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Abbott, Edith
b Sept. 26, 1876, Grand Island, NE; d July 28, 1957, Grand Island, NE.
Social reformer; dean of School of Social Service Administration, Univ. of Chicago.
Abbott, Grace
b Nov. 17, 1878, Grand Island, NE; d June 19, 1939, Chicago.
Social worker; worked at Hull House; director of U.S. Children's Bureau.
Abbott, Merriel
b Apr. 27, 1893, Chicago; d Nov. 6, 1977, Chicago.
Dance teacher; troupe performed at Palmer House for 24 years.
Abbott, Robert Sengstacke
b Nov. 28, 1868, St. Simons Island, GA; d Feb. 29, 1940, Chicago.
Newspaper publisher; founded Chicago Defender.
Abbott, Wallace Calvin
b Oct. 12, 1857, Bridgewater, VT; d July 4, 1921, Chicago, IL.
Physician; drug manufacturer; founded Abbott Laboratories.
Abercrombie, Gertrude
b Feb. 17, 1909, Austin, TX; d July 1977, Chicago.
Painter; associated with Chicago's surrealist school.
Abner, Ewart, Jr.
b May 11, 1923, Chicago; d Dec. 27, 1997, Los Angeles, CA.
Record executive; president of Vee-Jay Records and Motown Records.
Accardo, Anthony “Tony” J.
b Apr. 28, 1906, Chicago; d May 27, 1992, Chicago.
Organized crime boss; heir to Al Capone.
Acheson, Henry
active 1850s.
Lithographer; map engraver.
Acklin, Barbara
b Feb. 28, 1944, Chicago; d Nov. 27, 1998, Omaha, NE.
Soul performer; singer-songwriter.
Adamowski, Benjamin
b Nov. 20, 1906, Chicago; d Mar. 1, 1982, Chicago.
Attorney; state legislator (1931–1941); Cook County state's attorney; lost mayoral race against Richard J. Daley (1963).
Adams, John McGregor
b Mar. 11, 1834, Londonderry, NH; d Sept. 17, 1904, Highland Park, IL.
Manufacturer; railroad supply industry executive.
Adams, John Quincy
b 1824, Hopkinton, MA; d Feb. 8, 1899, Wheaton, IL.
Grain merchant; financier; endowed first library in Wheaton.
Adams, Milward
b Jan. 6, 1857, Lexington, KY; d June 18, 1923, Chicago.
Theatrical manager; impresario; managed Chicago Auditorium Theater.
Addams, Jane
b Sept. 6, 1860, Cedarville, IL; d May 21, 1935, Chicago.
Social reformer; founded Hull House; won Nobel Peace Prize (1931).
Ade, George
b Feb. 9, 1866, Kentland, IN; d May 16, 1944, Brook, IN.
Humorist; journalist at the Chicago Morning Record; playwright.
Adler, Dankmar
b July 3, 1844, Stadt Lengsfeld, Germany; d Apr. 16, 1900, Chicago.
Architect; engineer; partner of Louis Sullivan.
Adler, Max
b 1866, Elgin, IL; d Nov. 4, 1952, Beverly Hills, CA.
Philanthropist; founded Adler Planetarium; vice president of Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Ahner, Henry
active 1850s.
Trumpeter; associated with Germania Orchestra.
Aitken, William
b ca. 1878; d Sept. 10, 1952, Chadron, NE.
Developer, builder, and real-estate operator; founded Bannockburn.
Albertieri, Luigi
b 1860 or 1869, Rome, Italy; d Aug. 25, 1930, New York, NY.
Dancer; ballet teacher; ballet master for the Chicago Lyric Opera.
Albright, Ivan
b Feb. 20, 1897, North Harvey, IL; d Nov. 18, 1983, Woodstock, VT.
Artist; painter; identified with “magic realism.”
Aldis, Arthur T.
b July 7, 1861, St. Albans, VT; d Nov. 23, 1933, Winter Park, FL.
