Famous Wisconsinites - Page 2

dgridley · 06-11-2010, 10:08 AM

Another thread worth kicking up.. can anyone add to the list?

Blue Baboon · 06-12-2010, 06:37 PM

Hope I don't have any repeats here:

Daniel Brandenstein, former astronaut
Meinhardt Raabe, actor starred in Wizard of Oz
Richard Bong, WWII fighter pilot
Tom Wopat, actor, Dukes of Hazzard
Gene Wilder, actor
Margarethe Schurz (married to Carl), founded the first Kindergarten in Watertown
Carl Schurz, German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, Union army general,

dgridley · 06-13-2010, 11:12 AM

Wonder what happened to Tom Wopat?

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Originally Posted by Blue Baboon

Hope I don't have any repeats here:

Daniel Brandenstein, former astronaut
Meinhardt Raabe, actor starred in Wizard of Oz
Richard Bong, WWII fighter pilot
Tom Wopat, actor, Dukes of Hazzard
Gene Wilder, actor
Margarethe Schurz (married to Carl), founded the first Kindergarten in Watertown
Carl Schurz, German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, Union army general,

dgridley · 03-02-2011, 07:00 AM

Here's a list from this site:

Miss Pronouncer: Some famous people who were born, currently live or had lived in Wisconsin.

Couple serial killers on the list like Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer.. wonder which state has had the most serial killers?

Blue Baboon · 03-02-2011, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by dgridley

Couple serial killers on the list like Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer.. wonder which state has had the most serial killers?

They estimate that there are probably at least 500 running around that never have been caught. So no one would know for sure. I know Washington state seems to have enough of them. Maybe it's just because Ann Rule was from that area and wrote about so many. Ted Bundy and Green River killer are the 2 most well known.