List of People From Illinois

Gene Hackman, screen actor and Academy Award winner, The French Connection, The Firm, Superman, The Birdcage
Michael G. Hagerty, actor, Lucky Louie, The George Carlin Show, Friends
Jerry Hairston, Jr., utility player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
George Halas, (1895–1983) sports, co-founder of National Football League and longtime coach-owner of the Chicago Bears
DeMarlo Hale, third base coach for the Baltimore Orioles
Robert Halperin (1928–85), Olympic and Pan American Games yachting medalist, college and professional football player, one of Chicago's most-decorated World War II heroes, and Chairman of Commercial Light Co.
Richard Hamming, prominent mathematician, inventor of the Hamming code and Hamming window
Herbie Hancock, jazz musician
Daryl Hannah, actress, producer
J. A. Happ, pitcher for the Houston Astros
Luke Harangody, power forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers
Clay Harbor, tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles
Erika Harold, model, 2003 Miss America, conservative activist, attorney
William Rainey Harper, educator and first president of the University of Chicago
Carter Harrison, Sr., politician (Democrat), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Mayor of Chicago
Carter Harrison, Jr., politician (Democrat) and Mayor of Chicago
Dennis Hastert, teacher, politician (Republican), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker of the House, 1998–2006
Helge Alexander Haugan, (1847–1909) – Chicago businessman and bank founder
H. (Hauman) G. Haugan, railroad executive and brother of Helge A. Haugan
Reidar Rye Haugan (1893–1972) – Chicago newspaper publisher
Kelvin Hayden, cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons
Reggie Hayes, actor, Girlfriends
Luther Head, shooting guard and point guard for the Sacramento Kings
George Peter Alexander Healy, painter
Ben Hecht, author, activist, Academy Award winning screenwriter
Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher
Ernest Hemingway, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning writer and journalist
Rickey Henderson, Hall of Fame MLB left fielder who holds the major league record for career stolen bases
Max Henius, biochemist and co-founder the American Academy of Brewing in Chicago
Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame baseball manager, primarily with the St. Louis Cardinals and former outfielder
Charlton Heston, Oscar-winning actor, political activist
Jim Hickey, pitching coach for the Tampa Bay Rays
Michael Hitchcock, actor, MADtv, Wild Hogs
Craig Hodges, former NBA guard, played primarily with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls
Reggie Hodges, punter for the Cleveland Browns
Isabella Hofmann, actress, Dear John, Homicide: Life on the Street, JAG
William Holabird, architect
Andre Holmes, wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
Raymond Hood, architect
Jeff Hornacek, assistant coach for the Utah Jazz and former NBA shooting guard
Henry Horner, politician (Democrat) and Illinois Governor
Lin Houston, guard for the Cleveland Browns
Juan Cruz, power forward for the Miami Heat
Terrence Howard, actor, Iron Man, Big Momma's House, Sparks
Reginald Hudlin, film and television director, screenwriter
Warrington Hudlin, film director, producer
Jennifer Hudson, R&B singer
Rock Hudson, actor
Brandon Hughes, cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
Stephen Hunter, novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic
Robert Maynard Hutchins, lawyer, educator and President of the University of Chicago