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.
Herb Bremer
1913 - 1979
Robert Carter (priest)
1927 - 2010
Jim Rushford
Born 1974
George Ceithaml
1921 - 2012
Dellamarie Parrilli
Born 1949
Robert MacFarlan Cole III
1889 - 1986
Joe Walsh (AA infielder)
1864 - 1911
Harvey S. Leff
Born 1937
Brooke Singer
Born 1972
Al Carson
1882 - 1962
Thomas Negovan
Born 1971
Jack Nicholas Pritzker
1904 - 1979
Joseph Cari Jr.
Born 1952
Jasiri X
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John Perkovich
1924 - 2000
Joe Krupa
1933 - 2011
Valee
Born 1989
Anthony Harris
Born 1985
Paddy Bauler
1890 - 1977
Christopher Bouton
Born 1973
Fredrik Zachariasen
1931 - 1999
Ken Polivka
1921 - 1988
Lou Gertenrich
1875 - 1933
Leo Kulinczenko
Born 1954
Dave Shelton
Born 1956
James Signorile
Born 1952
Kevin A. McCarthy
Born 1950
Peter Mokran
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Walter Daniels
Born 1963
Jim Suchecki
1927 - 2000
Matthew Lux
Born 1973
Norman Adler
Born 1941
Eugene Mackaben
1920 - 1984
John Wayne Mason
1924 - 2014
Charles Ferris Gettemy
1868 - 1939
Steve Smooth
Born 1985
Larry LeJeune
1885 - 1952
John C. Stetson
1920 - 2007
James R. Rosenthal
1968 - 2011
Ayo Dosunmu
Born 2000
Timothy D. Murphy
Died 1928
Tom Burr (baseball)
1893 - 1918
Stephen Christy
Born 1985
Louis Lipstone
1892 - 1954
Lynne Leach
Born 1940
Ernestine Pollards
Born 1942
Chuck Logan (American football)
Born 1943
Skip Novak
Born 1952
Octo Octa
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William Tietz
1927 - 2020
Chris Alexander
Born 1980
Harry Croft
1875 - 1933
Thomas McGaughey
Born 1973
Rick Lasky
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Angus Thomas
Born 1955
Felix Chouinard
1887 - 1955
Duke Reilley
1884 - 1968
Ike Eichrodt
1903 - 1965
Gene Stanlee
1917 - 2005
Louis B. Garippo
1931 - 2016
Thomas Dixon (politician)
Born 1951
Heiko Julien
Born 1986
Kenneth A. Gewertz
1934 - 2006
Renault Robinson
Born 1942
Marty Pottenger
Born 1952
Herman C. Krannert
1887 - 1972
Tony Smith (baseball)
1884 - 1964
Jody Scott
1923 - 2007
Ulises Armand Sanabria
1906 - 1969
Hank Miklos
1910 - 2000
John Pickett (baseball)
1866 - 1922
George Greenbaum
1889 - 1929
Omen (musician)
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Andrew Mikhail
Born 1988
Frank McCue
1898 - 1953
Joe Wiegand
Born 1965
Joe Davenport
Born 1976
Stuart Curtis
1954 - 2012
Ed Hoerster
Born 1941
Pedro Antonio Valdes-Sosa
Born 1950
Jay Barney
1913 - 1985
Bill Ruppert
Born 1954
A. G. Scanlon
1890 - 1945
Kimberly du Buclet
Born 2011
Michael Day (guitarist)
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Ashley Day Leavitt
1877 - 1959
Martin Brody
Born 1949
Jol Dantzig
Born 1952
Jeffrey Erickson
1958 - 1992
Phillip Jackson
1950 - 2018
Richard Knabb
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Charles Gossage Grey
1894 - 1987
Al Stewart (basketball)
Born 1983
Richard L. Van Horn
Born 1932
Jodi Leigh Miller
Born 1972
Phil Rosenthal
Born 1963
Tom Schuberth
Born 1957
Kiah Morris
Born 1976
Dovid Kaplan
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Richard Fantl
1903 - 1961
Brandon Ewing
Born 1986
Kurt Kuykendall
Born 1952
Dick Tomlinson
Born 1928
Chester Reynolds
1902 - 1983
