List of people from Racine, Wisconsin

This is a list of individuals who are or were natives of, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of Racine, Wisconsin, USA.

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Arts

Athletics

Business

• Jerome Case, inventor
• Albert J. Dremel, founder of the Dremel company
• George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team; co-owner of Premier League team, Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett Evernham Motorsports
• Jay Grinney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation
• Jon Hammes, founder and managing partner of Hammes Company
• Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Herbert Fisk Johnson III, Chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Son, member of the Forbes 400
• Samuel C. Johnson, industrialist (wax)
• Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr., founder of S.C. Johnson & Son
• Helen Johnson-Leipold, CEO of Johnson Outdoors
• Jim Jorgensen, entrepreneur; Discovery Zone, AllAdvantage and Women's Sports Foundation
• Craig Leipold, majority owner of NHL's Minnesota Wild
• John "Jack" Rogan, founder of Rogan's Shoes
• Don Smiley, President and CEO of Summerfest and former Major League Baseball executive
• Fred Young, President and CEO of Young Radiator

Military

• Harold C. Agerholm, USMC Private First Class, World War II, Medal of Honor recipient
• James Roy Andersen, USAAF Brigadier General
• Arthur S. Born, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
• Charles F. Born, U.S. Army and Air Force Major General
• Dominic A. Cariello, Wisconsin Army National Guard Brigadier General
• Clinton W. Davies, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
• Gregory A. Feest, U.S. Air Force Major General
• Irving Fish, U.S. Army Major General
• George Clay Ginty, Union Army Brigadier General
• John L. Jerstad, Major, USAAF, World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
• Travis King, U.S. Army Private Second Class, defected to North Korea on 18 July, 2023.

Politics and law

Religion

• Anton Marius Andersen, Lutheran minister
• James DeKoven, Episcopal clergyman
• Francis J. Haas, Roman Catholic bishop
• Richard J. Sklba, Roman Catholic bishop
• Rose Thering, Racine Dominican sister; professor at Seton Hall University

Other

• Laurel Clark, astronaut; died on reentry in her first space flight on Space Shuttle Columbia
• Ethel B. Dietrich, economist, foreign service officer
• Marguerite Davis, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B
• Cory Everson, six-time winner of Miss Olympia bodybuilding contest
• Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International
• William D. Lutz, linguist
• F. Don Miller, executive director of the USOC

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