Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 52 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
Tyler Ziegel
1982 – 2012
United States Army
Kirk Urso
1990 – 2012
association football player
Gus Greenbaum
1893 – 1958
James L. D. Morrison
1816 – 1888
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Jesse Hale Moore
1817 – 1883
diplomatmilitary officerpolitician
Samuel Bowles
1826 – 1878
journalisteditorwriter
William Passmore Carlin
1829 – 1903
military officer
George Perkins Clinton
1867 – 1937
mycologistbotanist
John Davis
1826 – 1901
literary editorpolitician
Leonard Fulton Ross
1823 – 1901
military officerlawyerjudge
Benjamin F. Funk
1838 – 1909
soldierpolitician
George Lansing Raymond
1839 – 1929
philosopher
Harvey Whitefield Scott
1838 – 1910
gold minereditorial columnistmill worker
John B. Hay
1834 – 1916
politicianlawyerjudge
George C. McKee
1837 – 1890
politicianlawyer
Peter D. Wigginton
1839 – 1890
politicianlawyer
Charles Phillip Johnson
1836 – 1920
politicianlawyer
Mildred Amanda Baker Bonham
1840 – 1907
journalisttravelerwriter
Finis E. Downing
1846 – 1936
politician
Ben F. Caldwell
1848 – 1924
bankerpolitician
Ferdinand Peck
1848 – 1924
businessperson
Black Beaver
1806 – 1880
interpreterranchertraditional leader or chief
Charles Russell Davis
1849 – 1930
politicianlawyer
Logan H. Roots
1841 – 1893
bankerpolitician
Snyder S. Kirkpatrick
1848 – 1909
politicianlawyer
William Neville
1843 – 1909
politicianlawyerjudge
George Taylor Jester
1847 – 1922
lieutenant governorpolitician
Gustavus Cheyney Doane
1840 – 1892
explorersoldier
Josiah Strong
1847 – 1916
clericpastorwriter
John R. Thomas
1846 – 1914
politicianlawyerjudge
Owen Scott
1848 – 1928
politicianlawyer
Philip Knopf
1847 – 1920
politician
Vespasian Warner
1842 – 1925
politicianlawyer
John Wesley Ross
1841 – 1902
politicianlawyer
Florence Holbrook
1860 – 1932
children's writerteacher
Clara Latimer Bacon
1866 – 1948
university teachermathematician
James R. Williams
1850 – 1923
politicianlawyerjudge
John James McDannold
1851 – 1904
politicianlawyerjudge
Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter
1856 – 1938
singercomposer
Charles O. Lobeck
1852 – 1920
politician
Nat Hudson
1859 – 1928
baseball player
Pleasant T. Chapman
1854 – 1931
politicianlawyerjudge
Thomas B. Howard
1854 – 1920
military officer
Willis Collins Hoover Kirk
1858 – 1936
pastor
Alice Haldeman
1853 – 1915
banker
Eva Katherine Clapp
1857 – 1916
novelistchildren's writerpoet
M. Ella Whipple
1851 – 1924
physician
Henry Alfred Todd
1854 – 1925
philologistlinguistromanist