Founded 1971 with the merger of the University of Wisconsin campuses with Wisconsin State Universities campuses.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Shirley S. Abrahamson |
Judge |
17-Dec-1933 |
|
Wisconsin Chief Justice |
| Mason Adams |
Actor |
26-Feb-1919 |
26-Apr-2005 |
Charlie Hume on Lou Grant |
| Arthur Agatston |
Doctor |
1947 |
|
The South Beach Diet |
| Stephen E. Ambrose |
Author |
10-Jan-1936 |
13-Oct-2002 |
Band of Brothers |
| Hafizullah Amin |
Head of State |
1-Aug-1929 |
27-Dec-1979 |
President of Afghanistan, 1979 |
| Tom Barrett |
Politician |
8-Dec-1953 |
|
Mayor of Milwaukee |
| Charlene Barshefsky |
Diplomat |
11-Aug-1950 |
|
US Trade Representative, 1997-2001 |
| Robert L. Bartley |
Editor |
12-Oct-1937 |
10-Dec-2003 |
Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003 |
| Carl Becker |
Historian |
7-Sep-1873 |
10-Apr-1945 |
Everyman His Own Historian |
| Stephen M. Bennett |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Intuit, 2000-07 |
| Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
| Paul D. Boyer |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1918 |
|
ATP process |
| Ann Walsh Bradley |
Judge |
5-Jul-1950 |
|
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| Steve Burd |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of Safeway |
| Louis B. Butler, Jr. |
Judge |
15-Feb-1952 |
|
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| Michael A. Callen |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Avalon Argus Associates |
| John F. Campbell |
Diplomat |
1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 2004-07 |
| Bob Carr |
Politician |
27-Mar-1943 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1975-95 |
| Lynne Cheney |
First Lady |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney |
| Joan Cusack |
Actor |
11-Oct-1962 |
|
Grosse Pointe Blank |
| Willem Dafoe |
Actor |
22-Jul-1955 |
|
Last Temptation of Christ |
| John W. Daniels, Jr. |
Attorney |
11-Jun-1948 |
|
Partner, Quarles & Brady |
| Joseph E. Davies |
Diplomat |
29-Nov-1876 |
9-May-1958 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38 |
| Brady J. Deaton |
Educator |
c. 1944 |
|
President, University of Missouri |
| Robert Docking |
Politician |
9-Oct-1925 |
8-Oct-1983 |
Governor of Kansas, 1967-75 |
| Donald Easum |
Diplomat |
1923 |
|
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1975-77 |
| Leslie A. Fiedler |
Critic |
8-Mar-1917 |
29-Jan-2003 |
Love and Death in the American Novel |
| Harold V. Froehlich |
Politician |
12-May-1932 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1973-75 |
| Herbert S. Gasser |
Scientist |
5-Jul-1888 |
11-May-1963 |
Nerve conduction |
| Jeff Greenfield |
Pundit |
10-Jun-1943 |
|
ABC, CNN talking head |
| Horace Gregory |
Poet |
10-Apr-1898 |
11-Mar-1982 |
Chelsea Rooming House |
| Victor Halperin |
Film Director |
24-Aug-1895 |
17-May-1983 |
White Zombie |
| Lorraine Hansberry |
Playwright |
19-May-1930 |
12-Jan-1965 |
A Raisin in the Sun |
| Ben Hecht |
Screenwriter |
28-Feb-1894 |
18-Apr-1964 |
The Front Page |
| Walter W. Heller |
Economist |
27-Aug-1915 |
15-Jun-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64 |
| Donald C. Hintz |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
President of Entergy, 1999-2004 |
| Robert H. Jenkins |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Sundstrand, 1995-99 |
| Merrill Jensen |
Historian |
1905 |
30-Jan-1980 |
The Articles of Confederaton |
| Jane Kaczmarek |
Actor |
21-Dec-1955 |
|
Pleasantville |
| Steve Kagen |
Politician |
12-Dec-1949 |
|
Congressman, Wisconsin 8th |
| Robert W. Kastenmeier |
Politician |
24-Jan-1924 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1959-91 |
| David Keene |
Administrator |
? |
|
American Conservative Union |
| Jack S. Kilby |
Inventor |
8-Nov-1923 |
20-Jun-2005 |
Electrical engineering pioneer |
| August Kleinzahler |
Poet |
1949 |
|
A Calendar of Airs |
| Warren P. Knowles |
Politician |
19-Aug-1908 |
1-May-1993 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1965-71 |
| Julius Albert Krug |
Government |
23-Nov-1907 |
26-Mar-1970 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49 |
| Jeffrey M. Lacker |
Economist |
27-Sep-1955 |
|
President and CEO, Richmond Fed |
| Nicholas R. Lardy |
Economist |
c. 1946 |
|
Senior fellow, Institute for International Economics |
| Michael Ledeen |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
|
Neoconservative activist |
| David J. Lesar |
Business |
1954 |
|
CEO of Halliburton |
| Charles Lindbergh |
Aviator |
4-Feb-1902 |
26-Aug-1974 |
Transatlantic soloist |
| Jim Lovell |
Astronaut |
25-Mar-1928 |
|
Apollo 13 |
| Abraham Maslow |
Psychologist |
1-Apr-1908 |
8-Jun-1970 |
Hierarchy of Needs |
| Ronald A. McDougall |
Business |
12-Aug-1942 |
|
Brinker International, 1983-2004 |
| Donald L. McWhorter |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
President and CEO of Banc One, 1992-95 |
| Richard H. Melton |
Diplomat |
8-Aug-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1989-93 |
| Karl Menninger |
Psychiatrist |
22-Jul-1893 |
18-Jul-1990 |
The Human Mind |
| Steve Miller |
