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Born and educated in Illinois. [4] Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–77), surrealist painter. Lived most of her life in Chicago and known for her association with the city. [5] Max Abramovitz (1908–2004), architect. Born and college-educated in Illinois. [6] Ben Abruzzo (1930–85), balloonist. Born and college-educated in Illinois. [7]
Professor of Political Science and U.S. Congressman. Born in Chicago. Washington Hesing. May 4, 1849. Dec 17, 1897. Postmaster of Chicago and managing editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung. Lived and died in Chicago. Janet Jagan. Oct 20, 1920.
Joshua Ferris. Nov 7, 1974. Novelist, author of Then We Came to the End. Born in Danville. Gene Hackman. Jan 30, 1930. Academy Award–winning actor. Went to junior high and early high school in Danville. Brett Haley.
Fred Merkel, broadcast engineer for Premiere Networks and iHeartMedia. Anna Peck Sill (1816-1889), educator. Adaline Emerson Thompson, benefactor and educational leader. Gordon Tullock, economist and one of the founders of public choice. Janice E. Voss, astronaut and engineer; lived in Rockford [1]
Jan 30, 1991. Electrical engineer and physicist; two time Nobel Prize winner in Physics. Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Steve Chen. Aug 18, 1978. Co-founder of YouTube. Graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Jawed Karim. Jan 1, 1979.
Brendon Small, sitcom writer, producer, actor, and musician. Louise Stanley, early 20th-century actress, born in Springfield. Cecily Strong, cast member of Saturday Night Live, born in Springfield. Bobby Watson, early 20th-century actor, born in Springfield. Theodore Lorch, early 20th-century actor, widely seen in Three Stooges shorts, born in ...
Barbara Ann Teer. Jun 18, 1937. Jul 21, 2008. Writer, producer, actress and teacher; founder of the National Black Theater in Harlem (1968) Born in East St. Louis. Ike Turner. Nov 5, 1931. Dec 12, 2007. Musician, bandleader, songwriter, talent scout, and record producer; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Adam Beechen. Robert H. Birch. Marty Blum. Brad Breeck. Alice Ives Breed. Roxanna Brown. Benson K. Buffham. John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn. Murder of John Butkovich.