List of people from Chicago
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Chicago, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Chicago, Illinois.
Academics, science, and engineering[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Dankmar Adler | Jul 3, 1844 | Apr 16, 1900 | Architect: designed the Guaranty Building, Chicago Stock Exchange Building, and Wainwright Building which is considered to be the world's first skyscraper | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Mortimer Adler | Dec 28, 1902 | Jun 28, 2001 | Philosopher, educator, and popular author | University of Chicago professor; lived in Chicago | [1] | |
Milburn Akers | May 4, 1900 | May 27, 1970 | President of Shimer College and Sun-Times editor | Born and worked in Chicago | [2] | |
Saul Alinsky | Jan 30, 1909 | Jun 12, 1972 | Community organizer and writer; considered to be the founder of modern community organizing | Born in Chicago | [3] | |
Myrtle Bachelder | Mar 13, 1908 | May 22, 1997 | Metals chemist and Women's Army Corps officer; worked on the Manhattan Project | University of Chicago professor; lived and died in Chicago | [4] | |
Cynthia Bathurst | Mathematician and animal welfare advocate | [5] | ||||
Allan G. Brodie | Oct 31, 1897 | Jan 2, 1976 | Orthodontics educator | [6] | ||
Jacob Bolotin | Jan 3, 1888 | Apr 1, 1924 | The world's first totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine. | [7] | ||
Sophonisba P. Breckinridge | Apr 1, 1866 | Jul 30, 1948 | Founder, School of Social Works Administration at the University of Chicago | Lived and worked in Chicago | [8] | |
Daniel Burnham | Sep 4, 1846 | Jun 1, 1912 | Architect | [9] | ||
Marvin Camras | Jan 1, 1916 | Jun 23, 1995 | Inventor | [10] | ||
Philo Carpenter | Feb 27, 1805 | Aug 7, 1886 | First Chicago pharmacist | [11] | ||
Marva Collins | Aug 31, 1936 | Jun 24, 2015 | Educator | [12] | ||
Zachary Taylor Davis | May 26, 1872 | Dec 16, 1946 | Architect | [13] | ||
Donald J. DePorter | 1942 | 1996 | Philanthropist | [14] | ||
John Dewey | Oct 20, 1859 | Jun 1, 1952 | Philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer; an early developer of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology | University of Chicago Professor and founder of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools | [15] | |
G. Walter Dittmar | 1872 | 1949 | First president of the Illinois State Dental Society | [16] | ||
E. Lloyd Du Brul | Apr 5, 1909 | Jul 24, 1996 | Dental anatomist | [17] | ||
Rockwell King DuMoulin | January 31, 1906 | February 11, 1983 | Architect | Professor and department chair at the Rhode Island School of Design | [18] | |
Helen Flanders Dunbar | May 14, 1902 | Aug 21, 1959 | Early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine | [19] | ||
Charles E. Fox | Jul 1, 1870 | Oct 31, 1926 | Architect | [20] | ||
James Ingo Freed | Jun 23, 1930 | Dec 15, 2005 | Architect | [21] | ||
Marjorie Grene | Dec 13, 1910 | Mar 16, 2009 | Philosopher | [22] | ||
Marion Mahony Griffin | Feb 14, 1871 | Aug 10, 1961 | Architect | [23] | ||
Walter Burley Griffin | Nov 24, 1876 | Feb 11, 1937 | Architect | [24] | ||
George Ellery Hale | Jun 29, 1868 | Feb 21, 1938 | Astronomer | [25] | ||
Michelle Hawkins | Meterorologist | Grew up in Chicago | [26] | |||
Max Henius | Jun 16, 1859 | Nov 15, 1935 | Biochemist; co-founder of American Brewing Academy | [27] | ||
John Augur Holabird | May 4, 1886 | 1945 | Architect | [28] | ||
William Holabird | Sep 11, 1854 | Jul 19, 1923 | Architect | [29] | ||
Helmut Jahn | Jan 4, 1940 | May 8, 2021 | Architect | [30] | ||
William Le Baron Jenney | Sep 25, 1832 | Jun 14, 1907 | Architect | [31] | ||
Leon Kass | Feb 12, 1939 | Writer and chair of The President's Council on Bioethics | [32] | |||
Peter Karter | 1922 | Mar 30, 2010 | Nuclear engineer and pioneer of the recycling industry | [33] | ||
Fazlur Khan | Apr 3, 1929 | Mar 27, 1982 | Civil engineer | [34] | ||
Ed Krupp | Nov 18, 1944 | Astronomer, Archeoastronomer, Director Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles | Born in Chicago | [35] | ||
Werner Krieglstein | Oct 31, 1941 | Philosopher, author, and actor; Fulbright Scholar; University of Chicago fellow and alum | Lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago | [36] | ||
T. D. A. Lingo | Dec 14, 1924 | May 13, 1993 | Folk singer, radio personality, brain researcher | Born in Chicago | [37] | |
George W. Maher | Dec 25, 1864 | Sep 12, 1926 | Architect | [38] | ||
Benjamin H. Marshall | 1874 | Jun 19, 1940 | Architect | [39] | ||
Maury Massler | 1912 | 1990 | Dental educator | [40] | ||
Charles G. Maurice | Dental educator | [41] | ||||
Philip Maxwell | 1799 | 1859 | Early Chicago physician | [42] | ||
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | Mar 27, 1886 | Aug 19, 1969 | Architect | [43] | ||
Michele Moody-Adams | African American philosopher and academic administrator | [44] | ||||
Frederick B. Moorehead | 1875 | 1944 | Dental educator | [citation needed] | ||
Charles Murphy | Feb 9, 1890 | May 22, 1985 | Architect | [45] | ||
Frederick Bogue Noyes | 1872 | 1961 | Dental educator | [46] | ||
Don Patinkin | January 8, 1922 | August 7, 1995 | Israeli-American economist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | |||
Dwight H. Perkins | Mar 26, 1867 | Nov 2, 1941 | Architect | [47] | ||
Ralph Pearson | Jan 12, 1919 | Oct 12, 2022 | Inorganic chemist; developed the concept of hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB theory) | Born in Chicago | [48] | |
Sister Joel Read | Dec 30, 1926 | May 25, 2017 | President of Alverno College; longest-serving college president in U.S. history | Born in Chicago | [49] | |
Kennedy J. Reed | May 24, 1944 | June 20, 2023 | Theoretical atomic physicist in the Theory Group in the Physics & Advanced Technologies Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and a founder of the National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC). | Raised in south Chicago | [50] | |
Theodore Regensteiner | May 17, 1868 | Jul 15, 1952 | Inventor of the four-color lithographic press | [51] | ||
Earl W. Renfroe | Jan 9, 1907 | Nov 14, 2000 | Orthodontist and African-American activist | [52] | ||
Martin Roche | 1853 | 1927 | Architect | [53] | ||
John Wellborn Root | Jan 10, 1850 | Jan 15, 1891 | Architect | [54] | ||
John Wellborn Root Jr. | 1887 | 1963 | Architect | [55] | ||
Isaac Schour | 1900 | 1964 | President of the International Association for Dental Research | [56] | ||
Donald Spero | Aug 9, 1939 | American physicist; venture capitalist; and European Rowing Championships bronze medalist and Olympic rower (1964). | [57] | |||
Leo Strauss | Sep 20, 1899 | Oct 18, 1973 | Political philosopher | [58] | ||
Louis Sullivan | Sep 3, 1856 | Apr 14, 1924 | Architect | [59] | ||
Stanley D. Tylman | 1893 | 1982 | Dental educator, wrote Theory and Practice of Crown and Bridge Prosthesis | [citation needed] | ||
Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck | Education professional | Raised in Chicago | [60] | |||
Thorstein Veblen | Jul 30, 1857 | Aug 3, 1929 | Economist and social critic | [61] | ||
Robert Wald | Jun 29, 1947 | Gravitational physicist, author of the textbook General Relativity (1984), and recipient of the Einstein Prize (APS) | University of Chicago Professor | [62] | ||
