Notable People
- Margaret H. Bair - U.S. Air National Guard general
- Hiram Barber, Jr. - U.S. Representative from Illinois
- S. Carey - musician, member of Bon Iver
- Bobby Cook - NBA player
- Sal Dimiceli, noted philanthropist
- Gary Gygax - writer and game designer; co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons
- John Brayshaw Kaye - poet and politician, wrote Songs of Lake Geneva (1882)
- Mary L. Kirchoff - author of more than ten published works, including the Dragonlance novels
- Kerwin Mathews - actor
- Ryan Mathews - NASCAR driver
- Buddy Melges - Olympic gold medalist, member of the America's Cup Hall of Fame
- Baby Face Nelson - bank robber
- John R. Powers - author who wrote "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" and a nationally known speaker.
- Margaret Weis - author of many fantasy series, most popularly the Dragonlance novels
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