List of Famous People From Illinois A-Z

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List of Famous People From Illinois A-Z

Aaron Montgomery Ward, retail businessman and creator of the mail order catalog
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, member of Congress
Adam Baldwin, actor, voice actor, blogger, Chuck, Jackie Chan Adventures, The Cape
Adam Rosales, third baseman for the Oakland A’s
Adlai Stevenson II, attorney, politician
Adolfo “Shabba Doo” Quiñones, actor, dancer, choreographer
Adrian Zmed, actor, TV personality, T. J. Hooker, Goodtime Girls
Adrianne Curry, model and America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 1 winner
Aidan Quinn, actor
Al Capone, gangster and bootlegger
Albion W. Small, sociologist and university professor
Alexa Nikolas, actress, Zoey 101, Hidden Hills
Alison Krauss, bluegrass musician and composer
Amos Alonzo Stagg, College Hall of Fame football coach and athlete, creator of the lateral pass and helmet
Amy Madigan, actress, Carnivàle
Andre Braugher, actor, Homicide: Life on the Street, Hack, Men of a Certain Age
Andre Iguodala, swingman for the Philadelphia 76ers
Andrew Davis, film director, The Fugitive
Andrew Greeley
Andy and Larry Wachowski, filmmakers, the Matrix trilogy
Andy Richter, actor, comedian, writer, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the Madagascar films & cartoons
Andy Tennant, actor, writer, film director, Hitch
Ann Cusack, actress, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Maggie
Ann Rutledge, friend of Abraham Lincoln
Anthony Braxton, jazz
Anthony Parker, guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers
Anton Cermak, politician
Antwaan Randle El, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Armon Johnson, point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, US Senator from Illinois, Illinois State Senator
Barbara Stuart, television actress
Ben Hecht, author, activist, Academy Award winning screenwriter
Ben Ziff, actor, musician
Ben Zobrist, second baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays
Bernard J. Sheil, Roman Catholic Archbishop and founder of the Catholic Youth Organization
Bernie Mac, actor, stand-up comedian, The Bernie Mac Show, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Ocean’s Eleven and its sequels
Betty Friedan, writer, activist, feminist, author of The Feminine Mystique
Bill Ayers, founder and former member of the Weather Underground
Bill Odenkirk, comedy writer, actor, producer, Mr. Show, The Simpsons
Bill Schulz, regular panelist, writer, and producer on Fox News Channel’s Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
Billy Corgan
Billy Zane, producer, director and actor, Titanic
Black Hawk, Sauk Indian Chief
Bo Diddley, rock and blues musician and composer
Bob Balaban, actor and director
Bob Bryar, musician My Chemical Romance Drummer
Bob Mionske, attorney and former Olympic and professional bicycle racer
Bob Ociepka, assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers
Bob Odenkirk, actor, comedian, writer, director, Breaking Bad, Mr. Show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Bobby Short, cabaret singer and performer
Bobby Simmons, small forward/shooting guard for the San Antonio Spurs
Brandon Barnes, rock musician in the band Rise Against
Brenda Chapman, animator and film director, The Prince of Egypt
Brian Cardinal, forward for the Dallas Mavericks
Brian Cook, power forward for the Los Angeles Clippers
Brian James, assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers
Brian Levant, film director, The Flintstones
Brian Shouse, relief pitcher with the Tampa Bay Rays
Buddy Ebsen, actor, The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones
Buddy Guy, blues guitarist and composer
Burl Ives, actor and folk musician
Busy Philipps, actress, Dawson’s Creek, Freaks and Geeks, ER
Carl Sandburg, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and journalist
Caroline Glick, journalist, deputy managing editor for the Jerusalem Post
Carter Harrison, Jr., politician
Carter Harrison, Sr., politician
Casey Siemaszko, actor, NYPD Blue, Back to the Future parts 1 and 2
Chad Durbin, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
Chantal Bailey, Olympic Speedskater
Charles “Buffalo” Jones, frontiersman
Charles Edward Merriam, political scientist, professor
Charles Levin, actor, Alice, Capital News
Charles Magnus Lindgren, Shipping Executive
Charles Tillman, cornerback for the Chicago Bears
Charles Yerkes, financier and mass-transit developer
Charlton Heston, Oscar-winning actor, political activist
Chris Klein, actor, American Pie film series
Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama
Chuck Russell, director, The Mask, Eraser
Cindy Crawford