Frank Lloyd Wright | Jun 8, 1867 | Apr 9, 1959 | Architect | [63] |
Nobel laureates and Fields medalists[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Jane Addams | Sep 6, 1860 | May 21, 1935 | Social worker and activist; founder of Hull House; first American woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1931) | Lived and died in Chicago | [64] | |
Saul Bellow | Jun 10, 1915 | Apr 5, 2005 | Author; Nobel laureate in Literature (1976); Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1976) | Grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago | [65] | |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar | Oct 19, 1910 | Aug 21, 1995 | Astrophysicist; Nobel laureate in physics (1983) | University of Chicago professor; died in Chicago | [66] | |
James Cronin | Sep 29, 1931 | Aug 25, 2016 | Nuclear physicist; Nobel laureate in physics (1964) | University of Chicago professor; born in Chicago | [67] | |
Vladimir Drinfeld | Feb 4, 1954 | Pioneering mathematician; Fields medalist (1990) | University of Chicago professor | [68] | ||
James Franck | Aug 26, 1882 | May 21, 1964 | Chemical physicist and member of the Manhattan Project; Nobel laureate in physics (1925) | Director of the Chemistry Division of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago | [69] | |
Enrico Fermi | Sep 29, 1901 | Nov 28, 1954 | Experimental and theoretical physicist, co-developer of the first nuclear reactor (Chicago Pile-1); Nobel laureate in physics (1938) | University of Chicago professor; died in Chicago | [70] | |
Milton Friedman | Jul 31, 1912 | Nov 16, 2006 | Leader of the Chicago school of economics; Nobel laureate in economics (1976); | University of Chicago professor and graduate | [71] | |
James Heckman | Apr 14, 1944 | Born in Chicago; member of the Chicago school of economics; Nobel laureate in economics (2000); | University of Chicago professor | [72] | ||
Leon M. Lederman | Jul 15, 1922 | Oct 3, 2018 | Experimental physicist; Nobel laureates in physics (1988); director emeritus of Fermilab; founded the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy; | Illinois Institute of Technology professor | [73] | |
Yoichiro Nambu | Jan 18, 1921 | Jul 5, 2015 | Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in physics (2008) | University of Chicago professor | [74] | |
Theodore Schultz | Apr 2, 1902 | Feb 26, 1998 | Chair of the Chicago school of economics; Nobel laureate in economics (1979); | University of Chicago professor | [75] | |
Herbert A. Simon | Jun 15, 1916 | Feb 9, 2001 | Political, economic, psychological and computer science polymath; Nobel laureate in economic sciences (1978) | Illinois Institute of Technology professor and University of Chicago graduate | [76] | |
George E. Smith | May 10, 1930 | Applied physicist; co-inventor of the charge-coupled device; Nobel laureates in physics (2009) | University of Chicago graduate | [77] | ||
Frank Wilczek | May 15, 1951 | Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureates in physics (2004) | Enrolled at the University of Chicago at 15 years old | [78] | ||
James D. Watson | Apr 6, 1928 | Biologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962) Proposed the correct structure for DNA with Francis Crick while a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Sir Lawrence Bragg in the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge in 1953. | Grew up on the south side of Chicago and attended public schools. Graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. (1947) in Zoology at the age of 19. | [citation needed] | ||
Robert Woodrow Wilson | Jan 10, 1936 | Founder and first director of Fermilab; Nobel laureate in physics (1978) | [citation needed] |
- Michael Hudson (born 1939), economics professor
Authors and writers[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Franklin Pierce Adams | Nov 15, 1881 | Mar 23, 1960 | Columnist | Born in Chicago | [79] | |
Nelson Algren | Mar 28, 1909 | May 9, 1981 | Author | [80] | ||
John Anderson | Mar 22, 1836 | Feb 24, 1910 | Founder and publisher, Skandinaven | [81] | ||
Catherine Corley Anderson | Mar 21, 1909 | Dec 12, 2001 | Children's author | Born in Chicago | [82] | |
K. A. Applegate | Jul 19, 1956 | Author | [citation needed] | |||
Brian Augustyn | Nov 2, 1954 | Feb 1, 2022 | Comic book editor and writer | Born in Chicago | [83] | |
Allan Bloom | Sep 14, 1930 | Oct 7, 1992 | Writer and translator | [84] | ||
Dmitri Borgmann | Oct 22, 1927 | Dec 7, 1985 | Writer | [85] | ||
Candy Dawson Boyd | Aug 8, 1946 | Writer and activist | [86] | |||
Ray Bradbury | Aug 22, 1920 | Jun 5, 2012 | Author | Born & raised in Chicago suburb, Waukegan | [87] | |
Gwendolyn Brooks | Jun 7, 1917 | Dec 3, 2000 | Poet | [88] | ||
Algis Budrys | Jan 9, 1931 | Jun 9, 2008 | Author | [89] | ||
Edgar Rice Burroughs | Sep 1, 1875 | Mar 19, 1950 | Author | Born in Chicago | [90] | |
Chris Bury | Dec 10, 1953 | Journalist | [91] | |||
Jack Cafferty | Dec 14, 1942 | Journalist | Born in Chicago | |||
Jack Canfield | Aug 19, 1944 | Author of Chicken Soup for The Soul | ||||
John Chancellor | Jul 14, 1927 | Jul 12, 1996 | Journalist | |||
Raymond Chandler | Jul 23, 1888 | Mar 26, 1959 | Writer | Born in Chicago | ||
Shams Charania | Apr 1, 1994 | Sports writer | Born in Chicago | |||
Sandra Cisneros | Dec 20, 1954 | Author | Born in Chicago | |||
Diablo Cody | Jun 14, 1978 | Screenwriter | ||||
Daniel Cohen | Mar 12, 1936 | May 6, 2018 | Children's writer | Born in Chicago | ||
Allan Cox | 1937 | Writer | Residing in Chicago | |||
Michael Crichton | Oct 23, 1942 | Nov 4, 2008 | Writer | Born in Chicago | ||
James Gould Cozzens | Aug 19, 1903 | Aug 9, 1978 | Novelist | Born in Chicago | ||
Philip K. Dick | Dec 16, 1928 | Mar 2, 1982 | Writer | Born in Chicago | ||
Charles Dickinson | June 4, 1951 | Writer | ||||
Mike Downey | Aug 9, 1951 | Newspaper columnist | ||||
Finley Peter Dunne | Jul 10, 1867 | Apr 24, 1936 | Writer, humorist (Mr. Dooley) | Born in Chicago | ||
Stuart Dybek | 1942 | Author | Born in Chicago | |||
Roger Ebert | Jun 18, 1942 | Apr 4, 2013 | Film critic | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Dave Eggers | Mar 12, 1970 | Writer, editor, publisher | ||||
James T. Farrell | Feb 27, 1904 | Aug 22, 1979 | Writer | Born in Chicago | ||
Kenneth Fearing | Jul 28, 1902 | Jun 26, 1961 | Poet, writer | |||
Edna Ferber | Aug 15, 1885 | Apr 16, 1968 | Author, playwright | |||
Leon Forrest | Jan 8, 1937 | Nov 6, 1997 | Writer | |||
Henry Blake Fuller | Jan 9, 1857 | Jul 28, 1929 | Writer | Born in Chicago | ||
Mary Onahan Gallery | Jul 22, 1866 | Jan 12, 1941 | Writer, editor | |||
Larry Gelbart | Feb 25, 1928 | Sep 11, 2009 | Comedy writer | Born in Chicago | ||
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy | 1940s | Author, activist, community organizer | Born in Chicago | [92][93] | ||
John Gunther | Aug 30, 1901 | May 29, 1970 | Writer | |||
Gary Gygax | Jul 27, 1938 | Mar 4, 2008 | Author | Born in Chicago | ||
Lorraine Hansberry | May 19, 1930 | Jan 12, 1965 | Playwright | Born in Chicago | ||
Chris Hansen | Sep 13, 1959 | Journalist | Born in Chicago | |||
Reidar Rye Haugan | Sep 18, 1893 | Oct 1, 1972 | Newspaper publisher and playwright | |||
