This is a List of Milwaukeeans, notable citizens of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• David Adler — A prolific architect who designed over 200 estates during a stylistic period known as the "Great American House."
• Marc Alaimo — Actor who played many Star Trek characters, including Gul Dukat in Deep Space Nine.
• Walter Annenberg — Billionaire publisher, philanthropist, and creator of the Annenberg Foundation ^*.
• Austin Aries — former World Champion professional wrestler.
• Shauna Singh Baldwin — Canadian-born author currently living in Milwaukee.
• Candice Michelle Beckman — Glamour model, television & film actress, and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) RAW Diva.
• Lamont Bentley — Television and film actor. Best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on the television series Moesha, starring Brandy.
• Mark Borchardt — Independent filmmaker. Best known as the subject of the film American Movie.
• Fabian Bruskewitz — Roman Catholic bishop.
• Leroy Chiao — Astronaut. Commander and Science Officer of the 10th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).
• Anthony Crivello — Tony Award-winning actor and television star.
• Jeffrey Dahmer — Infamous American serial killer who committed necrophilia and cannibalism on his victims.
• Walter Davidson — Co-founder of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
• Victor DeLorenzo — Drummer for the punk-rock group the Violent Femmes.
• Colleen Dewhurst — Canadian-born actress who was raised in Milwaukee. Best known for her role as Marilla Cuthbert in various Anne of Green Gables productions.
• Howie Epstein — Noted rock musician, producer, and bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
• Jack Finney — Science fiction and thriller writer. Finney's novel The Body Snatchers was the basis for the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers and its remakes.
• Gordon Gano — lead singer and guitarist for the punk-rock group the Violent Femmes.
• Carlos Glidden — Co-inventor of the first practical typewriter with Christopher Sholes and Samuel W. Soule.
• Heather Graham — Film actress. Best known for her breakthrough role as Roller Girl in the movie Boogie Nights.
• James Groppi — Prominent Roman Catholic priest and noted civil rights activist.
• Andrea Hall — Twin sister of fellow soap actress Deidre Hall. Best known for her role as Samantha Evans on Days of Our Lives.
• Deidre Hall — Actress on the NBC Soap opera Days of our Lives.
• Jerry Harrison — Keyboardist of the influential new-wave music group Talking Heads.
• James Michael Harvey — Roman Catholic bishop.
• Marguerite Henry — Award winning children's author, known for her books about animals.
• Eric Benet R&B singer; was married to Halle Berry
• Woody Herman — Professional jazz singer, instrumentalist, and big band leader.
• Guy Hoffman — Drummer and vocalist who performed with bands such as the Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes and Absinthe.
• Al Jarreau — Award winning jazz singer
• Audree Jaymes — Internet and adult film actress ^*.
• Salome Jens — Actress, best-known for portraying the Female Shapeshifter on Deep Space Nine.
• Solomon Juneau — Early fur trader, land speculator, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee.
• Jane Kaczmarek — Actress; Best known as Lois in Malcolm in the Middle, married to West Wing actor (and Madison native) Bradley Whitford.
• Brian "Kato" Kaelin — Actor and famed former house guest of O.J. Simpson during the double murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
• George F. Kennan — architect of the U.S. cold war policy of containment of the Soviet Union.
• Byron Kilbourn — Wisconsin railroad executive, politician, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee.
• Jack Kilby — Nobel laureate and co-inventor of the integrated circuit (IC).
• Pee Wee King — Songwriter, recording artist, and television entertainer who was inducted in to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• Donald Knuth — Renowned computer scientist and author of The Art of Computer Programming.
• Reginald Lisowski — Professional Wrestler better known as "The Crusher."
• Rico Love - rapper and songwriter signed to Usher's US Records, a subsidiary of J Records
• Jim Lovell — Former NASA astronaut and commander of the infamous Apollo 13 mission. North/South 7th Street through the downtown area was named James Lovell Street in his honor.
• Otto Luening (1900 – 1996) – Composer, early pioneer of electronic music.
• Alfred Lunt — Famous Tony Award and Emmy Award winning Broadway actor, who appeared in over 24 plays with his wife Lynn Fontanne.
• Arthur MacArthur, Jr. — Prominent General and father of famed General Douglas MacArthur.
• Golda Meir — A founder of the State of Israel who served as its Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and fourth Prime Minister.
