List of people from Elgin, Illinois
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The following list includes notable people who were born in or have lived in Elgin, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page: People from Elgin, Illinois.
- E.C. "Mike" Alft, historian, author, and former mayor of Elgin
- Nina Burleigh, journalist and author[citation needed]
- Paul Flory, chemist; Nobel Prize winner (1974)
- Lloyd Hall, chemist
- Donella Meadows, environmentalist
- Jessica Mink, astronomer; co-discoverer of the rings around Uranus
- John Platt, computer scientist
- Tom Shales, journalist; Pulitzer Prize winner (1988)
- Dwight Smith Young, physicist with the Manhattan Project
- Carleton Washburne, educator; author[citation needed]
Business and invention
- Max Adler, vice president of Sears & Roebuck; benefactor of the Adler Planetarium
- Lawrence B. Hamlin, marketer and purveyor of Hamlin's Wizard Oil
- Lysander Hamlin, co-originator of Hamlin's Wizard Oil with John Austen Hamlin
- James P. Liautaud, industrialist, inventor, and business theorist
- Earl "Madman" Muntz, marketer, car stereo and 4-track cartridge pioneer
- James Roche, chairman of General Motors
Media and arts
- Dan Andriano, musician[1]
- BarlowGirl, Christian rock band
- Joe Becker, musician[citation needed]
- Bruce Boxleitner, actor
- Josh Caterer, songwriter, musician, singer[citation needed]
- Citizen Way, Christian rock band
- Daniel de Marbelle, songwriter; wrote When They Ring Those Golden Bells
- Erik Foss, artist and curator[2]
- Jim Gaffigan, comedian, actor, and author
- Mitzi Gaynor, actress and entertainer; lived in Elgin
- George Hamlin, opera singer; son of John Austin Hamlin[3]
- John Austin Hamlin, magician
- Matt Hoffman, contestant on Big Brother 12
- Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie); lived in nearby Campton Township
- Laurence Kaptain, recording artist; Dean at the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, Louisiana State University
- William LeBaron, playwright and film producer
- Kevin Martin, musician
- Norman Mayell, musician (Sopwith Camel, Blue Cheer, Norman Greenbaum)[4]
- Paleo (David Strackany), folk singer-songwriter
- Jane Peterson, painter and artist[citation needed]
- John Qualen, actor
- Courtney Reed, stage actress; originated the role of Jasmine in Aladdin on Broadway
- Marie Sidenius Zendt, singer
Military
- Harry Chamberlin, U.S. Army brigadier general and Olympic medalist in equestrian events[5]
- William Francis Lynch, American Civil War veteran and US Army brigadier general[6][7]