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.
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Carl Cain
American basketball player
Lon Symensma
Chef
Homer Hillebrand
Baseball player
Vicki Barbolak
Comedian
Jack Reagan Blue Bloods
Ronald Reagan's father
Nelle Wilson Reagan
Ronald Reagan's mother
Kelly Wells
Pornographic film actor
Dave Rudabaugh
Cowboy
Jesse Burr Strode
Former United States Representative
LaFayette Funk
Former Illinois State Representative ‧ Isaac Funk's son
Duncan McArthur Funk
Former Illinois State Representative ‧ Isaac Funk's son
Benjamin F. Funk
U.S. representative
Aaron Ortiz
Teacher
Isabel Fargo Cole
Translator
Hempstead Washburne
Former Mayor of Chicago ‧ Elihu B. Washburne's son
Thomas B. Howard
Commanding officer
Don McNeill
American radio personality
Donald William Kerst
American physicist
John Aaron Rawlins
Former United States Secretary of War
Moses Hallett
Judge
Frederick Schwatka
Explorer
Justin Hartley
American actor
Carl Sandburg
American poet
Richard Glossip
Robert S. Ingersoll
American businessman
Dorothea Tanning
American painter
Emily Arnold McCully
American writer
Hugh Gillin
American film actor
Michael Greer
American actor
Stephen Prina
American artist
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
American civil engineer
Ellsworth Huntington
Professor
John Rusling Block
Former United States Secretary of Agriculture
Karen Bjornson
American model
Roger D. Launius
American historian
Jim Sundberg
American former baseball player
David A. Bramlett
Todd Hamilton
American professional golfer
William G. Bainbridge
Soldier
Willie Heston
American football player
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Author
Phil Hare
Former United States Representative
Gustavus Cheyney Doane
Explorer
Ray Cramer
Musical artist
Donald L. Moffitt
A. J. Fike
American racing driver
Aaron Fike
American motorsports racing driver