Clarence Darrow, attorney
Clay Harbor, tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles
Colombe Jacobsen, chef and actress
Common, rap musician, songwriter, producer, actor
Craig Hodges, former NBA guard, played primarily with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls
Craig Robinson, actor, stand-up comedian, The Office, Lucky, Last Comic Standing
Craig Sager, sportscaster
Curtis Granderson, center fielder for the New York Yankees
Curtis Painter, quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts
Cynda Williams, actress
Cyrus Hall McCormick, businessman and inventor of the McCormick Reaper
Dan Castellaneta, actor, The Simpsons, The Pursuit of Happyness, Happy Feet
Dan Fogelberg, folk/rock musician and composer
Danica Patrick, auto racing driver
Daniel H. Burnham, architect
Daniel Sunjata, actor, Rescue Me, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Devil Wears Prada
Danielle Panabaker, actress, Shark
Danitra Vance, actress, Saturday Night Live cast member
Dankmar Adler, architect
Danny Clark, linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
Darryl M. Bell, actor, A Different World, Homeboys in Outer Space
Dave Jauss, bench coach for the New York Mets
David Broder, journalist, author, Washington Post columnist
David Diehl, offensive tackle for the New York Giants
David Eigenberg, actor, Steve Brady on Sex and the City
David Foster Wallace, author
David Mamet, screenwriter, playwright, director, producer, The Unit
David Ogden Stiers, actor and orchestral conductor; M*A*S*H, The Dead Zone, Better Off Dead
David Purcey, relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
David Soul, actor and singer, Starsky and Hutch, Here Come the Brides, The Yellow Rose
David Tom, actor, The Young and the Restless, All My Children
Deborah Eisenberg, short story writer, actress
Declan Quinn, cinematographer
Dejan Stojanović, poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist
DeMarlo Hale, bench coach for the Boston Red Sox
Denise Richards, actress, The World Is Not Enough, Denise Richards: It’s Complicated
Dennis Dugan, director, actor, Big Daddy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Dennis Hastert, teacher, politician
Derek Shelton, hitting coach for the Tampa Bay Rays
Derrick Rose, NBA player for the Chicago Bulls
Diana Oughton, student activist, member of The Weathermen
Dick Durbin, politician
Dick Van Dyke, actor, producer and writer
Dino Stamatopoulos, television comedy writer, actor, producer
Doc Rivers, former NBA point guard and head coach for the Boston Celtics
Donald O’Connor, dancer, singer, actor, Singin’ in the Rain
Donovan McNabb, quarterback for the Washington Redskins
Dorothy L. Dodson, track and field athlete
Doug Collins, head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers
Drew Butera, catcher for the Minnesota Twins
Dwight L. Moody, evangelical minister and publisher
Dwyane Wade, NBA Star for the Miami Heat
Eddie Vedder, lead vocalist for Pearl Jam
Eddy Curry, center for the New York Knicks
Edgar Lee Masters, author and poet
Edmund Dick Taylor, “Father of the Greenback”
Edward Allen Bernero, TV writer, producer, and director, co-creator of Third Watch
Edward Beecher, theologian and abolitionist
Edward Willis Scripps, newspaper publisher, founder of E.W. Scripps Company
Edward Zwick, film director, The Last Samurai
Edwin Black, syndicated columnist, journalist, author of IBM and the Holocaust
Elbert Henry Gary, lawyer, county judge, corporate officer, key founder of U.S. Steel
Eliot Ness, Chief Investigator of the Prohibition Bureau
Ellen Gates Starr, social reformer and co-founder of Hull House
Elmo Scott Watson, journalist and university professor
Emily Bergl, actress, Men in Trees
Enrico Fermi
Eric Bolling, anchor at the Fox Business Network, host of Follow The Money
Eric Wallace, politician
Erik Darnell
Erik Spoelstra, head coach for the Miami Heat
Erika Harold, model, 2003 Miss America, conservative activist, attorney
Ernest Hemingway, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning writer and journalist
Ernest Poole, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
Eugene Field, author
Evan Turner, shooting guard for the Philadelphia 76ers
Everett Dirksen
Father Michael Pfleger, controversial Roman Catholic priest
Fazlur Khan
Felisha Terrell, actress, Days of our Lives
Finley Peter Dunne, author and journalist
Fisher Stevens, actor, producer, director, Early Edition, Key West
Florence Kelley, social reformer, labor-rights advocate and founder of the National Consumers’ League
Florenz Ziegfeld, Broadway impresario
Flozell Adams, offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Frances Callier, actress, comedian, I’m a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!
