| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Max Abramovitz |
Architect |
23-May-1908 |
12-Sep-2004 |
Designed UN Headquarters |
| Alex Agase |
Football |
27-Mar-1922 |
3-May-2007 |
Head Coach at Northwestern, Purdue |
| Lew Allen, Jr. |
Military |
30-Sep-1925 |
4-Jan-2010 |
Director of the NSA, 1973-77 |
| Maryanne Amacher |
Composer |
25-Feb-1943 |
22-Oct-2009 |
Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) |
| Benjamin M. Anderson |
Economist |
1-May-1886 |
19-Jan-1949 |
Social Value |
| Marc Andreessen |
Computer Programmer |
26-Apr-1971 |
|
Co-Founder of Netscape |
| Irving Azoff |
Business |
12-Dec-1947 |
|
Rock music mogul and Live Nation CEO |
| Claire Babrowski |
Business |
1957 |
|
COO of Toys-R-Us |
| Dan Balz |
Journalist |
c. 1946 |
|
Washington Post political reporter |
| Robert L. Barnett |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
EVP at Motorola, 2003-05 |
| Arnold Beckman |
Inventor |
10-Apr-1900 |
18-May-2004 |
Philanthropist who invented pH meter |
| James D. Bindenagel |
Diplomat |
30-Jun-1949 |
|
Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, 1999-2001 |
| David H. Blackwell |
Mathematician |
24-Apr-1919 |
8-Jul-2010 |
Bayesian statistics |
| Charles A. Blixt |
Attorney |
18-Aug-1951 |
|
Former counsel, RJ Reynolds |
| Lou Boudreau |
Baseball |
17-Jul-1917 |
10-Aug-2001 |
MLB Shortstop, Hall of Famer |
| C. Alvin Bowman |
Educator |
c. 1953 |
|
President, Illinois State University |
| Tim Brewster |
Football |
13-Oct-1960 |
|
Head Coach, University of Minnesota |
| Wallace R. Brode |
Chemist |
12-Jun-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
Absorption spectra of dyes |
| Prentiss M. Brown |
Politician |
18-Jun-1889 |
19-Dec-1973 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1936-43 |
| Terry L. Bruce |
Politician |
25-Mar-1944 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1985-93 |
| Tom Buchanan |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
President, University of Wyoming |
| Larry Bucshon |
Politician |
31-May-1962 |
|
Congressman, Indiana 8th |
| Dick Butkus |
Football |
9-Dec-1942 |
|
Middle linebacker, Chicago Bears |
| William H. Camp |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
EVP at Archer Daniels Midland, 2003-07 |
| Jim Cantalupo |
Business |
14-Nov-1943 |
19-Apr-2004 |
CEO of McDonald's, 2002-04 |
| Stephen Carley |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO, El Pollo Loco |
| Wallace Hume Carothers |
Chemist |
27-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Inventor of Nylon |
| T. C. Carson |
Actor |
19-Nov-1958 |
|
Kyle Barker on Living Single |
| Anna C. Catalano |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Former executive at BP-Amoco |
| Steve Chen |
Business |
1978 |
|
Co-Founder of YouTube |
| Leon Chua |
Scientist |
28-Jun-1936 |
|
Hypothesized the memristor |
| Richard G. Cline |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Nicor, 1986-95 |
| Parks M. Coble, Jr. |
Historian |
1946 |
|
Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order |
| Rafael Correa |
Head of State |
6-Apr-1963 |
|
President of Ecuador |
| Jon Corzine |
Politician |
1-Jan-1947 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 2006-10 |
| M. Walter D'Alessio |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
Legg Mason Real Estate Services |
| Robert Dallek |
Historian |
16-May-1934 |
|
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 |
| Andrew Davis |
Film Director |
21-Nov-1946 |
|
The Fugitive |
| Roxanne J. Decyk |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Executive at Shell Oil |
| Londa J. Dewey |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Private Client Group, US Bank |
| Alan J. Dixon |
Politician |
7-Jul-1927 |
6-Jul-2014 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1981-93 |
