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Top 10 Famous People from Chicago
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Hoping to see someone famous walking the streets of Chicago? You might see of these people (or the ancestors):
| 1. | Michael Jordan - One of the NBA’s two greatest players |
| 2. | Barack & Michelle Obama - President-elect and wife |
| 3. | Oprah Winfrey - TV personality and studio owner |
| 4. | R. Kelly - Neo Soul vocalist in the Sam Cooke style |
| 5. | Jesse Jackson, Jr. - US Congressman representing the Southside |
| 6. | Sam Cooke - Arguably, the “Father of Soul Music” |
| 7. | Walter Payton - One of the NFL’s greatest running backs |
| 8. | Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable - 1st settler and de facto founder of Chicago |
| 9. | Richard Wright - Novelist |
| 10. | Andrew “Rube” Foster - Founder of Negro Leagues Baseball |
| 11. | Dr. Thomas A. Dorsey - The Father of Gospel music |
| 12. | Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - 1st known physician to perform successful open-heart surgery |
| 13. | Elijah Muhammad - Elevated the Nation of Islam to a national presence |
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