List of Famous people born in Illinois, United States of America

Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic," Tom Van Riper of Forbes described him as "the most powerful pundit in America," and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called him "the best-known film critic in America."

Teressa Claire MacNeille is an American voice actress, whose credits include voicing Dot Warner on the animated television series Animaniacs, Babs Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures and Daisy Duck in various Disney media since 1999. She has also worked on popular long-running animated series such as The Simpsons, Futurama, and Rugrats.

Matt Thomas is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played a season for both Obradoiro and Valencia of Spain's Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones.

Emo Philips is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer and producer. His stand-up comedy persona makes use of paraprosdokians spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice. The confused, childlike delivery of his material produces the intended comic timing in a manner invoking the "wisdom of children" or the idiot savant.

Robert Sargent Shriver III is an American activist, attorney, and journalist. He was a member of the Santa Monica City Council from 2004 to 2012, serving as mayor pro tem in 2006 and as mayor during part of 2010. A member of the Kennedy family, he is a nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former Senators Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy.

Garrett Thomas Jones is an American former professional baseball first baseman and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins and New York Yankees.

Gower Carlyle Champion was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.

Laura Gardin Fraser was an American sculptor and the wife of sculptor James Earle Fraser.

Herbert Randall Wright III, better known by his stage name G Herbo, is an American rapper and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois.

Chuck Pankow is a former American professional dart player who currently plays in the British Darts Organisation tournaments.