| Vern Allison | Musician | 6/22/1936 | Thornton Township (Harvey,IL) | Member of The Dells, R&B Hall of Famers |
| Gillian Anderson | Actress | 8/9/1969 | City (Grand Rapids,MI) | The X-Files |
| Laurie Anderson | Artist, Musician | 6/5/1947 | Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn,IL) | |
| Michael Anthony | Musician | 6/20/1954 | Arcadia (Arcadia,CA) | Bass player in Van Halen. |
| Patricia Arquette | Actress | 4/8/1968 | Fairfax (Los Angeles,CA) | True Romance, Ed Wood, Little Nicky |
| John Ashcroft | Politician | 5/9/1942 | Hillcrest (Springfield,MO) | Attorney General |
| Bob Balaban | Actor | 8/16/1945 | Latin School of Chicago (Chicago,IL) | Gosford Park, Amos and Andrew, Bob Roberts, Seinfeld (Russell Dalrymple) |
| Adam Baldwin | Actor | 2/27/1962 | New Trier (Winnetka,IL) | Wyatt Earp, Independence Day, Gargantua. |
| Chuck Barksdale | Musician | 1/11/1935 | Thornton Township (Harvey,IL) | Member of The Dells, R&B Hall of Famers |
| Jennifer Beals | Actress | 12/19/1963 | Francis W. Parker (Chicago,IL) | Flashdance |
| Melissa Bean | Government | 1/22/1962 | Maine East (Park Ridge,IL) | Illinois congresswoman. |
| Ralph Bellamy | Actor | 6/17/1904 | New Trier (Winnetka,IL) | Trading Places, Winds of War, Rosemary's Baby. |
| James Belushi | Actor | 6/15/1954 | Wheaton Central (Wheaton,IL) | According to Jim, About Last Night. Brother of John Belushi |
| John Belushi | Actor, Comedian | 1/24/1949 | Wheaton Central (Wheaton,IL) | Saturday Night Live, Animal House, The Blues Brothers. |
| Tom Berenger | Actor | 5/31/1949 | Rich East (Park Forest,IL) | Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Major League |
| Judy Biggert | Government | 8/15/1937 | New Trier (Winnetka,IL) | Illinois congresswoman. |
| Budd Boetticher | Film Director | 7/29/1916 | Culver Military Academy (Culver,IN) | The Man from Alamo, Comanche Station, Arruza. |
| Tom Bosley | Actor | 10/1/1927 | Unknown | Happy Days (Howard Cunningham) |
| Lisa Boyle | Model, Actress | 8/6/1964 | Steinmetz (Chicago,IL) | Playboy Cover Model in 1995. Face/Off, Bad Boys, Showgirls, Let the Devil Wear Black. |
| Andre Braugher | Actor | 7/1/1962 | St. Ignatius College Prep (Chicago,IL) | Homicide: Life on the Street, City of Angels |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs | Author | 9/1/1875 | Phillips Andover Academy (Andover,MA) | Tarzan of the Apes. |
| Dick Butkus | Athlete,Actor | 12/9/1942 | Vocational (Chicago,IL) | Middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears and was an actor on My Two Dads, Any Given Sunday and Hang Time, a kids television series. |
| Dan Castellaneta | Actor | 9/10/1958 | Oak Park River Forest (Oak Park,IL) | Voice of Homer Simpson. |
| Chris Chelios | Athlete | 1/25/1962 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Hockey Player. Defenseman for over 20 years in the NHL. |
| Wesley Clark | Military | 12/23/1944 | Hall (Little Rock,AR) | CNN Military Analyst and Supreme Allied Commander from 1997-2000. |
| Michael Clarke Duncan | Actor | 12/10/1957 | Unknown | The Green Mile |
| Billy Corgan | Musician | 3/17/1967 | Glenbard North (Carol Stream,IL) | Lead singer for The Smashing Pumpkins. |
| Frank Cornish | Athlete | | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Football player. Played Center position on Dallas Cowboys world championship teams. |
| Michael Crichton | Author | 10/23/1942 | Roslyn (Roslyn,NY) | Jurassic Park, Congo, The Lost World, The Rising Sun. |
| Russell Cross | Athlete | 9/5/1961 | Manley (Chicago,IL) | Basketball Player. Played 1 season in NBA with Warriors in 1983-84. |
| Terry Cummings | Athlete | 3/15/1961 | Carver (Chicago,IL) | Basketball player. 18 year NBA career between 1982-2000. |
| Matt Cushing | Athlete | 7/2/1975 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Football player. Tight end signed in 1998 by Steelers. |
| Bruce Dern | Actor | 6/4/1936 | New Trier (Winnetka,IL) | Silent Running, Last Man Standing, 1969, The Haunting. |
| Reuben Droughns | Athlete | 8/21/1978 | Anaheim (Anaheim,CA) | Football player. 3rd round pick of Detroit Lions in 2000 and running back with Denver since 2002. |
| Nora Dunn | Actress | 4/29/1952 | Unknown | Saturday Night Live, Sisters, Zoolander. |
