Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 43 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
George Edgar Vincent
1864 – 1941
sociologistuniversity teachereducator
Hank O'Day
1862 – 1935
baseball player
Charles J. Stine
1869 – 1934
stage actoractor
U. S. Guyer
1868 – 1943
politicianlawyerjudge
William Augustus Ayres
1867 – 1952
politicianlawyer
Frank Reaugh
1860 – 1945
painterinventorteacher
Charles Cyrus Kearns
1869 – 1931
politicianlawyer
Charles Edgar Duryea
1861 – 1938
inventor
Edmund Michael Dunne
1864 – 1929
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Margaret Haley
1861 – 1939
trade unionistactivistpedagogue
Martha Black
1866 – 1957
autobiographerbotanical collectorhomemaker
Max Adler
1866 – 1952
philanthropistviolinistgeneral manager
Neltje Blanchan Doubleday
1865 – 1918
botanistwriter
Pearl de Vere
1862 – 1897
prostitutemadam
Thomas M. Jett
1862 – 1939
politicianlawyerjudge
William E. Hull
1866 – 1942
politician
Josephine Ditt
1868 – 1939
actor
Kate Claghorn
1863 – 1938
statisticianeconomist
Bud Ross
1868 – 1932
actorscreenwriter
Albert Johnson
1869 – 1957
journalistpolitician
Edwin B. Brooks
1868 – 1933
politician
Harry Leon Wilson
1867 – 1939
short story writerhumoristnovelist
Herman Long
1866 – 1909
baseball player
John C. McKenzie
1860 – 1941
politicianlawyerteacher
John Huston Finley
1863 – 1940
newspaper editorjournalisteditor
Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis
1874 – 1956
scientific collectorbotanistbotanical collector
Kent E. Keller
1867 – 1954
politicianlawyer
Frederick George Novy
1864 – 1957
bacteriologistchemistphysician
Swan Hennessy
1866 – 1929
composer
William Richard Johnson
1875 – 1938
politician
Ralph Delahaye Paine
1871 – 1925
short story writeressayisthumorist
Thomas Joseph O'Brien
1878 – 1964
bank examineraccountantpolitician
Albert Benedict Wolfe
1876 – 1967
sociologisteconomist
Charles J. Colden
1870 – 1938
politician
Frederick Dana Marsh
1872 – 1961
artist
Samuel S. Arentz
1879 – 1934
politician
Sidney Brown
1873 – 1948
inventorengineer
John G. Oglesby
1873 – 1938
lieutenant governorpolitician
Joseph M. Reeves
1872 – 1948
military officer
Arthur Covey
1877 – 1960
lithographerdraftspersongraphic artist
Axel Leonard Melander
1878 – 1962
scientific collectorentomologistzoologist
William Tyler Olcott
1873 – 1936
astronomer
William W. Arnold
1877 – 1957
politicianlawyerjudge
Victor Heintz
1876 – 1968
politicianlawyer
Elmer Blaney Harris
1878 – 1966
film producerauthorplaywright
Frederic McLaughlin
1877 – 1944
athletebusinessperson
John Miller
1872 – 1941
inventor
John R. Connelly
1870 – 1940
politician
Maurice Thatcher
1870 – 1973
politicianlawyer
Claude A. Fuller
1876 – 1968
politicianlawyer