| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance artist and musician | Born in Glen Ellyn, graduated from Glenbard West | ||||||
| Hungarian-born American Gypsy jazz guitarist and violinist, also played on viola, violectra, violoncello, double bass and bouzouki | Lived and died in Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| Best-selling mystery novelist (The Bone Collector, James Bond novel Carte Blanche) | Graduate of Glenbard West (1968) | ||||||
| Dancer | Grew up in Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| Guitarist for Knockout Kid | Grew up in Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| Violinist | Born in Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| Front-man of rock band Spitalfield | From Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| Playwright (The Foreigner, The Nerd) | |||||||
| Drummer of rock band Local H | From Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| Singer (SUGR?), YouTuber, actor (mlgHwnT, SourceFed, Sugar Pine 7), and Twitch streamer | From Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| Author and journalist | Raised in Glen Ellyn |
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress (Another World, Third Watch, Blue Bloods) | Attended Glenbard West High School | |||||
| Local 10:00 pm news anchor (WTMJ, WBBM, WGN, WLS) | Lived in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Actor (Jack McFarland on Will & Grace) | Attended Glenbard West High School | |||||
| Sound engineer (The Fugitive, The Shawshank Redemption); Academy Award nominee, Emmy Award winner (Lonesome Dove) | Grew up in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Actor (Mean Creek, Prayers for Bobby, ) | Born in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Journalist; Pulitzer Prize winner (2011) | Lived in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Actor (Clutch Powers on ) | Raised in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Internet personality (IGN, The GameOverGreggy Show, Kinda Funny) | Born and raised in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Actress (Babylon 5, Army of Darkness, Night of the Living Dead, 1990) | Graduated Glenbard West High School (1975) | |||||
| Former co-chairman of Searchlight Pictures and former member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Grew up in Glen Ellyn; Graduate of Glenbard West High School (1973) | [1] [2] | ||||
| Actor and director (Blossom, Soap, Oh, God! You Devil) | Graduate of Glenbard West High School (1970) | |||||
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thought to have fired the first shot at the Battle of Gettysburg (1863) | Lived in Danby, Illinois (now called Glen Ellyn) | ||||||
| Apr 23, | align=Right | Jan, 2016 | U.S. Air Force Major General | Born in Glen Ellyn, graduated from Dunbard High School | |||
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-founder of the radical Weatherman organization (1969) | Born in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Author and member of President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships | Born and raised in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Former US congressman | Grew up in Glen Ellyn; graduated from Glenbard West High School (1979) | |||||
| Author and breastfeeding advocate; co-founder of the La Leche League International | ||||||
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong safety for the Buffalo Bills, St. Louis Rams, Green Bay Packers, and Washington Redskins | Born and raised in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Martial artist (taekwondo); 2012 Summer Olympian | Lives in Glen Ellyn | [3] | ||||
| Outfielder for the New York Highlanders, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers | Lived and died in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Winner of ESPN Dream Job; anchor with the Big Ten Network | Born in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Halfback for the Chicago Bears, inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame | Born in Glen Ellyn | [4] | ||||
| Javelin thrower; silver medalist at the Goodwill Games (1998) | Born in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Indycar driver; winner of the Indianapolis 500 | Graduate of Glenbard West (1971) | |||||
| All-American forward for the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team | Born in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Guard for the Chicago Bears | Lived in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Hounds, KalPa (Finland) and Färjestad BK (Sweden) | Born and raised in Glen Ellyn | |||||
| Hall of Fame left fielder for the Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics | Lived in Glen Ellyn | |||||