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William Goldman
 
Born in Chicago in 1931, he lived here until the time he left to attend Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. The author of the classic fairly tale, The Princess Bride (the kid in the story has lots of Bears paraphernalia), he has also been one of Hollywood's most successful screenwriters for over 40 years, with credits including the upcoming Hearts in Atlantis (2001), Jurassic Park III, The General's Daughter (1999), Absolute Power (1997), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), The Chamber (1996), Maverick (1994), Chaplin (1992), Year of the Comet (1992), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Misery (1990), Heat (1987), Magic (1978), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Marathon Man (1976), All the President's Men (1976), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), The Stepford Wives (1975), The Hot Rock (1972), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), No Way to Treat a Lady (1968), Harper (1966), Masquerade (1965), and Soldier in the Rain (1963).

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