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Famous Natives
People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors. Emma Abbott opera singer Franklin Pierce Adams columnist Jane Addams founder u.s. settlement house, first woman nobel laureate Benjamin Agosto ice skater, olympic medalist Saul Alinsky "father" community organizing Joan Allen actress Arthur Andersen founder arthur andersen accounting Gillian Anderson actress John Anderson actor John B. Anderson politician Nelison "Nick" Anderson basketball player Robert O. Anderson founder atlantic richfield oil co. Mary Astor actress Jennifer Beals actress Arnold O. Beckman founder beckman instruments Ralph Bellamy actor James Belushi actor John Belushi actress Jack Benny comedian Karen Black actress Harry Blackmun jurist William Edgar Borah politician Ray Bradbury author Roy Brocksmith actor William Jennings Bryan politician, orator Edgar Rice Burroughs author Dick Butkas football player Robert O. Butler, Jr. author, pulitzer prize winner Jane Byrne politician, first woman mayor chicago Marvin Camras engineer, inventor Robert Carmichael composer, arranger Dan Castellaneta voice actor, comedian Thomas Cech chemist, nobel laureate Gower Champion director, choreographer John Chancellor journalist Gene Chandler singer Raymond Chandler author Chicago music group Brad Childress football coach Hillary Rodham Clinton former first lady, politician Diablo Cody screenwriter, journalist Jimmy Connors tennis player Ira C. Copley politician Billy Corgan singer, songwriter Jon Corzine politician James Gould Cozzens author, pulitzer prize winner Cindy Crawford model, actress James Cronin physicist, nobel laureate Henry Crown industrialist, philanthropist John Cusack actor Richard J. Daley politician Richard M. Daley politician Henry Darger author, artist Justin W. Dart, Jr. activist for disabled Miles Davis musician, bandleader, composer Bruce Dern actor Alfred B. Dick founder a.b. dick company Everett McKinley Dirksen politician Walt Disney co-founder walt disney company John Dos Passos author Bruce Douglas basketball player Richard Driehaus fund manager, philanthropist Michael Clarke Duncan actor Finley Peter Dunne author, humorist Dennis Farina actor James T. Farrell author George Ferris inventor ferris wheel Harrison Ford actor Robert "Bob" Fosse choreographer, director Dennis Franz actor Betty Friedan feminist, activist, author Joseph I. Friedman physicist, nobel laureate Donald Gallaher actor Jeff Garlin actor Jennie Garth actress Jami Gertz actress Arthur Goldberg jurist, u.s. secretary of labor Benny Goodman musician, bandleader Andrew Greeley priest, sociologist, journalist, author Kathy Griffin comedian John Gunther journalist, author George Halas football player, coach George E. Hale solar astronomer Dorothy Hamill skater, olympic medalist Daryl Hannah actress John Marshall Harlan II jurist Carter Henry Harrison, Jr. politician Dennis Hastert politician Donny Hathaway musician Bob Havens musician Sean Hayes actor Hugh Hefner publisher Ernest Hemingway author, journalist Marilu Henner actress Charlton Heston actor James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok gunfighter, scout Tad Hilgenbrink actor William Holden actor Robert W. Holley biochemist, nobel laureate Henry Horner politician Jennifer Hudson actress Rock Hudson actor Wayne Huizenga sports teams owner Bonnie Hunt actress Henry Hyde politician Burl Ives actor, singer Henry Johnson musician James Jones author Quincy Jones composer Robert "R" Kelly singer, songwriter Caren Kemner olympic medalist, volleyball player Walter Kerr critic, lyricist, director Chaka Khan singer Henry Kolker actor, director Harvey Korman actor Raymond A. Kroc restaurateur Gene Krupa musician Julia Lathrop social reformer Barbara Lehman author, illustrator Ramsey Lewis composer, pianist