• Chris Mihm — Professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player.
• Frederick Miller — Brewing magnate and founder of the Miller Brewing Company.
• Steve Miller — Musician, of the Steve Miller Band.
• Aloisius Joseph Muench — Roman Catholic Cardinal
• Pat O'Brien — Movie actor with over 100 screen credits (seven with James Cagney), including Angels with Dirty Faces and Some Like It Hot.
• Frederick Pabst — Brewing magnate of Pabst Brewing Company fame.
• Frank Parker — International Tennis Hall of Fame member who was one of the few Americans to win both the French and U.S. Championships.
• Jim Peck — Game show host, famous for The Big Showdown and Three's a Crowd, hosts the local history show I Remember Milwaukee on WMVS.
• Jane and Lloyd Pettit — Well known philanthropists of Bradley family fortune, who gifted the Bradley Center and Pettit National Ice Center.
• Terry Porter — former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and former head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
• Charlotte Rae (Lubotsky), TV/stage actress and singer; Best known to fans as Mrs. Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. Her last name is also connected to the Lubotsky family that ran a tire store chain in the Milwaukee area.
• William Rehnquist — Justice of the United States Supreme Court since 1972, and Chief Justice from 1986 until his death in 2005.
• Brian Ritchie — Bass guitarist for the punk-rock group the Violent Femmes.
• Doug Russell — Nationally syndicated sports-talk radio host. Currently heard on Sporting News Radio, formerly of WTMJ-AM.
• Mark Rylance — Award winning film and theatre actor, also theatre director. Best known for being the first Artistic Director of the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London from 1995-2005. Playing in theatre and movies since 1976.
• Augustine Francis Schinner — the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior.
• Joseph Schlitz — Brewing magnate of the now defunct Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.
• Bud Selig — Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner and former owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.
• Steve de Shazer — A psychotherapist who developed the use of solution focused brief therapy.
• Christopher Sholes — Printer, politician, and newspaper editor. Best known for inventing the modern day typewriter with its QWERTY key layout, while living in Milwaukee.
• Lance Sijan — The first USAFA graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his selflessness and courage in the face of lethal danger.
• Al Simmons — Major League Baseball player who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Herbert Simon — Nobel laureate and Turing Award winner for his works in artificial intelligence (AI), the psychology of human cognition, and decision-making processes.
• Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger) — Science fiction writer, noted East Asian scholar and expert in psychological warfare.
• Tom Snyder — Former host of the award winning television programs The Tomorrow Show and The Late Late Show.
• Samuel W. Soule — Co-inventor of the first practical typewriter with Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden.
• Latrell Sprewell — Four-time All-Star professional basketball player.
• Brooks Stevens — Prominent automotive and industrial designer who developed the concept of planned obsolescence, or the practice of artificially shortening product lifecycles in order to influence consumer buying patterns.
• Peter Straub — Fiction writer and poet. Best known as a horror-genre author.
• Diane S. Sykes — A judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and potential nominee to the Supreme Court. Wife of WTMJ-AM (620) midday host Charlie Sykes.
• Eric Szmanda — Television actor who played Greg Sanders on the popular crime drama series Crime Scene Investigation.
• Spencer Tracy — Notable film actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 through the 1960s, and is considered by many to be the most skillful actor of his time.
• Judy Tyler (Judith Mae Hess) — Film actress starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock.
• Bob Uecker — Major League Baseball (MLB) player and award-winning sportscaster.
• Hoyt Vandenberg — U.S. Air Force general.
• George H. Walker — Trader, politician, and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee.
• Neale Donald Walsch — Best selling author of Conversations With God and several other books. Considered a leader and visionary of new-age thought.
• Bruce Weber — Head Coach of the University of Illinois men's basketball team.
• Joshua Wetzel — Author of The Paradigmal Pirate the first major work on the subject of Chaos magic in American English.
• Gene Wilder — Native born actor known for his collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel Brooks.
• Chip Zien — Stage, screen and television actor. Known for his recurring role in the TV series Now and Again as Gerald Misenbach.
• David Zucker — Famed hollywood film director known for his collaborations with brother Jerry Zucker on the movies Airplane! and Top Secret!.
• Jerry Zucker — Famed hollywood film director known for his collaborations with brother David Zucker on the movies Airplane! and Top Secret!.

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