- Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. A trumpeter, bandleader and composer, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s. He played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jazz records. He was partially responsible for the development of modal jazz, … - Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American athlete, ranked amongst the all-time greatest heptathletes. She won three gold, one silver and two bronze Olympic medals. Named after Jackie Kennedy, she currently lives in East St. Louis, Illinois. Joyner-Kersee was the first woman to score over 7,000 points in a heptathlon event (during the 1986 Goodwill Games). - John Reynolds
John Reynolds (February 26 1788 - May 8 1865) was a United States politician from the state of Illinois. He was one of the original four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1818-1825, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1826-1830, 1846-1848, and 1852-1854 (when he was Speaker of the House), and the 4th Illinois Governor from 1830-1834. He also represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives, 1834-1837 and 1839-1843. - Al Joyner
Alfredrick "Al" Alphonzo Joyner, born January 19, 1960 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States, is an Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. Joyner was married to the late Florence Griffith-Joyner, a multiple Olympic medal-winning sprinter. They had one daughter Mary Ruth. His sister Jackie Joyner-Kersee is also an Olympic gold medalist. Joyner married for a second time on June 28, 2003 to Alisha Biehn. The couple has a daughter, Skylar Rose and a son, … - Jimmy Connors
James Scott ("Jimmy") Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former American tennis champion who was the world number one player for 160 consecutive weeks from July 1974 to August 1977. He was also the World No. 1 player an additional 8 times during his career. He won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles. He is often considered to be one of the top male tennis players of all time. - Nathan Hodel
Nathan William Hodel (born November 11, 1977 in Fairview Heights, Illinois) is an American football long snapper currently playing for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. - Quincy Troupe
Quincy Thomas Troupe, Jr., born July 22, 1939, in St Louis, Missouri, is a poet, editor (recently the Styx River Magazine), journalist, and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California. - William Holden
William Holden (April 17, 1918 - ca. November 12, 1981) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. He was named one of the "Top 10 stars of the year" six times (1954-1958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars list as #25. - Kellen Winslow
Kellen Boswell Winslow (born 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former professional American football tight end with the University of Missouri and the San Diego Chargers. - Sandra Magnus
Sandra Hall Magnus is an American astronaut and veteran of a single space mission. Magnus was born and raised in Belleville, Illinois and earned degrees in physics and electrical engineering from the University of Missouri–Rolla before earning a doctorate in materials science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1996. She went to Central Junior high, which is part of belleville District 118. - Donald McHenry
Donald Franchot McHenry (October 13 1936 -) was the United States Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 1979 until January 20 1981. McHenry was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up across the river in East St. Louis, Illinois. He attended Illinois State University, graduating with a BS in 1957. He then continued on to earn a Master's degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1959. - Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 - July 6, 2003) was an American actor and dancer, who is best-remembered for his role as Jed Clampett in the popular television series "The Beverly Hillbillies". - Reginald Hudlin
Reginald Alan Hudlin (born December 15 1961) is an American writer and film director. He was born in Centreville, Illinois. He has directed such films as *"House Party" with the rap duo Kid 'n Play; * "Boomerang" with Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry; and * "The Great White Hype" with Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, and Jeff Goldblum. He is currently writing the Marvel Comics series "Black Panther", … - Miles Henry Davis
Miles Henry Davis (March 1, 1900-1962) was a prominent American dentist and father of jazz legend Miles Davis. - Lea Delaria
Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958 at Belleville, Illinois) is a US comedian, actor, and jazz musician. She has Italian origins. An extremely prominent figure in the world of lesbian stand-up comedy, she is noted for her raunchy persona and inflammatory, irreverent political commentary, which have proven controversial inside and outside the gay and lesbian community. Some of her comedy releases include "Bulldyke in a China Shop" and "Box Lunch". - Whitey Herzog
