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Champaign, IL

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.champaign.il.us/

Population:
67518 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1855

County:
Champaign County

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Parkland College
1966

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Wolfram Research
1987

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Ayer
Film Director
18-Jan-1968   Fury
Amy Chua
Author
26-Oct-1962   Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Bill Geist
Columnist
10-May-1945   60 Minutes II
Richard Gotshalk
Scholar
4-Sep-1931 16-Apr-2009 Homer and Hesiod: Myth and Philosophy
Tim Johnson
Politician
23-Jul-1946   Congressman, Illinois 15th
Mark Kirk
Politician
15-Sep-1959   US Senator from Illinois
Ludacris
Rapper
11-Sep-1977   Incognegro
Stanford E. Parris
Politician
9-Sep-1929 27-Mar-2010 Congressman from Virginia, 1981-91
Clyde M. Reed
Politician
19-Oct-1871 8-Nov-1949 Governor of Kansas, 1929-31
George Will
Columnist
4-May-1941   Conservative pundit, baseball lover
Douglas Wilson
TV Personality
4-Nov-1964   Interior decorator on Trading Spaces
Roger Young
Film Director
13-May-1942   The Bourne Identity

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Roger Adams
Chemist
2-Jan-1889 6-Jul-1971 Organic chemist at Illinois





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