Editing Lake County, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Jack Benny]] (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) – entertainer, comedian, actor and musician, Benny was one of America's greatest stars of radio and television, and also appeared in many films; he was raised in [[Waukegan, Illinois]].
* [[Charles Boyce]] (September 21, 1949) – cartoonist, creator of syndicated comic panel [[Compu-toon]] and the telecommunication public affairs image The KeyPad Kid. 
* [[Ray Bradbury]] (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) – fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' and ''[[The Martian Chronicles]]'', Bradbury is widely considered one of the greatest and most popular American writers of [[speculative fiction]] of the twentieth century. Bradbury was born in Waukegan.
* [[Marlon Brando]] (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) actor; as a young [[sex symbol]], he is best known for his roles in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', ''[[On the Waterfront]]'' and ''[[Guys and Dolls (film)|Guys and Dolls]]''. Brando and his family moved to [[Libertyville, Illinois]] where he lived from 1937 until 1942.
* [[Gary Coleman]] (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) – actor, known for his role as [[Arnold Jackson (character)|Arnold Jackson]] in the American sitcom ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' (1978–1986). Coleman was born in [[Zion, Illinois]].
* [[Ronald Goldman|Ron Goldman]] (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994), who was killed along with [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] grew up in Buffalo Grove.
* [[Michael Jordan]] (born February 17, 1963) – retired professional basketball player and active businessman, widely considered one of the greatest players of all time; as of 2015, Jordan had a residence in [[Highland Park, Illinois]].
* [[Vince Vaughn]] (born March 28, 1970) – actor, known for his roles in ''[[Swingers (1996 film)|Swingers]]'' and ''[[Wedding Crashers]]''; grew up in [[Buffalo Grove, Illinois]], then moved to [[Lake Forest, Illinois|Lake Forest]], [[Illinois]], where he graduated from [[Lake Forest High School (Illinois)|Lake Forest High School]] in 1988.
* [[Pete Wilson]] (born August 23, 1933), [[mayor of San Diego]] (1971-1983); [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[California]] (1983-1991); and [[Governor of California]] (1991-1999), born in [[Lake Forest, Illinois|Lake Forest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/362/000043233/|title=Pete Wilson|website=www.nndb.com|access-date=May 8, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901151448/http://www.nndb.com/people/362/000043233/|archive-date=September 1, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Thomas E. Wilson]] (1868-1958), businessman and founder of '[[Wilson Sporting Goods]]', resident and buried in Lake County.