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

Harold Marion Osborn D.O. was a U.S. track athlete. He won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon and high jump in 1924.

Frank Skinner was an American film composer and arranger.

Ian Michael Smith is an American actor, known for his starring role in Simon Birch.

Purnell Pratt was an American film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1914 and 1941. He was born in Bethel, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California.

George Kirke Spoor was an early film pioneer who, with Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson, founded Essanay Studios in Chicago in 1907. He was a founding partner of V-L-S-E, Incorporated, a film distribution firm, in 1915.

Ian Marcus Wolfe was an American character actor with around 400 film and television credits. Until 1934, he worked in the theatre. That year, he appeared in his first film role and later television, as a character actor. His career lasted seven decades and included many films and TV series; his last screen credit was in 1990.

Kenneth Paine Edwards was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Hayden Rolence is an American teen actor from Aurora, Illinois. He is best known for voicing Nemo in the 2016 animated film Finding Dory. Rolence has also acted in short films such as Cicero in Winter, Whom I Fear, and Beta Persei.

Virgil Miller was an American cinematographer who was the director of photography for 157 films between 1917 and 1956.