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Acks was born, attended high school and college in Illinois. [10] Valdas Adamkus (1926–living), president of Lithuania 1998–2009. Lived in Illinois for a number of years after emigrating to the United States from Lithuania, getting a college degree and entering Chicago politics. [11] Mike Adamle, NFL and Northwestern running back, TV ...
Cristy Lane, singer. Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, lead singer for Spanky and Our Gang; replaced Cass Elliot in The Mamas & the Papas. Craig Moore, lead singer and bassist of 1960s garage rock band Gonn; grew up in Peoria. Abbie Parker, member of the contemporary Christian music band I Am They.
United States Senator from Illinois; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st district: Born in Chicago Katharine McCormick: Aug 27, 1875: Dec 28, 1967: Biologist, suffragist, philanthropist, and heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune Grew up in Chicago L. Hamilton McCormick: May 27, 1859: Feb 2, 1934
This category is for people from the United States state of Illinois Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Illinois Also: Countries : United States : States : Illinois : People
Joshua Ferris. Nov 7, 1974. Novelist, author of Then We Came to the End. Born in Danville. Gene Hackman. Jan 30, 1930. Academy Award–winning actor. Went to junior high and early high school in Danville. Brett Haley.
Barbara Ann Teer. Jun 18, 1937. Jul 21, 2008. Writer, producer, actress and teacher; founder of the National Black Theater in Harlem (1968) Born in East St. Louis. Ike Turner. Nov 5, 1931. Dec 12, 2007. Musician, bandleader, songwriter, talent scout, and record producer; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
James J. Stukel (born 1937), 15th President of the University of Illinois (born in Joliet) Edwin Way Teale (1899–1980), naturalist, photographer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913) botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist; born in Joliet. Adele Fay Williams (1859–1937), artist and newspaper writer, born in Joliet.
Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Born in Aurora. Ira Clifton Copley. Oct 25, 1864. Nov 1, 1947. U.S. congressman and founder of Copley. Michael J. Davis. Born Jul 21, 1947. Born in Cincinmati, OH, raised in Aurora, chief Justice of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.