Notable people The following are notable people from or associated with the West Side: Jane Addams, settlement social worker Mark Aguirre, basketball player L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Saul Bellow, writer John Belushi, comedian Danny Boy, hip-hop artist Frances Xavier Cabrini, first U.S. citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church Anton Cermak, former mayor of Chicago Jesús Chávez, boxer Sandra Cisneros, writer Mark Clark, defense captain of the Peoria chapter of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party Crucial Conflict, rap group Da Brat, rapper and actress DLOW, hip-hop dancer and rapper Stuart Dybek, writer Lupe Fiasco, rapper Kevin Garnett, basketball player Jaslene Gonzalez, model and winner of Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model Benny Goodman, jazz musician Fred Hampton, chairman of the Chicago chapter of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party Wood Harris, actor Henry Standing Bear, an Oglala Lakota chief Howlin' Wolf, blues musician George Jackson, Black Panther and prisoners organizer, part of Soledad Brothers Jonathan Jackson, revolutionary who attempted to free Soledad Brothers from prison Ramsey Lewis, jazz musician Oscar López Rivera, Puerto Rican nationalist and political prisoner Rudy Lozano, Mexican activist and organizer Kel Mitchell, actor Pat Sajak, television personality Horatio Sanz, actor and comedian Ellen Gates Starr, settlement social worker Marques Sullivan, football player Larenz Tate, actor Studs Terkel, historian Isiah Thomas, basketball player Twista, hip hop artist Nadine Velazquez, actress Dinah Washington, blues musician Robert Townsend, Artist Saba (rapper) Rapper Karimah Westbrook, actress References Neighborhoods in Chicago