List of people from Chicago

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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Chicago, Illinois, United States. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Chicago, Illinois.

Academics, science, and engineering

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
	File:Dankmar Adler.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
	File:Mortimer Adler.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Philosopher, educator, and popular author	University of Chicago professor; lived in Chicago
	File:Milburn Akers 1958.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	President of Shimer College and Sun-Times editor	Born and worked in Chicago
	Saul_Alinsky_(IA_southerncampus1969univ)_(page_101_crop)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Community organizer and writer; considered to be the founder of modern community organizing	Born in Chicago
	File:Bachelder1942.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Metals chemist and Women's Army Corps officer; worked on the Manhattan Project	University of Chicago professor; lived and died in Chicago
				Mathematician and animal welfare advocate
	File:1914 Dr Jacob Bolotin.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	First totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine
Sophonisba P. Breckinridge	File:Sophronia P. Breckenridge, half-length portrait, seated, facing right LCCN2005688104.jpg	Apr 1, 1866	Jul 30, 1948	Founder, School of Social Works Administration at the University of Chicago	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Brodie (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Orthodontics educator
	File:Portrait of Daniel Burnham.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Inventor
	File:Philo Carpenter p1888 (cropped1).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	First Chicago pharmacist
	File:National Medal of Humanities Recipient Marva Collins in the Oval Office (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Educator
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Philanthropist
	File:John Dewey in 1902.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	First president of the Illinois State Dental Society
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Dental anatomist
Rockwell King DuMoulin		Template:DTS	Template:DTS	Architect	Professor and department chair at the Rhode Island School of Design
	File:HelenDunbar1923.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
	File:Marjorie Grene, RIT NandE Vol15Num7 1983 Sep29 Complete.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Philosopher
	File:Walterburleygriffin (cropped)2.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
	File:Walter Burley Griffin 1912.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
	File:Portrait of George Ellery Hale.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Astronomer
Michelle Hawkins	File:Michellehawkins.jpg			Meterorologist	Grew up in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Biochemist; co-founder of American Brewing Academy
	File:John Augur Holabird (1886–1945).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
	File:William Holabird (Chicago architect).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
Dorothy Evans Holmes		1943		Psychoanalytic thinker known for her work on racial and cultural trauma	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
	File:Jenney.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
	File:KassPCOB.jpg	Template:Dts		Writer and chair of The President's Council on Bioethics
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Nuclear engineer and pioneer of the recycling industry
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Civil engineer
	File:Ed Krupp 2017.jpg	Template:Dts		Astronomer, archeoastronomer, director of Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Folk singer, radio personality, brain researcher	Born in Chicago
	File:GWMaher.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Dental educator
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Dental educator
	File:Philip Maxwell (1799–1859).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Early Chicago physician
	File:Hugo Erfurth - Portrait Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1934.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts		African American philosopher and academic administrator
	File:Frederick Brown Moorehead.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Dental educator
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Dental educator
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Israeli-American economist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Inorganic chemist; developed the concept of hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB theory)	Born in Chicago
	File:Dwight Heald Perkins.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	President of Alverno College; longest-serving college president in U.S. history	Born in Chicago
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
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Inventor of the four-color lithographic press
	File:Earl W. Renfroe.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Orthodontist and African-American activist
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
	File:JohnWRoot.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	President of the International Association for Dental Research
		Template:Dts		Physicist; venture capitalist; and European Rowing Championships bronze medalist and Olympic rower (1964).
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Political philosopher
	File:LouisSullivan.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect
	File:Keilana portrait cropped (cropped).png			Physician and Wikipedia editor who was named 2016 co-Wikimedian of the Year	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Dental educator, wrote Theory and Practice of Crown and Bridge Prosthesis
Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck				Education professional	Raised in Chicago
	File:Veblen3a.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Economist and social critic
	File:Robert Wald.jpg	Template:Dts		Gravitational physicist, author of the textbook General Relativity (1984), and recipient of the Einstein Prize (APS)	University of Chicago Professor
	File:Frank Lloyd Wright LC-USZ62-36384.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Architect

Nobel laureates and Fields medalists

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
	File:ADDAMS, JANE 21664v (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Social worker and activist; founder of Hull House; first American woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1931)	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Saul Bellow 1953.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author; Nobel laureate in Literature (1976); Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1976)	Grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago
	File:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.gif	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Astrophysicist; Nobel laureate in physics (1983)	University of Chicago professor; died in Chicago
	File:James-cronin.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Nuclear physicist; Nobel laureate in physics (1964)	University of Chicago professor; born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Pioneering mathematician; Fields medalist (1990)	University of Chicago professor
	File:Enrico Fermi 1943-49.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
	File:Franck,James 1928.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
	File:Portrait of Milton Friedman.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Leader of the Chicago school of economics; Nobel laureate in economics (1976);	University of Chicago professor and graduate
	File:James Heckman.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Born in Chicago; member of the Chicago school of economics; Nobel laureate in economics (2000)	University of Chicago professor
		Template:Dts		Economics professor
	File:Leon M. Lederman (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Experimental physicist; Nobel laureates in physics (1988); director emeritus of Fermilab; founded the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy;	Illinois Institute of Technology professor
	File:YoichiroNambu.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in physics (2008)	University of Chicago professor
	File:Theodore W. Schultz.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Chair of the Chicago school of economics; Nobel laureate in economics (1979)	University of Chicago professor
	File:Herbert simon red cropped.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Political, economic, psychological and computer science polymath; Nobel laureate in economic sciences (1978)	Illinois Institute of Technology professor and University of Chicago graduate
	File:Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference KVA-27.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Applied physicist; co-inventor of the charge-coupled device; Nobel laureates in physics (2009)	University of Chicago graduate
	File:James D Watson.jpg	Template:Dts		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
	File:Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek 2007.jpg	Template:Dts		Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureates in physics (2004)	Enrolled at the University of Chicago at 15 years old
	File:Robert Wilson (28215880301) (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Founder and first director of Fermilab; Nobel laureate in physics (1978)

