- Adrianne Curry
Adrianne Marie Curry (born August 6, 1982 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American fashion model and reality television contestant. Curry is famous for winning the first season of "America's Next Top Model". She is married to Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on "The Brady Bunch". She currently hosts an online radio show. - Robert Novak
Robert David Sanders Novak (born February 26, 1931) is a conservative American political commentator. Over his lengthy career, Bob Novak has become well-known as a columnist (writing "Inside Report" since 1963) and as a television personality (appearing on many shows for CNN, most notably "The Capital Gang", "Crossfire", and "Evans, Novak, Hunt, and Shields"). His memoirs was published in July 2007 entitled 'Prince of Darkness, … - Mike Alstott
Michael Joseph Alstott (born December 21, 1973, Joliet, Illinois) is an American football player who plays fullback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. - Anthony Rapp
Anthony Dean Rapp (b. October 26 1971, Chicago) is an American stage and film actor best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of "Rent" in 1996 and later for reprising the same role in the film version. He also performed the role of Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - Charlie Adams
Charlie Adams is an American drummer, percussionist, and drum engineer who has been drum lead for Yanni through nine major concert tours. Yanni and Adams have recorded 14 albums that have gone platinum and double platinum. He is widely recognized for his drum solo on the "Yanni Live at the Acropolis" video, the second best-selling music video of all time. - Frank Perconte
Frank Perconte (born March 10, 1917) was a non-commissioned officer during World War II with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in the United States Army. He was portrayed by James Madio in the HBO/BBC miniseries "Band of Brothers". - Tyler Christopher
Tyler Christopher (born Tyler Christopher Baker on November 11, 1972 in Joliet, Illinois, USA) is an American actor, best known for his role as Nikolas Cassadine on the ABC daytime drama "General Hospital", a character which he originated in 1996 and has played off and on ever since. He was nominated for Daytime Emmys for the role in 1998, 2005, and 2006. He is sometimes credited as Tyler Baker. - Adam Rapp
Adam Rapp (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. The son of Mary Lee and Douglas Rapp, he was raised in Joliet, Illinois, with his brother, actor Anthony Rapp, and sister, Anne. His parents divorced when Rapp was five, and he and his siblings were raised by their mother, who died in 1997. He graduated from Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, and completed a two-year playwriting fellowship at Juilliard. - Lynne Thigpen
Lynne Thigpen (December 22, 1948 - March 12, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning, Image Award-nominated American film and television actress. - Scott Spiezio
Scott Edward Spiezio (born September 21, 1972 in Joliet, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the son of former Cardinal Ed Spiezio. He is well-known for his time as a member of the Anaheim Angels, when he hit a 3-run home run in Game Six of the 2002 World Series against the San Francisco Giants, sparking the Angels to a dramatic come-from-behind victory. He has also played for the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. - Jimmy Chamberlin
James Joseph "Jimmy" Chamberlin (born June 10, 1964 in Joliet, Illinois) is a musician best known as the drummer for the rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Chamberlin's early musical training was primarily as a jazz drummer, and he played in several Chicago area outfits before joining the Smashing Pumpkins shortly after their formation in 1988. - Edwin Way Teale
Edwin Way Teale (June 2, 1899 - October 18, 1980) was an American naturalist, photographer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Born in Joliet, Illinois, his interest in the natural world was fostered by childhood summers spent at his grandparents' farm in Indiana's dune country-experiences recalled in his book "Dune Boy" (1943). - Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer, Academy Award-winning songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor. - Larry Parks
Larry Parks (13 December 1914, Olathe, Kansas - 13 April 1975, Studio City, California), was an American stage and movie actor. His career was virtually ended when he admitted to having once been a member of a Communist party cell, an admission that led to his blacklisting by all Hollywood studios. Parks grew up in Joliet, Illinois, and graduated from Joliet Township High School in 1932. He attended the University of Illinois as a pre-med student, … - John Beck
John Beck (born 28 January, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned for being a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known for his many roles as a hard-ball businessman. - Daniel Ruettiger
Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger (b. August 23, 1948 in Joliet, Illinois) is a motivational speaker best known as the inspiration for the motion picture "Rudy". Ruettiger grew up in a middle class household; the third of fourteen children. He attended Joliet Catholic High School, where he played for legendary coach Gordie Gillespie and led the team in tackles his junior and senior years. - William Cornelius van Horne
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG (February 3, 1843 - September 11, 1915) was a pioneering North American railway executive. Born in Chelsea, Illinois, in the United States, he moved with his family to nearby Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old. Van Horne began working on railroads in 1857, serving in various capacities on the Michigan Central Railway until 1864, … - Nora Bayes
Nora Bayes (1880 - 19 June 1928) was a popular United States entertainer of the early 20th century. Born Leonora Goldberg to a Jewish family in Joliet, Illinois, Bayes was performing professionally in vaudeville in Chicago by age 18. She toured from San Francisco, California to New York City and became a star both on vaudeville and Broadway. She was an accomplished singer, comedian and actor. In 1908, she married singer/songwriter Jack Norworth. - Andy Dick
Andrew Dick (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and voice artist best known for his roles on the sitcoms "NewsRadio", "The Andy Dick Show" and "Less Than Perfect". He also provided voiceovers in "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride", "Hoodwinked!", and "Happily N'Ever After". - Jesse Barfield
Jesse Lee Barfield (born October 29, 1959 in Joliet, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1981-89) and New York Yankees (1989-92). He batted and threw right-handed. Barfield was better known for his powerful throwing arm, universally hailed as the strongest outfield arm of his time, and as one of the best in major league history. It was not only strong, but accurate as well. - Roger Powell
