Editing Princeton, Illinois (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Nehemiah Matson]], author, 19th century
* [[William Bascom]], folklorist, anthropologist  
* [[John Howard Bryant]], poet, older brother of [[William Cullen Bryant]], and friend of [[Abraham Lincoln]], lived in Princeton <ref>{{cite book |last=Drury |first=John |title=Old Illinois Houses |chapter=Home of a Poet's Brother |pages=153–154|date=October 1948 |publisher=Illinois State Historical Society |location=Springfield, Illinois
|isbn=978-0-2261-6552-3|oclc=1155344 |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Illinois/_Texts/DRUOIH/Northern_Illinois/12*.html |via=Bill Thayer's Web Site}}</ref>
* [[E. Leslie Conkling]], educator and Illinois state legislator
* [[James E. Dabler]], Illinois state representative and businessman
* [[Henry C. Doolittle]], state assemblyman from [[Wisconsin]]
* [[William Dyke]], Wisconsin judge and politician
*[[Aleta Fenceroy]], LGBT activist, musician, divorced mother of 2 children
* [[Virgil Fox]], one of the greatest organists of the 20th Century
* [[Billy Garrett]], auto racer
* [[Gary Green (musician)|Gary Green]], guitarist for the band [[Gentle Giant]]
* [[Thomas P. Gunning]], dentist and Illinois state senator
* [[Madison G. Gonterman|Madison Gonterman]], head football coach at [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana University]] 1896–97
* [[Kathryn Hays]], television actress (birth name Kay Piper), was on ''[[As the World Turns]]'' from 1972 to 2010. 
* [[Frank Fernando Jones]], Iowa state legislator
* [[Keith Knudsen]], drummer with the [[Doobie Brothers]] graduated from Princeton High School
* [[Owen Lovejoy]], Congressman, key supporter of [[Abraham Lincoln]], and a leader in the Underground Railroad to free slaves
* [[Rufus Lumry]], circuit preacher, outspoken abolitionist, early Illinois organizer of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, preached there
* [[Asa Mercer]], founder of the [[University of Washington]]
* [[Bruce Nickells]], harness racing driver and trainer; grew up in Princeton
* [[Ben Parr]], author of ''Captivology'', former co-editor of [[Mashable]] and columnist for [[CNET]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcrnews.com/2009/12/28/parr-builds-a-mission-with-words-and-technology/aydy3he/ |title=Parr Builds a Mission With Words and Technology |publisher=Bureau County Republican |date=2009-12-28 |access-date=December 27, 2015 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223831/http://www.bcrnews.com/2009/12/28/parr-builds-a-mission-with-words-and-technology/aydy3he/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Joseph R. Peterson]] lawyer and Illinois state legislator<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 167-1968,' Biographical Sketch of Joseph R. Peterson, pg. 174–175</ref>
* [[Robert Petkoff]], noted Broadway and television actor, graduated from Princeton High School
* [[Joseph "Joe" Ruklick]], led PHS to the IL State BB Tourney finals in '54 and '55 and played NBA basketball with [[Philadelphia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RUKLIJO01|title=Joseph Ruklick|publisher=databaseBasketball.com|access-date=December 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013040128/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RUKLIJO01|archive-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Eliza Suggs]], temperance activist
* [[Josh Taylor (actor)|Josh Taylor]], actor in ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' and television features, including ''[[The Hogan Family]]'' TV series for 6 years
* [[Justin Tranchita]], actor and artist
* [[William V. Thompson]], bowler
* [[Richard Widmark]], Oscar-nominated actor of 61 movies, graduated from Princeton HS as Senior Class President 
* [[Milo Winter]], children's book artist 
* [[Bill Wirges]], motorcycle racer whose fastest speed was 241.927 MPH in 1973 at Utah Salt Flat<ref>{{cite magazine 
 |title=Flat Out on the Flats |last=Phinizy |first=Coles |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=November 10, 1975 |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1975/11/10/flat-out-on-the-flats}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=William 'Bill' Wirges |date=July 25, 2019 |newspaper=Bureau County Republican |url=https://www.shawlocal.com/2019/07/25/william-bill-wirges/a2kwn3r/}}</ref>
* [[Nick Young (broadcast journalist)|Nick Young]], radio newscaster with CBS and WBBM
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