Biographical Records

Notable People from Illinois

6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 15 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.

Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American jazz musician (1913–1976)
1913 – 1976
trumpeterjazz musicianviolinist
Zoe Rae
Zoe Rae
American actress (1910-2006)
1910 – 2006
film actoractor
Dan Seymour
Dan Seymour
American actor (1915-1993)
1915 – 1993
film actortelevision actoractor
Waldo Salt
Waldo Salt
American screenwriter (1914-1987)
1914 – 1987
actorscreenwriter
Lou Boudreau
Lou Boudreau
American baseball player and manager (1917–2001)
1917 – 2001
baseball player-managerbaseball playerbasketball coach
Irwin Kostal
American musical arranger of films (1911–1994)
1911 – 1994
bandleadermusic arrangerfilm score composer
Abraham H. Taub
Abraham H. Taub
American mathematician and physicist (1911-1999)
1911 – 1999
university teachermathematicianphysicist
Leo Freisinger
Leo Freisinger
speed skater
1916 – 1985
speed skater
Johnny McDowell
racecar driver
1915 – 1952
Formula One driverengineer
Donald William Kerst
Donald William Kerst
American accelerator physicist who developed the betatron (1911–1993)
1911 – 1993
nuclear physicistuniversity teacherphysicist
Robert Lewis Taylor
American author (1912–1998)
1912 – 1998
novelistjournalistwriter
Ina Ray Hutton
Ina Ray Hutton
American singer (1916-1984)
1916 – 1984
jazz musicianbandleadermusician
Wilson Tucker
Wilson Tucker
American writer (1914–2006)
1914 – 2006
science fiction writertrade unionistprojectionist
Sheldon Harnick
Sheldon Harnick
American lyricist and songwriter (1924–2023)
1924 – 2023
librettistscriptlyricist
Allan Sherman
Allan Sherman
American musician and comedian (1924-1973)
1924 – 1973
voice actorjournalistsongwriter
Eddie Russo
racecar driver (1925-2012)
1925 – 2012
Formula One driverracing driverengineer
Otto Graham
Otto Graham
American football player, coach, executive (1921-2003)
1921 – 2003
American football coachAmerican football playerbaseball player
Giorgio Tozzi
Giorgio Tozzi
American opera singer (1923-2011)
1923 – 2011
bass singermusic educatoropera singer
Henry Hyde
Henry Hyde
American member of the United States House of Representatives (1924–2007)
1924 – 2007
basketball playerjuristmilitary officer
Wilbur Ware
American jazz musician (1923-1979)
1923 – 1979
jazz musiciandouble-bassistmusician
Harold Washington
Harold Washington
American politician, former Mayor of the city of Chicago (1922—1987)
1922 – 1987
politicianlawyer
Monica Lewis
Monica Lewis
American actress (1922-2015)
1922 – 2015
film actortelevision actorsinger
Jerry Krause
American sports executive (1939–2017)
1939 – 2017
sports executivebasketball coachscout
Deanna Lund
Deanna Lund
American actress (1937-2018)
1937 – 2018
film actortelevision actoractor
Jason Bernard
Jason Bernard
American actor (1938–1996)
1938 – 1996
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Chabelo
Chabelo
Mexican actor
1935 – 2023
television actorfilm actortelevision presenter
Freddy Cole
Freddy Cole
American jazz singer and pianist
1931 – 2020
jazz singerjazz musicianbandleader
John Reilly
American actor (1934-2021)
1934 – 2021
television actoractor
John Seymour
John Seymour
United States Senator from California (born 1937)
1937 – 2026
politician
Mark McCormack
American lawyer, sports agent and writer (1930–2003)
1930 – 2003
golfersports agentjurist
Ron Dean
American actor
1938 – 2025
film actortelevision actoractor
Leroy Jenkins
Leroy Jenkins
American composer and violinist (1932–2007)
1932 – 2007
musicianrecording artistjazz musician
John Capodice
American actor (1941–2024)
1941 – 2024
television actoractor
Brian Oldfield
American shot putter (1945–2017)
1945 – 2017
shot putter
Barry Goldberg
Barry Goldberg
American musical artist (1942–2025)
1942 – 2025
blues musiciansongwriterpianist
Evelyn Thomas
Evelyn Thomas
American musician (1953–2024)
1953 – 2024
musiciansinger
Kevin Duckworth
American professional basketball player (1964–2008)
1964 – 2008
basketball player
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
author, a radio show host and producer, and filmmaker
1965 – 2017
YouTuberchildren's writerradio personality
Stuart Scott
Stuart Scott
American sportscaster and anchor on ESPN (1965–2015)
1965 – 2015
journalistsports commentator
James Harlan
James Harlan
American politician (1820-1899)
1820 – 1899
politicianlawyer
Abigail Scott Duniway
Abigail Scott Duniway
American suffragist, writer, journalist, pioneer (1834–1915)
1834 – 1915
newspaper proprietorsuffragistnovelist
Jessie Ackermann
Jessie Ackermann
Social Reformer, feminist, journalist, writer and traveller (1857–1951)
1857 – 1951
suffragistsocial reformeractivist
Ellen Gates Starr
Ellen Gates Starr
American social activist (1859–1940)
1859 – 1940
social reformeractivist
Bert Woodruff
Bert Woodruff
American Vaudeville and silent film actor (1856-1934)
1856 – 1931
film actoractor
William Wallace Lincoln
William Wallace Lincoln
third son of Abraham Lincoln
1850 – 1862
Charles Richard Crane
Charles Richard Crane
American diplomat (1858–1939)
1858 – 1939
philanthropistindustrialistart collector
James George Needham
American entomologist (1868–1957)
1868 – 1957
scientific collectorentomologistuniversity teacher
Frederic Goudy
Frederic Goudy
American printer, artist and type designer (1865–1947)
1865 – 1947
book printercalligraphergraphic designer
Edward Alsworth Ross
Edward Alsworth Ross
American sociologist (1866–1951)
1866 – 1951
eugenicistdemographersociologist
Edgar J. Goodspeed
Edgar J. Goodspeed
American theologian and scholar of Greek and the New Testament (1871-1962)
1871 – 1962
patristic scholarNew Testament scholarBible translator
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