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.
Sybil Brand
1899 - 2004
Lisa Subeck
Born 1971
J. Keith van Straaten
Born 1971
Babe Ziegenhorn
1918 - 1970
Thomas A. Pope
1894 - 1989
Tony Kaufmann
1900 - 1982
Lloyd Pettit
1927 - 2003
Cas Banaszek
1945 - 2019
Valerie Taylor (computer scientist)
Born 1963
Vic Markov
1915 - 1998
Anthony Adducci
1937 - 2006
Matt Spanos
Born 1984
Nick Fortuna
Born 1946
Tiny Croft
1920 - 1977
Louis Disbrow
1876 - 1939
Nels Jacobson
Born 1949
John Siomos
1947 - 2004
Avreeayl Ra
Born 1947
Fred Olivi
1922 - 2004
Alvin Krenzler
1921 - 2010
Bethany Barton
Born 1982
Michael Zinzun
1949 - 2006
Alan Surgal
1916 - 2017
Walter Halas
1892 - 1959
Jim Gibbons (American football)
1936 - 2016
Scott MacArthur
Born 1979
Irene Aguilar
Born 1960
William A. Hilliard
1927 - 2017
Michael Ponsor
Born 1946
Paul Sarkisian
Born 1928
Chuck Gelatka
1914 - 2001
Roger Janotta
Born 1943
Jitim Young
Born 1981
Kevin Bracken
Born 1971
Joy Picus
Born 1930
Chico Banks
1962 - 2008
John Hibbard
1864 - 1937
Mike Smith (jazz saxophonist)
Born 1957
Milton J. Foreman
1863 - 1935
Chicago Beau
Born 1949
Beverly Grigsby
Born 1928
W. S. McCormack
1863 - 1946
Dick Kokos
1928 - 1986
Jim Snyder (journalist)
Born 1965
Tadeu Henrique Prost
1915 - 1994
Lee Abrams
Born 1952
Omarr Smith
Born 1977
Bill Hillsman
Born 1953
Mary Webster (American actress)
1935 - 2017
Arny Freeman
1908 - 1986
Bernadene Hayes
1903 - 1987
Nick McInerney
1897 - 1984
Ruth Cravath
1902 - 1986
Nancy Boettger
Born 1943
Curt Barclay
1931 - 1985
Nikki Haskell
Born 1940
Grant Hardy
Born 1961
Sherman Skolnick
1930 - 2006
Dave Syverson
Born 1957
Charles Matthews (basketball)
Born 1996
Leonard V. Finder
1910 - 1969
Joe Vodicka
1921 - 1995
Nolan Harrison
Born 1969
Steve Kiefer
Born 1960
Terry McGroom
1966 - 2016
Omar Aquino
Born 1987
John F. Harris (political aide)
Born 1962
Roslyn Brogue
1919 - 1981
Andray Johnson
Born 1961
Andrea Sanke
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Marion Abernathy
1920 - 1960
James Alfred Keating
1897 - 1976
Carlos Rolón
Born 1970
Ralph Arnold
1928 - 2006
George W. Platzman
1920 - 2008
Dave Black (baseball)
1893 - 1959
Mike Soucy
Born 1971
Jonathan V. Plaut
1942 - 2012
Edward Perl
1926 - 2014
Frances Hugle
1927 - 1968
David J. Steiner
1965 - 2016
Naureen Zaim
Born 1978
Ruth Ann Koesun
1928 - 2018
Anthony Gomez
Born 1982
Emil Gross
1858 - 1921
Joe Affrunti
Born 1981
Oscar Seaton Jr.
