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

Cornelius Vander Starr also known as Neil Starr or C. V. Starr was an American businessman and operative of the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor of the CIA, who was best known for founding, in 1919, C.V. Starr & Co. in Shanghai, China. Starr's "hand-picked successor" was Maurice Greenberg, who took a lead role in forming AIG as a Starr subsidiary. AIG grew from an initial market value of $300 million to $180 billion, becoming the largest insurance company in the world.

Robert Rockwell was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom Our Miss Brooks opposite Eve Arden.

Rachel Talalay is a British-American film and television director and producer. She is also a University of British Columbia film professor.

Jesse Burr Strode was an American Republican Party politician.

Alfred Zeisler was an American-born German film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. He produced 29 films between 1927 and 1936. He also directed 16 films between 1924 and 1949.

Herbert Heywood was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1915 and 1950.

Bert Moorhouse was an American character actor whose career began at the very tail end of the silent era, and lasted through the mid-1950s.

William Dee Becker was the 35th Mayor of St. Louis, from 1941 to 1943.

Edward Grant Barrow was an American manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He served as the field manager of the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. He served as business manager of the New York Yankees from 1921 to 1939 and as team president from 1939 to 1945, and is credited with building the Yankee dynasty. Barrow was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.