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
Name ImageBirthDeathKnown forAssociationReference Actor and director (Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke) Raised in Quincy Actress (The Maltese Falcon, The Great Lie) Born in Quincy Actor (Total Recall, Arachnophobia) Born in Quincy and graduated from Quincy University in 1970. Actor (Little Giants, Tormented) Born in Quincy Actor and director (The Great Train Robbery, Temple Tower) Born in Quincy Actor (American Pie Presents: Band Camp, The Curiosity of Chance) Born in Quincy and attended Quincy Senior High School Actor Family moved to Quincy when he was young Actor (The Three Mesquiteers, The Lone Ranger Rides Again) Born in Quincy Vaudeville entertainer Born in Quincy Actress and singer (The Singing Lady) Born in QuincyJonathan Van NessMarch 28, 1987Hairdresser and TV Personality (Queer Eye (2018 TV series))First male cheerleader of Quincy Senior High School
Crime
Name ImagepBirthDeathKnown forAssociationReference Convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Raised in Quincy Charged with sabotaging a levee in West Quincy, Missouri during the Great Flood of 1993 Born in Quincy Serial killer Raised in Quincy and attended Quincy Notre Dame High School
Fine arts
Name ImageBirthDeathKnown forAssociationReference Multi-medium artist Born in Quincy Illustrator and portrait painting Born in Quincy History painting Lived in Quincy from 1837 to 1851 Architect Raised in Quincy Illustrator and fashion designer Raised in Quincy
Journalism and writing
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 Jean Rabe, author James B. Stewart, author
Military
Thomas Scott Baldwin, US Army major during World War I; aviation pioneer and balloonist Albert Cashier, Union Army soldier during the Civil War George J. Iles, Tuskegee Airman and veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam 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
Music
Ray Burke clarinetist Ralph Carmichael, composer Micki Free, professional musician Tom Goss, musician, born in Quincy The Graduate (members Corey Warning and Jared Wuestenberg) Bob Havens, jazz musician Charlie "Specks" McFadden, country blues singer and songwriter Tony Peck, member of the rock band The Forecast
Politics
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 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'Illinois Blue Book 1927-1928,' Biographical Sketch of Benjamin M. Mitchell, pg. 252-253 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 Art Tenhouse, Illinois state legislator William D. Turner, state assemblyman for Wisconsin John Wood, city founder and the 12th governor of Illinois
Religion
Edgar Johnson Goodspeed, theologian and scholar Etta Semple, atheist activist Father Augustus Tolton, first African-American priest
Sports
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