Writers from Chicago

American writer

American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist (1944–2024)

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

American writer and film critic

American writer, missionary (1903–1993)

American film director

American writer, newspaper columnist and playwright (1866-1944)

American soap opera screenwriter (1922–2016)

American screenwriter and author of several books on anthropology (1908-1980)

American comedian, playwright, feminist, television writer and director

American chemist (1938–2021)

American film and television director

Screenwriter, film director, film producer

American film director and screenwriter (1932–2007)

Satanist religious leader (1942–2022)

American writer (1929-1967)

American actress, writer and television producer

American screenwriter, producer, director, and actress

American screenwriter, playwright, novelist (1927-1998)

American comedy writer and playwright (1928-2009)

American actor, playwright and librettist (1932–2008)

American cartoonist

American filmmaker and actor (1931–2007)

American economist (1930–2019)

American writer and academic who helped found the Library of America (1912–2016)

American novelist, poet, screenwriter, biographer, editor (born 1946)

United States economist and author (1854–1943)

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

American voice actor

American marine biologist (1897–1948)

American philosopher (1910–2009)

American writer (1899–1987)

American music critic

American actor and writer

American lyricist and songwriter (1924–2023)

American playwright, novelist, short story writer (1886–1967)

Comic book writer, artist

author, a radio show host and producer, and filmmaker

American writer (1881-1929)

American poet and writer (1915-1998)

American writer (1918–2020)

American journalist (1896–1969)

American politician (1933–2014)

American author (1886-1929)

American-Israeli journalist and author

American civil rights leader (1928–2005)

American writer and pimp (1918-1992)

American writer and activist

cinema director (1883–1935)

American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

American playwright (1937-2011)

American right-wing social media influencer and political commentator (born 1986)

Social Reformer, feminist, journalist, writer and traveller (1857–1951)

actress, writer (1910-1935)

Polish-American film director

American social activist (1859–1940)

American writer

American author and scholar (1902–1990)

American comic book writer and illustrator

American traveler and filmmaker (1870–1958)