Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Forest, Illinois ranks 3,257th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Schwäbisch Gmünd, Overland Park, Kansas, and Kōka, Shiga. The most famous people from Lake Forest, Illinois are Karl Patterson Schmidt, Pete Wilson, and Andrew Bird. The most famous people who died in Lake Forest, Illinois are Jim Lovell. Lake Forest, Illinois has been the birth place of many athletes, and biologists and the death place of many astronauts. Lake Forest, Illinois is located in United States.
Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,367 at the 2020 census. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded with Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in 1857, a stop for travelers making their way south to Chicago. The Lake Forest City Hall, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, was completed in 1898. It originally housed the fire department, the Lake Forest Library, and city offices. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1890 and 2000, Lake Forest, Illinois was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Karl Patterson Schmidt, Pete Wilson, and Andrew Bird. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Lake Forest, Illinois including Jim Lovell.
People Born in Lake Forest, Illinois
Go to all RankingsKarl Patterson Schmidt
BIOLOGIST
1890 - 1957
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 1
Pete Wilson
POLITICIAN
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 2
Andrew Bird
MUSICIAN
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 3
Matt Grevers
SWIMMER
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 4
Adam Pearce
WRESTLER
1978 - Present
HPI: 35.99
Rank: 5
McKey Sullivan
MODEL
1988 - Present
HPI: 31.48
Rank: 6
Asaeli Tuivuaka
RUGBY PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 23.84
Rank: 7
Arbresha Rexhepi
ATHLETE
2000 - Present
HPI: 9.22
Rank: 8
Cathal Daniels
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 1.09
Rank: 9
Nicole Sladkov
ATHLETE
1999 - Present
HPI: 0.30
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Born in Lake Forest, Illinois
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Most individuals born in present day Lake Forest, Illinois were athletes (3), biologists (1), politicians (1), musicians (1), and swimmers (1), while most who died were astronauts (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lake Forest, Illinois, including Arbresha Rexhepi, Cathal Daniels, and Nicole Sladkov. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lake Forest, Illinois, including Arbresha Rexhepi, Cathal Daniels, and Nicole Sladkov.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Lake Forest, Illinois since 1700.











