Editing Oak Forest, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Robbie Avila]], current basketball player at [[Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball|Indiana State University]]; graduate of [[Oak Forest High School]] (2022)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/2024/03/08/indiana-state-basketball-robbie-avila-wears-goggles-game-like-nikola-jokic-cream-abdul-jabbar-mvc/72587732007/ |title=Who is Indiana State basketball player with goggles? What you should know about Robbie Avila |first=Scott |last=Horner |newspaper=Indianapolis Star |date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Tim Byrdak]], former Major League baseball pitcher for the [[New York Mets]] and [[Kansas City Royals]]; graduate of Oak Forest High School (1991)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=floydcl01|title = Tim Byrdak Stats|publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date= November 26, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Tevin Coleman]], NFL running back for the [[New York Jets]]; graduate of Oak Forest High School
* [[Jason Frasor]], former Major League baseball pitcher for the [[Kansas City Royals]] and [[Chicago White Sox]]; graduate of Oak Forest High School (1995)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=frasoja01|title=Jason Frasor Stats|publisher= Baseball Almanac|access-date= November 26, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Virginia Frederick]], Illinois state representative<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1993-1994,' Biographical Sketch of Virginia Feister Frederick, pg. 95</ref>
* [[Tom Gorzelanny]], former Major League Baseball pitcher for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] and [[Chicago Cubs]], grew up in Oak Forest
* [[Lee Martin (writer)|Lee Martin]], Pulitzer Prize Finalist <ref>{{cite web |title=The 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/lee-martin |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref> and author of ''The Bright Forever'' lived in Oak Forest and attended Kimberly Heights Elementary and Arbor Park Middle School from 1963 until 1969<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Lee |title=Interrogating Memory |url=https://leemartinauthor.com/2022/02/21/interrogating-memory/ |website=Lee Martin Author |date=21 February 2022 |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>
* [[Chris Medina]], competed on 2011 ''American Idol''; lived in Oak Forest
* [[Bob O'Dekirk]], Former Mayor of Joliet, Illinois
* [[Garry Meier]], Chicago radio personality; lived in Oak Forest
* [[Jimmy Pardo]], comedian and host of the podcast ''[[Never Not Funny]]''; graduate of Oak Forest High School (1984)
* [[Rick Paulas]], writer; born in Oak Forest
* [[Paul Runge (serial killer)|Paul Runge]], serial killer 
* [[George Saunders]], short story writer and essayist; graduate of Oak Forest High School
* [[Lisa Joann Thompson]], dancer, actress, choreographer (''[[In Living Color]]'', ''[[Fame L.A.]]'', and ''[[Motown Live (TV Series)|Motown Live]]'')
* [[Rick Gorecki]], former Major League baseball pitcher for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]]; graduate of Oak Forest High School (1991)