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01-29-2008, 09:45 AM
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Curtis Mayfield -- west side
Chris Zorich -- south side Nat "King" Cole -- south side Jennifer Hudson -- South side Darryl Stingley -- west side Arthur Goldberg -- west side Benny Goodman -- west side David Mamet -- south side Barbara Rush -- north side Pam Zekman -- south side Andrew Greeley -- west side Cardinal George -- north side Studs Terkel -- north side Chaka Khan -- south side 
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01-29-2008, 09:51 AM
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Marilu Henner -- north side
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01-29-2008, 09:53 AM
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Leopold and Loeb
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02-02-2008, 06:41 AM
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Robert Wadlow - Tallest man I use to play in his old house as a child!
Here is a list I found on the net Famous Illinoisans Franklin Pierce Adams author, Chicago Jane Addams social worker, Cedarville Gillian Anderson actress, Chicago Mary Astor actress, Quincy Arnold O. Beckman inventor, Cullom Jack Benny comedian, Chicago Black Hawk Sauk Indian chief Harry A. Blackmun jurist, Nashville William E. Borah public official, Fairfield Ray Bradbury author, Waukegan William Jennings Bryan orator, politician, Salem Edgar Rice Burroughs author, Chicago Marvin Camras inventor, Chicago Jennie Garth actress, Urbana Gower Champion choreographer, Geneva John Chancellor TV commentator, Chicago Raymond Chandler writer, Chicago Jimmy Connors tennis champion, East St. Louis James Gould Cozzens author, Chicago Cindy Crawford model, DeKalb Richard J. Daley mayor, Chicago Miles Davis musician, Alton Walt Disney film animator, producer, Chicago John Dos Passos author, Chicago James T. Farrell author, Chicago Harrison Ford actor, Chicago Betty Friedan feminist, Peoria Benny Goodman musician, Chicago John Gunther author, Chicago George E. Hale astronomer, Chicago Dorothy Hamill ice skater, Chicago Ernest Hemingway author, Oak Park John M. Harlan jurist, Chicago Charlton Heston actor, Evanston Wild Bill Hickok scout, Troy Grove William Holden actor, O'Fallon Rock Hudson actor, Winnetka Burl Ives singer, Hunt City James Jones author, Robinson Quincy Jones composer, Chicago Walter Kerr drama critic, Evanston Archibald MacLeish poet, Glencoe David Mamet playwright, Chicago Homer Z. Martin inventor, Chicago Stanley Mazor inventor, Chicago Robert A. Millikan physicist, Morrison Sherrill Milnes baritone, Downers Grove Bill Murray actor, Wilmette John G. Neihardt poet, Sharpsburg Bob Newhart actor, comedian, Chicago Frank Norris author, Chicago William S. Paley broadcasting executive, Chicago Drew Pearson columnist, Evanston Richard Pryor comedian, actor, Peoria Ronald Reagan U.S. president, actor, Tampico Carl Sandburg poet, Galesburg Lewis Hastings Sarett inventor, Champaign Sam Shepard playwright, Fort Sheridan William L. Shirer author, historian, Chicago McLean Stevenson actor, Bloomington Preston Sturges director, Chicago Clyde W. Tombaugh astronomer, Streator Gloria Swanson actress, Chicago Carl Van Doren writer, educator, Hope Melvin Van Peebles playwright, Chicago Irving Wallace author, Chicago Alfred Wallenstein conductor, Chicago Raquel Welch actress, Chicago Florenz Ziegfield theatrical producer, Chicago Jane Addams (1860 - 1935) Earned a Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in helping the inner city poor. Born in Cedarville, IL (136) Robert O. Anderson (1917 - ) Founder of ARCO Oil & Gas; lives in Roswell. Born in Chicago, IL (398) Bonnie Blair (1964 - ) The only American woman to Win a U.S. record of five individual gold medals over three Olympic Games; She is a speedskater. Born in Champaign, IL (400) Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947 - ) Lawyer, politician, First Lady to President Bill Clinton, First Lady elected to the United States Senate. Born in Chicago, IL (139) Miles Davis (1926 - 1991) Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader, and Artist. Born in Alton, IL (151) Walt Disney (1901 - 1966) Creator of Mickey Mouse and founder of the Disneyland® and Walt Disney World® Theme Parks; lived in Hollywood. Born in Chicago, IL (41) Fred Dubois (1851 - 1930) American politician who served 2 terms in the U.S. Senate. Born in Crawford County, IL (131) Abigail Scott Duniway (1834 - 1915) Journalist and woman-suffrage leader. She is also the author of many books including Captain Gray's Company; lived in Lafayette. Born in Groveland, IL (487) George Ferris (1859 - 1896) Inventor of the Ferris wheel. Born in Galesburg, IL (142) Harrison Ford (1942 - ) Actor made famous in Star Wars and as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark and its' sequels. Born in Chicago, IL (141) Dorothy Hamill (1956 - ) Olympic gold medallist and professional ice skater with the Ice Capades; grew up in Riverside. Born in Chicago, IL (70) Black Hawk (1767 - 1838) Sauk leader who led the Indians in the Black Hawk War. Born in Rock Island, IL (137) Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) Nobel Prize winning author; best known for his novel "The Old Man and the Sea". Born in Oak Park, IL (143) James "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837 - 1876) A scout and U.S. marshall in the Old West. Born in Troy Grove, IL (194) Marlee Matlin (1965 - ) The youngest recipient (21) to win an Oscar for an acting role. Born in Morton Grove, IL (145) Bill Murray (1950 - ) Actor made famous in Saturday Night Live and movies such as Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. Born in Wilmette, IL (146) Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004) The 40th President of the United States. Born in Tampico, IL (147) Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967) Pulitzer Prize winning author of Abraham Lincoln; The War Years.He was also a poet, historian, balladeer, and folklorist. Born in Galesburg, IL (148) Shel Silvertstein (1930 - 1999) Author of children's books such as Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree. Born in Chicago, IL (149) Clyde Tombaugh (1906 - 1997) The astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto; grew up in Burdette. Born in Streator, IL (193) Robin Williams (1951 - ) Actor made famous in the television show Mork and Mindy and movies such as Patch Adams and Toys. Born in Chicago, IL (150)
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02-13-2008, 01:30 PM
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Got quite a list going here. Keep it comin!
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02-17-2008, 06:11 PM
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02-17-2008, 08:25 PM
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02-22-2008, 09:32 AM
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Kevin Gamble, who played for the Boston Celtics during the Larry Bird era was born in Springfield along with 76ers star Andre Iguodala. Wasnt Kanye West born in Chicago?
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02-22-2008, 09:33 AM
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^ Born in Atlanta but was raised in Chicago.
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02-22-2008, 10:03 AM
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Isaiah Thomas -- West Side
Amelia Earhart -- Went to Hyde Park High Mae Jemison Garret Uttley Jay Berwanger -- First Heisman Winner
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