| Steve Edwards | Athlete | 2/20/1979 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Football player. Offensive lineman with the Chicago Bears, was signed by Eagles in 2002. |
| Dennis Farina | Actor | 2/29/1944 | Unknown | Snatch, In-Laws (TV), Get Shorty |
| Bobby Fischer | Chess Player | 3/9/1943 | Erasmus (Brooklyn,NY) | |
| Cliff Floyd | Athlete | 12/5/1972 | Thornwood (South Holland,IL) | Baseball Player. Outfielder drafted in 1991 in 1st round by Montreal Expos, has since played for several teams, hitting 168 home runs and batting .283 through his career. |
| Neil Flynn | Actor | 11/13/1960 | Waukegan East (Waukegan,IL) | Scrubs (The Janitor) |
| Harrison Ford | Actor | 7/13/1942 | Maine Township (Park Ridge,IL) | Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Fugitive |
| Kendall Gill | Athlete | 5/25/1968 | Rich Central (Olympia Fields,IL) | NBA Basketball Guard, playing since 1990. |
| Daryl Hannah | Actress | 12/3/1960 | Francis W. Parker (Chicago,IL) | Splash, Roxanne |
| Tim Hardaway | Athlete | 9/1/1966 | Carver (Chicago,IL) | Basketball player. 13 year NBA career with the Warriors and Heat. |
| Steve Harris | Actor | 12/3/1965 | St. Joseph's (Westchester,IL) | The Practice, Bringing Down the House, Minority Report, The Skulls. |
| Sean Hayes | Actor | 1/26/1970 | Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn,IL) | Will and Grace (Jack) |
| Christie Hefner | Business | 11/8/1952 | New Trier (Winnetka,IL) | CEO of Playboy and daughter of Hugh Hefner. |
| Hugh Hefner | Entrepreneur | 4/9/1926 | Steinmetz (Chicago,IL) | Founder of Playboy Magazine. |
| Rickey Henderson | Athlete | 12/25/1958 | Oakland Technical (Oakland,CA) | Baseball Player. All-time leading stolen bases leader in major league baseball history |
| Marilu Henner | Actress | 4/6/1952 | Madonna (Chicago,IL) | Taxi (Elaine) |
| Darrell Hill | Athlete | 6/19/1979 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Football player. Wide receiver with Tennessee Titans drafted in 2002. |
| Juwan Howard | Athlete | 2/7/1973 | Vocational (Chicago,IL) | NBA Basketball player. |
| James Iha | Musician | 3/26/1968 | Elk Grove Village (Chicago,IL) | Guitarist for the Smashing Pumpkins. |
| Quincy Jones | Music Producer | 3/14/1933 | Garfield (Seattle,WA) | Produced Michael Jackson's best albums. Thriller, Bad, Off the wall. |
| Robert Kelly | Musician | 1/8/1969 | Kenwood Academy (Chicago,Il) | Known as R. Kelly. R&B Singer. |
| Joseph Kernan | Government | 4/8/1946 | St. Joseph's (South Bend,IN) | Governor of Indiana from 2003-2005. |
| Mike Krzyzewski | Coach | 2/13/1947 | Military Academy Prep School (Belvoir,VA) | Head coach of Duke University basketball. |
| Dan Langhi | Athlete | 11/28/1977 | Marshall County (Benton,KY) | Basketball Player. Drafted by Rockets in 2000. |
| Thomas Lennon | Actor | 8/9/1970 | Oak Park River Forest (Oak Park,IL) | Reno 911, MTV, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, A Guy Thing. |
| Bernie Mac | Actor | 10/5/1958 | Vocational (Chicago,IL) | The Bernie Mac Show, Ocean's 11, Mr. 3000. |
| Amy Madigan | Actress | 9/11/1950 | Aquinas (Chicago,IL) | Pollock, Field of Dreams. Wife of Ed Harris. |
| Michael Madsen | Actor | 9/25/1958 | Evanston Township (Evanston,IL) | Reservoir Dogs, Wyatt Earp, Donnie Brasco, Kill Bill. |
| Virginia Madsen | Actress | 9/11/1963 | New Trier (Winnetka,IL) | Highlander, Dune, Sideways |
| Joe Mantegna | Actor | 11/13/1947 | Morton East (Cicero,IL) | Joan of Arcadia, Boy meets Girl, Body of Evidence, Underworld. |
| Melvin McCants | Athlete | 8/19/1967 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Basketball player. Former Purdue player who played 13 games with Lakers in 1989-1990. |
| Jenny McCarthy | Television Personality | 11/1/1972 | Mother McAuley Liberal (Chicago,IL) | MTV, Singled Out, BASEketball. |
| Frances McDormand | Actress | 6/23/1957 | Monessen (Monessen,PA) | Fargo, Primal Fear, Mississippi Burning |
| Mickey McGill | Musician | 2/17/1937 | Thornton Township (Harvey,IL) | Member of The Dells, R&B Hall of Famers |
| Denny McLain | Athlete | 3/29/1944 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Baseball player. Pitched in major leagues from 1963-1972 and won 31 games in a season in 1968. |
