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==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline --> <!-- Note: · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. · The article must mention how they are associated with La Grange, 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}} * [[John Briscoe (baseball)|John Briscoe]], pitcher for the [[Oakland Athletics]] * [[Sarah Wayne Callies]], actor (''[[Prison Break]]'' and ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'') * [[Patrick Chovanec]], business professor at [[Tsinghua University]], economics and political commentator * [[John Curulewski]], guitarist, vocalist, composer, teacher, producer, and original member of [[Styx (band)|Styx]] * [[Luis Armand Garcia]], actor (the ''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]'' TV series) * [[Kevin Guilfoile]], novelist and essayist residing in La Grange * [[David Hasselhoff]], actor (''[[Baywatch]]'') and German pop superstar * [[Fred Herbert (baseball)|Fred Herbert]], pitcher for the [[New York Giants]] * [[Jeff Hornacek]], basketball player, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] All-Star and former coach of [[New York Knicks]], [[Phoenix Suns]] * [[Otto Frederick Hunziker|Otto Hunziker]], educator and technical innovator in the dairy industry * [[Richard H. Jeschke]], Marine Corps Brigadier General during [[World War II]] * [[Jason Karnuth]], pitcher for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and [[Detroit Tigers]] * [[Ben LaBolt]] (b. 1981), [[White House Communications Director]] since 2023. He was a childhood resident of LaGrange.<ref>{{cite web|last=Felsenthal |first=Carol |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/felsenthal-files/january-2014/la-granges-ben-labolt-goes-to-washingtonand-stays/ |title=La Grange's Ben LaBolt goes to Washington—and Stays |work=[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago Magazine]] |date=January 2, 2014 |accessdate=February 10, 2023}}</ref> * [[Reed G. Landis]] (1896–1975), military aviator and [[flying ace]] during [[World War I]]. He resided in La Grange in 1947.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge Landis' Widow, 75, Dies; Rites Private|date=August 28, 1947|page=22|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> * [[John Lewis (pianist)|John Lewis]], jazz pianist, composer and arranger; founder and musical director of the [[Modern Jazz Quartet]] * [[Helen Lynd]], professor and author * [[Benjamin Roy Mottelson]], Nobel Prize in Physics, 1975 * [[Marie Newman]], congresswoman * [[George Paskvan]], fullback and defensive back for the [[Green Bay Packers]] * [[Alfred Schimek|Alfred F. Schimek]], architect * [[Tim Stapleton]], retired [[NHL]] forward * [[Quint Studer]], founder and CEO of the health care consulting company Studer Group, LLC;<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of The Studer Group LLC|url=http://www.uww.edu/news/archive/2010-12-eric-studesville-coach-denver-broncos|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=April 25, 2014}}</ref> co-owner of the [[Pensacola Blue Wahoos]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Studer brings Double-A baseball to Pensacola|url=http://www.pnj.com/article/20110102/SPORTS/101020315/PNJ-s-top-10-sports-stories-of-2010|publisher=Pensacola News Journal|access-date=April 25, 2014}}</ref> * [[Ty Warner]], toy manufacturer, businessman, actor; founder of Ty Inc., which manufactures and distributes [[Beanie Babies]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner|url = http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Ty-Warner/|website = Chicago magazine|access-date = November 15, 2015}}</ref> * [[Leona Woods]], physicist and youngest member of the Manhattan Project team * [[Art Young]], radical cartoonist and author<ref>{{cite web |title="1892 Directory of La Grange, Illinois" (PDF). |url=http://www.lagrangehistory.org/Directory1892.pdf |website=La Grange Area Historical Society |access-date=September 2, 2018 |location=La Grange |page=12 |language=en |date=1892}}</ref> {{div col end}}
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