Biographical Records

Notable People from Illinois

6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 12 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.

Andy Phillip
Andy Phillip
American basketball player-coach
1922 – 2001
baseball playerbasketball coachbasketball player
Ed Derwinski
Ed Derwinski
American politician (1926–2012)
1926 – 2012
politician
Don Branson
racecar driver (1920-1966)
1920 – 1966
Formula One driverengineer
Sydney Lassick
actor (1922-2003)
1922 – 2003
film actortelevision actor
Charles Beaumont
American writer (1929-1967)
1929 – 1967
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Gower Champion
Gower Champion
American actor and dancer
1921 – 1980
film actordancertelevision actor
Bennie Green
American jazz trombonist (1923–1977)
1923 – 1977
jazz musicianmusiciantrombonist
Louis Zorich
Louis Zorich
American actor (1924-2018)
1924 – 2018
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Mike Douglas
Mike Douglas
Entertainer, talk show host (1921–2006)
1921 – 2006
voice actortelevision presentersinger
Agnes Nixon
Agnes Nixon
American soap opera screenwriter (1922–2016)
1922 – 2016
television directortelevision producerwriter
Susanna Foster
Susanna Foster
American actress (1924–2009)
1924 – 2009
film actorsingeractor
Barbara Mertz
American novelist and Egyptologist (1927–2013)
1927 – 2013
crime fiction writernovelistarchaeologist
Richard Lerner
American chemist (1938–2021)
1938 – 2021
novelistpathologistbiochemist
Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician (1934–1996)
1934 – 1996
jazz musicianrecording artistsaxophonist
Adlai Stevenson III
Adlai Stevenson III
Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1970 to 1981
1930 – 2021
military officerjuristpolitician
Arlene Golonka
Arlene Golonka
actress (1936–2021)
1936 – 2021
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Joanna Merlin
American actress (1931–2023)
1931 – 2023
film actorstage actortelevision actor
Dick Anthony Williams
American actor (1934–2012)
1934 – 2012
television actorfilm actorstage actor
George Furth
American actor, playwright and librettist (1932–2008)
1932 – 2008
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Carl Cain
Carl Cain
American basketball player (1934–2024)
1934 – 2024
basketball player
Joni James
Joni James
American singer (1930–2022)
1930 – 2022
pop singersinger
Catherine Coulson
American actress (1943–2015)
1943 – 2015
film produceractor
Storrs L. Olson
American biologist and ornithologist (1944–2021)
1944 – 2021
paleontologistornithologistcurator
Cynthia Plaster Caster
American artist (1947–2022)
1947 – 2022
sculptorgroupieartist
Berry Oakley
Berry Oakley
American bassist (1948-1972)
1948 – 1972
musician
Eric Wagner
Eric Wagner
American singer (1959–2021)
1959 – 2021
singer
Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett
American baseball player (1960–2006)
1960 – 2006
baseball player
Ina Coolbrith
Ina Coolbrith
American poet, writer, and librarian (1841–1928)
1841 – 1928
journalistlibrarianpoet
Adelaide Johnson
Adelaide Johnson
American sculptor (1859–1955)
1859 – 1955
suffragistartistsculptor
Henry Bacon
American architect (1866–1924)
1866 – 1924
architect
Julius Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald
American businessman (1862–1932)
1862 – 1932
entrepreneur
Mary Richmond
Mary Richmond
American social worker
1861 – 1928
social worker
Mabel Van Buren
Mabel Van Buren
American actress (1878-1947)
1878 – 1947
film actorstage actoractor
Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr.
Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr.
U.S. mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist (1875–1942)
1875 – 1942
ophthalmologistparasitologistbacteriologist
William Merz
American athletics and gymnastics competitor (1878-1946)
1878 – 1946
artistic gymnastathletics competitor
Charles Thias
American tug-of-war competitor
1879 – 1922
athlete
Cleo Madison
Cleo Madison
actress and film director (1883-1964)
1883 – 1964
film actorfilm directorstage actor
Merritt Giffin
Merritt Giffin
American discus thrower (1887–1911)
1887 – 1911
athletics competitor
Ernest Cook Poole
Ernest Cook Poole
American journalist and novelist (1880-1950)
1880 – 1950
novelistjournalistplaywright
Agnes Meyer Driscoll
Agnes Meyer Driscoll
American cryptographer
1889 – 1971
cryptographercryptanalystmathematician
Nella Walker
Nella Walker
actress (1886-1971)
1886 – 1971
film actorstage actoractor
Leah Baird
Leah Baird
American actress and screenwriter (1883-1971)
1883 – 1971
film actorfilm producerstage actor
Frank Kehoe
American diver (1882–1949)
1882 – 1949
water polo playercompetitive diver
Nathaniel Moore
American amateur golfer (1884–1910)
1884 – 1910
golfer
George Gaidzik
diver (1885–1938)
1885 – 1938
competitive diver
Bryant Washburn
Bryant Washburn
American actor (1889–1963)
1889 – 1963
film actoractor
Sidney Hatch
Sidney Hatch
American long-distance runner
1883 – 1966
marathon runner
Henry Skillman Breckinridge
Henry Skillman Breckinridge
American Olympic fencer, lawyer and politician (1886–1960)
1886 – 1960
fencerpoliticianjurist
Dot Farley
Dot Farley
American actress and scenario writer (1881-1971)
1881 – 1971
film actorstage actorsinger
Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer and lyricist (1898-1951)
1894 – 1951
musicianpianistcomposer
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