Biographical Records
Notable People from Illinois
6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 69 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.
William H. Neece
1831 – 1909
politicianlawyer
Charles Alexander Moore
1901 – 1967
philosopheruniversity teacher
Cat Glover
1962 – 2024
dancerfilm actorrapper
Laura Smith
1882 – 1932
singer
Bob Kennedy
1920 – 2005
baseball player
Kathrine S. French
1922 – 2006
anthropologist
Doug Timm
1960 – 1989
composer
Charlie Bachman
1892 – 1985
American football playerathletics competitorcoach
John Coughlin
1860 – 1938
alderman
Eleanor Sophia Smith
1858 – 1942
music educatormusic publishercomposer
Arthur B. McBride
1888 – 1972
businessperson
Edwin M. Schaefer
1887 – 1950
politician
John Grier Hibben
1861 – 1933
logicianphilosophereducator
Kenneth Hahn
1928 – 2006
water polo player
John Talbott Donoghue
1853 – 1903
paintersculptor
Armond Fields
1930 – 2008
market researcherart collectorgraphic artist
Thompson W. McNeely
1835 – 1921
politicianlawyerjudge
Charles Gifford Dyer
1851 – 1912
lithographergraphic artistpainter
Michael K. Smith
1966 – 2014
politician
Jeff Innis
1962 – 2022
baseball player
Everett J. Murphy
1852 – 1922
prison wardenpolitician
Joyce Treiman
1922 – 1991
printmakerpainterartist
Fern Coppedge
1883 – 1951
painter
Ray Ulrich
1899 – 1950
American football player
David Davis Walker
1840 – 1918
businesspersonpolitician
Fred Eliphaz Smith
1873 – 1918
military personnel
Scott Lew
1968 – 2017
film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
George Kline
1921 – 2014
philosophertranslator
George D. Watkins
1924
physicist
George Freeman
1927 – 2025
jazz musicianjazz guitaristsaxophonist
George W. Lucas
1845 – 1921
military personnel
Ben Stahl
1910 – 1987
artistwriter
Elmer Underwood
1859 – 1947
photographer
Wiley Scribner
1840 – 1889
politician
Frank Cornish
1967 – 2008
American football player
Gordon Sherwood
1929 – 2013
composer
Bobby Wilson
1968 – 2023
American football player
Victor Sproles
1927 – 2005
jazz musicianbassistmusician
Lucille Wallace
1898 – 1977
harpsichordistpianist
Ralph Arnold
1928 – 2006
painter
Lillian Thomas Fox
1854 – 1917
suffragistjournalist
Paul Martin Pearson
1871 – 1938
university teachergovernorpolitician
Arthur Greiner
1884 – 1916
racing automobile driverengineer
Ben Burns
1913 – 2000
public relations executiveeditorjournalist
Lexie Bigham
1968 – 1995
television actoractor
David J. Steiner
1965 – 2016
film directordocumentary filmmakerscreenwriter
John Wilkie
1860 – 1934
U.S. Secret Service agentjournalist
Katharine Gibbs
1863 – 1934
entrepreneur
Liam Sullivan
1923 – 1998
television actorsingeractor