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.
Bill Doerrfeld
Born 1964
Ray Lampe
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H. S. "Andy" Anderson
1893 - 1960
LaVonte Dority
Born 1991
Susan V. John
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Deac Sanders
Born 1950
David Dorfman (choreographer)
Born 1956
Roger Bossard
Born 1949
Dolores Moore
1932 - 2000
Jay W. Boersma
Born 1947
Juan Pascoe
Born 1946
DeRionne P. Pollard
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Henry F. Ludorf
1899 - 1968
Carlos G. Muñiz
Born 1969
William H. Fenical
Born 1941
Anna Christy
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David H. Moore
Born 1965
Frank Smykal
1889 - 1950
Michael Kleen
Born 1981
Tal Kopan
Born 1986
Michael Kutza
Born 1942
Funkefeller
Born 1981
Chuck Kassel
1903 - 1977
William Swank
Born 1940
John Baxter (American football)
Born 1963
Jean O'Hara
1913 - 1973
Tom Connelly
1897 - 1941
Patricia Saldaña Natke
Born 1964
Dick Pike
1924 - 2003
Gunnar Petersson
1915 - 2003
Bill McElwain
1903 - 1996
Irv Medlinger
1927 - 1975
Rudy Smeja
1920 - 1982
Tim Hunter (CEO)
Born 1968
Johnny Knolla
1919 - 1992
Robert Zimmerman (swimmer)
1881 - 1980
Albert Robinson (athlete)
Born 1964
Richard Cordtz
1921 - 2006
Julie Keith
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Ray Ulrich
1899 - 1950
Marilyn Reid
Born 1941
Jerry Girard
1932 - 2007
Alexandra Bell
Born 1983
Bill Gay
1927 - 2008
Bob Ryland
1920 - 2020
Derrius Quarles
Born 1990
Alexander R. Grant
1925 - 2001
Justin Anderson (running back)
Born 1986
Irene Kotowicz
1919 - 2002
Gilbert Villegas
Born 2015
Ken Sorensen
1934 - 2012
Philip Willis Tone
1923 - 2001
Fern Battaglia
1931 - 2001
Mark Hubbard
Born 1966
ArLynn Leiber Presser
Born 1960
Guy Nardulli
Born 1974
Tahera Rahman
Born 1990
Jim Breton
1891 - 1973
Marc Spiegler
Born 1968
Sarah Dunlap
Born 1980
Charlie Guth
1856 - 1883
Chris Pelekoudas
1918 - 1984
Dolly Niemiec
1931 - 2018
Torrey C. Brown
1937 - 2014
Arthur Allyn Jr.
1913 - 1985
Hyacinth Gabriel Connon
1911 - 1978
Harry Grabiner
1890 - 1948
Mary Moody
1870 - 1963
D. Cameron Findlay
Born 1959
Scott Lusader
Born 1963
John Traffley
1862 - 1900
Dave Alston
1846 - 1893
Bill Johnson (1910s outfielder)
1892 - 1950
Raynard Miner
Born 1946
Scotty Moylan
1916 - 2010
Abe Johnson
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Daniel Lopez (athlete)
Born 1968
Juozas Jurgėla
1911 - 1961
Jerry Rosenberg (boxer)
Born 1960
Keith Liddell
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Gloria Schweigerdt
1934 - 2014
Pauline Pirok
1926 - 2020
Ann Hardy
Born 1933
W. Raymond Beck
Born 1932
Ramón Ayala (accordion player)
Born 1928
Jason Ervin
Born 2011
George Rooks
1863 - 1935
William Schmedtgen
1862 - 1936
Barbara Thoman Curtis
1938 - 2015
Patricia A. Shiu
Born 1958
Elga L. Jefferies
Born 1946
Arthur B. Modine
1885 - 1981
John Sullivan (pitcher)
1894 - 1958
Douglas L. Edmonds
1887 - 1962
Otto Jacobs
1889 - 1955
Steve Johnson (American football, born 1956)
Born 1956
Tom Tuohy (attorney)
Born 1957
Lawrence Heyworth Jr.
