Famous People Born in Illinois

Illinois is the 5th most crowded state as well as 25th largest state in terms of land area, and it is frequently noted as a microcosm of the whole country.  Illinois is great in agricultural productivity and is good in offering the natural resources like coal, timber and even the petroleum. This city is popularly a huge centre of attraction for a lot of branches like as art, structural design, amusement as well as literature. Many renowned personalities come from Illinois.

  • Gwynne Shotwell Story
    Gwynne Shotwell works at president level in the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation and is known for playing a vital role in the growth of the company. She is well-known for her successful working tenure at the Aerospace Corporation, Microcosm...

  • Merrick Garland - Associate Justice for the US Supreme Court
    Merrick Garland is an American federal judge and is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Apeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1997. President Obama had named Garland to replace the...

  • Michelle Obama Story
    Michelle Obama is an American lawyer and writer and the current First Lady of the United States of America through the 44th American president Barack Obama. She is ...
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    Mark Pincus Story
    Mark Pincus is an American entrepreneur in the Internet media and is popularly known as the co-founder of the popular online game-creators Zynga. He is also the founder of Support.com, Tribe Networks and Freeloader, Inc. Pincus retired as CEO from Zynga in July 2013. ...
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    Ludacris Story - One Of The “Fast and Furious Cast
    Ludacris is best known for his “Dirty South” style and is one of most successful artists in this sub genre of American music. He is also popular for his lyrical style, which involves a lot of wordplay and witty rhymes. Childhood ...
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    John David Ashcroft Story - American Attorney And Politician
    John Ashcroft is a US politician who served as the Missouri Governor, US Senator, and also state attorney general before becoming the US attorney general under President George W. Bush’s administ...

  • Cindy Crawford Success Story
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  • Michael Krasny Story
    Synopsis Michael Krasny is one of the most eminent business honchos from America. He is the erstwhile CEO & founder of CDW Corporation, which sells technical gadgets like computers & networking equipment. Krasny is even listed as the President of Sawdust In...

  • Jabari Parker Success Story
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  • Jonathan Franzen Success Story
    Profile Jonathan Franzen is an American author. He has won National Book Award and James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his book The Corrections. Franzen has featured on the cover of Time magazine. Franzen was also shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Lite...

  • Keke Palmer Success Story
    Synopsis Keke Palmer is a popular young television personality, a singer, song-writer and an actress. Keke P...

  • Ginni Rometty Success Story
    Ginni Rometty is the first woman to head IBM, a laudable achievement indeed! Her name featured in Fortune magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" for 10 consecutive years; and in the number one position for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. ...

Three U.S. presidents have been elected whilst living in Illinois and those are Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, as well as Barack Obama. In addition, Ronald Reagan was the only U.S. president born as well as raised in Illinois. Today, Illinois respects Lincoln with its official state slogan, Land of Lincoln, which has been showed on its license plates ever since 1954.  The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library as well as Museum is situated in the state capital of Springfield.

Miles Dewey Davis III  was a well known American jazz musician and was born in Illinois. He was broadly measured one of the most powerful musicians of the 20th century. Walt Disney i.e. the maker of Mickey Mouse as well as founder of the Disneyland was also born here. Disney acknowledged more than 950 honors as well as citations from every nation in the world, counting 48 Academy Awards plus seven Emmys. Apart from them varied other famous personalities were also born here such as world famous actor Robin Williams, actor Harrison Ford etc.