- Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Nicknamed "Papa", he was part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris known as "the Lost Generation", as described in his memoir "A Moveable Feast." He led a turbulent social life, was married four times, and allegedly had various romantic relationships during his lifetime. - Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 - April 9 1959) was one of the world's most prominent and influential architects. He developed a series of highly individual styles over his extraordinarily long architectural career (spanning the years 1887-1959) and he influenced the entire course of American architecture and building. To this day, he remains America's most famous architect. Wright was also well known in his lifetime. - Eleanor Friedberger
Eleanor Friedberger (born September 2, 1976 in Oak Park, Illinois) is part of the indie rock duo The Fiery Furnaces with her brother Matthew Friedberger. In the band she contributes the majority of the vocals both on record and during their live performances. Albums released with The Fiery Furnaces include "Gallowsbird's Bark", "Blueberry Boat", "EP", "Rehearsing My Choir", and "Bitter Tea". - Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin (born November 4 1960) is an Emmy-nominated American stand-up comedienne and actress. She has also been a voice actor and a red carpet commentator. Griffin is a self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity." - Matthew Friedberger
Matthew Friedberger (born October 21st, 1972 in Oak Park, Illinois) is half of the indie rock duo The Fiery Furnaces. In the band he contributes the majority of the instrumentation, writes most of the songs and lyrics and occasionally sings. His sister, Eleanor Friedberger, does most of the vocals and writes some lyrics. - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. - Bob Newhart
George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois) is a Golden Globe Award-winning, Grammy Award-winning American stand-up comedian and actor. - Patricia Ireland
Patricia Ireland (born October 19, 1945 in Oak Park, Illinois) is a U.S. administrator and feminist. She served as president of the National Organization for Women, from 1991 to 2001 and published an autobiography, "What Women Want", in 1996. Ireland obtained a Bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee in 1966 and a law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1975. Before becoming an attorney, Ireland worked as a flight attendant. - Keith Szarabajka
Keith Szarabajka was born on December 2, 1952, in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He attended University of Chicago, as well as Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He further studied acting at the Organic Theater in Chicago in 1972-1978. His surname, pronounced "Sharah-bike-ah", is Polish, and means "gray fairytale." His acting resume is extensive, appearing in numerous well-known television programs including "The X-Files", "Star Trek: Voyager", … - Ray Kroc
Raymond Albert Kroc (October 5, 1902 - January 14, 1984) was an American entrepreneur, famous for significantly expanding the McDonald's Corporation from 1955. He did not actually found the restaurant chain itself, however; it was started by Richard and Maurice (Mac) McDonald in 1940. - Betty White
Betty White (January 17, 1922) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress with a career spanning 60 years, often referred to as "The first lady of Television" and "America's Sweetheart". She also appeared in radio programs, in movies and the theater, in commercials, and was also a talk show host and a game show host, but is best known for her roles in the sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Golden Girls". - Chris Ware
Franklin Christenson Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the "Acme Novelty Library", and a graphic novel, "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth." Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in Oak Park, Illinois as of 2006. Ware's art is eclectic in its influences, and largely reflects his love of early-20th century American aesthetics in both cartooning and graphic design, … - Carl Rogers
Carl Ransom Rogers was an influential American psychologist, who was among the founders of the humanist approach to psychology. Rogers is considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and would be honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association in 1956. The Person-centered approach, his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships, … - John G. Avildsen
John Guilbert Avildsen (born December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American film director. His movies include "Guess What We Learned in School" (1968), "Cry Uncle!" (1970), "Joe" (1970), "Rocky" (1976) and "Rocky V" (1990) with Sylvester Stallone, and "The Karate Kid" (1984), with Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. He also directed the acclaimed "Save the Tiger", starring Jack Lemmon, "Lean on Me" (1989), … - Chad Trujillo
Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo (born November 22, 1973), is an astronomer and the co-discoverer of the dwarf planet Eris. Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which is the outer area of the solar system that he specialized in. In late August, 2005, it was announced that Trujillo, along with Michael E. Brown and David L. Rabinowitz, had discovered Eris. - Bill Stoneman
William Hambly Stoneman III (born April 7, 1944, in Oak Park, Illinois) is the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of American Major League Baseball and a former righthanded pitcher who threw two no-hit, no run games during his eight-year MLB career. Stoneman pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and the Angels from 1967-74. He threw his two no-hitters as an Expo: the first against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 17, 1969, … - Carol Shields
Carol Ann Shields ,BA, MA, CC, OM, D.Litt., LL.D, FRSC (June 2, 1935 - July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her successful 1993 novel "The Stone Diaries", which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award - Lois Nettleton
Lois Nettleton (born August 6, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an actress and voice artist mostly known for her work in television. Her career stretches all the way back to the early '50s and such shows as "Captain Video", and since then she has done literally dozens of guest starring roles on shows ranging from the original "Twilight Zone", where she starred in the classic 1961 episode "The Midnight Sun" about the earth spinning out of orbit, … - Beverly Archer
Beverly Archer (born July 19, 1948 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA) is an actress who has appeared on many television shows during her career, the most famous being "Mama's Family" and "Major Dad". She has appeared in other programs such as "The Young and the Restless" and also on the movie of "Project ALF", along with many other guest appearances. She played a thieving teacher in "The Brady Bunch Movie", who was caught by Bobby Brady. - Dan Castellaneta
Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born September 10, 1958) is an Emmy award winning American voice actor and comedian best known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the animated series "The Simpsons". - Busy Philipps
Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979, in Oak Park, Illinois) is a film actress known for a starring role in the acclaimed 2002 film "Home Room", and supporting roles in the 2004 Wayans brothers film "White Chicks", and on the TV series' "Freaks and Geeks" and "Dawson's Creek". She appeared on the UPN sitcom "Love, Inc.", in a role originally intended for Shannen Doherty. - Sam Giancana
Sam "Momo" Giancana ((born Salvatore Guingano) June 15, 1908 - June 19, 1975) was a famous and powerful mafioso and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-66. Among his nicknames included "Mo", "Mooney" and "Sam the Cigar" - Christine Radogno
Christine Radogno is a Republican politician in the United States, and a member of the Illinois Senate for the 41st District since 1997. In 2006, she was the Republican nominee for Illinois State Treasurer, losing to Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Senator Radogno lives with her husband Nunzio in LaGrange. They have three daughters. She received both her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago. - Edward Cardinal Egan
Edward Michael Cardinal Egan STL JCD (born April 2, 1932) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He currently serves as the twelfth bishop and ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York. - John Mahoney
John Mahoney (born June 20, 1940) is an English actor known for playing the retired police officer father, Martin "Marty" Crane, of Kelsey Grammer's character, Dr. Frasier Crane, in the popular American TV series "Frasier" (NBC, 1993-2004). - Bruce Davidson
Bruce Davidson (born September 5, 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American photographer. He has been a member of Magnum since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, have been widely exhibited and published in a number of books. - Marjorie Vincent
Marjorie Judith Vincent from Oak Park, Illinois, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, was crowned Miss America 1991. She hit the ground running after she was crowned using the spotlight to spread her message about domestic violence. "For me, it was a thrill to take [the victims'] message to lawmakers in Washington and to state legislatures," Vincent says. - Dianne Chandler
Dianne Chandler (born 31 December 1946 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American model who served as both a "Playboy" Playmate of the Month and as a Playboy Bunny. She was Miss September 1966; her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Dianne's parents were divorced when she was 6. By the time Dianne turned 8, she had become too much for her highly religious mother to handle, and so she was sent to live in Arkansas to live with her maternal grandparents. - Gene Ha
Gene Ha is an American comics artist best known for his work on books such as "Top 10" and "Top 10: The Forty-Niners", with Alan Moore and Zander Cannon, for America's Best Comics, the Batman graphic novel "Fortunate Son", with Gerard Jones, and "The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix", among others. He has also drawn "Global Frequency" and has done covers for Wizard Magazine and Marvel Comics. - Thomas Lennon
Thomas Lennon III (9 August, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. - Joe Corvo
Joe Corvo (born June 20 1977, in Oak Park, Illinois, USA) is a professional hockey player who currently is signed to the Ottawa Senators. Corvo was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 4th round of the 1997 NHL draft. - James Green
James Green (November 4, 1944) is a professor of history and labor studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is also a well-known author and labor activist. - John Rayson
John C. Rayson (b. March 29 1949, Oak Park, Illinois) is a Broward County, Florida attorney. He served as the mayor of Pompano Beach, Florida from 2004 to 2007. Prior to becoming mayor, Rayson served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1990-2000. He is married to Kathy Rayson and has four children, Jessica, Chloe, Robert and Bradley. Chloe is a notable artist whose work "explores how the specific, … - Leslie Erganian
Leslie Jeanne Erganian, (born in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American artist. Her multi-disciplinary work is influenced by the Surrealists and often incorporates found objects and photographic images into collage and assemblage constructions and installations. The elements of waking dreams comprise the major themes of her work which include menace and loss, nature and myth, identity and discovery revealed in multiple layers. - Charles Simic
Charles Simic (born May 9, 1938) is a Serbian-American poet. Having emigrated in his youth from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Simic represents an interesting counterpoint to many North American contemporaries, so many of whom have evolved from the traditions of American 19th century writers such as Dickinson and Whitman, both of whom wrote about the details of the world surrounding them. - Richard Bach
Richard David Bach (b. June 23,1936, Oak Park, Illinois) is an American writer. He is widely known as the author of the best-selling novel, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", and the 1973 movie based on the book along with "Illusions, The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah", plus others. He is noted for his love of flying and for his books related to air flight and flying in a metaphorical context. He has pursued flying as a hobby since the age of 17. - Percy Lavon Julian
Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 - April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and his chemical synthesis of human steroids from plant steroid precursors would lay the foundation for the birth control pill and cortisone. He later started his own company synthesizing steroid intermediates from the Mexican yam. - Johnny Lattner
John Joseph Lattner (born October 24, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois) was a halfback for the University of Notre Dame. He won the Maxwell Award twice, in 1952 and 1953, and also won the Heisman Trophy in 1953. In 1954, Lattner was drafted in the first round by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but played with them for only one season before entering the United States Air Force. - Don Harmon
Don Harmon (born in 1966 in Oak Park) is a Democratic politician, member of the Illinois Senate for the 39th District since 2003. Harmon and his wife Teri live in Oak Park with their three children. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Chicago, Knox College and the University of Chicago (law degree and MBA). - Charles Repenning
Charles Repenning (August 4, 1922, Oak Park, Illinois—January 5, 2005, Lakewood, Colorado) was an American paleontologist and zoologist noted for his work on shrews, fossil rodents, modern pinnipeds and their extinct relatives, the demostylians. He identified and researched the Paleoparadoxia found during the excavation of Stanford Linear Accelerator at Stanford University in California.
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