Past, Distant Drums Wellington Webb, mayor of Denver, Colorado 1991–2003 Jon Weber, jazz musician, NPR host Pete Weber, hockey broadcaster Mary Webster, actress Stokely Webster, impressionist painter Tracy Webster, basketball coach Reinhold Weege, comedy writer, creator of TV series Night Court Charles Weeghman, businessman, built Wrigley Field, owned Chicago Cubs (born in Indiana) D. A. Weibring, professional golfer Tim Weigel, Chicago television broadcaster Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil, notorious con artist Bob Weiland, pitcher for five MLB teams Jane Weiller, golfer Alvin M. Weinberg, nuclear physicist Lawrence Weingarten, Oscar-winning film producer Robbie Weinhardt, pitcher for Detroit Tigers Phil Weintraub, MLB player, had 11-RBI game in 1944 Hymie Weiss, mobster, rival of Al Capone (born in Poland) Lois Weisberg, created Chicago Blues Festival and Taste of Chicago Burton Weisbrod, economist who pioneered the theory of option value Mark Weisbrot, economist, columnist Mark Weiser, chief scientist at Xerox PARC Bob Weiskopf, TV writer, I Love Lucy Michael T. Weiss, actor, The Pretender, The Legend of Tarzan Robbie Weiss, 1988 NCAA tennis champion Johnny Weissmuller, athlete and actor, 5-time Olympic swim gold medalist, star of Tarzan films (born in Hungary) Raquel Welch, actress, One Million Years B.C., Fantastic Voyage, Bandolero!, The Last of Sheila, Myra Breckinridge Jerry Weller, U.S. Representative 1995–2009 Judson Welliver, presidential speechwriter Jon Wellner, actor, Henry Andrews on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Junior Wells, blues musician (born in Tennessee) Randy Wells, pitcher for Chicago Cubs 2008–12 Marty Wendell, football player for Notre Dame Joe Wendryhoski, NFL guard 1964–68 George Wendt, actor, Norm Peterson on television series Cheers John Wentworth, politician (Democrat), U.S. Congressman, Mayor of Chicago and newspaper editor (born in New Hampshire) Pete Wentz, bass player of Fall Out Boy Dennis Werth, player for New York Yankees 1979–81 Jayson Werth, outfielder for Washington Nationals Paul Wertico, drummer with Pat Metheny Group Dallas West, billiards player Kanye West, multiple Grammy Award-winning rap musician, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, fashion designer, and actor; husband of reality TV star Kim Kardashian Mary Allen West, journalist, editor, educator, social reformer Matthew West, Christian musician Roy Owen West, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1928–29 Helen Westerman, baseball player Thomas D. Westfall, mayor of El Paso, Texas 1978–82 Edward Weston, photographer Haskell Wexler, Oscar-winning cinematographer, producer, director Jerrold Wexler, financier Wh Cora Stuart Wheeler, poet, writer, journalist, lecturer Loren E. Wheeler, mayor of Springfield, U.S. Representative John Whistler, first commandant of Fort Dearborn (born in Ireland) Betty White,