List of people from Chicago
Appearance
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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] | ||||
Jacob Bolotin | ![]() |
Jan 3, 1888 | Apr 1, 1924 | First totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine | [6] | |
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 | [7] |
Allan G. Brodie | ![]() |
Oct 31, 1897 | Jan 2, 1976 | Orthodontics educator | [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] | ||
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 | [35] | |
Ed Krupp | ![]() |
Nov 18, 1944 | Astronomer, archeoastronomer, director of Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles | Born in 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 | 1911 | 1997 | 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 | Aug 31, 1956 | 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 | |||
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 | [47] | |
Dwight H. Perkins | ![]() |
Mar 26, 1867 | Nov 2, 1941 | Architect | [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); 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 | 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] | ||
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 | [69] |
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 | [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] | |
Michael Hudson | Mar 14, 1939 | Economics professor | ||||
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] | |
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 age 19 | [citation needed] | |
Frank Wilczek | ![]() |
May 15, 1951 | Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureates in physics (2004) | Enrolled at the University of Chicago at 15 years old | [78] | |
Robert Woodrow Wilson | ![]() |
Jan 10, 1936 | Founder and first director of Fermilab; Nobel laureate in physics (1978) | [citation needed] |
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] | |
Catherine Corley Anderson | Mar 21, 1909 | Dec 12, 2001 | Children's author | Born in Chicago | [81] | |
John Anderson | ![]() |
Mar 22, 1836 | Feb 24, 1910 | Founder and publisher of Skandinaven | [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] |
Dean Baker | Jul 13, 1958 | Macroeconomist | ||||
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 and 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 | ![]() |
Jun 3, 1937 | Aug 28, 2016 | Writer | Residing in Chicago | |
James Gould Cozzens | Aug 19, 1903 | Aug 9, 1978 | Novelist | Born in Chicago | ||
Michael Crichton | ![]() |
Oct 23, 1942 | Nov 4, 2008 | Writer | 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 | Jun 12, 2024 | 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 | ![]() |
Oct 25, 1946 | 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 and 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 and raised in Chicago suburb, Oak Park; lived and worked in Chicago | |
Robert Herrick | ![]() |
Apr 21, 1868 | Dec 23, 1938 | Novelist | ||
Seymour Hersh | ![]() |
April 8, 1937 | Journalist | Born in Chicago | ||
Stacey Kade | Author | [95] | ||||
John Kass | ![]() |
Jun 25, 1956 | Journalist | Born in Chicago | ||
Hoda Katebi | Jan 27, 1995 | Fashion blogger and activist | Resides in Chicago | [96] | ||
Kirke La Shelle | Sep 23, 1862 | May 16, 1905 | Newspaper reporter, editor, playwright and producer | Worked in Chicago | ||
Ann Landers
(aka Ruth Crowley; aka Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer) |
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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] | |
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 | |||
A. R. Morlan | Jan 3, 1958 | Jan 6, 2016 | Author | Born in Chicago | ||
Susan Murphy-Milano | Oct 28, 2012 | Author and radio host; advocate for victims of domestic violence | 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 (1955–1969) | |||
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 (1867–1891) | 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, producer, researcher, archivist, historian; "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 |
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; founder of Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., which manufactured the world's first lithium battery-powered artificial pacemaker | 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 | |||
Kevin Cushing | 1956 | Executive officer of AlphaGraphics | Born 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 | Apr 8, 1845 | Dec 21, 1922 | German immigrant, brewer, millionaire, original owner of the historic mansion Francis J. Dewes House | |||
Dr. Fannie Emanuel | Jul 31, 1871 | Mar 31, 1934 | Founded the Emanuel Settlement House | |||
Marshall Field | ![]() |
Aug 18, 1834 | Jan 16, 1906 | Entrepreneur | ||
