Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 62 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
Hazel Daly
1895 – 1987
film actor
Bessie Buskirk
1892 – 1952
actor
Jane Thomas
1899 – 1976
actor
Gene Stump
1923 – 2014
basketball player
Jack Burmaster
1926 – 2005
basketball coachbasketball player
Jake Fendley
1929 – 2002
basketball player
Harry Warner Frantz
1891 – 1982
journalisteditor
Clancy Sigal
1926 – 2017
film screenwriternovelistjournalist
Joseph Patrick Moran
1895 – 1934
surgeon
James Samuel Harris
1927
musicianpianist
Herbert Taylor
1892 – 1965
swimmer
Tessa Kosta
1890 – 1981
stage actoractor
Timothy P. Sheehan
1909 – 2000
politician
Alyce McCormick
1904 – 1932
actor
Julius Hess
1876 – 1955
pediatricianphysician
Vlasta Vraz
1900 – 1989
charity workerfundraisereditor
Anna Stafford
1905 – 2004
university teachermathematicianteacher
Hugh Doak Rankin
1878 – 1956
artist
Philip Rodney White
1901 – 1968
botanistagronomistbiologist
Jack Creley
1926 – 2004
film actortelevision actortheatre director
Norman Simmons
1929 – 2021
jazz musicianuniversity teachermusician
Jim Olin
1920 – 2006
politician
Louis Fitzhenry
1870 – 1935
journalistpoliticianlawyer
Luke Short
1908 – 1975
novelistjournalistwriter
Kreigh Collins
1875 – 1909
tennis player
Marlin Hurt
1905 – 1946
saxophoniststage actorsinger
Aileen Stanley
1893 – 1982
jazz musiciansinger
Julia Bracken Wendt
1870 – 1942
sculptorartistdomestic worker
Fred Jacobs
1922 – 2008
basketball player
Ralph G. Martin
1920 – 2013
journalistbiographerauthor
Grant Golden
1929 – 2018
tennis player
Eve Greene
1906 – 1997
screenwriter
Jack Lindquist
1927 – 2016
advertising persondirectorbusinessperson
Jimmy Evert
1923 – 2015
tennis coachtennis player
Michael Fitzmaurice
1908 – 1967
actor
Milton Mayer
1908 – 1986
journalistpedagogueediting staff
Anne Howard
1925 – 1991
film actoractor
Robert Komer
1922 – 2000
policy advisordiplomatambassador
Barbara T. Bowman
1928 – 2024
educatorwriter
Ben F. Meyer
1927 – 1995
theologianhistorian
Bert Andrews
1929 – 1993
photographer
John Mitchell
1870 – 1919
union membertrade unionistminer
Bill Fischer
1927 – 2017
American football player
Billy Grammer
1925 – 2011
guitaristsongwritersinger
Billy Pearson
1920 – 2002
jockeyart dealeractor
Bob Gibe
1928 – 2005
swimmer
Bob Bain
1924 – 2018
jazz guitarist
Payne Ratner
1896 – 1974
prosecutorjuristgovernor
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
1875 – 1971
explorergeographergeologist
Black Beaver
1806 – 1880
interpreterranchertraditional leader or chief