Can you help us find relatives of these people for whom the schools are named?
As part of our Family Tree project, we are looking for at least one living relative for each of the individuals listed below. If you have a lead on any living relatives of these individuals, please contact us. Email - Editor@CPSalumni.org or call 773-553-3154.
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Non-Chicagoans |
Chicagoans |
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| Aldridge, Ira F. | Altgeld, John Peter | Agassiz, Louis J. |
| Anthony, Susan B. | Armstrong, George Buchanan | Andersen, Hans Christian |
| Attucks, Crispus |
Armstrong, Louis |
Beethoven, Ludwig Von |
| Audubon, John |
Barnard, Alice L. |
Burke, Edmund |
| Banneker, Benjamin | Belding, Hiram | Calumet |
| Barry, John |
Bennett, Frank |
Chopin, Frederic |
| Barton, Clara |
Black, Robert A. |
Columbus, Christopher |
| Beard, Daniel Carter | Bogan, William J. | Copernicus, Nicholas |
| Bethune, Mary McLeod |
Bowen, James Harvey |
De La Cruz, Juana Inez |
| Bond, Carrie Jacobs |
Bradwell, Myra |
Decatur, Stephen |
| Boone, Daniel |
Brentano, Lorenz |
Dumas, Alexander |
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Bouchet, Alexander |
Bridge, Dr. Norman |
Dvorak, Anton |
| Bunche, Ralph |
Brown, William H. |
Ericson, Leif |
| Campos, Pedro Albizu |
Brownell, Charles S. |
Faraday, Michael |
| Carnegie, Andrew |
Brunson, Milton |
Farragut, David G. |
| Carroll, Charles |
Buckingham, Kate S. |
Galileo Galilei |
| Carver, George Washington |
Budlong, Lyman |
Goethe, J. W. Von |
| Cather, Willa |
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose |
Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig |
| Clark, George Rogers |
Burr, Jonathan |
Juarez, Benito |
| Clay, Henry |
Burroughs, John Curtis |
Jungman, Joseph |
| Cleveland, Grover |
Byrne, Michael M. |
Kipling, Rudyard |
| Clinton, DeWitt |
Cameron, Daniel Ross |
Las Casas, Bartolome De |
| Cook, John W. |
Canty, Arthur |
La Salle, Robert de (Rene-Robert |
| Cooper, Peter |
Carpenter, Philo |
Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle) |
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Corliss, George Henry |
Carter, William W. |
Linne, Carl Von |
| Cuffe, Paul |
Cassell, George F. |
Marquette, Jacques |
| Cullen, Countee |
Chalmers, Thomas |
Montefiore, Moses |
| Curtis, George W. |
Chappell, Eliza |
Mozart, Wolfgang A. |
| Davis, Benjamin O. |
Christopher, Walter S. |
Nobel, Alfred |
| Dearborn, Henry |
Clark, Michele |
Ortiz De Dominguez, Josefin |
| De Diego, Jose |
Clissold, Henry R. |
Paderewski, Ignace |
| De Dominguez, Josefa Oritz |
Corkery, Daniel J. |
Pasteur, Louis |
| Dett, Nathaniel |
Courtenay, Mary E. |
Paz, Octavio |
| DeVry, Herman |
Cragin (of Cragin Brothers & Company |
Pulaski, Casimir |
| Dewey, George |
Cregier, DeWitt |
Schiller, Friedrick Von |
| Dodge, Mary Mapes |
Davis, Dr. Nathan |
Schubert, Franz Peter |
| Doolittle, James R. |
Delano, Edward |
Spencer, Herbert |
| Drew, Dr. Charles R. |
Dore, John C. |
Thomson, William, ) |
| Duprey, Rouque de |
Durkin, Martin P. |
Lord Kelvin (Kelvyn Park and Kelvyn Grove) |
| Earhart, Amelia |
Drummond, Thomas |
Tonti, Enrico |
| Edison, Thomas |
Dunbar, Paul L. |
Volta, Alessandro |
| Emmet, Robert |
DuSable, Jean Baptiste |
Von Humboldt, Alexander |
| Engle, Andrew |
Eberhart, John F. |
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| Everett, Edward |
Ebinger, Christian Sr. |
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| Fiske, John |
Esmond, Henry |
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| Franklin, Benjamin |
Falconer, Laughlin |
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| Frazier, E. Franklin |
Farnsworth, James B. |
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| Fuller, Melville |
Farren, John |
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| Fulton, Robert |
Foster, J. Frank |
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| Garvey Marcus M. |
Gage, George |
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| Gladstone, William E. |
Gallistel, Matthew W. |
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| Gompers, Samuel |
Garvy, John W. |
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| Graham, Ray |
Gillespie, Frank L. |
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| Grant, Ulysses |
Goudy, William Charles |
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| Greeley, Horace |
Graham, Alexander |
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| Greene, Nathanael |
Gray, William Perry |
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| Grissom, Virgil |
Green, Wendell |
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| Guggenheim, Simon |
Greenwood, William M. |
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| Hale, Nathan |
Grimes, Robert L. |
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| Hamilton, Alexander |
Haines, John C. |
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| Hancock, John |
Hamline, John H. |
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| Harlan, John Marshall |
Hammond, Charles G. |
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| Hearst, Phoebe Apperson . |
Hampton, Lionel |
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| Hendricks, Thomas A. |
Hanson, David N. |
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| Henry, Patrick |
Haugan, Helge A. |
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| Henson, Matthew A. |
Hay, John M. |
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| Herbert, Victor |
Hayt, Stephen K. |
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| Holmes, Oliver Wendell |
Healy, Robert James |
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| Howe, Julia Ward |
Hedges, James |
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| Hughes, Charles E. |
Hefferan, Helen M. |
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| Hyde, Edward, Lord Cornbury |
Henderson, Charles R. |
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Irving, Washington |
Higgins, Thomas J. |
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| Jackson, Andrew |
Hinton, William Augustus |
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| Johns, Vernon |
Hitch, Rufus |
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| Jenner, Edward |
Holden, Charles N. |
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| Johnson, James Weldon |
Howland, George |
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Joplin, Scott |
Hoyne, Thomas |
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| Keller, Helen |
Hubbard, Gurdon Saltonstall |
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| Key, Francis Scott |
Hughes, Langston |
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| Kilmer, Joyce |
Jackson, Mahalia |
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| Lara, Agustin |
Jamieson, Mrs. Minnie Mars |
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Lee, Richard Henry |
Jefferson, Nancy B. |
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| Lincoln, Abraham |
Jones, William |
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| Locke, Alain |
Kellogg, Kate Starr |
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| Lowell, James Russell |
Kelly, Thomas J. |
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| Lyon, Mary |
Kershaw, Joshua D. |
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| Madero, Francisco |
King, William H. |
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| Madison, James |
Lane, Alfred Grannis |
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| Mann, Horace |
Leland, George |
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| Marconi, Guglielmo |
