41.8500° N, 87.6500° W — 7,414 FAMOUS PEOPLE
CHICAGO
Most Famous People Born in Chicago, USA
A comprehensive ledger of notable people across arts, science, politics, sport, and public life.
Katie Got Bandz
Born 1993
John Maloof
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Sasha Go Hard
Born 1991
Bradford Perkins (architect)
Born 1943
Vera Berdich
1915 - 2003
Barbara Pennington
Born 1950
Ski Melillo
1899 - 1963
Janet Stevenson
1913 - 2009
Tom Rubnitz
1956 - 1992
Vincent Barabba
Born 1934
Robert E. Griswold
Born 1935
Constantinos Coconis
Born 1927
Paul Dickey
1882 - 1933
Sadie American
1862 - 1944
Martin Sandoval
1964 - 2020
Julian Hammond
Born 1943
Frances Lasker Brody
1916 - 2009
Dave Cruikshank
Born 1969
Jim Umbricht
1930 - 1964
Jim Berry (cartoonist)
1932 - 2015
George Petros
Born 1955
Billy Franey
1889 - 1940
Steve Matteson
Born 1965
Malika Bilal
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Edward Acevedo
Born 1963
Robert Barnhart
1933 - 2007
Aimee Boorman
Born 1973
Ron Pritchard
Born 1947
Mary Onahan Gallery
1866 - 1941
Bob Corritore
Born 1956
Rolf Forsberg
1925 - 2017
Steve Cohen (judoka)
Born 1955
Ruth Morris Bakwin
1898 - 1985
Bette Howland
1937 - 2017
Joseph Golinkin
1896 - 1977
Frank Schweihs
1932 - 2008
Edwin Michael Conway
1934 - 2004
Jaroslav Gabro
1919 - 1980
Herbert L. Kessler
Born 1941
Val Fuentes
Born 1947
David Sarwer
Born 1968
James Rossi
1936 - 2005
Yngve Edward Soderberg
1896 - 1972
Richard Gordon (photographer)
1945 - 2012
John Stephan
1906 - 1995
Willis Brennan
1893 - 1950
Patrick Nash
1863 - 1943
A.K.-S.W.I.F.T.
Born 1969
Mort Glickman
1898 - 1953
Maxine Asher
1930 - 2015
Tony Ramos (wrestler)
Born 1991
Cheryl West
Born 1965
Lilian Bell
1867 - 1929
Dick Price
1930 - 1985
Roderick Wetherill
1918 - 1978
Chris Campbell (offensive tackle)
Born 1986
Janet Fox
1912 - 2002
Nancy Linari
Born 1955
Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
Born 1985
Jennifer Lacey
Born 1966
Doug Bruno
Born 1950
Leo Rodak
1913 - 1991
Michael Lowenstern
Born 1968
Dave Morris (actor)
1884 - 1955
Chris Fleming
Born 1967
Sharon Tyler Herbst
1942 - 2007
Betty Hahn
Born 1940
Sharat Raju
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Donald Stephens
1928 - 2007
Bob Atwood
1907 - 1997
Derrick Marks
Born 1993
Floyd Chalmers
1898 - 1993
Rodney Perry
Born 1970
Jack Kapp
1901 - 1949
Ernie Johnson (shortstop)
1888 - 1952
John Corrigan
Born 1952
Bugs Raymond
1882 - 1912
Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher
1918 - 1980
Beverly Schmidt Blossom
1926 - 2014
Ron Huberman
Born 1971
Eric Saubert
Born 1994
Stephen Bradberry
Born 1966
The Legendary Traxster
Born 1973
Victor Kamber
Born 1943
Curt Bramble
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Troy Duster
Born 1936
Frank Calabrese Sr.
