Noteworthy Wisconsin Contributions:  

Famous People: Harry Houdini, Jackie Mason, Spencer Tracy, Don Ameche, Willem Dafoe, Laura Engles Wilder, Charles & John Ringling (Ringling Bros. Circus), Liberace, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bob Ucker, Orson Welles, Greta Van Sustren, Tyne Daly, Chris Farley, Frmr Chief Justice William Renquist, John Muir, Seymore Cray,  Joseph McCarthy, Aldo Leopold

Inventions: The Transistor, The Electric Guitar, Colby Cheese (and about 40 other types of designer cheeses), The Republican Party (Organized in Ripon, WI), Snowmobile,

Folklore legends: Paul Bunyan, The Hodag

Most US circuses started in Baraboo, WI

Worlds Largest independent Air Show : EAA Airventure