Authors and writers

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
	File:Franklin P. Adams.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Columnist	Born in Chicago
	File:Nelson Algren NYWTS.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Children's author	Born in Chicago
	File:Chicago publisher John Anderson.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Founder and publisher of Skandinaven
	File:Katherine applegate 2013.jpg	Template:Dts		Author
	File:Brian Augustyn by Gage Skidmore.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Comic book editor and writer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Macroeconomist
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer and translator
	File:Dmitri Borgmann (1964).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer
		Template:Dts		Writer and activist
	File:Ray Bradbury (1975).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author	Born and raised in Chicago suburb, Waukegan
	File:Gwendolyn Brooks.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Poet
	File:Algis Budrys 1985.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author
	File:E-R-Burroughs.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Journalist
		Template:Dts		Journalist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Author of Chicken Soup for The Soul
	File:John Chancellor White House1970.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Journalist
	File:Raymond Chandler (Lady in the Lake portrait, 1943).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Sports writer	Born in Chicago
	File:SandraCisneros.jpg	Template:Dts		Author	Born in Chicago
	File:Diablo Cody at TIFF 2009 cropped 2.jpg	Template:Dts		Screenwriter
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Children's writer	Born in Chicago
	File:Allan Cox.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer	Residing in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Novelist	Born in Chicago
	File:MichaelCrichton 2.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer	Born in Chicago
	File:Philip K Dick in early 1960s (photo by Arthur Knight) 02 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Writer
Elizabeth Dilling	File:Elizabeth Dilling.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer and far-right activist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Newspaper columnist
	File:Finley Peter Dunne 2.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer, humorist (Mr. Dooley)	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Author	Born in Chicago
	File:Roger Ebert crop (retouched).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Film critic	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Dave Eggers by David Shankbone.jpg	Template:Dts		Writer, editor, publisher
	File:James T. Farrell 1950s.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Poet, writer
	File:Edna Ferber.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author, playwright
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer
	File:H B Fuller.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer	Born in Chicago
	File:Mary Josephine Onahan (1897).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer, editor
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Comedy writer	Born in Chicago
	File:MissMajorCropped.png	Oct 25, 1946	October 13, 2025	Author, activist, community organizer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer
	File:Gary Gygax Gen Con 2007.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Playwright	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Journalist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Newspaper publisher and playwright
	File:Ben Hecht.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Screenwriter, playwright, journalist, director, and producer	Lived and worked in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Novelist	Born in Chicago
	File:ErnestHemingway.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Novelist, short story writer, and journalist	Born and raised in Chicago suburb, Oak Park; lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Robert Welch Herrick, 1910.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Novelist
Seymour Hersh	File:Seymour Hersh-IPS.jpg	April 8, 1937		Journalist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Author	Born in Chicago
				Author
	File:John Kass (2014-03-06).png	Template:Dts		Journalist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Fashion blogger and activist	Resides in Chicago
	File:Kirke La Shelle 1.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Newspaper reporter, editor, playwright and producer	Worked in Chicago
(aka Ruth Crowley; aka Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer)	File:Ann Landers 1983.jpg			Columnist
		Template:Dts		Novelist	Born in Chicago
Ring Lardner	File:Ring Lardner LC-DIG-npcc-03879.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Sports columnist, short story writer, playwright, composer, and lyricist	Worked & lived in Chicago
Ring Lardner Jr.		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Journalist and screenwriter	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Newspaper publisher; founder of Lerner Newspapers	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Photographer and author
		Template:Dts		Poet	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Journalist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Newspaper publisher
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author	Born in Chicago
			Template:Dts	Author and radio host; advocate for victims of domestic violence	Born in Chicago
	File:Frank Norris.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author
	File:Picture of F. Norris.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Novelist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Columnist
	File:Pidgeon Pagonis.jpg	Template:Dts		Intersex activist, writer, artist, and consultant	Born in Chicago
	File:SaraParetsky.jpg	Template:Dts		Novelist
	File:EdPaschkeStudio.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Artist	Born and died in Chicago
	File:Eleanor Cissy Patterson cph.3b29571.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Journalist and newspaper editor
	File:Frederik Pohl Eaton 2008-05-17.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author and futurist
	File:Portrait of Margaret Horton Potter.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Novelist	Born and died in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Poet; editor of Poetry Magazine (1955–1969)
	File:Wilhelm Rapp.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Journalist and editor	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Lithograph of Hermann Raster by Dominique Fabronius.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Journalist and politician; editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung (1867–1891)	Lived in Chicago, buried in Graceland Cemetery
	File:Imaginales 2016 - Mike Resnick 2.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author
		Template:Dts		Film critic	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Columnist	Born and died in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Biographer; recipient of the Bancroft Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography	Born in Chicago
Ross Allen Rosenberg		Template:Dts		Psychotherapist and author	Born in Chicago
	File:Carl Sandburg NYWTS.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Poet; recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes	Lived in Chicago
	File:Dan Savage Provided.jpg	Template:Dts		Columnist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Playwright and librettist
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Playwright, screenwriter, novelist
	File:Shirer.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Journalist and historian	Born in Chicago
Dora Shulner		July 24, 1890	May 12, 1964	Yiddish writer	Resided in Chicago
	File:Portrait of Shel Silverstein in c. 1964 by Jerry Yulsman.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Poet, songwriter, and children's writer	Born in Chicago
	File:Gene Siskel at the 61st Academy Awards.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Film critic	Born in Chicago
	File:Dejan Stojanovic, Chicago.jpg	Template:Dts		Poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist
	File:Katowice - pomnik Alfred Szklarski.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author	Born in Chicago
	File:Studs Terkel 2007.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Broadcaster and author	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:James Tiptree Jr.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Author, publisher, producer, researcher, archivist, historian; "one of the foremost authorities on Elvis Presley"	Born in Chicago
	File:1scottturow.jpg	Template:Dts		Author	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author	Born in Chicago
	File:Gene Wolfe.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author

