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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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Mortimer Adler.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Philosopher, educator, and popular author University of Chicago professor; lived in Chicago [1]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Milburn Akers 1958.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts President of Shimer College and Sun-Times editor Born and worked in Chicago [2]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [3]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [4]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mathematician and animal welfare advocate [5]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:1914 Dr Jacob Bolotin.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts First totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine [6]
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 [7]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Brodie (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Orthodontics educator [8]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Portrait of Daniel Burnham.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [9]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Inventor [10]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Philo Carpenter p1888 (cropped1).png Template:Dts Template:Dts First Chicago pharmacist [11]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:National Medal of Humanities Recipient Marva Collins in the Oval Office (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Educator [12]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [13]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Philanthropist [14]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [15]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts First president of the Illinois State Dental Society [16]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Dental anatomist [17]
Rockwell King DuMoulin Template:DTS Template:DTS Architect Professor and department chair at the Rhode Island School of Design [18]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:HelenDunbar1923.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine [19]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [20]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Marjorie Grene, RIT NandE Vol15Num7 1983 Sep29 Complete.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Philosopher [22]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Walterburleygriffin (cropped)2.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [23]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Walter Burley Griffin 1912.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [24]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Portrait of George Ellery Hale.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Astronomer [25]
Michelle Hawkins
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 Meterorologist Grew up in Chicago [26]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Biochemist; co-founder of American Brewing Academy [27]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Augur Holabird (1886–1945).png Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [28]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:William Holabird (Chicago architect).png Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [29]
Dorothy Evans Holmes 1943 Psychoanalytic thinker known for her work on racial and cultural trauma Born in Chicago [30]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [31]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jenney.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [32]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:KassPCOB.jpg Template:Dts Writer and chair of The President's Council on Bioethics [33]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Nuclear engineer and pioneer of the recycling industry [34]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Civil engineer [35]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ed Krupp 2017.jpg Template:Dts Astronomer, archeoastronomer, director of Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles Born in Chicago [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Folk singer, radio personality, brain researcher Born in Chicago [37]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:GWMaher.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [38]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [39]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Dental educator [40]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Dental educator [41]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Philip Maxwell (1799–1859).png Template:Dts Template:Dts Early Chicago physician [42]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Hugo Erfurth - Portrait Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1934.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [43]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts African American philosopher and academic administrator [44]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Frederick Brown Moorehead.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Dental educator Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [45]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Dental educator [46]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Israeli-American economist; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Inorganic chemist; developed the concept of hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB theory) Born in Chicago [47]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dwight Heald Perkins.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [48]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 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]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Inventor of the four-color lithographic press [51]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Earl W. Renfroe.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Orthodontist and African-American activist [52]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [53]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:JohnWRoot.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [54]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts President of the International Association for Dental Research [55]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Physicist; venture capitalist; and European Rowing Championships bronze medalist and Olympic rower (1964). [56]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Political philosopher [57]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:LouisSullivan.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [58]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Keilana portrait cropped (cropped).png Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Physician and Wikipedia editor who was named 2016 co-Wikimedian of the Year Born in Chicago [59]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Dental educator, wrote Theory and Practice of Crown and Bridge Prosthesis Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck Education professional Raised in Chicago [60]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Veblen3a.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Economist and social critic [61]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [62]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Frank Lloyd Wright LC-USZ62-36384.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Architect [63]

Nobel laureates and Fields medalists

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [64]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [65]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.gif Template:Dts Template:Dts Astrophysicist; Nobel laureate in physics (1983) University of Chicago professor; died in Chicago [66]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:James-cronin.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Nuclear physicist; Nobel laureate in physics (1964) University of Chicago professor; born in Chicago [67]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Pioneering mathematician; Fields medalist (1990) University of Chicago professor [68]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [69]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [70]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [71]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [72]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Economics professor
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [73]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:YoichiroNambu.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in physics (2008) University of Chicago professor [74]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [75]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [76]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [77]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [78]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Robert Wilson (28215880301) (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Founder and first director of Fermilab; Nobel laureate in physics (1978) Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Authors and writers

