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

Meg Wittner, an American actress, was born near Chicago, Illinois. Growing up with an older brother and sister, the family moved to Scarsdale, New York, when she was two. When she was 17 years old, she moved to New York City was in many commercials, including for Ivory Soap, Head and Shoulders shampoo, and Lifesavers candy, and made her name known on the soap opera Somerset. She also starred on "Melrose Place", 7th Heaven, Bailey Kipper's P.O.V...

Thomas Henderson Murray was an American film actor and musician. He appeared in thirteen films between 1922 and 1931, including roles in two Charlie Chaplin films and was a member of Hillbilly country music groups in the early 30s. Born in Stonefort, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California of stomach cancer. He was married to Louise Carver.

Bob Alcivar is an American music producer, composer, conductor and keyboard player. He is the father of rock keyboard player Jim Alcivar.

Winston H. Bostick was an American physicist who discovered plasmoids, plasma focus, and plasma vortex phenomena. He simulated cosmical astrophysics with laboratory plasma experiments, and showed that Hubble expansion can be produced with repulsive mutual induction between neighboring galaxies acting as homopolar generators. His work on plasmas was claimed to be evidence for finite-sized elementary particles and the composition of strings, but this is not accepted by mainstream science.

Jon Wellner is an American actor, best known for his role as toxicologist Henry Andrews on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He has portrayed Andrews through the 2014–2015 season, his 10th with the show.

Scott Fields is a guitarist, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for blending music that is composed with music that is written and for his modular pieces. He works primarily in avant-garde jazz, experimental music, and contemporary classical music.

Mason Novick is an American film producer and talent manager based in Los Angeles.