Frances E. Willard, suffragist and social activist
Francis Fukuyama, philosopher, political economist, author
Francis W. Parker, education reformer
Frank Knox, newspaper publisher/owner and Secretary of the Navy
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, designer, writer and educator
Frank Nitti, gangster
Frank Orren Lowden, politician
Frank W. Gunsaulus, educator, orator and minister
Fred Evans, defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings
Garrett Wolfe, running back for the Chicago Bears
Gary Cole
Gary K. Wolf, author of the mystery novel that became the basis for Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Gary Sinise, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning actor, director and musician CSI: NY, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13
Gene Hackman, screen actor and Academy Award winner, The French Connection, The Firm, Superman, The Birdcage
Gene Lamont, former MLB catcher, former MLB manager, current third base coach for the Detroit Tigers
Gene Siskel, television journalist, film critic and author
Geoff Pierson, actor, Unhappily Ever After, Grace Under Fire, Dexter
George Ade, author
George Chandler
George Halas,
George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party
George M. Pullman, inventor and industrialist, founder of the Pullman Car Company
George Mundelein, Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn and Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago
George Peter Alexander Healy, painter
George S. May, businessman, golf promoter
George Wendt, actor, Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers
George Will, conservative Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, ABC news analyst, author
Godfrey, comedian, actor
Greg Lewis, wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
Gregg Toland, cinematographer
Gustavus Franklin Swift, inventor, meat-packing entrepreneur
H.
Hank Bauer
Harold Ramis, actor, director, writer, Ghostbusters parts 1 and 2, As Good as It Gets, Analyze This
Harriet Monroe, poet
Harrison Ford, actor, the Indiana Jones films, the original Star Wars trilogy
Harry Kalas
Harry Lennix, actor, Dollhouse, Commander in Chief, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions
Heather Nauert, news anchor for the Fox News Channel
Helge Alexander Haugan,
Henry Horner, politician
Henry T. Rainey, politician
Herbie Hancock, jazz musician
Hillary Rodham Clinton, attorney and politician
Howard Zieff, film and TV commercial director
Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher
Isabella Hofmann, actress, Dear John, Homicide: Life on the Street, JAG
J. A. Happ, pitcher for the Houston Astros
Jack Benny, actor and comedian
Jack Cafferty, political commentator for CNN
Jacob Zachar, actor, Greek
James Earl Ray, assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Murtaugh, actor
James R. Stein, TV writer and producer, America 2-Night, Fernwood 2 Night, Son of the Beach
James Robert Mann, politician
James Singleton, power forward for the Washington Wizards
James T. Farrell, author
Jane Addams, social worker, teacher, peace activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Jane Lynch, actress and comedienne; The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Talladega Nights, Alvin and the Chipmunks
Jannero Pargo, point guard for the Chicago Bulls
Jaslene Gonzalez, model and America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8 winner
Jason Avant, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
Jason Frasor, relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
Jason Williams, inside linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
Jay Chandrasekhar, actor, comedian, film director
Jayson Werth, outfielder for the Washington Nationals
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, settler, founder of Chicago
Jeff Perry, actor, Nash Bridges, Grey’s Anatomy
Jeffrey Lieber, TV writer and producer, Lost, Miami Medical
Jeffrey Skilling, former president of Enron, convicted of multiple federal felony charges
Jennifer Beals, actress, The L Word, The Chicago Code, The Book of Eli
Jenny McCarthy, model, actress, author, activist
Jerry Hairston, Jr., utility player for the San Diego Padres
