- Carol Lawrence
Carol Lawrence was born Carol Marie Laraia on September 5, 1932 in Melrose Park, Illinois. She is a musical theater actress, who has also made numerous appearances in film and television. Lawrence made her Broadway debut in 1952, and achieved outstanding success when she created the role of Maria in the original Broadway production of "West Side Story" in 1957. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for this role. - Shawn Green
Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a 6' 4" left-handed Major League Baseball player. Green is the starting right fielder for the New York Mets. Green was a 1st round draft pick, and has been a 2-time major league All-Star. He has driven in 100 runs 4 times and scored 100 runs 4 times, hit 40 or more home runs 3 times, led the league in doubles, extra base hits, and total bases, won both a Gold Glove Award and a Silver Slugger Award, … - Lili Taylor
Lili Taylor (born February 20 1967) is an American film and television actress. Taylor, the second youngest of six children, was born in Glencoe, Illinois to Marie, a professional babysitter, and Park Taylor, a folk artist and hardware store operator. She grew up in a "warm family environment" and has described herself as being a "tomboy" and "a bit of a searcher" during her childhood. She graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, … - Michael Finley
Michael Howard Finley (born March 6, 1973, in Melrose Park, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player who is a member of the 2007 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs. The 6' 7" shooting guard/small forward was originally drafted out of University of Wisconsin-Madison by the Phoenix Suns as the 21st overall pick of the 1995 NBA Draft. Finley held the all-time scoring record at Wisconsin for eleven years, but was passed by Alando Tucker on March 10, 2007. - Mallory Snyder
Mallory Snyder (born January 7, 1984), is an American model and actress best known for her role on MTV's reality television program "The Real World: Paris" and her work as a swimsuit model for Sports Illustrated. Snyder is a 2002 graduate of William Fremd High School. Her father, Todd Snyder, played professional American football in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons from 1970-1973. - Harry Smith
Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951 in Lansing, Illinois) is a co-anchor for CBS' "The Early Show" and the host of A&E's "Biography" series. In addition to these regular appearances, Smith has appeared in a number of other television endeavors. On the History Channel, Smith hosted several episodes of Modern Marvels, as well as documentaries on holidays including Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween. He has also appeared as a guest judge on Iron Chef America. - Antwaan Randle El
Antwaan Randle El (born August 17, 1979 in Riverdale, Illinois) is an American football wide receiver and punt returner for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. A quarterback in college, he is also occasionally called on to pass on trick plays, most notably in Super Bowl XL in which he threw a pass for a touchdown. - Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch (born on July 14, 1960, in Dolton, Illinois) is an American writer, actress and comedian. Raised in Illinois, she received her bachelor's degree in theater from Illinois State University and her MFA from Cornell University, also in theater. Her extensive theater background involved touring with The Second City comedy troupe and playing Carol Brady in "The Real Live Brady Bunch". She also wrote and starred in the award-winning play "Oh Sister, … - John Prine
John Prine (born October 10, 1946, in Maywood, Illinois) is an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s. Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. His grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis, and Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago. - James Augustine
James Augustine (born February 27, 1984 in Midlothian, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. He eventually moved to Mokena, Illinois where he attended Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox, Illinois where he graduated in 2002. While at Lincoln-Way, Augustine played both football and basketball. Augustine played for the University of Illinois men's basketball team from 2002 to 2006. Playing both the power forward and center positions, … - Eddy Curry
Eddy Curry Jr. (born December 5 1982, in Calumet City, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA currently with the New York Knicks. - Dave Mallow
David J. Mallow (born in October 19, 1948 in Park Ridge, Illinois) is a voice actor. One of his known aliases is Colin Phillips. - Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton was an American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). He was killed in his apartment by a corrupt tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State's Attorney's Office (SAO), in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hampton’s murder was chronicled in The Murder of Fred Hampton. - Curtis Granderson
