The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Wilmette, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Wilmette, Illinois.
^Smith-Sloman, Christy (March 2014). "Wilmette, Illinois Hometown Charm Close to the Windy City". www.chicagocooperator.com. Chicago Cooperator. Retrieved June 1, 2017. A number of high profile personalities hail from Wilmette including Chicago's current mayor Rahm Emanuel, Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, actor Rainn Wilson, musician Pete Wentz and Playboy CEO Christie Hefner. Its hometown charm might just make you want to call it your hometown too.
^Jacoby, John (September 12, 2016). "A Word From The (Former) President: Hall of Fame (Hugh O'Brian)". www.wilmettebeacon.com. Wilmette Beacon (22nd Century Media). Retrieved June 5, 2017. Former Wilmette resident Hugh O'Brian, who died on Sept. 5, was a man whose philanthropic achievements arguably outshine his stellar acting career. He's best known for playing the title role in the popular ABC-TV series, "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1955 to 1961).
^Fawcett, Adrienne (March 25, 2016). "Lecture: Jens Jensen". www.jwcdaily.com. JWC Media. Retrieved June 5, 2017. Jens Jensen, who lived in Wilmette for many years
^Black, Lisa (August 18, 2005). "For trip back in time, road pavers pick brick". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 5, 2017. Chicago architect Carol Ross Barney, who specializes in modern design and prefers sleek lines and shapes, lives on another block of Linden that has been restored to brick.
^ abcdefghiSkolnik, Lisa (April 1, 2010). "Neighborhood Tour: Wilmette". www.michiganavemag.com. Michigan Avenue Magazine. Retrieved June 1, 2017. NEIGHBORS Cheryl Berman, Blair Kamin, Dennis Chookaszian, Hamilton Chang, Todd Ricketts, Tom Ricketts, Lester Crown, Brant Miller, Susan Noyes, Jennifer Woolford, Mark Falanga, Joanie Bayhack, Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano, Meredith and Jonathan Sinclair, Linda MacLennan
^Kusel, Robert F. (2017). "Defiant Requiem". www.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 1, 2017. Renee and Lester Crown of Wilmette
^ abcRodkin, Dennis (February 23, 2016). "Cubs chairman building home on Wilmette lakefront". Chicago Business. Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved May 31, 2016. Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts is building a home on Wilmette's lakefront less than a mile north of the one his sister Laura built a few years ago. Ricketts and his wife, Cecelia, have owned a home in Wilmette since at least 1997, according to the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. They are behind a venture that bought a site on Michigan Avenue in Wilmette for $7 million in August 2013, according to people familiar with the property. Through a family spokesman, Tom Ricketts declined to comment. He became the chairman of the Cubs after a family group, including Tom, Todd and Laura Ricketts, bought the team in 2009. He is also CEO of a Chicago investment bank Incapital, which he founded in 1999.............Slightly south of the site, on Sheridan Road in Wilmette, Laura Ricketts and her wife, Brooke Skinner, live in a mansion built on a lakefront parcel near the Bahai'i Temple that Laura bought in 2010 for $6.5 million.
^ abcRodkin, Dennis (May 23, 2012). "Laura Ricketts Plans New Mansion on Wilmette Lakefront". Chicago Magazine. Chicago. Retrieved May 31, 2016. Laura Ricketts, a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, and her partner, Heidi Grathouse, have filed plans with the Village of Wilmette for a new mansion to be built on the 1.2-acre lakefront site they bought two years ago.......Two Ricketts brothers, Tom and Todd, live within six blocks of the lakefront site in Wilmette; their homes are at opposite ends of the same block, though neither is more than one-third the size of what their sister has on the boards.
^Kaufman, Gil (May 17, 2016). "Sinead O'Connor Pens Vicious Open Letter to Ex Husband". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2016. That same day, O'Connor reportedly left the Wilmette area on a bicycle and could not be found as of Monday morning, at which point an unidentified caller contacted police about her well-being. A music industry source told the Chicago Tribune that O'Connor had been living in Wilmette since late February, performing at a few low-key local shows.
^"Singer Sinead O'Connor found safe, according to Wilmette police". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. May 16, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016. Rebecca Cain, who lives on an east Wilmette block in the area where O'Connor reportedly was staying, said Monday afternoon that she didn't know how long the singer had been living nearby but that she had occasionally seen O'Connor out walking. A music industry source who asked not to be named said O'Connor has been living in Wilmette since at least late February. She last performed in the area March 4 at Metro with Sons of the Silent Age in a David Bowie tribute concert, singing "Sorrow" and "Life on Mars" to the accompaniment of a Chicago band.
^Pick, Grant (August 14, 2013). "The Other Brickhouse". www.chicagoreader.com. Chicago Reader. Retrieved June 1, 2017. By the early 1950s Jack was on television, his reputation growing, and the family had moved to Wilmette
^Eldeib, Duaa (July 13, 2010). "Chicago radio personality Mal Bellairs". www.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 13, 2010. In 1969, Mr. Bellairs left WBBM and his Wilmette home and moved his family to Woodstock
^"Robert Casey, Newsman and Author, Dies". www.archives.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. December 5, 1962. Retrieved June 5, 2017. Robert J. Casey, noted Chicago newspaperman and author, died yesterday in St. Francis hospital, Evanston. Mr. Casey, who lived at 934 Linden av., Wilmette
^Pietrzyk, Richard (n.d.). "Wilmette House". www.dicktracymuseum.com. Dick Tracy Museum. Retrieved June 5, 2017. the house in Wilmette where Gould started his married life and his classic detective was created.
^Gould O'Connell, Jean (2007). Chester Gould: A Daughter's Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy. McFarland.
^Sweet, David (March 13, 2015). "Critic Builds a Pulitzer-Worthy Career". jwcdaily.com. JWC Daily. Retrieved May 25, 2017. Over squash bisque and a good-sized hamburger, the Wilmette resident talks about
^Zorn, Eric (March 25, 1997). "Walker Stepping On Club's Toes In Age-bias Protest". www.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 1, 2017. Radio Advertising Consultants President Clark Weber, himself a Wilmette senior,
^"Paul Zelinsky". www.paulzelinsky.com. Paul Zelinsky. n.d. Retrieved May 25, 2017. Paul O. Zelinsky grew up in Wilmette, Illinois