Jerry Sloan, HOF head coach for the Utah Jazz and former NBA All-Star player for the Chicago Bulls
Jesse Jackson, political activist and Baptist minister
Jill Talley, actress, voice actress, Little Miss Sunshine, The Boondocks, Mr. Show
Jim Hickey, pitching coach for the Tampa Bay Rays
Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts
Jim Thome, designated hitter for the Minnesota Twins
Jim Verraros, singer, actor
Jim Zulevic, actor, comedian, radio host, TV writer
Jimmy Stafford, lead guitarist for Train
Joan Allen, actress, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy, Face/Off
Joan Cusack
Joe Cannon, politician
Joe Girardi, manager of the New York Yankees
Joe Mantegna, actor, voice actor, Criminal Minds, Joan of Arcadia, The Simpsons
Joe Principe, musician, member of the band Rise Against
John A. Logan, politician
John Ashcroft, politician
John Bardeen
John C. Reilly, actor; Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, Chicago
John Coughlin, Politician
John Cusack
John Deere, inventor and manufacturer, founder of Deere & Company
John Dewey, philosopher
John Ely, starting pitcher for the L.A. Dodgers
John Erlander, founder of Rockford Union Furniture Company.
John J. York, actor, General Hospital, Werewolf
John Kinzie, Chicago settler
John M. Palmer, politician
John Mahoney, actor, Marty Crane on Frasier
John Malkovich actor, producer and director Con Air, In the Line of Fire
John Mason Peck, Baptist minister and author
John McNaughton, film and television director
John Musker, animation director, Aladdin, Hercules, The Princess and the Frog
John Paul Stevens, attorney, jurist, Supreme Court Justice
John Peter Altgeld, politician
John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton
John R. Lindgren, Banking Executive, son of Charles M. Lindgren
John Root, architect
John Spalding, Roman Catholic Bishop and co-founder of The Catholic University of America
John Stossel, consumer reporter, investigative journalist, author
John T. Frederick, literary scholar, critic and professor
John Wayne Gacy
John Wentworth, politician
John Zaremba, actor, I Led Three Lives, The Time Tunnel, Ben Casey
Johnny Galecki. actor, Roseanne, The Big Bang Theory, American Dreamer
Jonathan Baldwin Turner, scholar, activist and advocate of land grant universities
Jonathan Fraser, actor
Jonathan Sadowski, actor, Live Free or Die Hard
Joseph Bernardin
Joseph Medill, newspaper owner and publisher, Mayor of Chicago
Joseph Smith, prophet and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
Josh Bell, third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles
Josh Brent, nose tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
Josh Thole, catcher for the New York Mets
Judy Chicago, feminist artist and author
Julian Wright, small forward for the New Orleans Hornets
Julius Rosenwald, businessman and philanthropist, President of Sears, Roebuck & Company
Justin Allgaier, sports, 2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series Champion
Juwan Howard, power forward for the Miami Heat
Kanye West, rap musician, songwriter, producer
Karen Allen, actress, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Katalin Zamiar, martial artist, sportswriter, actress
Kathy Griffin, actress, stand-up comedian, television personality, author, star of My Life on the D-List
Kay Panabaker, actress, Summerland, Phil of the Future
Keith Szarabajka, actor, The Dark Knight, We Were Soldiers, The Equalizer
Kelvin Hayden, cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts
Ken Kwapis, film and television director, The Office, The Bernie Mac Show, Malcolm in the Middle
Ken Olin, actor, director, producer, Thirtysomething, Brothers & Sisters, L.A. Doctors
Kevin Walter, wide receiver for the Houston Texans
Kiele Sanchez, actress, Married to the Kellys, Related, Lost
Kim Novak, actress, Vertigo
Kirby Puckett, Hall of Fame center fielder for the Minnesota Twins
Krystle Russin,[citation needed] journalist and model
L. Scott Caldwell, actress, Lost, Queens Supreme
Lara Flynn Boyle, actress, The Practice, Twin Peaks, Men in Black II
Larry English, outside linebacker for the San Diego Chargers
Larry Rothschild, pitching coach for the New York Yankees
Lauren Tom, film & TV actress, voice actress, King of the Hill, Futurama, W.I.T.C.H.
