Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 44 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
Knute Hill
1876 – 1963
juristpoliticianlawyer
Guy U. Hardy
1872 – 1947
politician
Carl R. Chindblom
1870 – 1956
politicianlawyerjudge
Bertha Marion Lahman
1872 – 1954
scientific collectormicrobiologistbotanist
Bradley Moore Davis
1871 – 1957
scientific collectorichthyologistbotanical collector
Charles A. Karch
1875 – 1932
politicianlawyer
Claude U. Stone
1879 – 1957
journalistpublisherpolitician
Edward Francis Hoban
1878 – 1966
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Judson Churchill Welliver
1870 – 1943
speechwriterwriter
M. Jean McLane
1878 – 1964
painterartist
Mary Marcy
1877 – 1922
journalistediting staffpoet
Louis Disbrow
1876 – 1939
racing automobile driverengineer
Frank R. Reid
1879 – 1945
politicianlawyer
Harvey Lord
1878 – 1920
athletics competitor
Jane Peterson
1876 – 1965
painterartist
Jessie Harlan Lincoln
1875 – 1948
Frank S. Dickson
1876 – 1953
politician
Frank Trimble O'Hair
1870 – 1932
bankerpoliticianlawyer
Florence Wyle
1881 – 1968
sculptorpoet
Leda Richberg-Hornsby
1886 – 1939
aircraft pilot
Cornelia Meigs
1884 – 1973
children's writerjournalistbiographer
Dave Peyton
1889 – 1955
jazz musicianpianistsongwriter
Earle Ross
1888 – 1961
film actorradio personalityactor
Felix Adler
1884 – 1963
vaudeville performerfilm screenwriterfilm actor
William P. Holaday
1882 – 1946
politicianlawyer
Rolla Coral McMillen
1880 – 1961
politicianlawyer
Harry Blackstone, Sr.
1885 – 1965
magician
James Floyd Smith
1884 – 1956
aircraft pilot
Fred Ellis
1885 – 1965
draftspersondirectorfilm director
Léo Dandurand
1889 – 1964
ice hockey coach
Walter Gresham Andrews
1889 – 1949
supervisormanagerdirector
Will Harridge
1883 – 1971
baseball player
Nelle Wilson Reagan
1883 – 1962
Louis P. Lochner
1887 – 1975
political activistpeace activistjournalist
Cornelius Vander Starr
1892 – 1968
entrepreneur
Barry Byrne
1883 – 1967
architect
Dan Russo
1885 – 1956
bandleadermusicianconductor
Douglas Chandler
1889 – 1976
radio personalityjournalist
George Leander
1883 – 1904
sport cyclist
Stanislaus Vincent Bona
1888 – 1963
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
John C. Sanborn
1885 – 1968
trusteepoliticianfarmer
William A. Rowan
1882 – 1961
politician
Ted Snyder
1881 – 1965
lyricistmusic publishercomposer
Arthur E. Andersen
1885 – 1947
entrepreneur
Belva Gaertner
1884 – 1965
singer
Henry Ellsworth Ewing
1883 – 1951
scientific collectorarachnologistentomologist
Myrtle Vail
1888 – 1978
actor
Daniel Carson Goodman
1881 – 1957
film directoractorscreenwriter
Lewis Lord Russell
1889 – 1961
stage actoractor
Walter Dray
1886 – 1973
pole vaulter