Business and philanthropy

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
	File:AJ adducci.jpg	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
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Entrepreneur
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Financier	Born in Chicago
	File:William McCormick Blair Jr..jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
	File:David Bohnett.jpg	Template:Dts		Philanthropist and technology entrepreneur	Born in Chicago
	File:Dr Butler.jpg			Businessman, dentist and periodontist	Born and practiced in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Executive officer of AlphaGraphics	Born in Chicago
	File:Ramon Casas Deering Portrait.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Businessman, art collector, and philanthropist
	File:WilliamDeering.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Businessman and philanthropist
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	German immigrant, brewer, millionaire, original owner of the historic mansion Francis J. Dewes House
	File:Fannie Emanuel02.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Founded the Emanuel Settlement House
	File:Portrait of Marshall Field.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Entrepreneur
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	19th-century socialite and philanthropist
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Lumber tycoon
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
	File:H. G. Haugan.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Railroad executive
	File:No-nb bldsa 1c061 Helge Alexander Haugan.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Banking executive
	File:Hesing-Anton-YoungMan.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Owner of the Chicago-based Illinois Staats-Zeitung; Cook County Sheriff 1860–1862	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard at 28.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Early Chicago developer
John H. Johnson		Jan 19, 1918	Aug 8, 2005	Founded the Johnson Publishing Company, served on the board of numerous Companies.	Business and life based in Chicago
	File:Ray kroc 1976.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	First CEO of McDonald's
	File:Matthew Laflin (1803–1897).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Gunpowder manufacturer and philanthropist
	File:Mary L. Langworthy (The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, 1925).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	President, Chicago Woman's Club	Lived in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Shipping executive
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Banking executive
			Template:Dts	An organizer of the Chicago Board of Trade
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Philanthropist
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Businessman who co-founded the Cleveland Browns football team	Born and raised in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Advertising and public relations executive who served as CEO of Starcom Mediavest Group in North America	Born and raised in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Chief executive officer of International Harvester; Art collector	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Businessman and art collector	Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago
	File:Cyrus McCormick engraving.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:CyrusMcCormickJr.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	President of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company (1884–1902)	Born in Chicago
	File:Harold Fowler McCormick.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Chairman of the board of International Harvester Company	Trustee of the University of Chicago
	File:Joseph Medill McCormick 1912.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	United States Senator from Illinois; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st district	Born in Chicago
	File:Katharine McCormick on April 22, 1913.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Biologist, suffragist, philanthropist, and heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune	Grew up in Chicago
	File:Leander Hamilton McCormick.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Author, inventor, art collector and sculptor	Born in Chicago
	File:Leander J. McCormick.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Farmer, inventor, manufacturer, and businessman	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Robert R. McCormick cph.3b30054.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper	Born in Chicago
	File:Robert Sanderson McCormick.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	United States ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Imperial Russia, and France	Lived in Chicago
	File:Ruth Hanna McCormick.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large district	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:William Grigsby McCormick.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
	File:William Sanderson McCormick.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company	Lived in Chicago
				President of Leadership for International Finance, LLC
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Businessman and member of the Neiman Marcus family
Agnes Nestor	File:Agnes Nestor (15539).jpg	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
	File:WmSPaley1939.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	CBS executive
	File:Bertha Palmer (Updated).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Socialite and philanthropist
	File:Potter Palmer.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Entrepreneur
	File:George Pullman2.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Entrepreneur and inventor
Thomas Pritzker				Chairman of Hyatt and member of the Pritzker family
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Businessman and philanthropist; CEO of Beatrice Foods Co.	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Frank Rathje.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Depression-era banker, businessman, and philanthropist
	File:William Donald Scherzer 1893.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Inventor of the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge
	File:Clement stone p 00227.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Entrepreneur; founder of what is known today as AON Corporation
	File:Edmunddicktaylor.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Banker, railroad executive and entrepreneur; known as "father of the greenback"
	File:CharlesWacker.PNG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
				Chef	Born and raised in Chicago
	File:Yerkes002.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Entrepreneur

