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

Lusia Strus is an American writer and stage and film actress with Neo-Futurists.

Lauren Tom is an American actress. Her roles include Lena St. Clair in The Joy Luck Club, Julie in the NBC sitcom Friends, Dot in the final season of Grace Under Fire, and the voices for Amy Wong in Futurama, Dana Tan in Batman Beyond, Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone in King of the Hill, and Numbuh 3 in Codename: Kids Next Door. She portrayed Celia Mack in the Disney Channel series Andi Mack.

Donald John Bacon is an American politician and former military officer serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district since 2017. Before holding public office, he was a United States Air Force officer, rising to brigadier general and wing commander at Ramstein Air Base and Offutt Air Force Base before his retirement in 2014. Bacon is a moderate centrist member of the Republican Party.

John Alexander Thain is an American businessman, investment banker, and former chair and CEO of the CIT Group.

Marilyn Jane Ziffrin was an American composer and music educator.

Henry Theophilus Howaniec was a Roman Catholic bishop.

John Porter East was a Republican U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1981 until his suicide in 1986.

Richard Bruce Shull was an American character actor.

John William Meriwether is an American hedge fund executive.