Ada Sawyer Garrett | 1856 | 1938 | 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; Cook County Sheriff 1860–1862 | 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 | |
L. Hamilton McCormick | ![]() |
May 27, 1859 | Feb 2, 1934 | Author, inventor, art collector and sculptor | Born in Chicago | |
Leander J. McCormick | ![]() |
Feb 8, 1819 | Feb 20, 1900 | Farmer, inventor, manufacturer, and businessman | Lived and died 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; c-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 | ||
Bertha Palmer | ![]() |
May 22, 1849 | May 5, 1918 | Socialite and philanthropist | ||
Potter Palmer | ![]() |
May 20, 1826 | May 4, 1902 | Entrepreneur | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
Erick Williams | Chef | Born and raised in Chicago | [106][107][108] | |||
Charles Yerkes | ![]() |
Jun 25, 1837 | Dec 29, 1905 | Entrepreneur |
Crime
[edit]Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Barksdale | May 24, 1947 | Sep 2, 1972 | Street gang leader | Leader of Folk Nation; died in Chicago | ||
Al Capone | ![]() |
Jan 17, 1899 | Jan 25, 1947 | Boss of the Chicago Outfit 1925–1931 | Chicago Outfit | |
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 | Boss of the Chicago Outfit | Chicago Outfit | |
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] |
Ted Kaczynski | ![]() |
May 22, 1942 | Jun 10, 2023 | Unabomber, mathematician and domestic terrorist | Born and briefly lived in Chicago | |
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 | ||
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] | |||
Ronald Gene Simmons | Jul 15, 1940 | Jun 25, 1990 | Spree killer | Born 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 | |
George Streeter | 1837 | Jan 22, 1921 | Riverboat captain and squatter | Lived and died in Chicago |
Fine arts
[edit]Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Aug 4, 1929 | Jul 1, 2024 | Artist | Born and raised in Chicago | [111] | |
Vivian Maier | Feb 1, 1926 | Apr 21, 2009 | Photographer | |||
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 | ||
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Jolliet | Sep 21, 1645 | 1700 | French explorer | Lived for one winter in what is now Chicago | ||
John Kinzie | Dec 3, 1763 | Jan 6, 1828 | Early Chicago settler | Lived 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Lewis Arquette | Dec 14, 1935 | February 10, 2001 | 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 and 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 | ||||
Lara Flynn Boyle | ![]() |
Mar 24, 1970 | Actress | |||
Harold Bradley Jr. | ![]() |
Oct 13, 1929 | Apr 13, 2021 | Football player, actor, singer, artist, TV host, and painter | Born in Chicago | |
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 of the Chicago Democrat | Cook County Treasurer (1837–1841); Chicago City Councilman, 1841–1842 | |
Monique Calhoun | Model | |||||
Sarah Wayne Callies | ![]() |
Jun 1, 1977 | Actress | |||
Allan Carr | ![]() |
May 27, 1937 | Jun 29, 1999 | Producer | Born in Chicago | |
Charmian Carr | ![]() |
Dec 27, 1942 | Sep 17, 2016 | actress | Born in Chicago | |
Steve Carell | ![]() |
Aug 16, 1962 | Actor, comedian, producer, writer and director | Lived and worked in Chicago | [citation needed] | |
Dan Castellaneta | ![]() |
Oct 29, 1957 | Actor and comedian | Lives in Chicago | ||
John Chambers | Sep 12, 1922 | Aug 25, 2001 | Academy Award-winning make-up artist | Born in Chicago | [115] | |
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 and 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] | |
Ann Cusack | May 22, 1961 | Actress | ||||
Joan Cusack | ![]() |
Oct 11, 1962 | Actress and comedian | |||
John Cusack | ![]() |
Jun 28, 1966 | Actor | |||
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 | Cast member 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 and worked in Chicago | ||
Jeremy Felton | ![]() |
Jul 17, 1987 | Rapper | |||
Tina Fey | ![]() |
May 18, 1970 | Actress, comedian, and writer | Lived and 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 and 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 and worked in Chicago | ||
Arlene Golonka | Jan 23, 1936 | May 31, 2021 | 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 and worked 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 | Oct 14, 1963 | 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 and 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 | |
John Lippman | Television executive, acting director of Voice of America | |||||
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 and worked in Chicago | ||
Karl Malden | ![]() |
Mar 22, 1912 | Jul 1, 2009 | Actor | Born in Chicago | |
John Malkovich | ![]() |
Dec 9, 1953 | Actor | Lived and worked in Chicago | ||
