91 Notable alumni of
Illinois State University

Illinois State University is 629th in the world, 238th in North America, and 219th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 91 notable alumni from Illinois State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. John Malkovich

    John Malkovich
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorscreenwritertelevision actorvoice actor
    Biography

    John Malkovich is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

  2. Gary Sinise

    Gary Sinise
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actorfilm producertelevision producerfilm director
    Biography

    Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor. Among other awards, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Sinise has also received numerous awards and honors for his extensive humanitarian work and involvement with charitable organizations. He is a supporter of various veterans' organizations and founded the Lt. Dan Band (named after his character in Forrest Gump), which plays at military bases around the world.

  3. Cloris Leachman

    Cloris Leachman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1926-2021 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    television actorbeauty pageant contestantfilm actordancercharacter actor
    Biography

    Cloris Leachman was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded performer in Emmy history. She won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award.

  4. Laurie Metcalf

    Laurie Metcalf
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    television actorvoice actoractorfilm actorstage actor
    Biography

    Laura Elizabeth Metcalf is an American actress and comedian. Often described as a character actor, she is known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Tony Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and three Golden Globe Awards.

  5. Jane Lynch

    Jane Lynch
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    television actorwriterfilm actorautobiographersinger
    Biography

    Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, comedian and singer. She is known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the musical comedy series Glee (2009–2015), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. Lynch also gained recognition for her roles in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films, such as Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003) and For Your Consideration (2006).

  6. Gary Cole

    Gary Cole
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actorvoice actorstage actor
    Biography

    Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. He began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role was as Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC series Midnight Caller (1988-1991).

  7. Craig Robinson

    Craig Robinson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1971-.. (age 52)
    Enrolled in Illinois State University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    film actorvoice actorsingeractortelevision actor
    Biography

    Craig Phillip Robinson is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for portraying Darryl Philbin on The Office (2005–2013). He also portrayed LeVar "Freight Train" Brown on The Cleveland Show (2009–2013), and Doug "the Pontiac Bandit" Judy on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021). He also frequently collaborates with Seth Rogen, including the films Pineapple Express (2008), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), This Is the End (2013), and Sausage Party (2016). Robinson has appeared in numerous other television shows and films, including Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Get on Up (2014), An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018), and Dolemite Is My Name (2019), as well as voicing characters in films such as Shrek Forever After (2010) and The Bad Guys (2022), as well as others. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film Morris from America.

  8. Michelle Williams

    Michelle Williams
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1980-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    actorsingerrecord producercomposersinger-songwriter
    Biography

    Tenitra Michelle Williams is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame in the 2000s as a member of R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling female groups of all time with over 60 million records, of which more than 35 million copies sold with the trio lineup that included Williams. During her time in the group she earned several accolades including a Grammy Award and star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

  9. Jeff Perry

    Jeff Perry
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
    Biography

    Jeffrey Perry is an American actor of stage, television, and film. He is known for his role as Richard Katimski on the teen drama My So-Called Life, Thatcher Grey on the medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, Cyrus Beene on the political drama series Scandal, all for ABC, and as Inspector Harvey Leek on the CBS crime drama Nash Bridges. He currently stars on the ABC drama Alaska Daily, alongside Hilary Swank.

  10. Adam Kinzinger

    Adam Kinzinger
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1978-.. (age 45)
    Enrolled in Illinois State University
    In 2000 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Adam Daniel Kinzinger is an American former politician and senior political commentator for CNN. He served as a United States representative from Illinois from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Kinzinger originally represented Illinois's 11th congressional district and later Illinois's 16th congressional district. He is a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.

  11. Terry Kinney

    Terry Kinney
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    film actortheatrical directorstage actorfilm directorfilm producer
    Biography

    Terry Kinney is an American actor and theater director, and is a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, with John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Sinise, and Jeff Perry. Kinney is best known for his role as Emerald City creator Tim McManus on HBO's prison drama Oz.