Real-estate investor; art patron; helped bring Armory Show to Chicago.
Aldis, Mary [Mary Reynolds]
b June 8, 1872, Chicago; d June 20, 1949.
Poet; playwright; founded Aldis Playhouse.
Alexander, Franz Gabriel
b Jan. 22, 1891, Budapest, Hungary; d Mar. 8, 1964, Palm Springs, CA.
Psychiatrist; first director of Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.
Alexandroff, Mirron “Mike”
b Mar. 3, 1923, Chicago; d Apr. 20, 2001, Chicago.
President of Columbia College (1964–1992).
Algren, Nelson
b Mar. 28, 1909, Detroit, MI; d May 9, 1981, Sag Harbor, NY.
Writer; won first National Book Award for The Man with the Golden Arm (1949).
Ali, NobleDrew [Timothy Drew]
b Jan. 8, 1886, NC; d July 20, 1929, Chicago.
Founded Moorish Science Temple.
Alinsky, Saul David
b Jan. 30, 1909, Chicago; d June 12, 1972, Carmel, CA.
Sociologist; community organizer; author of Reveille for Radicals (1946).
Allee, Warder Clyde
b June 5, 1885, Bloomington, IN; d Mar. 18, 1955, Gainesville, FL.
Biologist; Univ. of Chicago professor; ecological research pioneer.
Allen, Alfred P.
active 1950s.
Architect; designed terminal for Sky Harbor Airport (ca. 1929).
Allison, Fran [Frances Levington]
b Nov. 20, 1907, La Porte City, IA; d June 13, 1989, Sherman Oaks, CA.
Chicago radio performer (1937–1967); part of Kukla, Fran and Ollie.
Allouez, Claude
b June 6, 1622, Saint-Didier, Haute Loire, France; d 1689, near present Niles, IL.
Jesuit missionary.
Allport, Walter Webb
b June 10, 1824, Lorain, NY; d Mar. 21, 1893, Chicago.
Dentist; educator; researcher; first chairman of American Dental Association.
Aloma, Luis
b July 23, 1923, Havana, Cuba; d Apr. 7, 1997, Park Ridge, IL.
Baseball player; White Sox pitcher.
Alschuler, Alfred Samuel
b Nov. 2, 1876, Chicago; d Nov. 6, 1940, Chicago.
Architect; pioneer in reinforced concrete; designed Wrigley Building, KAM Temple.
Alsdorf, James William
b Aug. 16, 1913, Chicago; d Apr. 21, 1990, Chicago.
Businessman; patron of the arts.
Alsip, Charles H.
b Jan. 28, 1877, Chicago; d June 15, 1946, Chicago.
Brick manufacturer; president of Alsip manufacturing company.
Alsip, Frank
b Nov. 7, 1827, Pittsburgh, PA; d Dec. 20, 1907, Chicago.
Brick manufacturer; founded Alsip Brick Co. in Blue Island.
Altgeld, John Peter
b Dec. 30, 1847, Nieder Selters, Germany; d Mar. 12, 1902, Joliet, IL.
Illinois governor; pardoned Haymarket anarchists; chief justice of Cook County & Superior Court.
Amberg, Agnes Ward [Sarah Agnes Ward]
b Nov. 4, 1847, Chicago; d Nov. 14, 1919, Chicago.
Cofounded Madonna Center.
Amberg, Mary Agnes
b Aug. 6, 1874, Chicago; d Aug. 28, 1962, Chicago.
Resident director of Madonna Center (1913–1962).
Amberg, William A.
b July 6, 1847, Albstadt, Bavaria, Germany; d Sept. 5, 1918, Mackinac Island, MI.
Inventor; manufacturer; printer.
Ameche, Don [Dominic Felix Ameche]
b May 31, 1908, Kenosha, WI; d Dec. 6, 1993, Scottsdale, AZ.
Actor in Broadway, film, television, and radio.
Ammons, Albert C.
b Sept. 23, 1907, Chicago; d Dec. 3, 1949, Chicago.
