Biographical Records

Notable People from Illinois

6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 67 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.

Dick Evans
Dick Evans
American football player (1917-2008)
1917 – 2008
American football playerbasketball player
Larry Cameron
American professional wrestler, football player
1952 – 1993
Canadian football playerAmerican football playerprofessional wrestler
Lyle E. Douglass
Lyle E. Douglass
American politician
1888 – 1943
politicianmilitary personnel
Clarence John Boettiger
Clarence John Boettiger
American journalist
1900 – 1950
journalist
Jack Gardner
Jack Gardner
American musician (1903–1957)
1903 – 1957
jazz musicianpianist
Debi Austin
Debi Austin
anti-smoking advocate
1950 – 2013
Keith Barrow
American disco/soul singer and songwriter (1954-1983)
1954 – 1983
singer-songwriter
Timothy Scott
American actor (1955-1988)
1955 – 1988
actor
Fred J. Kern
Fred J. Kern
American politician (1864-1931)
1864 – 1931
politicianteacher
George S. Buck
George S. Buck
American politician, New York (1875-1931)
1875 – 1931
politician
Mark Fischer
Mark Fischer
American legal writer (1950-2015)
1950 – 2015
lawyer
Brad F. Grinter
Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor (1922-1993)
1922 – 1993
film producerfilm directoractor
Harrison Bankhead
American musician (1955–2023)
1955 – 2023
musician
Bradford Lyttle
American politician
1927
activistpolitician
George Albert Carpenter
George Albert Carpenter
United States federal judge (1867-1944)
1867 – 1944
lawyerjudge
Eddie Foster
Eddie Foster
American baseball player
1887 – 1937
baseball player
George Bigelow Rogers
American architect
1869 – 1945
architect
George Henry Ellis
George Henry Ellis
United States navy sailor (1875-1898)
1875 – 1898
sailor
Clem Portman
sound engineer (1905-1992)
1905 – 1992
audio engineerengineer
James McKinney
James McKinney
American politician (1852–1934)
1852 – 1934
politician
William J. Eaton
American journalist (1930–2005)
1930 – 2005
journalist
George W. English
George W. English
United States federal judge
1866 – 1941
politicianlawyerjudge
Christopher Anne Templeton
Christopher Anne Templeton
American actress (1952-2011)
1952 – 2011
film actortelevision actoractor
Dorothy Howell Rodham
Dorothy Howell Rodham
American homemaker (1919–2011)
1919 – 2011
politician
Eddie Washington
American politician
1953 – 2010
politician
Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
1905
songwritermusicianpianist
Donald Michael Kraig
writer, musician, editor, occult practitioner (1951-2014)
1951 – 2014
writer
Eric Sievers
Eric Sievers
American professional football player (1957–2024)
1957 – 2024
American football player
William Thornton Rickert Fox
William Thornton Rickert Fox
American political scientist and international relations theoretician (1912-1988)
1912 – 1988
political scientist
Andy Gustafson
Andy Gustafson
American college football coach (1903-1979)
1903 – 1979
American football playerhead coach
William Tabbert
William Tabbert
American stage, radio and film actor; singer (1919-1974)
1919 – 1974
stage actormusiciansinger
Gavin Christopher
American musician
1956 – 2016
songwritermusicianrecord producer
Archibald Carey, Jr.
American politician (1908-1981)
1908 – 1981
politicianjudge
Chauncey Samuel Boucher
American historian
1886 – 1955
historian
Clarence Josef McLin Jr.
Clarence Josef McLin Jr.
American politician
1921 – 1988
politician
Martin Moynihan
American evolutionary biologist and ornithologist (1928–1996)
1928 – 1996
ethologistzoologistornithologist
Irwin Cohen
American judoka
1952 – 2012
judoka
Clifton C. Edom
American photojournalist
1907 – 1991
journalistphotojournalistphotographer
Chris Birch
Chris Birch
American politician
1950 – 2019
mining engineercivil engineercivil servant
James Augustus Hyslop
James Augustus Hyslop
American entomologist
1884 – 1953
entomologist
Philip Hauser
Philip Hauser
American sociologist (1909-1994)
1909 – 1994
sociologistuniversity teacher
Eliot Blackwelder
Eliot Blackwelder
American geologist (1880-1969)
1880 – 1969
university teachergeologist
Patrick J. Brown
Patrick J. Brown
American firefighter (FDNY), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
1952 – 2001
firefighter
Joe Rushton
American musician (1907–1964)
1907 – 1964
jazz musiciansaxophonist
Edward Joseph Collins
American pianist and classical composer
1886 – 1951
pianistcomposer
Merrell Jackson
American singer and actor (1952-1991)
1952 – 1991
actor
Michael Coleman
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
1956 – 2014
guitaristsongwriter
Edward Corbett
American artist (1919-1971)
1919 – 1971
draftspersonpainter
Victoria Joyce Ely
American nurse (1889-1979)
1889 – 1979
nursemidwife
Les Mueller
Les Mueller
American baseball player (1919-2012)
1919 – 2012
baseball player
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