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==Notable people== {{div col}} * [[Robert C. Bassett]] (1911β2000), U.S. presidential advisor<ref>{{cite web |publisher = Arlington National Cemetery |url = http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rcbassett.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201092441/http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rcbassett.htm |archive-date = February 1, 2020 |title = Robert C. Bassett |quote = Bassett, who was born in Sturgeon Bay on March 2, 1911 }}</ref> * [[Jule Berndt]] (1924β1997), pastor * [[Norbert Blei]] (1935β2013), writer * [[Gene Brabender]] (1941β1996), baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url = https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a628050d |title = Gene Brabender |first = Rory |last = Costello |publisher = Society for American Baseball Research }}</ref> * [[Jessie Kalmbach Chase]] (1879β1970), painter * [[Hans Christian (musician)|Hans Christian]] (born 1960), musician * [[Eddie Cochems]] (1877β1953), "father of the [[forward pass]]" * [[Erik Cordier]] (born 1986), baseball player * [[Katherine Whitney Curtis]] (1897β1980), originator of synchronized swimming * [[A. J. Dillon]] (born 1998), Green Bay Packers [[running back]], has the [[Freedom of the City#Key to the City|key]] to the county * [[Mary Maples Dunn]] (1931β2017), historian * [[Phoebe Erickson]] (1907β2006), children's book author and illustrator * [[John Fetzer (politician)|John Fetzer]] (1840β1900), mill owner, Wisconsin State Senator * [[Jim Flanigan]] (born 1971), football player<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/2018/11/16/history-door-county-football-capital-world-2003/2023948002/ |title = Traveling Back: In 2003, Door County Was 'Football Capital of the World' |first = Robert |last = Johnson |work = Green Bay Press-Gazette |date = November 16, 2018 }}</ref> * [[Lou Goss]] (born 1987), racecar driver * [[Chris Greisen]] (born 1976), [[Milwaukee Iron]] quarterback ([[Arena Football League (2010β)|AFL]]) * [[Nick Greisen]] (born 1979), [[Denver Broncos]] linebacker (NFL) * [[Stuart Hagmann]] (born 1942), film and television director * [[Bernard Hahn]] (1860β1931), Wisconsin State Representative, hotel and opera house owner, arsonist * [[Arthur G. Hansen]] (1925β2010), engineer, university president and chancellor * [[Hjalmar Holand]] (1872β1963), historian * [[Jens Jensen (landscape architect)|Jens Jensen]] (1860β1951), landscape architect * [[Jischke's Meat Market|M. J. Jischke]] (born 1885), butcher, postmaster * [[Al Johnson (guard)|Al Johnson]] (born 1979), football player * [[Ben Johnson (offensive tackle)|Ben Johnson]] (born 1980), football player * [[Bill Jorgenson]] (1930 β 2007), bluegrass musician * [[Al C. Kalmbach]] (1910β1981), publisher * [[Henry Killilea]] (1863β1929), helped found American League<ref>{{cite web |url = https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8f25f7c6 |title = Henry Killilea |first = Dennis |last = Pajot |publisher = Society for American Baseball Research }}</ref> * [[Curly Lambeau]] (1898β1965), football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.packers.com/news/five-worst-fires-in-packers-history-15253726 |title = Five Worst Fires in Packers History |first = Cliff |last = Christl |publisher = Green Bay Packers |date = May 6, 2015 }}</ref> * [[James Larsin]] (b. 1855), saved seven people from drowning * [[Doug Larson]] (1926β2017), newspaper writer * [[Lester Leitl]] (1899β1980), football player and coach * [[Pat MacDonald (musician)|Pat MacDonald]] (born 1952), once part of [[Timbuk 3]], runs [[Steel Bridge Songfest]] * [[Amy McKenzie]] (born 1959), producer/director * [[Alex Meunier]] (1897β1983), teacher, orchardist, Wisconsin State Senator * [[Thomas J. Minar]] (born 1963), sex offender<ref>[https://www.thestatehousefile.com/special-projects/uncovering-thomas-minar-a-lifetime-of-achievement-destroyed-by-consequences-of-hidden-life/article_72fb326a-a638-11ec-929a-db5623cc0fb5.html Uncovering Thomas Minar: A lifetime of achievement destroyed by consequences of hidden life] by Isaac Gleitz, ''The Statehouse File'', March 18, 2022</ref> * [[Edward S. Minor]] (1840β1924), U.S. Representative * [[Alexander Noble House|Alexander Noble]] (1829β1905), town official in Fish Creek * [[Conrad P. Olson]] (1882β1952), [[Oregon Supreme Court]] justice * [[Sigurd F. Olson]] (1899β1982), wilderness guide * [[Charles L. Peterson]] (1927β2022), painter * [[Casey Rabach]] (born 1977), [[Washington Redskins]] center (NFL) * [[David M. Raup]] (1933β2015), paleontologist * [[Hugh M. Raup]] (1901β1995), ecologist * [[Dennis A. Reed]] (born 1822), Wisconsin State Representative, Civil War lieutenant * [[Charles Reynolds (legislator)|Charles Reynolds]] (1839β1914), Wisconsin State Representative, Civil War captain * [[Thomas Reynolds (Assemblyman)|Thomas Reynolds]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/commemorativebiobkd00jhbe/page/494/mode/2up Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin, and containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families], Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1895, page 494</ref> (1840β1919), Wisconsin State Representative, patriarch of Wisconsin political dynasty * [[Jack Ritchie]] (1922β1983), writer of detective fiction * [[Hallie H. Rowe]] (1896β1992), sheriff, Wisconsin State Assemblyman * [[Paul J. Schlise]] (born 1966), [[U.S. Navy]] admiral * [[John Shinners]] (born 1947), football player * [[Paul Sills]] (1927β2008), director, improvisation teacher * [[Allen Thiele]] (1940β2017), Coast Guard officer * [[Chester Thordarson]] (1867β1945), inventor, erected buildings on Rock Island * [[Emma Toft]] (1891β1982), resort owner * [[Madeline Tourtelot]] (1915β2002), artist, founder of the Peninsula School of Art * [[James Valcq]] (born 1963), writer of musicals * [[Thorstein Veblen]] (1857β1929), economist * [[Richard Warch]] (1939β2013), president of Lawrence University * [[Lloyd Wasserbach]] (1921β1949), football player * [[Charles Mitchell Whiteside]] (1854β1924), helped merge Sawyer and Sturgeon Bay * [[Randy Wright]] (born 1961), Green Bay Packers quarterback (NFL) * [[Albert Zahn]] (1894β1953), folk artist known as the Birdman {{div col end}}
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