Famous People
Most pre-1940 names have been selected from the WPA Guide This is a list of people from Illinois; people are not included if they left the state before beginning a career.
Read more about this topic: History Of Illinois Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or people:“Martyrdom ... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.” “It is singular to look round upon a country where the dreams of sages, smiled at as utopian, seem distinctly realized, a people voluntarily submitting to laws of their own imposing, with arms in their hands respecting the voice of a government which their breath created and which their breath could in a moment destroy!” |