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List of people from Lake Forest, Illinois

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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Lake Forest, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Lake Forest, Illinois.

Contents

Arts

  • Peach Carr, fashion designer; contestant on season 8 of Project Runway
  • Wallace Leroy DeWolf, etcher, painter, art collector, and businessman
  • Sylvia Shaw Judson, sculptor and teacher; winner of the Logan Prize in 1929 for her sculpture Little Gardener
  • Lisel Mueller, poet; winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for poetry
  • Rene Romero Schuler, fine arts painter

    • Architecture

  • David Adler, architect
  • Edward H. Bennett, architect and city planner
  • Howard Van Doren Shaw, architect; lived in Ragdale
  • Adrian Smith, architect; led the design of three of the world's ten tallest buildings (Burj Khalifa (tallest in the world), Trump Tower Chicago, Jin Mao Building); resident of Lake Forest

    • Business

  • Andrew Watson Armour III, meatpacking magnate
  • J. Ogden Armour, meatpacking magnate (Armour and Company)
  • Albert Blake Dick, founder of A.B. Dick Company; licensed autographic printing patents from Thomas Edison; mayor of Lake Forest (1928–1931)
  • W. James Farrell, chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool Works
  • Marshall Field, owner of Marshall Field's (now Macy's)
  • Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor; founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became International Harvester
  • Charles "Cork" R. Walgreen III, third president of Walgreens
  • Miles D. White, CEO of Abbott Laboratories

    • Acting

  • Kipleigh Brown, actress
  • Kyle Chandler, actor
  • Jay Chandrasekhar, actor, director
  • Charlie Finn, actor
  • Jean Harlow, actress
  • Lauren Holly, actress
  • John Mahoney, actor
  • Mr. T, actor, wrestler
  • Vince Vaughn, actor
  • Richard Widmark, actor

    • Directing and production

  • James T. Aubrey, Jr., television and film executive
  • John Hughes, writer, director, producer

    • Journalism

  • Bill Schulz, journalist (Fox News)
  • Sam Weller, author and journalist

    • Music

  • Bix Beiderbecke, jazz cornet player and pianist
  • Andrew Bird, musician and songwriter
  • Mat Devine, lead singer of Chicago-based alternative rock band Kill Hannah

    • Writing

  • Dave Eggers, writer
  • Rebecca Makkai, writer

    • Politics and law

  • Edward J. Brundage, Illinois Attorney General
  • Fredrik Herman Gade, mayor of Lake Forest; diplomat from Norway
  • Susan Garrett, Illinois Senate state senator representing the 29th District
  • Noble Brandon Judah, United States Ambassador to Cuba (1927–1929)
  • Robert P. Lamont, United States Secretary of Commerce (1929–1932)
  • William Mather Lewis, mayor of Lake Forest (1915-1917); president of George Washington and Lafayette Universities
  • Thomas J. Moran, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
  • William Proxmire, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
  • Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois Comptroller and Illinois State Treasurer
  • Pete Wilson, 36th Governor of California (1991-1999); United States Senator (1983-1991); 29th Mayor of San Diego (1971-1983)
  • Corrine Wood, 44th lieutenant governor of Illinois

    • Sciences

  • Pamela Darling, library preservation specialist
  • Jim Lovell, astronaut on Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13; author of Lost Moon; owner of Lovell's of Lake Forest
  • Karl Patterson Schmidt, herpetologist

    • Socialites and modeling

  • Margaret "Peg" Carry, socialite; daughter of Pullman Company president Edward F. Carry; friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Ginevra King, socialite; inspiration for many female characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's work, including Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby
  • Edith Rockefeller McCormick, socialite
  • Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich, descendant of the Russian Imperial dynasty the House of Romanov
  • McKey Sullivan, fashion model and winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11
  • Catherine Warren, 2006 Miss Illinois USA

    • Baseball

  • Mickey Cochrane, catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers
  • Joe Girardi, catcher for the Chicago Cubs; manager of the New York Yankees
  • Mabel Holle (1920-2011), third basewoman and outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  • Scott Sanderson, All-Star pitcher for eight MLB teams
  • Steve Stanicek, designated hitter for the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies

    • Basketball

  • Steve Kerr, point guard for the Chicago Bulls
  • Scottie Pippen, forward for the Chicago Bulls

    • Driving

  • Carl Haas, auto racing impresario
  • Steve Seligman, stock car racer

    • Football

  • Jim Covert, offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears
  • Jay Cutler, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
  • Bobby Douglass, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
  • John Fox, head coach for the Chicago Bears
  • Rex Grossman, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
  • George Halas, head coach of the Chicago Bears
  • Cade McNown, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
  • Tom Waddle, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears
  • Tommy_Rees_(American_football), QB for Notre Dame
  • Chris Salvi, safety for Notre Dame
  • Lovie Smith, head coach for the Chicago Bears

    • Golf

  • Chip Beck, PGA Tour golfer
  • Edith Cummings, golfer; US Women's Amateur Champion (1924)

    • Hockey

  • Jordan Brickner, defenseman for the Connecticut Whale (NWHL)
  • Keith Magnuson, defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks, team captain

    • Swimming

  • Matt Grevers, Olympic swimmer; silver medalist (2008), gold medalist (2012)

    • Sports journalism

  • Tim Weigel, sports anchor and reporter

    • References

    List of people from Lake Forest, Illinois Wikipedia
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