Aaron Russo
Entertainer, film director, film producer of Trading Places, Wise Guys, The Rose, night club owner in Chicago, talent manager of Bette Midler
1943-2007 (64)
Al Capone
Prohibition era booze smuggler with Unione Siciliana, gangster aka Scarface, bank robber, mobster, bodyguard for Johnny Torrio, crime boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925-1931, convicted and sent to federal prison at 33 years old for prostitution and tax evasion, died of a stroke and heart attack
1899-1947 (48)
local advertisementsAndrew Mason living
Entrepreneur, businessman, co-founder of Groupon, Descript
1980- (45)
britannica.com
Ann Landers
Journalist, pen name for columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times
annlanders.com
Arthur Wirtz
Liquor merchant, founder of Wirtz Beverage Group that is now Wirtz Corporation
1901-1983 (82)
Bernice Neugarten
Psychologist, biological clock ticking, aging studies, social clock theory, midlife crisis, menopause
1916-2001 (85)
encyclopedia.com
Bert Cohler
Professor, psychologist, psychoanalyst
1938-2012 (74)
humdev.uchicago.edu
Betty Ford
First Lady of the United States from 1974-1977, Republican wife of Gerald Ford, co-founder of the Betty Ford Center (Betty Ford Clinics) for substance abuse victims
1918-2011 (93)
Brad Purdy
CFO of Outcome Health (now PatientPoint), financier, indicted and charged with defrauding investors, mail fraud, bank fraud
Clarence Darrow
Criminal lawyer, attorney, murder trial of Leopold and Loeb, author of The Story of My Life
1857-1938 (81)
Diane Francis living
Editor-in-chief, journalist, writer for the National Post, Financial Post since 1998
1946- (79)
dianefrancis.com
Francis Fukuyama living
political scientist, economist, writer, author of The Last Man, The End of History, and The Origins of Political Order
1952- (73)
fukuyama.stanford.edu
Fred Eychaner living
founder of Sportsvision, entrepreneur, businessman, founder and chairman of Newsweb since 1971, political donor, philanthropist, founder of Alphawood Foundation, inducted into the Chicago LGBTQ Hall of Fame
1945- (80)
chicagolgbthalloffame.org
Ginni Rometty living
Business executive, former chairman, President and CEO at IBM from 2012-2020
1957- (68)
ibm.com
Henry Crown
industrialist, philanthropist, founder of Material Service Corporation in 1919 which merged with General Dynamics in 1959
1896-1990 (94)
Ian Maksin
Music composer, cellist, musician
ianmaksin.com
Ida B. Wells
Investigative journalist, civil rights activist
1862-1931 (69)
James S. Crown
chairman emeritus of the Aspen Institute, financier, chairman and CEO of Henry Crown & Company, managing partner at Aspen Skiing, director at General Dynamics since 1987, Sara Lee, JPMorgan Chase, General Dynamics, died on his birthday in a raceway/racecar crash in 2023
1953-2023 (70)
aspeninstitute.org
Jami Miscik living
head of sovereign risk at Lehman Brothers in 2005, vice-chairman and CEO of Kissinger Associates in 2009, vice-chair of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), co-chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB), CIA intelligence officer since 1983, director at Morgan Stanley, EMC, Pivotal Labs, In-Q-Tel, American Ditchley Foundation
1958- (67)
allgov.com
Jay Pritzker
entrepreneur, co-founder of the Marmon Group, co-founder and patriarch of the Hyatt family dynasty
1922-1999 (77)
John McDonough living
Sports executive, former President and CEO of Chicago Blackhawks, former President of Chicago Cubs
1953- (72)
John Podesta living
Political strategist aka Skippy, US chief of staff from 1998-2001, counselor to President Obama from 2014-2015, known for the Podesta emails with Hillary Clinton
1949- (76)
John S. Reed living
chairmand & CEO of Citibank (Citicorp), visionary banker, pioneer in digital surveillance, former chairman of the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), author of Usable Social Science
1939- (86)
systemicriskcouncil.org
Jonathan Nolan living
