Editing Belleville, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Harrison Machine Works 1882 tractor.JPG|thumb|1882 Harrison Machine Works tractor, made in Belleville]]
{{Main|List of people from Belleville, Illinois}}
* [[Ninian Edwards]] (1775–1833), 3rd [[Governor of Illinois]]
* [[John Reynolds (Illinois politician)|John Reynolds]] (1788–1865), 4th [[Governor of Illinois]]
* [[William Henry Bissell]] (1811–1860), 11th [[Governor of Illinois]]
* [[Black Beaver]] (1806–1880), [[Lenape]] leader, scout, and rancher
* [[Charles Romyn Dake]], 19th-century American homeopathic physician and writer
* [[Lea DeLaria]], American comedian, actress, and jazz singer
* [[Buddy Ebsen]], American actor and dancer
* [[Jay Farrar]], American songwriter and musician
* Logan Brasfield, Illinois State Men’s Rugby Vice President
* [[Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill]], poet, writer, professor at [[St. Mary's University, Texas]] and Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Arts]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.stmarytx.edu/2020/royal-society/ |title=English professor named Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce|date=June 24, 2020 |publisher=[[St. Mary's University, Texas]] on June 24, 2020. |access-date=October 12, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Bob Goalby]], Professional golfer, winner of the [[1968 Masters Tournament]]
* [[Nicholas Holthaus]], American writer, documentarian, musician and media producer
* [[Sandra Magnus]], American engineer and a former NASA astronaut
* [[Darius Miles]], former American professional basketball player
* [[James T. Mitchell]] (1834–1915), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
* [[Edward P. Petri]], Illinois state representative, sheriff, and businessman
* [[Mary Ellen Richmond]], constructed the foundations for the scientific methodology development of professional social work,  notable as the "mother of social casework"<ref>{{cite web |url= https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/social-work/richmond-mary/ |title=Mary Ellen Richmond (1861-1928) – Social Work Pioneer, Administrator, Researcher and Author |date=January 21, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Tweedy]], musician, songwriter, author, and record producer
* [[Kevin Von Erich]], an American retired professional wrestler
* [[Stephen R. Wigginton]], U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois from 2010 to 2015.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dionne|first=Matthew S.|title=Someone you should know: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois|journal=The Public Servant|volume=14|issue=2|publisher=[[Illinois State Bar Association]] |url=https://www.isba.org/committees/governmentlawyers/newsletter/2012/12/someoneyoushouldknowstephenrwiggint}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy Connors]], American former world No. 1 tennis player
* [[Ken Bone (personality)|Ken Bone]], internet personality