Editing Winnetka, Illinois (section)

== Notable people ==
{{BLP sources section|date=March 2020}}
<!-- Note:
· Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability.
· The article must mention how they are associated with <city name>, whether born, raised, or residing.
· The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited.
· Alphabetical by last name please.
· All others will be deleted.
-->
{{div col}}
* [[Ivan Albright]], painter, sculptor and print-maker; attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Trish Andrew]], basketball player, attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Ann-Margret]], actress, attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Adam Baldwin]], actor, attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Peter Baldwin (director)|Peter Baldwin]], director
* [[Page Morton Black]], singer, chairperson of [[Parkinson's Disease Foundation]] 
* [[David Bradley (director)|David Bradley]], director, born in Winnetka
* [[Ann Hampton Callaway]], singer, lived in Winnetka and attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Liz Callaway]], singer, lived in Winnetka and attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Katie Chang]], actress, lives in Winnetka and attended [[New Trier High School]].
* [[Anne Clarke (politician)|Anne Clarke]], American-born British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician, [[London Assembly]] member for [[Barnet and Camden]]; grew up in Winnetka. 
* [[Dale Clevenger]], principal horn, [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]
* [[Chris Collins (basketball)|Chris Collins]], basketball coach, lives in Winnetka
* [[Richard Dickson Cudahy]], jurist, lived in Winnetka
* [[Jay Cutler]], NFL quarterback, lived in Winnetka
* [[Bruce Dern]], actor, attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Phil Donahue]], talk show host, lived in Winnetka
* [[Conor Dwyer]], Olympic swimmer, 2012 gold medalist
* [[Christine Ebersole]], Tony Award-winning actress
* [[Neal Edelstein]], film producer and director, raised in Winnetka
* [[Deborah Eisenberg]], short-story writer, winner of [[MacArthur Fellowship]]
*[[Gil Elvgren]], painter
* [[Mary Callahan Erdoes]], CEO of [[JPMorgan Chase]]'s Asset & Wealth Management division, raised in Winnetka
* [[Katie Gavin]], lead singer of [[Muna (band)|Muna]], graduated from New Trier High School<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newtriernews.org/features/2016/01/29/gavin-forms-band-making-it-in-the-music-industry/ |website=New Trier News |url-status=live |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621170525/https://newtriernews.org/features/2016/01/29/gavin-forms-band-making-it-in-the-music-industry/ |last=Gonzalez |first=Jasmine |date=January 29, 2016 |language=en |access-date=August 7, 2023 |title=Gavin forms band, making it in the music industry}}</ref>
* [[Marion Mahony Griffin]] (1871–1961), first architect employed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]; helped design [[Canberra]], capital of Australia, grew up in Winnetka
* [[Rick Hahn]], general manager of [[Chicago White Sox]]
* [[Carl L. Hamilton]], named partner in the [[Booz Allen Hamilton]] management and information technology consulting firm<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Morgan Milton |last2=Emmons |first2=Jessie Gray Mrs. |date=1903 |title=Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Lewis and Grisell Families |url=https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalbiog00lewi#page/148/mode/2up/ |location=Coopersville, MI |publisher=DeVos Printer |page=148 |ref={{sfnRef|''Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Lewis and Grisell Families''}}}}</ref>
* [[Charlton Heston]], actor, lived in Winnetka and attended [[New Trier High School]]
* Roger Hochschild, CEO and President of Discover Financial Services, lives in Winnetka
* [[Rock Hudson]], actor; born and raised in Winnetka and attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Harold L. Ickes]], former [[United States Secretary of the Interior]], built home at 900 Private Road
* [[Matt Kaskey]], [[offensive tackle]] for the [[Carolina Panthers]]
* [[Bruce Krasberg]], industrialist and horticulturist, lived in Winnetka
* [[Kate Liu]], pianist, lives in Winnetka and attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Georgia Lloyd]] (1913–1999), pacifist, writer
* [[Henry Demarest Lloyd]], activist for labor rights, woman suffrage, and against corporate corruption
