• Don Ameche (1908 - 1993) Actor who won an Academy Award for his performance in Cocoon; born in Kenosha.
• August Derleth (1909 - 1971) Author; born in Sauk City.
• Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926) Famous magician and escape artist; from Appleton.
• Pee Wee King (1914 - 2000) Singer and an important figure in country music; born in Milwaukee.
• Liberace (1919 - 1987) Famous musician ;born in West Allis.
• Tom Snyder (1936 - ) Radio talk-show host; born in Milwaukee.

• Tom Wopat (1951 - ) Played Luke Duke in the hit television series, "Dukes Of Hazard"; born on a small dairy farm in Lodi.

• Gene Wilder (1935 - ) Actor made famous in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; born in Milwaukee.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867 - 1957) Author of the Little House books;born in Pepin.

More Famous Entertainers of Wisconsin

• Ellen Corby actress, Racine
• William Defoe actor, Appleton
• Tyne Daly actress, Madison
• Chris Farley actor, Madison
• Zona Gale author, Portage
• Woody Herman band leader, Milwaukee
• Loretta Sell Hildegarde singer, Adell
• Thomas Hulce actor, Whitewater
• Allen Ludden tv host, Mineral Point
• Alfred Lunt actor, Milwaukee
• Frederic March actor, Racine
• Jackie Mason comedian, Sheboygan
• Charles and John Ringling circus entrepreneurs, Baraboo
• Pat O'Brien actor, Milwaukee
• Les Paul musician, Waukesha
• Amy Pietz actress, Oak Creek
• Charlotte Rae actress, Milwaukee
• William H. Rehnquist jurist, Milwaukee
• Gena Rowlands actress, Cambria
• Spencer Tracy actor, Milwaukee
• Orson Welles actor and producer, Kenosha
• Thornton Wilder author, Madison
• Charles Winninger actor, Athen