1921 - 2003
Kenny Mann
1927 - 2008
Jarmila Vacková
1908 - 1971
Barbara G. Young
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Chet Giermak
1928 - 2015
Ron Grzywinski
Born 1936
Jim Novak
Died 2018
Chet Winters
Born 1960
Dale Samuels
Born 1931
Rich Coady (center)
Born 1944
Denizen Kane
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Ed Plank
Born 1952
Edde Gleerup
1860 - 1928
Keariene Muizz
Born 1977
Emile John Lussier
1895 - 1974
Hank Magnuski
Born 1944
Ernest Floege
1898 - 1996
John Spoor Broome
1917 - 2009
Tiffany Sfikas
Born 1977
Fred Marolewski
Born 1928
Kenn Smith
Born 1962
Bill Malone (magician)
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Chris Bracey
Born 1980
John Henry Helms
1874 - 1919
Lloyd M. Kozloff
1923 - 2012
Chris Rabb
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Guy Murdock
Born 1950
Michael Lenard
Born 1955
Yvonne Gage
Born 1959
Mike Young (cricket)
Born 1955
Hogan McLaughlin
Born 1989
Gene Rye
1906 - 1980
Harvey D. Strassman
1922 - 2011
Sax Kari
1920 - 2009
Larry Kirkwood
Born 1941
John Foley (American football)
Born 1968
Herold Juul
1893 - 1942
Benjamin N. Maltz
1901 - 1993
John Himmelfarb
Born 1946
Gus George Bebas
1914 - 1942
Alberta Banner Turner
1909 - 2008
Shari Addison
Born 1962
Sidney Port
1911 - 2007
Henry Andrew Imshaug
1925 - 2010
Tony Tonneman
1881 - 1951
Ed Keats
1915 - 2019
Dunc Annan
1895 - 1981
Victor Antonio González
Born 1963
John Moyer (American football)
Born 1975
Libby Komaiko
1949 - 2019
Gene Lancour
Born 1947
Betty Lou Bailey
1929 - 2007
Gwen Lux
1908 - 1987
Sig Gryska
1914 - 1994
Jo Ann Garrett
Born 1954
Eddie Stack
1887 - 1958
James Michael Ryan
1912 - 2002
Carmen Phillips (1937–2002)
1895 - 2002
Sean Lawler
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Cesar Zambrano
Born 1984
Keith James
Born 1987
Josephine Lenard
1921 - 2007
Connie L. Johnson
Born 1969
Michael Scott Jr.
Born 2015
Edward C. Waller
Born 1926
Darron Brittman
Born 1962
Irene Ruhnke
1920 - 1999
Angela Spivey
Born 1959
Gareth Jon Nelson
Born 1937
Richard Bandstra
Born 1950
Ed Genson
1942 - 2020
Art Delaney
1897 - 1970
Joe Windbiel
1897 - 1971
Sayre Gomez
Born 1982
Fred Goldman
Born 1940
Andre Smith (Nebraska basketball)
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Rita Walters
1930 - 2020
Andra Medea
Born 1953
Charlie Wiedemeyer
1914 - 1979
Christine Campbell (rower)
Born 1964
Derrick Strong
Born 1981
Cedric Ford
Born 1968
Beauty Turner
1957 - 2008
Marcus Arnold
Born 1984
Max Samuel Grifenhagen
1861 - 1932
Cuitlahuac Meza
Born 1990
Bill Zender
Born 1955
Andrew Watson Armour III
1908 - 1991
Kelly McDowell
1952 - 2017
Jason Price
Born 1978
Arlene Kotil
Born 1934
Jim Andreotti
Born 1938
John A. Bloomingston
1874 - 1942
Georges C. Benjamin
Born 1952
Gabe Noel
Born 1985
Arnold Johnson (industrialist)
1906 - 1960
Jay Kahn
Born 1950
Chuckey Charles
Born 1970
Ed Short
1920 - 1984
Richard A. Devine
Born 1943
Isaac Henry Mayer
1864 - 1967
David Fee
Born 1976
David Petway
Born 1955
Peter Mannos