* [[Matt Lottich]], basketball coach, [[Valparaiso University|Valparaiso]]
* [[Virginia Madsen]], actress, attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Kim Milford]], actor
* [[Penelope Milford]], actress
* [[John Moore (ice hockey)|John Moore]], defenseman playing in the NHL's [[Anaheim Ducks]] organization 
* [[Chris O'Donnell]], actor (G. Callen on ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'')
* [[Tom O'Halleran]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Arizona's 1st congressional district]]. He lived in Winnetka while a member of the [[Chicago Board of Trade]].<ref>{{cite patent |country= US |number= WO 90/10910 |title= Patent:Simulated pit trading system|pubdate= March 14, 1989|inventor1-surname=Belden|inventor1-given= Glen W.|inventor2-surname= Brogan|inventor2-given= John J.|inventor3-surname= Thomas C.|inventor3-given= O'Halleran|inventor4-surname= Gutterman|inventor4-given= Burton J.|url= https://patents.google.com/patent/WO1990010910A1/}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Shackford Otis]], architect
* [[Liz Phair]], musician, grew up in Winnetka
* [[Ralph Pomeroy (poet)|Ralph Pomeroy]], poet and writer
* [[Eliot Porter]], photographer, was born and grew up in Winnetka.<ref name="Porter">{{Cite web |url=http://www.winnetkahistory.org/gazette/eliot-and-fairfield-porter-american-artists-from-winnetka/ |title=Eliot and Fairfield Porter, American Artists from Winnetka |last=Peterson |first=Duff |website=Winnetka Historical Society |language=en-US |access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Fairfield Porter]], painter and art critic, was born and grew up in Winnetka.<ref name="Porter" />
* [[Janet Meakin Poor]], landscape architect and plant conservationist 
* [[Clarence B. Randall]], businessman
* [[Bruce Rauner]], former [[Governor of Illinois]], former chairman of R8 Capital Partners
* [[Pat Ryan (executive)|Pat Ryan]], founder and executive chairman of [[Aon Corporation]]
* [[Donald Rumsfeld]], former [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]], attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Jenny Sanford]], former First Lady of [[South Carolina]]
* [[Jack Steinberger]], refugee from Nazi Germany, attended [[New Trier High School]], won 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics, gave Nobel medal to school
* [[W. Clement Stone]], businessman and philanthropist<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.winnetkahistory.org/gazette/445-sheridan-road/ |title=445 Sheridan Road |website=Winnetka Historical Society}}</ref>
* [[Walter A. Strong]], publisher of [[Chicago Daily News]],
* [[R. Douglas Stuart Jr.]], CEO of [[Quaker Oats]] and U.S. ambassador to Norway, born in Winnetka
* [[Marlo Thomas]], actress, lived in Winnetka
* [[Paul Thomas (pornographic actor)|Paul Thomas]], pornographic actor
* [[Henry Totten]], Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman, lived in Winnetka
* [[Marc Trestman]], former head coach of [[Chicago Bears]], lived in Winnetka
* [[Joe Trohman]], guitarist of [[Fall Out Boy]], attended [[New Trier High School]]
* [[Byron Trott]], banker
* [[Barbara Turf]], former president and CEO of [[Crate & Barrel]]<ref name=ctribune>{{cite news|first=Michelle |last=Manchir |title=Barbara Turf, former Crate and Barrel CEO, dies at 71 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/07/13/barbara-turf-former-crate-and-barrel-ceo-dies-at-71/ |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=July 13, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Bernice T. Van der Vries]], state legislator, lived in Winnetka<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1955-1956,' Biographical Sketch of Bernive T. Van der Vries, pg. 214</ref>
* [[William I. Westervelt]], US Army brigadier general<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Johnston |first=Gale F. |date=30 August 1941 |title=New Honorary Chairmen: State Leaders Appointed; William I. Westervelt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72qFlrTgzLIC&pg=PA171 |magazine=The Minute Man |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Defense Savings Staff, US Department of the Treasury |page=3 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[Rocky Wirtz]], owner of the [[Chicago Blackhawks]], attended [[North Shore Country Day School]], lives in Winnetka
* [[Ying Quartet]], originally consisting of four siblings from Winnetka; as of 2017, three siblings remain members of the ensemble {{div col end}}