  12. Sean Hayes

    Sean Hayes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    television actortelevision producerfilm actorfilm producerpodcaster
    Biography

    Sean Patrick Hayes is an American actor, comedian, and producer. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained acclaim for his role as Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He's also received nominations for six Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards.

  13. Cecilia Suárez

    Cecilia Suárez
    Born in
    Mexico Flag Mexico
    Years
    1971-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actorstage actor
    Biography

    María Cecilia Suárez de Garay, known professionally as Cecilia Suárez, is a Mexican actress and a prominent activist working with the United Nations and European Union campaigning against femicide and violence against women. She has starred in film, television, and theater across the United States, Mexico, and Spain.

  14. Doug Collins

    Doug Collins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    Paul Douglas Collins is an American basketball executive, former player, coach and television analyst in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA from 1973 to 1981 for the Philadelphia 76ers, earning four NBA All-Star selections. He then became an NBA coach in 1986, and had stints coaching the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers. Collins also served as an analyst for various NBA-related broadcast shows. He is a recipient of the Curt Gowdy Media Award.

  15. Tim Russ

    Tim Russ
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actormusicianscreenwritertelevision actor
    Biography

    Timothy Darrell Russ is an American actor, director, screenwriter, musician and amateur astronomer. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager, Robert Johnson in Crossroads (1986), Casey in East of Hope Street (1998), Frank on Samantha Who?, Principal Franklin on the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly, and D. C. Montana on The Highwaymen (1987–1988). Most recently, he was in The Rookie: Feds (2022) and reprised his role as Captain Tuvok on Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard.

  16. Jimmy Dore

    Jimmy Dore
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    comediantelevision producerpodcasterpeace activist
    Biography

    James Patrick Anthony Dore is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator, podcaster, YouTube personality, and conspiracy theorist. He is the host of The Jimmy Dore Show, a comedic political talk show on YouTube.

  17. LaRoyce Hawkins

    LaRoyce Hawkins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actormusiciantelevision actor
    Biography

    LaRoyce C. Hawkins is an American actor, stand-up comedian, spoken word artist, and musician. Hawkins stars on NBC's police drama Chicago P.D., where he portrays Officer Kevin Atwater. The show is in its tenth season. Hawkins also has a main role on the crossover show Chicago Fire.

  18. Moira Harris

    Moira Harris
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    television actorstage actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Moira Jane Sinise is a retired American actress.

  19. Carlos Bernard

    Carlos Bernard
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1962-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Carlos Bernard Papierski is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24, which he played from 2001 to 2006, and then reprised again in 2009, 2014 in 24: Solitary and 2017 in 24: Legacy. He received a fine arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after receiving an undergraduate degree from Illinois State University.

  20. Yetide Badaki

    Yetide Badaki
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1981-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Yetide BadakiListen is a Nigerian-American actress. She is best known for playing Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods.

  21. Richard Roeper

    Richard Roeper
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    film criticwriterjournalist
    Biography

    Richard E. Roeper is an American columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. He co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, serving as the late Gene Siskel's successor. From 2010 to 2014, he co-hosted The Roe and Roeper Show with Roe Conn on WLS-AM. From October 2015 to October 2017, Roeper served as the host of the FOX 32 morning show Good Day Chicago.

  22. Syleena Johnson

    Syleena Johnson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1976-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    singer-songwriteractor
    Biography

    Syleena Johnson is an American singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter from Chicago, Illinois.

  23. Todd Stashwick

    Todd Stashwick
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1968-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    film actorvideo game writertelevision actorstage actor
    Biography

    Todd Stashwick is an American actor and writer. He is known for his roles as Dale Malloy on The Riches and Deacon on 12 Monkeys (2015–2018). He played Captain Liam Shaw in the third season of Star Trek: Picard (2023).

  24. Rondi Reed

    Rondi Reed
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    stage actoractor
    Biography

    Rondi Anne Reed is an American actress of stage and screen. A longtime member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, she has appeared in more than 50 productions at that theater. Also active on Broadway, she won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Mattie Fae Aiken in August: Osage County. She is best known for the role of Peggy on the television sitcom Mike & Molly which she played from 2010-2016.