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Franklin P. Adams.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Columnist Born in Chicago [79]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Nelson Algren NYWTS.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Author [80]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Children's author Born in Chicago [81]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Chicago publisher John Anderson.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Founder and publisher of Skandinaven [82]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Katherine applegate 2013.jpg Template:Dts Author Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Brian Augustyn by Gage Skidmore.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Comic book editor and writer Born in Chicago [83]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Macroeconomist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer and translator [84]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dmitri Borgmann (1964).png Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer [85]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Writer and activist [86]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ray Bradbury (1975).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Author Born and raised in Chicago suburb, Waukegan [87]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Gwendolyn Brooks.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Poet [88]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Algis Budrys 1985.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Author [89]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:E-R-Burroughs.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Author Born in Chicago [90]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Journalist [91]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Author of Chicken Soup for The Soul
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Chancellor White House1970.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Journalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Raymond Chandler (Lady in the Lake portrait, 1943).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Sports writer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:SandraCisneros.jpg Template:Dts Author Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Diablo Cody at TIFF 2009 cropped 2.jpg Template:Dts Screenwriter
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Children's writer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Allan Cox.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer Residing in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Novelist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:MichaelCrichton 2.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Philip K Dick in early 1960s (photo by Arthur Knight) 02 (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer Born in Chicago
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Elizabeth Dilling File:Elizabeth Dilling.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer and far-right activist Born in Chicago [92]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Finley Peter Dunne 2.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer, humorist (Mr. Dooley) Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Roger Ebert crop (retouched).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Film critic Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dave Eggers by David Shankbone.jpg Template:Dts Writer, editor, publisher
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:James T. Farrell 1950s.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Poet, writer
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Edna Ferber.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Author, playwright
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:H B Fuller.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Mary Josephine Onahan (1897).png Template:Dts Template:Dts Writer, editor
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Comedy writer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:MissMajorCropped.png Oct 25, 1946 October 13, 2025 Author, activist, community organizer Born in Chicago [93][94]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Gary Gygax Gen Con 2007.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Author Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Playwright Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Journalist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Newspaper publisher and playwright
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ben Hecht.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Screenwriter, playwright, journalist, director, and producer Lived and worked in Chicago [95]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Novelist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Kass (2014-03-06).png Template:Dts Journalist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Fashion blogger and activist Resides in Chicago [97]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Kirke La Shelle 1.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Newspaper reporter, editor, playwright and producer Worked in Chicago
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(aka Ruth Crowley; aka Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer)

File:Ann Landers 1983.jpg Columnist
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [98]
Ring Lardner Jr. Template:Dts Template:Dts Journalist and screenwriter Born in Chicago [99]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Newspaper publisher; founder of Lerner Newspapers Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Photographer and author [100]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Poet Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Author and radio host; advocate for victims of domestic violence Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Frank Norris.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Author
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Pidgeon Pagonis.jpg Template:Dts Intersex activist, writer, artist, and consultant Born in Chicago [101]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:SaraParetsky.jpg Template:Dts Novelist
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:EdPaschkeStudio.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Artist Born and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Eleanor Cissy Patterson cph.3b29571.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Journalist and newspaper editor
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Frederik Pohl Eaton 2008-05-17.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Author and futurist
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Portrait of Margaret Horton Potter.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Novelist Born and died in Chicago [102]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Poet; editor of Poetry Magazine (1955–1969)
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Wilhelm Rapp.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Journalist and editor Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [103][104]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Film critic Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Columnist Born and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [105]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Carl Sandburg NYWTS.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Poet; recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes Lived in Chicago [106]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dan Savage Provided.jpg Template:Dts Columnist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Playwright and librettist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Playwright, screenwriter, novelist
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Gene Siskel at the 61st Academy Awards.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Film critic Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dejan Stojanovic, Chicago.jpg Template:Dts Poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Katowice - pomnik Alfred Szklarski.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Author Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Studs Terkel 2007.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Broadcaster and author Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:James Tiptree Jr.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Author Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Author, publisher, producer, researcher, archivist, historian; "one of the foremost authorities on Elvis Presley"[107] Born in Chicago
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Business and philanthropy

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Entrepreneur
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Financier Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:David Bohnett.jpg Template:Dts Philanthropist and technology entrepreneur Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dr Butler.jpg Businessman, dentist and periodontist Born and practiced in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Executive officer of AlphaGraphics Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ramon Casas Deering Portrait.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Businessman, art collector, and philanthropist
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:WilliamDeering.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Businessman and philanthropist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts German immigrant, brewer, millionaire, original owner of the historic mansion Francis J. Dewes House
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Fannie Emanuel02.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Founded the Emanuel Settlement House
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Portrait of Marshall Field.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Entrepreneur
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 19th-century socialite and philanthropist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Lumber tycoon
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:H. G. Haugan.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Railroad executive
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:No-nb bldsa 1c061 Helge Alexander Haugan.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Banking executive
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ray kroc 1976.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts First CEO of McDonald's
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Matthew Laflin (1803–1897).png Template:Dts Template:Dts Gunpowder manufacturer and philanthropist
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Mary L. Langworthy (The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women, 1925).png Template:Dts Template:Dts President, Chicago Woman's Club Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Shipping executive
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Banking executive
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts An organizer of the Chicago Board of Trade
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Businessman who co-founded the Cleveland Browns football team Born and raised in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Advertising and public relations executive who served as CEO of Starcom Mediavest Group in North America Born and raised in Chicago [108]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Chief executive officer of International Harvester; Art collector Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Businessman and art collector Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Cyrus McCormick engraving.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:CyrusMcCormickJr.png Template:Dts Template:Dts President of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company (1884–1902) Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Harold Fowler McCormick.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Chairman of the board of International Harvester Company Trustee of the University of Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Leander Hamilton McCormick.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Author, inventor, art collector and sculptor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Leander J. McCormick.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Farmer, inventor, manufacturer, and businessman Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Robert R. McCormick cph.3b30054.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Robert Sanderson McCormick.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts United States ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Imperial Russia, and France Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:William Sanderson McCormick.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". President of Leadership for International Finance, LLC
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [109]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Bertha Palmer (Updated).png Template:Dts Template:Dts Socialite and philanthropist
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:George Pullman2.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Entrepreneur and inventor
Thomas Pritzker Chairman of Hyatt and member of the Pritzker family
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Businessman and philanthropist; CEO of Beatrice Foods Co. Lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Frank Rathje.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Depression-era banker, businessman, and philanthropist
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:William Donald Scherzer 1893.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Inventor of the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Clement stone p 00227.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Entrepreneur; founder of what is known today as AON Corporation
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Edmunddicktaylor.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Banker, railroad executive and entrepreneur; known as "father of the greenback"
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". Chef Born and raised in Chicago [110][111][112]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Yerkes002.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Entrepreneur

Crime

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Serial Killer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Street gang leader Leader of Folk Nation; died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Serial killer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Al Capone-around 1935.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Boss of the Chicago Outfit 1925–1931 Chicago Outfit
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Serial killer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts School shooter Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Dillinger mug shot.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Bank robber Died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Gang leader and convicted terrorist Grew up in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Wayne Gacy.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Serial killer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Sam Giancana.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Boss of the Chicago Outfit Chicago Outfit
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Robert Hanssen.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts FBI agent; convicted spy for Russia Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:H.H.Holmes.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Serial killer Lived and operated in Chicago [113]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [114]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Baby face nelson.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Mobster Born in Chicago
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(aka Abdullah al-Muhajir)

File:José Padilla (prisoner).jpg Template:Dts Alleged terrorist Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:CE5301C.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Killed Lee Harvey Oswald Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Midwife convicted of manslaughter while providing illegal abortions, 1915 Worked in Chicago [115]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Riverboat captain and squatter Lived and died in Chicago