Laurie Metcalf, actress, Roseanne
Leon Kass, physician, scientist, educator, public intellectual
Leslie Keeley, physician and founder of the Keeley Institute for addiction treatment
Lisa Darr, actress, Popular, Life As We Know It, Flesh ‘n’ Blood
Lisa Zane, actress, L.A. Law, Biker Mice from Mars, Roar
Lonnie Smith, former Major League Baseball outfielder
Lou Rawls, soul, jazz and blues singer and actor
Louis Armstrong, jazz musician
Louis Bellson, jazz drummer, bandleader and musician
Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader
Louis Quinn, actor, 77 Sunset Strip
Louis Sullivan, architect
Louis Zorich, actor, musician, Mad About You, Brooklyn Bridge
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Luis Gutiérrez, politician
Luke Harangody, power forward for the Boston Celtics
Lupe Fiasco, Rapper, musician
Luther Head, shooting guard and point guard for the Sacramento Kings
Lydia Moss Bradley, philanthropist and founder of Bradley University
Lyman J. Gage, Politician
Lyman Trumbull, politician
Lynn Sweet, Washington D.C. bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, columnist for The Hill
Lynne Thigpen, actress, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, All My Children
Lynn-Holly Johnson, professional ice skater and actress
Mac Brandt, actor, Prison Break
Maeve Quinlan, actress, former tennis player, The Bold and the Beautiful, South of Nowhere
Mandy Patinkin, actor and singer, The Princess Bride, Dick Tracy, Chicago Hope
Maria Kanellis, WWE Diva
Marisol Nichols, actress, Resurrection Blvd., 24, Blind Justice
Markos Moulitsas, founder of the liberal blog Daily Kos, columnist for Newsweek and The Hill
Marlee Matlin, Academy Award-winning actress, Children of a Lesser God
Marshall Field III, Banker, publisher and philanthropist
Marshall Field Jr., businessman
Marshall Field, businessman, department store founder and philanthropist
Martin Cooper, the inventor of the modern cell phone
Mary Ellen Trainor, actress, Roswell, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, the Lethal Weapon films
Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s wife
Matt O’Leary, actor
Matt Walsh, actor, writer, comedian, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Hangover
Matthew John Armstrong, television actor; Heroes, American Dreams
Maurice Cheeks, former NBA point guard and current assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder
Max Henius, biochemist and co-founder the American Academy of Brewing in Chicago
Melissa McCarthy, actress, Gilmore Girls, Samantha Who?, Charlie’s Angels
Melville E. Stone, newspaper publisher and manager of the Associated Press
Melvin Ely, center and power forward for the Denver Nuggets
Melvin Van Peebles, director, screenwriter, actor, composer
Meredith Monroe, actress, Dawson’s Creek, Criminal Minds
Michael Boatman, actor, writer, Spin City, China Beach, Arliss
Michael Bowden, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
Michael Clarke Duncan, actor, Kung Fu Panda, Armageddon, Planet of the Apes
Michael G. Hagerty, actor, Lucky Louie, The George Carlin Show, Friends
Michael Hitchcock, actor, MADtv, Wild Hogs
Michael Jordan
Michael Madsen, actor, Die Another Day
Michael Mann, film director
Michael Peña, actor, World Trade Center, Crash, The Shield
Michael Posner, Attorney, human rights advocate and Assistant Secretary of State under Barack Obama
Michael Shannon, actor, Boardwalk Empire, Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys II
Michael Stoyanov, actor, TV comedy writer, Blossom
Michael Turner, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons
Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, wife of Barack Obama
Mike Kafka, quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles
Miles Davis, jazz musician, bandleader and composer
Mort Kondracke, political commentator, columnist for Roll Call
Muddy Waters, blues musician and songwriter
Nadine Velazquez, actress and model, My Name Is Earl
Natasha Leggero, stand-up comedienne, actress, judge on Last Comic Standing
Nazr Mohammed, center for the Charlotte Bobcats
Nelson Algren, author
Nicholle Tom, actress, The Nanny, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
Ninian Edwards, politician
Nora Dunn, actress, comedienne, Saturday Night Live, Sisters, Bruce Almighty
Norm Larsen, industrial chemist, inventor of WD-40
Olof Krans, Swedish-American Folk Art painter and artist.
