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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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