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

James Edward Jordan was the American actor who played Fibber McGee in Fibber McGee and Molly and voiced the albatross Orville in Disney's The Rescuers (1977).

Louis Quinn was an American television and film actor, best known for his role as Roscoe, the comic relief racetrack tout, from 1958 to 1963 in the ABC/Warner Brothers detective television series, 77 Sunset Strip.

William Byron Morrow was an American television and film actor.

Charles Beaumont was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres. He is remembered as a writer of classic Twilight Zone episodes, such as "The Howling Man", "Static", "Miniature", "Printer's Devil", and "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You", but also penned the screenplays for several films, such as 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Intruder, and The Masque of the Red Death.

John George Vlazny is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Fern Andra, Dowager Baroness von Weichs was an American actress, film director, script writer, and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen, she was one of the most popular and well-known actresses in German silent film.

Jack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer.

Mark David Protosevich is an American screenwriter. He wrote the screenplays for the films Poseidon and I Am Legend.

Joseph Slotnick is an American film actor and voice actor.