Fine arts

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Sculptor
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Sculptor, painter and composer
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Artist Born and raised in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Gorey28-crop.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Artist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Adelaide Susan Hall (Two Travelers in Europe, 1898).png Template:Dts Template:Dts Art connoisseur, curator, promoter and critic Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Design educator Born in Chicago
June Leaf Template:Dts Template:Dts Artist Born and raised in Chicago [116]
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 [117]
Charlotte Rothstein Ross 1912 1991 Lithograph artist Born and raised in Chicago [118]

Frontier

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Louis Jolliet.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts French explorer Lived for one winter in what is now Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Early Chicago settler Lived in what is now Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Gillian Anderson Berlinale 2017.jpg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Stanley Andrews 1953.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Patricia Arquette 2015.jpg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actress
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Head of Paramount Pictures
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Bob Balaban 2012 Shankbone.JPG Template:Dts Actor, director and producer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Adam Baldwin by Gage Skidmore.jpg Template:Dts Actor
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Leonard Baldy.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Police officer; Chicago's first helicopter traffic reporter
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Media producer
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ike Barinholtz at PaleyFest 2013.jpg Template:Dts Actor and comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ralph Bellamy still.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Belushi.jpg Template:Dts Actor, comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Belushi HS Yearbook.jpeg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor, comedian Born, lived and worked in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Film director Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Tom Bosley 1960.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Syndicated cartoonist
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Andre Braugher 2011 (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago [119]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Buddy Bregman 1959.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Composer
Script error: No such module "Sort". Cartoonist for The New Yorker
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Colt Cabana.jpg Template:Dts Professional wrestler Lives in Chicago [120]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Calhoun.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Founding publisher of the Chicago Democrat Cook County Treasurer (1837–1841); Chicago City Councilman, 1841–1842
Script error: No such module "Sort". Model
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Allan Carr at 1989 Academy Awards.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Producer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Evening Primrose Charmian Carr 1966 redone (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Steve Carell November 2014.jpg Template:Dts Actor, comedian, producer, writer and director Lived and worked in Chicago Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Academy Award-winning make-up artist Born in Chicago [121]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Stand-up comedian Lives in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Anna Chlumsky, 2013.jpg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Stephen Colbert December 2017.jpg Template:Dts Comedian, TV host, actor, and writer Lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Lana Condor 2015.jpg Template:Dts Actress Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Don Cornelius at Soul Train 40th anniversary.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Creator and former host of Soul Train Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:CindyCrawfordOct09.jpg Template:Dts Model and actress Lived in Chicago Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Clifton Davis.jpg Template:Dts Actor, composer and minister Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:May de Sousa LCCN2014694564 (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actress and singer Born, raised, and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [122]
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Jimmy Dore File:Jimmy Dore cropped.jpg July 26, 1965 Stand-up comedian and political commentator Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Mike Douglas 1966.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Talk show host Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Cast member of MTV's Road Rules
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Brian Doyle Murray - Christmas Under Wraps 2014 (QpcpZ AHy8M).jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actor and director Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Kevin Dunn 2014.jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dennis Farina 2011 Shankbone.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor, Chicago police officer Born and raised in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago [123]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Mimsy Farmer 1975b.jpg Template:Dts Actress and sculptor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jon Favreau 2016.jpeg Template:Dts Actor, writer, and director Lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jeremih 2015.jpg Template:Dts Rapper Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Tina Fey by Gage Skidmore.jpg Template:Dts Actress, comedian, and writer Lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Karen Finley 2014.jpg Template:Dts Performance artist, actress, artist, and recording artist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flatley alone cropped.jpg Template:Dts Dancer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:NeilFlynnHWOFMay2012.jpg Template:Dts Actor Born, lived and worked in Chicago; raised in Chicago suburb, Waukegan
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Harrison Ford by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago; raised in Chicago suburb, Des Plaines [124]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Drew Fortier.jpg Template:Dts Musician, filmmaker, actor, and author Born and raised in Chicago [125]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Bob Fosse 1963 (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Director, choreographer, and dancer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Redd Foxx 1966.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor and comedian Grew up in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dennis Franz (1994).jpg Template:Dts Actor
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Marla Gibbs.jpg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actor
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ira Glass CMU 2006.jpg Template:Dts NPR broadcaster Lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Arlene Golonka Mayberry RFD 1969.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Gordon, Stuart (2007).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Television reporter and columnist Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actor on Shazam!
