Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 68 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
Morris Bradshaw
1952 – 2025
American football player
Otis Armstrong
1950 – 2021
American football player
Pedro Bell
1950 – 2019
illustratorwriter
Rollin Feitshans
1881 – 1952
tennis player
Theodora Getty Gaston
1913 – 2017
journalistsingerwriter
Robert S. Molaro
1950 – 2020
politician
Casper Platt
1892 – 1965
judgelawyer
Frank Seno
1921 – 1974
American football player
John J. Feely
1875 – 1905
politicianlawyer
Benjamin S. Paulen
1869 – 1961
governorpolitician
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
1878 – 1967
children's writerpedagogueeducator
Edde Gleerup
1860 – 1928
explorer
Romola Remus
1900 – 1987
film actorstage actoractor
Arthur Sheekman
1901 – 1978
film screenwritertheatre criticfilm critic
T. Gilbert Pearson
1873 – 1943
conservationistbotanistornithologist
Daniel M. Pierce
1928 – 2020
politicianlawyer
Tony Fitzpatrick
1958 – 2025
printmakerfilm actorpainter
Emma Murdock Van Deventer
1853 – 1914
crime fiction writerwriter
Mindy Baha El Din
1958 – 2013
herpetologistzoologist
Roland V. Libonati
1900 – 1991
politicianlawyer
Marie Harmon
1923 – 2021
film actor
Jessie Bartlett Davis
1861 – 1905
opera singerstage actoractor
Philip B. Fouke
1818 – 1876
civil engineerjournalistpolitician
Lucien Maxwell
1818 – 1875
rancherentrepreneur
David Joravsky
1925 – 2020
historian
Deborah L. Rhode
1952 – 2021
law professorwomen's rights activistlegal scholar
Fred Beck
1886 – 1962
baseball player
Bernard James Sheil
1888 – 1969
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Walter W. Ahlschlager
1887 – 1965
architect
Florence Maynard
1867 – 1958
photographer
Blake Snyder
1957 – 2009
film producerwriterscreenwriter
William Garnett
1916 – 2006
photographer
Ralph K. James
1906 – 1994
engineer
Vincent T. Cullers
1924 – 2003
advertising persondesigner
Roger Potter
1907 – 1982
basketball coachbasketball player
Steve dePyssler
1919 – 2020
air force officer
Frances Taylor Davis
1929 – 2018
dancermusical theatre actorchoreographer
Richard Cain
1931 – 1973
police officer
Art Phelan
1887 – 1964
baseball player
Adele Fay Williams
1859 – 1937
printmakerartist
Andrew Urdiales
1964 – 2018
serial killermilitary personnel
Sarah Carmichael Harrell
1844 – 1929
writer
Art Wilson
1885 – 1960
baseball player
Rudolf Christian Ziesenhenne
1911 – 2005
scientific collectorbotanistbotanical collector
Eddy Goldfarb
1921
designerinventormilitary personnel
Isabel Worrell Ball
1855 – 1931
journalistwriter
Mary Jane Bode
1926 – 1998
politician
Elsie F. Weil
1889 – 1950
editorjournalistwriter
Harold Ross Harris
1895 – 1988
military leader
Bob Grant
1929 – 2013
radio personality