  25. Suzy Bogguss

    Suzy Bogguss
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    guitaristsingersinger-songwriterrecording artist
    Biography

    Susan Kay Bogguss is an American country music singer and songwriter. She began her career in the 1980s as a solo singer. In the 1990s, six of her songs were Top 10 hits, three albums were certified gold, and one album received a platinum certification. She won Top New Female Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music and the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association.

  26. Ralph Modjeski

    Ralph Modjeski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1861-1940 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    engineercivil engineer
    Biography

    Ralph Modjeski was a Polish-American civil engineer who achieved prominence as "America's greatest bridge builder."

  27. Rathindranath Tagore

    Rathindranath Tagore
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1888-1961 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    writeragronomistpainter
    Biography

    Rathindranath Thakur was an Indian educationist, agronomist and painter. He served as the first vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, which was founded by his father, Rabindranath Tagore.

  28. Mad Man Pondo

    Mad Man Pondo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    professional wrestler
    Biography

    Kevin Canady is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Mad Man Pondo. Best known for his hardcore wrestling style, Canady has wrestled for various wrestling promotions, including Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Combat Zone Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, and Juggalo Championship Wrestling. He is also the owner of IWA East Coast, and is currently employed by Juggalo Championship Wrestling.

  29. Julia Faye

    Julia Faye
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1892-1966 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Julia Faye Maloney, known professionally as Julia Faye, was an American actress of silent and sound films. She was known for her appearances in more than 30 Cecil B. DeMille productions. Her various roles ranged from maids and ingénues to vamps and queens.

  30. Michele Reagan

    Michele Reagan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Michele Reagan is an American Republican politician who served as the 20th Arizona Secretary of State, from 2015 to 2019. She is currently a Justice of the Peace for the Maricopa County McDowell Mountain Precinct.

  31. William S. Sadler

    William S. Sadler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1875-1969 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    psychiatristpsychologistsurgeon
    Biography

    William Samuel Sadler was an American surgeon, self-trained psychiatrist, and author who helped publish The Urantia Book. The book is said to have resulted from Sadler's relationship with a man through whom he believed celestial beings spoke at night. It drew a following of people who studied its teachings.

  32. Gregory Kunde

    Gregory Kunde
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    opera singerperforming artistsinger
    Biography

    Gregory Kunde is an American operatic tenor particularly associated with the French and Italian repertoires.

  33. Lewis Stevenson

    Lewis Stevenson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1868-1929 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Lewis Green Stevenson was an American politician. He was the Illinois Secretary of State from 1914 to 1917 and a member of Illinois' political Stevenson family.

  34. Reggie Lynch

    Reggie Lynch
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1994-.. (age 29)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Reggie Lynch is an American basketball player for Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He transferred from Illinois State in 2015 and sat out the 2015–16 season. In 2016, he started at center for the Gophers and won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year after setting the Gophers single-season record in blocks with 114.

  35. Nic Moore

    Nic Moore
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1992-.. (age 31)
    Enrolled in Illinois State University
    Studied in 2011-2012
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Nic Moore is an American professional basketball player for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro B. Moore played college basketball for the SMU Mustangs. He was named American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Moore previously competed for the Illinois State Redbirds.

  36. Jackie Carmichael

    Jackie Carmichael
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1990-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Jackie Carmichael is an American professional basketball player for Gaziantep Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He was a standout college player at Illinois State University before playing professionally in Spain, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia.

  37. Matt Herges

    Matt Herges
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Matthew Tyler Herges is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1999 to 2009, and is the former pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

  38. Jim Ardis

    Jim Ardis
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jim Ardis is an American corporate executive and politician who served as mayor of Peoria, Illinois from 2005 to 2021. Prior to becoming mayor, he had previously served on the Peoria City Council from 1999 through 2005. Ardis is the second-longest serving mayor in city history behind Edward Nelson Woodruff.

