Brian Hieggelke

THE CHICAGO FAME 150
Rank	Name	Results	Claim to Fame
1	Oprah	34,400,000	Talk show host
2	Kanye West	5,300,000	Hip-Hop artist
3	R. Kelly	4,390,000	R&B artist
4	Michael Jordan	4,370,000	Retired Bulls player
5	Dennis Hastert	4,070,000	Speaker of the House
6	Common	3,200,000	Hip-Hop artist
7	Roger Ebert	3,180,000	Movie Critic
8	Barack Obama	3,110,000	Senator
9	Bill Murray	3,090,000	Actor
10	Vince Vaughn	2,570,000	Actor
11	John Cusack	2,190,000	Actor
12	Jerry Springer	2,180,000	Talk show host
13	Lupe Fiasco	2,170,000	Hip-Hop artist
14	Buddy Guy	2,160,000	Blues artist
15	Steven Levitt	2,080,000	Author
16	Jesse Jackson	1,850,000	Political activist
17	Rod Blagojevich	1,590,000	Governor
18	David Schwimmer	1,550,000	Actor
19	Hugh Hefner	1,510,000	Playboy founder
20	Billy Corgan	1,460,000	Smashing Pumpkins front man
21	Felix Da Housecat	1,340,000	House music artist
22	Liz Phair	1,280,000	Pop music artist
23	Gary Sinise	1,250,000	Actor
24	Joan Cusack	1,160,000	Actor
25	Bernie Mac	1,160,000	Comedian
26	Richard Marx	1,060,000	Pop music artist
27	Jeremy Piven	1,020,000	Actor
28	Jeff Tweedy	997,000	Wilco front man
29	Bonnie Hunt	983,000	Actor
30	Rhymefest	877,000	Hip-Hop artist
31	John Hughes	813,000	Filmmaker
32	Harold Ramis	807,000	Filmmaker
33	Alex Ross	710,000	Comics artist
34	James Belushi	697,000	Actor
35	Joe Mantegna	657,000	Actor
36	Louis Farrakhan	618,000	Nation of Islam leader
37	Audrey Niffenegger	611,000	Author
38	Rex Grossman	603,000	Bears player
39	Ramsey Lewis	589,000	Jazz artist
40	Pete Wentz	581,000	Fall Out Boy front man
41	Jim Thome	581,000	White Sox player
42	Lauren Holly	570,000	Actor
43	Brian Urlacher	535,000	Bears player
44	Studs Terkel	526,000	Author
45	Steve Albini	526,000	Music recording engineer
46	Scott Turow	500,000	Author
47	Dennis Farina	496,000	Actor
48	Frankie Knuckles	492,000	House music artist
49	Mark Prior	475,000	Cubs player
50	Koko Taylor	466,000	Blues artist
51	Chris Ware	458,000	Comics artist
52	Jermaine Dye	457,000	White Sox player
53	Kerry Wood	457,000	Cubs player
54	Ozzie Guillen	451,000	White Sox manager
55	Mike Ditka	435,000	Retired Bears coach and player
56	Kirk Hinrich	431,000	Bulls player
57	Kurt Elling	413,000	Jazz artist
58	Eric Zorn	401,000	Tribune columnist
59	Scottie Pippen	390,000	Retired Bulls player
60	Paul Konerko	381,000	White Sox player
61	William Petersen	372,000	Actor
62	Derrek Lee	356,000	Cubs player
63	Ernie Banks	352,000	Retired Cubs player
64	Garry Wills	346,000	Author
65	Tom Joyner	343,000	Radio DJ
66	Derrick Carter	341,000	House music artist
67	Carlos Zambrano	334,000	Cubs player
68	Alex Brown	325,000	Bears player
69	Richard Roeper	319,000	Sun-Times columnist
70	Mark Buehrle	289,000	White Sox player
71	Richard M. Daley	279,000	Mayor
72	Charlie Trotter	275,000	Chef
73	Elizabeth Berg	269,000	Author
74	George Ryan	268,000	Ex-governor
75	Ken Vandermark	267,000	Jazz artist
76	Dick Butkus	266,000	Retired Bears player
77	Joe Crede	264,000	White Sox player
78	Tadahito Iguchi	256,000	White Sox player
79	Ira Glass	246,000	Radio host
80	Judy Baar Topinka	241,000	Republican candidate for governor
81	Lovie Smith	238,000	Bears coach
82	Andrew Greeley	235,000	Author
83	Grant Achatz	222,000	Chef
84	Ryne Sandberg	220,000	Retired Cubs player
85	Gale Sayers	214,000	Retired Bears player
