Illinois Printers — Competition’s Fierce

Among the notables born in Illinois: authors Ray Bradbury, Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Dos Passos, James T. Farrell, Ernest Hemingway, James Jones and Irving Wallace, along with poet Carl Sandburg. Former President (and forever Gipper) Ronald Reagan, tennis star Jimmy Connors, musician Miles Davis, animation icon Walt Disney, actors Harrison Ford, Charlton Heston and Rock Hudson, and comedians Bill Murray and Richard Pryor cut their teeth here, as well. (Kudos to 50states.com for this info.)