List of people from Chicago
The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Chicago, Illinois or from the surrounding suburbs.
Politicians and government
- John Ashcroft, Attorney General.
- Rod Blagojevich, former congressman, governor of Illinois.
- James Bowler, alderman, congressman.
- Harris Burgoyne, mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
- Jane Byrne, mayor of Chicago.
- Anton Cermak, Chicago
- Enoch Chase, Wisconsin State Senator.
- Wesley Clark, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, four-star general, presidential candidate (2004).
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady, senator from N.Y., Secretary of State
- "Bathhouse" John Coughlin, alderman.
- Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago.
- Richard M. Daley, mayor of Chicago.
- Paul Douglas, alderman, senator, University of Chicago economist.
- Stephen A. Douglas, senator, presidential candidate, noted for debating Abraham Lincoln.
- Edward F. Dunne, governor of Illinois.
- Bernhard Gettelman, Wisconsin State Senator.
- Luis V. Gutiérrez, first Latino to be elected to Congress from the Midwest.
- John M. Harlan, Supreme Court justice.
- Carter Harrison, Jr., mayor of Chicago.
- Carter Harrison, Sr., mayor of Chicago.
- Jesse Jackson, minister, civil rights activist, presidential candidate.
- Janet Jagan, Prime Minister and President of Guyana.
- Peter Karađorđević, hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia.
- Joe Kernan, 48th governor of Indiana.
- Boris Lushniak, Assistant Surgeon General of the United States.
- Lisa Madigan, current Attorney General of Illinois.
- Michael Madigan, current Speaker of Illinois House of Representatives.
- Joseph Medill, newspaper editor, mayor of Chicago.
- John Gould Moyer, 31st governor of American Samoa.
- Barack Obama, former United States Senator and 44th President of the United States.
- William Butler Ogden, entrepreneur and first mayor of Chicago.
- Deval Patrick, governor of the Massachusetts.
- John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton (1998–2001).
- Roman Pucinski, congressman, alderman.
- Charles H. Ramsey, former Chicago Police deputy superintendent, now Philadelphia Police Commissioner.
- Louis C. Romell, Wisconsin State Assemblyman.
- Donald Rumsfeld, congressman, secretary of Defense.
- Robert C. Strong, U.S. diplomat.
- William Hale Thompson, last Republican mayor of Chicago.
- Amos G. Throop, city treasurer, temperance advocate.
- Elihu B. Washburne, secretary of state, minister to France.
- Harold Washington, first and only black mayor of Chicago.
- John Wentworth, congressman, mayor of Chicago.
Historical Figures
- Louis Joliet, French explorer
- Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, early Chicago settler
- John Kinzie, early Chicago settler
- Edmund Dick Taylor, "Father of the Greenback", Banker, Senator, Railroad Executive, and entrepreneur.
- Marshall Field, entrepreneur
- Philo Carpenter, first Chicago pharmacist
- Potter Palmer, entrepreneur
- Bertha Palmer, socialite, philanthropist
- George Pullman, entrepreneur, inventor
- Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, early Chicago developer
- Leonard Baldy Police officer, Chicago's first helicopter traffic reporter.
- Bob Bernard, entrepreneur
- W. Clement Stone, entrepreneur. Founder of what is known today as AON Corporation
- John Chancellor, journalist
- Bernard J. Cigrand, father of Flag Day in the United States
- Betty Ford, former First Lady
- Ada Sawyer Garrett, 19th Century socialite
- Mordecai Ham, 20th Century evangelist
- Helge Alexander Haugan, banking executive
- H. G. Haugan, railroad executive
- Max Henius, co-founder of American Brewing Academy[1]
- John Anderson (Publisher), founder and publisher Skandinaven
- Matthew Laflin, early Chicago gunpowder manufacturer and philanthropist
- Charles Magnus Lindgren, Shipping Executive
- John R. Lindgren, Banking Executive
- Horatio G. Loomis, one of the organizers of the Chicago Board of Trade
- Philip Maxwell, early Chicago physician
- Jacques Marquette, missionary
- Eliot Ness, federal agent (Roseland)
- William S. Paley, CBS executive
- Captain George Streeter, riverboat captain and squatter
- Charles Yerkes, entrepreneur
Athletes, coaches, and related figures
- Flozell Adams, NFL player.
