List of people from Janesville, Wisconsin
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The following notable people were born in or are associated with Janesville, Wisconsin.
- Tim Davis, co-founder of The Steve Miller Band
- Gloria Foster, actress
- Karron Graves, actress
- Carrie Jacobs-Bond, songwriter
- Tad Kubler, guitarist for The Hold Steady[1]
- Kerwin Mathews, actor
- Charles McCarron, vaudeville composer
- Manilla Powers, singer, vaudeville performer, musical theater comedian
- Leoni W. Robinson, architect[2]
- Tom Welling, actor (lived in Janesville briefly during childhood)
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet
Athletes
- Mistie Bass (Mistie Williams), WNBA player
- Keeanu Benton, NFL player
- Frank Bliss, MLB player
- Tommy Cronin, NFL player
- Moxie Dalton, NFL player
- Stan Fox, race car driver, eight-time starter at the Indianapolis 500
- Tucker Fredricks, Olympic speedskater
- Fred Hayner. baseball player
- Larry Hough, Olympic rower
- Paul Janus, NFL player
- Travis Kvapil, NASCAR driver
- John Morrissey, professional baseball player
- Tom Morrissey, professional baseball player
- Joe Riggert, MLB player[3]
- Terry Ryan, MLB manager
- Peter Shorts, NFL player
- Bob Strampe, MLB player
Military personnel
- Leslie Allen Bellrichard, Medal of Honor recipient, Vietnam[4]
- James Bintliff, Union Army general
- Victor Bleasdale, Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross recipient[5]
- Frank Matteson Bostwick, U.S. Navy commodore
- James E. Croft, Medal of Honor recipient, Civil War[4]
- Gerald L. Endl, Medal of Honor recipient, World War II[6]
- Theodore W. Goldin, Medal of Honor recipient, American Indian Wars
- John Johnson, Medal of Honor recipient, Civil War
- John E. McCoy, U.S. Air National Guard general
- Henry Palmer, Union Army general
- James Pond, Medal of Honor recipient, Civil War[4]
- Thomas H. Ruger, Civil War general and military governor of Georgia under occupation
- Lyle Seeman, military engineer, administrator, and commander involved in the Manhattan Project; college football player for the West Point team[7]
- Claron A. Windus, Medal of Honor recipient[8]