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Shecky Greene in The Love Machine 1971 (cropped).jpg Apr 8, 1926 Dec 31, 2023 Comedian Born in Chicago [126]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Alexandra Grey in 2016.jpg Template:Dts Actress and musician Born in Chicago Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Kathy Griffin 2015 TCA Press Tour (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Actress and comedian Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Michael Gross at the 39th Emmy Awards cropped.jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Daryl Hannah.jpeg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Wood harris air force1.jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Hugh Hefner Glamourcon 2010.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Publisher Born, lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Marilu Henner 2011.jpg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Reality-TV contestant; winner of Big Brother 15; show's first openly gay winner Currently lives in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Composer and lyricist (Urinetown) Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Terrence Howard TIFF 2011 (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jennifer-hudson-gesf-2018-8400.jpg Template:Dts Actress, singer Born in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Film director and screenwriter Raised in Chicago suburb, Northbrook; lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Bonniehunt06.jpg Template:Dts Actress, comedian, director, producer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Philip Kaufman 03.jpg Template:Dts Film director Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actress, writer, singer Raised in Chicago
Ruth Kilbourn 1895 1984 Dancer Resident of Chicago [127]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Dorothy Kilgallen 1952.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Media personality, author, journalist, panelist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Karlie Kloss.jpg Template:Dts Model Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor and comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Tessa Kosta 01.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actress (musicals) Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Greg Kotis at The Tank, December 2018.jpg Playwright (Urinetown)
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Mike Lebovitz.jpg Comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Clara Lipman, stage actress. Baker.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Stage actress and playwright Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Television executive, acting director of Voice of America
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:RonLivingstonMay10.jpg Template:Dts Actor
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Nanny and the Professor Richard Long 1970.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago [128]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Stand-up comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Lar Lubovitch - 1971.jpg Template:Dts Choreographer Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Justina Machado at Queen of the South at ATX.jpg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:WilliamHMacyTIFFSept2012.jpg Template:Dts Actor and producer Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Amy Madigan 1989.jpg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Mahoney 1994.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Lived and worked in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Malkovich KVIFF 2.jpg Template:Dts Actor Lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ron Masak 1973.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Vincent Minelli - 1950s.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Film director Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Womens Image Network Awards (52).jpg Template:Dts Actor and comedian Born In Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Rick Moranis at the 62nd Academy Awards.jpg Template:Dts Actor and comedian
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jennifer Morrison SDCC 2014.jpg Template:Dts Actress and producer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Mulaney at PaleyFest 2014.jpg Template:Dts Comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Comedian Bob Newhart.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor and comedian
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Nichelle Nichols by Gage Skidmore.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actress Lives in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Photographer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Screenwriter, director and producer Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Voiceover and word jazz recording artist
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Kim Novak, 1962.jpg Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Donald O'Connor 1952.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor and dancer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jim O'Heir 2012 (2) (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Actor and comedian Born and lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Fat-Kid-Premiere-025.jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Keke Palmer.jpg Template:Dts Actress and singer Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:MandyPatinkin.jpg Template:Dts Actor and singer Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jeff Perry 2 Peabody 2014 (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Actor
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:WilliamPetersen.jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago suburb, Evanston; lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Cinematographer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:JeremyPivenFeb09.jpg Template:Dts Actor Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Actress, voice actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Danny Pudi by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Template:Dts Actor and comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [129]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Harold Ramis Oct 2009.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor, director, and comedian Born, lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:BillRancic Web.jpg Template:Dts Winner of The Apprentice Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Robert Reed 1971.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Political commentator on WWL-TV (CBS affiliate) in New Orleans, Louisiana Born in Chicago [130]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Craig Robinson 2009.jpg Template:Dts Actor and comedian Born in Chicago
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Kiernan Shipka File:Kiernan Shipka in 2018 - 1.png Nov 10, 1999 Actress Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Kate Steinberg - Chicago Blackhawks Ice Girl.jpg Internet personality, television personality, and former NHL cheerleader Born and lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Joe Swanberg 2014.jpg Template:Dts Film director and actor Lives and works in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Matt Walsh 2014.jpg Template:Dts Comedian, co-founder of Upright Citizens Brigade Born, lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actress and comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Actor and singer Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:RaquelWelchApr2010(2).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actress Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Orson-Welles-Studio-1938.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor, director, writer, and producer Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:George Wendt at the 41st Emmy Awards cropped.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born, lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:10.14.12SteveWilkosByLuigiNovi.jpg Template:Dts Talk show host Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Robin Williams (6451536411) (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor and comedian Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Oprah Winfrey (2004).jpg Template:Dts Talk show hostess, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Lived and worked in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Robert Young 1957.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Billy Zane2.jpg Template:Dts Actor Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Edward Zwick 2016.jpg Template:Dts Director, producer, and writer Born in Chicago

