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==Notable people== [[File:Ronald Reagan in Dixon, Illinois, 1920s.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Ronald Reagan in Dixon, 1922]] <!-- *** INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOTABLE PEOPLE SECTIONS *** When you add a name in this section, it's YOUR responsibility to ensure all of the following for each person: 1) Insert person into list sorted by last name (surname). 2) Each person MUST meet [[Wikipedia:Bio]] requirements to ensure notability (see [[Wikipedia:Notability]]). 3) Each person MUST meet [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] requirements to verify their notability and prove they resided in the city. 4) If the person has a Wikipedia article, then wikilink the persons name to the correct wikipedia article, otherwise add citation reference(s) to prove the above requirements (see [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]). *** END OF INSTRUCTIONS *** --> * [[Noah Brooks]]: journalist and biographier of Abraham Lincoln * [[William Conger]]: painter and educator * [[Hubert D. Considine]]: Illinois state representative and businessman. * [[Rita Crundwell]]: breeder of quarterhorses; embezzled approximately $53 million while Dixon comptroller in what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in American history. * [[John Dement]]: 19th century politician and military commander. * [[John Deere (inventor)|John Deere]]: industrialist, manufacturer, invented first commercially successful [[Plough|steel plow]]; born in Vermont, lived in [[Grand Detour, Illinois|Grand Detour]]. * [[John Devine (cyclist)|John Devine]]: professional bicycle racer. * [[John P. Devine (Illinois politician)|John P. Devine]]: Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. * [[Sherwood Dixon]]: politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. * [[James K. Edsall]]: politician, Illinois Attorney General. * [[Samuel Cook Edsall]]: Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota. * [[Daniel G. Garnsey]]: United States Congressman. * [[Harriet E. Garrison]] (1848–1930), physician, writer * [[Jerry Hey]]: five-time Grammy winner. * [[David Klamen]]: artist and academic * [[Jeanie Linders]]: writer and producer of ''Menopause: The Musical.'' * [[William H. McMaster]]: South Dakota state representative, state senator, lieutenant governor, governor, US senator, later banker in Dixon. * [[Ward Miller (baseball)|Ward T. Miller]]: professional baseball player in early 1900s for Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Terriers (FL) and St. Louis Browns. * [[Julia Swift Orvis]], history professor at [[Wellesley College]] * [[George Ham Page]]: industrialist and co-founder of the [[Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company]], a predecessor of [[Nestlé]], primarily resided in [[Cham, Switzerland]] during his life * [[Louella Parsons]] (born Louella Rose Oettinger): influential newspaper columnist; born in [[Freeport, Illinois|Freeport]] and grew up in Dixon. * [[Ronald Reagan]]: [[40th President of the United States]], 33rd Governor of California, noted actor; born in [[Tampico, Illinois|Tampico]] and grew up in Dixon. * [[Rondi Reed]]: Tony Award-winning actress and singer. * [[Isaiah Roby]]: NBA Oklahoma City Thunder * [[Fred E. Sterling]]: politician. * [[Charles Rudolph Walgreen]]: founder of drugstore chain; he grew up in Dixon and began his career there as a pharmacist. * [[Minnie Gow Walsworth]], poet * [[Larry Young (umpire)|Larry Young]]: MLB umpire.
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