Jun-1980 |
Founder of A.C. Nielsen ratings company |
| Keith D. Nosbusch |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Rockwell |
| San W. Orr, Jr. |
Business |
1941 |
|
Wausau Paper Corporation |
| Debra J. Perry |
Business |
17-Apr-1951 |
|
Moody's |
| Irna Phillips |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jul-1901 |
23-Dec-1973 |
Queen of soap operas |
| Peter M. Platten III |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Vice Chairman of Marshall & Ilsley, 1994-97 |
| James A. Quella |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Blackstone Group |
| Alfred Regnery |
Publisher |
21-Nov-1942 |
|
The American Spectator |
| Julie G. Richardson |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Providence Equity Partners |
| Carl Rogers |
Psychologist |
8-Jan-1902 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Non-directive theory of psychology |
| Eric S. Rosengren |
Economist |
3-Jun-1957 |
|
President and CEO, Boston Fed |
| David S. Ruder |
Government |
25-May-1929 |
|
SEC Chairman, 1987-89 |
| Bud Selig |
Baseball |
30-Jul-1934 |
|
Commissioner of Baseball |
| Jim Sensenbrenner |
Politician |
14-Jun-1943 |
|
Congressman, Wisconsin 5th |
| Michael S. Shannon |
Business |
15-Jun-1958 |
|
KSL Capital Partners |
| Stephen H. Siegele |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Advanced Delivery and Chemical Systems |
| Joan Spero |
Diplomat |
c. 1944 |
|
Under Secretary of State, 1993-97 |
| Francesca M. Spinelli |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Senior VP at PetSmart |
| Michael R. Splinter |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Applied Materials |
| Joel Stebbins |
Astronomer |
30-Jul-1878 |
16-Mar-1966 |
Photoelectric photometry |
| Harry Steenbock |
Biologist |
16-Aug-1886 |
25-Dec-1967 |
Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D |
| Janet Steiger |
Government |
10-Jun-1939 |
3-Apr-2004 |
FTC chairman, 1989-95 |
| William A. Steiger |
Politician |
15-May-1938 |
4-Dec-1978 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1967-78 |
| Peter Straub |
Novelist |
2-Mar-1943 |
|
Ghost Story |
| David M. Szymanski |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Retailing Studies Professor |
| Edward Tatum |
Scientist |
14-Dec-1909 |
7-Nov-1975 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| Ruy Teixeira |
Author |
c. 1955 |
|
The Emerging Democratic Majority |
| James A. Thomson |
Administrator |
21-Jan-1945 |
|
President and CEO, Rand Corporation |
| Frederick Jackson Turner |
Historian |
14-Nov-1861 |
14-Mar-1932 |
Frontier Thesis |
| John H. van Vleck |
Physicist |
13-Mar-1899 |
27-Oct-1980 |
Quantum mechanics of magnetism |
| Michael Warner |
Scholar |
? |
|
Fear of a Queer Planet |
| John D. Wiley |
Educator |
23-Mar-1942 |
|
Chancellor, UW-Madison |
| William Appleman Williams |
Historian |
1921 |
6-Mar-1990 |
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy |
| Tom Wopat |
Actor |
9-Sep-1951 |
|
Luke Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard |
| Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architect |
8-Jun-1867 |
9-Apr-1959 |
America's most famous architect |
| James Wright |
Educator |
1939 |
|
President, Dartmouth College |
| Clayton K. Yeutter |
Government |
10-Dec-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1989-91 |
