Notable People
- Burt Baskin, who co-established the Baskin-Robbins chain of ice cream parlors with Irv Robbins, was born in Streator in 1913.
- Kevin Chalfant, lead singer of The Storm (band) and former live performance member of Journey (band).
- Mary Lee Robb Cline, actress, known as Marjorie in the radio program The Great Gildersleeve
- Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flutist, born in Streator (1922), first woman named Principal Chair of a major US Orchestra (Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1952).
- George "Honey Boy" Evans, songwriter (In the Good Old Summer Time)
- Clarence E. Mulford, author (Hopalong Cassidy)
- Ed Plumb, musical director for Disney's Fantasia and score composer for Bambi, multiple Academy Award nominee
- Ralph Plumb, first mayor of Streator (1882-1885), and a U.S. Representative from Illinois (1885-1889).
- Ken Sears, catcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns; born in Streator
- Reuben G. Soderstrom, member of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Illinois and labor leader; born in Wisconsin (1888); moved to Streator, Illinois during his childhood (1901), where he resided until his death (1970).
- Worthy S. Streator, physician and industrialist. He and other investors formed the Vermilion Coal Company. Although Worthy S. Streator never personally lived in or visited Streator, the city is named in his honor.
- Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered the dwarf planet Pluto (1930); born in Streator (1906)
- Clay Zavada, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and former pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
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