List of famous people from Quincy, Illinois
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The following famous people were either born or raised in Quincy, Illinois.
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[edit] Acting Careers
- Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon, The Great Lie)
- Roy Brocksmith
- 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
[edit] Musicians
- Bob Havens, jazz musician
- The Maulers, fictional rock & roll group
- Micki Free, professional musician
- Ralph Carmichael, composer
[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
- Brandon Deyjaynes, Minor leauge baseball (Was with the Cardinals)
[edit] Politicians & War Heroes
- Paul Tibbets, World War II pilot, Enola Gay
- John Wood, founder and 12th governor of Illinois
- Frederick Kreismann, a Mayor of St.Louis
- Brian Munzlinger
- Rob Mellon
- Benjamin Prentiss
[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
- James Earl Ray, assassin who killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