Chris Eversley
Born 1991
Margareth Måård
1913 - 2002
Andrew Filipowski
Born 1950
Fred Kommers
1886 - 1943
Johnny Loftus
1895 - 1976
William J. Walker
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Bruce E. Bursten
Born 1954
Nikil Viswanathan
Born 1987
Mel Becket
1929 - 1956
Dovid Barkin
Died 2006
Lance Irvin
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Ed Grimes
1905 - 1974
Larry Whiteside
1937 - 2007
Jeff Goins
Born 1982
Jack Lovejoy
1937 - 2014
Abraham Lincoln Neiman
1875 - 1970
George F. Barrett
1907 - 1980
Bob Sherlag
Born 1943
Ed Francis
1926 - 2016
Marty Robinson (announcer)
Born 1932
Kyle Chavarria
Born 1995
Brian Gallagher
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Arvydas Petras Žygas
1958 - 2011
William R. Moser
1927 - 2003
Don Soderquist
1934 - 2016
Greg Dubinetz
1954 - 1982
Peter H. Daly (U.S. Navy)
Born 1955
Rick Huckabay
1946 - 2006
Alex Horn
1929 - 2007
Markus Johansson
Born 1984
Patty Crowley
1914 - 2006
Mike Smolen
1940 - 1992
Lewis Seiden
1934 - 2007
Cappriccieo Scates
Born 1969
Tommy Mee
1890 - 1981
Moe Franklin
1914 - 1978
Tom Lemming
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Harry Wunsch
1910 - 1954
Jayson Swain
Born 1984
Evelyn Pollock
Born 1977
Thomas L. Ridge
1915 - 1999
George E. McNally
1923 - 1988
Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott
1856 - 1945
Kate Levant
Born 1983
Dani Deahl
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Robert R. Odén
1922 - 2008
Jerry Standaert
1901 - 1964
Verneda Thomas
Born 1936
Carmen Nigro
1905 - 1990
Andre Anderson (boxer)
1890 - 1926
Jacob Melton
Born 2001
Jim Cooper (Jazzmusiker)
Born 1951
Mark Panick
Born 1956
Matt Ulery
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Logan Archbold Vilas
1891 - 1976
Arthur Greiner
1884 - 1916
Lacey O'Neal
Born 1944
Dave Finzer
Born 1959
Robert Wilson Patterson
1850 - 1910
Red Torkelson
1894 - 1964
Cheryl Hyman
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Al Ciner
Born 1947
Jack Krol
1936 - 1994
Brian K. Hopkins
Born 1961
Andy Varga
1930 - 1992
Frank Naleway
1902 - 1949
Carol Heifetz Neiman
1937 - 1990
Peter S. Seaman
Born 1951
Mark Randel
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Nate Lyles
Born 1985
Dagmar Nordstrom
1903 - 1976
Justin Bowen
Born 1983
Bob Bolen
1926 - 2014
Chuck Winfrey
Born 1949
Adrianne Calvo
Born 1984
Fred Lowenthal
1878 - 1931
Paddy Quinn (baseball)
1849 - 1909
Chuck Nergard
1929 - 2017
Tom O'Meara
1872 - 1902
Stormy Rottman
1918 - 1993
Tina DeRosa
1944 - 2007
Harber H. Hall
1920 - 2020
Vance Thomas
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Christine A. Elder
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Anna Wilmarth Ickes
1873 - 1935
Carl Cronin
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Alton Johnson
Born 1877
Art Turk Burton
Born 1949
Cecil Steffen
1919 - 2009
Suzanne Deuchler
Born 1929
Robert M. Fomon
1925 - 2000
Patrick J. Gallagher
Born 1949
Pete O'Brien (1890s second baseman)
1867 - 1937
Larry Onesti
1938 - 2018
John Doran (baseball)
Born 1867
Al McLean (baseball)
1912 - 1990
John Lynch (radio)
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Marcus Singletary
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Dena M. Carli