Born 1954
Ethel Sturges Dummer
1866 - 1954
Devontae Cacok
Born 1996
John Taylor (basketball)
Born 1989
Hilda Rosene Lund
1897 - 1978
Paddy Ryan (rugby union, born 1990)
Born 1990
Ronald Davis (physician)
1956 - 2008
Otto Bluege
1909 - 1977
Barry Swanson
Born 1950
Tom Kane (baseball)
1906 - 1973
Arthur Lerner
Born 1929
Jonathan Fraser
Born 1967
Rudy Krolopp
Born 1930
Claude Lawrence
Born 1944
John Mockler (politician)
1941 - 2015
Kevin Karplus
Born 1954
Bernie Hansen
Born 1944
Bernice Robinson (athlete)
Born 1927
Frank James McGarr
1921 - 2012
Frederic R. DeYoung
1875 - 1934
Melissa Conyears
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Joel D. Kopple
Born 1938
Louis N. James
1882 - 1935
Mya Baker
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Augie Hill
Born 1985
Paul Jordan
Born 1916
John Kane (infielder)
1900 - 1956
Hugh Daniel
1962 - 2013
Merle Temkin
Born 1937
Don Johnson (second baseman)
1911 - 2000
Marilynn Brewer
Born 1968
Jeff Glassman
Born 1949
Antoinette Rodez Schiesler
1934 - 1996
Lina Trivedi
Born 1973
Fern Shaffer
Born 1944
Jasper Sanfilippo
Died 2020
Harvey Goldman
Born 1951
Clem Balanoff
Born 1953
Cheryle Robinson Jackson
Born 1965
Maceo Woods
1932 - 2020
Keith Kinderman
1940 - 2018
Andy Rosenband
Born 1981
Eleanor Coleman
1905 - 1978
Philip G. Johnson (horseman)
1925 - 2004
Patrick Byrne (sledge hockey)
Born 1965
Chet Hajduk
1918 - 2006
Fritz Ermarth
Born 1941
Max Silverstein
1911 - 1942
Louis J. Witte
1894 - 1975
Carl Fredrick Becker
1919 - 2013
Sly Smith
Born 1949
Patrick Girondi
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Percy Ford (racing driver)
1888 - 1962
Harold D. Shannon
1892 - 1943
Bruce Hartford
1892 - 1975
Edwin F. Weigle
1889 - 1973
James F. Boyce
1868 - 1935
Thomas E. Thompson
Born 1885
Bill Conroy (infielder)
1899 - 1970
Robert Emery (athlete)
1898 - 1934
Tobias Barry
1924 - 2017
Jessica Deahr
Born 1982
Herschel Smith
1900 - 1964
Charlie Fajkus
Born 1957
Dick Holmberg
1931 - 2003
Mike New
Born 1968
Ronnie Lang
Born 1929
Joseph Kellman
1920 - 2010
Henrik Jonzon
Born 1979
Bryant Notree
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Regina Harris Baiocchi
Born 1956
Lolita Schneiders
Born 1931
Chris Hill (point guard)
Born 1983
Georgia Mabel DeBaptiste
1867 - 1951
Eric Tagg
Born 1953
Bill Quateman
Born 1947
C. P. Trussell
1892 - 1968
Philomena Gianfrancisco
1923 - 1992
Glenn D. Lid
Born 1957
Norris Hoyt
1935 - 2013
Shirley Palesh
1929 - 2017
Leo Kavanagh
1894 - 1950
Joseph Tanney
Born 1961
Samuel T. Chase
1868 - 1937
Ed Flynn (baseball)
1864 - 1929
Chris Pazan
Born 1983
Johanes Maliza
Born 1981
Enid Hammerman
1930 - 2002
Tony Weisman
Born 1960
Marty Honan
1869 - 1908
Lily Kim
Born 1980
Steve Moore (playwright)
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Oscar Knop
1896 - 1952
Joseph E. Hasten
1952 - 2011
Diana Rein
Born 1978
Arthur Olsen (politician)
1914 - 2014
John W. F. Bennett
1875 - 1943
Norman Wray
1923 - 2014
Jerry Magee
Died 2019
Walter X. Young
1918 - 1942