The following notable people are or have been associated with Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.Politicians and judiciary
- Harvey R. Abraham, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- George R. Andrews, U.S. Representative from New York
- Melvin Baldwin, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
- Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Coles Bashford, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Arizona Territory
- Martin T. Battis, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman; born in Oshkosh
- Jule Berndt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Lutheran pastor; born in Oshkosh
- Gabriel Bouck, Wisconsin Attorney General
- William M. Bray, Wisconsin State Senator
- Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Shirley Brown, Florida State Representative
- Taylor G. Brown, Wisconsin State Senator
- Luther Buxton, New York and Wisconsin state legislator and physician
- Frank Challoner, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
- William C. Cowling, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- James H. Davidson, U.S. Representative
- James Edward Doyle, U.S. federal court judge
- James Randall Durfee, U.S. federal court judge
- Edward Eastman, bookseller; first postmaster and first mayor of Oshkosh; Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- William Faber, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Earl Finch, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Carlton Foster, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Gary R. Goyke, Wisconsin State Senator
- Arthur H. Gruenewald, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Richard W. Guenther, U.S. Representative
- Jon R. Guiles, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Andrew Haben, Wisconsin state legislator
- Thomas S. Hanson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- F. Badger Ives, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
- Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin
- Frank B. Keefe, U.S. Representative
- Emil Keup, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Gaines A. Knapp, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Kenneth Kunde, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Florian Lampert, U.S. Representative
- B. F. Langworthy, Minnesota State Representative
- Alfred R. Lea, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Frank A. Leach, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Freeman Lord, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Gustav S. Luscher, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Herman E. Manuel, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. Representative
- Bernard N. Moran, Wisconsin State Senator
- Reid F. Murray, U.S. Representative
- Leo T. Niemuth, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Alvin O'Konski, U.S. Representative
- Albert L. Osborn, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Clark M. Perry, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Leander J. Pierson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- George White Pratt, Wisconsin State Senator
- Charles Rahr, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Christian Sarau, Wisconsin State Senator
- Philetus Sawyer, politician
- Casper Schmidt, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Edward M. Schneider, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Chester D. Seftenberg, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Floyd E. Shurbert, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Eber Simpson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Janet Dempsey Steiger, politician
- William A. Steiger, U.S. Representative
- Walter Tank, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Return Torrey, miller and Wisconsin state senator
- Gregg Underheim, politician
- Robert Scadden Vessey, Governor of South Dakota
- Esther K. Walling, Wisconsin State Assemblywoman
- Thomas Wall, Wisconsin businessman and state legislator
- Ganem W. Washburn, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist
- Henry I. Weed, Wisconsin State Senator
- Dayne Wescott, Wisconsin State Senator
- Edwin Wheeler, Wisconsin State Senator and jurist
- Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator
Sportspersons
- Marty Below, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1988)
- Cozy Dolan, MLB player
- Dick Erdlitz, NFL player
- Bill Gogolewski, MLB player
- Rudy Gollomb, NFL player
- Tyrese Haliburton, NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
- Billy Hoeft, MLB player
- Hornswoggle, real name Dylan Postl, wrestler
- Peter Konz, NFL player
- Howie Koplitz, MLB player
- Hal Reilly, MLB player
- Dutch Rennert, Major League Baseball umpire
- Ted Richards, NFL player
- Hal Robl, NFL player
- Champ Seibold, NFL player
- Eber Simpson, NFL player
- Len Smith, NFL player
- Dave Tyriver, MLB player
Military
- Harold Medberry Bemis, U.S. Navy admiral
- Charles R. Boardman, served as Adjutant General of Wisconsin and as an American general during WWI
- Edmond Konrad, U.S. Navy admiral
- Ernest Dichmann Peek, U.S. Army Major General
- William Everett Potter, U.S. Army; served as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
- Steven A. Schaick, U.S. Air Force general; Deputy Chief of Chaplains
Others
- Lee Baxandall, founder of The Naturist Society
- Erin Boheme, musician
- Michelle Grabner, painter
- Mark Gruenwald, Marvel Comics executive editor
- Lewis Hine, photographer
- Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragist, peace activist, first president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
- KennyHoopla, musician
- Arthur C. Lichtenberger, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
- Kevin B. MacDonald, evolutionary psychologist at the California State University, Long Beach
- Helen Farnsworth Mears, sculptor
- Mike Melvoin, jazz pianist
- Luanna Meyer, professor of education in New Zealand
- Paul Poberezny, aircraft designer, military aviator and founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (1999)
- Tom Poberezny, aerobatic pilot and former chairman and president of the Experimental Aircraft Association, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (2016)
- Stevie Rachelle, lead singer of Tuff
- T.J. Rodgers, scientist and entrepreneur
- Cora Folsom Salisbury, vaudeville performer and ragtime composer
- Greg Dean Schmitz, film critic
- Kathie Sullivan, singer
- Baby Doe Tabor, Colorado pioneer
- Dave Truesdale, editor and literary critic
- Jim VandeHei, editor and co-founder of Politico
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