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.
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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John Anderson | October 20, 1922 | August 7, 1992 | Actor and director (Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke) | Raised in Quincy | [1][2] | |
Mary Astor | May 3, 1906 | September 25, 1987 | Actress (The Maltese Falcon, The Great Lie) | Born in Quincy | [3] | |
Roy Brocksmith | September 15, 1945 | December 16, 2001 | Actor (Total Recall, Arachnophobia) | Born in Quincy and graduated from Quincy University in 1970. | [4] | |
Harry Fleer | March 26, 1916 | October 14, 1994 | Actor (Little Giants, Tormented) | Born in Quincy | [5] | |
Donald Gallaher | June 25, 1895 | August 14, 1961 | Actor and director (The Great Train Robbery, Temple Tower) | Born in Quincy | [6] | |
Tad Hilgenbrink | October 9, 1981 | Actor (American Pie Presents: Band Camp, The Curiosity of Chance) | Born in Quincy and attended Quincy Senior High School | [7] | ||
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 | [8] | |
Irving Sayles | 1872 | February 8, 1914 | Vaudeville entertainer | Born in Quincy | [9] | |
Ireene Wicker | November 24, 1905 | November 17, 1987 | Actress and singer (The Singing Lady) | Born in Quincy | [10] | |
Jonathan Van Ness | March 28, 1987 | Hairdresser and TV Personality (Queer Eye (2018 TV series)) | First male cheerleader of Quincy Senior High School | [11] |
Name | Imagep | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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James Earl Ray | March 10, 1928 | April 23, 1998 | Convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. | Raised in Quincy | [12] | |
James Scott | November 20, 1969 | Charged with sabotaging a levee in West Quincy, Missouri during the Great Flood of 1993 | Born in Quincy | [13] | ||
Michael Swango | October 21, 1954 | Serial killer | Raised in Quincy and attended Quincy Notre Dame High School | [14] |
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Mike Estabrook | June 4, 1970 | Multi-medium artist | Born in Quincy | [14] | ||
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 | [15] |