Ben Hecht | Feb 28, 1894 | Apr 18, 1964 | Screenwriter, playwright, journalist, director, and producer | Lived & worked in Chicago | [94] | |
Larry Heinemann | Jan 18, 1944 | Dec 11, 2019 | Novelist | Born in Chicago | ||
Ernest Hemingway | Jul 21, 1899 | Jul 2, 1961 | Novelist, short story writer, and journalist | Born & raised in Chicago suburb, Oak Park. Lived & worked in Chicago. | ||
Seymour Hersh | April 8, 1937 | Journalist | Born in Chicago | |||
Robert Herrick | Apr 21, 1868 | Dec 23, 1938 | Novelist | |||
Stacey Kade | Author | [95] | ||||
John Kass | Jun 25, 1956 | Journalist | Born in Chicago | |||
Hoda Katebi | Fashion blogger and activist | Resides in Chicago | [96] | |||
Ann Landers (aka. Ruth Crowley; aka. Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer) | Columnist | |||||
Adam Langer | 1967 | Novelist | Born in Chicago | |||
Ring Lardner | Mar 6, 1885 | Sep 25, 1933 | Sports columnist, short story writer, playwright, composer, and lyricist | Worked & lived in Chicago | [97] | |
Ring Lardner Jr. | Aug 19, 1915 | Oct 31, 2000 | Journalist and screenwriter | Born in Chicago | [98] | |
Kirke La Shelle | Sep 23, 1862 | May 16, 1905 | Newspaper reporter, editor, playwright and producer | Worked in Chicago | ||
Leo Lerner | 1907 | 1965 | Newspaper publisher; founder of Lerner Newspapers | Born in Chicago | ||
Mike MacDonald | 1960 | Photographer and author | [99] | |||
Tom Mandel | Sep 12, 1942 | Poet | Born in Chicago | |||
Merrill C. Meigs | Nov 25, 1883 | Jan 26, 1968 | Newspaper publisher | |||
Susan Murphy-Milano | Oct 28, 2012 | Author and radio host; advocate for victims of domestic violence | Born in Chicago | |||
A. R. Morlan | Jan 3, 1958 | Jan 6, 2016 | Author | Born in Chicago | ||
Charles Gilman Norris | Apr 23, 1881 | Jul 25, 1945 | Author | |||
Frank Norris | Mar 5, 1870 | Oct 25, 1902 | Novelist | Born in Chicago | ||
Clarence Page | Jun 2, 1947 | Columnist | ||||
Sara Paretsky | Jun 8, 1947 | Novelist | ||||
Ed Paschke | Jun 22, 1939 | Nov 25, 2004 | Artist | Born and died in Chicago | ||
Cissy Patterson | Nov 7, 1881 | Jul 24, 1948 | Journalist and newspaper editor | |||
Frederik Pohl | Nov 26, 1919 | Sep 2, 2013 | Author and futurist | |||
Margaret Horton Potter | May 20, 1881 | Dec 22, 1911 | Novelist | Born and died in Chicago | [100] | |
Henry Rago | 1915 | 1969 | Poet; editor of Poetry Magazine (1955 to 1969) | |||
Wilhelm Rapp | Jul 14, 1827 | Feb 28, 1907 | Journalist and editor | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Hermann Raster | May 6, 1827 | Jul 24, 1891 | Journalist and politician; editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung (1867 to 1891) | Lived in Chicago, buried in Graceland Cemetery | [101][102] | |
Mike Resnick | Mar 5, 1942 | Jan 9, 2020 | Author | |||
Dean Richards | Mar 31, 1954 | Film critic | Born in Chicago | |||
Mike Royko | Sep 19, 1932 | Apr 29, 1997 | Columnist | Born and died in Chicago | ||
Ernest Samuels | May 19, 1903 | Feb 12, 1996 | Biographer; recipient of the Bancroft Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography | Born in Chicago | ||
Carl Sandburg | Jan 6, 1878 | Jul 22, 1967 | Poet; recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes | Lived in Chicago | [103] | |
Dan Savage | Oct 7, 1964 | Columnist | Born in Chicago | |||
Sandra Seaton | Jul 10, 1942 | Playwright and librettist | ||||
Sidney Sheldon | Feb 11, 1917 | Jan 30, 2007 | Playwright, screenwriter, novelist | |||
William L. Shirer | Feb 23, 1904 | Dec 28, 1993 | Journalist and historian | Born in Chicago | ||
Shel Silverstein | Sep 25, 1930 | May 10, 1999 | Poet, songwriter, and children's writer | Born in Chicago | ||
Gene Siskel | Jan 26, 1946 | Feb 20, 1999 | Film critic | Born in Chicago | ||
Dejan Stojanović | Mar 11, 1959 | Poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist | ||||
Alfred Szklarski | Jan 21, 1912 | Apr 9, 1992 | Author | Born in Chicago | ||
Studs Terkel | May 16, 1912 | Oct 31, 2008 | Broadcaster and author | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
James Tiptree Jr. | Aug 24, 1915 | May 19, 1987 | Author | Born in Chicago | ||
Joseph A. Tunzi | Jul 25, 1953 | Author, Publisher, Self-Publisher, Producer, Researcher, Archivist, Historian. Described as "one of the foremost authorities on Elvis Presley."[104] | Born in Chicago | |||
Scott Turow | Apr 12, 1949 | Author | Born in Chicago | |||
Irving Wallace | Mar 19, 1916 | Jun 29, 1990 | Author | Born in Chicago | ||
Gene Wolfe | May 7, 1931 | Apr 14, 2019 | Author |
- Dean Baker (born 1958), macroeconomist
Business and philanthropy[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Anthony Adducci | Aug 14, 1937 | Sep 19, 2006 | A pioneer of the medical device industry. He is best known for founding Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., the company that manufactured the world's first lithium battery-powered artificial pacemaker. The Lithium anode cells revolutionize the medical industry by increasing the life of pacemakers from 1 year up to 11 years and have become the standard for future pacemaker designs. | Born in Chicago | ||
Bob Bernard | May 23, 1967 | Feb 2, 2007 | Entrepreneur | |||
William McCormick Blair | May 2, 1884 | Mar 29, 1982 | Financier | Born in Chicago | ||
William McCormick Blair Jr. | Oct 24, 1916 | Aug 29, 2015 | U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (1961–1964) and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines (1964–1967) | Partner in the Chicago law firm Gerlach & O'Brien | ||
David Bohnett | Apr 2, 1956 | Philanthropist and technology entrepreneur | Born in Chicago | |||
John O. Butler | Businessman, dentist and periodontist | Born and practiced in Chicago | ||||
Charles Deering | Jul 31, 1852 | Feb 5, 1927 | Businessman, art collector, and philanthropist | |||
William Deering | Apr 25, 1826 | Dec 9, 1913 | Businessman and philanthropist | |||
Francis Dewes | 1845 | German immigrant, brewer, millionaire, original owner of the historic mansion Francis J. Dewes House. | ||||
Dr. Fannie Emanuel | Jul 31, 1871 | Founded the Emanuel Settlement House | ||||
Marshall Field | Aug 18, 1834 | Jan 16, 1906 | Entrepreneur | |||
Ada Sawyer Garrett | 1856 | 19th century socialite and philanthropist | ||||
William O. Goodman | 1848 | 1936 | Lumber tycoon | |||
Robert Halperin | Jan 26, 1908 | May 8, 1985 | Olympic and Pan American Games yachting medalist; quarterback for the Brooklyn Dodgers; decorated World War II US-Navy sailor; co-founder of Lands' End, and Chairman of Commercial Light Company. | Born in Chicago | ||
H. G. Haugan | Nov 7, 1840 | Jan 29, 1921 | Railroad executive | |||
Helge Alexander Haugan | Oct 26, 1847 | May 17, 1909 | Banking executive | |||
Anton C. Hesing | Jan 6, 1823 | Mar 31, 1895 | Owner of the Chicago-based Illinois Staats-Zeitung and Cook County Sheriff from 1860 to 1862 | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard | Aug 22, 1802 | Sep 14, 1886 | Early Chicago developer | |||
Ray Kroc | Oct 5, 1902 | Jan 14, 1984 | First CEO of McDonald's | |||
Matthew Laflin | Dec 16, 1803 | May 21, 1897 | Gunpowder manufacturer and philanthropist | |||
Mary Lewis Langworthy | Mar 31, 1872 | Jan 15, 1949 | President, Chicago Woman's Club | Lived in Chicago | ||
Charles Magnus Lindgren | Nov 28, 1819 | Sep 1, 1879 | Shipping executive | |||
John R. Lindgren | Feb 20, 1855 | Apr 29, 1915 | Banking Executive | |||
