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

Meyer Rubin was an American geologist known for his radiocarbon dating work with the United States Geological Survey.

Helen Virginia Horton was an American actress. She was born in Chicago and had a brief career in New York. She married Scotsman Hamish Thomson and lived near London. She worked extensively in British television, radio and theatre, and had three children; her granddaughter is the English actress Lily James. Horton voiced the ship's computer, "Mother", in the 1979 film Alien.

Victor Hermann Balke was the Roman Catholic bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, from 1976–2007.

Harry Segall was an American playwright, screenwriter and television writer.

Seth Gordon is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and film editor. He has produced and directed for film and television, including for PBS, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the United Nations Staff 1% for Development Fund. His films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival.

David Golub was an American pianist and conductor.

Gerald F. Hoyt was American racing driver from Chicago, mainly competing in the National Championship. He died in 1955 after crashing in a Sprint car race at Oklahoma City.