| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Zhores I. Alferov |
Scientist |
15-Mar-1930 |
|
Developed solar cells for the Sputnik program |
| Nelson Algren |
Author |
28-Mar-1909 |
9-May-1981 |
The Man with the Golden Arm |
| Basil L. Anderson |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Vice Chairman of Staples, 2001-06 |
| John Anderson |
Politician |
15-Feb-1922 |
|
Independent candidate for President, 1980 |
| Marc Andreessen |
Computer Programmer |
26-Apr-1971 |
|
Co-Founder of Netscape |
| John Ankerberg |
Religion |
Dec-1945 |
|
The John Ankerberg Show |
| Barbara Bain |
Actor |
13-Sep-1931 |
|
Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999 |
| Bill Ballance |
Radio Personality |
27-Oct-1918 |
23-Sep-2004 |
Shared naked pix of Dr. Laura |
| Robert M. Berdahl |
Educator |
1937 |
|
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1997-2004 |
| Charles A. Blixt |
Attorney |
18-Aug-1951 |
|
Former counsel, R.J. Reynolds |
| Frank W. Blue |
Attorney |
c. 1941 |
|
General Counsel for Caltex, 1983-2001 |
| James Brady |
Government |
29-Aug-1940 |
|
White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley |
| Carol Moseley Braun |
Politician |
16-Aug-1947 |
|
First black female US Senator |
| Nancy Goodman Brinker |
Activist |
6-Dec-1946 |
|
Breast cancer activist |
| Keith L. Brown |
Diplomat |
18-Jun-1925 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 1989-92 |
| Terry L. Bruce |
Politician |
25-Mar-1944 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1985-93 |
| Avery Brundage |
Sports Figure |
28-Sep-1887 |
8-May-1975 |
International Olympic Committee Chair 1952-72 |
| Wallace Hume Carothers |
Chemist |
27-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Inventor of Nylon |
| John Chancellor |
Journalist |
14-Jul-1927 |
12-Jul-1996 |
NBC Nightly News anchor |
| Iris Chang |
Author |
28-Mar-1968 |
9-Nov-2004 |
Author of The Rape of Nanking |
| Bruce S. Chelberg |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Whitman Corporation, 1992-2000 |
| John Coleman |
TV Personality |
15-Oct-1934 |
|
Founder, The Weather Channel |
| Lewis M. Collens |
Educator |
c. 1938 |
|
President of Illinois Tech, 1990-2007 |
| George Crumb |
Composer |
24-Oct-1929 |
|
1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| Edward A. Doisy |
Scientist |
3-Nov-1893 |
23-Oct-1986 |
Chemical structure of Vitamin K |
| Sidney D. Drell |
Physicist |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
In the Shadow of the Bomb |
| Ernest H. Drew |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Former Hoechst executive |
| John Porter East |
Politician |
5-May-1931 |
29-Jun-1986 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Irl F. Engelhardt |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Peabody Energy, 1990-2005 |
| John Erlenborn |
Politician |
8-Feb-1927 |
30-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1965-84 |
| Daniel A. Farber |
Educator |
16-Jul-1950 |
|
Retained by the People |
| Alan Feldman |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Midas |
| Michael Fumento |
Author |
4-Jan-1960 |
|
Conservative science writer |
| Rita B. Garman |
Judge |
19-Nov-1943 |
|
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court |
| Bill Geist |
Columnist |
10-May-1945 |
|
60 Minutes II |
| S. Malcolm Gillis |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
President of Rice University, 1993-2004 |
| Albert Goldbarth |
Poet |
31-Jan-1948 |
|
The most prolific modern poet |
| Temple Grandin |
Architect |
29-Aug-1947 |
|
Autistic slaughterhouse designer |
| Bob Grant |
Radio Personality |
14-Mar-1929 |
|
NYC radio talk show host |
| James T. Hackett |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Anadarko Petroleum |
| Gene Hackman |
Actor |
30-Jan-1930 |
|
The Conversation |
| George Halas |
Football |
2-Feb-1895 |
31-Oct-1983 |
Founder of the Chicago Bears |
| Hugh Hefner |
Business |
9-Apr-1926 |
|
Founder of Playboy magazine |
| Beth Henley |
Playwright |
8-May-1952 |
|
Crimes of the Heart |
| Jesse Jackson |
Activist |
8-Oct-1941 |
|
Rainbow Coalition |
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Mar-1965 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 2nd |
| Harry R. Jacobson |
Doctor |
c. 1947 |
|
Vice Chancellor for Health at Vanderbilt |
| Arte Johnson |
Comic |
20-Jan-1929 |
|
Veddy interestink |
| Robert L. Johnson |
Business |
8-Apr-1946 |
|
CEO of BET |
| Tim Johnson |
Politician |
23-Jul-1946 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 15th |
| Lloyd A. Karmeier |
Judge |
12-Jan-1940 |
|
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court |
| Jack S. Kilby |
Inventor |
8-Nov-1923 |
20-Jun-2005 |
Electrical engineering pioneer |
| Polykarp Kusch |
Physicist |
26-Jan-1911 |
20-Mar-1993 |
Magnetic moment of the electron |
| Richmond Lattimore |
Poet |
6-May-1906 |
26-Feb-1984 |
Translator of Iliad and Odyssey |
| Raymond W. LeBoeuf |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of PPG Industries, 1997-2005 |
