# List of people from Quincy, Illinois

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 | Birth | Death | Known for | Association |
| John Anderson | October 20, 1922 | August 7, 1992 | Actor and director (Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke) | Raised in Quincy |
| Mary Astor | May 3, 1906 | September 25, 1987 | Actress (The Maltese Falcon, The Great Lie) | Born in Quincy |
| Roy Brocksmith | September 15, 1945 | December 16, 2001 | Actor (Total Recall, Arachnophobia) | Born in Quincy and graduated from Quincy University in 1970. |
| Harry Fleer | March 26, 1916 | October 14, 1994 | Actor (Little Giants, Tormented) | Born in Quincy |
| Donald Gallaher | June 25, 1895 | August 14, 1961 | Actor and director (The Great Train Robbery, Temple Tower) | Born in Quincy |
| Tad Hilgenbrink | October 9, 1981 | | Actor (American Pie Presents: Band Camp, The Curiosity of Chance) | Born in Quincy and attended Quincy Senior High School |
| 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 |
| Irving Sayles | 1872 | February 8, 1914 | Vaudeville entertainer | Born in Quincy |
| Ireene Wicker | November 24, 1905 | November 17, 1987 | Actress and singer (The Singing Lady) | Born in Quincy |
| Jonathan Van Ness | March 28, 1987 | | Hairdresser and TV Personality (Queer Eye (2018 TV series)) | First male cheerleader of Quincy Senior High School |

## Crime

| Name | Birth | Death | Known for | Association |
| James Earl Ray | March 10, 1928 | April 23, 1998 | Convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. | Raised in Quincy |
| James Scott | November 20, 1969 | | Charged with sabotaging a levee in West Quincy, Missouri during the Great Flood of 1993 | Born in Quincy |
| Michael Swango | October 21, 1954 | | Serial killer | Raised in Quincy and attended Quincy Notre Dame High School |

## Fine arts

| Name | Birth | Death | Known for | Association |
| Mike Estabrook | June 4, 1970 | | Multi-medium artist | Born in Quincy |
| 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 |

## 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
* 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
* 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

* 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
* 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, Chicago Cubs catcher and coach (1961 season)
* F. Morgan Taylor Jr., golfer
* D. A. Weibring, professional golfer