# 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

* Andrew Bird, singer-songwriter
* Sarah Brackett, actress
* 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)
* Grace Durand, businesswoman and owner of Crab Tree Dairy Farm
* 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
* 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
* Peter W. Smith, investment banker
* Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein, business people, founders of Uline, conservative donor, and heir

## Media and writing
### Acting

* 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
* 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
* 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
* Mat Devine, lead singer of Chicago-based alternative rock band Kill Hannah

### 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.
* 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

## Sciences

* Pamela Darling, library preservation specialist
* Tung Jeong, professor and international leader in the field of holography
* 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
* 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 (born 1988 in Lake Forest), offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears
* Jim Covert, offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears
* Jay Cutler, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
* Bobby Douglass, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
* Justin Fields, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
* George Halas, head coach of the Chicago Bears
* Cade McNown, quarterback for the Chicago Bears
* Robert Quinn, linebacker for the Chicago Bears
* Lovie Smith, head coach for the Chicago Bears
* Kevin Walter, former wide receiver in the NFL
* Tom Waddle, wide receiver 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)

### Gymnastics

* Nicole Sladkov, Olympic rhythmic gymnast

### 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