| Donovan McNabb | Athlete | 11/25/1976 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Football Player. Quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. |
| Martin Mull | Actor | 8/18/1943 | Unknown | Sabrina the Teenaged Witch, Mrs Doubtfire, Roseanne |
| Michael Ovitz | Producer | 12/14/1946 | Birmingham (Van Nuys,CA) | Timeline, Gangs of New York |
| Erik Pappas | Athlete | 4/25/1966 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Baseball player. Reserve player who played 3 MLB seasons in early 90s and participated in 2004 Athens Olympics with Greek baseball team. |
| Mandy Patinkin | Actor | 11/30/1952 | Kenwood Academy (Chicago,Il) | Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me, Dick Tracy. |
| John C Reilly | Actor | 5/24/1965 | Unknown | Chicago, The Hours, Gangs of New York |
| Simeon Rice | Athlete | 2/24/1974 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Football player. Defensive end with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, broke in with Arizona Cardinals in 1996. |
| Derek Riker | Model/Actor | 8/30/1970 | Staples (Westport,CT) | Contestant in the Amazing Race 3 |
| Drew Riker | Model/Actor | 8/30/1970 | Staples (Westport,CT) | Contestant in the Amazing Race 3 |
| Doc Rivers | Athlete | 10/13/1961 | Proviso East (Maywood,IL) | Basketball Player. Played 13 NBA seasons, scoring almost 11 points a game. |
| Hillary Rodham-Clinton | Government | 10/26/1947 | Maine Township (Park Ridge,IL) | Wife of President Bill Clinton and politician in her own right. |
| Gail Russell | Actress | 9/21/1924 | Van Nuys (Van Nuys,CA) | |
| Pat Sajak | Game Show Host | 10/26/1946 | Farragut Academy (Chicago,IL) | Host of Wheel of Fortune. |
| Tommy Sands | Actor | 8/27/1937 | Lamar (Houston,TX) | Babes in Toyland, Mardi Gras, The Longest Day |
| Ben Savage | Actor | 9/13/1980 | Brentwood (Los Angeles,CA) | Boy Meets World (Cory Matthews) |
| Fred Savage | Actor | 7/9/1976 | Brentwood (Los Angeles,CA) | The Wonder Years (Kevin) |
| Garry Shandling | Comedian | 11/29/1949 | Palo Verde (Tucson,AZ) | The Garry Shandling Show. The Larry Sanders Show. |
| Maria Shriver | Journalist | 11/6/1955 | Unknown | Wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger. |
| Mike Sirotka | Athlete | 5/13/1971 | Westfield (Houston,TX) | Baseball player. Starting pitcher from 1995-2000. |
| Isiah Thomas | Athlete, Sports Executive | 4/30/1961 | St. Joseph's (Westchester,IL) | Basketball player and executive. Played 13 seasons for the Detroit Pistons during his hall of fame career and graduated to general manager and president. |
| Robert Townsend | Actor, Director | 2/6/1957 | Austin (Chicago,IL) | Eddie Murphy Raw, The Mighty Quinn, The Meteor Man. |
| Scott Turow | Novelist | 4/12/1949 | New Trier (Winnetka,IL) | The Laws of our Fathers, Reversible Errors, Ultimate Punishment. |
| Dwyane Wade | Athlete | 1/17/1982 | Richards (Oak Lawn,IL) | Basketball Player. First round draft pick (#5 overall) by the Miami Heat. |
| Antoine Walker | Athlete | 8/12/1976 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Basketball Player. Drafted by Boston Celtics #6 overall in 1996 NBA draft. |
| Darrell Walker | Athlete | 3/6/1961 | Corliss (Chicago,IL) | Basketball Player. Played 10 NBA seasons with an 8.9 points per game average. |
| Lloyd Walton | Athlete | 11/23/1953 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Basketball player. Drafted by Milwaukee in 1976, played 341 games over 5 NBA seasons. |
| James Watson | Scientist | 4/6/1928 | South Short (Chicago,IL) | Was co-discoverer of DNA, earning him a nobel prize for medicine in 1962. |
| Raquel Welch | Actress | 9/5/1940 | La Jolla (La Jolla,CA) | The Four Musketeers, The Wild Party. |
| George Wendt | Actor | 10/17/1948 | Campion Jesuit (Prairie du Chien,WI) | Cheers (Norm Peterson) |
| Joe Williams | Athlete | 11/26/1974 | Mount Carmel (Chicago,IL) | Wrestler who finished 5th at 2004 Olympics. |
| Robin Williams | Actor | 7/21/1951 | Redwood (Larkspur,CA) | Wacky comedian famous for Good Will Hunting, Patch Adams and Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Billy Zane | Actor | 2/24/1966 | Francis W. Parker (Chicago,IL) | The Phantom, Titanic, Tombstone |
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