- U.S. artist, author, and educator.
- a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan: second largest city in the U.S.
- a river formed in Chicago that flows through downtown and, as engineered, to the Des Plaines River: part of the Illinois Waterway.
- a port in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan: the third largest city in the US; it is a major railway and air traffic centre. Pop: 2 869 121 (2003 est)
