Chicago

Chicago is a city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the third largest city in the United States. As of 2020, the population is 2,746,388. It is the city with the largest population in the Midwestern United States. Chicago is the main city of the Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland. The Chicago metropolitan area has 10 million people, the third largest population in the United States.

Chicago is by Lake Michigan. Chicago became a city in 1837 and is in between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. It grew quickly in the mid-19th century. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed many square miles and made more than 100,000 people homeless. Major efforts were made to rebuild it. Chicago's population grew when more construction jobs came. By 1900, Chicago was the fifth-largest city in the world. Chicago is known for its urban planning and zoning standards, for example, new construction styles from the Chicago School of architecture, the development of the City Beautiful Movement, and the steel-framed skyscraper. Chicago built the first skyscraper in the world in 1885, the Home Insurance Building.

Chicago is a center for finance, culture, trade, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It is one of the largest markets of the world.  The  O'Hare International Airport is the fifth or sixth busiest airport in the world and first or second in the United States. The region has the largest number of federal highways. It has many railroads too. Globalization and World Cities Research Network lists Chicago as an alpha global city. The Global Cities Index ranked Chicago seventh in the world in 2017. The Chicago area generated $689 billion in 2018. It has a very diverse and balanced economy. Chicago is home to several Fortune 500 companies, including Allstate, Boeing, Exelon, Kraft Heinz, McDonald's, Mondelez International, Sears, United Airlines Holdings, and Walgreens.

58 million people visited Chicago in 2018. It was the second most visited city in the United States. New York City had 65 million visitors in 2018. Chicago had first place in the 2018 Time Out City Life Index. This index was a survey about the quality of life in different areas. 15,000 people in 32 cities did the survey.

Some landmarks in the city are Millennium Park, Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile, the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Campus, the Willis (Sears) Tower, Grant Park, Chicago Riverwalk, the Museum of Science and Industry, and Lincoln Park Zoo. There are many universities and colleges, for example University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago has professional sports teams in the major professional leagues, and two are Major League Baseball teams.

 History 
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable founded Chicago in the early 1700s. It was founded to create a canal to let boats on the Great Lakes to connect to the Mississippi River.Chicago Sanitary and Ship CanalFacts about Chicago  at lifestyle.iloveindia.com Later, the city became a trading center for food, crops, and fur. The city grew very fast because of how the river back then was clean and healthy to drink. In 1837, Chicago became a city. The city grew until the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. The fire lasted for almost a week. Almost half the city and its population were lost in the fire. After the fire, Chicago grew faster than ever.

Then, city's economy grew and more people migrated there from other parts of the world. many of the immigrants were Germans, Jews, Irish, Swedes, Poles, and Czechs. The immigrants were almost two-thirds of the city's population. In 1889, Jane Addams built Hull house in Chicago for children and the poor. In 1893, the city hosted the World's Columbian Exposition. In 1892, they created the University of Chicago.

In 1919, the city became known for its gangsters, for example Al Capone, Dean O’Banion, Bugs Moran, and Tony Accardo. In the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Al Capone ordered gangsters to be shot on St. Valentine's Day. Then, the city became known for John Dillinger, a bank robber. He could rob a bank in under two minutes. Dillinger was shot and killed at the Biograph Theatre in 1934.

Anton Cermak was the 44th mayor of Chicago. He was shot and killed during the Democratic party convention in 1933. A man tried to shoot Franklin D. Roosevelt and Cermak blocked the bullet to save the President. Cermak died hours later. In 1955, Mayor Richard J. Daley was a powerful and well known Democrat. He helped Martin Luther King and other activists share their thoughts without being arrested in Chicago.

The 1968 Democratic National Convention had large protests and riots outside the convention. Richard J. Daley helped create the construction sites for the Willis Tower, O'Hare International Airport, the McCormick Place, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Jane Byrne helped Chicago to become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United States. She was the first female mayor of Chicago.

In 1982, seven people were poisoned with cyanide in Tylenol pills across the city. This led to changes in the packaging of over-the-counter drugs and to federal anti-tampering laws.

In 1983, Harold Washington became the first African American mayor of Chicago. He helped clean all dangerous and poor neighborhoods in the city. He was later re-elected, but died of a heart attack. He would become the second mayor of Chicago to die from a heart attack while in office. The first was Richard J. Daley. Eugene Sawyer finished Washington's second full term. Sawyer was the second African American Mayor of Chicago.

