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.
Acting and comedy[edit]
| 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 | .jpg) |
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 |  |
November 24, 1905 | November 17, 1987 | Actress and singer (The Singing Lady) | Born in Quincy | [10] |
| Jonathan Van Ness |  |
March 28, 1987 | Hairdresser and TV Personality (Queer Eye (2018 TV series)) | First male cheerleader of Quincy Senior High School | [11] |
Crime[edit]
| Name | Imagep | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Earl Ray | 
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March 10, 1928 | April 23, 1998 | Convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. | Raised in Quincy | [12] |
| James Scott | November 20, 1969 | Charged with sabotaging a levee in West Quincy, Missouri during the Great Flood of 1993 | Born in Quincy | [13] | ||
| Michael Swango | October 21, 1954 | Serial killer | Raised in Quincy and attended Quincy Notre Dame High School | [14] |
Fine arts[edit]
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Estabrook |  |
June 4, 1970 | Multi-medium artist | Born in Quincy | [14] | |
| Neysa McMein |  |
January 25, 1889 | May 12, 1949 | Illustrator and portrait painting | Born in Quincy | |
| John Quidor | January 26, 1801 | December 14, 1881 | History painting | Lived in Quincy from 1837 to 1851 | ||
| Robert S. Roeschlaub | July 6, 1843 | October 25, 1923 | Architect | Raised in Quincy | ||
| Michaele Vollbracht | November 17, 1947 | June 7, 2018 | Illustrator and fashion designer | Raised in Quincy | [15] |
Journalism and writing[edit]
- Harriet Bates (1856-1886), poet and novelist
- Ernest Hemmings, founder of the popular Hemmings Motor News magazine
- Rick Hummel, Hall of Fame baseball writer
- Thomas A. Oakley, CEO and chairman of Quincy Newspapers
- Arthur Pitney, inventor of the postage meter[14]
- Jean Rabe, author
- James B. Stewart, author[14]
Military[edit]
- Thomas Scott Baldwin, US Army major during World War I; aviation pioneer and balloonist[14]
- 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[14]
Music[edit]
- Ray Burke clarinetist[citation needed]
- Ralph Carmichael, composer
- Micki Free, professional musician[14]
- Tom Goss, musician, born in Quincy
- The Graduate (members Corey Warning and Jared Wuestenberg)
- Bob Havens, jazz musician[14]
- Charlie "Specks" McFadden, country blues singer and songwriter[16]
- Tony Peck, member of the rock band The Forecast
Politics[edit]
- A. Otis Arnold, Illinois state legislator and businessman
- Thomas Awerkamp, Illinois State Senator and businessman
- 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[17]
- Mary Lou Kent, Illinois state legislator
- Frederick Kreismann, mayor of St. Louis
- Charles E. Lippincott, California State Senator and Illinois Auditor
- Benjamin M. Mitchell, state representative, born in Quincy[18]
- Charles E. Morris, state assemblyman for Wisconsin
- Isaac N. Morris, state representative
- Brian Munzlinger, state representative for Missouri
- Mark A. Penick, Illinois state senators
- William Alexander Richardson, U.S. Senator
- Lillian E. Schlagenhauf, Illinois state senator and lawyer
- Onias C. Skinner, Illinois jurist and legislator
- William Rudolph Smith, attorney general of Wisconsin
- Max C. Starkloff (1858-1942), St. Louis Health Commissioner who introduced social distancing during the 1918 flu pandemic[19][20]
- Art Tenhouse, Illinois state legislator
- William D. Turner, state assemblyman for Wisconsin
- John Wood, city founder and the 12th governor of Illinois
Religion[edit]
- Edgar Johnson Goodspeed, theologian and scholar
- Etta Semple, atheist activist
- Father Augustus Tolton, first African-American priest
Sports[edit]
- Brian Clark, Canadian football player
- Jack Cornell, professional football player
- Al Demaree, professional baseball player
- Bruce Douglas, basketball player
- Bruce Edwards, major-league baseball catcher
- Jim Finigan, major-league baseball player
- Art Fromme, professional baseball player
- Luke Guthrie, professional golfer
- John W. Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Globe, Liverpool F.C.; co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing
- Chase Hilgenbrinck, former major-league soccer player
- Caren Kemner, Olympic volleyball player[14]
- Dutch Kemner, baseball player
- Nicole Kramer, Olympic swimmer
- Luke Lutenberg, major-league baseball player
- Fritz Ostermueller, major-league baseball player
- Gary Phillips, basketball player
- Josh Rabe, former major-league baseball player
- Paul Reuschel, major-league baseball player
- Rick Reuschel, major-league baseball player
- Ike Samuels, third baseman for the St. Louis Browns
- El Tappe,[14] Chicago Cubs catcher and coach (1961 season)
- F. Morgan Taylor Jr., golfer
- D. A. Weibring,[14] professional golfer
References[edit]
- ^ Society, Historical (2010-09-14). "Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County: John Anderson Returns to Quincy". Adamscountyhistory.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "John Anderson : Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Mary Astor". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Roy Brocksmith". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Harry Fleer". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Donald Gallaher". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Tad Hilgenbrink". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Robert Livingston". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "Photographic Image of Death Certificate of Irving Sayles" (JPG). Nugrape.net. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ Robertson, Nan (1987-11-18). "Ireene Wicker Hammer Dies, 86 - Storyteller to Millions of Children". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ "LIFE STORIES: Van Ness on whirlwind journey as one of Fab Five on 'Queer Eye' reboot". Herald-Whig. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ Carter, Tamara (February 19, 2011). A Memoir of Injustice. Trine Day. ISBN 978-1936296057.
- ^ Pitluk, Adam (December 18, 2007). Damned To Eternity. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306815270.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Adams County History". Archived from the original on 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ La Ferla, Ruth (June 12, 2018). "Michael Vollbracht, Fashion Designer and Illustrator, Dies at 70". The New York Times.
- ^ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California, United States: Praeger Publishers. p. 134. ISBN 978-0313344237.
- ^ Johannsen, Robert (1973). Stephen A. Douglas. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1927-1928,' Biographical Sketch of Benjamin M. Mitchell, pg. 252-253
- ^ "How Public Health Policies Saved Citizens in St. Louis During the 1918 Flu Pandemic". bioMérieux Connection. 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ "St. Louis, Missouri and the 1918-1919 Influenza Epidemic". The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