1937 - 2012
Julissa (singer)
Born 1976
Senam Okudzeto
Born 1972
Dan Duffy
Born 1966
Don Hanrahan
1929 - 2010
Andrew Gertler
Born 1988
Daniel Zelinsky
1922 - 2015
Chris Bourjos
Born 1954
JoAnn Rosario
Born 1974
Sharon Weston Broome
Born 1956
Melissa Lefton
Born 1975
Jay Obernolte
Born 1970
Add-2
Born 1986
Nina Gershon
Born 1940
Maury M. Cohen
1913 - 1979
Michael Katakis
Born 1952
Pete Barbolak
1926 - 2006
William Murphy (tennis)
1917 - 2005
Tom Howard (photographer)
1894 - 1961
Michael C. Ford
Born 1939
Rondi Charleston
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Al Riley
Born 1953
Emil Kush
1916 - 1969
Charlie Kavanagh
1891 - 1973
Mike Saenz
Born 1959
Dan Osinski
1933 - 2013
Eleanor "Sis" Daley
1907 - 2003
Jack S. Annon
1929 - 2005
Ned Colletti
Born 1954
Taylor Bennett (rapper)
Born 1996
Mark Tatge
Born 1965
Aaron Cohen (judoka)
Born 1981
Richard Llewellyn Williams
Born 1929
Archie Lang (actor)
1920 - 2016
Robert Bell (Brooklyn College)
Born 1942
G. Kendall Sharp
Born 1934
Michael P. McAuliffe
Born 1963
Dorrell McGowan
1899 - 1997
Andy the Clown
1917 - 1995
Cliff Norton
1918 - 2003
Ben Braun
Born 1953
Allison Amend
Born 1974
Damien Anderson
Born 1979
Jane Thayer
1904 - 2005
Samuel Carlisi
1914 - 1997
Sally Payne
1912 - 1999
Wazmo Nariz
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Johnnie Harris
Born 1972
Mason Cole
Born 1996
Michael Speciale
Born 1955
J. J. Johnston
Born 1933
Ricardo Brown (basketball)
Born 1957
Joanna Frueh
1948 - 2020
Steve Hickey
Born 1967
Sam Battaglia
1908 - 1973
Joyce Neimanas
Born 1944
Jeanne Wilson
1926 - 2018
William Carqueville
1871 - 1946
Jan Howard Finder
1939 - 2013
Stan Szukala
1918 - 2003
Lance Williams (basketball)
Born 1980
Tony Simmons (gridiron football)
Born 1974
Mary L. Smith
Born 1962
M. A. Anderson
1893 - 1958
Charles H. Wacker
1856 - 1929
Richard S. Johnson (artist)
Born 1953
Phil Greene
Born 1992
Kitty Doner
1895 - 1988
Milt Stock
1893 - 1977
One Little Plane
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Jackie Cerone
1914 - 1996
Lance Ten Broeck
Born 1956
Kristine Leahy
Born 1986
Mykolas Ruzgys
Born 1915
Gary Loizzo
1945 - 2016
Daniel J. Burke
Born 1951
Chuck Smith (athlete)
Born 1949
Gabrielle Walsh
Born 1989
Michelle Linn-Gust
Born 1971
Lawrence James McNamara
1928 - 2004
William Richard Griffin
1882 - 1944
Lynton Brent
1897 - 1981
Ashley Bashioum
Born 1983
Brian Witlin
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Dick Dyszel
Born 1947
Dan Schwartz
Born 1950
Xavier Lamar Truesdell
Born 1985
Miriam Goldberg
1916 - 2017
Curtis Warren Kamman
Born 1939
Harry Schumm
1877 - 1953
Mario Fatafehi
Born 1979
Heather Anne Campbell
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Tom Beck (American football)
Born 1940
Herb Juul
1886 - 1928
A.H.Z. Carr
1902 - 1971
Maddi Jane
Born 1998
Georg J. Lober
1891 - 1961
Bert Andrews (photographer)
1929 - 1993
Dennis Cahill (musician)
Born 1954
Marc Tardue
Born 1951
Walt Strony
Born 1955
Joseph Logsdon
1938 - 1999
Jamilah Lemieux
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Saqib Ali
Born 1975
DeForest Covan
1917 - 2007
Karen Alloy
Born 1977
Miguel Cancel
Born 1968
Beverly Loraine Greene
1915 - 1957
Tanya Clarke
Born 1972
Alexis Thompson
1914 - 1954
Gary Hart (wrestler)
1942 - 2008
Brad Temkin
Born 1956
Joey Purp
Born 1993
William Baptiste Baird
1847 - 1917
Gerry Arrigo
Born 1941
Heinie Reitz
1867 - 1914
Linda Johnsen
Born 1954
Mark D. Levine
Born 1969
Harry Aleman
1939 - 2010
Jake Chelios
Born 1991
Eric Lane (actor)
Born 1976
Scott D. Smith
Born 1953
Charles Ronald Norgle Sr.