In 1989, Richard M. Daley, the son of Richard J. Daley, became the mayor of Chicago.  Daley was the longest serving Mayor of Chicago.

In 2011, Rahm Emanuel became the first Jewish Mayor of Chicago.

In 2012, the NATO Summit was held in Chicago and lasted for three days. The city would also host the 38th G8 summit. The G8 summit was moved to Camp David because Chicago already hosted the NATO summit.

Chicago has the fourth-largest gross domestic product (GDP) of any city in the world. It is behind Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles, and ahead of London and Paris.

In 2019, Lori Lightfoot was elected mayor, making Chicago the largest city in the country to have a female, African-American, and LGBT+ mayor.Chicago elects Lori Lightfoot as first gay and first black female mayor in city’s history

Chicago is home to the nation's largest Palestinian ethnic enclave, also known as "Little Palestine," and Chicago is the largest U.S. city to pass a cease-fire resolution about the Israel–Hamas war.

 Culture 
Chicago has a very well-known culture. Some of the many things Chicago is famous for are: Chicago-style hot dogs, Chicago-style (deep dish) pizza, Maxwell Street Polish Sausage, jazz music, and 1920s gangsters, for example Al Capone. Chicago is also known for architecture, for example the Sears Tower and museums. It is also known for its loyal sports fans.

Chicago was home to the Bijou Theater, the longest-running gay adult theater and sex club in the United States. It opened in 1970,U.S. v. Toushin, 714 F.Supp. 1452 at 1454 (M.D.Tenn. April 21, 1989) and it permanently closed its doors in September 2015.

For many years, the Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world. It is the second tallest building in the United States.

Chicago has the most Polish people inside its city limits outside of Warsaw. Historic U.S. Route 66 starts in Chicago by Grant Park in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.Begin (or End?) Route 66 in Chicago at Theroadwanderer.net

 People 
Chicago is a multicultural city with many Italians, Greeks, Gypsies, Serbians and Eastern Europeans living in the city. Chicago has a large Hispanic population with many Puerto Ricans and Mexicans. Other ethnic groups in Chicago are African American, Irish, Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Russians, Bulgarians, Romanians, Armenians, and Japanese.

Economy
Chicago is a major world financial center. It has the second largest central business district in the United States. The city is the headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (the Seventh District of the Federal Reserve). The city is also home to major financial and futures exchanges, for example the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (the "Merc"), which is owned by Chicago's CME Group. The CME Group also owns the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the Commodities Exchange Inc. (COMEX) and the Dow Jones Indexes.

The city also has markets with unusual trade contracts, for example emissions (on the Chicago Climate Exchange), and equity style indexes (on the U.S. Futures Exchange). Chase Bank has its commercial and retail banking headquarters in Chicago's Chase Tower.

 Media 
 Chicago Stations
WBBN CBS
 WMAQ NBC
WLS-TV ABC
 WTTW
 Fox 32

 Museums 
There are many museums in Chicago.

 The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum  was built in 1930. It is the oldest 4planetarium in the world.
 The Art Institute of Chicago  has a large collection of American and Impressionist art.
 The Field Museum of Natural History has Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus fossil.
 The Museum of Science and Industry has many exhibits, for example a real Boeing 727 jet plane. United Airlines gave it to the museum.
 The Polish Museum of America is said to be haunted by famous piano player Ignacy Jan Paderewski. It has large collection of Polish art.
 The Shedd Aquarium was, at one time, the world's largest aquarium. It has 19 million liters (5 million gallons) of water and 22,000 fish.

 Sports 
Sports are a big part of the cultural life in Chicago. Chicago is home to 15 sports teams. Most of the city's major sports teams play within the city limits.

Chicago has two Major League Baseball teams: the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs.Nielsen DMA Rankings The White Sox play at the Guaranteed Rate Field and the Cubs play at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs are one of the oldest teams in baseball. Chicago Cubs fans are dedicated and loyal to their team. The White Sox won the World Series in 2005. The Cubs won the World Series in 2016.

Chicago's National Basketball Association (NBA) team is the Chicago Bulls. For many years, Michael Jordan played for the Bulls. He helped them win six Championships in the 1990s. In 1999/2000 season Jordan was to return with the Bulls, he would have faced Lakers for the seventh championship and he would have won 11th scoring title.

The Chicago team in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is the Chicago Sky. 

In American football, Chicago is the home of the Chicago Bears  of the NFL and the Chicago Rush of the AFL.

