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State flag of Illinois Location of Illinois in the U.S. map This is a list of notable individuals who come from the state of Illinois , a state within the larger United States of America . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Governor of Illinois: Rahm Emanuel: Nov 29, 1959: Former mayor of Chicago, White House Chief of Staff, US congressman Lives in Chicago Thomas R. Fitzgerald: Jul 10, 1941: Nov 1, 2015: Retired chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court: Born in Chicago [137] Betty Ford: Apr 8, 1918: Jul 8, 2011: U.S. First Lady; wife of Gerald Ford: Born in ...
Name Graduation Year Notes J. Michael Adams: 1969 President of Farleigh Dickinson University. [2]K. Patricia Cross: 1948 A retired professor from the University of California-Berkeley, Dr. Cross was a senior lecturer and chair of the Department of Administration, Planning, and Social Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Mary K. O'Brien (born 1965), Illinois state legislator and judge, was born in Kankakee. [8] Daniel H. Paddock (1852–1905), Illinois state representative and lawyer, lived in Kankakee. [9] George Ryan (born 1934), 39th governor of Illinois [10] Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987), 34th Governor of Illinois, practiced law in Kankakee and died there ...
Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference Marcellus Jones: Jun 5, 1830: Oct 9, 1900: Thought to have fired the first shot at the Battle of Gettysburg (1863) : Lived in Danby, Illinois (now called Glen Ellyn)
U.S. Representative from Illinois Buried in Decatur (Greenwood Cemetery) Rolla C. McMillen: Oct 5, 1880: May 6, 1961: U.S. Representative from Illinois Lived in Decatur Richard James Oglesby: Jul 25, 1824: Apr 24, 1899: U.S. senator and the 14th governor of Illinois: Grew up in Decatur Thomas D. Westfall: May 14, 1927: Mar 7, 2005: Mayor of El ...
The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in East St. Louis, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from East St. Louis, Illinois.
Edward J. Brundage, Illinois Attorney General; Fredrik Herman Gade, mayor of Lake Forest; diplomat from Norway; Charles B. Farwell, United States Senator from Illinois (1887–1891) and member of the United States House of Representatives (1871–1876, 1881–1883), cofounder of the Onwentsia Club, owner of XIT Ranch