1. Carl Sandburg (1878)

American Poet And Nonfiction Wri

American poet and author who is best remembered for Rootabaga Stories, The War Years, and Cornhuskers. Many of his poems include references to the city of Chicago.

2. Todd Hamilton (1965)

Professional Golfer

PGA golfer who received the Rookie of the Year award in 2004.

3. Karen Bjornson (Unknow)

Actor

4. Fred Sanderson (1870)

Canadian Politician

George Sanderson was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in St. Marys Ontario and became an agent farmer and manufacturer by career. He...

5. John Rusling Block (1935)

American Government Official

John Rusling Block is a former U. S. Secretary of Agriculture during the President Reagan's administration. He later became a lobbyist.

6. Emily Arnold McCully (1939)

American Children's Illustra

Emily Arnold McCully is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's books. She won the annual Caldecott Medal for U. S. picture book illustration in 1993...

7. Charles Edward Swanson (1879)

American Politician

Charles Edward Swanson served two terms as a Republican U. S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district. His congressional career ended in the landslide that accompanied the election of Franklin...

8. George Radcliffe Colton (1865)

American Politician

George Radcliffe Colton was the Governor of Puerto Rico from November 6 1909 to November 5 1913 a position to which he was appointed by President William Howard Taft. Born...

9. Barry Cheesman (1959)

Professional Golfer

Barry Cheesman is an American professional golfer who played on the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour before getting into golf he was a minor league baseball player. Cheesman was...

10. Phil Hare (1949)

American Politician

Philip G. Phil Hare is a former U. S. Representative for Illinois's 17th congressional district serving from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district...

11. Curtis H. Castle (1848)

American Politician

Curtis Harvey Castle was a U. S.

12. Donald L. Moffitt (1947)

American Politician

Donald L. Moffitt is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing the 74th district since 1993. Moffitt previously served as Knox County Treasurer from 1984 to 1993...

13. Russell Jump (1895)

56th Mayor Of Wichita Kansas. Fo

Russell Jump was Mayor of Wichita Kansas serving from 1952–1953. Born in Illinois Jump's family moved to Kansas the state where he would spend most of his life when he...

14. Ira Clifton Copley (1864)

American Politician

Ira Clifton Copley was a United States statesman and newspaper publisher.

15. Rudy Vaughn (1980)

Musician

Rudy Vaughn Brannon is an American musician singer-songwriter and recording artist.

16. Dorothea Tanning (1910)

American Artist

Dorothea Margaret Tanning was an American painter printmaker sculptor writer and poet. Her early work was influenced by Surrealism. She was also married to fellow Surrealist Max Ernst.

17. Donald Phillip Verene (1937)

Philosopher

Donald Phillip Verene is an American philosophy professor and author. He is the Charles Howard Chandler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy at Emory University.

18. Art Twineham (1866)

American Baseball Player

Arthur S. Old Hoss Twineham was a Major League Baseball catcher. Twineham played for St. Louis Browns in 1893 and 1894.

19. Bob Bacon (1935)

American Politician

Robert Bob Bacon is a retired educator and Democratic politician from Fort Collins Colorado. Bacon served as a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate representing the 14th District from 2005...