Chicago has two ice hockey teams, the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL and the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.

Chicago also has a Major League Soccer team, the Chicago Fire. It plays outside of the city in Bridgeview.

 Travel 
Many people and things travel through Chicago to get to other places. Chicago has a complex network of trains and buses that help people who live in Chicago travel across the city. Chicago's commuter train system is called the Metra. It runs within the city and into the suburbs around Chicago. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is a system of buses and elevated trains (called the 'L') that run inside the city and towards the outer suburbs.

O'Hare International Airport is a major center for air travel. It is the second-busiest airport in the United States after the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Chicago has another airport called the Midway Airport. Many trains use Chicago as a place to change loads and to change directions. The Chicago River is a canal between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. It is the only river to travel backwards.

The CTA has eight train lines. They are:
  Red Line running from Rogers Park near the Chicago suburb of Evanston towards Roseland.
  Blue Line running from the O'Hare International Airport towards Forest Park.
  Brown Line running in a loop from Albany Park towards the Loop and back.
  Green Line has two different service trains running from Forest Park or Oak Park towards the South Side running until West Englewood (Ashland/63rd) or Woodlawn (Cottage Grove/63rd).
  Orange Line running in a loop from the Midway International Airport towards the Loop and back.
  Purple Line running from the Chicago suburb of Wilmette towards Evanston. During rush hour, it runs from Wilmette to the Loop and back.
  Pink Line running from the Chicago suburb of Cicero all the way to the Loop and back.
  Yellow Line running only in the Chicago suburbs of Evanston towards Skokie. It is the shortest train line of the CTA only having three stops.

 Weather 
Chicago has four seasons. Summers are hot and humid. The July average is . In a normal summer, temperatures are above  for 21 days. Winters are cold and snowy. There are often sunny days. The January daytime average is . Spring and autumn are mild with low humidity. Chicago is in the humid continental climate zone.

Chicago's highest official temperature  was recorded on July 24, 1934,Chicago's Official Records. National Weather Service. Retrieved November 25, 2012. There was a reading of  recorded at Midway Airport during that month. The lowest temperature of  was recorded on January 20, 1985, at O'Hare Airport.Monthly Averages for O'Hare International Airport . The Weather Channel. Retrieved December 26, 2011. Bad winter cold waves and summer heat waves can last for many days. There are also many mild winter and summer days. Thunderstorms are common in spring and summer. Sometimes they make tornadoes. They are more common in the suburban areas and not in the city. The heaviest snowfall record was in January 1999. It snowed 18.6 inches (47.2 centimeters).

 Winds 
Chicago is known as the Windy City, but it is less windy than many other big American cities. Wind speeds range from 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) in late summer to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) in spring months. The "Windy City" nickname could be connected to Chicago politicians from the 1800s. When Chicago hosted the World's Fair, citizens of Chicago started to brag about it. They bragged so much that the city of Chicago became known as "The Windy City." The phrase may have also been created by Chicago tourism boosters promoting the city. They suggested that the cool breezes from Lake Michigan make Chicago a good summer destination.

 Community areas
The community areas in Chicago, are defined by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago.The City of Chicago recognizes 77 divisions in the city. These areas are well-defined and stable. Census data helps make urban planning initiatives in the city.

Central
 Number  Community area  Neighborhoods 08 Near North Side Cabrini–Green
 The Gold Coast
 Goose Island
 Magnificent Mile
 Old Town
 River North
 River West
 Streeterville 32 Loop Loop
 Near East Side
 South Loop
 West Loop Gate 33 Near South Side Dearborn Park
 Printer's Row
 South Loop
 Prairie Avenue Historic District

North Side

+ North Side Number  Community area  Neighborhoods 05 North Center Horner Park
 Roscoe Village 06 Lake View Boystown
 Lake View East
 Graceland West
 South East Ravenswood
 Wrigleyville 07 Lincoln Park West DePaul
 Old Town Triangle
 Park West
 Ranch Triangle
 Sheffield Neighbors
 Wrightwood Neighbors 21 Avondale Belmont Gardens
 Chicago's Polish Village
 Kosciuszko Park 22 Logan Square Belmont Gardens
 Bucktown
 Kosciuszko Park
 Palmer Square

