List of people from Quincy, Illinois
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Quincy, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Quincy, Illinois.
Contents
Acting and comedy
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Anderson |  |
October 20, 1922 | August 7, 1992 | Actor and director (Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke) | Raised in Quincy | [1][2] |
| Mary Astor |  |
May 3, 1906 | September 25, 1987 | Actress (The Maltese Falcon, The Great Lie) | Born in Quincy | [3] |
| Roy Brocksmith | September 15, 1945 | December 16, 2001 | Actor (Total Recall, Arachnophobia) | Born in Quincy and graduated from Quincy University in 1970. | [4] | |
| Harry Fleer | March 26, 1916 | October 14, 1994 | Actor (Little Giants, Tormented) | Born in Quincy | [5] | |
| Donald Gallaher | 80px | June 25, 1895 | August 14, 1961 | Actor and director (The Great Train Robbery, Temple Tower) | Born in Quincy | [6] |
| Tad Hilgenbrink | October 9, 1981 | Actor (American Pie Presents: Band Camp, The Curiosity of Chance) | Born in Quincy and attended Quincy Senior High School | [7] | ||
| Henry Kolker |  |
November 13, 1874 | July 15, 1947 | Actor | Family moved to Quincy when he was young | |
| Robert Livingston | December 9, 1904 | March 7, 1988 | Actor (The Three Mesquiteers, The Lone Ranger Rides Again) | Born in Quincy | [8] | |
| Irving Sayles |  |
1872 | February 8, 1914 | Vaudeville entertainer | Born in Quincy | [9] |
| Ireene Wicker | 80px | November 24, 1905 | November 17, 1987 | Actress and singer (The Singing Lady) | Born in Quincy | [10] |
Crime
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Earl Ray |  |
March 10, 1928 | April 23, 1998 | Convicted of shooting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Raised in Quincy | [11] |
| James Scott | November 20, 1969 | Charged with sabotaging a levee in West Quincy, Missouri during the Great Flood of 1993 | Born in Quincy | [12] | ||
| Michael Swango | 80px | October 21, 1954 | Serial killer | Raised in Quincy and attended Quincy Notre Dame High School | [13] |
Fine arts
- Mike Estabrook, contemporary artist (lives in Brooklyn, NY)[13]
- Neysa McMein, artist
- John Quidor, painter
- Robert S. Roeschlaub, architect
- Michaele Vollbracht, fashion designer and illustrator
Journalism and writing
- Ernest Hemmings, founder of the popular Hemmings Motor News magazine
- Rick Hummel, baseball writer
- Thomas A. Oakley, CEO and chairman of Quincy Newspapers
- Arthur Pitney, inventor of the postage meter[13]
- Jean Rabe, author
- James B. Stewart, author[13]
- John Wingate, broadcaster, writer and communications consultant
Military
- Thomas Scott Baldwin, US Army major during World War I; aviation pioneer and balloonist [13]
- Albert Cashier, Union Army soldier during the Civil War
- James Dada Morgan, Union Army general during the Civil War
- Benjamin Prentiss, Union Army general during the Civil War
- Scott L. Thoele, US Army National Guard brigadier general
- Paul Tibbets, World War II pilot, Enola Gay[13]
Music
- Ray Burke clarinetist[citation needed]
- Ralph Carmichael, composer
- Micki Free, professional musician[13]
- Tom Goss, musician, born in Quincy
- The Graduate (members Corey Warning and Jared Wuestenberg)
- Bob Havens, jazz musician[13]
- Tony Peck, member of the rock band The Forecast
Politics
- Horace S. Cooley, Illinois Secretary of State
- Laura Kent Donahue, Illinois State Senator
- Stephen Arnold Douglas, youngest supreme court justice in Illinois history (27 years old); ran as a Democrat against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election[14]
- Mary Lou Kent, Illinois state legislator
- Frederick Kreismann, mayor of St.Louis
- Benjamin M. Mitchell, state representative, born in Quincy[15]
- Isaac N. Morris, state representative
- Brian Munzlinger, state representative for Missouri
- William Alexander Richardson, U.S. Senator
- Onias C. Skinner, Illinois jurist and legislator
- William Rudolph Smith, attorney general of Wisconsin
- William D. Turner, state assemblyman for Wisconsin
- John Wood, city founder and the 12th governor of Illinois
Religion
- Edgar Johnson Goodspeed, theologian and scholar
- Father Augustine Tolton, first African-American priest
Sports
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References
- ↑ http://adamscountyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/john-anderson-returns-to-quincy.html
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026930/bio
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- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110735/
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- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561561/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515292/
- ↑ http://www.nugrape.net/isayles.jpg
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/18/obituaries/ireene-wicker-hammer-dies-86-storyteller-to-millions-of-children.html
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- ↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1927-1928,' Biographical Sketch of Benjamin M. Mitchell, pg. 252-253
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