Roger Powell Jr. (born January 15, 1983 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player formerly with the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He played collegiately at the University of Illinois from 2001-2005. He attended Joliet High School graduating in 2001. Powell played the forward position for his high school and in college. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Speech Communications. - George Mikan
George Lawrence Mikan, Jr. (June 18, 1924 - June 1, 2005), nicknamed Mr. Basketball, was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Invariably playing with thick, round spectacles, the 6 ft 10 in 245 lb. - Ned Grabavoy
Ned Grabavoy (born July 1, 1983 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Grabavoy attended Lincoln-Way Central High School, a large suburban Chicago school, where he played under coach Brian Papa .He led the Knights to two straight Illinois State Championship Class AA Games. He was also named the 2000-01 Gatorade National High School Player of the Year his senior year. - Lawrence Jenco
The late Servite Father Lawrence Martin Jenco, (27 November 1934 - 19 July 1996), a native of Joliet, Illinois, was taken hostage in Beirut by five armed men in January 1985, while serving as director of Catholic Relief Services there. He was held for 564 days before being released and allowed to return to the United States. He died in Illinois, of cancer, in 1996. He is buried in The Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. - Tom Thayer
Thomas Allen Thayer (Tom) (born August 16, 1961 in Joliet, Illinois) was a center/guard in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Miami Dolphins. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears. Previously, he played in the USFL for the Chicago Blitz and the Arizona Wranglers in 1983 and 1984, respectively. - John Barrowman
John Barrowman (born 11 March, 1967 in Mount Vernon, Glasgow) is a British-American actor, musical performer, dancer, singer, and TV presenter who has lived and worked both in the United Kingdom and the United States. He currently lives in the UK. He became a United States citizen in 1985, and holds dual US/UK citizenship. Barrowman is best known on British television for his acting and his presenting work on theatre. - Audrey Totter
Audrey Totter (born December 20, 1918 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American actress. Totter began her acting career in radio in the late 1930s and after success in Chicago and New York, was signed to a seven year film contract with MGM Studios. She made her film debut in "Main Street After Dark" (1945) and during the 1940s established herself as a popular female lead. - Kathryn Hays
Kathryn Hays (born July 26, 1933) is an American actress. She was born in Princeton, Illinois and grew up in Joliet, Illinois. An actress who played bit parts in many sitcoms and dramas throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, she is most famous for her role as Kimberly "Kim" Sullivan Hughes on "As the World Turns". Hays has been on the soap opera since her debut in 1972. Long-known for her pixie-length brown hairdo, Hays has, in recent years, stopped coloring it, … - Margaret Teele
Margaret Teele (born Margaret J. Poby, 5 November 1942 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American television and motion picture actress who appeared in "Gomer Pyle", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Batman", "The Rounders" and "Captain Nice" and other television shows as well as films such as "The Silencers", "Way Way Out", "Hook, Line & Sinker", "The Unkissed Bride" (also known as "Mother Goose a Go-Go"), "The Human Duplicators" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". - Don Murray
Don Murray (June 7, 1904 - June 2, 1929) was an early jazz clarinet and saxophone player. Don Murray was born in Joliet, Illinois, and attended high school in Chicago. In his teens he made a name for himself as one of the best young jazz clarinetists and saxophonists in the city. In 1923 he recorded with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings; according to Rhythm Kings leader Paul Mares, Murray was not a regular member of the band, but was a friend who sometimes sat in with them. - Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes Agnes Carlotta McCambridge was an Academy Award-winning American actress. - Arthur Wilhelmi
Arthur Wilhelmi (born May 14, 1968 in Joliet) is a Democratic politician, member of the Illinois Senate for the 43rd District since he was appointed in 2005. Wilhelmi lives in Joliet with his wife Michelle and their two children. He graduated from Loyola University of Chicago (B.A. cum laude) and Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D.). - Scott Davis
Scott Davis (born July 8, 1965) is a former NFL player. He played defensive end. He played for the Los Angeles Raiders from 1988-1994. He attended the University of Illinois. - Johan Reinhard
Dr. Johan Reinhard is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at The Mountain Institute, West Virginia, a Visiting Professor at Catholic University, Salta, Argentina, and an Honorary Professor of Catholic University, Arequipa, Peru. Born Dec. 13, 1943 in Joliet, Illinois, he began his undergraduate studies at the University of Arizona, before going on to receive his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Vienna, … - Mark Grant
Mark "Mud" Grant (born October 24, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher and is the current color commentator for the San Diego Padres' television broadcasts. - Lois Delander
Lois Eleanor Delander was Miss America in 1927. Delander, a native of Joliet, Illinois and high school junior, aged 16, won the crown on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary. The pageant was not held again until 1932. She died near Chicago in 1985. - Sean Bergman
Sean Frederick Bergman (Born: April 11, 1970 in Joliet, Illinois) is a former righthanded Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins between 1993 and 2000. Bergman attended Joliet Catholic High School in Joliet, Illinois, before attending Southern Illinois University. Standing at 6'4", 205 pounds (one source puts him at 225 pounds), … - Larry Gura
Lawrence Cyril Gura (born November 26, 1947, in Joliet, Illinois) was a left-handed baseball pitcher. He went to Arizona State University and spent 16 years in the Major Leagues. He played for the Chicago Cubs (1970-1973, 1985) of the National League, and the New York Yankees (1974-1975) and Kansas City Royals (1976-1985), both of the American League. He was inducted into the inaugural Joliet Hall of Fame in Joliet, Illinois. - Mike Gillespie
Mike Gillespie is the head men's basketball coach at Florida A&M University. On May 25, 2007 he was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor stalking charge and later released from jail on a $1,000 bond. Police said they were called Friday morning by a woman, who said she was stalked at work Thursday evening and Friday morning. She had told authorities on May 15 of Gillespie's advances, but didn't want to file charges, hoping he'd stop contacting her, a police report said. - Ron
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