Crime

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Serial Killer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Street gang leader	Leader of Folk Nation; died in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Serial killer	Born in Chicago
	File:Al Capone-around 1935.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Boss of the Chicago Outfit 1925–1931	Chicago Outfit
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Serial killer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	School shooter	Born in Chicago
	File:John Dillinger mug shot.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Bank robber	Died in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Gang leader and convicted terrorist	Grew up in Chicago
	File:John Wayne Gacy.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Serial killer	Born in Chicago
	File:Sam Giancana.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Boss of the Chicago Outfit	Chicago Outfit
	File:Robert Hanssen.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	FBI agent; convicted spy for Russia	Born in Chicago
	File:H.H.Holmes.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Serial killer	Lived and operated in Chicago
	File:Theodore Kaczynski, 1968 (re-scanned, as-is; headshot).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Unabomber, mathematician and domestic terrorist	Born and briefly lived in Chicago
	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00652, Nathan Leopold.png File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00652, Richard Loeb.png	Template:Dts (Leopold) Template:Dts (Loeb)	Template:Dts (Loeb) Template:Dts (Leopold)	Murderers	Born in Chicago
Erich Muenter	File:Erich Münter.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Imperial German spy, political terrorist, and failed assassin of J. P. Morgan Jr.	Lived in Chicago
	File:Baby face nelson.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Mobster	Born in Chicago
(aka Abdullah al-Muhajir)	File:José Padilla (prisoner).jpg	Template:Dts		Alleged terrorist	Lived in Chicago
	File:CE5301C.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Killed Lee Harvey Oswald	Born in Chicago
				Midwife convicted of manslaughter while providing illegal abortions, 1915	Worked in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Spree killer	Born in Chicago
Wanda Stopa	File:Wanda Stopa.png	May 5, 1900	Apr 25, 1924	Murderer	Lived and studied in Chicago; was its youngest and first female assistant U.S. district attorney
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Riverboat captain and squatter	Lived and died in Chicago

Fine arts

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Sculptor
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Sculptor, painter and composer
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Artist	Born and raised in Chicago
	File:Gorey28-crop.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Artist	Born in Chicago
	File:Adelaide Susan Hall (Two Travelers in Europe, 1898).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Art connoisseur, curator, promoter and critic	Lived in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Design educator	Born in Chicago
June Leaf		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Artist	Born and raised in Chicago
Vivian Maier		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Photographer
Edgar Miller		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Designer, artist, sculptor, stained glass maker, wood carver, metal worker	Born in Idaho Falls, moved to Chicago in 1917, died in Chicago
Norman Parish	File:Norman Parish.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Artist and art dealer
Harmonia Rosales	File:Harmonia Rosales 2021.jpg	Template:Dts		Artist	Born in Chicago
Charlotte Rothstein Ross		1912	1991	Lithograph artist	Born and raised in Chicago

Frontier

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
	File:Louis Jolliet.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	French explorer	Lived for one winter in what is now Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Early Chicago settler	Lived in what is now Chicago
	File:Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Andreas 1884.jpg		Template:Dts	Early Chicago settler	Lived in what is now Chicago