Horatio G. Loomis | 1900 | An organizer of the Chicago Board of Trade | ||||
Catherine T. MacArthur | Nov 23, 1908 | Dec 15, 1981 | Philanthropist | |||
Brooks McCormick | Feb 23, 1917 | Aug 15, 2006 | Chief executive officer of International Harvester; Art collector | Born in Chicago | ||
Chauncey McCormick | Dec 7, 1884 | Sep 8, 1954 | Businessman and art collector | Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago | ||
Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. | Feb 15, 1809 | May 13, 1884 | Founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Cyrus Hall McCormick II | May 16, 1859 | 1936 | President of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company (1884–1902) | Born in Chicago | ||
Harold Fowler McCormick | May 2, 1872 | Oct 16, 1941 | Chairman of the board of International Harvester Company | Trustee of the University of Chicago | ||
Joseph M. McCormick | May 16, 1877 | Feb 25, 1925 | United States Senator from Illinois; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st district | Born in Chicago | ||
Katharine McCormick | Aug 27, 1875 | Dec 28, 1967 | Biologist, suffragist, philanthropist and, heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune | Grew up in Chicago | ||
Leander J. McCormick | Feb 8, 1819 | Feb 20, 1900 | Farmer, inventor, manufacturer, and businessman | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
L. Hamilton McCormick | May 27, 1859 | Feb 2, 1934 | Author, inventor, art collector and sculptor. | Born in Chicago | ||
Robert R. McCormick | Jul 30, 1880 | Apr 1, 1955 | Owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper | Born in Chicago | ||
Robert Sanderson McCormick | Jul 26, 1849 | Apr 16, 1919 | United States ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Imperial Russia, and France | Lived in Chicago | ||
Ruth Hanna McCormick | Mar 27, 1880 | Dec 31, 1944 | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large district | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
William Grigsby McCormick | Jun 3, 1851 | Nov 29, 1941 | Businessman; Member of the New York Stock Exchange; Co-founder of the Kappa Sigma college fraternity | Born in Chicago; Chicago City Council as alderman representing the 18th ward | ||
William Sanderson McCormick | Nov 2, 1815 | Sep 27, 1865 | Inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company | Lived in Chicago | ||
Blythe McGarvie | President of Leadership for International Finance, LLC | |||||
Abraham Lincoln Neiman | Jul 4, 1875 | Oct 21, 1970 | Businessman and member of the Neiman Marcus family | |||
Agnes Nestor | Jun 24, 1880 | Dec 28, 1948 | Labor activist, politician, and founder of the International Glove Workers Union of America and president of Chicago Women's Union League | Lived and died in Chicago | [105] | |
William S. Paley | Sep 28, 1901 | Oct 26, 1990 | CBS executive | |||
Potter Palmer | May 20, 1826 | May 4, 1902 | Entrepreneur | |||
Bertha Palmer | May 22, 1849 | May 5, 1918 | Socialite and philanthropist | |||
George Pullman | Mar 3, 1831 | Oct 19, 1897 | Entrepreneur and inventor | |||
Wallace Rasmussen | Jul 11, 1914 | Sep 21, 2008 | Businessman and philanthropist; CEO of Beatrice Foods Co. | Lived and worked in Chicago | ||
Frank C. Rathje | Aug 21, 1881 | Feb 24, 1967 | Depression-era banker, businessman, and philanthropist | |||
William Donald Scherzer | Jan 27, 1858 | Jul 20, 1893 | Inventor of the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge | |||
W. Clement Stone | May 4, 1902 | Sep 3, 2002 | Entrepreneur; founder of what is known today as AON Corporation | |||
Edmund Dick Taylor | Oct 18, 1804 | Dec 4, 1891 | Banker, railroad executive and entrepreneur; Known as "Father of the Greenback" | |||
Charles H. Wacker | Aug 29, 1856 | Oct 31, 1929 | Businessman and philanthropist, director of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition | Born and lived in Chicago | ||
Erick Williams | Chef | Born and raised in Chicago | [106][107][108] | |||
Ty Warner | Sep 3, 1944 | Entrepreneur known for Beanie Babies and many other successful plush toys | Born in Chicago and grew up in suburban La Grange | |||
Charles Yerkes | Jun 25, 1837 | Dec 29, 1905 | Entrepreneur |
Crime[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference | |
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Al Capone | Jan 17, 1899 | Jan 25, 1947 | Former Boss of the Chicago Outfit Between 1925 - 1931. | Chicago Outfit | |||
David Barksdale | May 24, 1947 | Sep 2, 1972 | Street gang leader | Leader of Folk Nation; died in Chicago | |||
Andre Crawford | 1962 | Mar 2017 | Serial killer | Born in Chicago | |||
Laurie Dann | Oct 18, 1957 | May 20, 1988 | Murderer | Born in Chicago | |||
John Dillinger | Jun 22, 1903 | Jul 22, 1934 | Bank robber | Died in Chicago | |||
Jeff Fort | Feb 20, 1947 | Gang leader and convicted terrorist | Grew up in Chicago | ||||
John Wayne Gacy | Mar 17, 1942 | May 10, 1994 | Serial killer | Born in Chicago | |||
Sam Giancana | Jun 15, 1908 | Jun 19, 1975 | Former Boss of the Chicago Outfit | Chicago Outfit | |||
Ted Kaczynski | May 22, 1942 | Jun 10, 2023 | Anarchist and former mathematics professor | Born and grew up in Chicago | |||
Robert Hanssen | Apr 18, 1944 | Jun 5, 2023 | FBI agent; convicted spy for Russia | Born in Chicago | |||
H. H. Holmes | May 16, 1861 | May 7, 1896 | Serial killer | Lived and operated in Chicago | [109] | ||
Leopold and Loeb | Nov 19, 1904 (Leopold) Jun 11, 1905 (Loeb) | Jan 28, 1936 (Loeb) Aug 29, 1971 (Leopold) | Murderers | Born in Chicago | |||
Baby Face Nelson | Dec 6, 1908 | Nov 27, 1934 | Mobster | Born in Chicago | |||
Jose Padilla aka. Abdullah al-Muhajir | Oct 18, 1970 | Alleged terrorist | Lived in Chicago | ||||
Ronald Gene Simmons | Jul 15, 1940 | Jun 25, 1990 | Spree killer | Born in Chicago | |||
Jack Ruby | Mar 25, 1911 | Jan 3, 1967 | Killed Lee Harvey Oswald | Born in Chicago | |||
Eva Shaver | Midwife convicted of manslaughter while providing illegal abortions, 1915 | Worked in Chicago | [110] | ||||
George Streeter | 1837 | Jan 22, 1921 | Riverboat captain and squatter | Lived and died in Chicago | |||
Wanda Stopa | May 5, 1900 | Apr 25, 1924 | Murderer | Lived and studied in Chicago; was its youngest and first female assistant U.S. district attorney |
Fine arts[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Sigvald Asbjørnsen | Aug 20, 1867 | Sep 8, 1954 | Sculptor | |||
Emil Biorn | Jun 7, 1864 | 1935 | Sculptor, painter and composer | |||
Edward William Carlson | May 4, 1883 | Jul 26, 1932 | Artist | Born and raised in Chicago | ||
Edward Gorey | Feb 22, 1925 | Apr 15, 2000 | Artist | Born in Chicago | ||
Grace Jeffers | Sep 1, 1967 | Design educator | Born in Chicago | |||
June Leaf | 1929 | Artist | Born and raised in Chicago | [111] | ||
Edgar Miller | 1899 | Jun 1, 1993 | Designer, artist, sculptor, stained glass maker, wood carver, metal worker | Born in Idaho Falls, moved to Chicago in 1917, died in Chicago | ||
Vivian Maier | Feb 1, 1926 | Apr 21, 2009 | Photographer | |||
Norman Parish | Aug 26, 1937 | Jul 8, 2013 | Artist and art dealer | |||
Harmonia Rosales | 1984 | Artist | Born in Chicago | [112] |
