List of people from Lake Forest, Illinois
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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.
- 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, 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]
- 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
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- 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
