Editing Addison, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Adam Amin]], sportscaster with [[ESPN]] and [[NBC Sports Chicago]], raised in Addison and a graduate of [[Addison Trail High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihsa.org/IHSAState/IHSAStateArticles/tabid/768/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/264/Adam-Amin-From-Addison-Trail-To-ESPN.aspx|title=Adam Amin, From Addison Trail To ESPN|website=IHSA.org|date=September 17, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Mark Anelli]], former tight end for the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[St. Louis Rams]]<ref>[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-86518521 McDill, Kent; ''San Francisco 'a nice fit' for Addison Trail product Anelli''; 29 May 2002; ''Daily Herald''; ''Mark Anelli had the strangest feeling he was going to get drafted by the San Francisco 49ers this spring ... After all, the 49ers clearly had shown the most interest in the former Addison Trail High School standout''; accessed 20 July 2009]</ref>
* [[Tim Breslin]], professional hockey player who played left wing for the [[Chicago Wolves]]<ref name=tb37>{{cite web|title=Tim Breslin, 37, Chicago Wolves hockey player|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1562646.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313214218/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1562646.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 13, 2017|publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]  |access-date=December 27, 2012 |date=February 17, 2005|last=Thomas|first=Monifa}}</ref>
* [[Jim Ellison]], founder of the legendary Power Pop band, [[Material Issue]], along with [[Ted Ansani]] and Mike Zelenko<ref>{{cite web|url= http://music.newcity.com/1996/06/27/immaterial-world-ken-kurson-examines-the-void-left-by-jim-ellisons-death/|title= Immaterial World: Ken Kurson Examines the Void Left by Jim Ellison's Death|last=Kurson|first=Ken|publisher=[[Newcity]]|location=[[Chicago]]|date=June 27, 1996|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jamie Freveletti]], author of the [[Covert-One series]] novels ''The Janus Reprisal'' and ''The Geneva Strategy''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2011/08/jamie-/414249/1|title=Jamie Freveletti to continue Ludlum's Covert One series|newspaper=USA Today|first=Carol|last=Memmott|date=August 12, 2011| access-date=October 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914014930/http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2011/08/jamie-/414249/1 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bobby Hull]], [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] inductee who lived in Addison from 1963 to 1971 while playing left wing for the [[Chicago Black Hawks]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Yerak|first=Becky|date=September 20, 2008|title=One Fine Day: Exploring Addison|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/09/20/one-fine-day-exploring-addison/|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Brett Hull]], hall of fame professional hockey player and son of Bobby Hull who grew up in Addison from 1964 to 1971
* [[George Ireland]], men's basketball coach who led the [[Loyola Ramblers men's basketball|Loyola Ramblers]] to win the [[1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1963 NCAA championship]]. He died in Addison<ref>{{cite news|last=Salituro|first=Joseph|date=September 19, 2001|title=Loyola loses former coach George M. Ireland passes away at the age of 88|url=http://www.luc.edu/orgs/phoenix/sept19ire.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030413181622/http://www.luc.edu/orgs/phoenix/sept19ire.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2003|newspaper=[[Loyola Phoenix]]|location=[[Loyola University Chicago|Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kyle Kinane]], stand-up comedian and actor (''[[Those Who Can't]]'', ''[[Love (TV series)|Love]]'', ''[[@midnight]]''), raised in Addison and a graduate of [[Addison Trail High School]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Sarah|date=February 25, 2011|title=Kyle Kinane: The Chicago ex-pat comedian on his stint in a punk band, not being a misanthrope, and growing up in Addison|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/kyle-kinane-51805|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Hubert J. Loftus]], lawyer and politician<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1981–1982,' Biographical Sketch of Hubert J. "Bud" Loftus, pg. 149</ref>
* [[Tony Pasquesi]], [[defensive lineman]] for the [[History of the Chicago Cardinals|Chicago Cardinals]] from 1955 to 1957, a resident of Addison at the time of his death<ref>{{cite news|date=August 25, 2016|title=Death Notice: Anthony L. "Tony" Pasquesi|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-pasquesi&pid=181180975&fhid=2338|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Rob Renzetti]], animator and creator of [[My Life as a Teenage Robot]], raised in Addison<ref>{{cite web|last1=Levy|first1=David|title=Animondays Interview: Rob Renzetti - Part I|url=http://animondays.blogspot.com/2011/09/animondays-interview-rob-renzetti-part.html|website=Animondays|date=September 23, 2011|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Plain White T's|Mike Retondo]], bassist for the [[Plain White T's]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Arroyave|first=Luis|date=March 28, 2011|title=Should they stay or should they go?|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/03/28/should-they-stay-or-should-they-go/|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Mark Rodenhauser]], an [[American football]] player who played [[Center (American football)|center]] for seven NFL teams from 1987 to 1999, played football at [[Addison Trail High School]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100218223844/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RODENMAR01 Mark Rodenhauser stats & bio; databasefootball.com; accessed 20 July 2009]}}</ref>
* [[Alexa Scimeca Knierim]], [[Pair skating|pair skater]], 5-time U.S. national champion, two-time Olympian and winner of the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships with partner Brandon Frazier, [[2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championships]] with her then-fiancé [[Chris Knierim]], raised in Addison and a graduate of [[Addison Trail High School]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Hersh|first=Philip|date=January 27, 2013|title=Silver may be hollow for pair: Scimeca, Knierim likely to lose spot at worlds|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]}}</ref>
* [[Rocco Sisto]], actor best known for playing young [[Junior Soprano]] on [[The Sopranos]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803157/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Rocco Sisto|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
* [[Gabriel Slonina]], soccer player who was the youngest starting goalkeeper in [[Major League Soccer]] history and the youngest to record a [[Shutout#Association football|clean sheet]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mikula |first=Jeremy |date=May 31, 2019 |title=Fire sign 14-year-old goalie Gabriel Slonina of Addison – the youngest pro contract in MLS since Freddy Adu |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/03/08/fire-sign-14-year-old-goalie-gabriel-slonina-of-addison-the-youngest-pro-contract-in-mls-since-freddy-adu/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>
* [[Leon Spinks]], [[World Boxing Council]] and [[World Boxing Association]] heavyweight world champion who resided in Addison after his retirement from boxing<ref>{{cite news|date=February 20, 1992|title=Leon Spinks charged with drunken driving|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/02/20/leon-spinks-charged-with-drunken-driving/|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Lina Trivedi]], involved with creation of ([[Beanie Babies]]), resident of Addison for most of her school-age and young-adult life and a graduate of [[Addison Trail High School]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schumann|first=Brooke|date=February 2017|title=Small Girl, Big Ideas|journal=Inspire Magazine|volume=13|issue=10|pages=32–34|issn=1068-5413}}</ref>
* [[Lenae Williams]], basketball player who played [[guard-forward]] for the [[Detroit Shock]] during the [[2002 WNBA season]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Merkin|first=Scott|date=April 21, 2002|title=Serenity to Shock: Ex-Demon lands in Detroit|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/04/21/serenity-to-shock-ex-demon-lands-in-detroit/|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kathleen Willis]], member of the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] whose district includes the eastern half of the city, of which she is a resident<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=100&MemberID=2432|title=Illinois General Assembly - Representative Biography}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ilhousedems.com/redistricting/2011-maps/Legislative_Districts_Public_Act/LD39.pdf|title=PA 97-0006 Legislative District 39|date=May 18, 2011|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>