Biographical Records

Notable People from Illinois

6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 94 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.

John Hughes
John Hughes
Texas Ranger and Old West figure (1855-1947)
1855 - 1947
civil servant
Staats Cotsworth
Staats Cotsworth
American actor (1908-1979)
1908 - 1979
television actorstage actoractor
Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold
American murderer (1904–1971)
1904 - 1971
ornithologist
Richard Loeb
Richard Loeb
American murderer
1905 - 1936
Relman Morin
20th-century American journalist
1907 - 1973
journalist
Henry Martineau
British bobsledder
1904 - 1972
bobsledder
Ellen Lewis
casting director
1901
casting director
Bill Reinhardt
Bill Reinhardt
musical artist
1908 - 2001
clarinetist
Gertrude O'Brady
Gertrude O'Brady
American painter (1903–1978)
1903 - 1978
painter
Andrene Kauffman
American painter and muralist (1905–1993)
1905 - 1993
muralistpainterartist
Helen Balfour Morrison
American photographer (1900-1984)
1900 - 1984
photographer
Boris Gilbertson
Boris Gilbertson
American sculptor (1907–1982)
1907 - 1982
sculptor
Margaret Burnham Geddes
American architect (1907-1995)
1907 - 1995
architect
Edmund B. Taylor
Edmund B. Taylor
American military personnel
1904 - 1973
military personnel
Otto Jacobs
American baseball player (1889–1955)
1889 - 1955
baseball player
Don McCallister
American football
1904 - 1977
American football player
Alice Winchester
American magazine editor and art historian (1907-1996)
1907 - 1996
art historianeditorhistorian
Frances Blakemore
American art collector
1906 - 1997
printmakerpainter
Frederick Y. Smith
American film editor
1903 - 1991
film editor
Coe Glade
American opera singer
1900 - 1985
opera singer
Mildred Leigh
American university administrator (1902–1997)
1902 - 1997
university teacher
Jane Dewey
Jane Dewey
American physicist (1900–1976)
1900 - 1976
university teacherphysicist
Margaret Ann Gaug
American artist (1909–1944)
1909 - 1944
etcherartist
Orie Leon Phillips
Orie Leon Phillips
United States federal judge (1885–1974)
1885 - 1974
politicianlawyerjudge
Orville H. Hampton
American screenwriter (1917-1997)
1917 - 1997
screenwriter
Joe Cross
baseball player
1858 - 1933
baseball player
Moxie Manuel
Moxie Manuel
American baseball player (1881-1924)
1881 - 1924
baseball player
Thomas Calvert McClary
science fiction author, scriptwriter
1909 - 1972
science fiction writernovelist
Tim Moynihan
Tim Moynihan
American football player (1907-1952)
1907 - 1952
American football player
Tom Kane
American baseball player (1906–1973)
1906 - 1973
baseball player
Tony Murray
Major League Baseball outfielder (1904-1974)
1904 - 1974
baseball player
Torrey Johnson
Protestant evangelist (1909–2002)
1909 - 2002
preacher
Trygve Rovelstad
American artist (1903–1990)
1903 - 1990
sculptor
Vigalantee
American rapper
1901
activistrappersongwriter
May Massee
American children's book editor
1881 - 1966
journalistlibrarian
Paul H. Landis
American sociologist
1901 - 1985
sociologist
Faber Birren
American author and consultant on color and color theory (1900–1988)
1900 - 1988
writerscientist
Max Fiske
American baseball player (1888-1928)
1888 - 1928
baseball player
Maurice Cole Tanquary
Maurice Cole Tanquary
American entomologist
1881 - 1944
entomologist
Augie Vander Meulen
American basketball player (1909-1993)
1909 - 1993
basketball player
John Stephan
American painter (1906–1995)
1906 - 1995
painter
Edward Millman
American painter (1907–1964)
1907 - 1964
printmakermuralistpainter
Catherine Turney
screenwriter, playwright, novelist
1906 - 1998
novelistplaywrightwriter
Jane Thayer
American children's writer
1904 - 2005
children's writerwriter
James Meredith Helm
James Meredith Helm
United States Navy admiral (1855-1927)
1855 - 1927
military officer
MC Juice
American rapper
1901
rappersongwriter
Philip Kolb
American literary critic (1907-1992)
1907 - 1992
literary scholarliterary criticuniversity teacher
Ralph Herbert Turner
American sociologist (1919-2014)
1919 - 2014
sociologistuniversity teacher
Francis Kosier Newcomer
Francis Kosier Newcomer
Brigadier general, Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1889–1967)
1889 - 1967
military engineerpolitician
Richard Simonton
Richard Simonton
American businessman, entrepreneur and body piercer
1915 - 1979
autobiographerbusinessperson
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