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Philip Collin
Born 1963
Bob Motl
1920 - 2007
Bump J
Born 1980
Biscuit Miller
Born 1961
Ron Weissenhofer
Born 1964
Ralph C. Capparelli
Born 1924
Betty Lou Varnum
Born 1931
Supa Bwe
Born 1989
George Euripides Tragos
Born 1949
Alvin H. Culver
1873 - 1955
Jake Kafora
1888 - 1928
Marlow H. Colvin
Born 1964
Herb Harris
1913 - 1991
Louis A. Lerner
1935 - 1984
Sharon Savoy
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Robert Lieber
Born 1941
Howard Lane
1922 - 1988
Willie Messino
1917 - 2002
Christopher Csíkszentmihályi
Born 1968
Qwazaar
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Dave Sullivan (Illinois politician)
Born 1964
William Broeksmit
1955 - 2014
Eddie Malone (baseball)
1920 - 2006
Jerold L. Grashoff
1945 - 1976
John Wiatrak
1913 - 2000
Frank Rydzewski
1892 - 1979
Steve Stanlee
1920 - 2010
James Peters
Born 1981
Albert E. Jenner Jr.
1907 - 1988
Mike Hechinger
1890 - 1967
Ronald Kornblum
1933 - 2008
Antonio R. Riley
Born 1963
Jim Stroner
1901 - 1975
Katie Monahan-Prudent
Born 1954
Volney Ashford
1907 - 1973
James Laski
Born 1954
Melvin Moore
1923 - 1989
Edna L. McRae
1902 - 1990
Judy Balaban
Born 1932
Tiny Topsy
1930 - 1964
David C. Jordan
Born 1935
Malcolm Ross O'Neill
Born 1940
Marge Kotlisky
1927 - 1997
Mickie Caspi
Born 1961
Lynette Griffin
Born 1905
Irwin Marcus
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Kellie Madison
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Darius Brooks
Born 1963
Jack Muller
1923 - 2005
John Trask (soccer)
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Tim Baar
1912 - 1977
Brian Bagnall
Born 1981
Ronald Coleman (basketball)
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Johnny Bryan
1897 - 1966
Will E. Jackson
Born 1945
Rodney Jackson
Born 1967
Jens Westengard
1871 - 1918
Nick Corwin
1980 - 1988
Harry Gale Nye Jr.
1908 - 1987
Larry Holliday
Born 1964
Robert Bruce Tague
1912 - 1985
Michael R. Zalewski
Born 1956
Richard Buchanan (American football)
Born 1969
Ron Ballatore
1941 - 2012
Jim Mooney (American football)
1907 - 1944
Wes Gordon
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Little Ann (singer)
1945 - 2003
Frank Brisko
1900 - 1990
JAQ (b-boy)
Born 1974
Jay Fonseca
Born 1982
Hubert J. Loftus
1924 - 1995
Helen Rosner
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John Meyer (American football)
1942 - 2020
Ralph Brill
1935 - 2019
Joseph M. Lyons
Born 1951
Jeff Fitzgerald
Born 1966
Margaret Wilcox
Born 1830
Henry Davis (performer)
1886 - 1946
Judith Palache Gregory
1932 - 2017
Marilyn Middleton Pollock
Born 1947
Harry Harrison (DJ)
1930 - 2020
Jose Valdes
Born 1957
Loretta Schafer
1917 - 1998
Goldhouse
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Art Lopatka
1919 - 2007
Walter Pitchford
Born 1992
Mollie Wilmot
1926 - 2002
Robert Moak
Born 1958
Jim Hager
1941 - 2008
Derek Lee (baseball)
Born 1966
Mick Durham
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Max Fiske
1888 - 1928
DJ Fokis
Born 1979
Brandon Cole
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Jorge Canahuati Larach
Born 1956
Paul Butler (polo)
1892 - 1981
Val Belmonte
Born 1951