- Norm Amundsen, NFL guard.
- Marcelo Balboa, soccer defender, captain of the U.S. national team.
- Ernie Banks, MLB Hall of Famer, known as "Mr. Cub".
- Steve Bartman, infamous Cubs fan.
- Ed Bell, NFL guard and tackle.
- Lou Boudreau, MLB Hall of Famer.
- Doe Boyland, MLB player.
- Jack Brickhouse, TV and radio broadcaster.
- D'Lo Brown, professional wrestler.
- Shannon Brown, NBA guard for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Quinn Buckner, NCAA, NBA and Olympic basketball player.
- Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker for the Bears.
- Will Bynum, NBA player.
- Colt Cabana, professional wrestler.
- Bill Callahan, college and NFL coach.
- Larry Canada, NFL running back.
- Rene Capo, Olympic judo gold medalist.
- Harry Caray, TV and radio broadcaster.
- Joe Carey, NFL guard and tackle.
- Cesar Carrillo, MLB player.
- Jesús Chávez, world boxing champion.
- Chris Chelios, NHL player.
- Jerry Colangelo, owner of the Phoenix Suns and Diamondbacks.
- Steve Collier, NFL offensive tackle.
- Charles Comiskey, MLB player and team owner, namesake of Comiskey Park.
- Bart Conner, Olympic gymnastic gold medalist (1984).
- Jimmy Connors, professional tennis player.
- Larry Coutre, NFL halfback.
- Eddy Curry, NBA player.
- Shani Davis, Olympic speedskater.
- Andre Dawson, MLB Hall of famer.
- Mike Ditka, coach and player for the Bears, TV analyst.
- Bobby Dotter, NASCAR driver turned owner.
- Gene Dyker, NBA player.
- Dick Evans, NFL player.
- Fred Evans, defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins.
- Tom Finnin, NFL defensive tackle.
- Michael Finley, NBA player.
- Tim Foley, Pro Bowl defensive back for the Miami Dolphins.
- Ray Frankowski, NFL guard.
- Kevin Garnett, NBA player.
- Curtis Granderson, center fielder for the Yankees.
- Red Grange, halfback for the Bears.
- Laura Granville, professional tennis player.
- Ozzie Guillén, manager of White Sox.
- George Halas, coach of the Bears.
- Robert Halperin, Olympic and Pan American Games yachting medalist, college and professional football player, one of Chicago's most-decorated World War II heroes, and Chairman of Commercial Light Co.
- Dorothy Hamill, figure skater.
- Tim Hardaway, NBA player.
- Napoleon Harris NFL linebacker.
- James "Chico" Hernandez, professional Sombo wrestler.
- Hal Higdon, distance runner, running writer.
- Bobby Hull, NHL Hall of Famer.
- Pierre Thomas, NFL running back.
- Andrea Jaeger, professional tennis player.
- Mike Joy, NASCAR announcer on FOX.
- Maria Kanellis, former WWE Diva.
- Johnny Kerr, NBA Hall of Famer.
- Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski, college basketball coach.
- Larry Lauer, NFL center.
- Marv Levy, coach of Buffalo Bills.
- Herman Long, baseball player and manager.
- Al Lopez, NBA Hall of Famer.
- Corey Maggette, NBA player.
- Shawn Marion, NBA player.
- Alex McCarthy, MLB player.
- John McGarry, NFL guard.
- Jim McMahon, quarterback for the 1985 Super Bowl champion Bears.
- Donovan McNabb, NFL quarterback.
- Rashard Mendenhall, NFL halfback.
- John Meyer, NFL coach.
- Ray Meyer, men's basketball coach at DePaul.
- Mrs. Lee Mida, the winner of the 1930 Women's Western Open
- George Mikan, NBA Hall of Famer.
- Stan Mikita, NHL Hall of Famer.
- Mark Mulder, MLB American League All-Star left handed pitcher, 2003 and 2004.
- Ray Nitschke, NFL Hall of Famer.
- Candace Parker, WNBA All-Star for Los Angeles Sparks.
- Walter Payton, running back for the 1985 Super Bowl champion Bears.
- David Petway, NFL defensive back.