86	Ronald Coase	211,000	Nobel Prize winning economist
87	Mark Strand	209,000	Poet
88	Jesse Jackson, Jr.	204,000	Congressman
89	Rick Bayless	199,000	Chef
90	Bobby Jenks	195,000	White Sox player
91	Bobby Hull	191,000	Retired Blackhawks player
92	Martin Marty	184,000	Religious scholar
93	Jim DeRogatis	179,000	Music critic
94	Ron Santo	168,000	Retired Cubs player
95	Jim Edgar	168,000	Ex-governor
96	Jim McMahon	165,000	Retired Bears player
97	Gary S. Becker	160,000	Nobel Prize winning economist
98	John Mahoney	155,000	Actor
99	Terry Savage	149,000	Personal finance expert
100	Scott Skiles	148,000	Bulls coach
101	Jon Garland	147,000	White Sox player
102	Andre Dawson	145,000	Retired Cubs player
103	Archer Prewitt	141,000	Comics artist/musician
104	James McManus	133,000	Author
105	Michael Sneed	129,000	Sun-Times columnist
106	Nate Berkus	127,000	Interior designer
107	Bill Zwecker	121,000	Sun-Times columnist
108	Bill Kurtis	116,000	Newscaster
109	Mike Singletary	111,000	Retired Bears player
110	William Perry	110,000	Retired Bears player
111	James Heckman	108,000	Nobel Prize winning economist
112	Bill Rancic	104,000	Reality television personality
113	Christie Hefner	103,000	Playboy CEO
114	Al Jourgensen	101,000	Ministry front man
115	Fred Eychaner	95,500	Media investor
116	Tom Rosenberg	94,500	Film producer
117	Jerry Reinsdorf	91,700	Bulls and White Sox principal owner
118	Rich Whitney	91,500	Green Party candidate for governor
119	James Cronin	90,000	Nobel Prize winning physicist
120	Robert Lucas	86,900	Nobel Prize winning economist
121	Li-Young Lee	84,900	Poet
122	Joe Meno	81,500	Author
123	Rick Tramonto	80,900	Chef
124	Robert Fogel	77,700	Nobel Prize winning economist
125	Gale Gand	76,600	Chef
126	Steve Dahl	75,500	Radio DJ
127	Samuel Zell	74,100	Investor
128	Ted C. Fishman	71,700	Author
129	Stan Mikita	71,300	Retired Blackhawks player
130	Billy Williams	68,200	Retired Cubs player
131	Mary Schmich	67,000	Tribune columnist
132	Steve Bartman	60,700	Cubs curse perpetuator
133	John Kass	55,700	Tribune columnist
134	Liz Ryan	54,700	Founder of WorldWIT
135	Jessa Crispin	54,700	Bookslut founder
136	Greg Kot	51,100	Music critic
137	Mancow Muller	48,600	Radio DJ
138	Paul Hornschemeier	47,500	Comics artist
139	Tony Fitzpatrick	43,000	Artist
140	Tom Skilling	40,200	Weatherman
141	Mellody Hobson	38,300	Ariel Capital Management president
142	Linda Johnson Rice	37,200	Johnson Publishing CEO
143	John H. Bryan	36,600	Retired business executive
144	Tim Kinsella	35,000	Make Believe front man
145	Bill Zehme	34,900	Author
146	Haki Madhubuti	30,600	Author/publisher
147	John Callaway	26,300	Talk show host
148	Joe Mansueto	25,100	Morningstar founder
149	Lester Crown	24,400	Investor
150	Tim McIlrath	21,500	Rise Against front man

(2006-11-07)

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(2006-06-06)

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(2006-05-31)

Life without Newspapers
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(2006-02-26)

Designer Toothpaste?
(2006-02-21)

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(2006-02-14)

Requiem for a Dream
(2005-12-06)

Hot Dish
(2005-11-29)

Costume conundrums
(2005-11-01)

Fan fare for the Common Man
(2005-10-25)

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