creator of Person of Interest (CBS), co-creator of Westworld (HBO), Fallout, film director, film producer, filmmaker of Interstellar, Memento, The Prestige
1976- (49)
Dr. Kenneth Cooper
Father of Cooper Aerobics, father of aerobics
cooperaerobics.com
Kirk Cousins
Professional football player
kirkcousins.org
Leo Radvinsky living
billionaire owner of 75% of OnlyFans, CEO of MyFreeCams (Mfcxy, Inc.) which is one of the world's largest adult webcams community, founder of Cybertania (Password Universe, Working Passes, Ultra Passwords), tech entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, owner of Stars.com
1982- (43)
lr.com
Michael Madigan living
Democratic Party politician, former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives between 1983-2021, mobster, leader of the Chicago mafia
1942- (83)
ilga.gov
Morris Fishbein
Physician, destroyed Rife machines, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association from 1924-1950
1889-1976 (87)
Pat Ryan living
Billionaire financier, founder of Ryan Specialty Group, wholesale specialty insurance brokerage, philanthropist, largest ever single donation of $480 million to Northwestern University
1937- (88)
Paul Ricca
Chicago Outfit, Chicago national crime syndicate, convicted of murder, extortion, tax evasion
1897-1972 (75)
britannica.com
Quentin Young, M.D.
Physician, doctor, Civil Rights Movement, Communist Party
1923-2016 (93)
Rawleigh Warner Jr.
chairman and CEO of Mobil from 1969-1986, prior president of Mobil from 1965-1969
1921-2013 (92)
Richard E. Roeper living
Movie critic, columnist, famous as Ebert & Roeper
1959- (66)
richardroeper.com
Rishi Shah
Co-Founder & CEO of Outcome Health (now PatientPoint), indicted and charged with defrauding investors, mail fraud, bank fraud
Rocky Wirtz
Billionaire sports team owner, NHL hockey team owner of the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team since 1954, founder of Wirtz Corporation started as a liquor beverage company by his grandfather Arthur Wirtz
1952-2023 (71)
breakthrubev.com
Roger Ebert
Movie critic, famous as Siskel & Ebert, and then Ebert & Roeper
1942-2013 (71)
Sam Zell
billionaire financier, investor, founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments (Equity Residential, Equity International, EQ Office, Tribune Media, Anixter, Covanta), philanthropist, attorney, lawyer, real estate developer, philanthropist, author of Am I Being Too Subtle?
1941-2023 (82)
egizell.com
Saul D. Alinsky
Marxist political theorist, criminologist, political activist, community activist, communist politician, inventor of political theater and the great game, author of Rules for Radicals
1909-1972 (63)
Shirley Ryan
Philanthropist wife of specialty insurer Pat Ryan, chairwoman of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation
alumni.northwestern.edu
Shradha Agarwal
Co-Founder & COO of Outcome Health (now PatientPoint), indicted and charged with defrauding investors, mail fraud, bank fraud
Thomas Siebel living
Billionaire, chairman and CEO of C3.ai, founder of Siebel Systems, conservative political activist, donated $90K to the truckers freedom convoy in 2022
1952- (73)
Todd Ricketts living
businessman, politician, sports team owner, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs
1969- (56)
toddmricketts.com
Tom Rosenberg
Film producer of Million Dollar Baby, founder and chairman of Lakeshore Entertainment, co-founder of Beacon Pictures
H. Ty Warner living
Billionaire, real estate, founder of Beanie Babies plush toys
1944- (81)
Ted Kaczynski aka "The Unabomber"
mathematics professor aka Uncle Ted Kaczynski, The Unabomber, geometric function theory, anit-technology, environmentalist, anarchist, domestic terrorist, anonymous killer, author of The Net, Unabomber Manifesto
fbi.gov
William S. Paley
Businessman, media executive, founder, president & CEO of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Ye living
Rapper aka Kanye West, singer, husband to Kim Kardashian, music producer for Roc-A-Fella Records
1977- (48)