LeMoyne, John V. |
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| Marshall, John |
Lenart, Ted |
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| Marshall, Thurgood |
Lewis, Leslie |
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| Marti, Jose J |
Libby, Arthur A. |
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| Mays, Benjamin E. |
Lindblom, Robert |
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| McCosh, James |
Lloyd, Henry D. |
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McKinley, William |
Locke, Josephine |
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| McNair, Ronald E. |
Lovett, Joseph |
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| McPherson, James B. |
Lozano, Rudolph |
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Monroe, James |
Manley, Hugh |
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| Morrill, Donald |
Marsh, John L |
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| Morse, Samuel F. B. |
May, Horatio |
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| Nightingale, Florence |
McClellan, George B. |
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| Orozco, Jose Clemente |
McDowell, Mary |
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| Orr, Rezin |
McKay, Francis M. |
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| Parkman, Francis |
McKinley, Ada S. |
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| Peabody, Elizabeth | Medill, Joseph | |
| Penn, William |
Melody, Geneviere |
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Pershing, J. J. |
Mireles, Arnold |
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| Prescott, William Hickling |
Mitchell, Ellen (Mrs. Francis M.) |
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| Prosser, Charles Allen |
Nash, Henry H. |
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| Ramirez, Mirta |
Neil, Jane A. |
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| Reed, Walter |
Nicholson, Lillian |
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| Revere, Paul |
Oglesby, Richard James |
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| Robeson, Paul |
O'Keeffe, Mrs. Isabelle |
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| Robinson, Jackie |
Otis, James |
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| Ross, Betsy |
O'Toole, Luke |
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| Rudolph, Wilma |
Owen, William Bishop |
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| Sabin, Albert R. |
Palmer, John McAuley |
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| Seward, William H. |
Parker, Francis W. |
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| Shabazz, Betty |
Peck, Ferdinand Wythe |
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| Sherman, William Tecumseh |
Peirce, Helen (Mrs. L.H.) |
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| Steinmetz, Charles Proteus |
Perez, Manuel |
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| Stowe, Harriet Beecher |
Pickard, Joseph Little |
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| Sumner, Charles |
Pope, Nathaniel |
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| Talman |
Price, Florence B. |
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| Tarkington, Booth |
Prussing, Ernst |
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| Twain, Mark |
Randolph, A. Phillip |
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| Vernon, Edward |
Ray, William H. |
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| Warren, Joseph |
Reilly, Dr. Frank W. |
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| Washington, George |
Reinberg, Peter A. |
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| Webster, Daniel |
Richards, Ellen H. |
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Westinghouse, George |
Rogers, Phillip |
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| White, Edward Higgins II |
Ruggles, Martha |
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| Whitney, Eli |
Ruiz, Irma |
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| Whittier, John Greenleaf |
Ryder, Rev. William |
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| Woods, Granville T. |
Sabin, Albert |
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| Yale, |
Salazar, Ruben |
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Sauganash, Billy Caldwell |
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Sawyer, Sidney |
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Sayre, Harriet |
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Scammon, Jonathan Young |
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Schneider, George |
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Senn, Dr. Nicholas |
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Sherwood, Jesse |
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Shields, James |
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Shoesmith, Beluah |
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Shoop, John D. |
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Simpson, Theolene |
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Sizemore, Barbara A. |
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Skinner, Mark |
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Smith, Wendell |
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Smyser, Washington |
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Spry, John |
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Stewart, Graeme |
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Stockton, Joseph |
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Stone, Leander |
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Sullivan, Roger C. |
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Sullivan, William K. |
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Sutherland, Elizabeth |
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Swift, George B. |
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Talcott, Mancell |
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Talman (of Talman Home Federal) |
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Taylor, Douglas |
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Thorp, James N. |
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Thorp, Ole |
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Tilden, Edward |
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Tilton, George W. |
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Trumbull, Lyman |
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Turner, Lorenzo |
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Vanderpoel, John |
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Vick, Barbara |
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Wadsworth, James |
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Walsh, John A. |
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Wells, William Harvey |
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Wells-Barnett, Ida B. |
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Wentworth, Daniel Sanborn |
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Westcott, Oliver S. |
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Whistler, John |
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Williams, Daniel Hale |
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Woodson, Carter G. |
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Yates, Richard |
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York, Consuella B. |
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Young, Ella Flagg |
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