Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 55 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
George A. Whiting
1884 – 1943
lyricist
George Moriarty
1885 – 1964
baseball player
George M. Varnell
1882 – 1967
newspaper editorAmerican football coachsports journalist
Robert J. Kerner
1887 – 1956
historian
Nolan Leary
1889 – 1987
actor
Earl Cooley
1880 – 1940
politicianlawyer
Ed Sweeney
1888 – 1947
baseball player
Eunice Tietjens
1884 – 1944
novelistchildren's writereditor
Fenton Johnson
1888 – 1958
poet
Byron Gay
1886 – 1945
songwritercomposerscientist
Carl Lundgren
1880 – 1934
baseball player
M. H. Hoffman
1881 – 1944
film producer
Lewis L. Boyer
1886 – 1944
politician
John W. Rainey
1880 – 1923
politicianlawyerjudge
J. Leroy Adair
1887 – 1956
politicianlawyerjudge
James Aloysius Griffin
1883 – 1948
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
James Earl Major
1887 – 1972
politicianlawyerjudge
Gerald White Wunderlich
1889 – 1937
racing automobile driver
John C. Martin
1880 – 1952
bankerpolitician
John Case
1889 – 1975
hurdler
John K. Wells
1886 – 1949
film actorfilm editorfilm director
Odell Shepard
1884 – 1967
university teacherbiographerpolitician
Otto Dowling
1881 – 1946
military officerpolitician
Otto Kerner, Sr.
1884 – 1952
politicianlawyerjudge
Roy W. Allen
1882 – 1968
restaurateurbusinessperson
Jacob Bolotin
1888 – 1924
physician
Harry Frazee
1880 – 1929
theatre director
Paul Swan
1883 – 1972
dancersculptorpainter
Wilbur Burroughs
1884 – 1960
athletics competitor
Cyrus Leroy Baldridge
1889 – 1977
cartoonistpainterillustrator
Russell Owen
1889 – 1952
journalistwriter
Edgar W. Hiestand
1888 – 1970
politician
Frank Coyle
1886 – 1947
athletics competitor
Frank Westphal
1889 – 1948
bandleadermusicianpianist
Fred Barthold Norman
1882 – 1947
lumberjackpoliticianwholesale
Henry Pratt Fairchild
1880 – 1956
sociologistuniversity teacher
Richard Buhlig
1880 – 1952
music educatormusicianpianist
Roy Overbaugh
1882 – 1966
cinematographer
Thomas A. Doyle
1886 – 1935
politician
Townsend F. Dodd
1886 – 1919
aircraft pilot
Archibald Hoxsey
1884 – 1910
flight instructoraircraft pilot
Art Fletcher
1885 – 1950
baseball player
Basil Dickey
1880 – 1958
screenwriter
Gertrude Bryan
1888 – 1976
voice actorstage actorsinger
James Rogers McConnell
1887 – 1917
aircraft pilot
India Edwards
1885 – 1990
journalist
Mary Servoss
1888 – 1968
actor
Leo Kocialkowski
1882 – 1958
politician
Lewis M. Long
1883 – 1957
politicianlawyer
Mabel Cook Cole
1880 – 1977
anthropologist