| George H. Lesch |
Business |
10-Oct-1909 |
1994 |
CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1960-71 |
| Susan L. Lindquist |
Biologist |
5-Jun-1949 |
|
Protein folding |
| R. Eden Martin |
Attorney |
1940 |
|
Former Partner, Sidley Austin |
| Bob Martinez |
Politician |
25-Dec-1934 |
|
Governor of Florida, 1987-91 |
| William Maxwell |
Novelist |
16-Aug-1908 |
31-Jul-2000 |
The Folded Leaf |
| James McDermott |
Politician |
28-Dec-1936 |
|
Congressman, Washington 7th |
| Cary D. McMillan |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
VP of Sara Lee, 1999-2004 |
| Donna Mills |
Actor |
11-Dec-1940 |
|
Play Misty for Me |
| Stephen Moore |
Activist |
16-Feb-1960 |
|
Club for Growth |
| Joel Mowbray |
Columnist |
? |
|
Dangerous Diplomacy |
| Ben Murphy |
Actor |
6-Mar-1942 |
|
Alias Smith and Jones |
| Thomas A. Murphy |
Business |
10-Dec-1915 |
18-Jan-2006 |
CEO of General Motors, 1974-80 |
| Michael J. Myers |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Smith Barney Venture Corporation |
| Allan Nevins |
Historian |
20-May-1890 |
5-Mar-1971 |
Civil War historian |
| James A. Norling |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
EVP at Mororola, 1998-2000 |
| Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
|
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| Larry Parks |
Actor |
13-Dec-1914 |
13-Apr-1975 |
Named names before HUAC |
| Richard A. Pattarozzi |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Former VP at Shell Oil |
| Harry Mark Petrakis |
Novelist |
5-Jun-1923 |
|
Lion at My Heart |
| Ron Popeil |
Business |
3-May-1935 |
|
Ginsu knives, Mr. Microphone |
| C. W. Post |
Business |
26-Oct-1854 |
9-May-1914 |
Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts |
| Richard Powers |
Novelist |
18-Jun-1957 |
|
The Gold Bug Variations |
| Fidel Ramos |
Head of State |
18-Mar-1928 |
|
12th President of the Philippines |
| Andy Richter |
Actor |
28-Oct-1966 |
|
Formerly controlled the universe |
| Paul H. Robinson |
Business |
22-Jun-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Canada, 1981-85 |
| Alan Ruck |
Actor |
1-Jul-1956 |
|
Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| Charles L. Schaffer |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
COO of UPS, 1997-2001 |
| Jan Schakowsky |
Politician |
26-May-1944 |
|
Congresswoman, Illinois 9th |
| Steve Schiff |
Politician |
18-Mar-1947 |
25-Mar-1998 |
Congressman from New Mexico, 1989-98 |
| William Scholl |
Business |
22-Jun-1882 |
29-Mar-1968 |
Dr Scholl's shoe pads |
| Robert Schrieffer |
Physicist |
31-May-1931 |
|
BCS Theory of Superconductivity |
| Gene Shalit |
Critic |
25-Mar-1932 |
|
Film critic |
| Samuel H. Shapiro |
Politician |
25-Apr-1907 |
16-Mar-1987 |
Governor of Illinois, 1968-69 |
| Shel Silverstein |
Author |
25-Sep-1930 |
10-May-1999 |
Where the Sidewalk Ends |
| Hamilton O. Smith |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1931 |
|
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Andrew A. Sorensen |
Educator |
c. 1940 |
|
President, University of South Carolina |
| Jim Staley |
Musician |
1950 |
|
Skilled avant-garde trombonist |
| Wendell M. Stanley |
Chemist |
16-Aug-1904 |
15-Jun-1971 |
First to crystallize a virus |
| Pamela B. Strobel |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Former CAO, Exelon |
| Russ M. Strobel |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Nicor |
| Carl W. Strom |
Diplomat |
22-Dec-1899 |
27-Jan-1969 |
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61 |
| Robert J. Swieringa |
Educator |
c. 1942 |
|
Dean of Johnson School at Cornell |
| James Tenney |
Composer |
10-Aug-1934 |
24-Aug-2006 |
A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance' |
| James R. Thompson |
Politician |
8-May-1936 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 1977-91 |
| Stephen Tobolowsky |
Actor |
30-May-1951 |
|
Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day |
| David A. Twardock |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Prudential Mortgage Capital |
| Carl Van Doren |
Author |
10-Sep-1885 |
18-Jul-1950 |
The American Novel |
| Mark Van Doren |
Poet |
13-Jun-1894 |
10-Dec-1972 |
The Happy Critic |
| O. Glenn Webb |
Agriculturalist |
c. 1935 |
|
President of ADM/GROWMARK, 1980-2000 |
| Jack Welch |
Business |
19-Nov-1935 |
|
CEO of GE, 1981-2001 |
| Jerry Weller |
Politician |
7-Jul-1957 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 11th |
| Grant Williams |
Actor |
18-Aug-1930 |
28-Jul-1985 |
The Incredible Shrinking Man |
| Larry Woiwode |
Novelist |
30-Oct-1941 |
|
What I'm Going to Do, I Think |
| Corinne Wood |
Politician |
28-May-1954 |
|
Lt. Governor of Illinois, 1999-2003 |
| Douglas T. Wright |
Educator |
1927 |
|
President, University of Waterloo, 1981-93 |
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1921 |
|
Developed radioimmunoassay technique |
| Alex D. Zoghlin |
Business |
c. 1970 |
|
CTO of Orbitz, 2000-03 |