| Peter M. Donohue |
Educator |
c. 1953 |
|
President, Villanova University |
| Roger Ebert |
Critic |
18-Jun-1942 |
4-Apr-2013 |
Siskel and Ebert |
| Brendan Eich |
Computer Programmer |
1961 |
|
Inventor of JavaScript |
| Ray Eliot |
Football |
13-Jun-1905 |
24-Feb-1980 |
Illini Head Coach, 1942-59 |
| Stanley Elkin |
Novelist |
11-May-1930 |
31-May-1995 |
The Living End |
| Mark Filip |
Government |
1-Jun-1966 |
|
US Deputy Attorney General |
| George M. C. Fisher |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
Musician |
13-Aug-1951 |
16-Dec-2007 |
Leader Of The Band |
| Brenda J. Gaines |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Diners Club NA, 2002-04 |
| Bill Geist |
Columnist |
10-May-1945 |
|
60 Minutes II |
| Murry S. Gerber |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Equitable Resources |
| Henry Givens, Jr. |
Educator |
c. 1933 |
|
President of Harris-Stowe State University |
| Bob Goalby |
Golf |
14-Mar-1929 |
|
Winner, 1968 Masters Tournament |
| Nancy Lee Grahn |
Actor |
28-Apr-1956 |
|
Julia Wainwright on Santa Barbara |
| Red Grange |
Football |
13-Jun-1903 |
28-Jan-1991 |
The Galloping Ghost |
| Harry J. Gray |
Business |
18-Nov-1919 |
8-Jul-2009 |
CEO of United Technologies, 1972-86 |
| Jerry Hadley |
Singer |
16-Jun-1952 |
18-Jul-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
| Michael S. Hart |
Curator |
8-Mar-1947 |
6-Sep-2011 |
Founder of Project Gutenberg |
| Clare M. Hasler |
Educator |
c. 1957 |
|
Director, Robert Mondavi Institute |
| Alice B. Hayes |
Educator |
c. 1937 |
|
President, University of San Diego, 1996-2003 |
| James D. Hlavacek |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Market Driven Management |
| J. David Hoeveler |
Educator |
31-Jul-1943 |
|
Watch on the Right |
| Robert W. Holley |
Scientist |
28-Jan-1922 |
11-Feb-1993 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Tomlinson Holman |
Engineer |
7-Jun-1946 |
|
THX sound system |
| Nick Holonyak |
Physicist |
3-Nov-1928 |
|
Light-emitting diodes |
| Freeman A. Hrabowski |
Educator |
13-Aug-1950 |
|
President, University of Maryland Baltimore |
| Mannie L. Jackson |
Business |
4-May-1939 |
|
Owner of the Harlem Globetrotters |
| Neel Kashkari |
Business |
30-Jul-1973 |
|
President, Minneapolis Fed |
| Willmoore Kendall |
Author |
5-Mar-1909 |
30-Jun-1967 |
Conservative author |
| Johnny Kerr |
Basketball |
17-Jul-1932 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Chicago Bulls coach, commentator |
| Jack S. Kilby |
Inventor |
8-Nov-1923 |
20-Jun-2005 |
Electrical engineering pioneer |
| Barbara M. Knuckles |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Director of Development, North Central College |
| Edwin G. Krebs |
Scientist |
6-Jun-1918 |
21-Dec-2009 |
Protein phosphorylation |
| Polykarp Kusch |
Physicist |
26-Jan-1911 |
20-Mar-1993 |
Magnetic moment of the electron |
| Ang Lee |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1954 |
|
Brokeback Mountain |
| Anthony J. Leggett |
Physicist |
26-Mar-1938 |
|
Particle physicist, explored superfluidity |
| Max Levchin |
Business |
11-Jul-1975 |
|
Co-Founder of PayPal |
| Stuart L. Levenick |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Group President, Caterpillar Inc. |
| Annette Lu |
Politician |
7-Jun-1944 |
|
Vice President of Taiwan |
| John E. Major |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Novatel Wireless, 2000-03 |
| James R. Mann |
Politician |
20-Oct-1856 |
30-Nov-1922 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1922 |
| Peter Mansfield |
Scientist |
9-Oct-1933 |
|
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Darl McBride |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
President and CEO of SCO |
| Stephen T. McLin |
Business |
1946 |
|
America First Financial |
| John McNaughton |