David Mamet | Nov 30, 1947 | Playwright, poet, screenwriter, and director | Born, lived and 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 | Oct 20, 2022 | 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 | Dec 30, 2023 | 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 and worked in Chicago | ||
Bob Newhart | ![]() |
Sep 5, 1929 | Jul 18, 2024 | 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 | ||
Jim O'Heir | ![]() |
Feb 4, 1962 | Actor and comedian | Born and lived 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 and worked in Chicago | ||
Wally Pfister | Jul 8, 1961 | Cinematographer | Born in Chicago | |||
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 and 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 | ||
Ben Savage | ![]() |
Sep 12, 1980 | Actor | Born in Chicago | ||
Fred Savage | ![]() |
Jul 9, 1976 | Actor, director, and producer | Born in Chicago | ||
Stefanie Scott | ![]() |
Dec 6, 1996 | Actress and singer | Born in Chicago | ||
Amy Sedaris | ![]() |
Mar 29, 1961 | Actress | Lived and 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] |
Sherri Shepherd | ![]() |
Apr 22, 1967 | Actress and comedian | Born in Chicago | ||
Rondell Sheridan | Aug 15, 1958 | Actor and comedian | Born in Chicago | |||
Kiernan Shipka | ![]() |
Nov 10, 1999 | Actress | Born in Chicago | ||
Gary Sinise | ![]() |
Mar 17, 1955 | Actor; co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre Company | Born in Chicago suburb, Blue Island; lived and 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 and 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 and worked in Chicago | ||
Marsha Warfield | Mar 5, 1954 | Actress and comedian | 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 | |||
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 | |
George Wendt | ![]() |
Oct 17, 1948 | Actor | Born, lived and worked 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 and 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 |
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; 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 Peter Altgeld | ![]() |
Dec 30, 1847 | Mar 12, 1902 | 20th Governor of Illinois | Hometown was Chicago | |
John Ashcroft | ![]() |
May 9, 1942 | U.S. Attorney General | 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; two terms as Governor of Wyoming, 1905–1911 | Lived in Chicago while 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
(aka "Bathhouse" John Coughlin) |
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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 | Jul 10, 1941 | Nov 1, 2015 | 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 | |
Nick Fuentes | ![]() |
August 18, 1998 | Political commentator | Born in Chicago | ||
Merrick Garland | Nov 13, 1952 | |||||
Bernhard Gettelman | ![]() |
Dec 23, 1889 | Aug 30, 1965 | 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 | ||
Cindy Golding | ![]() |
1952 | Iowa state representative | Born in Chicago | [137] | |
Alexander R. Grant | Nov 28, 1925 | Jul 22, 2001 | 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 | ||
Paul B. Henry | ![]() |
Jul 9, 1942 | Jul 31, 1993 | Professor of Political Science and U.S. Congressman | Born in 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 | |
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 | ||
Edward Joseph Kelly | ![]() |
Apr 17, 1933 | Apr 15, 1947 | 36th Mayor of Chicago | Born in Chicago | |
Joe Kernan | ![]() |
Apr 8, 1946 | Jul 29, 2020 | 48th governor of Indiana | 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 1983–2008 | ||
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 | Feb 5, 1987 | 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 | Jan 9, 2021 | 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 | [138] |
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 |
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
(aka Mother Cabrini) |
Jul 15, 1850 | Dec 22, 1917 | First citizen of the US to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church | Lived and died in Chicago | ||
Mircea Eliade | ![]() |
Mar 13, 1907 | Apr 22, 1986 | Religious scholar and philosopher from Romanian | Lived and died in Chicago | |
Mordecai Ham | Apr 2, 1877 | Nov 1, 1961 | 20th-century evangelist | |||
Jesse Jackson | ![]() |
Oct 8, 1941 | Minister, civil rights activist, presidential candidate | |||
Anton LaVey
(born Howard Stanton Levey) |
Apr 11, 1930 | Oct 29, 1997 | Writer of The Satanic Bible; founder of The Church of Satan | Born in Chicago | ||
James Patterson Lyke | Feb 18, 1939 | Dec 27, 1992 | Franciscan friar and Roman Catholic bishop | Born in Chicago | ||
Jacques Marquette | ![]() |
Jun 1, 1637 | May 18, 1675 | Missionary | ||
Jeff Seidel | 1957 | Orthodox Judaism outreach worker in Jerusalem, director of the Jewish Student Information Center | Born in Chicago | [139] |
Athletics
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