As mayor of Milwaukee, I've had many developers come and many businesses come and have asked for financial assistance from the city, and my questions have always been: how many jobs are we talking about and are these family-supporting jobs.
I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.
| Elisabetta Canalis, Actress (1978) |
| Jan Egeland, Public Servant (1957) |
| Anselm Feuerbach, Artist (1829) |
| Ben Folds, Musician (1966) |
| Sigmar Gabriel, Politician (1959) |
| George Jones, Musician (1931) |
| Florence Kelley, Activist (1859) |
| Frederick Kelly, Athlete (1891) |
| Richard Lamm, Politician (1935) |
| Stanislaw Lem, Writer (1921) |
| Johnny Cash, Musician (2003) |
| Ernst Haas, Photographer (1986) |
| Serge Lang, Mathematician (2005) |
| Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Photographer (1986) |


