Situated in the vicinity of the splendid Great Lakes region, Wisconsin is a nature lover’s paradise. According to various sources on the internet, Wisconsin apparently has around 15,000 lakes. Filmmaker Zack Snyder, actress Heather Graham, Gene Wilder and model Laura Kaeppeler are a few famous celebrities who hail from Wisconsin. Maverick filmmaker Zack Snyder is the man behind Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Man Of Steel’, ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’ as well as ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice’. Laura Kaeppeler was crowned ‘Miss America’ in 2012 and thus, she became the first woman from Milwaukee to hold the title. The 1988 flick ‘License To Drive’ marked the debut of actress Heather Graham and since then there has been no looking back for this talented woman who is one of the most seasoned Hollywood artistes. Listed below are the names of a few other famous celebrities from Wisconsin. The bond these eminent personalities share with their state cannot be described in a few words.
Ben Askren(Mixed Martial Artist)
18 July 1984
American
Tony Shalhoub(Actor)
09 October 1953
American
Zack Snyder(American film director)
01 March 1966
American
Gena Rowlands(Actress)
19 June 1930
American
Shaka Smart(basketball player, basketball coach)
08 April 1977
American
Dick Trickle27 October 1941
American
Greg Graffin(American singer-songwriter)
06 November 1964
American
David Filo(Entrepreneur, Businessperson, Merchant, Computer scientist)
20 April 1966
American
Charles White Whittlesey(Lawyer, Military personnel)
20 January 1884
American
Thomas A. Steitz(Biochemist)
23 August 1940
American
Warren Weaver(mathematician, university teacher, computer scientist)
17 June 1894
American
Tom Hall(Computer scientist)
02 September 1964
American
Clifford D. Simak(American fiction writer)
03 August 1904
American
Marc Mitscher(Officer)
26 January 1887
American
Arnold Gesell(Psychologist, University teacher, Physician)
21 June 1880
American
Paul P. Harris(Jurist, Lawyer)
19 April 1868
American
Earnest Hooton(Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Prehistorian, Author, Paleoanthropologist, University teacher, Writer)
20 November 1887
American
David J. Wineland(American physicist)
24 February 1944
American
Jeffrey FoucaultAmerican
Frederic E. Mohs(Surgeon)
01 March 1910
American
Doug Larson(Journalist)
10 February 1926
American
Ken Anderson06 March 1976
American
Red Smith(Journalist)
25 September 1905
American
Janine Pibal(Actress)
14 May 1974
American
