The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Quincy, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page .
Acting and comedy
Crime
Fine arts
Journalism and writing
Military
- Thomas Scott Baldwin, US Army major during World War I; aviation pioneer and balloonist
- Albert Cashier, Union Army soldier during the Civil War
- George J. Iles, Tuskegee Airman and veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
- James Dada Morgan, Union Army general during the Civil War
- Benjamin Prentiss, Union Army general during the Civil War
- Scott L. Thoele, US Army National Guard brigadier general
- Paul Tibbets, World War II pilot, Enola Gay
Music
Politics
- A. Otis Arnold, Illinois state legislator and businessman
- Thomas Awerkamp, Illinois State Senator and businessman
- Horace S. Cooley, Illinois Secretary of State
- Laura Kent Donahue, Illinois State Senator
- Stephen Arnold Douglas, youngest supreme court justice in Illinois history (27 years old); ran as a Democrat against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election
- Mary Lou Kent, Illinois state legislator
- Frederick Kreismann, mayor of St. Louis
- Charles E. Lippincott, California State Senator and Illinois Auditor
- Benjamin M. Mitchell, state representative, born in Quincy
- Charles E. Morris, state assemblyman for Wisconsin
- Isaac N. Morris, state representative
- Brian Munzlinger, state representative for Missouri
- Mark A. Penick, Illinois state senators
- William Alexander Richardson, U.S. Senator
- Lillian E. Schlagenhauf, Illinois state senator and lawyer
- Onias C. Skinner, Illinois jurist and legislator
- William Rudolph Smith, attorney general of Wisconsin
- Max C. Starkloff (1858-1942), St. Louis Health Commissioner who introduced social distancing during the 1918 flu pandemic
- Art Tenhouse, Illinois state legislator
- William D. Turner, state assemblyman for Wisconsin
- John Wood, city founder and the 12th governor of Illinois
Religion
Sports
References