Famous People Born in Illinois
- "Wild Bill" Hickok ( Troy Grove )
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Aaron McGruder
( Chicago )
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Adrian Zmed
( Chicago )
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Alison Krauss
( Decatur )
- Armin Brott ( Chicago )
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Arne Duncan
( Chicago )
- Benny Goodman ( Chicago )
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Betty Ford
( Chicago )
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Betty White
( Oak Park )
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Bill Murray
( Wilmette )
- Bob Fosse ( Chicago )
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Bob Newhart
( Oak Park )
- Bob Woodward ( Geneva )
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Bobby Fischer
( Chicago )
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Bonnie Hunt
( Chicago )
- Brit Marling ( Chicago )
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Calista Flockhart
( Freeport )
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Carl Sandburg
( Galesburg )
- Carol Moseley-Braun ( Chicago )
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Charlton Heston
( Evanston )
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Cindy Crawford
( De Kalb )
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Curtis Mayfield
( Chicago )
- Daniel Clowes ( Chicago )
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Danitra Vance
( Chicago )
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Daryl Hannah
( Chicago )
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Denise Richards
( Downer's Grove )
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Dennis Franz
( Maywood )
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Diablo Cody
( Lemont )
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Don Cornelius
( Chicago )
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Donald Rumsfeld
( Chicago )
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Dwyane Wade
( Chicago )
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Eliot Ness
( Chicago )
- Emmett Till ( Chicago )
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Erin Heatherton
( Skokie )
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Ernest Hemingway
( Oak Park )
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Ethel Kennedy
( Chicago )
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Frances McDormand
( Chicago )
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Gary Coleman
( Zion )
- Gene Rayburn ( Christopher )
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Gil Scott-Heron
( Chicago )
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Gillian Anderson
( Chicago )
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Harrison Ford
( Chicago )
- Helen Hokinson ( Mendota )
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
( Chicago )
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Hugh Hefner
( Chicago )
- Jack Ruby ( Chicago )
- James Earl Ray ( Alton )
- James Watson ( Chicago )
- Jane Addams ( Cedarville )
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Jane Lynch
( Dolton )
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Jean M. Auel
( Chicago )
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Jennifer Hudson
( Chicago )
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Jenny McCarthy
( Chicago )
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Joan Allen
( Rochelle )
- John Ashcroft ( Chicago )
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John Belushi
( Chicago )
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John Cusack
( Evanston )
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John Malkovich
( Christopher )
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John Paul Stevens
( Chicago )
- Jonathan Franzen ( Western Springs )
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Kathy Griffin
( Oak Park )
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Kim Novak
( Chicago )
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Ludacris
( Champaign )
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Malia Obama
( Chicago )
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Maria Shriver
( Chicago )
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McLean Stevenson
( Normal )
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Melissa McCarthy
( Plainfield )
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Michael Crichton
( Chicago )
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Michael Flatley
( Chicago )
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Michelle Obama
( Chicago )
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Mike Krzyzewski
( Chicago )
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Miles Davis
( Alton )
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Pat Sajak
( Chicago )
- Philip K. Dick ( Chicago )
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Quincy Jones
( Chicago )
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Rahm Emanuel
( Chicago )
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Ray Bradbury
( Waukegan )
- Ray Kroc ( Oak Park )
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Ray LaHood
( Peoria )
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Raymond Chandler
( Chicago )
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Richard Pryor
( Peoria )
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Robert Conrad
( Chicago )
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Robert Novak
( Joliet )
- Robert Wadlow ( Alton )
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Robin Williams
( Chicago )
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Rock Hudson
( Winnetka )
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Rod Blagojevich
( Chicago )
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Roger Ebert
( Urbana )
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Roland W. Burris
( Centralia )
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Ronald Reagan
( Tampico )
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Sasha Obama
( Chicago )
- Saul Alinsky ( Chicago )
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Seymour Hersh
( Chicago )
- Shel Silverstein ( Chicago )
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Sherry Lansing
( Chicago )
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Ted Kaczynski
( Evergreen Park )
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Terrence Howard
( Chicago )
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Terrence Malick
( Ottawa )
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Tom Bosley
( Chicago )
- Virginia Madsen ( Chicago )