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Flag of Chicago. The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Chicago, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Chicago, Illinois.
The following people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Chicago. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent. [22] Hawaiian: Kamaʻāina Idaho: Idahoan Illinois: Illinoisan Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, [23] Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian [24] Indiana: Hoosier: Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016), [1] Indianian (archaic) [25] Iowa ...
The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. [1] The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The popularity of the ...
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms. The ending -man has feminine equivalent -woman (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman).
The Chicago Tribune of June 14, 1876, discussed "Chicago as a Summer Resort" at length, proudly declaring that "the people of this city are enjoying cool breezes, refreshing rains, green fields, a grateful sun, and balmy air—winds from the north and east tempered by the coolness of the lake, and from the south and west, bearing to us frequent ...
From the Beliebers to the Beyhive and the Little Monsters, here's a complete guide of celebrity fan names.
Mass media people from Chicago (6 C, 64 P) Military personnel from Chicago (251 P) Models from Chicago (20 P) P. Politicians from Chicago (5 C, 1,023 P)