Notorious and Infamous Wisconsinites
- Aldrich Ames (born 1941), convicted spy (River Falls)
- Dwight Armstrong (1951–2010), accomplice in the Sterling Hall bombing
- Steven Avery (born 1962), convicted of murder after DNA exoneration from rape conviction
- Lawrencia Bembenek (1958–2010), convicted murderer (Milwaukee)
- Arthur Bremer (born 1950), would-be assassin of George Wallace (Milwaukee)
- Mary Brunner (born 1943), member of the Manson Family
- Jeffrey Dahmer (1960–1994), serial killer (West Allis)
- Jeane Dixon (1904–1997), psychic
- Bernardine Dohrn (born 1942), co-founder and former leader of the Weather Underground (Whitefish Bay)
- Evelyn Frechette (1907–1969), lover and accomplice of John Dillinger (Neopit, Shawano)
- Ed Gein (1906–1984), murderer (La Crosse County)
- Charles J. Guiteau (1841–1882), Assassin of 20th President James A. Garfield, lived in Ulao, Wisconsin from 1850–1855
- Eugene Hasenfus (born 1941), CIA cargo handler (Marinette)
- Kato Kaelin (born 1959), person of interest, O. J. Simpson criminal trial (Glendale)
- Bridey Murphy, alleged previous life
- Oleg Nikolaenko (born 1987), fugitive, Milwaukee
- Brandon Wilson (born 1978), murderer (Milltown)
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