Media

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
	File:Gillian Anderson Berlinale 2017.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Stanley Andrews 1953.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Dominic Armato.jpg	Template:Dts		Voice actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Patricia Arquette 2015.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actress
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Head of Paramount Pictures
	File:Bob Balaban 2012 Shankbone.JPG	Template:Dts		Actor, director and producer	Born in Chicago
	File:Adam Baldwin by Gage Skidmore.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor
	File:Leonard Baldy.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Police officer; Chicago's first helicopter traffic reporter
		Template:Dts		Media producer
	File:Ike Barinholtz at PaleyFest 2013.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Ralph Bellamy still.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Belushi.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor, comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:John Belushi HS Yearbook.jpeg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor, comedian	Born, lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Chloe Bennet by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress, singer	Born in Chicago
	File:JackBenny1958Cropped.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor, comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Tom Berenger - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:EdgarBergenandCharlieMcCarthyStageDoorCanteen1.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Ventriloquist	Born in Chicago
	File:Shelley berman 1960s.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Carlos Bernard cropped.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor
	File:Michael Ian Black May 2015.jpg	Template:Dts		Comedian	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Film director	Born in Chicago
	File:Tom Bosley 1960.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Syndicated cartoonist
	File:Lara Flynn Boyle.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress
Harold Bradley Jr.	File:Harold Willard Bradley Jr 2014 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Football player, actor, singer, artist, TV host, and painter	Born in Chicago
	File:Andre Braugher 2011 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Buddy Bregman 1959.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Composer
				Cartoonist for The New Yorker
	File:Colt Cabana.jpg	Template:Dts		Professional wrestler	Lives in Chicago
	File:John Calhoun.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Founding publisher of the Chicago Democrat	Cook County Treasurer (1837–1841); Chicago City Councilman, 1841–1842
				Model
	File:Sarah Wayne Callies Comic-Con 4, 2012.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress
	File:Allan Carr at 1989 Academy Awards.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Producer	Born in Chicago
	File:Evening Primrose Charmian Carr 1966 redone (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Steve Carell November 2014.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor, comedian, producer, writer and director	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Dan Castellaneta cropped.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Lives in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Academy Award-winning make-up artist	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
				Stand-up comedian	Lives in Chicago
	File:Anna Chlumsky, 2013.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Stephen Colbert December 2017.jpg	Template:Dts		Comedian, TV host, actor, and writer	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Lana Condor 2015.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Lived in Chicago
	File:Don Cornelius at Soul Train 40th anniversary.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Creator and former host of Soul Train	Born in Chicago
	File:CindyCrawfordOct09.jpg	Template:Dts		Model and actress	Lived in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actress
	File:Joan Cusack June 2010 cropped.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and comedian
	File:John Cusack Cannes 2014.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor
	File:Clifton Davis.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor, composer and minister	Born in Chicago
	File:May de Sousa LCCN2014694564 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress and singer	Born, raised, and died in Chicago
	File:Walt disney portrait.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Founder of The Walt Disney Company	Born on the second floor of the house at 2156 Tripp Avenue, in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor
Jimmy Dore	File:Jimmy Dore cropped.jpg	July 26, 1965		Stand-up comedian and political commentator	Born in Chicago
	File:Mike Douglas 1966.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Talk show host	Born in Chicago
				Cast member of MTV's Road Rules
	File:Brian Doyle Murray - Christmas Under Wraps 2014 (QpcpZ AHy8M).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor and director	Born in Chicago
	File:MichaelClarkeDuncanJan09.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Kevin Dunn 2014.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Dennis Farina 2011 Shankbone.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor, Chicago police officer	Born and raised in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago
	File:Mimsy Farmer 1975b.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and sculptor	Born in Chicago
	File:Jon Favreau 2016.jpeg	Template:Dts		Actor, writer, and director	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Jeremih 2015.jpg	Template:Dts		Rapper	Born in Chicago
	File:Tina Fey by Gage Skidmore.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress, comedian, and writer	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Karen Finley 2014.jpg	Template:Dts		Performance artist, actress, artist, and recording artist	Born in Chicago
	File:Flatley alone cropped.jpg	Template:Dts		Dancer	Born in Chicago
	File:NeilFlynnHWOFMay2012.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born, lived and worked in Chicago; raised in Chicago suburb, Waukegan
	File:Harrison Ford by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago; raised in Chicago suburb, Des Plaines
	File:Drew Fortier.jpg	Template:Dts		Musician, filmmaker, actor, and author	Born and raised in Chicago
	File:Bob Fosse 1963 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Director, choreographer, and dancer	Born in Chicago
	File:Redd Foxx 1966.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor and comedian	Grew up in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago
	File:Dennis Franz (1994).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor
	File:Kathleen Freeman in Three on a Couch.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress	Born in Chicago
Tavi Gevinson		April 21, 1996		Writer, magazine editor, actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Marla Gibbs.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor
	File:Ira Glass CMU 2006.jpg	Template:Dts		NPR broadcaster	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Arlene Golonka Mayberry RFD 1969.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Gordon, Stuart (2007).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer
		Template:Dts		Television reporter and columnist
		Template:Dts		Actor on Shazam!
	File:Shecky Greene in The Love Machine 1971 (cropped).jpg	Apr 8, 1926	Dec 31, 2023	Comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Alexandra Grey in 2016.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and musician	Born in Chicago
	File:Kathy Griffin 2015 TCA Press Tour (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and comedian
	File:Michael Gross at the 39th Emmy Awards cropped.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Daryl Hannah.jpeg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Wood harris air force1.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Hugh Hefner Glamourcon 2010.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Publisher	Born, lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Marilu Henner 2011.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Reality-TV contestant; winner of Big Brother 15; show's first openly gay winner	Currently lives in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Composer and lyricist (Urinetown)
	File:Terrence Howard TIFF 2011 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Jennifer-hudson-gesf-2018-8400.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress, singer	Born in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Film director and screenwriter	Raised in Chicago suburb, Northbrook; lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Bonniehunt06.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress, comedian, director, producer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Sam J. Jones (30810249013).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
				Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Philip Kaufman 03.jpg	Template:Dts		Film director	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actress, writer, singer	Raised in Chicago
Ruth Kilbourn		1895	1984	Dancer	Resident of Chicago
	File:Dorothy Kilgallen 1952.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Media personality, author, journalist, panelist	Born in Chicago
	File:Karlie Kloss.jpg	Template:Dts		Model	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor and comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Tessa Kosta 01.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress (musicals)	Born in Chicago
	File:Greg Kotis at The Tank, December 2018.jpg			Playwright (Urinetown)
	File:Mike Lebovitz.jpg			Comedian	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Clara Lipman, stage actress. Baker.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Stage actress and playwright	Born in Chicago
