Famous Entertainers of Illinois

Illinois (IL) 

bullet Miles Davis (1926 - 1991) Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader, and Artist; born in Alton.
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Walt Disney (1901 - 1966) Creator of Mickey Mouse and founder of the DisneylandŽ and Walt Disney WorldŽ Theme Parks; born in Chicago.

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Harrison Ford (1942 - ) Actor made famous in Star Wars and as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels; born in Chicago. 

bullet Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) Nobel Prize winning author; born in Oak Park.
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Marlee Matlin (1965 - ) The youngest recipient (21) to win an Oscar for an acting role; born in Morton Grove.

bullet Bill Murray (1950 - ) Actor made famous in Saturday Night Live and movies such as Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day; born in Evanston.
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Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967) Pulitzer Prize winning author of Abraham Lincoln; The War Years; born in Galesburg.

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Shel Silvertstein (1932 - 1999 ) Author of children’s books such as Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree; from Chicago.

bullet Robin Williams (1952 - ) Actor made famous in the television show Mork and Mindy and movies such as Patch Adams and Toys; born in Chicago.

More Famous Entertainers of Illinois

bullet Franklin Pierce Adams author, Chicago
bullet Gillian Anderson actress, Chicago
bullet Mary Astor actress, Quincy
bullet Jack Benny comedian, Chicago
bullet Harry A. Blackmun jurist, Nashville
bullet Ray Bradbury author, Waukegan
bullet Edgar Rice Burroughs author, Chicago
bullet Jennie Garth actress, Urbana
bullet GoWer Champion choreographer, Geneva
bullet Raymond Chandler writer, Chicago
bullet JJames Gould Cozzens author, Chicago
bullet John Dos Passos author, Chicago
bullet James T. Farrell author, Chicago
bullet Benny Goodman musician, Chicago
bullet John Gunther author, Chicago
bullet John M. Harlan jurist, Chicago
bullet Charlton Heston actor, Evanston
bullet William Holden actor, O'Fallon
bullet Rock Hudson actor, Winnetka
bullet Burl Ives singer, Hunt City
bullet James Jones author, Robinson
bullet Quincy Jones composer, Chicago
bullet Walter Kerr drama critic, Evanston
bullet Archibald MacLeish poet, Glencoe
bullet David Mamet playwright, Chicago
bullet Sherrill Milnes baritone, Downers Grove
bullet John G. Neihardt poet, Sharpsburg
bullet Bob Newhart actor, comedian, Chicago
bullet Frank Norris author, Chicago
bullet William S. Paley broadcasting executive, Chicago
bullet Richard Pryor comedian, actor, Peoria
bullet Sam Shepard playwright, Fort Sheridan
bullet William L. Shirer author, historian, Chicago
bullet McLean Stevenson actor, Bloomington
bullet Preston Sturges director, Chicago
bullet Gloria Swanson actress, Chicago
bullet Carl Van Doren writer, educator, Hope
bullet Melvin Van Peebles playwright, Chicago
bullet Irving Wallace author, Chicago
bullet Alfred Wallenstein conductor, Chicago
bullet Raquel Welch actress, Chicago
bullet Florenz Ziegfield theatrical producer, Chicago

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