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog (born November 9 1931) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, scout, coach, manager, general manager and farm system director. He was born in New Athens, Illinois. A left-handed batter and thrower, Herzog originally signed with the New York Yankees. While he never appeared in a major league game for them, Herzog was profoundly influenced by their legendary manager, Casey Stengel, … - Hank Bauer
Henry Albert "Hank" Bauer (July 31 1922 - February 9,2007) was an American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He played with the New York Yankees (1948-1959) and Kansas City Athletics (1960-1961); he batted and threw right-handed. He served as manager of the Athletics in both Kansas City (1961-62) and Oakland (1969), as well as of the Baltimore Orioles (1964-68), winning the 1966 World Series championship. - Shannon Spruill
Shannon Claire Spruill (born July 17, 1975) is an American professional wrestler and valet. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling between 1999 and 2001 under the ring name Daffney. - Richard Durbin
Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin, (born November 21 1944) is currently the senior United States Senator from Illinois and Democratic Whip, the second highest position in the party leadership in the Senate. He became Majority Whip of the US Senate when the 110th Congress convened on January 4, 2007. - William D. Baumgartner
Rear Admiral William D. Baumgartner serves as the Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the United States Coast Guard. In this capacity, he is the Coast Guard’s senior legal advisor and is responsible for all aspects of the service’s legal program. A native of Collinsville, Illinois, he is a 1980 graduate of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy where he received Bachelor of Science degrees in Marine Engineering and Electrical Engineering. - Jesse Hale Moore
Jesse Hale Moore (April 22, 1817 - July 11, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois, Moore was graduated from McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, in 1842. He taught school in Nashville, Illinois from 1842 to 1844. And at Georgetown, Illinois from 1844 to 1848. He studied for the ministry and was ordained a Methodist minister in 1849. He served in the Union Army as colonel of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment, … - Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and stage actor. Known for often playing dark and villainous characters, he has so far predominantly appeared in supporting roles in a wide variety of both low-budget ("Boys Don't Cry") and major studio films ("Jarhead"), ranging from drama to horror and action thrillers. His most critically praised performance to date was as "The New Republic" magazine editor, … - Katherine Dunham
Katherine Mary Dunham (22 June 1909 - 21 May 2006) was an African-American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, author, educator and activist who was trained as an anthropologist Her father was an African-American Business man, and her mother a woman of mixed race, i.e. French-Canadian and Native American. She has been called the Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance, and had one of the most successful dance careers in American and European theater of the 20th century. - Jeff Tweedy
Jeffrey Scott Tweedy (born August 25, 1967 in Belleville, Illinois, United States) is an American songwriter, musician, and poet. Tweedy joined rockabilly band The Plebs with high school friend Jay Farrar in the early 1980s, but Tweedy's musical interests caused one of Farrar's brothers to quit. The Plebs changed their name to The Primitives in 1984, but changed its name to Uncle Tupelo in 1987 due to the success of a British band named The Primitives. - Neal Cotts
Neal James Cotts (born March 25, 1980 in Lebanon, Illinois) is a left-handed pitcher currently with the Chicago Cubs. - Craig Virgin
Craig Steven Virgin (born August 2, 1955) is an American distance runner. He was born in Belleville, Illinois and grew up near Lebanon, Illinois. While in high school, Virgin won 5 state championships as well as setting the national outdoor 2-mile record of 8:40.9 (beating Steve Prefontaine's mark of 8:41.5, though slightly short of Gerry Lindgren's 8:40.0 indoor record from 1964). - Larry Doyle
Lawrence Joseph Doyle (July 31 1886 - March 1 1974), nicknamed "Laughing Larry," was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1920 who played almost his entire career for the New York Giants. The National League's outstanding second baseman during the 1910s, he was awarded the 1912 Chalmers Award as the league's best player, and won the 1915 batting title with a .320 average. - Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett (b. Brooklyn (or Lovejoy), Illinois, September 16, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. His primary instrument is the baritone saxophone, and he is considered one of the finest living players of this instrument. He also plays (and records with) the bass saxophone, E-flat alto clarinet, E-flat contra-alto clarinet, and wooden flute. Bluiett was born just north of East St. Louis in Brooklyn, Illinois (also known as Lovejoy), … - Laphonso Ellis