- Jack Phelan, NBA player.
- Cappie Pondexter, WNBA All-Star for the Phoenix Mercury.
- Jim Psaltis, NFL defensive back.
- Kirby Puckett, MLB Hall of famer.
- CM Punk, professional wrestler.
- Quentin Richardson, NBA player.
- Doc Rivers, NBA coach and player.
- Justin Roberts, ring announcer for the WWE.
- Knute Rockne, football coach at Notre Dame.
- Derrick Rose, player for the Chicago Bulls 2011 NBA MVP.
- Russ Rose, Hall of Fame women's volleyball coach at Penn State.
- Ryne Sandberg, second basemen for the Cubs.
- Ron Santo, third baseman for the Cubs, WGN broadcaster.
- Gale Sayers, NFL Hall of Famer.
- George Schmidt, NFL defensive end.
- Stuart Scott, ESPN analyst.
- Billy Sianis, creator of the Cubs Curse and founder of the Billy Goat Tavern.
- Mike Singletary, Hall of Fame linebacker for the Bears.
- Mike Shanahan, veteran NFL head coach and native of suburban Oak Park.
- Joe Skibinski, NFL guard.
- Sammy Sosa, right fielder for the White Sox and Cubs.
- Donald Spero, rower
- John Spilis, NFL wide receiver.
- Amos Alonzo Stagg, football coach.
- Isiah Thomas, NBA Hall of Famer.
- Michael Turner, running back for the Atlanta Falcons.
- Chuck Ulrich, defensive tackle for the Chicago Cardinals.
- Dwyane Wade, NBA guard for Miami Heat.
- Antoine Walker, NBA player.
- Ken Wendt, NFL guard.
- Mike Wilbon, ESPN sports analyst, journalist.
- Billy Williams, MLB Hall of Famer.
- Chuck Winfrey, NFL linebacker.
- Chet Winters, NFL running back.
- Harry Wunsch, NFL guard.
- Joe Young, professional football player
- Tony Zale, boxing champion.
Musicians
- The White Tie Affair, pop-rock band
- William Susman, composer
- Tim McIlrath, lead singer and guitarist for Rise Against
- Joe Principe, bassist for Rise Against
- Brandon Barnes, drummer for Rise Against
- Zach Blair, guitarist for Rise Against
- Warren Zevon, singer
- Plain White T's, rock band
- Emilie Autumn, Violindustrial singer, violinist, poet, and author.
- Nils Lofgren, former backing member for Neil Young and current member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
- Emma Abbott, (1850–1891), born in Chicago, noted soprano[2]
- Andy Hurley, drummer for Fall Out Boy (born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin)
- Patrick Stump, lead singer and guitarist for Fall Out Boy (Glenview)
- Joe Trohman, guitarist for Fall Out Boy (born in Hollywood, Florida) (Wilmette)
- Pete Wentz, bassist and lyricist for Fall Out Boy (Wilmette)
- Anastacia, singer
- Avant, singer
- William Beckett, lead singer of The Academy Is...
