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.

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