Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 42 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
William Ralls Morrison
1824 – 1909
juristpoliticianlawyer
Samuel S. Marshall
1821 – 1890
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Amasa Cobb
1823 – 1905
military officerpoliticianlawyer
James Barnet Fry
1827 – 1894
historianmilitary officerwriter
Benjamin F. Marsh
1839 – 1905
politicianlawyer
John Warne Gates
1855 – 1911
businessperson
Edward Robeson Taylor
1838 – 1923
politicianpoetlawyer
B. O. Flower
1858 – 1918
editorjournalist
William B. Anderson
1830 – 1901
military officerpolitician
Charles Goodnight
1836 – 1929
rancheranimal breederfarmer
Gilbert L. Laws
1838 – 1907
politician
Ellen Hardin Walworth
1832 – 1915
historianlawyerwriter
William Moloney
1876 – 1915
athletics competitor
Catherine Amanda Coburn
1839 – 1913
newspaper editorjournalist
Curtis H. Castle
1848 – 1928
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Sarah Hackett Stevenson
1841 – 1909
university teacherphysician
Frederick Remann
1847 – 1895
politician
Francis M. Lyman
1840 – 1916
politician
William A. Poynter
1848 – 1909
governorpolitician
William S. Greene
1841 – 1924
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Melville Elijah Stone
1848 – 1929
journalistbusinessperson
Professor Mike Donovan
1847 – 1918
boxer
Ann Eliza Young
1844 – 1917
autobiographerwriter
Mark Walrod Harrington
1848 – 1926
meteorologistbotanistastronomer
Henry T. Hazard
1844 – 1921
politicianlawyer
John Allen Sterling
1857 – 1918
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Lynden Evans
1858 – 1926
politicianlawyer
Charles N. Fowler
1852 – 1932
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Harriet Hubbard Ayer
1852 – 1903
journalistentrepreneurbusinessperson
William E. Williams
1857 – 1921
politicianlawyer
William H. Hinrichsen
1850 – 1907
journalisteditorpolitician
William F. Mahoney
1856 – 1904
politician
Charles Page Bryan
1855 – 1918
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Willis J. Bailey
1854 – 1932
bankergovernorpolitician
Horace Mann Towner
1855 – 1937
university teacherjuristgovernor
Charles Cleveland Nutting
1858 – 1927
curatorzoologist
John Francis Queeny
1859 – 1933
businessperson
Charles Brainard Taylor Moore
1853 – 1923
naval officermilitary officergovernor
William Scherzer
1858 – 1893
engineer
James Hugh Ward
1853 – 1916
politicianlawyer
Adam Clark Vroman
1856 – 1916
booksellerphotographer
Hempstead Washburne
1851 – 1918
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Edwin B. Tilton
1859 – 1926
actor
George W. Fithian
1854 – 1921
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Louise DeKoven Bowen
1859 – 1953
suffragistphilanthropist
P. H. Moynihan
1869 – 1946
politician
Allen F. Moore
1869 – 1945
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Ed Barrow
1868 – 1953
baseball playerbaseball manager
John Edward Raker
1863 – 1926
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