- Rachel Barton Pine, violinist
- Andrew Bird, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
- Bob Bryar drummer of My Chemical Romance
- Paul Butterfield, blues musician
- Marty Casey, frontman of the rock band Lovehammers
- Peter Cetera, former singer and bassist of Chicago
- Cashis, rapper
- Jimmy Chamberlin, The Smashing Pumpkins drummer
- Gene Chandler, singer
- Chicago, rock band
- Steve Coleman, saxophonist
- Nat King Cole, singer (born in Montgomery, Alabama) (Bronzeville)
- Steve Cole, jazz saxophonist
- Sam Cooke, singer (born in Clarksdale, Mississippi)
- Common, rapper
- Billy Corgan, singer and The Smashing Pumpkins frontman (Glendale Heights)
- James Cotton, blues musician
- Keke Palmer, singer actress
- Mishon Ratliff, singer actor
- Da Brat, rapper
- Jack DeJohnette, drummer, pianist
- Dennis DeYoung, fomer singer and keyboardist of Styx
- Bo Diddley, rock & roll guitarist, singer, songwriter
- Disturbed, rock group
- Willie Dixon, blues songwriter and record producer
- Do or Die or D.O.D., rappers
- Florence Kirsch Du Brul, classical pianist
- Phil Everly, singer
- Lupe Fiasco, rapper (Harvey)
- Harvey Fuqua, singer, songwriter, producer
- Benny Goodman, bandleader (Maxwell Street)
- Steve Goodman, singer
- Gene Greene, singer
- Buddy Guy, blues guitarist (born in Lettsworth, Louisiana)
- Jim Hager, singer
- Jon Hager, singer
- Eddie Harris, saxophonist
- Herbie Hancock, musician
- Lil Hardin Armstrong, musician, (pianist)
- Loleatta Holloway, singer
- Howlin' Wolf, musician (born in West Point, Mississippi)
- James Iha, former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist
- Jeremih, singer
- Donell Jones, singer and composer
- Syleena Johnson, singer (Harvey)
- Benn Jordan, electronic musician
- Terry Kath, former singer and guitarist of Chicago
- Brendan Kelly, bassist and vocalist of punk band The Lawrence Arms
- R. Kelly, singer (Roseland)
- Chaka Khan, singer
- Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi, rapper (born in Cleveland, Ohio)
- William Kimball, founder of Kimball Piano Company
- Gene Krupa, drummer, bandleader
- No I.D., hip hop and R&B record producer
- Robert Lamm, singer and keyboardist of Chicago, born in Brooklyn, New York, October 13, 1944; raised in Chicago
- Ramsey Lewis, jazz pianist, composer
- Ray Manzarek, keyboardist of The Doors
- Richard Marx, singer, songwriter
- Curtis Mayfield, songwriter, guitarist
- Tom Morello, guitarist
- Muddy Waters, blues musician
- Wayne Nelson, lead singer of Little River Band
- Jim O'Rourke, experimental musician
- Chuck Panozzo, bassist of Styx
- John Panozzo, former drummer of Styx
- Walter Parazaider, woodwind player of Chicago
- Tom Paxton, folk singer, songwriter, born in Chicago, October 31, 1937
- James Petrillo, musicians' union head
- Liz Phair, singer
- Lou Rawls, singer
- Minnie Riperton, singer
- Rhymefest, rapper
- Todd Sucherman, drummer of Styx
- Danny Seraphine, former drummer of Chicago
- Matt Skiba, lead singer of Alkaline Trio
- Patti Smith, singer, songwriter and poet
- Horatio Spafford, composer
- Mavis Staples, singer
- Shawnna, rapper
- Larenz Tate, actor
- Hound Dog Taylor, guitarist
- Koko Taylor, singer
- Kim Thayil, guitarist of Soundgarden (born in Seattle, Washington) (Park Forest, Illinois)
- Giorgio Tozzi, basso
- Jeff Tweedy, singer, songwriter
- Lennie Tristano, pianist
- Twista, rapper
- Eddie Vedder, lead singer for the band Pearl Jam (Evanston)
- Jon Walker, former bassist for Panic at the Disco
- Dinah Washington, singer (born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
- DeAndre Way, rapper
- Paul Wertico, jazz drummer
- Kanye West, rapper, producer (born in Atlanta, Georgia) (Oak Lawn)
- Wesley Willis, singer
- D'arcy Wretzky, former Smashing Pumpkins bassist
- James Young, guitarist for Styx
- Yung Berg, rapper
