University Of Illinois Notable Alumni

Check out the list of notable University Of Illinois alumni. Some of the notable University Of Illinois students are Hugh Hefner, Roger Ebert, Larry Ellison, Dorothy Day and Jack Welch.

The University of Illinois is one of the top-ranked educational institutions in the world where students from different parts of the world come to pursue their higher education. Media sources like ‘Times Higher Education’, ‘U.S News & World Report’ and ‘Academic Ranking Of World Ranking’ have often published lists of top universities around the world and this institution has often appeared on these lists. The campus of this university is unbelievably huge and sprawls over more than 4500 acres. More than 600 buildings are situated on University of Illinois’ vast campus. The University has also been praised by media and masses alike for producing several noteworthy students, who are making waves all over the world for their incredible accomplishments. The notable alumni association of the University of Illinois includes names like film critic Roger Ebert, entrepreneur Marc Andreessen, businessman Steve Chan as well as author and motivational speaker Suze Orman. Roger Ebert has been extremely popular within Hollywood circles and cinema lovers not just for his impressive reviews, but also his books. One of his works ‘A Memoir, Scorcese By Ebert’ has been a favorite among several aspiring filmmakers. Scroll below to find a list of well-known personalities who studied at the University of Illinois. The names on the list speak volumes about the kind of students this renowned university has been producing over the years. Probably this is why this university receives applications from all parts of the world.

Hugh Hefner
(Founder of Playboy Magazine)

09 April 1926

27 September 2017

Chicago

American

Aries

Larry Ellison
(Founder of Oracle)

17 August 1944

Manhattan, New York

American

Leo

Roger Ebert

18 June 1942

04 April 2013

Urbana, Illinois, U.S.

American

Gemini

Shel Silverstein
(Poet)

25 September 1930

10 May 1999

Chicago, Illinois, United States

American

Libra

Temple Grandin
(Professor)

29 August 1947

Boston

American

Virgo

Jesse Jackson
(Civil Rights Activist)

08 October 1941

Greenville

American

Libra

Jack Welch
(Former Chairman & CEO of General Electric)

19 November 1935

Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S

American

Scorpio

Herbert Sobel
(U.S. Army Officer)

26 January 1912

30 September 1987

Chicago, Illinois, United States

American

Aquarius

Steve Chen
(Entrepreneur)

18 August 1978

Taipei

American

Leo

Dave Eggers

12 March 1970

Chicago

American

Pisces

Dorothy Day

08 November 1897

29 November 1980

Brooklyn

American

Scorpio

Suze Orman
(Author, Television Personality, Motivational Speaker)

05 June 1951

Chicago, Illinois

American

Gemini

Rafael Correa
(Politician)

06 April 1963

Guayaquil

Ecuadorian

Aries

Allan Sherman
(Writer)

30 November 1924

20 November 1973

Chicago

American

Sagittarius

Jack Kilby
(Inventor of integrated circuit)

08 November 1923

20 June 2005

Jefferson City

American

Scorpio

Wallace Carothers
(Inventor of Neoprene & Nylon)

27 April 1896

29 April 1937

Burlington, Iowa, United States

American

Taurus

Kandeh Yumkella
(UN Executive, Economist, Politician)

05 July 1959

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leonean

Cancer

James R. Thompson
(Lawyer, Politician)

08 May 1936

Chicago, Illinois

American

Taurus

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
(Medical Physicist)

19 July 1921

30 May 2011

New York City, New York, U.S.

American

Cancer

Arnold Orville Beckman
(Chemist)

10 April 1900

18 May 2004

Cullom

American

Aries

John Robert Schrieffer
(Physicist)

31 May 1931

Oak Park, Illinois, USA

American

Gemini

Robert W. Holley
(Biochemist)

28 January 1922

11 February 1993

Urbana, Illinois

American

Aquarius

Polykarp Kusch
(Physicist)

26 January 1911

20 March 1993

Blankenburg, District of Blankenburg, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire

German,American

Aquarius

Edwin G. Krebs
(Biochemist)

06 June 1918

21 December 2009

Lansing, Iowa, United States

American

Gemini

Vincent du Vigneaud
(Biochemist)

18 May 1901

11 December 1978

Chicago, Illinois, USA

American

Taurus

David Otunga
(Lawyer, Actor, Professional wrestler, Television actor)

07 April 1980

Elgin

American

Aries

Deron Williams
(Basketball player)

26 June 1984

Parkersburg

American

Cancer

Sheila Johnson
(American businesswoman)

25 January 1949

McKeesport

American

Aquarius

Max Levchin
(Computer scientist, Entrepreneur, Businessperson)

11 July 1975

Kyiv

American

Cancer

Iris Chang
(Historian, Journalist, Writer)

28 March 1968

09 November 2004

Princeton

Chinese,American

Aries

Sri Mulyani Indrawati
(Economist, Politician, University teacher)

26 August 1962

Bandarlampung

Indonesian

Virgo

Carol Moseley Braun
(politician, diplomat, prosecutor, lawyer)

16 August 1947

Chicago

Leo

César Pelli
(Architect, Entrepreneur)

12 October 1926

San Miguel de Tucumán

Argentine

Libra

Ed Boon
(Programmer, Engineer, Screenwriter, Computer scientist)

22 February 1964

Chicago

American

Pisces

George Crumb
(Composer)

Richard Hamming
(Mathematician, Computer scientist, Engineer, University teacher)

11 February 1915

07 January 1998

Chicago

American

Aquarius

Donald Johanson
(Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Prehistorian, Paleoanthropologist, University teacher)

28 June 1943

Chicago

American

Cancer

Paul Halmos
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Statistician)

03 March 1916

02 October 2006

Budapest

Hungarian,American

Pisces

Mark Van Doren
(Poet, Autobiographer, Literary critic, University teacher, Professor, Writer, Journalist)

13 June 1894

10 December 1972

Vermilion County

American

Gemini

Andrew Yao
(Computer scientist, University teacher)

24 December 1946

Shanghai

Capricorn

Bernard Shaw

1940 AD

Michael Gross
(actor, stage actor, television actor, model railroader)

1947 AD

Chicago

American

Scott D. Altman
(Astronaut, Fighter pilot)

15 August 1959

Lincoln

American

Leo

Bob Novak

1931 AD

2009 AD

George Carruthers
(Physicist, Scientist)

1939 AD

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