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==Notable people== {{more citations needed|section|date=April 2020}} [[Image:Hank Aaron 1960.png|thumb|upright=.7|right|[[Hank Aaron]] (1934β2021) lived in Mequon while he played for the [[Milwaukee Braves]].]] [[Image:John Ridley in Nov 2013.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|right|[[John Ridley]] (born 1965) grew up in Mequon and won an [[Academy Award]] for writing ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''.]] {{div col}} * [[Hank Aaron]], [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/93865194.html/|title = Hammering Aaron myths}}</ref> * [[Ronald D. Asmus]], U.S. diplomat<ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/121064148.html Ronald Asmus, Milwaukee Sentinel Journal]</ref> * [[Arthur J. Balzer]], politician<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1933 Witte, Edwin E.; Kelly, Alice, eds. ''The Wisconsin blue book, 1933'' Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1933; p. 553]</ref> * [[Anders Bjork (ice hockey)|Anders Bjork]], [[National Hockey League]] player{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} * [[H. H. Bonniwell]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=11307|title=Bonniwell Sr., Harlow H. "H.H., Bonnie"|publisher=Minnesota Legislature|access-date=December 22, 2013}}</ref> * [[Fred J. Busse]], politician<ref>{{cite book|editor=Fred L. Holmes|year=1925|title=THE WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1925|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FPlAAAAMAAJ&q=Fred+J.+Busse%2BWisconsin+675+born&pg=PA675|location=Madison, Wisconsin|pages=675β676|access-date=August 12, 2015}}</ref> * [[Mike Dunleavy Jr.]], [[National Basketball Association|professional basketball]] player{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} * [[Bob Gannon]], politician<ref>{{cite web|last1=WPR Staff|last2=Associated Press|title=Wisconsin State Rep. Bob Gannon Dead at 58|url=https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-state-rep-bob-gannon-dead-58|website=www.wpr.org|date=October 4, 2017|publisher=Wisconsin Public Radio, Associated Press|access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> * [[Ben Gardner]], [[National Football League]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gostanford.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5744 | title=Ben Gardner profile | access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref> * [[Peter Goldberg]], business executive<ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/127666178.html CEO of Milwaukee-based organization dies while hiking]</ref> * [[Jack Harbaugh]], [[American Football League|professional football]] player and coach<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/187746841.html|title=Why Jack Harbaugh and his wife, Jackie, live in Mequon|author=Wolfley, Bob|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|date=January 21, 2013}}</ref> * [[Shelby Harris]], Nation Football League player{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} * [[Edward H. Janssen]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS9094|title=Janssen, Edward H. 1815 - 1877|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date=October 13, 2011}}</ref> * [[Coby Karl]], professional basketball player{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} * [[Louis G. Kieker]], politician<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1933,' Biographical Sketch of Louis G. Kieker, pg. 251</ref> * [[Carl Kiekhaefer]], entrepreneur and [[NASCAR]] team owner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurymarine.com/en/us/legacy/history/week1|title=Mercury's Roots|publisher=Mercury Marine|access-date=December 20, 2020}}</ref> * [[Margaret S. Lewis]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS9836|title=Lewis, Margaret S. 1954|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date=June 28, 2013}}</ref> * [[Steven D. Loucks]], politician{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} * [[Balthasar H. Meyer]], economist<ref>{{Citation| title = Balthasar H. Meyer, former I.C.C. head | work = The New York Times | date = February 10, 1954 | access-date = February 20, 2009 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1954/02/10/archives/balthasar-h-meyer-former-i-c-c-head.html}}</ref> * [[Owen Miller]], [[Major League Baseball]] Player <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wisn.com/article/brewers-trade-for-mequon-native-owen-miller/42248889 | title=Brewers trade for Mequon native Owen Miller | date=December 15, 2022 }}</ref> * [[William F. Opitz]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/ozaukee/obits/opitz-wm.txt|title=Obituary: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin: William F. OPITZ|publisher=USGenWeb Archives|access-date=August 12, 2015}}</ref> * [[Willy Porter]], musician{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} * [[John Ridley]], screenwriter, director and actor<ref name=Ridley>{{cite news|last=Dudek |first=Duane |title=Mequon native Ridley talks Oscar nominations for '12 Years A Slave' |url=http://m.tapmilwaukee.com/?id=240477341 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303204225/http://m.tapmilwaukee.com/?id=240477341 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |access-date=March 3, 2014 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel |date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=OscarRidley>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Chris|title=Oscars 2014: '12 Years a Slave' wins for adapted screenplay|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-mn-et-oscars-2014-12-years-a-slave-wins-for-best-adapted-screenplay-20140302,0,6975682.story#axzz2us3re5dr|access-date=March 3, 2014|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 3, 2014}}</ref> * [[Tom Segura]], comedian<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Segura |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Segura |user=tomsegura |number=936056860049731585 |date=November 29, 2017 |title=@coachhalleen Lakeshore and homestead. Mequon |language=en |access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=December 2020}} * [[Thomas F. Timlin]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1903/bios/timlin135gbs.txt|title=Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Timlin, Thomas F.|publisher=USGenWeb Archives|access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> * [[William H. Timlin]], jurist<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/justices/retired/timlin.htm |title= William H. Timlin (1852-1916) |publisher= [[Courts of Wisconsin]] |access-date= January 20, 2020 }}</ref> * [[Caroline M. Clark Woodward]] (1840-1924), temperance activist * [[Adolphus Zimmermann]], politician<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.OzMequonCorrigan Corrigan, Walter D. Sr. ''History of the town of Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, brought down to about 1870'' Mequon: Mequon Club, [1950]; pp. 10, 12]</ref> {{div col end}}
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