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People born in, from, or otherwise associated with Oakland, Illinois Pages in category "People from Oakland, Illinois" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
People from Oakland, Illinois (8 P) Pages in category "People from Coles County, Illinois" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Lydia Flood Jackson – businesswoman, club woman, suffragist, an oldest living native of Oakland when she died in 1963 [103] Marcus Foster – educator, first African-American Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District [104] Alicia Garza – co-founder of Black Lives Matter [105] Elihu Harris – politician, former mayor of Oakland ...
Ohio has produced a slew of famous people from each of its 88 counties.
Acks was born, attended high school and college in Illinois. [10] Valdas Adamkus (1926–living), president of Lithuania 1998–2009. Lived in Illinois for a number of years after emigrating to the United States from Lithuania, getting a college degree and entering Chicago politics. [11] Mike Adamle, NFL and Northwestern running back, TV ...
Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. Finley purchased the franchise while it was located in Kansas City, moving it to Oakland in 1968.
Buckler was born in Oakland and resided in the area until moving to Minnesota in 1904. [7] Robert Matson (1796–1859), a slave owner involved in the 1847 Matson Trial; Chris Miller (born 1954), state representative for Illinois's 110th district; Mary Miller (born 1959), U.S. representative for Illinois's 15th congressional district.
Jefferson R. Boulware, Illinois state representative and lawyer [4] Robert L. Burhans, Illinois state legislator and lawyer [5] John Edward Cassidy, Illinois Attorney General; Mark Clark, Black Panther; killed in infamous Chicago police raid in 1969; Joseph E. Daily, Chief Justice of Illinois Supreme Court; William L. Eagleton, US diplomat