List of people from Quincy, Illinois

List of people from Quincy, Illinois

The following famous people were either born or raised in Quincy, Illinois.

Acting Careers

*Mary Astor [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] ("The Maltese Falcon", "The Great Lie")
*Roy Brocksmith [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] ("Total Recall", "Arachnophobia")
*Donald Gallaher [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302368/|title=IMDB Profile for Donald Gallaher|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] ("The Great Train Robbery", "A Royal Family")
*Tad Hilgenbrink [cite web|url=http://www.flixster.com/actor/tad-hilgenbrink/filmography|title=Flixter|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] ("", "The Curiosity of Chance")
*Henry Kolker [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0464137/|title=IMDB Profile of Henry Kolker|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11]
*Robert Livingston [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11]
*John Anderson [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] ("MacGyver", " [The Survivors (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Star Trek:The Next Generation [The Survivors] ")

Musicians

*Bob Havens [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , jazz musician
*The Maulers, fictional rock & roll group
*Micki Free [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , professional musician
*Ralph Carmichael, composer
*Tony Peck, member of the rock band "The Forecast"

ports Figures

*Bruce Douglas, Basketball player
*Rick Reuschel [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , major-league baseball player
*El Tappe [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , "Chicago Cubs" coach (1961 season)
*D. A. Weibring [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , professional golf player
*Josh Rabe, former major-league baseball player
*Jim Finigan, major-league baseball player
*Gary Phillips, Basketball player
*Fritz Ostermueller, major-league baseball player
*Chase Hilgenbrinck, former major-league soccer player
*Monte Krogman, professional baseball player (NY Mets)
*Caren Kemner [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , Olympic volleyball player
*Art Fromme, professional baseball player
*Al Demaree, professional baseball player

Politicians & War Heroes

*Paul Tibbets [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , World War II pilot, "Enola Gay"
*John Wood, city founder and 12th governor of Illinois
*Frederick Kreismann, a Mayor of St.Louis
*Brian Munzlinger, Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
*Benjamin Prentiss
*Isaac N. Morris, Illinois Representative
*William Alexander Richardson, Illinois Senator

Literature and the Arts

*Luis Marden, photographer
*Edgar Johnson Goodspeed, scholar
*Neysa McMein, artist
*James B. Stewart [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , author
*Jean Rabe, author
*Robert S. Roeschlaub, architect
*Michael Vollbracht, fashion designer and illustrator

Other

*Thomas Scott Baldwin [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , US aviationist
*Thomas Oakley, CEO & Chairman of Quincy Newspapers
*Father Augustine Tolton, first African-American priest
*Ernest Hemmings, Founder of the popular Hemmings Motor News Magazine
*Michael Swango [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , serial killer
*John W. Henry, principle owner of the Boston Red Sox and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing
*Arthur Pitney [cite web|url=http://www.adamscohistory.org/bios.html|title=Adams County History|date=???|accessdate = 2008-06-11] , inventor of the postage meter.

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