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Author and creator of Tarzan and John Carter
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1875
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Co-founder of his brother's entertainment company and CEO of the company from 1929 to 1971
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1893
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Roy O. Disney
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Founder, owner and head coach of the Chicago Bears, nicknamed "Papa Bear"
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1895
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George Halas
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Animator, entrepreneur and pioneer of American animation industry, as a producer he holds the recorf for most Academy Awards earned by an individual
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1901
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Walt Disney
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Mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976, has been called "the las of the big city bosses"
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1902
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Richard J. Daley
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Prohibition agent, known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone. He is portrayed by Kevin Costner in "The Untouchables"
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1903
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Eliot Ness
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Justice of the Supreme Court from 1962 to 1965, Ambassador to the United Nations from 1965 to 1968 and Secretary of Labor from 1961 to 1962
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1908
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Arthur Goldberg
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Co-founder of Lands' End, Olympic bronze medal winner in yachting, NFl Quarterback for the Brooklyn Dodgers and one of Chicago's most-decorated World War II heroes
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1908
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Robert Halperin
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Murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald
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1911
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Jack Ruby
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Director, "Dirty Harry" "Escape from Alcatraz"
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1912
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Don Siegel
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One of the best-selling fiction writers of all time, "Master of the Game" "The Other Side of Midnight"
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1917
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Sidney Sheldon
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First Lady from 1974 to 1977
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1918
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Betty Ford
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Justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010
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1920
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John Paul Stevens
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Principal owner of the Chicago Bears and oldest owner in all major leagues
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1923
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Virginia Halas McCaskey
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Founder of Playboy
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1926
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Hugh Hefner
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Author, "The Man in the High Castle" "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
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1928
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Philip K. Dick
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Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine winner and co-author of the paper proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule
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1928
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James Watson
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Founder of the Church of Satan and the religion of Satanism
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1930
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Anton LaVey
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Nobel Prize in Physics winner for an experiment that proved subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles
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1931
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James Cronin
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Actress, known for her role as Florence Johnston in "The Jeffersons"
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1931
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Marla Gibbs
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Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 and again from 2001 to 2006
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1932
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Donald Rumsfeld
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Director, "The French Dispatch" "The Exorcist"
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1935
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William Friedkin
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Actor, "Nebraska" "Coming Home" "The Hateful Eight"
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1936
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Bruce Dern
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Co-creator of "Dungeons & Dragons"
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1938
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Gary Gygax
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Keyboardist and co-founder of The Doors
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1939
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Ray Manzarek
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Soul musician, member of The Impressions and civil rights activist
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1942
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Curtis Mayfield
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Mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011
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1942
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Richard M. Daley
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Attorney General from 2001 to 2005 and Senator from Missouri from 1995 to 2001
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1942
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Josh Ashcroft
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Creator of "ER" and author of "Jurassic Park"
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1942
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Michael Crichton
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Hall of Fame linebacker who played his whole career for the Chicago Bears
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1942
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Dick Butkus
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Anarchist, terrorist and former mathematics professor, also known as the Unabomber
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1942
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Ted Kaczynski
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Actor, "Indiana Jones" "Star Wars" "Blade Runner" "The Fugitive"
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1942
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Harrison Ford
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Director, "Heat" "Miami Vice" "Collateral"
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1943
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Michael Mann
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Director, "Groundhog Day" "National Lampoon's Vacation" and actor in "Ghostbusters"
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1944
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Harold Ramis
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Lead vocalist of the band Chicago from 1967 to 1985 and solo artist, "Glory of Love"
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1944
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Peter Cetera
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Economist, member of the Chicago school of economics and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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1944
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James Heckman
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Billionaire and owner of Ty Inc., a toy manufacturer best known for the Beanie Babies
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1944
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Ty Warner
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Punk singer, "Because the Night"
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1946
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Patti Smith
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Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, First Lady from 1993 to 2001 and Democratic nominee for president in 2016
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1947
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Hillary Clinton
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Basketball coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, widely regared as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time
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1947
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Mike Krzyzewski
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Activist of the Black Panther Party who got assassinated by law enforcement at age 21, he is portrayed by Daniel Kaluuya in the film "Judas and the Black Messiah"
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1948
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Fred Hampton
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Governor of Illinois from 2009 to 2015
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1948
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Pat Quinn
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Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000 and Chief of Staff from 2011 to 2012
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1948
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William M. Daley
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Chief of Staff from 1998 to 2001
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1949
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John Podesta
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Actor, "Platoon" "Major League" "Sniper"
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1949
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Tom Berenger
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Director, "The Blues Brothers" "An American Werewolf in London" "Coming to America"
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1950
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John Landis
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Actor and comedian, "The Blues Brothers" "Saturday Night Live" "Animal House"
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1949
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John Belushi
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First and only open transgender billionaire
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1950
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Jennifer Pritzker
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Green Party's presidential nominee in 2012 and 2016
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1950
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Jill Stein
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Actor and comedian, "Good Will Hunting" "Dead Poets Society" "Jumanji"
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1951
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Robin Williams
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Attorney General since 2021
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1952
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Merrick Garland
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Owner and chairman of the Chicago Blackhawks
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1952
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Rocky Wirtz
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Director, "The Last Samurai" "Blood Diamond" "Legends of the Fall"
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1952
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Edward Zwick
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Director, "Forrest Gump" "Back to the Future" "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
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1952
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Robert Zemeckis
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Lead vocalist of Rufus and solo artist, nicknamed "Queen of Funk", "I Feel For You" "Ain't Nobody"
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1953
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Chaka Khan
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President of Baseball Operations for the Philadelphia Phillies since 2021, during his career he has helped building two World Series winning team
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1956
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Dave Dombrowski
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Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015
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1956
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Deval Patrick
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