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50 Most Important People in Chicago History

Name the people, who are associated with Chicago, who have had the greatest influence on the city, the country, or the world. In my opinion! Assembled from various sources.
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They do not have to be born in Chicago
Your list will be different than mine, and that's okay!
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Hull House
Jane Addams
The Man With the Golden Arm
Nelson Algren
"Mr. Cub"
Ernie Banks
Fiction Writer / Three National Book Awards
Saul Bellow
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
First Female African-American Senator
Carol Moseley Braun
World's Columbian Exposition Architect
Daniel Burnham
Notorious Gangster
Al Capone
Secretary of State / First Lady
Hillary Clinton
King of Soul
Sam Cooke
Chicago Mayor / Democratic National Convention
Richard J. Daley
Longest Serving Chicago Mayor
Richard M. Daley
Prominent Lawyer / Scopes Trial
Clarence Darrow
Socialist Party of America
Eugene V. Debs
Pragmatism
John Dewey
Blues and Rock and Roll Pioneer
Bo Diddley
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney
Illinois Senator / Lincoln Rival
Stephen A. Douglas
"Founder of Chicago"
Jean Baptiste Point DuSable
Movie Critic
Roger Ebert
Nation of Islam Leader
Louis Farrakhan
Physicist / Creator of First Nuclear Reactor
Enrico Fermi
Department Stores / Philanthropy
Marshall Field
Conservative Economist
Milton Friedman
"Papa Bear"
George Halas
Black Panther Party
Fred Hampton
Magazine Publisher
Hugh Hefner
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
Electrical Infrastructure
Samuel Insull
Civil Rights Activist / Minister / Politician
Jesse Jackson Sr.
Chicago Bulls / Sneakers
Michael Jordan
Inventor / Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus McCormick
Newspaper Magnate
Robert R. McCormick
Modernist Architecture
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Nation of Islam / Mentor to Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
Elijah Muhammad
Former U.S. President
Barack Obama
Doomed Industrialist / Worker Strikes
George Pullman
Sears Department Stores / Philanthropy
Julius Rosenwald
Two-time Secretary of Defense / Conservative Politician
Donald Rumsfeld
Poet and Lincoln Biographer / "City of Big Shoulders"
Carl Sandburg
Mid-20th Century Progressive Politician
Adlai Stevenson II
"Father of Skyscrapers"
Louis Sullivan
Meat Industry Magnate
Gustavus Swift
Posthumous Icon of the Civil Rights Movement
Emmett Till
First African-American Mayor
Harold Washington
Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters
Journalist / NAACP Co-founder
Ida B. Wells
Media Executive and Talk-show Host
Oprah Winfrey
World Renowned Architect / Prairie School
Frank Lloyd Wright
Chewing Gum
William Wrigley Jr.
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joez
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Jun 2, 2019
The office of Secretary of War was abolished in 1947. Your clue should read Secretary of Defense.
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