- Zim Zum, guitarist, songwriter for The Pop Culture Suicides
- Rise Against, punk-rock group
- Kill Hannah, rock group
- Cheap Trick, rock group
Entertainment figures
- Gillian Anderson, actress
- Dominic Armato, voice actor
- Reiko Aylesworth, actress
- Barney Balaban, mogul, head of Paramount Pictures
- Bob Balaban, actor, director, producer
- Adam Baldwin, actor
- Ryan Bank, media producer
- Ike Barinholtz, actor, comedian
- Ralph Bellamy, actor
- James Belushi, actor, comedian (Wheaton)
- John Belushi, actor, comedian (Wheaton)
- Jack Benny, actor, comedian (Waukegan)
- Tom Berenger, actor
- Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist
- Shelley Berman, comedian
- Carlos Bernard, actor
- Michael Ian Black, comedian
- Budd Boetticher, film director
- Tom Bosley, actor
- Charles Boyce, syndicated cartoonist
- Andre Braugher, actor
- Buddy Bregman, composer, arranger
- Danny Pudi, actor
- Pat Byrnes, The New Yorker cartoonist
- Colt Cabana, professional wrestler
- Monique Calhoun, model
- Steve Carell, actor, comedian (born in Concord, Massachusetts)
- Allan Carr, producer
- Sarah Wayne Callies, actress
- Dan Castellaneta, actor, comedian (Oak Park)
- Kyle Chavarria, actress
- Anna Chlumsky, actress
- Stephen Colbert, comedian
- Cindy Crawford, model, actress (DeKalb)
- Joan Cusack, actress, comedian (Evanston)
- John Cusack, actor (Evanston)
- Clifton Davis, actor, composer, minister
- Elizabeth DeCicco, actress, model, singer, photographer
- Walt Disney, founder of The Walt Disney Company (Hermosa)
- Matt Doherty, actor
- Mike Douglas, talk show host
- Katie Doyle, castmember of MTV's Road Rules
- Tom Dreesen, actor, comedian (Harvey)
- Moosie Drier, actor, director
- Michael Clarke Duncan, actor
- Kevin Dunn, actor
- Dennis Farina, actor
- Chris Farley, actor, comedian (born in Madison, Wisconsin)
- Jon Favreau, actor, writer, director
- Tina Fey, actress, comedienne, writer (born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania)
- Michael Flatley, dancer
- Neil Flynn, actor
- Harrison Ford, actor
- Bob Fosse, director, choreographer
- Redd Foxx, comedian (born in St. Louis, Missouri) (Bronzeville)
- Dennis Franz, actor
- Kathleen Freeman, actress
- Marla Gibbs, actress
- Ira Glass, NPR broadcaster
- Arlene Golonka, actress
- Stuart Gordon, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer
- Michael Gray, actor
- Kathy Griffin, actress, comedienne (Oak Park)
- Michael Gross, actor
- Kevin Hagen, actor
- Daryl Hannah, actress
- Wood Harris, actor
- Hugh Hefner, publisher
- Marilu Henner, actress
- Charlton Heston, actor (Evanston)
- Mark Hollmann, Urinetown composer, lyricist, (born and raised in Belleville, Illinois)
- Terrence Howard, actor
- Jennifer Hudson, actress, singer (Englewood)
- John Hughes, film director/writer
- Bonnie Hunt, actress, comedian, director, producer
- Sam J. Jones, actor
- William James Jones, actor
- Philip Kaufman, film director
- Harvey Korman, actor, comedian
- Greg Kotis, Urinetown playwright
- Ron Livingston, actor
- Richard Long, actor
- Lar Lubovitch, choreographer
- Bernie Mac, actor, comedian
- Justina Machado, actress
- William H. Macy, actor, producer (born in Miami, Florida)
- Amy Madigan, actress
- John Mahoney, actor
- Karl Malden, actor
- John Malkovich, actor
- David Mamet, playwright, poet, screenwriter, director
- Michael Mann, film director, writer, producer
- Joe Mantegna, actor
- Ron Masak, actor
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, actress (Oak Park)
- Jenny McCarthy, actress, model (West Elsdon)
- LisaRaye McCoy, actress
- Frances McDormand, actress
- Laurie Metcalf, actress (born in Carbondale)
- Vincente Minnelli, Oscar-winning director
- Rick Moranis, actor, comedian
- Cindy Morgan, actress
- Read Morgan, actor
- Trevor Morgan,actor
- Jennifer Morrison, actress, producer
- Brian Doyle-Murray, actor
