Notable Natives and Residents
- Matt Christopher, children's author
- DJ Felli Fel.
- Sparky Anderson, baseball manager
- Jim Hoagland, journalist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Ironing Board Sam, blues keyboardist
- William Ivey Long, Tony Award-winning costume designer
- Vernon Grant, commercial artist and creator of the Snap, Crackle and Pop characters for Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal
- Edmund Lewandowski, noted Precisionist movement artist
- David Ball, Country music singer
- Leon Rippy, actor
- Lauren Cholewinski, Olympic speedskater
- Lafayette Currence, baseball player
- Emery, rock band
- Jim Ray, Major League Baseball pitcher
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