Military

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:VADM Robert Edward Adamson Jr.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts U.S. Navy vice admiral Born in Chicago [136]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Brigadier General Russell A. Berg.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts U.S. Air Force brigadier general Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:General Wesley Clark official photograph, edited.jpg Template:Dts NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, four-star general, presidential candidate (2004) Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Portrait of U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Malcolm R. O'Neill.jpg Template:Dts Lieutenant general Born in Chicago Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [137]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [138]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [141]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Marine Corps drill instructor Born in Chicago

Music

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Politics and law

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:JPAltgeld.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts 20th Governor of Illinois Hometown was Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Ashcroft.jpg Template:Dts U.S. Attorney General Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Henry M. Bates.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Attorney Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Blagojevich cropped.jpg Template:Dts Congressman; governor of Illinois Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:JamesBowler.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Chicago alderman; U.S. Congressman Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:FrederickVanNessBradley.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Politician from the U.S. state of Michigan Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Lorenz Brentano 1878.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Journalist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:TheodoreBrentano.PNG Template:Dts Template:Dts Attorney, judge, and the first United States Ambassador to Hungary Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [142]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:CORINNE STUBBS BROWN.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Marxist social activist Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Ellsworth Buck.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts U.S. Congressman Born in Chicago [143]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:1868LeadingMenBryan (1).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Commissioner of the District of Columbia and two-time Chicago mayoral nominee Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jane Bryne.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Mayor of Chicago Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Anton Cermak cph.3b27410.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Mayor of Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts State senator in Wisconsin Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:CigrandBernard.jpeg Template:Dts Template:Dts Father of Flag Day in the United States Lived in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
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(aka "Bathhouse" John Coughlin)