- Bill Murray, actor, comedian
- Bob Newhart, actor, comedian
- Nichelle Nichols, actress (Robbins)
- Ken Nordine, voiceover and Word Jazz recording artist
- Kim Novak , actress
- Donald O'Connor, actor, dancer
- Matt O'Leary, actor
- Keke Palmer, actress/singer (Harvey and Robbins)
- Mandy Patinkin, actor
- Melvin Van Peebles, director
- Jeannie Pepper, pornographic actress
- Jeff Perry, actor
- William L. Petersen, actor
- Jeremy Piven, actor (Evanston)
- CM Punk, professional wrestler
- Harold Ramis, actor, director, comedian
- Bill Rancic, winner of The Apprentice
- Robert Reed, actor
- John C. Reilly, actor
- Lucille Ricksen, actress
- John Ridgely, actor
- Justin Roberts, current WWE Raw ring announcer
- Craig Robinson, actor, comedian
- Jennifer Runyon, actress
- Pat Sajak, game show host
- Horatio Sanz, actor, comedian
- Ryan Schreiber, Pitchfork Media founder
- Amy Sedaris, actress
- David Sedaris, radio broadcaster & author
- Sherri Shepherd, actress
- Gary Sinise, actor
- Susan St. James, actress (Rockford)
- Todd Stashwick, actor
- Michael Stoyanov, actor
- Joe Swanberg, film director, actor
- Gloria Swanson, actress
- Mr. T, actor
- Rea Tajiri, filmmaker
- Giorgio Tozzi, singer, actor
- Vince Vaughn, actor
- Douglas Walker, film critic/comedian
- Carol Wayne, actress
- Jason Weaver, actor, singer
- George Wendt, actor
- Raquel Welch, actress
- Orson Welles, actor, director, writer, producer (born in Kenosha, Wisconsin) (Woodstock)
- Robin Williams, actor, comedian
- Steve Wilkos, talk show host
- Oprah Winfrey, talk show hostess, actress, entrepreneur, philanthropist (born in Kosciusko, Mississippi)
- Sam Witwer, lead actor on the SyFy Channel show Being Human (North American TV series) and in the video game series Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Glenview, Cook County, Illinois)
- Robert Young, actor
- Billy Zane, actor
- Robert Zemeckis, director, producer, writer (Roseland)
- Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., empresario
- Adrian Zmed, actor
- Edward Zwick, director, producer, writer
Writers, thinkers, scientists, and cultural figures
- Franklin Pierce Adams, columnist
- Sigvald Asbjornsen, Norwegian born American sculptor
- Jack Canfield, writer, Chicken Soup for The Soul
- Jane Addams, awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- Dankmar Adler, architect
- Mortimer Adler, writer and educational reformer
- Nelson Algren, writer
- Saul Alinsky, community organizer, writer and founder of the Industrial Areas Foundation
- K. A. Applegate, author
- Henry Moore Bates, attorney
- Saul Bellow, awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
- Emil Biorn, Norwegian-born, sculptor, painter and composer
- Allan Bloom, writer and translator
- Ray Bradbury, author
- Allan G. Brodie, orthodontics educator
- Gwendolyn Brooks, poet
- Algis Budrys, author
- Daniel Burnham, architect
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, writer
- Chris Bury, journalist
- Mother Cabrini, saint
- Jack Cafferty, journalist
- Marvin Camras, inventor
- Raymond Chandler, writer
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Sandra Cisneros, author
- Daniel Cohen, children's writer
- Michael Crichton, writer
- James Cronin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- James Gould Cozzens, novelist
- Clarence Darrow, attorney and civil libertarian
- Zachary Taylor Davis, architect
- Donald J. DePorter, philanthropist
- John Dewey, educational reformer
- Philip K. Dick, writer
- Charles Dickinson, writer
- G. Walter Dittmar, first president of the Illinois State Dental Society
- Mike Downey, newspaper columnist
- Vladimir Drinfeld, mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal
- E. Lloyd Du Brul, dental anatomist
- Helen Flanders Dunbar an important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine.
