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

• 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)
• Grace Durand, businesswoman and owner of Crab Tree Dairy Farm[2]
• W. James Farrell, chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool Works
• 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)
• Albert Lasker, businessman who played a major role in shaping modern advertising
• Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor; founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became International Harvester
• Peter W. Smith, investment banker[3]
• Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein, business people, founders of Uline, conservative donor, and heir[4]
• Marcus Lemonis, Chairman & CEO Camping World, host of The Profit

Media and writing

Acting

Vince Vaughn

• Kipleigh Brown, actress
• Kristin Cavallari, actress
• Kyle Chandler, actor
• Jay Chandrasekhar, actor, director
• Charlie Finn, actor
• Jean Harlow, actress
• Lauren Holly, actress
• John Mahoney, actor
• Mr. T, actor, wrestler[5]
• 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

Journalism

• Bill Schulz, journalist (Fox News)
• Sam Weller, author and journalist

Music

• Bix Beiderbecke, jazz cornet player and pianist
• Andrew Bird, musician and songwriter
• Mat Devine, lead singer of Chicago-based alternative rock band Kill Hannah

Writing

• Dave Eggers, writer
• Jen Lancaster, writer
• Arthur Meeker Jr., novelist

Politics and law

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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[6]
• Steve Stanicek, designated hitter for Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies

Basketball

• Bill Cartwright, center and coach for the Chicago Bulls
• Kevin Edwards, shooting guard for the Miami Heat and New Jersey Nets
• Steve Kerr, point guard for the Chicago Bulls
• Scottie Pippen, forward for the Chicago Bulls

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[7]
• Jim Covert, offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears
• Jay Cutler, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
• Bobby Douglass, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
• George Halas, head coach of the Chicago Bears
• Cade McNown, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
• Tom Waddle, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears
• Chris Salvi, safety for Notre Dame
• Lovie Smith, head coach 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)

Hockey

• Keith Magnuson, defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks, team captain

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. ISSN 0362-4331. May 20, 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
5. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/30/us/genteel-chicago-suburb-rages-over-mr-t-s-tree-massacre.html
6. "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.