Notable Residents and Natives
- David Ackert, actor, writer, producer
- George Addes, founder of United Auto Workers
- John Ake, professional baseball player
- Wendell Abraham Anderson, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
- Elmer E. Barlow, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
- Charles S. Benton, U.S. Representative from New York
- Raymond Bice, Sr., businessman, state assemblyman and senator
- Fred Biermann, U.S. Representative from Iowa
- Thea Bowman, Roman Catholic nun
- Orville Buckner, professional boxer
- Raymond Burke, Former Archbishop of St. Louis and now the Cardinal Prefect of the Vatican's Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
- Timothy Burns, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Chris Bury, Nightline correspondent
- Ole Amundsen Buslett, author
- Angus Cameron, U.S. Senator
- James Cameron, civil rights activist
- Erasmus D. Campbell, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Frank P. Coburn, U.S. Representative
- George Dahlgren, NFL player
- Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States
- Alexa Demara, model, actress
- Charles Dierkop, actor
- Chip Dunham, cartoonist
- Minnie Dupree, actress
- John J. Esch, U.S. Representative
- Bob Fitzke, NFL player
- Paul Fitzke, baseball player
- George A. Garrett, U.S. diplomat
- Ed Gein, American killer and necrophiliac, born in La Crosse
- Tony Ghelfi, MLB player
- Gerald Greider, Wisconsin state assemblyman
- Adolph Gundersen, physician
- Tim Gullikson, professional tennis player
- Tom Gullikson, professional tennis player
- Tom Hanneman, sports broadcaster
- Hal Hanson, NFL player and head coach
- Gottlieb Heileman, founder of G. Heileman Brewing Company
- Gideon Hixon, businessman, state assemblyman and senator
- Chuck Hockenbery, MLB player
- Wayne J. Hood, Executive Director of the Republican National Committee
- Merlin Hull, U.S. Representative
- Hugo Jan Huss, orchestra conductor
- Don Iverson, professional golfer
- Matt Joyce, NFL player
- John Azor Kellogg, U.S. military leader and state senator
- Mark Kellogg, reporter
- Ron Kind, United States House of Representatives
- Tom Klawitter, MLB player
- Milo Knutson, mayor of La Crosse and state senator
- Ed Konetchy, MLB player
- Arthur Kreutz, composer
- Robert E. Kreutz, composer
- Ty Loomis, volleyball player
- Joseph Losey, film and theater director
- Patrick Joseph Lucey, Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. diplomat
- Paul Lundsten, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- James T. McCleary, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
- John Medinger, former Mayor of La Crosse and former member of the state assembly
- John Mengelt, NBA player
- Curt Michel, NASA astronaut, professor
- Damian Miller, MLB player for the Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, and the Milwaukee Brewers
- Robert Moevs, composer (1920–2007)
- Thomas Morris, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Leland E. Mulder, member of the state assembly
- Eddie Murphy, Olympic medalist
- Tom Newberry, Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL all-pro guard
- Mike O'Callaghan, Governor of Nevada
- Paul Offner, educator and member of the state assembly and senate
- John Oestreicher, lawyer and member of the state assembly
- Jim Omerberg, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
- Charles M. Palmer, organizer of the Associated Press
- John Joseph Paul. Roman Catholic bishop
- George Wilbur Peck, newspaper publisher, humorist, mayor of Milwaukee, Governor of Wisconsin
- James D. H. Peterson, member of the state assembly
- Augustus Herman Pettibone, U.S. Representative from Tennessee
- George Poage, Olympic medalist, first African American to win an Olympic medal.
- Brandon Ratcliff, actor
- Nicholas Ray, film & theater director (1911–1979, a.k.a. Raymond Nicholas Kienzle)
- Edwin W. Rice, President of General Electric
- Walter Ristow, head librarian of the Library of Congress
- Scott Servais, MLB player
- Philip Saunders, NBA coach
- Rudolph Schlabach, lawyer and legislator
- John Shuman, Army Distinguished Service Medal recipient
- Frank Skaff, MLB player and manager
- Thomas Benton Stoddard, first mayor of La Crosse; member of the state assembly
- Ford Sterling, actor
- William H. Stevenson, U.S. Representative
- Woodrow Swancutt, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Jim Temp, NFL player
- Clark W. Thompson, U.S. Representative from Texas
- John Toland, author, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize
- Clarence Tommerson, NFL player
- James Trane, co-founder of Trane
- Reuben Trane, co-founder of Trane
- Danielle Trussoni, author
- Dave Umhoefer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize recipient
- Dolly Vanderlip, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Gysbert Van Steenwyk, Sr., businessman, Mayor of La Crosse, member of the state assembly and senate
- D. Russell Wartinbee, educator and member of the state assembly
- Cadwallader C. Washburn, Civil War General, Wisconsin Governor, U.S. House
- Jarrod Washburn, Major League Baseball Player, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- John Wilce, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- George Williams, MLB player
- Levi Withee, lumberman and Wisconsin state senator
- Gardner R. Withrow, U.S. Representative
- Gilbert Motier Woodward, U.S. Representative
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