Musician |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
The Steve Miller Band |
| C. Wright Mills |
Sociologist |
28-Aug-1916 |
20-Mar-1962 |
The Power Elite |
| Stanford Moore |
Chemist |
4-Sep-1913 |
23-Aug-1982 |
Amino-acid analyzer |
| Agnes Moorehead |
Actor |
6-Dec-1900 |
30-Apr-1974 |
Endora on Bewitched |
| Wayne Morse |
Politician |
20-Oct-1900 |
22-Jul-1974 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69 |
| Howard Moss |
Poet |
22-Jan-1922 |
16-Sep-1987 |
Finding Them Lost |
| John Muir |
Activist |
21-Apr-1838 |
24-Dec-1914 |
Patron saint of Yosemite National Park |
| Gaylord Nelson |
Politician |
4-Jun-1916 |
3-Jul-2005 |
Founded Earth Day in 1970 |
| Mark Neumann |
Politician |
27-Feb-1954 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1995-99 |
| Donald T. Nicolaisen |
Business |
1944 |
|
SEC's Chief Accountant, 2003-05 |
| Mark A. Nordenberg |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh |
| Michele Norris |
Radio Personality |
7-Sep-1961 |
|
NPR host, All Things Considered |
| Richard C. Notebaert |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of Qwest, 2002-07 |
| Joyce Carol Oates |
Author |
16-Jun-1938 |
|
Author of over 40 novels |
| David Obey |
Politician |
3-Oct-1938 |
|
Congressman, Wisconsin 7th |
| Philip A. Odeen |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of BDM International, 1992-97 |
| Nancy Olson |
Actor |
14-Jul-1928 |
|
Sunset Blvd. |
| Russell W. Peterson |
Politician |
3-Oct-1916 |
|
Governor of Delaware, 1969-73 |
| Burton Pines |
Activist |
c. 1940 |
|
Conservative activist |
| David T. Prosser, Jr. |
Judge |
24-Dec-1942 |
|
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| Fletcher Prouty |
Military |
24-Jan-1917 |
5-Jun-2001 |
USAF Intelligence Officer |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Novelist |
8-Aug-1896 |
14-Dec-1953 |
The Yearling |
| Lee Raymond |
Business |
13-Aug-1938 |
|
CEO of ExxonMobil, 1999-2005 |
| John W. Reynolds |
Politician |
4-Apr-1921 |
6-Jan-2002 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1963-65 |
| Chuck Robb |
Politician |
26-Jun-1939 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001 |
| Lowell W. Robinson |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
COO of MIVA, Inc. |
| Patience D. Roggensack |
Judge |
7-Jul-1940 |
|
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| Brad Rowe |
Actor |
15-May-1970 |
|
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss |
| John W. Rowe |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
President and CEO of Exelon |
| Boz Scaggs |
Musician |
8-Jun-1944 |
|
70's Soft Rocker |
| Debbie Schlussel |
Radio Personality |
9-Apr-1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Theodore W. Schultz |
Economist |
30-Apr-1902 |
26-Feb-1998 |
Investment in Human Capital |
| Delmore Schwartz |
Poet |
8-Dec-1913 |
11-Jul-1966 |
Summer Knowledge |
| John Searle |
Philosopher |
Dec-1932 |
|
Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language |
| Tony Shalhoub |
Actor |
9-Oct-1953 |
|
Monk, Men In Black, etc. |
| Deven Sharma |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
President of Standard & Poor's |
| Clifford D. Simak |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1904 |
25-Apr-1988 |
City and The Visitors |
| Michael Smith |
Chemist |
26-Apr-1932 |
4-Oct-2000 |
Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis |
| Daniel V. Speckhard |
Diplomat |
c. 1959 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece |
| Robert C. Strong |
Diplomat |
29-Sep-1915 |
28-Dec-1999 |
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1963-67 |
| Tommy Thompson |
Government |
19-Nov-1941 |
|
Governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001 |
| Jean Toomer |
Author |
26-Dec-1894 |
30-Mar-1967 |
Cane |
| Daniel J. Travanti |
Actor |
7-Mar-1940 |
|
Hill Street Blues |
| Charlie Trotter |
Chef |
? |
|
Famous Chicago chef |
| Greta Van Susteren |
Journalist |
11-Jun-1955 |
|
Fox News journalist, plastic surgery victim |
| Troy Vincent |
Football |
8-Jun-1971 |
|
All-pro defensive back |
| John E. Walker |
Chemist |
7-Jan-1941 |
|
ATP process |
| Alexander F. Watson |
Diplomat |
8-Aug-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Peru, 1986-89 |
| Eudora Welty |
Author |
13-Apr-1909 |
23-Jul-2001 |
The Optimist's Daughter |
| Paul Weyrich |
Columnist |
7-Oct-1942 |
|
Conservative activist |
| David R. Whitwam |
Business |
30-Jan-1942 |
|
CEO of Whirlpool, 1987-2004 |
| Pete Wilson |
Journalist |
Apr-1945 |
20-Jul-2007 |
KGO -TV and AM anchor/host |
| Dave Winer |
Computer Programmer |
1955 |
|
Co-creator RSS, Scripting News |
| Mary A. Winston |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
CFO of Scholastic, 2004-07 |
| Kenneth S. Yalowitz |
Diplomat |
28-May-1941 |
|
US Ambassador to Georgia, 1998-2001 |
| Michael B. Yanney |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
Burlington Capital Group LLC |
| Duane E. Zitzner |
Business |
26-Jun-1947 |
|
Former EVP, Hewlett Packard |
| David Zucker |
Film Director |
16-Oct-1947 |
|
Airplane! |
| Terry Zwigoff |
Film Director |
18-May-1949 |
|
Ghost World |
