List of people from Lake Forest, Illinois

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.

Arts

• Andrew Bird, singer-songwriter
• Sarah Brackett, actress^[1]
• 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

Edward H. Bennett

• Edward H. Bennett, architect and city planner
• Howard Van Doren Shaw, architect; lived in Ragdale

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)^{[citation needed]}
• Grace Durand, businesswoman and owner of Crab Tree Dairy Farm^[2]
• W. James Farrell, chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool Works^{[citation needed]}
• Charles B. and John V. Farwell, builders of the Texas State capitol building and founders of the XIT Ranch.
• Marshall Field, owner of Marshall Field's (now Macy's)^{[citation needed]}
• Albert Lasker, businessman who played a major role in shaping modern advertising
• Marcus Lemonis, Chairman & CEO Camping World, host of The Profit
• Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor; founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became International Harvester^{[citation needed]}
• Peter W. Smith, investment banker^[3]
• Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein, business people, founders of Uline, conservative donor, and heir^[4]

Media and writing

Acting

Vince Vaughn

• Kipleigh Brown, actress^{[citation needed]}
• Kristin Cavallari, actress^{[citation needed]}
• Kyle Chandler, actor
• Jay Chandrasekhar, actor, director
• Charlie Finn, actor
• Jean Harlow, actress
• Lauren Holly, actress^{[citation needed]}
• John Mahoney, actor^{[citation needed]}
• Mr. T, actor, wrestler^[5]
• Joan Taylor, actress
• Vince Vaughn, actor
• Richard Widmark, actor
• Robin Williams, actor, comedian
• Kathryn Joosten, actress

Directing and production

• James T. Aubrey, Jr., television and film executive
• John Hughes, writer, director, producer^{[citation needed]}
• Alex Timbers, theater writer and director

Journalism

• Mary Maher, journalist, trade unionist and feminist
• Bill Schulz, journalist (Fox News)
• Sam Weller, author and journalist

Music

• Bix Beiderbecke, jazz cornet player and pianist
• Andrew Bird, musician and songwriter^{[citation needed]}
• Mat Devine, lead singer of Chicago-based alternative rock band Kill Hannah^{[citation needed]}

Writing

• Lacy Crawford, writer
• Dave Eggers, writer
• Beth Ann Fennelly, writer
• Jen Lancaster, writer
• Rebecca Makkai, writer
• Arthur Meeker Jr., novelist

Politics and law

• Joseph E. Anderson (1873−1937), Illinois state legislator and most recent Prohibitionist member of the Illinois General Assembly.^[6]
• David N. Barkhausen, Illinois state legislator and politician
• Mary Beattie, Illinois state legislator
• Edward J. Brundage, Illinois Attorney General
• Fredrik Herman Gade, mayor of Lake Forest; diplomat from Norway
• Charles B. Farwell, United States Senator from Illinois (1887-1891) and member of the United States House of Representatives (1871-1876, 1881-1883), cofounder of the Onwentsia Club, owner of XIT Ranch
• 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
• Tung Jeong, professor and international leader in the field of holography
• 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
• Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor, socialite, sportswoman, bookbinder, suffragist, cofounder of Onwentsia Club
• Ginevra King, socialite; inspiration for many female characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's work, including Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby^{[citation needed]}
• 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

Sports

Baseball

• Mickey Cochrane, catcher for Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers in Baseball Hall of Fame
• Joe Girardi, catcher for the Chicago Cubs, manager of the New York Yankees
• Mabel Holle (1920–2011), third basewoman and outfielder in All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• Scott Sanderson, All-Star pitcher for eight MLB teams^[7]
• Steve Stanicek, designated hitter for Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies

Basketball

• Bill Cartwright, center and coach for the Chicago Bulls ^{[citation needed]}
• Kevin Edwards, shooting guard for the Miami Heat and New Jersey Nets ^{[citation needed]}
• Steve Kerr, point guard for the Chicago Bulls ^{[citation needed]}
• Scottie Pippen, forward for the Chicago Bulls^{[citation needed]}

Driving

• Carl Haas, auto racing impresario
• Horst Kwech, champion Trans Am Series driver and race car constructor
• Steve Seligman, stock car racer

Football

Gabe Carimi

• Gabe Carimi (born 1988 in Lake Forest), offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears^[8]
• Jim Covert, offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
• Jay Cutler, quarterback for the Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
• Bobby Douglass, quarterback for the Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
• Justin Fields, quarterback for the Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
• George Halas, head coach of the Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
• Cade McNown, quarterback for the Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Quinn, linebacker for the Chicago Bears ^{[citation needed]}
• Lovie Smith, head coach for the Chicago Bears^{[citation needed]}
• Kevin Walter, former wide receiver in the NFL
• Tom Waddle, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears
• James O. Williams,"Big Cat", tackle for Chicago Bears and offensive lineman coach for Lake Forest High School

Golf

• Chip Beck, PGA Tour golfer
• Edith Cummings, golfer; US Women's Amateur Champion (1924)^{[citation needed]}

Gymnastics

• Nicole Sladkov, Olympic rhythmic gymnast^[9]

Hockey

• Keith Magnuson, defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks, team captain^{[citation needed]}

Swimming

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

Sports journalism

• Tim Weigel, sports anchor and reporter
• Sarah Spain, radio host and sports reporter, ESPN

References

1. Chicago Tribune dated May 19, 1938
2. Kate V. Saint Maur, "Mrs. Scott Durand – Milk Woman" Pearson's Magazine 24(November 1910): 634.
3. "Peter W. Smith". Chicago Tribune. legacy.com. May 20, 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
4. "The Most Powerful Conservative Couple You've Never Heard Of". The New York Times. May 20, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
5. Johnson, Dirk (30 May 1987). "Genteel Chicago Suburb Rages over Mr. T's Tree Massacre". The New York Times.
6. "Jos. E. Anderson, Ex-Legislator, Dies in Hospital". Chicago Tribune. March 23, 1937. p. 23. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
7. "Former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Scott Sanderson dies at 62 from cancer, which led to a stroke a year after having his voice box removed". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
8. "Curbing the Carimi Confidence: What to Expect from Rookie Tackle Gabe Carimi in 2011".
9. "Sladkov Nicole". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2021.