Jazz pianist; boogie-woogie pioneer.
Ammons, Gene [Eugene Ammons]
b Apr. 14, 1925, Chicago; d Aug. 6, 1974, Chicago.
Jazz tenor saxophonist.
Andersen, Arthur Edward
b May 30, 1885, Plano, IL; d Jan. 10, 1947, Chicago.
Certified public accountant; founded Arthur Andersen Co.
Anderson, A. Harold
b Mar. 29, 1911; d Aug. 6, 1997, Northbrook, IL.
Developer; project engineer for O'Hare International Airport.
Anderson, Gilbert Maxwell [Max Aronson; “Broncho Billy”]
b Mar. 21, 1882, Little Rock, AR; d Jan. 20, 1971, South Pasadena, CA.
First western film hero; established Essanay Studios.
Anderson, Heartley “Hunk”
b Sept. 22, 1898, Tamarack, MI; d Apr. 24, 1978, West Palm Beach, FL.
Football player and coach for Chicago Bears.
Anderson, Margaret Carolyn
b Nov. 24, 1886, Indianapolis, IN; d Oct. 19, 1973, Cannes, France.
Founded Little Review (1914); feminist; lesbian editor and author.
Anderson, Mary
b ca. 1873, Lidkoping, Sweden; d Jan. 29, 1964, Washington, DC.
Trade union leader; first director of U.S. Women's Bureau.
Anderson, Sherwood B.
b Sept. 13, 1876, Camden, OH; d Mar. 8, 1941, Colon, Panama Canal Zone.
Writer (Winesburg, Ohio).
Andreas, Alfred T.
b May 29, 1839, Amity, NY; d Feb. 1, 1900, New Rochelle, NY.
Atlas publisher; author of early three-volume history of Chicago.
Andrews, Wilbur J.
b Mar. 24, 1859, Rockford, IL; d Dec. 25, 1931, Berwyn, IL.
Early Berwyn settler; partner in real-estate firm of Andrews & Piper.
Andrus, Thomas
b Jan. 26, 1801, Cass County, VT; d May 31, 1888, Darien, IL.
Settled in Darien area in 1832.
Angle, Paul
b Dec. 25, 1900, Mansfield, OH; d May 11, 1975, Chicago.
Director of Chicago Historical Society.
Angsman, Elmer J.
b Dec. 11, 1925, Chicago; d Apr. 11, 2002, West Palm Beach, FL.
Football player for Chicago Cardinals.
Anson, Adrian “Cap”
b Apr. 17, 1852, Marshalltown, IA; d Apr. 14, 1922, Chicago.
Baseball player; manager; associated with Chicago White Stockings for 22 years.
Ap-ta-ke-sic
b ca. 1780s.
Indian leader; Chief Half Day of the Potawatomis.
Appling, Luke (Lucius) Benjamin
b Apr. 2, 1907; d Jan. 3, 1991.
Baseball player (shortstop), Chicago White Sox; Hall of Fame.
Archer, William Beatty
b Jan. 30, 1792; d Aug. 9, 1870, Clark County, IL.
I&M Canal commissioner; civil engineer, land speculator; state legislator.
Armin, Emil
b Apr. 1, 1883, Raudautz, Romania; d July 2, 1971, Chicago.
Artist; painter; sculptor.
Armondo, Joseph
b May 12, 1909; d June 11, 1988.
Village president of Fox Lake, IL; owner of Joseph Armondo Distributing Co.
Armour, George
b Apr. 24, 1812, Campbelltown, Argyleshire, Scotland; d June 13, 1881, Brighton, England.
Businessman; founded Armour, Dole & Co.; president of Chicago Board of Trade.
Armour, J[onathan] Ogden
b Nov. 11, 1863, Milwaukee, WI; d Aug. 16, 1927, London, England.
Meatpacker; philanthropist; president of Armour & Co.
Armour, Malvina Belle Ogden
b May 7, 1842, Cincinnati, OH; d July 25, 1927, Chicago.