  39. Donald McHenry

    Donald McHenry
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1936-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    diplomatuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Donald Franchot McHenry is a former American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 1979 until January 20, 1981.

  40. Boomer Grigsby

    Boomer Grigsby
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    James Harvey "Boomer" Grigsby is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Illinois State, and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Grigsby was also a member of the Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans.

  41. Samuel Garman

    Samuel Garman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1843-1927 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    herpetologistzoologistichthyologist
    Biography

    Samuel Walton Garman, or "Garmann" as he sometimes styled himself, was an American naturalist and zoologist. He became noted as an ichthyologist and herpetologist.

  42. Daryl Gregory

    Daryl Gregory
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    writernovelistscience fiction writer
    Biography

    Daryl Gregory is an American science fiction, fantasy and comic book author. Gregory is a 1988 alumnus of the Michigan State University Clarion science fiction workshop, and won the 2009 Crawford Award for his novel Pandemonium.

  43. Sandra Steingraber

    Sandra Steingraber
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    ecologistnon-fiction writeruniversity teacherbiologist
    Biography

    Sandra Steingraber is an American biologist, author, and cancer survivor. Steingraber writes and lectures on the environmental factors that contribute to reproductive health problems and environmental links to cancer.

  44. Mick Hubert

    Mick Hubert
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    athlete
    Biography

    Mick Hubert is a retired radio play-by-play announcer who from 1989 to 2022 served as the primary radio voice and media host for the Florida Gators sports programs at the University of Florida (UF). He was well known for his exuberant announcing style, highlighted by his use of the phrase "Oh my!" when excited by the action on the field.

  45. Rachel Crothers

    Rachel Crothers
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1878-1958 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    writerplaywrightdramaturgescreenwritertheatrical director
    Biography

    Rachel Crothers was an American playwright and theater director known for her well-crafted plays that often dealt with feminist themes. Among theater historians, she is generally recognized as "the most successful and prolific woman dramatist writing in the first part of the twentieth century." One of her most famous plays was Susan and God (1937), which was made into a film by MGM in 1940 starring Joan Crawford and Fredric March.

  46. Stephen Alfred Forbes

    Stephen Alfred Forbes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1844-1930 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    naturalistresearcherzoologistecologistacademic
    Biography

    Stephen Alfred Forbes was the first chief of the Illinois Natural History Survey, a founder of aquatic ecosystem science and a dominant figure in the rise of American ecology. His publications are striking for their merger of extensive field observations with conceptual insights. Forbes believed that ecological knowledge was fundamental for human well being. Forbes was important to the development of ecological theory. He was acknowledged by the National Academy of Sciences as "the founder of the science of ecology in the United States".

  47. Osiris Eldridge

    Osiris Eldridge
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Osiris Eldridge is an American professional basketball player who last played for Büyükçekmece Basketbol of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He played college basketball for Illinois State. As a freshman, he won the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year award, and as a sophomore, he was runner up in MVP honors while leading ISU to its most wins in school history with 25.

  48. Dori Seda

    Dori Seda
    Years
    1951-1988 (aged 37)
    Occupations
    comics artist
    Biography

    Dorothea Antoinette "Dori" Seda was an artist best known for her underground comix work in the 1980s. She occasionally used the pen name "Sylvia Silicosis." Her comics combined exaggerated fantasy and ribald humor with documentation of her life in the Mission District of San Francisco, California.

  49. Angela Taylor

    Angela Taylor
    Years
    1965-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    athletics competitor
    Biography

    Angela Taylor is a retired American athlete and collegiate coach. She earned nine Gateway titles at Illinois State University. She was a three-time indoor long jump champion and won the 60-meter high hurdles in 1987. In her post-collegiate athletic career, she competed against Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the women's heptathlon and was a member of various U.S. national teams and a finalist in the heptathlon in the 1992 Olympics trials. She finished 1992 ranked 30th in the world.

  50. Telly Hughes

    Telly Hughes
    Occupations
    sports journalist
    Biography

    Telly Hughes is an American television sports personality and Big Ten Network host.

