James "J.Y." Young (born 14 November 1949, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois) is a guitarist, singer and songwriter, and member of the rock band, Styx. Young began playing keyboard and piano at the age of five. He attended Calumet High in Chicago and learned to play clarinet and guitar dur ...

Tom Martin (born July 29, 1964, Chicago, Illinois) is an American television writer. He has written for Saturday Night Live (as a guest writer), Later with Greg Kinnear, Just Shoot Me!, Clone High, The Simpsons and is a former standup comedian.

Frank Edward Thomas (born May 27, 1968) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics.

William Edward Johnson (born December 9, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois was an American football defensive lineman who played eight years in the National Football League for four different teams. He played college football at Michigan State University.

Mark Anthony Jackson (born July 23, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL Draft. A 5'9", 174-lb. wide receiver from Purdue University, Jackson played in nine NFL seasons from 1986 to ...

Richard Long (December 17, 1927 - December 21, 1974) was an American actor best known for his leading roles in several ABC television series, including The Big Valley (with Barbara Stanwyck) and Nanny and the Professor (with Juliet Mills). He also appeared as "Gentleman Jack Darby" in Maverick, ...

Jack Smith (June 23, 1895 - May 2, 1972) was a center fielder/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915-1926-1929). Smith batted and threw left handed. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Michael Horus Hall (born June 5, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League. He attended Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights, Illinois.

John Alexander Robinson (born July 25 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football coach best known for his two stints as head coach of the University of Southern California (USC) football team and for his tenure as head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, a National Football League football te ...

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one o ...