Biographical Records

Notable People from Illinois

6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 107 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.

Charles C. Burch
American politician (1928–1979)
1928 - 1979
politician
Jack West
American architect
1922 - 2010
architect
Phillip Harold Lewis
American anthropologist and museologist
1922 - 2011
museologistanthropologistcurator
Edward Perl
Edward Perl
American neuroscientist (1926-2014)
1926 - 2014
neuroscientist
Robert F. Dunn
Robert F. Dunn
United States Navy admiral
1928
military personnel
Robert A. Johnson
Robert A. Johnson
American politician in South Dakota (1921-2014)
1921 - 2014
politician
William R. Bertelsen
American inventor
1920 - 2009
inventor
William J. Scott
William J. Scott
American politician (1926-1986)
1926 - 1986
politician
Robert W. McCarthy
American politician and lawyer (1924-2015)
1924 - 2015
politicianlawyer
Harold Lichtenberger
Harold Lichtenberger
American physicist (1920–1993)
1920 - 1993
nuclear physicistphysicist
Tobias Barry
Tobias Barry
American politician
1924 - 2017
politicianjudge
Howard Lane
American architect (1922–1988)
1922 - 1988
architect
Nancy Feldman
American activist (1922-2014)
1922 - 2014
activistteacher
Tom Blake
American gridiron football player (1927-2020)
1927 - 2020
American football player
Milton Brunson
American gospel musician
1929 - 1997
songwriter
Don Johnson
American gridiron football player (1920-1965)
1920 - 1965
American football player
Roland Reiss
Roland Reiss
American painter (1929–2020)
1929 - 2020
university teacherpainter
William Johnston
American novelist (1924-2010)
1924 - 2010
crime fiction writernovelist
Jay Kanter
American film producer (born 1926)
1926 - 2024
film producer
Ed Mieszkowski
American football player (1925-2004)
1925 - 2004
American football player
Charlie Butler
American basketball player (1920-2014)
1920 - 2014
basketball player
Caesar Giovannini
American pianist, band arranger and composer (1925-2017)
1925 - 2017
pianistcomposer
Donald Putnam Abbott
American zoologist (1920-1986)
1920 - 1986
malacologistzoologist
Herbert Louis
American military personnel (1928-2016)
1928 - 2016
military personnel
William E. Phelps
William E. Phelps
American politician and diplomat
1835 - 1914
diplomatpolitician
Abena Joan Brown
American theatre director
1928 - 2015
social workertheatre director
Bob Ryland
American tennis player
1920 - 2020
tennis player
Splinter Johnson
American basketball player (1920-2002)
1920 - 2002
basketball player
Jens Westengard
Jens Westengard
American legal scholar
1871 - 1918
diplomat
Carl Loyd
American basketball player (1925-2012)
1925 - 2012
basketball player
Ed Bogdanski
American basketball player (1921-1989)
1921 - 1989
basketball player
Luther Harris
American basketball player (1923-1986)
1923 - 1986
basketball player
Red Pryor
American basketball player (1926-2005)
1926 - 2005
basketball player
Fred Campbell
American basketball player (1920-2008)
1920 - 2008
baseball playerbasketball coachbasketball player
Robert Bushby
Robert Bushby
American aircraft mechanic and aviator (1927–2018)
1927 - 2018
aircraft pilot
Linton Freeman
Linton Freeman
American structuralist sociologist
1927 - 2018
sociologist
Robert Boyd
American journalist (1928-2019)
1928 - 2019
journalist
Lee Fyfe
American baseball umpire
1879 - 1942
baseball player
Lillian Young
American sprinter (1928-1983)
1928 - 1983
athletics competitorathlete
John Joe Barry
Irish middle-distance runner (1925-1994)
1925 - 1994
athletics competitor
Thomas M. Tarpley
Thomas M. Tarpley
United States Army general (1922–1986)
1922 - 1986
military personnel
Daniel Zelinsky
American mathematician specializing in algebra
1922 - 2015
mathematician
Jack Morton
American football player (1922-1983)
1922 - 1983
American football player
Anita Miller
publisher
1926 - 2018
publisher
David J. Baker, Jr.
David J. Baker, Jr.
American judge
1834 - 1899
lawyerjudge
Billy Gleason
baseball player
1894 - 1957
baseball player
Ethel Beatty
Ethel Beatty
American socialite
1873 - 1932
socialite
Fred K. Huffer
American composer and conductor
1879 - 1943
conductorcomposer
Mary Meigs Atwater
American weaver (1878–1956)
1878 - 1956
suffragisttextile designerweaver
Ed Peirce
Ed Peirce
American politician
1872 - 1947
politician
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