-
George Rossman
1885 - 1967
Holly Roth
1916 - 1964
Jake Anderson (basketball)
Born 1987
Georgene Faulkner
1873 - 1958
Billy Rosen
1928 - 2019
Montana of 300
Born 1989
Eliot Blackwelder
1880 - 1969
Joe Tyler (bobsleigh)
Born 1948
Anthony Marquez
Born 1968
Charles Kenneth Claunch
1899 - 1978
Michael P. Price
Born 1938
Hal Law
1904 - 1980
Walt Barnes (defensive lineman)
Born 1944
Edward S. Michael
1918 - 1994
Theotis Brown
Born 1957
Romo Vincent
1908 - 1989
Ed Ratcliff
Born 1983
Ryan Marks
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Alex Ketzko
1919 - 1944
Sonny Sanders
1939 - 2016
Adolph J. Lewandowski
1905 - 1961
Tim Parham
Born 1983
Lamar McGriggs
Born 1968
Ray Jablonski
1926 - 1985
Gary MacDougal
Born 1936
Andrew Papachristos
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George Peters
1890 - 1935
Lincoln Schatz
Born 1963
Jack Souther
1924 - 2014
Jennifer Choe Groves
Born 1969
Dave Otto
Born 1964
Leo Srole
1908 - 1993
Harry Dennis (musician)
Born 1956
Charles William Dahlgreen
1864 - 1955
Nick Gregory
Born 1960
Catherine Masud
Born 1963
Lou Possehl
1926 - 1997
Warren Hair
1918 - 2006
Alex McCarthy (baseball)
1889 - 1978
Margo Moore
1931 - 2000
Cyrus C. Yawkey
1862 - 1943
Joe Zakas
Born 1950
Andy Hill (American music producer)
Born 1951
Roderick Sawyer
Born 1963
Thomas P. Stossel
1941 - 2019
John Gearon
1885 - 1970
Gregg Naumenko
Born 1977
Eric E. Whitaker
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Linda Yellin
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Barbara Sizemore
1927 - 2004
Edwin R. Fissinger
1920 - 1990
Jim Cox (American politician)
Born 1969
Peg Kerr
-
Joni Cotten
Born 1953
Josie Aiello
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Skip Rimsza
Born 1955
Sydney Hobart Ball
1877 - 1949
Jack Ness
1885 - 1957
Al Schwartz (producer)
Born 1932
Tom Pistone
Born 1929
Dan Stevenson
Born 1982
Roy Prosterman
Born 1935
Noname (rapper)
Born 1991
Morton Tubor
1917 - 2019
Richard H. Lee (golfer)
Born 1987
James Dyrenforth
1895 - 1973
Nicholas Sposato
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Jordan Lynch
Born 1990
Walter Boal
1879 - 1955
John J. Hennessey
1921 - 2001
Antwon Hoard
Born 1972
Nicholas Calabrese
Born 1942
Ralph Stob
1894 - 1965
Grant Suiter
1908 - 1983
Ferdinand Merz
1924 - 1997
Grant Golden
1929 - 2018
Andrew Santino
-
Larry Karush
1946 - 2013
Gayle McLaughlin
Born 1952
Rob Swigart
Born 1941
Ray Poat
1917 - 1990
Red Evans
1906 - 1982
Kevin Hickey
1956 - 2012
Beatrice S. Levy
1892 - 1974
Cyndy Brucato
Born 1951
La Shawn Ford
-
Stan Zadel
1916 - 1982
Suzanne Nora Johnson
Born 1957
Roger Sherman (American football)
1872 - 1957
James DeLeo
Born 1951
Jack Owsley
1883 - 1953
Bob Skoglund
1925 - 1949
Bill Conterio
1929 - 2017
Bill O'Neill (American football)
1910 - 2000
Jerry Birn
1923 - 2009
Ray Frankowski
1919 - 2001
Georgia Bullock
1878 - 1957
Rosemary Mulligan
1941 - 2014
Harry W. Gerstad
1886 - 1966
James McKinley (American football)
1945 - 2012
Bobby Managoff
1918 - 2002
Jean Shy
Born 1950
William Beavers
