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Hillary Clinton (born 1947), former United States Secretary of State (2009–2013), New York Senator (2000–2009), and former First Lady (1993–2000), 2016 Democratic nominee for president – Chappaqua. Roscoe Conkling (1829–1888), New York Senator (1867–1881) and leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party – Albany.
May 27, 1970. President of Shimer College and Sun-Times editor. Born and worked in Chicago. [ 2 ] Saul Alinsky. Jan 30, 1909. Jun 12, 1972. Community organizer and writer; considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. Born in Chicago.
Fiona Apple (born 1977) – singer-songwriter. Jacob Appel – (born 1973), short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York City. Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer. Nate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball player. Edward Arnold (1890–1956) – actor. Rosanna Arquette (born 1959) – actress.
Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) [ 1] is an American educator and politician who has served as the 57th Mayor of Chicago since 2023. [ 2][ 3][ 4] A member of the Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2023, representing the 1st district . Johnson was first elected to the Cook ...
Chicago was formed under the name The Big Thing on February 15, 1967, with the original lineup comprising guitarist and vocalist Terry Kath, keyboardist and vocalist Robert Lamm, drummer Danny Seraphine, saxophonist Walter Parazaider, trumpeter Lee Loughnane and trombonist James Pankow. [ 1 ] In December, bassist Peter Cetera was added to the ...
Owen Murphy. Sep 27, 2003. MLB player. Born in Chicago. Wally Pipp. Feb 17, 1893. Jan 11, 1965. First baseman for the Detroit Tigers ( 1913 ), New York Yankees ( 1915 – 1925 ), and Cincinnati Reds; World Series champion ( 1923 ); American League home run champion (1916, 1917) ( 1926 – 1928 ) Born in Chicago.
Ted Kaczynski. Theodore John Kaczynski ( / kəˈzɪnski / ⓘ kə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber ( / ˈjuːnəbɒmər / ⓘ YOO-nə-bom-ər ), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. [ 1] [ 2] He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a primitive ...
The New York City metropolitan area is home to the largest population of Dominican ancestry in the United States, and as of 2023 Dominicans were the largest Hispanic group in the city, as well as the largest self-identified ethnic group in Manhattan. New York City is also home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel. [10]