Frontier[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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John Kinzie | Dec 3, 1763 | Jan 6, 1828 | Early Chicago settler | Lived in what is now Chicago | ||
Louis Jolliet | Sep 21, 1645 | 1700 | French explorer | Lived for one winter in what is now Chicago | ||
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable | Aug 28, 1818 | Early Chicago settler | Lived in what is now Chicago |
Media[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Gillian Anderson | Aug 9, 1968 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Stanley Andrews | Aug 28, 1891 | Jun 23, 1969 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Dominic Armato | Nov 18, 1976 | Voice actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Patricia Arquette | Apr 8, 1968 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Reiko Aylesworth | Dec 9, 1972 | Actress | ||||
Barney Balaban | Jun 8, 1887 | Mar 7, 1971 | Head of Paramount Pictures | |||
Bob Balaban | Aug 16, 1945 | Actor, director and producer | Born in Chicago | |||
Adam Baldwin | Feb 27, 1962 | Actor | ||||
Leonard Baldy | Feb 15, 1927 | May 2, 1960 | Police officer; Chicago's first helicopter traffic reporter | |||
Ryan Bank | Apr 27, 1981 | Media producer | ||||
Ike Barinholtz | Feb 18, 1977 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
Ralph Bellamy | Jun 17, 1904 | Nov 29, 1991 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Jim Belushi | Jun 15, 1954 | Actor, comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
John Belushi | Jan 24, 1949 | Mar 5, 1982 | Actor, comedian | Born, lived & worked in Chicago | ||
Chloe Bennet | Apr 18, 1992 | Actress, singer | Born in Chicago | |||
Jack Benny | Feb 14, 1894 | Dec 26, 1974 | Actor, comedian | Born in Chicago | ||
Tom Berenger | May 31, 1949 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Edgar Bergen | Feb 16, 1903 | Sep 30, 1978 | Ventriloquist | Born in Chicago | ||
Shelley Berman | Feb 3, 1925 | Sep 1, 2017 | Comedian | Born in Chicago | ||
Carlos Bernard | Oct 12, 1962 | Actor | ||||
Michael Ian Black | Aug 12, 1971 | Comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
Budd Boetticher | Jul 29, 1916 | Nov 29, 2001 | Film director | Born in Chicago | ||
Tom Bosley | Oct 1, 1927 | Oct 19, 2010 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Charles Boyce | Sep 21, 1949 | Syndicated cartoonist | ||||
Andre Braugher | Jul 1, 1962 | Dec 11, 2023 | Actor | Born in Chicago | [113] | |
Buddy Bregman | Jul 9, 1930 | Jan 8, 2017 | Composer | |||
Pat Byrnes | Cartoonist for The New Yorker | |||||
Colt Cabana | May 6, 1980 | Professional wrestler | Lives in Chicago | [114] | ||
John Calhoun | Apr 14, 1808 | Feb 20, 1859 | Founding publisher, the Chicago Democrat | Cook County Treasurer (1837–1841); Chicago City Councilman, 1841–1842 | ||
Monique Calhoun | Model | |||||
Charmian Carr | Dec 27, 1942 | Sep 17, 2016 | actress | Born in Chicago | ||
John Chambers | Sep 12, 1922 | Aug 25, 2001 | Academy Award-winning make-up artist | Born in Chicago | [115] | |
Steve Carell | Aug 16, 1962 | Actor, comedian, producer, writer and director | Lived & worked in Chicago | [citation needed] | ||
Allan Carr | May 27, 1937 | Jun 29, 1999 | Producer | Born in Chicago | ||
Sarah Wayne Callies | Jun 1, 1977 | Actress | ||||
Dan Castellaneta | Oct 29, 1957 | Actor and comedian | Lives in Chicago | |||
Kyle Chavarria | Jan 26, 1995 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Whitney Chitwood | Stand-up comedian | Lives in Chicago | ||||
Anna Chlumsky | Dec 3, 1980 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Stephen Colbert | May 13, 1964 | Comedian, TV host, actor, and writer | Lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Lana Condor | May 11, 1997 | Actress | Lived in Chicago | |||
Don Cornelius | Sep 27, 1936 | Feb 1, 2012 | Creator and former host of Soul Train | Born in Chicago | ||
Cindy Crawford | Feb 20, 1966 | Model and actress | Lived in Chicago | [citation needed] | ||
Joan Cusack | Oct 11, 1962 | Actress and comedian | Lives in Chicago | |||
John Cusack | Jun 28, 1966 | Actor | Lives in Chicago | |||
Clifton Davis | Oct 4, 1945 | Actor, composer and minister | Born in Chicago | |||
May de Sousa | Nov 6, 1884 | Aug 8, 1948 | Actress and singer | Born, raised, and died in Chicago | ||
Walt Disney | Dec 5, 1901 | Dec 15, 1966 | Founder of The Walt Disney Company | Born on the second floor of the house at 2156 Tripp Avenue, in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago | [116] | |
Matt Doherty | Jun 22, 1978 | Actor | ||||
Jimmy Dore | July 26, 1965 | stand-up comedian and political commentator | Born in Chicago | |||
Mike Douglas | Aug 11, 1920 | Aug 11, 2006 | Talk show host | Born in Chicago | ||
Katie Doyle | Castmember of MTV's Road Rules | |||||
Brian Doyle-Murray | Oct 31, 1945 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Moosie Drier | Aug 6, 1964 | Actor and director | Born in Chicago | |||
Michael Clarke Duncan | Dec 10, 1957 | Sep 3, 2012 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Kevin Dunn | Aug 24, 1956 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Dennis Farina | Feb 29, 1944 | Jul 22, 2013 | Actor, Chicago police officer | Born and raised in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago | [117] | |
Mimsy Farmer | Feb 28, 1945 | Actress and sculptor | Born in Chicago | |||
Jon Favreau | Oct 19, 1966 | Actor, writer, and director | Lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Tina Fey | May 18, 1970 | Actress, comedian, and writer | Lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Karen Finley | 1956 | Performance artist, actress, artist, and recording artist | Born in Chicago | |||
Michael Flatley | Jul 16, 1958 | Dancer | Born in Chicago | |||
Neil Flynn | Nov 13, 1960 | Actor | Born, lived & worked in Chicago; raised in Chicago suburb, Waukegan | |||
Harrison Ford | Jul 13, 1942 | Actor | Born in Chicago; raised in Chicago suburb, Des Plaines | [118] | ||
Drew Fortier | Jul 14, 1987 | Musician, filmmaker, actor, and author | Born and raised in Chicago | [119] | ||
Bob Fosse | Jun 23, 1927 | Sep 23, 1987 | Director, choreographer, and dancer | Born in Chicago | ||
Redd Foxx | Dec 9, 1922 | Oct 11, 1991 | Actor and comedian | Grew up in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago | ||
Dennis Franz | Oct 28, 1944 | Actor | ||||
Kathleen Freeman | Feb 17, 1923 | Aug 23, 2001 | Actress | Born in Chicago | ||
Tavi Gevinson | April 21, 1996 | Writer, magazine editor, actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Marla Gibbs | Jun 14, 1931 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Zach Gilford | Jan 14, 1982 | Actor | ||||
Ira Glass | Mar 3, 1959 | NPR broadcaster | Lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Arlene Golonka | Jan 23, 1936 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Stuart Gordon | Aug 11, 1947 | Mar 24, 2020 | Playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer | |||
Chuck Goudie | Jan 17, 1956 | Television reporter and columnist | [citation needed] | |||
Michael Gray | Sep 2, 1951 | Actor on Shazam! | ||||
Shecky Greene | Apr 8, 1926 | Dec 31, 2023 | Comedian | Born in Chicago | [120] | |
Alexandra Grey | Jan 1, 1991 | Actress and musician | [citation needed] | |||
Kathy Griffin | Nov 4, 1960 | Actress and comedian | [citation needed] | |||