File:Bathhouse John Coughlin (2).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Chicago alderman
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Richard Daley Sr.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Mayor of Chicago Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:RMDaleyCropped (1).png Template:Dts Mayor of Chicago Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:William M. Daley official portrait (1).jpg Template:Dts White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Commerce Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [144]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Senator Paul Douglas 2.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Chicago alderman, U.S. Senator, and University of Chicago economist
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:EFDunne.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Governor of Illinois
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Rahm Emanuel, official photo portrait color.jpg Template:Dts Former mayor of Chicago, White House Chief of Staff, US congressman Lives in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Scott Fitzgerald Official Portrait (alt crop).jpg Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". U.S. representative for Wisconsin Born in Chicago [145]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Retired chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Born in Chicago [146]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Nick Fuentes screencap from July 2022 virtual debate.png Template:Dts Political commentator Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Senator Ruben Gallego Official Portrait (cropped 2).jpg Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". U.S. senator for Arizona Born in Chicago [147]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [148]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [149]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Bernhard Gettelman c.1923.png Template:Dts Template:Dts State senator for Wisconsin Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 6th Administrator of Veterans Affairs (1961–65) Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Cindy Golding.jpg Template:Dts Iowa state representative Born in Chicago [150]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts State assemblyman for Wisconsin Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Luis Gutiérrez official photo.jpg Template:Dts First Latino to be elected to Congress from the Midwest Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Abraham Hamadeh 119th congress.jpg Template:Dts U.S. representative from Arizona Born in Chicago [151]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Marshall Harlan II official.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Supreme Court justice Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Paul B. Henry 99th Congress 1985.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Professor of Political Science and U.S. Congressman Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Janet Jagan.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Prime Minister and President of Guyana Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Sydney Kamlager-Dove 118th-2.jpeg Template:Dts U.S. representative for California Born in Chicago [153]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Његово Краљевско Височанство Принц Наследник Петар Карађорђевић од Србија.jpg Template:Dts Hereditary prince of Yugoslavia Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:EdwardJKelly.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts 36th Mayor of Chicago Born in Chicago
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Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Michael Madigan Cropped.png Template:Dts 67th and 69th Speaker of Illinois House of Representatives Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Joseph Medill.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Newspaper editor, mayor of Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 31st governor of American Samoa Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Eliotness.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Federal agent; leader of The Untouchables; born in Chicago Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jay Obernolte 117th U.S Congress.jpg Template:Dts U.S. representative from California Born in Chicago [154]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:William B Ogden by GPA Healy, 1855.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Entrepreneur and first mayor of Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:01-12-2011 Alianza Chile-Massachusetts (6443378375) (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Governor of Massachusetts Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Podesta.jpg Template:Dts White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton (1998–2001) Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [155]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Delia Ramirez, official portrait 2025.jpg Template:Dts U.S. representative for Illinois Born in Chicago [156]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts State assemblyman for Wisconsin Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Senator Jacky Rosen Official Portrait (2022) (cropped).jpg Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". U.S. senator for Nevada Born in Chicago [157]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Rumsfeld1.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts U.S. Congressman, secretary of Defense
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts State assemblyman for Wisconsin Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jan Schakowsky official photo.jpg Template:Dts U.S. representative for Illinois Born in Chicago [158]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Perennial candidate for the Green Party in presidential elections and member of the Lexington, Massachusetts town meeting Born in Chicago [159]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts U.S. diplomat Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:William Hale Thompson head shot.tif Template:Dts Template:Dts Last Republican mayor of Chicago Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Amos G. Throop 1840 (a).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts City treasurer; temperance advocate Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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 [160]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:TimWalbergHeadshot (cropped).jpg Template:Dts U.S. representative for Michigan Born in Chicago [161]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Elihu B. Washburne - Brady-Handy.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Secretary of state, minister to France Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Washington h.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts First black mayor of Chicago Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:John Wentworth of Chicago.jpeg Template:Dts Template:Dts U.S. congressman; mayor of Chicago Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Chair of the Republican Party of Arkansas Grew up in Jeffery Manor [162]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Political theorist and philosopher Born in Chicago

Religion

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts 122nd Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. Born in Chicago and attended Loyola University Chicago.
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Christian television host, author, speaker Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Gospel singer, author, pastor Born in Chicago
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(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
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Horia Photo 3 English (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Religious scholar and philosopher from Romania Lived and died in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 20th-century evangelist
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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) [163]
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(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 [164]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts Franciscan friar and Roman Catholic bishop Born in Chicago
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Pere Marquette closup.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Missionary
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Orthodox Judaism outreach worker in Jerusalem, director of the Jewish Student Information Center Born in Chicago [165]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Danya Ruttenberg.jpg Template:Dts Jewish feminist rabbi and author [166]

Athletics

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See also

References

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