+ Far North side Number  Community area  Neighborhoods 01 Rogers Park 02 West Ridge Arcadia Terrace
 Peterson Park
 West Rogers Park 03 Uptown Buena Park
 Little Vietnam
 Margate Park
 Sheridan Park 04 Lincoln Square Ravenswood
 Ravenswood Gardens
 Rockwell Crossing 09 Edison Park Edison Park 10 Norwood Park Big Oaks
 Old Norwood Park
 Oriole Park
 Union Ridge 11 Jefferson Park Gladstone Park 12 Forest Glen Edgebrook
 Old Edgebrook
 South Edgebrook
 Sauganash
 Wildwood 13 North Park Brynford Park
 Hollywood Park
 River's Edge
 Sauganash Woods 14 Albany Park Mayfair
 North Mayfair
 Ravenswood Manor 76 O'Hare Schorsch Forest View 77 Edgewater Andersonville
 Edgewater Glen
 Edgewater Beach
 Magnolia Glen
 Lakewood/Balmoral

+ Northwest side Number  Community area  Neighborhoods 15 Portage Park Belmont Central
 Władysławowo
 Six Corners 16 Irving Park Avondale Gardens
 Independence Park
 Kilbourn Park
 Little Cassubia
 Old Irving Park
 Merchant Park
 West Walker
 The Villa 17 Dunning Belmont Heights
 Belmont Terrace
 Irving Woods
 Schorsch Village 18 Montclare Montclare 19 Belmont Cragin Belmont Central
 Hanson Park 20 Hermosa Belmont Gardens
 Kelvyn Park

West Side

 Number  Community area  Neighborhoods 23 Humboldt Park 24 West Town East Village
 Noble Square
 Polish Downtown
 Pulaski Park
 Smith Park
 Ukrainian Village
 Wicker Park 25 Austin Galewood
 The Island 26 West Garfield Park 27 East Garfield Park Fifth City 28 Near West Side Greektown
 Little Italy
 Tri-Taylor 29 North Lawndale Lawndale
 Homan Square
 Douglas Park 30 South Lawndale Little Village 31 Lower West Side Heart of Chicago
 Heart of Italy
 Pilsen
 East Pilsen

South Side

 Number Community area Neighborhoods 34 Armour Square Chinatown
 Wentworth Gardens
 Bridgeport, Chicago 35 Douglas Groveland Park
 Lake Meadows
 the Gap
 Prairie Shores
 South Commons 36 Oakland 37 Fuller Park 38 Grand Boulevard Bronzeville 39 Kenwood Kenwood
 South Kenwood 40 Washington Park 41 Hyde Park East Hyde Park
 Hyde Park 42 Woodlawn West Woodlawn 43 South Shore Jackson Park Highlands 60 Bridgeport 69 Greater Grand Crossing Grand Crossing
 Parkway Gardens
 Park Manor

+ Southwest side Number  Community area  Neighborhoods 56 Garfield Ridge LeClaire Courts
 Sleepy Hollow
 Vittum Park 57 Archer Heights 58 Brighton Park 59 McKinley Park 61 New City Back of the Yards
 Canaryville 62 West Elsdon 63 Gage Park 64 Clearing Chrysler Village 65 West Lawn Ford City
 West Lawn 66 Chicago Lawn Lithuanian Plaza
 Marquette Park 67 West Englewood 68 Englewood

+ Far Southeast side Number  Community area  Neighborhoods 44 Chatham East Chatham
 West Chatham
 West Chesterfield 45 Avalon Park Avalon Park
 Marynook
 Stony Island Park 46 South Chicago The Bush 47 Burnside 48 Calumet Heights Pill Hill 49 Roseland Fernwood
 Rosemoor 50 Pullman Cottage Grove Heights
 London Towne 51 South Deering Jeffrey Manor
 Trumbull Park 52 East Side 53 West Pullman 54 Riverdale Altgeld Gardens
 Eden Green
 Golden Gate 55 Hegewisch

+ Far Southwest side Number  Community area  Neighborhoods 70 Ashburn Beverly View
 Mary Crest
 Parkview
 Scottsdale
 Wrightwood 71 Auburn Gresham 72 Beverly 73 Washington Heights Brainerd
 Longwood Manor
 Princeton Park 74 Mount Greenwood Mount Greenwood Heights
 Talley's Corner 75 Morgan Park Beverly Woods
 Kennedy Park
 West Morgan Park

Law and government
Chicago is the county seat of Cook County. The government of the City of Chicago is divided into executive and legislative branches. Civil and criminal law cases are heard in the Cook County Circuit Court of the State of Illinois court system, or in the Northern District of Illinois, in the federal system. In the former, the public prosecutor is the Illinois State's Attorney, in the latter, the United States Attorney.