Michael Gross | Jun 21, 1947 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Kevin Hagen | Apr 3, 1928 | Jul 9, 2005 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Daryl Hannah | Dec 3, 1960 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Cory Hardrict | Nov 9, 1979 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Steve Harris | Dec 3, 1965 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Wood Harris | Oct 17, 1969 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Hugh Hefner | Apr 9, 1926 | Sep 27, 2017 | Publisher | Born, lived & worked in Chicago | ||
Jim O'Heir | Feb 4, 1962 | Actor and Comedian | Born and lived in Chicago | |||
Marilu Henner | Apr 6, 1952 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Andy Herren | Nov 14, 1986 | Reality-TV contestant; winner of Big Brother 15; show's first openly gay winner | Currently lives in Chicago | |||
Mark Hollmann | Composer and lyricist (Urinetown) | [citation needed] | ||||
Terrence Howard | Mar 11, 1969 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Jennifer Hudson | Sep 12, 1981 | Actress, singer | Born in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago | |||
John Hughes | Feb 18, 1950 | Aug 6, 2009 | Film director and screenwriter | Raised in Chicago suburb, Northbrook. Lived & worked in Chicago. | ||
Bonnie Hunt | Sep 22, 1961 | Actress, comedian, director, producer | Born in Chicago | |||
Mel Jackson | Oct 13, 1970 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Sam J. Jones | Aug 12, 1954 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
William James Jones | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||||
Philip Kaufman | Oct 23, 1936 | Film director | Born in Chicago | |||
Rachna Khatau | Jan 29, 1981 | Actress, writer, singer | Raised in Chicago | |||
Ruth Kilbourn | 1895 | 1984 | Dancer | Resident of Chicago | [121] | |
Dorothy Kilgallen | Jul 3, 1913 | Nov 8, 1965 | Media Personality, Author, Journalist, Panelist | Born in Chicago | ||
Karlie Kloss | Aug 3, 1992 | Model | Born in Chicago | |||
Harvey Korman | Feb 15, 1927 | May 29, 2008 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago | ||
Tessa Kosta | Dec 12, 1890 | Aug 23, 1981 | Actress (musicals) | Born in Chicago | ||
Greg Kotis | Playwright (Urinetown) | |||||
Mike Lebovitz | Comedian | Born in Chicago | ||||
Charles Levin | Mar 12, 1949 | July 2019 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Clara Lipman | 1864 | 1952 | Stage actress and playwright | Born in Chicago | ||
Ron Livingston | Jun 5, 1967 | Actor | ||||
Richard Long | Dec 17, 1927 | Dec 21, 1974 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
John Loprieno | Oct 7, 1960 | Actor | Born in Chicago | [122] | ||
Dave Losso | Stand-up comedian | Born in Chicago | ||||
Lar Lubovitch | Apr 9, 1943 | Choreographer | Born in Chicago | |||
Bernie Mac | Oct 5, 1957 | Aug 9, 2008 | Actor and comedian | Born and died in Chicago | ||
Justina Machado | Sep 6, 1972 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
William H. Macy | Mar 13, 1950 | Actor and producer | Lived in Chicago | |||
Amy Madigan | Sep 11, 1950 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
John Mahoney | Jun 20, 1940 | Feb 4, 2018 | Actor | Lived & worked in Chicago | ||
Karl Malden | Mar 22, 1912 | Jul 1, 2009 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
John Malkovich | Dec 9, 1953 | Actor | Lived & worked in Chicago | |||
David Mamet | Nov 30, 1947 | Playwright, poet, screenwriter, and director | Born, lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Larry Manetti | Jul 23, 1947 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Harry Manfredini | Aug 25, 1943 | Composer | Born in Chicago | |||
Michael Mann | Feb 5, 1943 | Film director, writer, and producer | Born in Chicago | |||
Joe Mantegna | Nov 13, 1947 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Ron Masak | Jul 1, 1936 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Chi McBride | Sep 23, 1961 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Jenny McCarthy | Nov 1, 1972 | Actress and Playboy model | Lived in Chicago | |||
LisaRaye McCoy | Sep 23, 1967 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Frances McDormand | Jun 23, 1957 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Laurie Metcalf | Jun 16, 1955 | Actress | ||||
Vincente Minnelli | Feb 28, 1903 | Jul 25, 1986 | Film director | Born in Chicago | ||
Kel Mitchell | Aug 25, 1978 | Actor and comedian | Born In Chicago | |||
Rick Moranis | Apr 18, 1953 | Actor and comedian | ||||
Cindy Morgan | Sep 29, 1954 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Trevor Morgan | Nov 26, 1986 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Jennifer Morrison | Apr 12, 1979 | Actress and producer | Born in Chicago | |||
John Mulaney | Aug 26, 1982 | Comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
Bill Murray | Sep 21, 1950 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago suburb, Evanston; raised in Wilmette; lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Bob Newhart | Sep 5, 1929 | Actor and comedian | ||||
Nichelle Nichols | Dec 28, 1932 | Jul 30, 2022 | Actress | Lives in Chicago | ||
Richard Nickel | May 31, 1928 | Apr 13, 1972 | Photographer | Born in Chicago | ||
Christopher Nolan | July 30, 1970 | Screenwriter, Director and Producer | Lived in Chicago | |||
Ken Nordine | Apr 13, 1920 | Feb 16, 2019 | Voiceover and Word Jazz recording artist | |||
Kim Novak | Feb 13, 1933 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Donald O'Connor | Aug 28, 1925 | Sep 27, 2003 | Actor and dancer | Born in Chicago | ||
Matt O'Leary | Jul 6, 1987 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Keke Palmer | Aug 26, 1993 | Actress and singer | [citation needed] | |||
Mandy Patinkin | Nov 30, 1952 | Actor and singer | Born in Chicago | |||
Jeannie Pepper | Jul 9, 1958 | Adult film actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Jeff Perry | Aug 16, 1955 | Actor | ||||
William Petersen | Feb 21, 1953 | Actor | Born in Chicago suburb, Evanston; lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Wally Pfister | Jul 8, 1961 | Cinematographer | Born in Chicago | |||
Jeremy Felton | Jul 17, 1987 | Rapper | ||||
Jeremy Piven | Jul 26, 1965 | Actor | [citation needed] | |||
Bonnie Poe | Oct 15, 1912 | Oct 16, 1993 | Actress, voice actress | Born in Chicago | ||
Danny Pudi | Mar 10, 1979 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
CM Punk | Oct 26, 1978 | Professional wrestler, professional mixed martial arts commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist | Born & lives in Chicago | [123] | ||
Harold Ramis | Nov 21, 1944 | Feb 24, 2014 | Actor, director, and comedian | Born, lived & worked in Chicago | ||
Bill Rancic | May 16, 1971 | Winner of The Apprentice | Born in Chicago | |||
Robert Reed | Oct 19, 1932 | May 12, 1992 | Actor | |||
John C. Reilly | May 24, 1965 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Ed Renwick | Jun 1, 1938 | Mar 6, 2020 | Political commentator on WWL-TV (CBS affiliate) in New Orleans, Louisiana | Born in Chicago | [124] | |
Shonda Rhimes | Jan 13, 1970 | Screenwriter, director, and producer (creator and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy) | Born in Chicago | |||
