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Governor = Scott Walker

Capital = Madison

Motto = Forward

Population = 5,709,569 people

Time Zone = central Trueknowledge.com

State Abbreviation = WI

Border States = Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois

Admission to Statehood = May 29th 1848 30th state

Largest City = Milwaukee

Highest Point =timms hill 1,951 ft. (595m)

Lowest Point =Lake Michigan 579 ft. (176 m)

Professional Sports Team = Packers, Brewers

Famous People from Wisconsin =

Don Ameche = (1908 - 1993) Actor who won an Academy Award for his performance in Cocoon; born in Kenosha.

Richard I. Bong = (1920 - 1945) America’s leading air ace during World War II; born in Superior.

Seymour Cray = (1925 - 1996) Developed the super-computer; born in Chippewa Falls.

August Derleth = (1909 - 1971) Author; born in Sauk City.

Eric Heiden = (1958 - ) Five-time gold medalist speed skater of the 1980 Winter Olympics; born in Madison.

Harry Houdini = (1874 - 1926) Famous magician and escape artist; from Appleton.

Pee Wee King = (1914 - 2000) Singer and an important figure in country music; born in Milwaukee.

Liberace = (1919 - 1987) Famous musician; born in West Allis.

Douglas MacArthur = (1880 - 1964) Well-known WWII and Korean war general; lived in Milwaukee.

Golda Meir = (1898 - 1978) Israel's first woman prime minister; raised in Milwaukee.

Tom Snyder = (1936 - ) Radio talk-show host; born in Milwaukee.

Frank Lloyd Wright = (1867 - 1959) America's most famous architect; born in Richland Center.

Tom Wopat = (1951 - ) Played Luke Duke in the hit television series, "Dukes of Hazard"; born on a small dairy farm in Lodi.

Gene Wilder = (1935 - ) Actor made famous in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; born in Milwaukee.

Laura Ingalls Wilder = (1867 - 1957) Author of the Little House books; born in Pepin.

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