Biographical Records

Notable People from Illinois

6,022 notable figures born in Illinois, showing page 99 of 121, ranked by historical prominence.

George Brown
Negro Leagues outfielder (fl. 1885–1921)
1885 - 1955
baseball player
Milt Holland
American drummer, percussionist, musicologist and writer (1917-2005)
1917 - 2005
jazz musicianmusician
George A. White
George A. White
United States Army general and author (1880-1941)
1880 - 1941
journalistmilitary officer
Frances Hook
Frances Hook
Claimed Civil War veteran
1847 - 1908
soldier
Gustav Selmer Fougner
American journalist
1884 - 1941
journalist
Fred Ewing
American football player and coach
1882 - 1968
surgeonphysician
Frank Shaughnessy
Frank Shaughnessy
American football player and coach
1884 - 1969
baseball player
Florence Dibell Bartlett
Florence Dibell Bartlett
American heiress and folk art collector
1881 - 1953
art collectormuseologistcurator
Caroline Morris Galt
Caroline Morris Galt
American classical archaeologist, Professor of Archaeology at Mount Holyoke College
1875 - 1937
archaeologistresearcherteacher
Sarah Lindsay Schmidt
American children's author (1877-1965)
1877 - 1965
writer
Archibald H. Sunderland
Archibald H. Sunderland
United States Army general (1876–1963)
1876 - 1963
military personnel
Jane Ellen Panton
Jane Ellen Panton
British writer (1847-1923)
1847 - 1923
writer
Anna Irwin Young
Anna Irwin Young
American mathematician
1873 - 1920
mathematician
Mae Shumway Enderly
Mae Shumway Enderly
American clubwoman, harpist and entertainer
1871
harpistmusicianentertainer
Fred Herbert
Major League Baseball pitcher
1887 - 1963
baseball player
Moe Franklin
American baseball player (1914-1978)
1914 - 1978
baseball player
Loretta Schafer
administrator and Catholic leader from the USA
1917 - 1998
religious figure
Lou Rymkus
Lou Rymkus
American football player and coach (1919-1998)
1919 - 1998
American football coachAmerican football player
Lyle Judy
Major League Baseball second baseman
1913 - 1991
baseball player
Marlo Lewis
American television producer
1915 - 1993
television producer
Max Fiske
American gridiron football player (1913-1973)
1913 - 1973
American football player
Arnold Tompkins
Arnold Tompkins
Indiana writer 1849-1905
1849 - 1905
writer
Mickey Haefner
Mickey Haefner
All American baseball player
1912 - 1995
baseball player
Mike Connolly
journalist (1913-1966)
1913 - 1966
journalistcolumnisteditor
Morris B. Chapman
American lawyer
1919 - 2007
lawyer
Oscar G. Mayer, Jr.
American businessman (1914-2009)
1914 - 2009
businessperson
Paul Erickson
Major League Baseball pitcher (1915–2002)
1915 - 2002
baseball player
Ralph Wyatt
American baseball player (1917–1990)
1917 - 1990
baseball player
Ray Frankowski
Player of American football (1919-2001)
1919 - 2001
American football player
Reuben Kadish
American artist (1913-1992)
1913 - 1992
printmakerpainter
Richard Irving Bowman
American artist (1918–2001)
1918 - 2001
painterartist
Richard Wellington McLaren
United States federal judge (1918-1976)
1918 - 1976
lawyerjudge
Robert Bernard Martin
academic (1918–1999)
1918 - 1999
scholar of Englishbiographer
Eunice R. Oberly
Eunice R. Oberly
librarian, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1878-1921)
1878 - 1921
bibliographerlibrarian
Robert C. Richardson III
Robert C. Richardson III
United States general (1918-2011)
1918 - 2011
military officer
Robert E. Merriman
American actor and director (1916-1983)
1916 - 1983
theatre directortelevision directoractor
Robert Shillingford Babcock
Robert Shillingford Babcock
American politician (1915–1985)
1915 - 1985
politician
Robert Sproull
Robert Sproull
American academic (1918-2014)
1918 - 2014
physicist
Roger Wolff
American baseball player (1911–1994)
1911 - 1994
baseball player
Roland E. Murphy
American biblical scholar (1917–2002)
1917 - 2002
Bible translatorCatholic theologiansemitologist
Roslyn Brogue
American pianist, violinist, music educator, classics scholar, poet, author and composer (1919-1981)
1919 - 1981
music educatorcomposer
Ralph A. Dunn
American politician (1914–2004)
1914 - 2004
politician
Margaret Vinci Heldt
Hairdresser who invented "The Beehive"
1918 - 2016
hairdresser
Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom
Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom
1879-1960 , nurse and midwife
1879 - 1960
editornursemidwife
Ruth May Tunnicliff
Ruth May Tunnicliff
American physician and bacteriologist (1876–1946)
1876 - 1946
bacteriologistphysician
Sarah Vasen
21 May 1870 - 21 Aug 1944
1870 - 1944
physician
Eugene Smith
American gospel singer and composer (1921-2009)
1921 - 2009
songwritersinger
Tom Pistone
Tom Pistone
American racing driver
1929
Formula One driverracing driver
Warren Hair
American basketball player (1918-2006)
1918 - 2006
basketball player
Bill Farrow
American basketball player (1918-2003)
1918 - 2003
basketball player
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