Mayors of Chicago

The Mayor of Chicago is the chief executive, elected by general election for a term of four years, with no term limits. The mayor appoints commissioners and other officials who oversee the various departments. In addition to the mayor, Chicago's two other citywide elected officials are the clerk and the treasurer. The City Council is the legislative branch and is made up of 50 aldermen, one elected from each ward in the city. The council enacts local ordinances and approves the city budget. Government priorities and activities are established in a budget ordinance usually adopted each November. The council takes official action through the passage of ordinances and resolutions.

The current mayor is Brandon Johnson since 2023.

Crimes
Chicago had a murder rate of 14.5 per 100,000 residents in 2012. Some smaller cities have higher rates, New Orleans, Newark, and Detroit had 53 murders per 100,000 residents in 2012.Munshi, N. (2013) Chicago toll rises despite gun clampdown. Financial Times, Jan 31 Financial Times The total number of murders in the city was highest in 1974, with 970 murders (murder rate of 29 per 100,000). It was close  in 1992 with 943 murders (murder rate of 34 per 100,000).Heinzmann, David (January 1, 2003). Chicago falls out of 1st in murders . Chicago Tribune, found at qrc.depaul.edu/djabon/Articles/ChicagoCrime20030101.htm. Chicago had less violent crime rates in the 1990s. It had 448 homicides in 2004, the lowest total since 1965 (15.65 per 100,000). Chicago's murder rate was about the same in 2005, 2006, and 2007 with 449, 452, and 435.

Transportation

Chicago is a major transportation spot in the United States. It is an important part of distribution in the world because it is the third largest inter-modal port in the world after Hong Kong and Singapore.Madigan 2004, p.52.

Expressways
The Kennedy Expressway and Dan Ryan Expressways are the busiest state maintained roads in Illinois.

Transit systems
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) controls how the board of directors work at CTA, Metra, and Pace.
 The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) controls public transportation in the city of Chicago. It controls a large group of buses and a fast transit elevated and subway system known as the 'L' (for "elevated"), with lines shown by colors. Rapid transit lines go to Midway and O'Hare Airports. The CTA's rail lines have the Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line, Brown Line, Purple Line, Pink Line, and Yellow Line. The Red and Blue lines have 24‑hour service.
 Metra, the nation's second-most used passenger regional rail network, operates an 11-line commuter rail service in Chicago and throughout the Chicago suburbs. The Metra Electric Line shares its trackage with Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District's South Shore Line, which provides commuter service between South Bend and Chicago.
 Pace provides bus and community transport services in over 200 surrounding suburbs with some extensions into the city as well. A 2005 study found that one quarter of commuters used public transit."New Yorkers are top transit users", by Les Christie,CNNmoney.com, June 29, 2007. Retrieved 2009-9-21.

Greyhound Lines gives inter-city bus service to and from the city. Chicago is also the spot for the Midwest network of Megabus.

Amtrak long-distance services come from Union Station. Chicago is one of the largest hubs of passenger rail service in the USA. 

