Biographical Records

Notable People from Illinois

6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 36 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.

George Charles Aid

American painter, etcher (1872-1938)

1872 – 1938

etcherpainter

Henry Smith Williams

American medical doctor, lawyer, encyclopedist, and author (1863–1943)

1863 – 1943

authorhistorianjurist

Mildred Holland

American actress (1869-1944)

1869 – 1944

actor

Justina Ford

American physician (1871–1952)

1871 – 1952

obstetriciangynecologistphysician

James B. Herrick

American physician (1861-1954)

1861 – 1954

physician

Richard Lee Metcalfe

American politician (1861–1954)

1861 – 1954

journalisteditorpolitician

Fannie Thomas

1867 – 1981

Margaret McWade

American actress (1871–1956)

1872 – 1956

film actorstage actoractor

Harry Swarth

American ornithologist

1878 – 1935

entomologistornithologistzoologist

Rollin Kirby

American political cartoonist (1875-1952)

1875 – 1952

journalistcartoonist

Rollin S. Sturgeon

American film director and screenwriter (1877-1961)

1877 – 1961

directorfilm directorscreenwriter

Sam Neel

American tennis player

1875 – 1947

tennis player

Harvey Monroe Hall

American botanist (1874-1932)

1874 – 1932

botanist

Charles Christopher Adams

American zoologist (1873–1955)

1873 – 1955

ecologistcuratorzoologist

James G. Strong

American politician (1870-1938)

1870 – 1938

politicianlawyer

George Van Horn Moseley

United States Army general (1874–1960)

1874 – 1960

journalistmilitary officermajor general

Carol Brooks MacNeil

American sculptor (1871-1944)

1871 – 1944

paintersculptorartist

Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Sr.

American businessman

1873 – 1939

entrepreneurpharmacist

Edward E. Denison

American politician (1873-1953)

1873 – 1953

politicianlawyer

Fanny Cory

American illustrator and comic strip creator (1877-1972)

1877 – 1972

children's book illustratorcomics artistillustrator

Artie Matthews

American songwriter, pianist and ragtime composer (1888-1958)

1888 – 1958

songwriterpianistmusician

Harold Fowler McCormick

American businessman

1872 – 1941

tennis playerentrepreneur

Helen Thompson Woolley

American psychologist

1874 – 1947

psychologist

Charles McGavin

U.S. Representative

1874 – 1940

politicianlawyer

Joseph Sarsfield Glass

American Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake (1874-1926)

1874 – 1926

Catholic bishopCatholic priest

Gene Greene

American musician

1881 – 1930

jazz musiciansingercomposer

Berthold Ullman

American classical scholar (1882-1965)

1882 – 1965

classical philologistuniversity teacherliterary critic

Cissy Patterson

American newspaper publisher, socialite (1884-1948)

1881 – 1948

novelistjournalisteditor

Edward A. Kull

Cinematographer, Film director (1885-1946)

1885 – 1946

film directordirectorcinematographer

Edward Laemmle

American film director (1887-1937)

1887 – 1937

film directorfilm producercinematographer

Billy Evans

Baseball umpire and executive

1884 – 1956

baseball player

Billy Franey

actor (1889-1940)

1889 – 1940

film actoractor

C. Denier Warren

Anglo-American actor (1889–1971)

1889 – 1971

television actorstage actoractor

Charles Wesley Vursell

American politician

1881 – 1974

publisherjournalistpolice officer

William C. Foster

American cinematographer (1880–1923)

1880 – 1923

cinematographer

Raymond Wells

American film director and actor (1880-1941)

1880 – 1941

film actorfilm directoractor

Lillian Drew

American actress (1883-1924)

1883 – 1924

film actoractor

Isabel Randolph

American actress (1889-1973)

1889 – 1973

film actortelevision actorstage actor

Jack Reagan

father of Ronald Reagan (1883–1941)

1883 – 1941

politician

Nelson G. Kraschel

American politician (1889-1957)

1889 – 1957

governorpolitician

John Storrs

American artist (1885-1956)

1885 – 1956

draftspersonprintmakersculptor

René Plaissetty

American film director (1889-1955)

1889 – 1955

film directoractorscreenwriter

Louis Menges

American soccer player (1888-1969)

1888 – 1969

association football playerpolitician

May de Sousa

American singer and actress (1884-1948)

1884 – 1948

stage actorsingeractor

Lloyd Loar

American luthier (1886–1943)

1886 – 1943

musical instrument makerluthiercomposer

William Slavens McNutt

screenwriter (1885-1938)

1885 – 1938

screenwriter

Emory S. Bogardus

American sociologist (1882-1973)

1882 – 1973

sociologistuniversity teacher

Harry Harris

American boxer (1880-1959)

1880 – 1959

boxer

Ralph Edwin Church

American politician (1883–1950)

1883 – 1950

politicianlawyer

Duff Abrams

American engineer, pioneer in the rheology of cements

1880 – 1965

civil engineerphysicistengineer

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