The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Joliet, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see...
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Joliet (/ˈdʒoʊliɛt, dʒoʊliˈɛt/ JOH-lee-et, joh-lee-ET) is a city in Will and Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, 35 miles (56 km) southwest...
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Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary, the Old Joliet Prison...
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The Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (Latin: Diœcesis Joliettensis in Illinois) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church...
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Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (JOAAP, formerly known as the Joliet Arsenal) was a United States Army arsenal located in Will County, Illinois, near Elwood...
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Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet Catholic or JCA) is a coed Catholic high school in Joliet, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet...
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Galesburg, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name...
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postmaster. The town was named for Joliet, Illinois. The Fire Hall is listed on the NRHP. Rock Creek flows south of town. The Beartooth Mountains are to...
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This is a list of notable individuals who come from the state of Illinois, a state within the larger United States of America. Contents: Top 0–9 A B...
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northern Illinois profitable by opening connections to eastern markets. The first known Europeans to travel the area, Father Marquette and Louis Joliet, went...
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This is a list of homicides in Illinois. This list includes notable homicides committed in the U.S. state of Illinois that have a Wikipedia article on...
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Electric Railway Illinois Central Electric Railway Illinois Traction, Inc. (ITS) Illinois Valley Railway Illinois Valley Traction Company Joliet and Southern...
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Harrah's Joliet is a riverboat casino in Joliet, Illinois, outside Chicago, operated by Caesars Entertainment. It has 1,138 slot machines, 204 hotel rooms...
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The Joliet Slammers are a professional baseball team based in Joliet, Illinois. The Slammers competes in the Frontier League (FL) as a member of the West...
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Stateville Correctional Center (redirect from Illinois State Penitentiary)
lieutenant in the Illinois Democratic Party and in 2009 was convicted of bribery in New Orleans. Nathan Leopold – Transferred from Joliet. Half of the infamous...
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street for three blocks in the center of town on what is now Illinois Route 59. The merge was between Plainfield/Joliet Road on the south to Lockport Street...
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of St. Raymond Nonnatus is a Catholic cathedral in Joliet, Illinois, United States. It is the seat and a parish of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois....
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Chicago metropolitan area (redirect from Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA)
(180,542) Joliet, Illinois (150,362) Naperville, Illinois (149,540) Elgin, Illinois (114,797) Kenosha, Wisconsin (99,986) Waukegan, Illinois (89,321) Cicero...
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Sandy Bentley (category People from Joliet, Illinois)
Sandy Bentley (born May 18, 1978 in Joliet, Illinois) is notable both individually and with her sister Amanda (Mandy) Bentley as the Bentley Twins. The...
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college-preparatory Benedictine high school in Lisle, Illinois, United States, overseen by the Diocese of Joliet. Since its founding in 1888, notable alumni have...
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This list of city nicknames in Illinois compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that Illinois cities are known by (or have been known by historically)...
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Louis Jolliet (redirect from Joliet, Louis)
geographical names, including the cities of Joliet, Illinois; Joliet, Montana; and Joliette, Quebec (founded by one of Jolliet's descendants, Barthélemy Joliette)...
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Joliet Union Station is an inactive train station in Joliet, Illinois that served Amtrak long-distance and Metra commuter trains. It was replaced by the...
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of the central business district of Joliet, a city in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the Joliet Park District. The airport is also...
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Joseph F. Ambrose (category Military personnel from Joliet, Illinois)
covered the casket of his son, Clement A. Ambrose, who was killed in the Korean War in 1951. Ambrose was born May 24, 1896, in Joliet, Illinois. His father and...
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The Joliet Iron and Steel Works was once the second largest steel mill in the United States. Joliet Iron Works was initially run from 1869 to 1936. Joliet...
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since 1954 Illinois portal United States portal Index of Illinois-related articles List of people from Illinois Outline of Illinois USS Illinois, 4 ships...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), lives in Cherry Hill Jesse Barfield (born Joliet, Illinois), lives in Tenafly Yogi Berra (born St. Louis, Missouri), lived in...
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variety of western and northwestern Chicago suburbs, while I-55 gives direct access to Chicago to the north and Joliet and downstate Illinois to the south...
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Dairy Queen (redirect from History of Dairy Queen)
June 22, 1940, in Joliet, Illinois. It serves a variety of hot and fried food, as well as original frozen dairy products that vary from location to location...
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