Oprah Winfrey, television host, actress, producer, media magnate and icon
Oscar Stanton De Priest
Owen Daniels, tight end for the Houston Texans
Paris Barclay, Emmy-winning and DGA Award-winning TV director, In Treatment, NYPD Blue, Cold Case
Pat Quinn, politician
Pat Sajak, television game show host Wheel of Fortune
Patrick Brown, offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins
Patrick Stump, lead singer of the band Fall Out Boy
Paul Adelstein, television actor; Prison Break, Private Practice
Paul Brittain, actor, comedian, cast member on Saturday Night Live
Paula Zahn, journalist, newscaster
Pehr August Peterson, Rockford, Illinois industrialist and philanthropist
Penny Pritzker, founder and current Chair of Classic Residence by Hyatt
Pete Mackanin, bench coach for the Philadelphia Phillies
Pete Wentz, bass player of Fall Out Boy
Peter Francis James, actor, voice-over artist
Peter Jacobson, actor, House, Transformers
Phil Brooks, professional wrestler under the ring name “CM Punk”
Philip Danforth Armour, businessman-Founder of Armour and Company
Philip Yordan, screenwriter
Phoebe Palmer, evangelist and author
Pierre Thomas, running back for the New Orleans Saints
Potter Palmer, real estate developer, businessman, founder of the Palmer House Hotel
Quentin Richardson, swingman for the Orlando Magic
Quincy Jones, musician, conductor, producer, arranger, composer, film composer
R. Buckminster Fuller, scientist, architect, inventor and author
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., founder and editor-in-chief of The American Spectator
Rachel Veltri, actress and model
Rahm Emanuel, Politician
Randy Daniels, politician
Raquel Welch, actress, author and sex symbol
Ray Kroc, entrepreneur/owner of McDonald’s fast food restaurants
Ray LaHood, Politician
Raymond Hood, architect
Read Morgan, actor
Red Grange, college and professional football player
Reggie Hayes, actor, Girlfriends
Reginald Hudlin, film and television director, screenwriter
Reidar Rye Haugan
Reiko Aylesworth, actress, Michelle Dessler on 24
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, explorer
Rex Ryan, head coach for the New York Jets
Richard Bull, actor, Little House on the Prairie, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Richard Estes, photorealistic painter
Richard J. Daley
Richard James Oglesby, politician
Richard M. Daley
Richard Martini, writer, director
Richard Pryor, comedian and actor
Richard Roeper, columnist, film critic, former co-host of At the Movies
Richard Warren Sears, businessman, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company
Richard Widmark, actor
Richard Yates Jr., politician
Richard Yates Sr., politician
Rick Stelmaszek, former MLB catcher and current bullpen coach for the Minnesota Twins
Rickey Henderson, Hall of Fame MLB left fielder who holds the major league record for career stolen bases
Rob Ninkovich, linebacker and defensive end for the New England Patriots
Robbie Weinhardt, relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
Robert G. Ingersoll, Illinois Attorney General, orator, social reformer
Robert H. Michel,
Robert Maynard Hutchins, lawyer, educator and President of the University of Chicago
Robert Novak, syndicated columnist, journalist, TV personality, author, conservative political commentator
Robert R. McCormick, newspaper publisher and philanthropist
Robert Todd Lincoln, attorney, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, U.S. Secretary of War, President of the Pullman Company, Abraham Lincoln’s son
Robert Townsend, actor and director, The Parent ‘Hood
Robert Z’Dar, actor, producer
Robert Zemeckis, film director, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, the Back to the Future films
Robin Roberts, Hall of Fame starting pitcher who played primarily with the Philadelphia Phillies
Robin Tunney, actress, The Mentalist, Prison Break
Rock Hudson, actor
Roger Ebert
Ron Mahay, relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
Ronald Reagan
Rosa Blasi, actress, Strong Medicine, Make It or Break It, Hitz
