List of people from Quincy, Illinois

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

Contents 1 Acting Careers 2 Musicians 3 Sports Figures 4 Politicians & War Heroes 5 Other

[edit] Acting Careers

• Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon, The Great Lie)
• Roy Brocksmith (Total Recall, Arachnophobia)
• Donald Gallaher (The Great Train Robbery, A Royal Family)
• Tad Hilgenbrink (American Pie: Band Camp, The Curiosity of Chance)
• Henry Kolker
• Robert Livingston
• John Anderson (MacGyver, Star Trek:The Next Generation [The Survivors])

[edit] Musicians

• Bob Havens, jazz musician
• The Maulers, fictional rock & roll group
• Micki Free, professional musician
• Ralph Carmichael, composer
• Tony Peck, member of the rock band "The Forecast"

[edit] Sports Figures

• Bruce Douglas, Basketball player
• Rick Reuschel, major-league baseball player
• El Tappe, Chicago Cubs coach (1961 season)
• D. A. Weibring, professional golf player
• Josh Rabe, major-league baseball player
• Jim Finigan, major-league baseball player
• Gary Phillips, Basketball player
• Fritz Ostermueller, major-league baseball player
• Chase Hilgenbrinck, major-league soccer player
• Monte Krogman, professional baseball player (NY Mets)
• Caren Kemner, Olympic volleyball player

[edit] Politicians & War Heroes

• Paul Tibbets, 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

[edit] Other

• Luis Marden, photographer
• Edgar Johnson Goodspeed, scholar
• Thomas Scott Baldwin, US aviationist
• Neysa McMein, Artist
• Thomas Oakley, CEO & Chairman of Quincy Newspapers
• James B. Stewart, author
• Father Augustine Tolton, first African-American priest
• Ernest Hemmings, Founder of the popular Hemmings Motor News Magazine
• Jean Rabe, author
• Robert S. Roeschlaub, architect
• Michael Swango, serial killer
• John W. Henry, principle owner of the Boston Red Sox and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing
• Michael Vollbracht, fashion designer and illustrator
• James Earl Ray, person accused of slaying Martin Luther King Jr.