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

Susanne "Sue" Gossick is a retired American diver. Competing in the 3 m springboard she won gold medals at the 1967 an American Games and 1968 Olympics and placed fourth at the 1964 Olympics.

Michael Hudson is an American economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, former Wall Street analyst, political consultant, commentator and journalist. He is a contributor to The Hudson Report, a weekly economic and financial news podcast produced by Left Out.

Todd Alcott is an American screenwriter, playwright, actor, and director. He was born in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

James Adelbert McDermott is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle, Vashon Island, Tukwila, Burien, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway, and Edmonds. He served on the House Ways and Means Committee and was a member of the House Progressive Caucus. He was formerly the committee chairman, then in 1995, ranking minority member on the House Ethics Committee. On January 4, 2016, he announced that he would not be seeking another congressional term.

Samuel H. Altman is an American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He is the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator.

Don McGuire was an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer known for his roles such as playing Congo Bill from DC Comics in the 1948 Congo Bill serial.

Norman Bluhm, was an American painter classified as an abstract expressionist, and as an action painter.

Henry Gahagen "Hank" Saperstein was an American film producer and distributor. Saperstein inherited his father's cinema chain in Chicago before moving into television distribution. In 1955, he moved to Hollywood and purchased United Productions of America in 1960. At UPA, Saperstein produced the Mister Magoo television series and its spinoff television specials. He co-produced three Toho kaiju films from 1965 to 1966 and arranged for American actors Nick Adams and Russ Tamblyn to appear in the films. Saperstein would go on to work with Toho in the 1970s and 1980s and attempt to put together several Godzilla projects which never materialized. During the early 1990s, Saperstein was involved in negotiations with Hollywood studios for the production of a Hollywood Godzilla film. At the age of 80, he died of cancer in Beverly Hills on June 24, 1998.

Doris Roberta Merrick was an American film actress and model.

Kwame Raoul is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.