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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Urbana, Illinois. For a similar list, see the category page People from Urbana, Illinois.
Academics and writing
edit- Philip W. Anderson, earned the Nobel Prize in Physics (1977)
- John Bardeen, inventor of the transistor; awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1956 & 1972); winner of IEEE Medal of Honor (1971)
- Iris Chang, author (The Rape of Nanking)
- Ward Churchill, author and political activist
- David Forsyth, computer scientist; co-author of Computer Vision: A Modern Approach
- Eugie Foster, science-fiction writer
- Theodore Gray, co-founder of Wolfram Research and winner of the Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2002)[citation needed]
- José Graziano, Brazilian agronomist; secretary general of the FAO
- Robert W. Holley, earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1968); graduate of Urbana High School (1939)
- Braj Kachru, linguist; created the "circle model" of world English varieties
- Edwin G. Krebs, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1994); graduate of Urbana High School (1937)
- Paul Christian Lauterbur, earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003)
- Sir Anthony James Leggett, earned the Nobel Prize in Physics (2003)
- Hamilton O. Smith, earned the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1978)
- Thelma Strabel, novelist, grew up in Urbana
- James Tobin, earned the Nobel Prize in Economics (1981)
- David Foster Wallace, author (Infinite Jest); graduate of Urbana High School
- Brian Wansink, author (Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think); professor at Cornell University
- Gregorio Weber, Argentinian spectroscopist and protein chemist, worked in Urbana from 1962
- Carl Woese, microbiologist; identified Archaea as a domain of life
Fine arts
edit- Christopher Brown, painter, printmaker, and professor.[1]
Media and music
edit- Ken Baumann, actor (The Secret Life of the American Teenager)
- Jay Bennett, founding member of Wilco; solo musician; died in May 2009
- Emily Blue, singer-songwriter, Chicago Reader Award winner
- Deborah Blum, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of The Poisoner's Handbook
- Roger Ebert, movie critic; Pulitzer Prize winner
- Jennie Garth, actress (What I Like About You, Beverly Hills, 90210 and 90210)
- Erika Harold, 2002 Miss Illinois and 2003 Miss America; graduate of Urbana High School
- Michael S. Hart,[2] author, inventor of the electronic book; founder of Project Gutenberg, first project to make ebooks freely available via the Internet
- William Slavens McNutt, screenwriter (Huckleberry Finn)
- Nina Paley, cartoonist, animator, and free culture activist
- Mark Roberts, actor, comedian, writer, creator of the TV series Mike and Molly
- Chic Sale, author, actor, and vaudevillian
- Virginia Sale, actress
- Gil Shaham, violinist
- David Ogden Stiers, actor (Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on the TV series M*A*S*H)
- Sasha Velour, drag queen, artist, fashion forward winner of Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race
- American Football (band), midwestern emo and math rock band
- Jeff Austin, Founding member and frontman of the bluegrass band Yonder Mountain String Band until his departure in 2014.
Fictional
edit- HAL 9000, character in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey; upon "dying" claims he was made operational in Urbana
Business
edit- Brady Dougan, CEO of Credit Suisse Group[3]
- Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos
- Shahid Khan, CEO of Flex-N-Gate; owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars[4]
Military
edit- Larry Allen Abshier, U.S. soldier who defected to North Korea after the Korean War in 1962
- Charles Carpenter (Lt. Col.), U.S. Army officer and army observation pilot (Second World War); taught history at Urbana High School[5][6][7]
- Reginald C. Harmon, first US Air Force Judge Advocate General; Mayor of Urbana
Politics and law
edit- Thomas B. Berns, Illinois state legislator, civil engineer, and surveyor
- Bird Sim Coler, Comptroller of Greater New York
- George W. Dilling, mayor of Seattle from 1911 to 1912
- Stanley B. Weaver, Illinois state legislator, funeral director, and Mayor of Urbana[8]
- William B. Webber, Illinois state legislator, lawyer, and mayor of Urbana
- Dennis Yao, member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)[9]
Sports
edit- LaToya Bond, guard for the Indiana Fever (WNBA)
- Scott Garrelts, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
- Jonathan Kuck, Olympic speed skater; silver medalist
- Ella Masar, forward for the Chicago Red Stars
- Spencer Patton, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
References
edit- ^ Landauer, Susan; Gerdts, William H.; Trenton, Patricia (2003-11-10). The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture. University of California Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-520-23938-8.
- ^ Michael S. Hart, Project Gutenberg, archived from the original on September 11, 2011
- ^ Christine Harper and David Clarke,"American Dougan Emulates Gruebel at Credit Suisse," Bloomberg.comhttps://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=akg3Dpvfufoc
- ^ "Illinois businessman Shahid Khan buying Jacksonville Jaguars," bizjournals.comhttp://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2011/11/29/illinois-businessman-shahid-kahn.html
- ^ What's New in Aviation: Piper Cub Tank Buster, Popular Science, Vol. 146 No. 2 (February 1945) p. 84
- ^ Carpenter, Leland F., Piper L-4J Grasshopper Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Aviation Enthusiast Corner, retrieved 21 October 2011
- ^ In Memoriam, Urbana High School Class of 1962, retrieved 23 October 2011
- ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 2001-2002,' Biographical Sketch of Stanley B. Weaver, pg. 53
- ^ "Nomination of Dennis A. Yao To Be Federal Trade Commissioner | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
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