Film Director |
13-Jan-1950 |
|
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer |
| Robert L. Mercer |
Business |
11-Jul-1946 |
|
Hedge fund billionaire |
| Dirk Meyer |
Business |
1962 |
|
President and COO of AMD |
| Steven L. Miller |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Shell Oil Company, 1999-2002 |
| Franco Modigliani |
Economist |
18-Jun-1918 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Life-cycle theory |
| Bruce A. Morrison |
Politician |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1983-91 |
| Dick Murphy |
Politician |
16-Dec-1942 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 2000-05 |
| Ray Nitschke |
Football |
29-Dec-1936 |
8-Mar-1998 |
Green Bay Packer, Hall of Famer |
| Jim Oberweis |
Business |
1946 |
|
Republican money manager |
| Nick Offerman |
Actor |
26-Jun-1970 |
|
Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation |
| Revilo P. Oliver |
Activist |
7-Jul-1908 |
10-Aug-1994 |
Founding member, John Birch Society |
| Jerry Orbach |
Actor |
20-Oct-1935 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order |
| Suze Orman |
Author |
5-Jun-1951 |
|
The Road to Wealth |
| Ray Ozzie |
Computer Programmer |
20-Nov-1955 |
|
Microsoft Chief Software Architect, 2006-10 |
| Stanford E. Parris |
Politician |
9-Sep-1929 |
27-Mar-2010 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1981-91 |
| Eboo Patel |
Activist |
? |
|
Interfaith Youth Core |
| Matthew H. Paull |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CFO of McDonalds, 2001-08 |
| Henry Petroski |
Educator |
6-Feb-1942 |
|
Engineering professor |
| Irna Phillips |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jul-1901 |
23-Dec-1973 |
Queen of soap operas |
| Cordell Reed |
Business |
26-Mar-1938 |
|
Former Senior VP, ComEd |
| Sidney A. Ribeau |
Educator |
c. 1947 |
|
President of Howard University |
| Julius B. Richmond |
Government |
26-Sep-1916 |
27-Jul-2008 |
US Surgeon General, 1977-81 |
| Andy Richter |
Actor |
28-Oct-1966 |
|
Formerly controlled the universe |
| Martin Rodbell |
Scientist |
1-Dec-1925 |
7-Dec-1998 |
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Peter Roskam |
Politician |
13-Sep-1961 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 6th |
| Jonathan Sadowski |
Actor |
23-Nov-1979 |
|
She's the Man |
| Steven B. Sample |
Educator |
29-Nov-1940 |
29-Mar-2016 |
President, University of Southern California, 1991-2010 |
| Allan R. Sandage |
Astronomer |
18-Jun-1926 |
13-Nov-2010 |
Quasars and Hubble-Sandage variable stars |
| David J. Schmidly |
Educator |
1943 |
|
President, University of New Mexico |
| Kurt Schrader |
Politician |
19-Oct-1951 |
|
Congressman, Oregon 5th |
| Robert Schrieffer |
Physicist |
31-May-1931 |
|
BCS Theory of Superconductivity |
| Kurt M. Senske |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Lutheran Social Services of the South |
| Albert Shanker |
Labor Leader |
14-Sep-1928 |
22-Feb-1997 |
American Federation of Teachers |
| Phillip A. Sharp |
Biologist |
6-Jun-1944 |
|
Eukaryotic (split) genes |
| Samuel K. Skinner |
Government |
10-Jun-1938 |
|
Bush 41's Chief of Staff |
| Steven J. Strobel |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Senior VP at Motorola |
| Phillips Talbot |
Diplomat |
7-Jun-1915 |
1-Oct-2010 |
US Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69 |
| Michael L. Tipsord |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Vice Chairman and CFO of State Farm |
| Michael T. Tokarz |
Business |
3-Nov-1949 |
|
Former Senior Partner, KKR |
| Vincent du Vigneaud |
Chemist |
18-May-1901 |
11-Dec-1978 |
Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin |
| Marvin Wachman |
Educator |
24-Mar-1917 |
22-Dec-2007 |
Temple University President, 1973-83 |
| Deron Williams |
Basketball |
26-Jun-1984 |
|
Brooklyn Nets |
