Editing East Peoria, Illinois (section)

== Notable people ==
{{see also|East Peoria Community High School#Notable alumni}}
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* [[Joe Girardi]], catcher for four [[Major League Baseball]] teams and former manager of the [[New York Yankees]]; native of East Peoria: played in East Peoria Little League<ref>{{cite news | first = Blum | last = Ronald | title = Girardi snags job offer | work=[[Peoria Journal Star]] | publisher=The Peoria Journal Star, Inc. | page = A1 | date = October 30, 2007 | quote = Girardi, an East Peoria native who played for the [[Peoria Chiefs]] ... was taught baseball in his back yard by his father and brothers.  His brother John and neighbor John Emser started a sandlot baseball team the "Oakwood Oaks" with local high school athlete Charlie Gannon as their coach.  The boys played ball day and night after installing lights on the field. Joe started with the Oaks at merely 3 years old playing ball with boys 6 years his senior.  He moved on to organized baseball under Dave Rodgers in the East Peoria Little League, again against boys significantly older than him, but yet dominating the competition. }}</ref>
* [[Matthew F. Hale]], white separatist, sentenced to a 40-year in prison for soliciting an undercover FBI informant to kill federal judge Joan Lefkow; raised in East Peoria<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/matt-hale | title = Matt Hale | work = Intelligence Files | publisher = [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] | location = [[Montgomery, Alabama]] | access-date = May 25, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Anonymous|title=Race extremist jailed in plot to kill judge|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2003-01-08/us/white.supremacist_1_matt-hale-white-supremacist-leader-judge-joan-humphrey-lefkow?_s=PM:US|access-date=May 26, 2012|newspaper=[[CNN]]|date=January 8, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225113155/http://articles.cnn.com/2003-01-08/us/white.supremacist_1_matt-hale-white-supremacist-leader-judge-joan-humphrey-lefkow?_s=PM:US|archive-date=February 25, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Kent Hovind]]<ref name="affidavit1998">Search "Kent Hovind" in [http://www.escambiaclerk.com/clerk/coc_online_public_records.aspx Escambia County Florida Clerk of the Circuit Court] for Instrument 2005406964, Affidavit 08/10/2005, also available on Wikisource as [[s:Kent Hovind 2005 Affidavit|Kent Hovind 2005 Affidavit]].</ref> &mdash; [[Young Earth creationist]] 
* [[Sam Kinison]], comedian and actor (''[[Have You Seen Me Lately?]]'', ''Savage Dawn'', ''[[Back to School]]''); attended [[East Peoria Community High School]]<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1356915489/Luciano-Comedian-called-this-home | title = Comedian called this 'home' | first = Phil | last = Luciano | work = [[Peoria Journal Star]] | location = [[Peoria, Illinois]] | date = April 10, 2012 | page = B1 | access-date = May 25, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Howard Lance]]<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=W7Fy9igM73UC&q=%22Howard+Lance%22+%22East+Peoria%22&pg=PT45 | first = Jason | last = Jennings | title = Hit the Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders | chapter = Rule 3: Ask for Help | isbn = 9781101024553 | publisher = Penguin | year = 2009 | quote = ...probably more like lower middle class for the time and the town, East Peoria, Illinois, where we lived... }} (Book does not provide page numbers.)</ref> &mdash; Chairman & CEO, [[Harris Corporation]]
* [[Roger Phegley]], shooting guard and small forward for six [[National Basketball Association]] teams; played both baseball and basketball for [[East Peoria Community High School]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gpshof.org/Inductees/phegley.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041021203735/http://www.gpshof.org/Inductees/phegley.html | url-status = usurped | archive-date = October 21, 2004 | title = Roger Phegley | date = April 29, 2012 | publisher = Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame | location = Peoria, Illinois | access-date = May 25, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Gary Richrath]], guitarist and songwriter ([[REO Speedwagon]])<ref>[[Phil Luciano]], [http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150914/NEWS/150919703 "Ex-REO Speedwagon guitarist and East Peoria native Gary Richrath dies at 65"].  ''[[Peoria Journal Star]]'', September 14, 2015.  Retrieved 2015-10-08.</ref>