Ross Wolf, relief pitcher for the Oakland A’s
Roy Thinnes, actor, The Invaders, The Long, Hot Summer, Falcon Crest
Rusty Schwimmer, actress, Twister, The Perfect Storm
Ryan Diem, offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts
Sam Kinison
Sam Shepard, actor, director and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Black Hawk Down, The Pelican Brief, The Right Stuff
Samuel Insull, businessman and industrialist
Samuel Witwer, actor, Davis Bloome on Smallville
Sandra Smith, Business news reporter for the Fox Business Network
Saul Alinsky, founder of modern community organizing and writer
Sean Payton, head coach for the New Orleans Saints
Seana Kofoed, actress, Men in Trees
Shannon Brown, guard for the L.A. Lakers
Shaun Livingston, point guard for the Charlotte Bobcats
Shawn Marion, forward for the Dallas Mavericks
Shawn Ryan, television producer and writer, The Shield, The Unit, Angel
Shelby Steele, columnist, documentary filmmaker, author of White Guilt
Shelley Berman, comedian, actor, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Boston Legal, Meet the Fockers
Sherri Shepherd, comedienne, actress, co-host of The View
Sherrick McManis, cornerback for the Houston Texans
Sherron Collins, point guard for the Charlotte Bobcats
Sidney Blumenthal, journalist, aide to President Bill Clinton
Stephen Douglas, politician
Stephen Glass, former journalist for The New Republic fired for serial fraud in his articles
Stephen Moore, economic writer, policy analyst, founder of the Club for Growth
Steve Carell, actor and comedian
Steve Novak, small forward and power forward for the Dallas Mavericks
Stuart Gordon, director, writer, producer
Susan Downey, film producer, Sherlock Holmes, Iron Man 2, Due Date
Suzy Nakamura, actress, Deep Impact, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Terry Kinney, actor, Oz, The Unusuals, The Firm
Theodore Dreiser, author and social activist
Theodore Thomas, violinist, orchestral conductor and founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Ford, politician
Tim Byrdak, relief pitcher for the Houston Astros
Tim McIlrath, musician, Rise Against
T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh, actress, That’s So Raven, Cosby, In Living Color
Todd Purdum, national editor and political correspondent for Vanity Fair
Todd Stashwick, actor, The Riches
Tom Berenger, actor, Platoon
Tom Irwin, actor, Saving Grace, My So-Called Life, Related
Tom Paxton,
Tom Skilling, meteorologist for WGN News
Tony Allen, swingman for the Memphis Grizzlies
Tony Lovato, musician, member of the band MEST
Tonya Pinkins, actress, All My Children, Enchanted
Twista, rapper
Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War General and 18th President of the United States 1869
Vachel Lindsay, poet
Victor Young, composer, arranger, violinist, conductor
Vince Vaughn, actor, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Wedding Crashers
Virginia Madsen, actress, sister of Michael Madsen
Virginia Valli, silent movie actress
Walt Disney, film director, producer and animator
Warren Zevon, rock musician, singer-songwriter
Warrington Hudlin, film director, producer
Wayne Nelson,
Wendelin Van Draanen, author of the Sammy Keyes children’s novels
Wendy Braun, actress, General Hospital
Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame baseball manager, primarily with the St. Louis Cardinals and former outfielder
Will Bynum, point guard for the Detroit Pistons
William A. Rusher, lawyer, columnist, publisher of National Review from 1957
William Butler Ogden, politician
William Friedkin, director, The Exorcist
William Holabird, architect
William Jennings Bryan, politician
William Le Baron Jenney, architect and engineer, originator of the metal-frame skyscraper
William Rainey Harper, educator and first president of the University of Chicago
William Shockley,
William Vaughn Moody, dramatist and poet
Willie Geist, host of MSNBC’s Way Too Early with Willie Geist and co-host of Morning Joe
Zach Blair, musician Rise Against
Zana, porn actress

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