Lucille Ricksen | Aug 22, 1910 | Mar 13, 1925 | Actress | Born in Chicago | ||
John Ridgely | Sep 6, 1909 | Jan 18, 1968 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Justin Roberts | Dec 29, 1979 | Professional wrestling ring announcer | Born in Chicago | |||
Craig Robinson | Oct 25, 1971 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
Michael Rooker | Apr 6, 1955 | Actor | Moved to Chicago at age 13 | [125][126][127] | ||
Jonathan Rosenbaum | Feb 27, 1943 | Film critic | ||||
Jennifer Runyon | Apr 1, 1960 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Robert Ryan | Nov 11, 1909 | Jul 11, 1973 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Pat Sajak | Oct 26, 1946 | Game show host | Born in Chicago | |||
Tony Sam | Comedian, actor, television producer | Born in Chicago | ||||
Horatio Sanz | Jun 4, 1969 | Actor and comedian | Grew up in Chicago | |||
Fred Savage | Jul 9, 1976 | Actor director and producer | Born in Chicago | |||
Ben Savage | Sep 12, 1980 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Stefanie Scott | Dec 6, 1996 | Actress and singer | Born in Chicago | |||
Amy Sedaris | Mar 29, 1961 | Actress | Lived & worked in Chicago | |||
David Sedaris | Dec 26, 1956 | Radio broadcaster and author | ||||
Garry Shandling | Nov 29, 1949 | Mar 24, 2016 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago | [128] | |
Kiernan Shipka | Nov 10, 1999 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Sherri Shepherd | Apr 22, 1967 | Actress and comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
Rondell Sheridan | Aug 15, 1958 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
Gary Sinise | Mar 17, 1955 | Actor; co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre Company | Born in Chicago suburb, Blue Island. Lived & worked in Chicago. | |||
John Stagliano | Nov 29, 1951 | Adult film actor and director | Born in Chicago | |||
Todd Stashwick | Oct 16, 1968 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Michael Stoyanov | Dec 14, 1970 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Joe Swanberg | Aug 31, 1981 | Film director and actor | Lives & works in Chicago | |||
Gloria Swanson | Mar 27, 1899 | Apr 4, 1983 | Actress | Born in Chicago | ||
Mr. T | May 21, 1952 | Actor, evangelist | Born in Chicago | |||
Rea Tajiri | Filmmaker | Born in Chicago | ||||
Larenz Tate | Sep 8, 1975 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Giorgio Tozzi | Jan 8, 1923 | May 30, 2011 | Singer and actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Sarah Truax | Feb 12, 1872 | May 2, 1958 | Broadway and Hollywood actress | Raised in Chicago | ||
Melvin Van Peebles | Aug 21, 1932 | Sep 22, 2021 | Director | Born in Chicago | ||
Vince Vaughn | Mar 28, 1970 | Actor | Raised in Chicago suburbs, Buffalo Grove and Lake Forest; worked and lives in Chicago | [129] | ||
Matt Walsh | Oct 13, 1964 | Comedian, co-founder of Upright Citizens Brigade | Born, lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Marsha Warfield | Mar 5, 1954 | Actress | Born in Chicago | |||
Carol Wayne | Sep 6, 1942 | Jan 13, 1985 | Actress | Born in Chicago | ||
Jason Weaver | Jul 18, 1979 | Actor and singer | Born in Chicago | |||
George Wendt | Oct 17, 1948 | Actor | Born, lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Raquel Welch | Sep 5, 1940 | February 15, 2023 | Actress | Born in Chicago | ||
Orson Welles | May 6, 1915 | Oct 10, 1985 | Actor, director, writer, and producer | Lived in Chicago | ||
Steve Wilkos | Mar 9, 1964 | Talk show host | Born in Chicago | |||
Robin Williams | Jul 21, 1951 | Aug 11, 2014 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago | ||
Oprah Winfrey | Jan 29, 1954 | Talk show hostess, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist | Lived & worked in Chicago | |||
Robert Young | Feb 22, 1907 | Jul 21, 1998 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Billy Zane | Feb 24, 1966 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Robert Zemeckis | May 14, 1951 | Director, producer, and writer | Born in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago | |||
Florenz Ziegfeld | Mar 21, 1867 | Jul 22, 1932 | Impresario | Born in Chicago | ||
Adrian Zmed | Mar 14, 1954 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |||
Edward Zwick | Oct 8, 1952 | Director, producer, and writer | Born in Chicago | |||
Harold Bradley Jr. | Oct 13, 1929 | Apr 13, 2021 | Former American football player and actor, singer, artist, TV host and painter. | Born in Chicago |
- John Lippman, television executive and the acting director of Voice of America
Military[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference | |
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Robert E. Adamson | Dec 28, 1920 | Jul 30, 2004 | U.S. Navy Vice Admiral | Born in Chicago | [130] | ||
Russell A. Berg | Jan 6, 1917 | Jan 24, 2002 | U.S. Air Force Brigadier General | Born in Chicago | |||
Wesley Clark | Dec 23, 1944 | NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, four-star general, presidential candidate (2004) | Born in Chicago | ||||
Richard E. Kraus | Nov 24, 1925 | Oct 3, 1944 | Marine Corps Private First Class; Posthumously received the Medal of Honor during World War II | Born in Chicago | |||
Malcolm Ross O'Neill | Mar 25, 1940 | Lieutenant General | Born in Chicago | [citation needed] | |||
Fred S. Robillard | Sep 14, 1890 | Jan 31, 1971 | Marine Corps Major General; He was in charge of Marine Motor Transportation during World War II | Born in Chicago | [131] | ||
James A. Ryan | Oct 22, 1867 | Jan 14, 1956 | U.S. Army brigadier general; commanded World War I Officers' Training Centers at Fort Sheridan, later an executive with several Chicago-based businesses | Lived in Chicago | [132] | ||
Scott Stearney | Oct 21, 1960 | Dec 1, 2018 | United States Navy Vice Admiral, Commander of United States Fifth Fleet | Born in Chicago | [133] | ||
Harvey Walden IV | Dec 21, 1966 | Marine Corps Drill Instructor; | Born in Chicago |
Music[edit]
Politics and law[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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John Ashcroft | May 9, 1942 | U.S. Attorney General | Born in Chicago | |||
Nick Fuentes | August 18, 1998 | Political commentator | Born in Chicago | |||
Henry Moore Bates | Mar 30, 1869 | Apr 15, 1949 | Attorney | Born in Chicago | ||
Rod Blagojevich | Dec 10, 1956 | Congressman; governor of Illinois | Born in Chicago | |||
James Bowler | Feb 5, 1875 | Jul 18, 1957 | Chicago alderman; U.S. Congressman | Born in Chicago | ||
Frederick Van Ness Bradley | Apr 12, 1898 | May 24, 1947 | Politician from the U.S. state of Michigan | Born in Chicago | ||
Lorenzo Brentano | Nov 4, 1813 | Sep 18, 1891 | Journalist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Theodore Brentano | Mar 29, 1854 | Jul 2, 1940 | Attorney, judge, and the first United States Ambassador to Hungary | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Bryant B. Brooks | Feb 5, 1861 | Dec 8, 1944 | served in Wyoming's second state legislature and two terms as Governor of Wyoming 1905–1911 | lived in Chicago attending business school | [134] | |
Corinne Stubbs Brown | 1848 | 1914 | Marxist social activist | Born in Chicago | ||
Ellsworth B. Buck | Jul 3, 1892 | Aug 14, 1970 | U.S. Congressman | Born in Chicago | [135] | |