| Douglas Wilson |
TV Personality |
4-Nov-1964 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
| Sewall Wright |
Biologist |
21-Dec-1889 |
3-Mar-1988 |
Mathematics of evolution |
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1921 |
30-May-2011 |
Developed radioimmunoassay technique |
| Philip Yordan |
Screenwriter |
1-Apr-1914 |
24-Mar-2003 |
The Battle of the Bulge |
| Roger Young |
Film Director |
13-May-1942 |
|
The Bourne Identity |
| John D. Zeglis |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of AT&T Wireless, 1999-2004 |
| Matthew Zell |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
Equity Group Investments |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Roger Adams |
Chemist |
2-Jan-1889 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Organic chemist at Illinois |
| Ilesanmi Adesida |
Educator |
c. 1949 |
|
Dean, College of Engineering, UIUC |
| Robert Adler |
Physicist |
4-Dec-1913 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Invented wireless remote control |
| William Bagley |
Educator |
15-Mar-1874 |
1-Jul-1946 |
Opponent of Dewey's progressive education |
| John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Janet Burroway |
Novelist |
21-Sep-1936 |
|
The Dancer from the Dance |
| Nancy Cantor |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
Chancellor, Syracuse University |
| Wallace Hume Carothers |
Chemist |
27-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Inventor of Nylon |
| Stephen P. Cohen |
Scholar |
c. 1946 |
|
Foreign policy analyst |
| Elias James Corey |
Chemist |
12-Jul-1928 |
|
Retrosynthetic analysis |
| Daniel C. Drucker |
Engineer |
1918 |
25-Aug-2001 |
Drucker's stability postulate |
| Thomas E. Everhart |
Physicist |
15-Feb-1932 |
|
President of CalTech, 1987-97 |
| Larry R. Faulkner |
Educator |
1944 |
|
President of UT-Austin, 1998-2006 |
| Maurice Goldhaber |
Physicist |
18-Apr-1911 |
11-May-2011 |
Neutrons |
| Norman A. Graebner |
Historian |
19-Oct-1915 |
10-May-2010 |
Empire on the Pacific |
| Abbie J. Griffin |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
Business Professor at UIUC |
| Clare M. Hasler |
Educator |
c. 1957 |
|
Director, Robert Mondavi Institute |
| Beth Henley |
Playwright |
8-May-1952 |
|
Crimes of the Heart |
| Nick Holonyak |
Physicist |
3-Nov-1928 |
|
Light-emitting diodes |
| Robert W. Johannsen |
Historian |
22-Aug-1925 |
16-Aug-2011 |
Stephen A. Douglas |
| Martin Karplus |
Chemist |
15-Mar-1930 |
|
Karplus Equation |
| Paul C. Lauterbur |
Scientist |
6-May-1929 |
27-Mar-2007 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Anthony J. Leggett |
Physicist |
26-Mar-1938 |
|
Particle physicist, explored superfluidity |
| Rudolph A. Marcus |
Chemist |
21-Jul-1923 |
|
Electron-transfer reactions |
| Robert W. McChesney |
Author |
c. 1955 |
|
Rich Media, Poor Democracy |
| Robert Mehrabian |
Business |
31-Jul-1941 |
|
CEO of Teledyne |
| Revilo P. Oliver |
Activist |
7-Jul-1908 |
10-Aug-1994 |
Founding member, John Birch Society |
| Jack Peltason |
Educator |
29-Aug-1923 |
21-Mar-2015 |
President, University of California, 1992-95 |
| Richard Powers |
Novelist |
18-Jun-1957 |
|
The Gold Bug Variations |
| Paul J. Quirk |
Political Scientist |
14-Apr-1949 |
|
The Politics of Deregulation |
| Herbert I. Schiller |
Author |
5-Nov-1919 |
29-Jan-2000 |
Mass Communications and American Empire |
| Larry N. Vanderhoef |
Educator |
20-Mar-1941 |
15-Oct-2015 |
Chancellor of UC Davis, 1994-2009 |
| Vincent du Vigneaud |
Chemist |
18-May-1901 |
11-Dec-1978 |
Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin |
| William Warfield |
Singer |
22-Jan-1920 |
25-Aug-2002 |
Porgy and Bess |
| Stephen Wolfram |
Mathematician |
29-Aug-1959 |
|
Creator of Mathematica |
| Herbert S. Zim |
Author |
12-Jul-1909 |
5-Dec-1994 |
Golden Guides |