Everett McKinley Dirksen

Everett McKinley Dirksen

male, deceased (1896) (Pekin, Illinois)
Republican, Lung cancer death, shriner, Freemason, Pi Kappa Alpha, United States Senator…from Illinois, borninPekin, Illinois
Dirksen was born in Pekin, Illinois -about 120 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois -where he grew up on a small farm. He served in the United...
Ethyl Eichelberger

Ethyl Eichelberger

male, deceased (1990)
AIDS-related death, drag queen, Broadway, the threepenny opera, king lear, 8BC…borninPekin, Illinois
Ethyl Eichelberger (July 17, 1945 - August 12, 1990) was an American drag performer, playwright and actor. Born James Roy Eichelberger in Pekin,...

Susan Hallock Dey

female
film producer, the partridge family, actress, Co-producer, L.A. Law, Emerald Point N.A.S.…borninPekin, Illinois
Daughter Sarah Hirshan born in November 1978. Came to acting by way of a teen modeling career. Measurements: 32-20-31 (during "The Partridge...

Jack Truman

male
actor, Deathlok, The Animal actor, Ali actor, The Majestic actor, Pearl Harbor actor…borninPekin, Illinois
Great-nephew of President Harry S. Truman Founder of The Destiny Theater

Wyllis Oswald Cooper

male
writer, film producer, film director, actor, Screenwriter, borninPekin, Illinois
Writer/director of NBC Radio's "Whitehall 1212" (1951-1952). Creator of NBC Radio's "Lights Out." Besides writing, producing and directing, he...

Larry Kenney

male
actor, Thundercats, borninPekin, Illinois
Larry began his career when he was 15 in 1963 as a Disc Jockey at a Radio station in Peoria, Illinois. He went on to in New York, Cleveland, and...