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

Frederick Stoller is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, writer, and voice artist. He is best known for portraying Gerard on Everybody Loves Raymond. He is also the voice of Stanley in the Open Season series, Fred the Squirrel in The Penguins of Madagascar, Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy in WordGirl, Jimbo in Disney Jr.'s Mickey and the Roadster Racers and Rusty the monkey wrench on Disney Jr.'s Handy Manny.

Alfred A. Cohn was an author, journalist and newspaper editor, Police Commissioner, and screenwriter of the 1920s and 1930s. He is best remembered for his work on The Jazz Singer, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 1st Academy Awards of 1929.

Gertrude Claire was an actress of the American stage and Hollywood silent motion pictures.

Benjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.

Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson was the barrel-chested half of the American comedy team of Olsen and Johnson, known for his strangely infectious, high-pitched "Woo-Woo" laugh.

Carl Robert Brown was an American teacher and rampage killer who killed eight people and injured another three in a Miami, Florida welding shop on August 20, 1982. He was later fatally shot by two witnesses while cycling away from the scene.

LaDonna Theresa Tittle is an American radio personality, actress and former model. Tittle is perhaps best known for her radio career from the mid–1970s until the early–2000s. Tittle most notable career stints were in Chicago at several stations; WBMX-FM, WJPC-AM alongside Tom Joyner and WGCI-AM. From 2018 until 2020, Tittle had a recurring role as Ethel Brown in the Showtime television series The Chi.

Nella Walker was an American film actress and vaudeville performer of the 1920s through the 1950s.

John Maurice Hartman was an American jazz singer who specialized in ballads and earned critical acclaim, though he was never widely known. He recorded a well-known collaboration with the saxophonist John Coltrane in 1963 called John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, was briefly a member of Dizzy Gillespie's group and recorded with Erroll Garner. Most of Hartman's career was spent recording solo albums.