Editing Virden, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Warren Ambrose]], professor emeritus of mathematics at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] and at the [[University of Buenos Aires]]
*[[Julian N. Frisbie]], decorated brigadier general, [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]], during [[World War II]] and later Warden of [[Michigan State Prison|Southern Michigan Prison]]
*[[Edward Alsworth Ross]], [[sociology|sociologist]], [[eugenics|eugenicist]], and major figure of early [[criminology]]
*[[Henry Calvert Simons]], economist at the [[University of Chicago]]
*[[Luella St. Clair Moss|Luella Wilcox St. Clair Moss]], suffragist, one of the first female college presidents in the U.S.; born in Virden
*[[Melvin Vaniman]], aviator and photographer who specialized in panoramic images