LaPhonso Darnell Ellis (born May 5 1970 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player. He was an outstanding high school basketball player at East St. Louis Lincoln High School, where he led the Lincoln Tigers to two straight Illinois Class AA boys' championships in 1987 and 1988. Although many thought he would attend Illinois some questionable recruiting tactics came into play by Notre Dame. - Charles Birger
Charlston Birger (1881 - April 19, 1928) was an American mobster during the Prohibition period in southern Illinois. His real name is believed to have been Shachna Itzik Birger. Most reports say he was born in New York City, New York, while other reports say he was born in Russia. - Fred J. Kern
Frederick John Kern (September 2, 1864 - November 9, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born on a farm near Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois, Kern attended the public schools of Millstadt and Illinois State Normal University at Normal, Illinois. He was employed as a coal miner. He taught in the public schools for five years. He was editor of the East St. Louis Gazette and in 1891 became owner of the Belleville News-Democrat. - Jerry Costello
Jerry Francis Costello (born September 25 1949), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1988, representing (map). He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, was educated at Maryville College of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis, and was a county bailiff, deputy sheriff, director of court services and probation,chief investigator for the Illinois State Attorney’s office, and Chairman of the St. - Ken Kwapis
Ken Kwapis (born August 17, 1957) is an American film and television director and scriptwriter. He was born in Belleville, Illinois, attended St. Louis University High School, studied film first at Northwestern University, then on the graduate level at USC School of Cinema-Television. Kwapis helped define the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s. - Brian Daubach
Brian Michael Daubach (born February 11, 1972 in Belleville, Illinois) is a free agent first baseman. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He has often served as a designated hitter and can also play the outfield. Daubach was selected by the Mets in the 17th round of the 1990 amateur draft. In 1995, he crossed picket lines to be a replacement player (scab) during the MLBPA players' strike, but the strike ended before any of the replacements saw game action. - William A. Pailes
William Arthur Pailes (Major, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a USAF astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program during the mid-1980s. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J "Atlantis" (October 3-7, 1985). - Barry Sumpter
Barry Sumpter (born November 11 1965 in Brooklyn, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 3rd round (56th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. A 6'11" forward-center from the University of Louisville and Austin Peay State University, Sumpter played in only one career NBA game with the Los Angeles Clippers. - Danny Putnam
Daniel Christopher Putnam (born September 17, 1982 in Scott Air Force Base, Illinois) is an outfielder for Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. As a student at Rancho Bernardo High School in 2001, he was named the "USA Today" California High School Player of the Year. He attended Stanford University and was drafted by the A's in 2004. He played parts of three seasons in the minors before being called up in April 2007. - Charles Melvin Price
Charles Melvin Price (January 1, 1905 - April 22, 1988) was a longtime member of the United States House of Representatives. Most notably, he served as the chairman of the Armed Services Committee between 1975 and 1985. Price was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and attended parochial schools there; he went on to St. Louis University. After graduating, he worked for several years as a journalist before taking work as a secretary for Congressman Edwin Schaefer in 1933. - Bob Cryder
Robert Cryder is an American former football offensive guard who played in the NFL from (1978–1986). He played college football for the University of Alabama. - Sam Jethroe
Samuel Jethroe (January 23 1917 - June 16 2001) was an American center fielder in Negro League and Major League Baseball. With the Cincinnati & Cleveland Buckeyes he won a pair of batting titles, hit .340 over seven seasons from 1942 to 1948, and helped the team to two pennants and the 1945 Negro League World Series title. He was named the National League's Rookie of the Year in 1950 with the Boston Braves, and led the NL in stolen bases in his first two seasons.
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