List of people from Lake Forest, Illinois

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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Arts and humanities

David Adler, architect.
Edward H. Bennett, architect and city planner.
Peach Carr, fashion designer, contestant on season 8 of Project Runway.
Lisel Mueller, poet: winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Bill Schulz, journalist, Fox News.
Adrian Smith, architect, led the design of three of the world's ten tallest buildings—the Burj Khalifa (tallest in the world), Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago), and the Jin Mao Building; a Lake Forest resident.
Howard Van Doren Shaw, architect: builder of the Ragdale property.
Sam Weller, author and journalist.
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, known for Charles F. Glore Residence and others.

James T. Aubrey, Jr., television and film executive.
Bix Beiderbecke, jazz cornet player and pianist.
Andrew Bird, musician and songwriter.
Kipleigh Brown, actress.
Jay Chandrasekhar, actor, director.
Mat Devine, lead singer of Chicago based alternative rock band Kill Hannah.
Dave Eggers, writer.
Charlie Finn, actor.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, author.
Jean Harlow, actress.
John Hughes, writer, director, producer.
Lauren Holly, actress.
John Mahoney, actor.
Mr. T, actor, professional wrestler.
McKey Sullivan, fashion model and winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11.
Vince Vaughn, actor.
Richard Widmark, actor.

Note: many athletes lived in Lake Forest as professionals, and did not necessarily grow up in the town.

Chip Beck, professional golfer.
Mickey Cochrane, Major League Baseball catcher.
Jim Covert, retired offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears.
Edith Cummings, professional female golfer and 1924 U.S. Women's Amateur Champion.
Bobby Douglass, quarterback for the Chicago Bears.
Joe Girardi, retired Chicago Cubs catcher; Manager of the New York Yankees.
Matt Grevers, swimmer: silver medal, 2008 Summer Olympics.
Rex Grossman, quarterback for the Chicago Bears.
Carl Haas, auto racing impresario.
George Halas, longtime head coach of Chicago Bears.
Steve Kerr, retired Chicago Bulls point guard.
Keith Magnuson, defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks, team captain.
Cade McNown, quarterback for the Chicago Bears.
Scottie Pippen, retired Chicago Bulls forward.
Scott Sanderson, retired Major League Baseball pitcher, Major League Baseball agent.
Steve Stanicek, baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Tim Weigel, sports anchor, reporter.

Andrew Watson Armour III, meatpacking magnate.
J. Ogden Armour, meatpacking magnate: Armour and Company.
Albert Blake Dick, American businessman: founder of A. B. Dick Company; licensed autographic printing patents from Thomas Edison and coined the word "mimeograph" in 1884; Mayor of Lake Forest (1928–1931).
W. James Farrell, businessman: former Chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool Works.
Marshall Field, owner of Marshall Field's (now part of Macy's).
Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor, founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became International Harvester.
Charles "Cork" R. Walgreen III, third president of Walgreens.
Miles D. White, businessman: CEO of Abbott Laboratories.