 Famous people from Chicago 

Born in Chicago

 Edgar Rice Burroughs (died in 1950), writer
 Walt Disney († 1966), cartoonist, businessman
 Jack Benny (d. 1974), actor, comedian.
 Vincent du Vigneaud († 1978), biochemist, got a Nobel Prize
 John Belushi († 1982), actor
 Philip K. Dick († 1982), author
 Benny Goodman († 1986), musician
 Bob Fosse († 1987), choreographer
 Gene Siskel (d. 1999), movie critic.
 Mike Douglas († 2006), entertainer
 Bobby Fischer († 2008), chess player
 Tom Bosley (d. 2010), actor who played Mr. C on Happy Days.
 Betty Ford († 2011), First Lady
 Kenneth Mars (d. 2011), actor and comedian.
 Robin Williams († 2014), actor who grew up in Michigan and California
 James Cronin (d. 2016), physicist, got a Nobel Prize
 Hugh Hefner (d. 2017), founder of Playboy Magazines.
 Donald Rumsfeld, politician, Secretary of Defense (d. 2021)
 James Watson (1928-), got a Nobel Prize
 Bob Newhart (1929-), actor, comedian.
 Quincy Jones (1933-), musician
 Mavis Staples (1939-), singer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 Herbie Hancock (1940-), musician, pianist
 John Ashcroft (1942-), politician, former head of Justice Department
 Harrison Ford (1942-), actor
 James Heckman (1944-), economist, got a Nobel Prize
 Adrian Smith (1944-), architect 
 Bob Balaban (1945-), actor, writer, director, and producer.
 Pat Sajak (1946-), host on television
 Hillary Clinton (1947-), politician
 Tom Berenger (1949-), actor
 Francis Fukuyama (1952-), political scientist
 Merrick Garland (1952-), politician, head of Justice Department (2021-2025)
 Pope Leo XIV (1953-), 267th Pope  (2025-)
 James Belushi (1954-), actor
 Rahm Emanuel (1959-), was White House Chief of Staff, mayor
 Daryl Hannah (1960-), actress
 Bonnie Hunt (1961-), actress, comedian.
 Richard Marx (1963-), singer
 Michelle Obama (1964-), was First Lady of the United States
 Anastacia (1968-), singer
 Bob Bryar (1979-), musician, was member of My Chemical Romance.
 Emilie Autumn (1979-), singer and musician.
 Jennifer Hudson (1981-), singer, actress.
 Dwyane Wade (1982-), basketball player.
 Derrick Rose (1988-), basketball player.
 Chance the Rapper (1993-), rap artist

People who moved to Chicago
 Barack Obama (1961-), former President of the United Sates
 George Pullman (d. 1897), engineer.
 Potter Palmer (d. 1902), architect, businessman.
 Daniel Burnham (d. 1912), architect.
 Jane Addams (d. 1935), founder of the Hull House.
 Frank Lloyd Wright (d. 1959), architect (Robie House), and writer.
 Nat «King» Cole (d. 1965), singer, grew up in Chicago
 Carl Sandburg (d. 1967), poet.
 Fazlur Khan (d. 1982), architect (Willis Tower, John Hancock Center)
 Chris Farley (d. 1997), actor, comedian
 Ronald Reagan (d. 2004), was president of the United States
 Bruce Graham (d. 2010), architect (Willis Tower, John Hancock Center)
 Alex Karras (d. 2012), actor, wrestler, and football player
 Roger Ebert (d. 2013), movie critic.
 James M. Buchanan (d. 2013), Nobel Prize-winning economist.
 Mike Gray (d. 2013), screenwriter, activist, cinematographer
 Ernie Banks (d. 2015), baseball player.
 Nancy Reagan (d. 2016), First Lady of the United States.
 Richard Peck (died in 2018), novelist, grew up in Chicago
 Bernie Sanders (1941-), United States senator of Vermont and activist.
 Bill Murray (1950-), actor, comedian.
 Oprah Winfrey (1954-), actress, host on television
 Wendy Schaal (1954-), actor and comedian.
 Kathy Griffin (1960-), actress and comedian.
 Christopher Nolan (1970-), director
 Kanye West (1977-), rapper, musician, actor; grew up in Chicago

Movies
Chicago is in many movies, such as The Blues Brothers; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Child's Play; Home Alone; The Fugitive; The Untouchables; I, Robot; Wanted; Batman Begins; The Dark Knight; Transformers: Dark of the Moon; Man of Steel; Widows and Rampage.

Sister cities
Sister cities

  Warsaw (Poland) 1960
  Milan (Italy) 1973
  Osaka (Japan) 1973
  Casablanca (Morocco) 1982
  Shanghai (China) 1985
  Shenyang (China) 1985
  Gothenburg (Sweden) 1987
  Accra (Ghana) 1989
  Prague (Czech Republic) 1990
  Kyiv (Ukraine) 1991
  Mexico City (Mexico) 1991
  Toronto (Canada) 1991
  Birmingham (United Kingdom) 1993
  Vilnius (Lithuania) 1993
  Hamburg (Germany) 1994
  Petah Tikva (Israel) 1994
  Athens (Greece) 1997
  Durban (South Africa) 1997
  Galway (Ireland) 1997
  Moscow (Russia) 1997
  Lucerne (Switzerland) 1998
  Delhi (India) 2001
  Amman (Jordan) 2004
  São Paulo (Brazil) 2004
  Belgrade (Serbia) 2005
  Lahore (Pakistan) 2007
  Busan (South Korea) 2007
  Bogotá (Colombia) 2009

Partner city
  Paris (France) 1996

Notes

References

 Other websites 

 City of Chicago Homepage 
 Chicago Hotels 


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