Joliet, Illinois

Joliet is a city located in both Will and Kendall County, Illinois and is a suburb southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County{{GR|6}}. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 106,221; a 2003 special census revealed the city's population to be 120,782.

Notable natives

• Mike Alstott, NFL football player
• Jesse Barfield, baseball player
• John Barrowman, singer, actor
• Nora Bayes, singer
• Jimmy Chamberlin, rock drummer (Smashing Pumpkins)
• Adrianne Curry, winner of the first season of the UPN reality show America's Next Top Model
• Andy Dick, actor, comedian
• Lawrence Jenco, hostage, writer
• Kathryn Hays, actor
• Mercedes McCambridge, actor
• George Mikan, basketball player (on the NBA's Greastest all-time list)
• Don Murray, jazz clarinetist
• Robert Novak, conservative columnist
• Larry Parks, actor who played Al Jolson but blacklisted during era of McCarthyism
• Anthony Rapp, actor
• Lionel Richie, singer, entertainer
• Daniel Ruettiger, college football player, motivational speaker, Rudy the movie was about him
• Tom Thayer, retired NFL football player
• Lynne Thigpen, actress
• Audrey Totter, actor
• William Cornelius Van Horne, railroad entrepreneur