Illinois
Illinois is a midwestern state bordering Indiana in the east and the Mississippi River in the west. Nicknamed "the Prairie State," it's marked by farmland, forests, rolling hills and wetlands. Chicago, one of the largest cities in the U. S, is in the northeast on the shores of Lake Michigan. It's famous for its skyscrapers, such as sleek, 1,451-ft. Willis Tower and the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower.
People born in Illinois (First 49 people) - Page 129
Phillip S. Figa
American attorney
Allan Carr
American film producer
Richard Portes
Professor
Robert M. Kingdon
American historian
Christina Boelskifte
Singer
John C. Stetson
Former United States Secretary of the Air Force
Cynthia Felice
American fiction writer
Bowen Becker
American swimmer
Dick Scory
Musical artist
Jamahal Hill
Deborah Kovacs
Author
Gerald Sims
Musical artist
Joe Liss
Actor
Dave Specter
American jazz guitarist
Edwin Kuh
American economist
Robert Sherwood Dillon
Former United States Ambassador to Lebanon
Richard Clark Barkley
Diplomat
Manton S. Eddy
Senior officer
Ullrich Haupt
American-German actor
Michael Sorrell
President of Paul Quinn College
Monte Hawley
American actor
Lester Pine
Screenwriter
Nikki Haskell
Television presenter
Jonathan Keaton
Actor
Justin Jesso
Musical artist
Steve Cole
American saxophonist
Sly Smith
Actor
Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
Film producer
Eckhard Stromer
Musician
Corey Wallace
Film score composer
Kirtley F. Mather
American geologist
Nancy Bazelon Goldstone
Author
Roderick Wimberly
Actor
Michael Blair
Football player
William E. Peterson
Former Member of the Illinois Senate
Mark Levine
American historian
Stan Szukala
American basketball player
Frank Gordon Jr.
Justice
Dominic A. Pacyga
Author
Edward Gorey
American writer
Haile D'Alan
Actor
Ervine Metzl
American graphic artist
Irene Leverton
American pilot
Dick Barwegen
American football player
Carol Ross Barney
American architect
Arika Okrent
American linguist
Matt Cole
American football wide receiver
