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Who are the 100 Most Famous Chicagoans?
| THE CHICAGO FAME 150 |
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| 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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