Editing Quincy, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Mary Astor]], Academy Award-winning actress
* [[Avenue Beat]], pop/R&B trio
* [[Cora Agnes Benneson]], attorney, lecturer, and writer<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nazzal |first=James A. |date=2000 |title='Verite Sans Peur': Cora Agnes Benneson, a First-Wave Feminist of Illinois |url=https://jstor.org/stable/40193344 |journal=[[Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society]] |volume=93 |issue=3 |pages=273–286 |jstor=40193344 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[Zachary Bruenger]], racing driver
* [[Steve Buckley (soccer)|Steve Buckley]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASL–Steve Buckley |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/B/Buckley.Steve.htm |access-date=February 15, 2025 |website=(NASL) jerseys}}</ref>
* [[Helen Calkins]], mathematician
* [[Bruce Douglas (basketball)|Bruce Douglas]], professional basketball player
* [[Nina Gomer Du Bois]], [[Civil rights movement (1896–1954)|civil rights]] activist
* [[Bruce Edwards (baseball)|Bruce Edwards]], professional baseball player
* [[William F. Gibbs]], Illinois state legislator, farmer, and businessman
* [[Jake Griffin]], racing driver
* [[John W. Henry]], businessman<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Henry|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-henry/|access-date=February 20, 2021|website=Forbes}}</ref>
* [[Caren Kemner]], Olympic volleyball player
* [[Alys Lorraine]]. operatic soprano
* [[Elmo McClain]], Illinois state representative and teacher
* [[Isaac S. Moses]], rabbi
* [[Fritz Ostermueller]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Arthur Pitney]], inventor of postage meter and co-founder of [[Pitney Bowes]]
* [[Dev Reeves]], former professional soccer defender<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=QHS Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: Dev L. Reeves |url=http://www.quincybluedevilsportshalloffame.com/year/reeves.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215247/http://www.quincybluedevilsportshalloffame.com/year/reeves.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Quincy Blue Devils Sports Hall of Fame}}</ref>
* [[Rick Reuschel]], Major League Baseball player
* [[Paul Reuschel]], Major League Baseball player
* [[Ike Samuels]], Major League Baseball player
* [[James B. Stewart]], lawyer, journalist and author
* [[William Bushnell Stout]], inventor
* [[Michael Swango]], serial killer and former physician
* [[Paul Tibbets]], pilot who flew the [[Enola Gay]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/paul-tibbets|title=Paul Tibbets|website=Atomic Heritage Foundation|language=en|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Augustus Tolton]] first recognized African-American Roman Catholic priest in the United States
* [[Jonathan Van Ness]], hairstylist and member of the Fab Five on Netflix's ''Queer Eye''
* [[Irma Voigt]], Dean of Women at Ohio University
* [[Elmer H. Wavering]], president of Motorola and inventor of the car radio, automotive alternator, and walkie-talkie
* [[John Wood (governor)|John Wood]], 12th [[Governor of Illinois]]
* [[James Scott (criminal)|James Scott]], criminal [[Great Flood of 1993]]
* [[James Ziliak]], economist, educator, and author
* [[Stephen Ziliak]], economist, educator, and author