Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 37 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
Raymond Albert Wheeler
1885 – 1974
military personnel
Thomas Mooney
1882 – 1942
union membertrade unionist
Harry Mummery
1889 – 1945
ice hockey player
Belle Montrose
1886 – 1964
film actortelevision actoractor
Amelia Laskey
1885 – 1973
explorertechnical writerornithologist
Guy L. Shaw
1881 – 1950
politician
J. Nash McCrea
1887 – 1959
sport cyclist
Larry Doyle
1886 – 1974
baseball player
Herbert Heywood
1881 – 1964
film actoractor
Helen Heffron Roberts
1888 – 1985
musicologistethnomusicologistarchaeologist
Howard Greer
1896 – 1974
fashion designercostume designer
Estelle Yancey
1896 – 1986
singer
Harry Stephen Keeler
1890 – 1967
novelist
Paul Galvin
1895 – 1959
entrepreneurbusinessperson
Paul Nelson
1895 – 1979
architect
Jack Woodford
1894 – 1971
novelist
Charles P. Boyle
1892 – 1968
cinematographer
Adrienne Kroell
1892 – 1949
film actoractor
Gertrude Emerson Sen
1890 – 1982
Indologisttravelerjournalist
Harry Kelly
1895 – 1971
prosecutorjuristgovernor
Jocko Conlan
1899 – 1989
baseball player
Ruth Mack Brunswick
1897 – 1946
psychoanalystpsychiatrist
Harry J. Collins
1895 – 1963
military personnel
Horace Jackson
1898 – 1952
film directorarchitectscreenwriter
John Carl Williams Hinshaw
1894 – 1956
politician
Billy DeBeck
1890 – 1942
comics artistcartoonist
Lucille Wall
1898 – 1986
television actoractor
Charmion Von Wiegand
1896 – 1983
art historiandraftspersonjournalist
Vaughn De Leath
1894 – 1943
jazz singerjazz musiciansinger
Hugh W. Cross
1896 – 1972
lieutenant governorjuristpolitician
Colin Campbell Sanborn
1897 – 1962
scientific collectorornithologistzoologist
Edwin V. Champion
1890 – 1976
politicianlawyer
Elmer Belt
1893 – 1980
urologistbibliophilesurgeon
Anthony Angarola
1893 – 1929
painter
Lynton Brent
1897 – 1981
actor
Arthur Hughes
1893 – 1982
film actorradio personalitystage actor
Albert J. Smith
1894 – 1939
film actoractor
Bert Moorhouse
1894 – 1954
actor
Jonathan Latimer
1906 – 1983
novelistjournalistwriter
William H. Clothier
1903 – 1996
cinematographer
Walburga Oesterreich
1900 – 1961
housewife
Merritt B. Gerstad
1900 – 1974
cinematographer
Edward Rowan Finnegan
1905 – 1971
politicianlawyerjudge
Doris Lee
1905 – 1983
muralistgraphic artistpainter
Virginia Van Upp
1902 – 1970
film screenwriterproducerfilm producer
Joe Sullivan
1906 – 1971
jazz musicianmusicianpianist
George Davis
1906 – 1957
prose writernovelisteditor
Albin Amelin
1902 – 1975
draftspersongraphic artistpainter
Harry W. Gerstad
1909 – 2002
film editorfilm director
Larry Clemmons
1906 – 1981
actorscreenwriter