  51. Cleo Madison

    Cleo Madison
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1883-1964 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorscreenwriterstage actorfilm director
    Biography

    Cleo Madison was a theatrical and silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director who was active in Hollywood during the silent era.

  52. Noah Morgan Mason

    Noah Morgan Mason
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1882-1965 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    teacherhead teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Noah Morgan Mason was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. A conservative Republican, he served 13 terms representing first the state's 12th congressional district and then, after a redrawing of boundaries, the 15th.

  53. Kaza Kajami-Keane

    Kaza Kajami-Keane
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1994-.. (age 29)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Kaza Kajami-Keane is a Canadian - Jamaican professional basketball player for Le Mans Sarthe of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Illinois State Redbirds, the Cleveland State Vikings and the Carleton Ravens. He has also competed for the Canadian national basketball team.

  54. Margaret Haley

    Margaret Haley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1861-1939 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    educatoractivist
    Biography

    Margaret A. Haley was a teacher, unionist, and Georgist land value tax activist, who was dubbed the "lady labor slugger". Haley was the first business representative of the Chicago Teachers Federation and a pioneer leader in organizing schoolteachers. During her long career with the CTF, Haley fought to correct tax inequalities, increase the salaries of teachers, and expose unfair land leasing by the Chicago Board of Education.

  55. Dennis Doyle

    Dennis Doyle
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 74)
    Biography

    Dennis Doyle is an American politician and former mayor of Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon. Doyle served as a Beaverton city councilor for 14 years before being elected mayor of the city in 2008, succeeding Rob Drake in January 2009.

  56. Thomas Jonathan Burrill

    Thomas Jonathan Burrill
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1839-1916 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    botanist
    Biography

    Thomas Jonathan Burrill was an American botanist, plant pathologist, and college administrator who first discovered bacterial causes for plant disease. He introduced Erwinia amylovora (called by him Micrococcus amylovorus) as the causal agent of pear fire blight.

  57. Scott M. Bennett

    Scott M. Bennett
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1977-2022 (aged 45)
    Enrolled in Illinois State University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Scott Michael Bennett was an American attorney, politician and Democratic member of the Illinois Senate representing the 52nd district from 2015 to 2022.

  58. Tammie Wilson

    Tammie Wilson
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Tammie Wilson was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing District 3.

  59. LaVerne H. Council

    LaVerne H. Council
    Biography

    LaVerne H. Council, MBA, DBA was the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer for the Office of Information and Technology within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Council assumed this role in July 2015. President Obama nominated Council to the role in March 2015. Council was confirmed by the 114th Congress on June 23, 2015, making Council the first female CIO of a Cabinet-level federal agency. She managed a $4.2B Information Technology appropriation, the first centralized and only IT appropriation in the federal government.

  60. Elgie Sims

    Elgie Sims
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Elgie R. Sims Jr. is the Illinois state Senator for the 17th district. The 17th district includes the Chatham neighborhoods of Chicago along with the all or parts of Burnham, Calumet City, Lansing, Ford Heights, Lynwood, Sauk Village, Beecher, Manteno, and Grant Park.

  61. Dwight E. Adams

    Dwight E. Adams
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    forensic scientist
    Biography

    Dwight E Adams, is a forensic scientist.

  62. Andrew Velasquez

    Andrew Velasquez
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Andrew Velasquez III is the former Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region V. He coordinated preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Prior to his appointment as Region V administrator he served as Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Executive Director of Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communication.

  63. Eric Rohmann

    Eric Rohmann
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    writerchildren's writer
    Biography

    Eric Rohmann is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He is a graduate of Illinois State University and Arizona State University. He won the 2003 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing My Friend Rabbit, and he was a runner-up in 1995 for Time Flies. He created a popular series based on a bulldozer that began with Bulldozer’s Big Day.

  64. Norbert Blei

    Norbert Blei
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-2013 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    journalistpoetessayistnovelistpainter
    Biography

    Norbert Blei was an American writer of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. In 1994, he established Cross+Roads Press, dedicated to the publication of first chapbooks by poets, short story writers, novelists and artists.

