Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 23 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
Ralph Waldo Trine
1866 – 1958
philosopherhistorianwriter
James Harvey Robinson
1863 – 1936
university teacherhistorian
Ashton C. Shallenberger
1862 – 1938
politician
Henry Cantwell Wallace
1866 – 1924
publisherjournalistagronomist
George D. Baker
1868 – 1933
film editorfilm directorstage actor
Len Small
1862 – 1936
governorpolitician
Walter M. Pierce
1861 – 1954
juristgovernorpolitician
Medill McCormick
1877 – 1925
journalistpolitician
Gilbert Ames Bliss
1876 – 1951
university teachermathematician
William H. Dieterich
1876 – 1940
politicianlawyerjudge
Edward Joseph Kelly
1876 – 1950
politicianengineermayor
James M. Slattery
1878 – 1948
politicianlawyer
Clyde M. Reed
1871 – 1949
editorjournalistgovernor
Roy Clements
1877 – 1948
film directoractorscreenwriter
Charles Thom
1872 – 1956
mycologistmicrobiologistuniversity teacher
Carrie Neely
1876 – 1938
tennis player
Albert W. Hawkes
1878 – 1971
politicianbusinessperson
Eulabee Dix
1878 – 1961
painterartist
Ernest Shields
1884 – 1944
actor
Bobby Watson
1888 – 1965
film actorstage actoractor
Floyd Dell
1887 – 1969
literary criticnovelistjournalist
Minnie Vautrin
1886 – 1941
diaristeducatormissionary
Lester Cuneo
1888 – 1925
film producerstage actoractor
James W. Morrison
1888 – 1974
film actoractor
Hazel Lavery
1880 – 1935
modelpainter
Mary Agnes Yerkes
1886 – 1989
painter
Dagmar Godowsky
1897 – 1975
film actoractor
Edwin Balmer
1883 – 1959
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Tim Moore
1887 – 1958
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Ruth Bryan Owen
1885 – 1954
nursepoliticiandiplomat
Granville Bates
1882 – 1940
actor
Fritz Pollard
1894 – 1986
American football coachAmerican football player
Chic Johnson
1891 – 1962
stage actorcomedianauthor
Arthur Nielsen
1897 – 1980
tennis playereconomistentrepreneur
Hobart R. Gay
1894 – 1983
military personnel
Abe Lyman
1897 – 1957
jazz musicianbandleadersongwriter
Scott W. Lucas
1892 – 1968
baseball playerstate's attorneychairperson
Drew Pearson
1897 – 1969
journalistpolitician
Loyal Underwood
1893 – 1966
actor
Paddy Driscoll
1896 – 1968
American football coachbaseball playerAmerican football player
Charles Correll
1890 – 1972
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Tom Buckingham
1895 – 1934
film directorscreenwriter
Rudolph Scholz
1896 – 1981
rugby union player
Ray Schalk
1892 – 1970
baseball player
Otis Adelbert Kline
1891 – 1946
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Robert Halperin
1908 – 1985
American football playermilitary officer
Gordon Wiles
1904 – 1950
production designerdirectorfilm director
Jimmy McPartland
1907 – 1991
jazz musiciantrumpeterbandleader
Russell Lee
1903 – 1986
journalistphotojournalistphotographer
Dick Howell
1903 – 1967
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