- Finley Peter Dunne, writer, humorist (Mr. Dooley)
- Stuart Dybek, author
- Roger Ebert, film critic
- Dave Eggers, writer, editor, publisher
- Mircea Eliade, Romanian-born religious scholar and philosopher
- James T. Farrell, writer
- Kenneth Fearing, poet, writer
- Edna Ferber, author, playwright
- Enrico Fermi, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Leon Forrest, writer
- Charles E. Fox, architect
- James Ingo Freed, architect
- Milton Friedman, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Henry Blake Fuller, writer
- Larry Gelbart, comedy writer
- Edward Gorey, artist
- Marjorie Grene, philosopher
- Marion Mahony Griffin, architect
- Walter Burley Griffin, architect
- John Gunther, writer
- E. Gary Gygax, author
- George Ellery Hale, astronomer
- Lorraine Hansberry, playwright
- Paul P. Harris, lawyer, founder of Rotary International
- Reidar Rye Haugan, newspaper publisher and playwright
- Ben Hecht, author, journalist
- Larry Heinemann, novelist
- Ernest Hemingway, writer
- Robert Herrick, novelist
- John Augur Holabird, architect
- William Holabird, architect
- Helmut Jahn, architect
- William Le Baron Jenney, architect
- John Kass, journalist
- Leon Kass, writer and chair of The President's Council on Bioethics
- Dr. Fazlur Khan, civil engineer
- Anton LaVey, born Howard Stanton Levey, Writer of The Satanic Bible, Founder of The Church of Satan
- CJ Laity, publisher of ChicagoPoetry.com
- Ann Landers (Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer), columnist
- Adam Langer, novelist
- Leo Lerner, newspaper publisher, founder of Lerner Newspapers
- James Patterson Lyke, Franciscan friar & Roman Catholic bishop
- Catherine T. MacArthur, philanthropist
- George W. Maher, architect
- Tom Mandel, poet
- Benjamin H. Marshall, architect
- Maury Massler, dental educator
- Charles G. Maurice, dental educator
- Merrill C. Meigs, newspaper publisher
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect
- Michele Moody-Adams
- Frederick B. Moorehead, dental educator
- Charles Murphy, architect
- Susan Murphy-Milano, author, radio host, domestic violence victims' advocate
- Richard Nickel, photographer
- Charles Gilman Norris, author
- Frank Norris, novelist
- Frederick Bogue Noyes, dental educator
- Clarence Page, columnist
- Ruth Page, ballet dancer
- Sara Paretsky, novelist
- Ed Paschke, artist
- John Dos Passos, novelist and painter
- Cissy Patterson, journalist, newspaper editor
- Dwight H. Perkins, architect
- Frederik Pohl, author, futurist
- Henry Rago, poet and editor of Poetry Magazine from 1955 to 1969
- Theodore Regensteiner, inventor of the four-color litographic press
- Earl W. Renfroe, orthodontist and African-American activist
- Mike Resnick, author
- Shonda Rhimes, screenwriter, director, producer (creator and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy
- Martin Roche, architect
- John Wellborn Root, architect
- John Wellborn Root, Jr., architect
- Jonathan Rosenbaum, film critic
- Jim Roslof, fantasy artist
- Mike Royko, columnist
- Ernest Samuels, biographer, winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
- Carl Sandburg, poet
- Dan Savage, columnist
- Isaac Schour, president of the International Association for Dental Research
- Sidney Sheldon, playwright, screenwriter, novelist
- William L. Shirer, journalist and historian
- Shel Silverstein, poet, songwriter, and children's writer
- Dejan Stojanović, poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist
- Leo Strauss, political philosopher
- Svend Rasmussen Svendsen, Impressionist artist
- Louis Sullivan, architect
- Stanisław Szukalski, artist and provocateur, friend of Ben Hecht, part of the Chicago Renaissance
- Lorado Taft, sculptor
- Maria Tallchief, ballet dancer, founder of the Chicago City Ballet
- Studs Terkel, broadcaster, author
- James Tiptree, Jr., author
- Stanley D. Tylman, dental educator, wrote Theory and Practice of Crown and Bridge Prosthesis
- Thorstein Veblen, economist and social critic
- Irving Wallace, writer
- Robert Woodrow Wilson, founder and first director of Fermilab
- Gene Wolfe, author
- Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
Criminals
- Al Capone, mobster
- John Dillinger, bank robber
- John Wayne Gacy, serial killer
- H.H. Holmes, early serial killer
- Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber
- Bugs Moran, mobster
- Jose Padilla, aka Abdullah al-Muhajir, alleged terrorist
- Jack Ruby, killed Lee Harvey Oswald
- Richard Speck, mass murderer
- Robert Hannsen, spy
- Larry Hoover, gangster
- Baby Face Nelson, mobster
- Jeff Fort, Nation Leader
Businesspeople
References
- ^ American Brewing Academy - Tenth Anniversary Reunion (American Brewing Academy, 1901)
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
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