				Television executive, acting director of Voice of America
	File:RonLivingstonMay10.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor
	File:Nanny and the Professor Richard Long 1970.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
				Stand-up comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Lar Lubovitch - 1971.jpg	Template:Dts		Choreographer	Born in Chicago
	File:BernieMacSoulMenMarch08.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor and comedian	Born and died in Chicago
	File:Justina Machado at Queen of the South at ATX.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:WilliamHMacyTIFFSept2012.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and producer	Lived in Chicago
	File:Amy Madigan 1989.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:John Mahoney 1994.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Karl Malden - autographed.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:John Malkovich KVIFF 2.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:David Mamet 2 by David Shankbone.JPG	Template:Dts		Playwright, poet, screenwriter, and director	Born, lived and worked in Chicago
Larry Manetti		Jul 23, 1947		Actor	Born in Chicago
Harry Manfredini		Template:Dts		Composer	Born in Chicago
	File:Michael Mann - French Cinematheque - 4th July 2009.jpg	Template:Dts		Film director, writer, and producer	Born in Chicago
	File:JoeMantegnaMay08.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Ron Masak 1973.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Jenny McCarthy at E3 2006.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and Playboy model	Lived in Chicago
	File:LisaRaye-McCoy Chicago 100612 photoby-Adam-Bielawski.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Frances McDormand 2015 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Lauriemetcalf.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress
	File:Vincent Minelli - 1950s.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Film director	Born in Chicago
	File:Womens Image Network Awards (52).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Born In Chicago
	File:Rick Moranis at the 62nd Academy Awards.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian
	File:CindyMorgan.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Jennifer Morrison SDCC 2014.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and producer	Born in Chicago
	File:John Mulaney at PaleyFest 2014.jpg	Template:Dts		Comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Bill Murray by Gage Skidmore.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Born in Chicago suburb, Evanston; raised in Wilmette; lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Comedian Bob Newhart.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor and comedian
	File:Nichelle Nichols by Gage Skidmore.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress	Lives in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Photographer	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Screenwriter, director and producer	Lived in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Voiceover and word jazz recording artist
	File:Kim Novak, 1962.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Donald O'Connor 1952.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor and dancer	Born in Chicago
	File:Jim O'Heir 2012 (2) (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Born and lived in Chicago
	File:Fat-Kid-Premiere-025.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Keke Palmer.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and singer
	File:MandyPatinkin.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and singer	Born in Chicago
	File:Dave Cummings, Jeannie Pepper at IA2000 2 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Adult film actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Jeff Perry 2 Peabody 2014 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor
	File:WilliamPetersen.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago suburb, Evanston; lived and worked in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Cinematographer	Born in Chicago
	File:JeremyPivenFeb09.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress, voice actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Danny Pudi by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:CM Punk new nexus.jpg	Template:Dts		Professional wrestler, professional mixed martial arts commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist	Born & lives in Chicago
	File:Harold Ramis Oct 2009.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor, director, and comedian	Born, lived and worked in Chicago
	File:BillRancic Web.jpg	Template:Dts		Winner of The Apprentice	Born in Chicago
	File:Robert Reed 1971.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor
	File:JohnCReillyJune09.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Political commentator on WWL-TV (CBS affiliate) in New Orleans, Louisiana	Born in Chicago
	File:Shonda Rhimes 2008.jpg	Template:Dts		Screenwriter, director, and producer; creator and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy	Born in Chicago
	File:Lucille Ricksen starso1924.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:John Ridgely in Destination Tokyo trailer.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Justin Roberts WWE Ring Announcer RAW House Show 6-23-07.jpg	Template:Dts		Professional wrestling ring announcer	Born in Chicago
	File:Craig Robinson 2009.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Michael Rooker SDCC 2013 Guardians.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Moved to Chicago at age 13
	File:Jonathan Rosenbaum, 2013.jpg	Template:Dts		Film critic
	Template:Dts		Puppeteer
	File:Jennifer Runyon at the Chiller Theatre Expo 2017.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Robert Ryan in Marine Raiders.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:National Memorial Day Parade, Grand Marshall, Pat Sajak, Mon 30 May 2011 (11).jpg	Template:Dts		Game show host	Born in Chicago
	File:Tony Sam.jpg			Comedian, actor, television producer	Born in Chicago
	File:Horatio Sanz on Behind The Velvet Rope TV (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Grew up in Chicago
	File:Ben Savage 2015 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:FredSavage1989.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor, director, and producer	Born in Chicago
	File:Stefanie Scott, No Strings Attached Premiere crop.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and singer	Born in Chicago
	File:Amy Sedaris080112.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:David Sedaris-4724.jpg	Template:Dts		Radio broadcaster and author
	File:Garry Shandling at the 39th Emmy Awards cropped.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor and comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Sherri Shepherd.jpg	Template:Dts		Actress and comedian	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor and comedian	Born in Chicago
Kiernan Shipka	File:Kiernan Shipka in 2018 - 1.png	Nov 10, 1999		Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Gary Sinise 2011 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor; co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre Company	Born in Chicago suburb, Blue Island; lived and worked in Chicago
	File:John Stagliano 2009.jpg	Template:Dts		Adult film actor and director	Born in Chicago
	File:Todd Stashwick - NYCC 2015 Con Man Bus.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Kate Steinberg - Chicago Blackhawks Ice Girl.jpg			Internet personality, television personality, and former NHL cheerleader	Born and lived in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Joe Swanberg 2014.jpg	Template:Dts		Film director and actor	Lives and works in Chicago
	File:Gloria Swanson - 1950.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Mr T WWE Hall of Fame 2014 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Actor, evangelist	Born in Chicago
				Filmmaker	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Singer and actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Sarah Truax 06.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Broadway and Hollywood actress	Raised in Chicago
	File:Lozupone-melvinvanpeebles2015.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Director	Born in Chicago
	File:Vince Vaughn in Los Angeles, California (2015) - 1.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Raised in Chicago suburbs, Buffalo Grove and Lake Forest; worked and lives in Chicago
	File:Matt Walsh 2014.jpg	Template:Dts		Comedian, co-founder of Upright Citizens Brigade	Born, lived and worked in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actress and comedian	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Actor and singer	Born in Chicago
	File:RaquelWelchApr2010(2).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actress	Born in Chicago
	File:Orson-Welles-Studio-1938.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor, director, writer, and producer	Lived in Chicago
	File:George Wendt at the 41st Emmy Awards cropped.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born, lived and worked in Chicago
	File:10.14.12SteveWilkosByLuigiNovi.jpg	Template:Dts		Talk show host	Born in Chicago
	File:Robin Williams (6451536411) (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor and comedian	Born in Chicago
	File:Oprah Winfrey (2004).jpg	Template:Dts		Talk show hostess, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist	Lived and worked in Chicago
	File:Robert Young 1957.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Billy Zane2.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Robert Zemeckis "The Walk" at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (21835891403) (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Director, producer, and writer	Born in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago
	File:Florenz-Ziegfeld-1928.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Impresario	Born in Chicago
	File:AdrianZmedOct08 cropped.jpg	Template:Dts		Actor	Born in Chicago
	File:Edward Zwick 2016.jpg	Template:Dts		Director, producer, and writer	Born in Chicago

