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People of Illinois

Jane Addams	Cedarville	1860-1935	Social reformer
Jack Benny	Chicago	1894-1974	Comedian
Black Hawk	Near Rockford	1767-1838	Indian leader
William Jennings Bryan	Salem	1860-1925	Political leader
Charles Edgar Duryea	Near Canton	1861-1938	Inventor
Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan	Peoria	1912-2006	Author, social reformer
Benjamin David (Benny) Goodman	Chicago	1909-1986	Musician
Ernest Miller Hemingway	Oak Park	1899-1961	Author
James Butler (Wild Bill) Hickok	Troy Grove	1837-1876	Scout, frontiersman
Harriet Monroe	Chicago	1860-1936	Editor, poet
Ronald Wilson Reagan	Tampico	1911-2004	U.S. President, actor
Carl Sandburg	Galesburg	1878-1967	Poet
Charles Rudolph Walgreen	Knox County	1873-1939	Pharmacist, merchant
Florenz Ziegfeld	Chicago	1869-1932	Theatrical producer

Source: The World Almanac of the U.S.A. by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996.

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