Harris Burgoyne | Jun 30, 1910 | 1994 | Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin | Born in Chicago | ||
Thomas Barbour Bryan | Dec 22, 1828 | Jan 26, 1906 | Commissioner of the District of Columbia and two-time Chicago mayoral nominee | Lived in Chicago | ||
Jane Byrne | May 24, 1934 | Nov 14, 2014 | Mayor of Chicago | Born in Chicago | ||
Anton Cermak | May 9, 1873 | Mar 6, 1933 | Mayor of Chicago | |||
Enoch Chase | 1809 | 1892 | State senator in Wisconsin | Lived in Chicago | ||
Bernard J. Cigrand | Oct 1, 1866 | May 16, 1932 | Father of Flag Day in the United States | Lived in Chicago | ||
Hillary Rodham Clinton | Oct 26, 1947 | First lady, US senator from N.Y., United States Secretary of State | Born in Chicago, raised in suburban Park Ridge | |||
John Coughlin (a.k.a. "Bathhouse" John Coughlin) | Aug 15, 1860 | Nov 11, 1938 | Chicago alderman | |||
Timothy T. Cronin | Jun 27, 1884 | Sep 20, 1955 | U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Born in Chicago | ||
Richard J. Daley | May 15, 1902 | Dec 20, 1976 | Mayor of Chicago | Born in Chicago | ||
Richard M. Daley | Apr 24, 1942 | Mayor of Chicago | Born in Chicago | |||
William M. Daley | Aug 9, 1948 | White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Commerce | Born in Chicago | |||
Clarence Darrow | Apr 18, 1857 | Mar 13, 1938 | Attorney and civil libertarian | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Paul Douglas | Mar 26, 1892 | Sep 24, 1976 | Chicago alderman, U.S. Senator, and University of Chicago economist | |||
Stephen A. Douglas | Apr 23, 1813 | Jun 3, 1861 | U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, noted for debating Abraham Lincoln | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne | Oct 12, 1853 | May 24, 1937 | Governor of Illinois | |||
Rahm Emanuel | Nov 29, 1959 | Former mayor of Chicago, White House Chief of Staff, US congressman | Lives in Chicago | |||
Thomas R. Fitzgerald | 1941 | Retired chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court | Born in Chicago | [136] | ||
Betty Ford | Apr 8, 1918 | Jul 8, 2011 | U.S. First Lady; wife of Gerald Ford | Born in Chicago | ||
Bernhard Gettelman | Dec 23, 1889 | State senator for Wisconsin | Born in Chicago | |||
John S. Gleason Jr. | Feb 11, 1915 | May 2, 1993 | 6th Administrator of Veterans Affairs (1961–65) | Born in Chicago | ||
Alexander R. Grant | Nov 28, 1925 | State assemblyman for Wisconsin | Born in Chicago | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | Dec 10, 1953 | First Latino to be elected to Congress from the Midwest | Born in Chicago | |||
John Marshall Harlan II | May 20, 1899 | Dec 29, 1971 | Supreme Court justice | Born in Chicago | ||
Paul P. Harris | Apr 19, 1868 | Jan 27, 1947 | Lawyer, founder of Rotary International | |||
Carter Harrison Jr. | Apr 23, 1860 | Dec 25, 1953 | Mayor of Chicago | Born in Chicago | ||
Carter Harrison, Sr. | Feb 15, 1825 | Oct 28, 1893 | Mayor of Chicago | |||
Washington Hesing | May 4, 1849 | Dec 17, 1897 | Postmaster of Chicago and managing editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Paul B. Henry | Jul 9, 1942 | Jul 31, 1993 | Professor of Political Science and U.S. Congressman | Born in Chicago | ||
Janet Jagan | Oct 20, 1920 | Mar 28, 2009 | Prime Minister and President of Guyana | Born in Chicago | ||
Byron L. Johnson | Oct 12, 1917 | Jan 6, 2000 | economist and U.S. Representative from Colorado | Born in Chicago | ||
Peter Karađorđević | Feb 5, 1980 | Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia | Born in Chicago | |||
Joe Kernan | Apr 8, 1946 | Jul 29, 2020 | 48th governor of Indiana | Born in Chicago | ||
Edward Joseph Kelly | Apr 17, 1933 | Apr 15, 1947 | 36th Mayor of Chicago | Born in Chicago | ||
John C. Kluczynski | Feb 15, 1896 | Jan 26, 1975 | U.S. Congressman | Born in Chicago, died in Chicago | ||
Bill Lipinski | Dec 22, 1937 | U.S. Congressman | Born in Chicago | |||
Boris Lushniak | Assistant Surgeon General of the United States | Native of Chicago | ||||
Lisa Madigan | Jul 30, 1966 | Attorney General of Illinois | Born in Chicago | |||
Michael Madigan | Apr 19, 1942 | 67th and 69th Speaker of Illinois House of Representatives | Born in Chicago | |||
Joseph Medill | Apr 6, 1823 | Mar 16, 1899 | Newspaper editor, mayor of Chicago | |||
John Gould Moyer | Jul 12, 1893 | Jan 21, 1976 | 31st governor of American Samoa | Born in Chicago | ||
Eliot Ness | Apr 19, 1903 | May 16, 1957 | Federal agent; leader of The Untouchables; born in Chicago | Born in Chicago | ||
Barack Obama | Aug 4, 1961 | US senator and 44th President of the United States | resided in Chicago from 1983 to 2008 | |||
William B. Ogden | Jun 15, 1805 | Aug 3, 1877 | Entrepreneur and first mayor of Chicago | |||
Deval Patrick | Jul 31, 1956 | Governor of Massachusetts | Born in Chicago | |||
John Podesta | Jan 8, 1949 | White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton (1998–2001) | Born in Chicago | |||
Roman Pucinski | May 13, 1919 | Sep 25, 2002 | U.S. Congressman; Chicago alderman | |||
Charles H. Ramsey | 1950 | Chicago Police deputy superintendent; current Philadelphia Police Commissioner | Native of Chicago | |||
Antonio R. Riley | Aug 22, 1963 | State assemblyman for Wisconsin, Midwest Regional Administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development | Born in Chicago | |||
Grace Rohrer | Jun 14, 1924 | Oct 12, 2011 | North Carolina politician, arts and women's rights advocate; first female state cabinet-level secretary in North Carolina | Born in Chicago | ||
Louis C. Romell | Apr 7, 1899 | State assemblyman for Wisconsin | Born in Chicago | |||
Donald Rumsfeld | Jul 9, 1932 | Jun 29, 2021 | U.S. Congressman, secretary of Defense | |||
John Joseph Ryba | Aug 10, 1929 | State assemblyman for Wisconsin | Born in Chicago | |||
Robert C. Strong | Sep 29, 1915 | Dec 28, 1999 | U.S. diplomat | Born in Chicago | ||
William Hale Thompson | May 14, 1869 | Mar 19, 1944 | Last Republican mayor of Chicago | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Amos G. Throop | 1811 | 1894 | City treasurer; temperance advocate | Born in Chicago | ||
Jazep Varonka | Apr 4, 1891 | Jun 4, 1952 | First Chairman of the People's Secretariat (i.e. Prime Minister) of the Belarusian National Republic | Lived and died in Chicago | [137] | |
Elihu B. Washburne | Sep 23, 1816 | Oct 23, 1887 | Secretary of state, minister to France | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Harold Washington | Apr 15, 1922 | Nov 25, 1987 | First black mayor of Chicago | Born in Chicago | ||
John Wentworth | Mar 5, 1815 | Oct 16, 1888 | U.S. congressman; mayor of Chicago | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Francis Parker Yockey | Sep 18, 1917 | Jun 16, 1960 | Political theorist and philosopher | Born in Chicago | ||
Altgeld John Peter | Dec 30, 1847 | Mar 12, 1902 | 20th Governor of Illinois | Hometown was Chicago |
Religion[edit]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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John Ankerberg | Dec 10, 1945 | Christian television host, author, speaker | Born In Chicago | |||
Juanita Bynum | Jan 16, 1959 | Gospel singer, author, pastor | Born In Chicago | |||
Frances Xavier Cabrini (a.k.a. Mother Cabrini) |
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