Military

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
	File:VADM Robert Edward Adamson Jr.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. Navy vice admiral	Born in Chicago
	File:Brigadier General Russell A. Berg.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. Air Force brigadier general	Born in Chicago
	File:General Wesley Clark official photograph, edited.jpg	Template:Dts		NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, four-star general, presidential candidate (2004)	Born in Chicago
	File:Kraus RE.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Marine Corps private first class; posthumously received the Medal of Honor during World War II	Born in Chicago
	File:Portrait of U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Malcolm R. O'Neill.jpg	Template:Dts		Lieutenant general	Born in Chicago
Joseph Polowski		Oct 2, 1916	Oct 17, 1983	U.S. Army soldier during World War II; served as a translator between Soviet and American forces on Elbe Day; peace activist	Lived in Chicago
	File:Fred S. Robillard.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Marine Corps major general; in charge of Marine Motor Transportation during World War II	Born in Chicago
	File:James A. Ryan (U.S. Army brigadier general).png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	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
	File:MG William A. Ryan III (5).jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. Army major	Born in Chicago
	File:Vice Adm. Scott A. Stearney (2).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	United States Navy vice admiral, commander of United States Fifth Fleet	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Marine Corps drill instructor	Born in Chicago

Politics and law

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
	File:JPAltgeld.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	20th Governor of Illinois	Hometown was Chicago
	File:John Ashcroft.jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. Attorney General	Born in Chicago
	File:Henry M. Bates.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Attorney	Born in Chicago
	File:Blagojevich cropped.jpg	Template:Dts		Congressman; governor of Illinois	Born in Chicago
	File:JamesBowler.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Chicago alderman; U.S. Congressman	Born in Chicago
	File:FrederickVanNessBradley.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Politician from the U.S. state of Michigan	Born in Chicago
	File:Lorenz Brentano 1878.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Journalist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:TheodoreBrentano.PNG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Attorney, judge, and the first United States Ambassador to Hungary	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Gov. V.D. Brooks LCCN2014685273 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Served in Wyoming's second state legislature; two terms as Governor of Wyoming, 1905–1911	Lived in Chicago while attending business school
	File:CORINNE STUBBS BROWN.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Marxist social activist	Born in Chicago
	File:Ellsworth Buck.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. Congressman	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin	Born in Chicago
	File:1868LeadingMenBryan (1).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Commissioner of the District of Columbia and two-time Chicago mayoral nominee	Lived in Chicago
	File:Jane Bryne.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Mayor of Chicago	Born in Chicago
	File:Anton Cermak cph.3b27410.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Mayor of Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	State senator in Wisconsin	Lived in Chicago
	File:CigrandBernard.jpeg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Father of Flag Day in the United States	Lived in Chicago
	File:Hillary Clinton crop.jpg	Template:Dts		First lady, US senator from N.Y., United States Secretary of State	Born in Chicago, raised in suburban Park Ridge
(aka "Bathhouse" John Coughlin)	File:Bathhouse John Coughlin (2).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Chicago alderman
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin	Born in Chicago
	File:Richard Daley Sr.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Mayor of Chicago	Born in Chicago
	File:RMDaleyCropped (1).png	Template:Dts		Mayor of Chicago	Born in Chicago
	File:William M. Daley official portrait (1).jpg	Template:Dts		White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Commerce	Born in Chicago
	File:Clarence Darrow.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Attorney and civil libertarian	Lived and died in Chicago
Danny Davis	File:DannyKDavis113th (cropped).jpg	Sep 6, 1941		U.S. representative for Illinois, Cook County commissioner, Chicago city councilman	Lives in Chicago
	File:Senator Paul Douglas 2.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Chicago alderman, U.S. Senator, and University of Chicago economist
	File:Stephen A Douglas - headshot.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, noted for debating Abraham Lincoln	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:EFDunne.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Governor of Illinois
	File:Rahm Emanuel, official photo portrait color.jpg	Template:Dts		Former mayor of Chicago, White House Chief of Staff, US congressman	Lives in Chicago
	File:Scott Fitzgerald Official Portrait (alt crop).jpg			U.S. representative for Wisconsin	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Retired chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court	Born in Chicago
	File:Betty Ford, official White House photo color, 1974 (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. First Lady; wife of Gerald Ford	Born in Chicago
	File:Nick Fuentes screencap from July 2022 virtual debate.png	Template:Dts		Political commentator	Born in Chicago
	File:Senator Ruben Gallego Official Portrait (cropped 2).jpg			U.S. senator for Arizona	Born in Chicago
	File:Chuy Garcia official portrait.jpg	Apr 12, 1956		U.S. representative for Illinois, Cook County commissioner, Illinois state senator, Chicago city councilor	Lives in Chicago
	File:Attorney General Merrick Garland (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Judge of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. attorney general	Born in Chicago
	File:Bernhard Gettelman c.1923.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	State senator for Wisconsin	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	6th Administrator of Veterans Affairs (1961–65)	Born in Chicago
	File:Cindy Golding.jpg	Template:Dts		Iowa state representative	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	State assemblyman for Wisconsin	Born in Chicago
	File:Luis Gutiérrez official photo.jpg	Template:Dts		First Latino to be elected to Congress from the Midwest	Born in Chicago
	File:Abraham Hamadeh 119th congress.jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. representative from Arizona	Born in Chicago
	File:John Marshall Harlan II official.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Supreme Court justice	Born in Chicago
	File:Paul Harris.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Lawyer, founder of Rotary International
	File:Carter Harrison, Sr. - Brady-Handy.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Mayor of Chicago
	File:Carter Henry Harrison cph.3c23214.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Mayor of Chicago	Born in Chicago
	File:Paul B. Henry 99th Congress 1985.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Professor of Political Science and U.S. Congressman	Born in Chicago
	File:Washington Hesing.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Postmaster of Chicago and managing editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Rep. Jonathan Jackson official portrait, 118th Congress.jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. representative for Illinois	Born in Chicago
	File:Janet Jagan.png	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Prime Minister and President of Guyana	Born in Chicago
	File:Byron L. Johnson (Colorado Congressman).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Economist and U.S. Representative from Colorado	Born in Chicago
	File:Sydney Kamlager-Dove 118th-2.jpeg	Template:Dts		U.S. representative for California	Born in Chicago
	File:Његово Краљевско Височанство Принц Наследник Петар Карађорђевић од Србија.jpg	Template:Dts		Hereditary prince of Yugoslavia	Born in Chicago
	File:EdwardJKelly.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	36th Mayor of Chicago	Born in Chicago
	File:Joe Kernan.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	48th governor of Indiana	Born in Chicago
	File:John C. Kluczynski.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. Congressman	Born in Chicago, died in Chicago
	File:Lipsr.jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. Congressman	Born in Chicago
	File:RADM Boris Lushniak acting Surgeon General.jpg			Assistant Surgeon General of the United States	Native of Chicago
	File:Lisa Madigan 2011.jpg	Template:Dts		Attorney General of Illinois	Born in Chicago
	File:Michael Madigan Cropped.png	Template:Dts		67th and 69th Speaker of Illinois House of Representatives	Born in Chicago
	File:Joseph Medill.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Newspaper editor, mayor of Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	31st governor of American Samoa	Born in Chicago
	File:Eliotness.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Federal agent; leader of The Untouchables; born in Chicago	Born in Chicago
	File:President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. senator and 44th President of the United States	Resided in Chicago 1983–2008
	File:Jay Obernolte 117th U.S Congress.jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. representative from California	Born in Chicago
	File:William B Ogden by GPA Healy, 1855.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Entrepreneur and first mayor of Chicago
	File:01-12-2011 Alianza Chile-Massachusetts (6443378375) (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		Governor of Massachusetts	Born in Chicago
	File:John Podesta.jpg	Template:Dts		White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton (1998–2001)	Born in Chicago
	File:RomanPucinski.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. Congressman; Chicago alderman
Mike Quigley	File:Mike Quigley official photo (cropped).jpg	Oct 17, 1958		U.S. representative for Illinois, Cook County commissioner	Lives in Chicago
	File:Delia Ramirez, official portrait 2025.jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. representative for Illinois	Born in Chicago
	File:Commissioner Charles Ramsey of the Philadelphia PD Speaks in Support (6918837386).jpg	Template:Dts		Chicago Police deputy superintendent; current Philadelphia Police Commissioner	Native of Chicago
	File:Antonio R. Riley.jpg	Template:Dts		State assemblyman for Wisconsin, Midwest Regional Administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	North Carolina politician, arts and women's rights advocate; first female state cabinet-level secretary in North Carolina	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	State assemblyman for Wisconsin	Born in Chicago
	File:Senator Jacky Rosen Official Portrait (2022) (cropped).jpg			U.S. senator for Nevada	Born in Chicago
	File:Rumsfeld1.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. Congressman, secretary of Defense
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	State assemblyman for Wisconsin	Born in Chicago
	File:Jan Schakowsky official photo.jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. representative for Illinois	Born in Chicago
	File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg			Perennial candidate for the Green Party in presidential elections and member of the Lexington, Massachusetts town meeting	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. diplomat	Born in Chicago
	File:William Hale Thompson head shot.tif	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Last Republican mayor of Chicago	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Amos G. Throop 1840 (a).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	City treasurer; temperance advocate	Born in Chicago
	File:Jazep Varonka.gif	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	First Chairman of the People's Secretariat (i.e. Prime Minister) of the Belarusian National Republic	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:TimWalbergHeadshot (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts		U.S. representative for Michigan	Born in Chicago
	File:Elihu B. Washburne - Brady-Handy.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Secretary of state, minister to France	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Washington h.jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	First black mayor of Chicago	Born in Chicago
	File:John Wentworth of Chicago.jpeg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	U.S. congressman; mayor of Chicago	Lived and died in Chicago
				Chair of the Republican Party of Arkansas	Grew up in Jeffery Manor
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Political theorist and philosopher	Born in Chicago