  65. Lena Sadler

    Lena Sadler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1875-1939 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    obstetriciansurgeonphysician
    Biography

    Lena Sadler was an American physician, surgeon, and obstetrician who was a leader in women's health issues.

  66. Robert Atkins

    Robert Atkins
    Years
    1979-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    comics artist
    Biography

    Robert Q. Atkins is an American comics artist. He attended Illinois State University, earning an undergraduate degree in fine art, and then went on to the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he earned an MFA in Sequential Art.

  67. Elmer Ellsworth Brown

    Elmer Ellsworth Brown
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1861-1934 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    pedagogue
    Biography

    Elmer Ellsworth Brown was an American educator.

  68. Bob Bacon

    Bob Bacon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Robert Bacon is a retired educator and Democratic politician from Fort Collins, Colorado. Bacon served as a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 14th district from 2005 to 2013. Bacon also served in the Colorado State House from 1997 to 2003. Prior to that, he was elected twice to the Poudre School District Board of Education, serving from 1991 to 1999. Bacon Elementary School is named in his honor.

  69. Sarah Hackett Stevenson

    Sarah Hackett Stevenson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1841-1909 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysician
    Biography

    Sarah Ann Hackett Stevenson was an American physician in Illinois, and the first female member of the American Medical Association (AMA), as an Illinois State Medical Society delegate in 1876. She was a leader and advocate for the emancipation of women and for the equal treatment of men and women.

  70. Logan H. Roots

    Logan H. Roots
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1841-1893 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    politicianbanker
    Biography

    Logan Holt Roots was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1868 to 1871. He was a member of the Republican Party. He is the namesake of Fort Logan H. Roots.

  71. Thomas R. Lamont

    Thomas R. Lamont
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 76)
    Enrolled in Illinois State University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Science
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Thomas Ray Lamont was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), from June 22, 2009, to September 30, 2013.

  72. Malcolm L. McCallum

    Malcolm L. McCallum
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1968-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    biologistenvironmental scientistconservation biologistnaturalistvertebrate zoologist
    Biography

    Malcolm L. McCallum is an American environmental scientist, conservationist, herpetologist, and natural historian and is known for his work on the Holocene Extinction. He is also a co-founder of the herpetology journal, Herpetological Conservation and Biology. He is a key figure in amphibian biology and his research has produced numerous landmark studies. His work has been covered by David Attenborough, Discover Magazine, and other media outlets.

  73. Charles H. Page

    Charles H. Page
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1843-1912 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Charles Harrison Page was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.

  74. Rich Banner

    Rich Banner
    Occupations
    board game designer
    Biography

    Paul Richard "Rich" Banner is an American game designer and graphic artist.

  75. Fred J. Kern

    Fred J. Kern
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1864-1931 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Frederick John Kern was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

  76. Richard R. Neely

    Richard R. Neely
    Biography

    Richard R. Neely is a United States Air Force officer and the 40th Adjutant general of Illinois.

  77. Ida Crouch-Hazlett

    Ida Crouch-Hazlett
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1870-1941 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    journalistsuffragetteeditorpolitician
    Biography

    Ida Crouch-Hazlett was an American political activist prominent in the suffrage and socialist movements. Crouch-Hazlett is best remembered as a prominent orator and organizer for the Socialist Party of America during the first two decades of the 20th century. In 1902 Crouch-Hazlett became the first female candidate for U.S. Congress from Colorado when she ran for a seat in the House of Representatives.

  78. Charles De Garmo

    Charles De Garmo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1849-1934 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    university teacher
    Biography

    Charles De Garmo was an American educator, education theorist and college president.

  79. Rosemary Mulligan

    Rosemary Mulligan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1941-2014 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Rosemary Mulligan served as a Republican Party member of the Illinois House of Representatives for ten terms, representing the 55th District in the northwest suburbs of Chicago from 1993 until 2013. A moderate Republican, Mulligan was particularly known as a strong abortion rights advocate.