Abraham Lincoln u.s. president (born in KY) Robert Todd Lincoln poltician Nicholas Vachel Lindsay poet Robert Livingston actor John Alexander Logan general union army, politician Bernie Mac actor Archibald MacLeish poet, pulitzer prize winner Michael Madsen actor Virginia Madsen actress John Malkovich actor David Mamet playwright, author James Robert Mann politician Joe Mantegna actor Harry Markowitz economist, nobel laureate Homer Z. Martin inventor Marlee Matlin actress Frederick Louis Maytag founder maytag company Stanley Mazor inventor Jenny McCarthy actress Mark McCormack founder international management group (img) Robert R. McCormick owner chicago tribune Donovan McNabb football player George J. Mecherle founder state farm insurance co. Laurie Metcalf actress Robert H. Michel politician Robert A. Millikan physicist, nobel laureate Sherrill Milnes baritone Harriet Monroe editor Stanford Moore chemist, nobel laureate Martin Mull actor, comedian Bill Murray actor Ajay Naidu actor Charles W. Nash automobile entrepreneur John Neihardt poet Bob Newhart actor Anastacia Lyn Newkirk singer, songwriter Arthur C. Nielsen founder nielsen ratings Frank Norris author Barack Obama u.s. senator, presidential candidate Donald O'Connor actor Chris O'Donnell actor Max Palevsky computer technology pioneer William S. Paley broadcast executive Joseph M. Patterson journalist, publisher Adam Pearce wrestler Drew Pearson journalist William Petersen actor Charles William "C. W." Post breakfast cereal manufacturer Richard Pryor comedian, actor John F. Queeny founder monsanto chemical co. Henry T. Rainey politician Harold Ramis actor Lou Rawls singer Ronald Reagan u.s. president John C. Reilly actor Rick Reuschel baseball player Denise Richards actress Sally Richardson actress Minnie Riperton singer, songwriter Jason Robards, Jr. actor Julius Rosenwald clothier, manufacturer, part-ower sears, roebuck and co. Daniel Rostenkowski politician Donald Rumsfeld u.s. secretary of defense Pat Sajak television host Carl Sandburg poet Lewis Hastings Sarett inventor Paul Turner Sargent artist Fred Savage actor John Robert Schrieffer physicist, nobel laureate Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps founder e.w. scripps co. Fulton J. Sheen archbishop, spokesman catholic church Sam Shepard playwright William L. Shirer journalist, historian Thomas Siebel founder siebel systems Sheldon "Shel" Silverstein author, poet Gary Sinise actor Grace Slick singer, songwriter Albert Spalding baseball player, co-founder a.g. spalding sporting goods Edward Stettinius, Jr. former u.s. secretary of state John Paul Stevens jurist McLean Stevenson actor Melville Elijah Stone, Jr. newspaper publisher Michael Stoyanov actor Preston Sturges screenwriter, director Styx music group Gloria Swanson actress Mr. T actor Elvin "El" Tappe baseball player, coach Paul Tibbets air force brigadier general, pilot enola gay Charles Tillman football player Clyde Tombaugh astronomer Mel Torme singer, musician Jane Trahey author, playwright Carl Van Doren author, pulitzer prize winner Dick Van Dyke actor (born in MO) Jerry Van Dyke actor Melvin Van Peebles screenwriter, playwright Eddie Vedder singer, musician Dwyane Wade basketball player Charles R. Walgreen pharmacist, founder walgreens drugstores Irving Wallace author Alfred Wallenstein cellist, conductor Harold Washington politician James D. Watson molecular biologist, co-discovered dna, nobel laureate Donald "D.A." Weibring golfer Michael T. Weiss actor Raquel Welch actress George Wendt actor Pat Wentz musician, singer Maurice White singer, songwriter Robin Williams actor Philip K. Wrigley chewing gum manufacturer Richard Yates politician Robert Young actor Billy Zane actor Florenz Ziegfeld theatrical producer Is someone missing from this list?
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