Writers from Chicago

American author, historian and broadcaster (1912-2008)

American screenwriter and author (born 1978)

American novelist, short story writer (1909-1981)

American actor, director, producer and writer (born 1963)

United States Supreme Court justice (1920–2019)

American rapper and actor (born 1972)

American actress and comedian

American novelist of Finnish descent

African-American playwright and author (1930-1965)

American writer, artist and academic (born 1963)

American film critic (1946–1999)

American Roman Catholic religious nun, and former actress

American writer and forensic anthropologist

Catholic cardinal (1937–2015)

Scottish-American civil war detective and spy

American rock musician (1947–2003)

American actor

American novelist and LGBT essayist (1940–2025)

Bosnian-American author, novelist, columnist

American comedian and writer

American philosopher, classicist, and academician (1930–1992)

American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)

American comedian and actor (born 1982)

American astronaut

American writer

Community Class speaker at MIT, working on human-centered AI and podcaster

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

American political consultant (born 1955)

American filmmaker (1947-2020)

American writer

American film director (born 1946)

American writer (1942-2020)

American humorist (1867–1936)

American writer (1916-1990)

author, artist (1892-1973)

philosophy professor, author of Gor novel series

American sportswriter, short story writer (1885–1933)

American philosopher (1905–1987)

American economist (1876-1957)

American cartoonist

American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher (1925–2017)

American film and theatre critic (1924–2000)

American writer (1917-1960)

American historical novelist and fantasy writer (1932–2023)

American writer

American journalist

American poet and editor (1860-1936)

United States Secretary of Energy and previously Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church

American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner

American director

American politician (1874–1952)

American writer

screenwriter

American actress (1929–2012)

novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer

American writer

professor and activist

American filmmaker (1932–2021)

American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer (1931–2017)