Miss America, from Kenosha, Wis.
March 1, 2012
Olympic Swimmer; Champion Surfer; Sheriff of Honolulu, Hawaii
September 27, 1955
Hall of Fame inductee; editor emeritus of The Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; during his 18 years as editor, the newspaper won three Pulitzer Prizes and was a finalist six additional times
April 7, 2011
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor and senior vice president, 2011 Headliner
2011
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor and senior VP; 2010 Press Club Gridiron co-headliner
April 7, 2011
Journalist
November 22, 1985
Milwaukee Alderperson and President of the Common Council
April 30, 1984
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist; Hall of Fame inductee 2014
October 24, 2014
ABC News Correspondent
October 25, 1984
Founder of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp.; Headliner Award, 1982
April 18, 1982
Professional Photographer from Canada
October 20, 1952
Milwaukee Business Journal editor; Milwaukee Press Club president
September 17, 2015
United States Senator from Wisconsin [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
January 1, 1982
President and CEO of First Wisconsin National Bank; Headliner Award, 1958
undated
Gridiron Headliner 2018. Entrepreneur, developer, civic leader and president of Fix Development.
May 11, 2018
Wisconsin Attorney General
April 17, 2019
Creator of the "Family Circus" Comic Strip [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
September 9, 1966
Editorial Writer for the Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Sentinel
November 27, 1942
United States Congressperson, 1939-1949, Senator, 1949-1963, and Vice-Presidential Candidate, 1956 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
June 23, 1951
President, Marquette University, 1962-1965
October 24, 1962
executive chairman of Fiduciary Management, Inc. Headliner, 2016 Gridiron
April 13, 2016
Creator of the "Pogo" Comic Strip [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
September 20, 1966
Journalist; Assistant Manager, Associated Press, Washington, D.C.
April 10, 1903
Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
April 5, 1950
United States Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-1960; United States President, 1961-1963 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
April 9, 1959
Press Club President, 1969; Hall of Fame, 1989 [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
January 13, 1971
Billiards Champion
February 28, 1920
U.S. senator from Massachusetts; 2004 presidential candidate, campaigning at Milwaukee Area Technical College
October 15, 2004
Prairie Home Companion radio showman; author
September 19, 2001
Wisconsin Republican Chair
April 21, 1988
Press Club President, 1978; Hall of Fame, 1984 [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
January 10, 1979
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, Pulitzer Prize finalist, winner of two George Polk Awards and winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award; Knights of the Golden Quill; 2019 Media Hall of Fame inductee
September 23, 2014
Editor, San Diego Union, 1959-1968; Prominent Supporter of Richard Nixon
September 16, 1967
United States Congressperson from Wisconsin [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
March 14, 1984
Mayor of Mulhouse, France
July 14, 1982
co-founder, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee
March 2, 2004
Co-founder of Lakefront Brewery
March 12, 2004
Investigative Reporter; United States Representative
March 4, 1991
Hall of Fame Inductee, Waukesha Daily Freeman reporter; Indianapolis Times reporter and Washington, D.C. regional correspondent; Scripps-Howard White House correspondent
October 28, 2016
War Correspondent, New York Times; Author
March 8, 1978
West Allis Native; Flew a Bombing Raid over Tokyo on April 12, 1942 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
February 7, 1944
Publisher of American Mercury Magazine; President of Alfred A. Knopf Publishing House
July 13, 1961
Governor of Wisconsin, 1964-1971; Headliner Award, 1977 [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
June 3, 1965
Governor of the German State of Hessen
July 30, 2001
German Aviator; Flew First Successful East-West Trans-Atlantic Flight
April 13, 1928
Air Force Brigadier General; Commander of National Weather Service
April 13, 1981
Chancellor of Germany
April 24, 1996
Former US Senator, Milwaukee Bucks owner, and dormer grocer/retailer. Knight of Bohemia
September 19, 2013
Owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, United States Senator, 1989+ [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
March 29, 1989
Owner of the Milwaukee Bucks; United States Senator, 1989+
1989
Governor of Wisconsin, 1929-1931; President of the Kohler Company, 1905-1937 [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
July 10, 1928
Governor of Wisconsin, 1951-1956; Chair of the Bollrath Company [Note: On Permanent Loan to the Milwaukee Press Club.]
November 19, 1957
Milwaukee Public Museum president and CEO;
June 11, 2014
Milwaukee's Health Commissioner
January 16, 2019
Former American football tight end in the NFL for San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings, and Philadelphia Eagles. Attended and played college football at University of Minnesota
September 24, 2008
National Football League tight end, 49ers, Saints, Vikings, Eagles
September 24, 2008
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel assistant managing editor/administration; Milwaukee Press Club president 2008 & 2009. Hall of Fame inductee (Oct. 26, 2018).
April 24, 2010
President of Greater Milwaukee Open Golf Tournament
July 14, 1989
Mathematician
April 8, 1935
President of Rexnord Corp.; Headliner Award, 1976
April 25, 1976
Milwaukee City Treasurer, 1938-1976
April 2, 1977
Press Club President, 1963; Hall of Fame, 1981 [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
October 15, 1981
Czechoslovakian Violinist and Composer
January 1, 1935
Author of American in Italy, National Book Award Winner
April 24, 1956
Manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, 1982-1983 [Note: On Permanent Loan.]
February 1, 1954
Attorney and Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-1984
January 19, 1970
Chicago Sun-Times Columnist; Commentator for the Chicago Bears; Sacred Cat Winner, 1977
April 17, 1977
Milwaukee Press Club Sacred Cat 2011, documentary host, producer, network news anchor
April 7, 2011