Religion

Name	Image	Birth	Death	Known for	Association	Reference
		Template:Dts		122nd Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.	Born in Chicago and attended Loyola University Chicago.
		Template:Dts		Christian television host, author, speaker	Born in Chicago
		Template:Dts		Gospel singer, author, pastor	Born in Chicago
(aka Mother Cabrini)	File:Francesca Cabrini.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	First citizen of the US to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church	Lived and died in Chicago
	File:Horia Photo 3 English (cropped).jpg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Religious scholar and philosopher from Romania	Lived and died in Chicago
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	20th-century evangelist
	File:Reverend Jesse Jackson speaking at the UN crop.jpg	Template:Dts		Minister, civil rights activist, presidential candidate	Studied at Chicago Theological Seminary, engaged in Chicago-based civil right work (e.g. Operation Breadbasket, Rainbow/PUSH)
(born Howard Stanton Levey)		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Writer of The Satanic Bible; founder of The Church of Satan	Born in Chicago
Pope Leo XIV	File:Pope Leo XIV 3 (3x4 cropped).png	Sep 14, 1955		Born Robert Francis Prevost; first Pope from North America and from the United States	Born and raised in Chicago through elementary school; attended Catholic Theological Union for Masters of Divinity
		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Franciscan friar and Roman Catholic bishop	Born in Chicago
	File:Pere Marquette closup.JPG	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Missionary
		Template:Dts		Orthodox Judaism outreach worker in Jerusalem, director of the Jewish Student Information Center	Born in Chicago
	File:Danya Ruttenberg.jpg	Template:Dts		Jewish feminist rabbi and author

See also

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