Biographical Records

Notable People from Illinois

6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 111 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.

Oliver Dennett Grover
Oliver Dennett Grover
American artist (1861-1927)
1861 - 1927
painterartist
Jim Donahue
Jim Donahue
Major League Baseball player (1862-1935)
1862 - 1935
baseball player
Jim Adams
American baseball player
1868
baseball player
Jerry Kane
professional baseball player (1866-1949)
1866 - 1949
baseball player
James Patrick O'Leary
American mobster (1869–1925)
1869 - 1925
businessperson
James F. Boyce, Sr.
American Industrialist Chemist (1868-1935)
1868 - 1935
chemistbusinessperson
Harry Hinde
Harry Hinde
American politician (1865-1942)
1865 - 1942
military flight engineerinventorpolitician
Harry East
American baseball player
1862 - 1905
baseball player
Grant Conard
Grant Conard
American politician
1867 - 1919
politician
George Walbridge Perkins
George Walbridge Perkins
American politician and businessman, New York (1862-1920)
1862 - 1920
politician
George W. Myers
American mathematician
1864 - 1931
university teachermathematicianastronomer
Frank Millard
American baseball player (1865-1892)
1865 - 1892
baseball player
Frank Donnelly
American baseball player (1869-1953)
1869 - 1953
baseball player
Frank Bishop
American baseball player
1860 - 1929
baseball player
Ezra A. Burrell
American politician
1867 - 1922
politician
Frank Shaver Allen
Frank Shaver Allen
American architect
1860 - 1930
anthropologistarchitect
John Bauer
John Bauer
American football guard and tackle who played for the New York Giants (1932-2010)
1932 - 2010
American football player
John Harper
American politician in Kentucky (1930-2001)
1930 - 2001
politicianengineer
John Powers Crowley
United States federal judge
1936 - 1989
lawyerjudge
John Wyatt
John Wyatt
American baseball player
1935 - 1998
baseball player
John Y. Simon
American historian
1933 - 2008
university teachereditorhistorian
Julia A. Ames
Julia A. Ames
American journalist, editor, temperance reformer (1861-1891)
1861 - 1891
journalisteditor
Seymour Jones
Seymour Jones
American lawyer (1862-1951)
1862 - 1951
lawyer
Corinne Jacker
American screenwriter and author (1933-2013)
1933 - 2013
screenwriterwriter
Larry Cannon
American racing driver
1937 - 1995
engineer
Chuck Hedges
American jazz clarinetist
1932 - 2010
clarinetist
Len Rohde
American football player (1938-2017)
1938 - 2017
American football player
Thomas Dent
Thomas Dent
American lawyer (1831-1924)
1831 - 1924
politicianlawyer
Lou Reizner
American record producer (1934–1977)
1934 - 1977
record producercomposer
Beverly Rae Kimes
automobile journalist (1939-2008)
1939 - 2008
journalist
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
founder of The Rancho Bernardo Study, a prospective population-based study of older adults
1935 - 2019
epidemiologistresearcherphysician
Judy Balaban
American actress and author
1932 - 2023
writeractor
Emory Kemp
Emory Kemp
American archaeologist, engineer, and historian
1931 - 2020
historian of technologyarchaeologistcivil engineer
Burt Katz
American restaurateur
1937 - 2016
restaurateur
Ted Cohen
philosopher
1939 - 2014
aestheticianphilosopheruniversity teacher
Jack Sharkey
American writer
1931 - 1992
science fiction writerplaywrightwriter
James Welsh
James Welsh
American rower
1931 - 1963
rower
Joan C. Sherman
chemist
1932 - 2025
chemist
Joanne Rio
American film actress (1931-1984)
1931 - 1984
film actor
Werner Holzer
American wrestler
1937 - 2018
athlete
Gene Nora Jessen
Gene Nora Jessen
American aviator
1937 - 2024
flight instructor
Aaron Klieman
Aaron Klieman
Israeli historian
1939 - 2021
political scientist
Mary Lawson Neff
American neurologist
1862 - 1945
neurologist
Napoleon Bonaparte Brown
Union Army officer
1834 - 1910
politician
Benjamin F. Bailar
American politician (1934-2017)
1934 - 2017
deanuniversity teacherpolitician
Max W. Heck
Max W. Heck
early 20th century American lawyer and judge
1869 - 1938
politicianjudge
Richard J. Barr
Richard J. Barr
American politician (1865-1951)
1865 - 1951
politician
Mary Rozet Smith
Mary Rozet Smith
American philanthropist
1868 - 1934
philanthropistsocial worker
Norris Hoyt
American lawyer and politician
1935 - 2013
politicianlawyer
Joe Wendryhoski
Joe Wendryhoski
American football player (1939-2008)
1938 - 2008
American football playerCanadian football player
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