Curtis Granderson (born March 16, 1981, in Blue Island, Illinois) is a center fielder in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Detroit Tigers. Granderson grew up in Lynwood, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago and began his baseball career in the town's Little League. - Nicholle Tom
Nicholle Tom is an American actress, most famous for her role as Maggie Sheffield on "The Nanny". Her twin brother, actor David Tom, and older sister, Heather Tom, have both won Emmys for their performances on CBS's "The Young and the Restless" (1973). Nicholle's height is 5' 7¼" (1.71 m). Sister Heather is two and a half years older than David and she. She is the daughter of Marie and Charles Tom, who are now divorced. - John Francis Daley
John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American television and film actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Sam Weir on the short-lived NBC dramedy "Freaks and Geeks". In an unusual bit of casting, Daley was the actual age of a high school freshman when he played Weir. Daley was born in Wheeling, Illinois to R.F. Daley, an actor, and Nancy Daley, a piano teacher. He has appeared in multiple productions with his father. - Chris Klein
Frederick Christopher Klein (born March 14 1979) is an American movie actor. He is perhaps best known for his "American Pie" role, in which he played Chris "Oz" Ostreicher. - Quinn Buckner
William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner (born August 20 1954 in Phoenix, Illinois) is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at Indiana University, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA Draft. He had a ten-year NBA career for three different teams (the Bucks, the Boston Celtics, and the Indiana Pacers). Throughout his career he was a solid defensive player, … - Corey Maggette
Corey Antoine Maggette (born November 12, 1979 in Melrose Park, Illinois, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player, positioned at small forward for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. He excelled at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, where he was an All-American in basketball and also an Illinois high school state track finalist in long jump and triple jump. - Alan Levine
Alan Brian Levine, also known as "Al," born May 22, 1968, in Park Ridge, Illinois, is an American major league baseball relief pitcher. - Donald Stephens
Donald E. Stephens was the first mayor of Rosemont, Illinois, USA, and a leading Illinois Republican politician. Stephens, born in Chicago, is believed to have been the longest-serving mayor in the United States; at the time of his death, he was in the middle of serving his thirteenth consecutive four-year term as mayor of the suburban Cook County village. He had served as mayor since its incorporation in 1956. - Benjamin Nathaniel Smith
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith (1978-July 4, 1999) was a spree killer who targeted members of racial and ethnic minorities in random drive-by shootings in Illinois and Indiana, USA during the weekend of July 4, 1999. - Sheldon Drobny
Sheldon Drobny is an American accountant and successful investor, best known for forming the company that later became Air America Radio. - Angelo Dibernardo
Angelo DiBernardo is a retired Argentine-American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He also represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics. After retiring from playing professionally, he taught Spanish and coached boys and girls high school soccer. DiBernardo, a native of Argentina, moved to the United States with his family when he was 16. - Dizzy Reed
Dizzy Reed is the keyboardist for the rock band Guns N' Roses. He has been a member of Guns N' Roses since 1990, playing on their 1991 blockbuster albums "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II", as well as, on the band's 1993 punk cover album, "The Spaghetti Incident?". He is the band's original keyboardist and, aside from lead singer Axl Rose, is the only remaining member from what is considered the band's heyday. - Heather Tom
Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is an American soap opera actress. - Marty Riessen
Marty Riessen (born December 4, 1941 in Hinsdale, Illinois) played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings (achieving that ranking on September 4, 1974). He won six singles titles in the Open Era, with the biggest coming in Cincinnati in 1974. - John Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald is an American modern pentathlete who represented the United States at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. From 1962 to 1966, Fitzgerald was a star swimmer at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. In 1973, 1974, and 1980, he won the United States National Championship in the Pentathlon, and in 1971 and 1973 he won the National Championship in the Triathlon. - Brenda C. Barnes
