Edward Gardner (February 25, 1925-present) - In 1964 Gardner and his wife, Bettiann, started Soft Sheen Products in their basement and grew it into a multi-million dollar business that was eventually purchased in 1998 by L'Oreal of Paris. Gardner worked for the Chicago Public Schools between 1945-1964 as a teacher and assistant principal. Gardner is an active community leader and is owner of the Chicago landmark, the New Regal Theatre.

Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903-1957) - As leader of the Untouchables, Ness helped to take down Chicago crime boss, Al Capone.

Blanche M. Manning (December 12, 1934-present) - Manning started her legal career as a Cook County Prosecutor. In 1979 she was promoted to the Cook County Circuit Court and then elected to Illinois Appellate Court in 1987, (becoming the first African-American woman elected to that court.) President Clinton appointed her to Northern District Court in 1994.

Larry Fitgerald - Fitzgerald is a popular and respected sports writer, and radio/television producer, host and commentator serving Minnesota and the Twin Cities. His work includes 20 years as Sports Editor and Columnist for the Minnesota Spokesman Recorder plus a host of popular radio and television programs starting in 1979. In 2003, Fitzgerald was awarded the 2003 Heritage Award by the Minnesota State Baptist Convention for outstanding community service in the field of sports coverage. Fitzgerald had the unique honor of covering his son Larry Fitzgerald, Jr., a receiver with the Arizona Cardinals, in the 2008 Super Bowl.

Robert Zemeckis (May 14, 1952-Present) - Robert's film Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks, won the Oscar and Golden Globe for best film. Other Zemeckis films include the popular Back to the Future films, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Romancing the Stone, Cast Away, and Polar Express.

Sterling “Red” Quinlan (1916 - 2007) – Quinlan started his media career as a columnist for the The Southend Reporter and doing radio reports on WMAQ about his travels out west. After World War II, Quinlan began his career in television, working his way up from crew member to general manager. His career highlights include serving as general manager of Chicago’s ABC affiliate, WBKB (which later became WLS-Ch. 7), and the first general manager of WFLD-TV. Known as a maverick, Quinlan is credited with starting the careers of Lee Phillip Bell, director William Friedkin, comedian Bob Newhart, and news anchor Frank Reynolds. Quinlan was a founding member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications and wrote several books over his lifetime.

William Roetzheim was a national gymnastics champion in both college and the AAU. He first attended Fenger High and then moved to Lindblom to get coaching under legendary Coach Henry Smidl. He took the Public League title in 1944 and 1945 with unheard-of high scores, and helped regained the team championship for Lindblom from Senn. Roetzheim later participated in two Olympic Games and won multiple national championships in both the NCAA (for University of Illinois (Navy Pier) and Florida State) and the AAU. He coached state championship gymnastic teams at Proviso East and later coached the sport at University of Illinois (Chicago). He became one of the nation's most respected authorities on gymnastics, an international official in the sport, and an Olympic Games judge.