Editing Dolton, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Ronnie Baker Brooks]], musician<ref>{{cite web | title = Ronnie Baker Brooks, SPACE, Evanston | publisher = Chicago Blues Guide | url = https://www.chicagobluesguide.com/post/hot-show-nov-26-ronnie-baker-brooks-space-evanston | accessdate = January 25, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Susan Carlson]], broadcast journalist and news anchor<ref name="Chicago1">{{cite news |title=Susan Carlson - Chicago |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2007/Solo-Acts/Susan-Carlson/ |access-date=January 25, 2025 |work=[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago]] |date=July 2007 |publisher=Chicago Tribune Media Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924193305/https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2007/Solo-Acts/Susan-Carlson/ |archive-date=September 24, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Kevin Duckworth]], professional basketball player<ref>{{cite news | date = August 9, 2021 | title = DUCKWORTH CARVES GIANT NICHE AT EASTERN ILLINOIS | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/02/11/duckworth-carves-giant-niche-at-eastern-illinois/ | work = Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
* [[Nelsan Ellis]], actor who played [[Lafayette Reynolds]] in ''[[True Blood]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/true-blood-star-nelsan-ellis-dies-at-39-1019540|title='True Blood' Star Nelsan Ellis Dies at 39|last=Parker|first=Ryan|date=July 8, 2017|magazine=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
* [[Reggie Hayward]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web | title = Reggie Hayward | publisher = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HaywRe20.htm | accessdate = January 25, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Holmes (activist)|Andrew Holmes]], activist and politician<ref name="Vaisvilas1">{{cite web |last1=Vaisvilas |first1=Frank |title=His daughter's murder nearly ended Andrew Holmes' crusade against gun violence, but 5 years later he's still at it: 'I get out there and do what's on my heart' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2020/03/04/his-daughters-murder-nearly-ended-andrew-holmes-crusade-against-gun-violence-but-5-years-later-hes-still-at-it-i-get-out-there-and-do-whats-on-my-heart/ |website=Chicago Tribune | date=4 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Perry Johnson (businessman)|Perry Johnson]], businessman<ref>{{cite news | date = June 22, 2023 | title = 'I am anti-China': Dolton-native Johnson on a long-shot bid for presidency | url =https://southcooknews.com/stories/644541682-i-am-anti-china-dolton-native-johnson-on-a-long-shot-bid-for-presidency | work = South Cook News}}</ref>
* [[Jane Lynch]], entertainer<ref>{{cite news | last = Schier | first = Anna | date = May 27, 2022 | title = Jane Lynch Has A New Role: Illinois Tour Guide | url = https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/jane-lynch-has-new-role-illinois-tour-guide | work = Patch}}</ref>
* [[Derek Needham]], professional basketball player<ref>{{cite web | title = Derek Needham | publisher = Fairfield University Athletics | url = https://fairfieldstags.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/derek-needham/1442 | accessdate = January 25, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Pope Leo XIV|Robert Prevost]], later to become [[Pope Leo XIV]], 267th [[Pope]] of the Catholic Church<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bosman |first1=Julie |last2=Smith |first2=Mitch |date=May 8, 2025 |title=He Grew Up in a Parish on Chicago's South Side. Now He's the Pope. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-xiv-chicago.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=May 8, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Richard Roeper]], film critic; grew up in Dolton<ref>{{Cite news|first= Steven |last=Barcus |title= Roeper reviewed: Silver screen critic scripted own success  |date=November 13, 2013 |url=https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2013/11/roeper-reviewed-silver-screen-critic-scripted-success/ }}</ref>
* [[William Shaw (Illinois politician)|William Shaw]], Illinois state legislator and mayor of Dolton<ref>'William "Bill" Shaw: 1937-2008,' ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', Rick Pearson and Stacy St. Clair, November 28, 2008</ref>
* [[R. Bruce Waddell]], politician<ref>{{cite book | editor-last = Howlett | editor-first = Michael J. | title = Illinois blue book, 1973-1974 | publisher = State of Illinois | year = 1974 | url = https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/36838/ | pages = 121}}</ref>