Born 1937
Richard Peter Davis
Born 1957
Jay Friedman
Born 1939
Ann Elizabeth Isham
1862 - 1912
Michael A. Miles
1940 - 2013
Betty G. Miller
1934 - 2012
Wayne R. Andersen
Born 1945
Jerry Dixon (actor)
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Stefanie DeLuca
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Cynthia Felice
Born 1951
Connor Drinan
Born 1988
Iris Martinez
Born 1956
Kimberly Tomes
Born 1956
H. Charles McBarron Jr.
1902 - 1992
Ron Gans
1931 - 2010
Patti Reynolds
Born 1948
Chet Murphy
1917 - 2016
Eli M. Oboler
1915 - 1983
Steve Stark
Born 1967
George Burditt (lawyer)
1922 - 2013
John D. Anthony
Born 1976
Walter Haut
1922 - 2005
Fred Holstein
1942 - 2004
Francis S. Peabody
1858 - 1922
David L. Kaplan
1923 - 2015
Herb Peterson
1919 - 2008
Liza Quin
Born 1982
Elaine Alquist
Born 1944
John Fitzgerald (pentathlete)
Born 1948
Robert L. Hines
Born 1970
Eric Yarber
Born 1963
Donald Briggs
1911 - 1986
Rachel Avery
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James Richard Ham
1921 - 2002
Nancy Hubbard
Born 1963
Donald Conroy
1921 - 1998
Arthur B. McBride
1888 - 1972
Leo McHugh Carroll
Born 2000
Mollie McConnell
1865 - 1920
Mark Dalesandro
Born 1968
George Clements
1932 - 2019
Marcus Jordan
Born 1990
Wilfrid S. Bronson
1894 - 1985
George Malki
Born 1992
Steve Adkins
Born 1964
Gene E. K. Pratter
Born 1949
Patricia Van Pelt
Born 1957
Jim Barrett (winemaker)
1926 - 2013
Walter W. Ahlschlager
1887 - 1965
Theo Frenkel jr.
1893 - 1955
Philip L. Kohl
Born 1946
Xavier Fulton
Born 1986
Jean Rikhoff
1928 - 2018
John Kass
Born 1956
Bill DeCorrevont
1918 - 1995
Cy Falkenberg
1880 - 1961
Frank R. Mayo
1908 - 1987
Robert Myers (offensive lineman)
Born 1991
Cat Glover
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Tom Hughes (pitcher, born 1878)
1878 - 1956
Richard Bevan Austin
1901 - 1977
Kazys Varnelis (historian)
Born 1967
William Joseph Lynch
1908 - 1976
Vlasta Vraz
1900 - 1989
George Leander
1883 - 1904
Jim Hughes (1950s pitcher)
1923 - 2001
Bruce Gaston
Born 1991
Ross LaBauex
Born 1988
Josephine Ditt
1868 - 1939
John C. D'Amico
Born 1962
Lois Weisberg
1925 - 2016
Michelle Wu
Born 1985
Bob Thall
Born 1948
Harry Brinkley Bass
1916 - 1944
Rena Moran
Born 1960
William O'Rourke
Born 1945
Cameron Echols
Born 1981
Mike Fortner
Born 1958
Rudy Mucha
1918 - 1982
Ernest Kockler
1892 - 1970
Ivan Irwin
1927 - 2019
Cleve Franklin Adams
1884 - 1949
Sharon Johnson Coleman
Born 1960
Don Conoscenti
Born 1955
Laney Stewart
Born 1966
April Haney
Born 1969
John P. Fardy
1922 - 1945
Peter Barris
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Cortelia Clark
1907 - 1969
Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
Born 1966
Joe Moore (politician)
Born 1958
Emily Muir
1904 - 2003