Illinois Democrats

lawyer and former First Lady of the United States (2009-2017)

American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was an American civil rights activist, LGBTQ rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and an ardent advocate and early supporter of LGBTQ rights in the United States. From 1991 to 1997, he served as a shadow United States senator for the District of Columbia.

American actor (1942–2018)

American politician and diplomat (1900–1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 (1900–1965)

Mandel Bruce Patinkin is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

American actress (1916-2004)

American singer (born 1953)

American actor and producer (1914–2008)

American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union (1857-1938)

John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.

United States Senator from Illinois

American singer, songwriter, pianist (1924-1963)

American politician and military officer (born 1968)

American politician and lawyer (1813–1861)

Paul Andrew Richter is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on O'Brien's talk shows: Late Night, The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He was also the star of the Fox television series Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He voiced Mort in the Madagascar film franchise and Ben Higgenbottom in the animated television series The Mighty B! on Nickelodeon. Since June 2019, Richter has hosted his own podcast, The Three Questions with Andy Richter on the Earwolf network.

First Lady of California from 2003 to 2011

American politician and lawyer

American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)

Ethel Kennedy was an American human rights advocate. She was the widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and a daughter of businessman George Skakel.

Jay Robert Pritzker is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Mexican-born American politician (born 1956)

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1993)

American educator

American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)

American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)

Mayor of Chicago from 2019 to 2023

American billionaire businesswoman (born 1959)

American stage and movie actor (1914-1975)

American actor

American actress (1919–2001)

American businesswoman and a former government official

American politician and attorney

actress (1924-1961)

John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who served as Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy from 2024 to 2025, having previously served as Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation from 2022 to 2025. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that, he served in the Clinton administration as White House staff secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House deputy chief of staff for operations from 1997 to 1998.

American politician and diplomat (1924–1985)

American lawyer and politician (born 1973)

American lawyer, politician and civil servant (1908-1990)

American lawyer and former banker

American politician (1874–1952)

American actor (1924-1973)

American politician

American politician and economist (1892–1976)

American politician (born 1961)

actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)

American politician (born 1941)

United States Congressman from Illinois

American politician and school administrator

politician, physicist

American actress

Cuban-American musician

American attorney, businessman, broadcaster, and political activist

American soldier and politician (1826–1886)

American author, television personality, motivational speaker, businesswoman, investor

Union Army general, politician (1817-1900)

First Family of the United States from 2009 to 2017

American farmer who patented barbed wire (1813-1906)

American politician