Founded Woman's Athletic Club of Chicago.
Armour, Philip Danforth
b May 16, 1832, Stockbridge, NY; d Jan. 6, 1901, Chicago.
Meatpacker; philanthropist; built Armour & Co., Chicago's largest meatpacking company.
Armour, Philip Danforth, III
b 1893; d Jan. 19, 1958, Palm Beach, FL.
Third generation of Armour meatpacking family.
Armstrong, Alberta
active 1940s.
Community leader; helped raise funds for fire truck in East Chicago Heights (Ford Heights).
Armstrong, George Buchanan
b Oct. 27, 1822, Armagh, Ireland; d May 5, 1871, Chicago.
Chicago postal administrator; credited with establishment of Railway Mail Service.
Armstrong, Lil Hardin
b Feb. 3, 1902, Memphis, TN; d Aug. 27, 1971, Chicago.
Jazz musician; singer; pianist; composer; played in King Oliver's Band.
Armstrong, Louis
b Aug. 4, 1901, New Orleans, LA; d July 6, 1971, Queens, NY.
Jazz trumpet musician; bandleader; composer; singer.
Arnold, Adolph
b 1849; d Aug. 6, 1912, Chicago.
Meatpacker; partner of Schwinn in bicycle company.
Arnold, Rus
b May 29, 1909, Russia; d Nov. 27, 1973, Honolulu, HI.
Photographer; writer; lighting expert.
Aronson, Max
See Anderson, Gilbert Maxwell
Arvey, Jacob M.
b Nov. 3, 1896, Chicago; d Aug. 25, 1977, Chicago.
Attorney; Chicago Democratic Party chairman.
Asbjornsen, Sigvald
b Oct. 11, 1867, Christiania, Norway; d Sept. 8, 1954, Skokie, IL.
Sculptor; created statue of Leif Ericson (Humboldt Park) and Louis Jolliet ( Joliet).
Assman, Henry E.
b Mar. 28, 1843, Hanover, Germany; d Apr. 6, 1929, Lombard, IL.
Brick mason contractor; cofounded Elmhurst Chicago Stone Co. (1883).
Atkins, Jearum
b ca. 1816, VT.
Machinist; developed self-rake reaper.
Atlass, H. Leslie
b Nov. 29, 1894, Lincoln, IL; d Nov. 18, 1960.
Radio executive; president and cofounder of WBBM.
Atlass, Ralph Leigh
b Mar. 31, 1903, Lincoln, IL; d June 1979.
Radio executive; cofounded WBBM.
Attaway, William Alexander
b Nov. 19, 1911, Greenville, MS; d June 17, 1986, Los Angeles, CA.
Novelist; composer; script writer; involved with Illinois Federal Writers' Project.
Atwood, Charles Bowler
b May 18, 1849, Charlestown, MA; d Dec. 19, 1895, Chicago.
Architect; designer-in-chief of World's Columbian Exposition; early skyscraper designer.
Austin, Henry W.
b Aug. 1, 1828, Skaneateles, NY; d Dec. 24, 1889, Oak Park, IL.
Founded Austin; state legislator; wrote Illinois Temperance Law (1872).
Austin, Richard Bevan
b Jan. 23, 1901, Chicago; d Feb. 7, 1977, Chicago.
Federal district court judge; chief justice of Criminal Court of Cook County.
Avdich, Kamil
b Apr. 10, 1913, Bileca, Yugoslavia; d Dec. 2, 1979.
Librarian; leader of Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago.
Avery, Sewell
b Nov. 4, 1873, Saginaw, MI; d Oct. 31, 1960, Chicago.
Business executive; chairman of Montgomery Ward.
Ayer, Elbridge Gerry
b July 25, 1813, Haverhill, MA; d Apr. 13, 1887, Harvard, IL.
Platted Harvard, IL.
Ayres, Anson
b Feb. 17, 1819, Romulus, NY; d 1894, Hinsdale, IL.
Farmer; arrived in Naperville in 1867.