Notable People from Illinois

Richard C. Atkinson

American educational psychologist and academic

Jewel Plummer Cobb

American biologist (1924–2017)

John Powell

American Jesuit priest

Johnny Lattner

American football player, Heisman Trophy winner (1932-2016)

George Gaines

set decorator (1933-1986)

Jack Davis

American politician (1935-2018)

David Hull

American philosopher (1935–2010)

Andrew J. Kuehn

American film producer and director (1937-2004)

Zeke Bratkowski

American football player (1931-2019)

John Barnhill

American basketball player (1938–2013)

Carl Haas

American racing driver (1930–2016)

Chuck Missler

American writer

Dan Greenburg

American writer

James Patrick Keleher

Roman Catholic archbishop (1931–2024)

Stanley Girard Schlarman

Catholic bishop

Gary Phillips

American basketball player

Elliot W. Eisner

American professor of Art and Education

Gale Schisler

American politician

Jennifer Holden

American actress (1936–2022)

Wayne Huizenga

American businessman (1937–2018)

John Bliss

American actor (1930-2008)

John W. Huffman

chemist (1932–2022)

Ben Abruzzo

American aviator and balloonist (1930–1985)

Mike McCormack

American football player and coach (1930-2013)

Ron Miller

American popular songwriter and record producer (1932–2007)

Walter Perkins

American drummer (1932–2004)

John Jenkins

American jazz saxophonist (1931–1993)

Jean Stein

American writer and editor (1934-2017)

Susann McDonald

American-born classical harpist, both recording and live-performing; chair of the harp department at Indiana University-Bloomington

John Richard Keating

Catholic bishop (1934-1998)

Irv Bemoras

American basketball player (1930-2007)

Joe Ruklick

American basketball player (1938-2020)

Myra Carter

American actress (1929–2016)

William Watson

American actor, born 1938

Susan Leeman

American endocrinologist

Dave Samuels

American musician (1948–2019)

Alice Arlen

American screenwriter (1940-2016)

Marcia Moretto

Argentinian dancer (1946–1983)

Judy Baar Topinka

American politician (1944-2014)

Ronald Gene Simmons

American spree killer (1940-1990)

Richard S. Williamson

American diplomat (1949–2013)

John R. Manz

Catholic bishop

Tim Drummond

American bassist

Kendall Rhine

American basketball player (1943–2022)

Frank Galati

American actor, writer and director (1943–2023)

Charles Bowden

American writer (1945-2014)

Tony Barone

American basketball player and coach (1946–2019)

Bill Freund

American historian

Karen Ulane

American aviator