  80. H. Robert Fowler

    H. Robert Fowler
    Years
    1851-1926 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Hiram Robert Fowler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

  81. Charles A. Karch

    Charles A. Karch
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1875-1932 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Charles Adam Karch was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

  82. John L. Keith

    John L. Keith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1869-1931 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    basketball coachAmerican football player
    Biography

    John Alexander Hull Keith was an American educator as well as an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois State Normal School—now known as Northern Illinois University–from 1899 to 1903 and at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—in 1907, compiling a career college football record of 25–7–7. Keith was also the head basketball coach at Northern Illinois from 1900 to 1902 and again in 1904–05, tallying a mark of 13–7 in three seasons. He also taught at the school as a professor of pedagogy and as an assistant professor of psychology.

  83. Tom Rethman

    Tom Rethman
    Occupations
    American football coachAmerican football player
    Biography

    Tom Rethman is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Briar Cliff University from 2008 to 2016, compiling a record of 21–78.

  84. Tep Sothy

    Tep Sothy
    Born in
    Cambodia Flag Cambodia
    Years
    1973-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Tep Sothy is a Cambodian politician and former Member of Parliament for Takeo province. She represented the Takeo province since the Cambodia National Rescue Party won 55 seats in 2013 Cambodian general election. Before coming to Cambodia, Sothy was a high school teacher in Chicago. In 2010, she decided to join Cambodia's Human Rights Party established and led by Kem Sokha who previously led the Cambodian Center for Human Rights in Phnom Penh for several years. Tep decided to move to Cambodia shortly before the 2013 National Elections. She told Voice of America Khmer Service in 2010 that she joined the political party because Kem Sokha was really "a great, moral, freedom-seeking leader." In 2012, the Sam Rainsy Party and the Human Rights Party, Cambodia's two major political parties merged to form the Cambodia National Rescue Party. Her work in Cambodia includes campaigns with women to improve gender awareness, introduction of gender sensitive laws, and policies to address issues on health, children's welfare, domestic violence, reproduction, and migrant workers rights.

  85. Kye Stewart

    Kye Stewart
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    Canadian football player
    Biography

    Kye Stewart is a former Canadian football linebacker. He most recently played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was originally signed by the Roughriders as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Illinois State.

  86. Louis H. Galbreath

    Louis H. Galbreath
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1861-1899 (aged 38)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    Louis Hutchinson Galbreath was American educator who specialized in training teachers and advocated educational psychology and scientific pedagogy. A graduate of both Illinois State University and Cornell University, he had his career cut short when he died from typhoid fever. In 1896, while a professor at Illinois State, he became the second head football coach at the school.

  87. John P. Stewart

    John P. Stewart
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1876-1922 (aged 46)
    Occupations
    basketball coachAmerican football coach
    Biography

    John Pogue Stewart was an American football and basketball coach. He was the fifth head football coach at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving for four seasons, from 1903 to 1906, compiling are record of 14–11–1.

  88. Martin B. Bailey

    Martin B. Bailey
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1857-1934 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Martin Brachall Bailey was an American politician and lawyer.

  89. James H. Forrester

    James H. Forrester
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1870-1928 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    James Henry Forrester was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.

  90. Owen P. Thompson

    Owen P. Thompson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1852-1933 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    teacherlawyerjudge
    Biography

    Owen Pierce Thompson was a judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Illinois and a delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention. He also served on the Illinois State Utilities Commission.

  91. Sue A. Sanders

    Sue A. Sanders
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1842-1931 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    non-fiction writer
    Biography

    Sue A. Sanders was an American teacher, clubwoman, and author, who was prominent in charities and social circles. She served as national president of the Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, the largest charitable organization in the world in its day. She has the credit of being the originator of placing a flag in every school house, hers the first school to have a flag in McLean County, Illinois. The legislature changed the plan to putting it on the outside, which law was later repealed. She was the author of A journey to on and from the "golden shore" (1887).