Notable Residents (former and Current)
- Adam Baldwin, actor, attended New Trier High School
- Peter Baldwin, director
- Ann Hampton Callaway, singer, lived in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School
- Liz Callaway, singer, lived in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School
- Dale Clevenger, principal horn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conor Dwyer, Olympic Swimmer / 2012 Gold Medalist
- Deborah Eisenberg, short-story writer, winner of MacArthur Fellowship
- Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961), the first architect employed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the woman who helped design Canberra, capital of Australia, grew up here
- Charlton Heston actor, lived in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School
- Rock Hudson, actor; born in Winnetka (1925)
- Harold L. Ickes, former United States Secretary of the Interior, built home at 900 Private Road
- Brendan Leonard, filmmaker (The Brendan Leonard Show)
- John Moore, defenseman with the Columbus Blue Jackets
- Chris O'Donnell, actor, (G. Callen on NCIS: Los Angeles)
- Liz Phair, musician
- Ralph Pomeroy, poet and writer
- Pat Ryan, founder and executive chairman of Aon Corporation
- Donald Rumsfeld, businessman and former Secretary of Defense
- Jenny Sanford, First Lady of South Carolina
- Tommy Wingels, forward with the San Jose Sharks
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