Born 1935
Jerry Wonderlich
1889 - 1937
Kevin Knabjian
Born 1984
Charles Newman
1901 - 1978
Bert Metzger
1909 - 1986
Alicia Tate-Nadeau
-
Albert P. Mathews
1871 - 1957
Bernece Berkman
1911 - 1988
Sharon Nordgren
Born 1943
Richard J. Navin
1934 - 2006
Carol Nagy Jacklin
1939 - 2011
Lyman Anderson
1907 - 1993
Chet Ostrowski
1930 - 2001
Greg Biagini
1952 - 2003
Friedrich Fahr
1932 - 2007
John F. Sandner
Born 1941
John Arena
Born 1965
Ky Ebright
1894 - 1979
George Kopacz
Born 1941
Jean Martirez
Born 1963
Nat Hudson
1859 - 1928
Charlie Hickman
1935 - 1979
Henry Martineau
1904 - 1972
Janai Brugger
Born 1983
Nathan William MacChesney
1878 - 1954
Joanne H. Alter
1927 - 2008
Jimmie Lee Robinson
1931 - 2002
Stan Kyles
Born 1961
Russ Rose
Born 1953
Isiah Williams
Born 1987
Tony Furjanic
Born 1964
Theodore Wells Pietsch I
1869 - 1930
Bob Dahl
Born 1968
Ed Holly
1879 - 1973
Jeffrey Schoenberg
Born 1959
Peter Groff
Born 1963
Herbert Heywood (actor)
1881 - 1964
Gia Gunn
Born 1990
Patrick Schiller
Born 1988
Howard Nusbaum
Born 1954
Emmet Flood
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MC Tree G
-
Nancy Faust
Born 1947
Solly Sherman
1917 - 2010
Joe Augustine
Born 1955
Peter Karter
1922 - 2010
George Schmidt
1927 - 1995
Jon Cole (weightlifter)
1943 - 2013
Eden T. Brekke
1893 - 1978
Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman
1914 - 2008
John McCandish King
1927 - 2016
Carolyn Craven
1944 - 2000
Stanley Frazen
1919 - 2011
Bruce Jacob
Born 1935
Robert Bateman (songwriter)
1936 - 2016
Jean-Paul Martinon
Born 1963
Ira Washington Rubel
Died 1908
Benny Zientara
1918 - 1985
Jay Lawrence (politician)
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Jeff McCracken
Born 1952
Ed Renwick
1938 - 2020
Bob Carpenter (baseball)
1917 - 2005
John J. Nimrod
1922 - 2009
Ahmad Merritt
Born 1977
Jens Christensen
1899 - 1966
Ken Kortas
Born 1942
Anita Parkhurst Willcox
1892 - 1984
Jim Kahr
Born 1952
Jill Wine-Banks
Born 1945
Marques Sullivan
Born 1978
Mike Walker (pitcher, born 1966)
Born 1966
Al Wickland
1888 - 1980
Carl Paoli
-
Brad Bars
Born 1992
Richard W. Lariviere
Born 1950
Jaylon Tate
Born 1995
Camarin Grae
Born 1941
Alan Hargesheimer
Born 1954
Tyler Brickler
Born 1991
Tom Baugh
Born 1963
Bradford Stroh
Born 1973
Bill McClellan
1865 - 1929
Tom Merriman
1924 - 2009
John Calamos
Born 1940
Jess Loren
Born 1985
Louise K. Goeser
Born 1953
Charles H. Turner (attorney)
1936 - 2018
Bobby Rangell
Born 1958
John G. Levi
Born 1948
Amanda Husberg
Born 1940
Edward Knourek
1893 - 1977
Webster Davis
1861 - 1923
Michele Rago
1913 - 2008
Johnny Mostil
1896 - 1970
Jermaine McElveen
Born 1984
Rece Davis
Born 1965
Joe Weiss
1894 - 1967
Peter Tufo
Born 1938
Ed Skoronski
1910 - 1996
Debra Dobkin
-
Lee Gurga
Born 1949
Albert Benbrook
1887 - 1943
Robert H. Brink
Born 1946
Harry Osterman
Born 1967
Emily McAsey
Born 1978
Diogenes Angelakos
1920 - 1997
Arthur Van Vlissingen
1894 - 1986
John Francis Mitchell
1928 - 2009
Sam Lichtenhein
1870 - 1936
Naomi Amir
1931 - 1995
Rich Kreitling
1936 - 2020