Brenda C. Barnes is the president, chairman and chief executive of Sara Lee, and previously was the first female CEO of Sara Lee. She has been listed in "Forbes" power rankings of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women since 2004. Barnes, a graduate of East Leyden High School, Augustana College and Loyola University, has moved Sara Lee's headquarters out of downtown Chicago to suburban Downers Grove. - Jeff Bzdelik
Jeff Bzdelik (born December 1, 1952) is a former National Basketball Association coach, who coached the Denver Nuggets for slightly over two seasons, from 2002 through 2004. He is best remembered for leading the 2003-04 Nuggets to a 43-39 record, a 26-game improvement over the 2002-03 campaign when the team went 17-65. He is currently the head basketball coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was hired April 3 2007. Bzdelik is the highest paid coach ever at Colorado, … - Shannon Brown
Shannon Brown (born November 29, 1985, in Maywood, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. Brown attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, where his teammates included fellow 2006 draftee Dee Brown (no relation). In 2003, Shannon Brown was named Illinois Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American. - Amy Jacobson
Amy Jacobson was a general assignment Reporter for WMAQ, the NBC television affiliate in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from 1996 to 2007. On July 6, 2007, a videotape of Jacobson, clad in a bikini, and her children at the home of Craig Stebic, husband of Lisa Stebic, a missing woman, was made public by WBBM, the local CBS affiliate. Ms. Jacobson had been covering the story of Ms. Stebic's unexplained disappearance. On July 10, 2007, Jacobson and WMAQ negotiated her exit, … - Steven Whitehurst
Steven Whitehurst (born 1967) is an African American author, poet, and educator. He is a divorced father who currently resides in Calumet City, Illinois. - Melinda Culea
Melinda Culea (born 5 May, 1955 in Western Springs, Illinois) is an American actress best known for playing reporter Amy Allen in the first season and a half of "The A-Team". Introduced in the Pilot film, where the character was presented as feisty, Culea soon started to complain that her character had very little to do. Reportedly, star George Peppard did not like a female lead being part of the show, and made his feelings quite clear. - John Jurkovic
Ivan "John" Jurkovic (born August 18, 1967 in Friedrichshafen, Germany) was an American football player and is currently a broadcaster. He grew up in Calumet City, Illinois. Jurkovic played professionally as a defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars. He attended Thornton Fractional Township North High School and Eastern Illinois University. - Tai Streets
Tai Streets (born April 20, 1977 in Matteson, Illinois) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the NFL. He was selected with the second pick of the sixth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. He also played for the Detroit Lions in 2004. - Phoebe Mills
Phoebe Mills (born November 2, 1972 in Northfield, Illinois, USA) is an American attorney and athlete who has been active in the sports of artistic gymnastics, diving, speed skating and snowboarding. She is a 2004 graduate of Vermont Law School with a degree in environmental law. - Mike Tomczak
Michael John Tomczak (born October 23, 1962 in Calumet City, Illinois) is a former American football player. Tomczak played quarterback for several NFL teams including the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Detroit Lions. Tomczak played football at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City where he was coached by his father Ron Tomczak. After earning "Illinois High School Player of the Year" honors, … - Tim Byrdak
Timothy Christopher Byrdak (born October 31, 1973 in Oak Forest, Illinois) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Detroit Tigers. His previous major league experience came from 1998 to 2000, when Byrdak played for the Kansas City Royals. On August 30, 2006, the Orioles designated Byrdak for assignment. On November 17, 2006 the Tigers signed him to a minor league deal. Prior to the 2007 season, Byrdak developed a forkball, … - Tim McCarthy
Timothy J. McCarthy (born c. 1949) is the police chief of Orland Park, Illinois but is most famous for leaping in front of US President Ronald Reagan to stop one of John Hinckley, Jr.'s .22 caliber bullets with his chest on March 30, 1981 (see Reagan assassination attempt for details). Surgeons at George Washington University Hospital successfully removed the round, and he fully recovered. McCarthy received the NCAA Award of Valor in 1982 in recognition of his bravery.
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