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Famous Illinois People
updated February 17, 2010

http://www.biography.com, http://www.who2.com/
Biographical dictionary - http://s9.com/biography
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Women Who Changed the World - http://www.britannica.com/women

Jane Addams - 1. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1931/addams-bio.html 2. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adda-jan.htm 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams
Bonnie Blair - 1. http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Blair_Bonnie.html 2. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/bonnie-blair-1.html 3. http://www.answers.com/topic/bonnie-blair 4. http://www.lecturenow.com/People/BonnieBlair.htm 5. http://www.teamusa.org/resources/
Doris Christopher - 1. http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_company/doris.html 2. http://www.theconferenceforwomen.com/speakers/christopher.html
Hillary Clinton - 1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/hillaryclinton 2. http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=43 3. http://www.answers.com/topic/hillary-rodham-clinton 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton
John Deere - 1. http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/history/johndeere.html 2. http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/history/facts.html 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere
Walt Disney - 1. http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/long_bio.html 2. http://disney.go.com/vault/read/walt/index.html 3. http://www.answers.com/topic/walt-disney 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney
Wyatt Earp - 1. http://www.trivia-library.com/b/gunslinger-biography-wyatt-earp.htm 2. http://www.wyattearp.net/birth.html 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Earp
Betty Ford - 1. http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/bbfbiop.asp 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ford 3. http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=39
Harrison Ford - 1. http://biography-and-biographies.com/Actors/Harrison-Ford.htm 2. http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/harrison-ford.html 3. http://www.answers.com/topic/harrison-ford 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford
George Ferris - 1. http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Ferris__George.html 2. http://carsonpedia.com/George_Washington_Gale_Ferris,_Jr. 3. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/George_Washington_Gale_Ferris,_Jr. 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Gale_Ferris,_Jr.
Jennie Garth - 1. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001259/bio 2. http://www.fandango.com/jenniegarth/biographies/p26071 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Garth
Ulysses S. Grant - 1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/UlyssesSGrant 2. http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/usgrant.html 3. http://americancivilwar.com/north/grant.html 4. http://www.granthomepage.com/grantfacts.htm 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
Red Grange - 1. http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014213.html 2. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=78 3. http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Grange__Harold_Red.html 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Grange
Dennis Hastert - 1. http://www.nndb.com/people/150/000026072/ 2. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0822926.html 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert
Dorothy Hamill - 1. http://www.dorothyhamill.com/slices/bio2.htm 2. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ham1bio-1 3. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357672/bio 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hamill
Wild Bill Hickok - 1. http://www.historynet.com/wild-bill-hickok-pistoleer-peace-officer-and-folk-hero.htm 2. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-BillHickok.html 3. http://americanhistory.about.com/library/timelines/bltimelinehickock.htm 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok
Mae Jemison - 1. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html 2. http://quest.nasa.gov/women/TODTWD/jemison.bio.html 3. http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mae_jemison/index.htm 4. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/j/jemison.shtml 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison
Mahalia Jackson - 1. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/jack-mah.htm 2. http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/mahalia-jackson 3. http://www.mahaliajackson.com/ 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalia_Jackson
Michael Jordan - 1. http://www.nba.com/history/players/jordan_bio.html 2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003044/bio 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan 4. http://www.biography.com/articles/Michael-Jordan-9358066
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 1. http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016055.html 2. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/joyner_j.htm 3. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/jackiejoynerkersee/p/joyner_kersee.htm 4. http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/joyner-k.html 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Joyner-Kersee
Ray Kroc - 1. http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-21-2005-68865.asp 2. http://www.financial-inspiration.com/Ray-Kroc-biography.html 3. http://www.biographyshelf.com/ray_kroc_biography.html 4. http://www.founderbios.com/ray-kroc.php
Abraham Lincoln - 1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln 2. http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/alincoln.html 3. http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
Bill Murray - 1. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000195/bio 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Murray
Barack Obama - 1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama 2. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000167 3. http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/bhobama.html 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
Walter Payton - 1. http://www.bearshistory.com/lore/walterpayton.aspx 2. http://www.biography.com/articles/Walter-Payton-9435443 3. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668533/bio 4. http://www.walterpayton.info/biography/ 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Payton
George Pullman - 1. http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/georgemortimerpullman.html 2. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3065.html 3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/peopleevents/p_pullman.html 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pullman
Ronald Reagan - 1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan 2. http://reagan2020.us/biography/ronald_reagan.asp 3. http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/rwreagan.html 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan
Hyman Rickover - 1. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1857.html 2. http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/rickover.htm 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover
Shel Silverstein - 1. http://www.kidsreads.com/features/0204-silverstein-author.asp 2. http://childrens-books.lovetoknow.com/Shel_Silverstein_Biography 3. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/silverstein_shel/bio.jhtml
Charles Walgreen, Sr. - 1. http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2006/09/illinois_hall_o_24.html 2. http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6383/Walgreen-Charles.html 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rudolph_Walgreen
Frances Willard - 1. http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/WER0105.html 2. http://www.answers.com/topic/frances-willard 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Willard_%28suffragist%29
Oprah Winfrey - 1. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1 2. http://nndb.com/people/466/000022400/ 3. http://www.answers.com/topic/oprah-winfrey 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey