FAMOUS PEORIANS

 

 

There are no politicians on this list, unless otherwise noteworthy. Updated 11-23-2023.

 

BORN IN PEORIA

 

APPLEGREN, Amy - baseball pitcher - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

ASHMORE, Darryl - football player - Wikipedia

ATWOOD, Tim - musician - website

 

BALLANCE, Bill - radio host - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

BARTSON, Charlie - baseball pitcher - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

BORLAND, Bruce - golf course designer - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave / Find-A-Grave

BRANDL, Mark Staff - artist - Wikipedia

BRENTON, Lynn - baseball pitcher - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

BRICKHOUSE, Jack - sportscaster - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

BRINKER, Nancy (Goodman) - former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary - Wikipedia

BROWN, Kay - actress - bio Wikipedia / filmography Wikipedia

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CAFFYN, Ben - baseball outfielder - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

CLARK, Mark - civil rights activist - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

COLLINS, Nic - writer and director - IMDB

CORRELL, Charles James - actor, performer - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

COSTELLO, Mariclare - actress - Wikipedia

CRAIG, William Lane - Christian apologist - Wikipedia

 

DART, KERMIT ADDISON - Vaudeville musician, movie actor, husband of Helen Irene Vermillion (below)

DAWSON, Aaron - hockey player - hockeydb website

DONLIN, Mike - baseball outfielder, actor - Wikipedia

DOWNING, Wayne A. - U.S. Army four-star General - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

DUGDALE, Dan - baseball catcher - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

EAGLETON, William L. - U.S. Foreign Service Officer - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

EARL, Acie - basketball player - Wikipedia

 

FOGELBERG, Dan - musician - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

FRAZEE, Harry - theatrical agent, producer, director, owner Boston Red Sox - Wikepedia / Find-A-Grave

FRIEDAN, Betty (Goldstein) - author - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

GARMES, Lee Dewey - Oscar winning cinematographer - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

GIBSON, Josh - cinematographer - IMDB

GIBSON, Norwood - baseball pitcher - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

GIBSON, Steve - musician - Wikipedia

GILLES, Tom - baseball pitcher - Wikipedia

GIRARDI, Joe - baseball catcher and manager - Wikipedia

GOODWIN, Harold - actor - Wikipedia / IMDB

GUYTON, Arthur James "A.J." - basketball player - Wikipedia

 

HERMANN, Cleve - broadcast journalist, actor - IMDB

HOLMES, Tecumshea "Teck" - actor - reality show performer - Wikipedia

 

IRWIN, Tom - actor - Wikipedia

 

JAURON, Richard - football player and coach - Wikipedia

JOHNSTON, Bruce - musician - Wikipedia

JORDAN, Jim - actor - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

JORDAN, Marian (Driscoll) - actor - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

 

KLISE, Kate - author - Wikipedia

KOMEN, Susan (Goodman) - namesake - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

LaHOOD, Ray - U.S. Secretary of Transportation - Wikipedia

LANE - Cristy (Eleanor Johnston) - singer - Wikipedia

LANE - Tami - Oscar winning makeip artist - Wikipedia

LILLY, Pip - actor, comedian - IMDB

LIVINGSTON, Shaun - basketball player - Wikipedia

 

MABEUS, Chris - baseball pitcher - Wikipedia

MATTHEWS, Lisa (Reich) - actress, Playboy Playmate - IMDB

MAUCH, Billy - actor - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

MAUCH, Bobby - actor - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

McFARLANE, Elaine "Spanky" - musician - Wikipedia

McGHEE, Carla - basketball player - Wikipedia

McGUIRE, Kathryn - actress - Wikipedia

McMANIS, Sherrick - football player - Wikipedia

MILLHOLLIN, James - actor - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

MONROE, Zach - baseball pitcher - Wikipedia

 

NATHAN, Howard - basketball player - Wikipedia

 

O'BRIEN, William "Darby" - baseball outfielder - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

PRYOR, Richard - actor, comedian - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

 

QUINLAN, Jack - sportscaster - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

RICHRATH, Gary - musician - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

SAVOIE, Matthew - Olympic figure skater - Wikipedia

SAX, George D. - banker - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

SHATTO, Bart - muscian, actor - Wikepedia

SHAY, Hollie - actress - IMDB / website

SIMMONS, Dan - author - Wikipedia

SIMPSON, Tim - football player - Wikipedia

SMITH, Lyall - sports writer, editor - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

STEAR, Demetrius - actor - IMDB

STIERS, David Ogden - actor - Wikipedia / IMDB

STONE, Cynthia - actress - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

STOUT, Allyn - baseball pitcher - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

SUTTER, Ed - football player - Wikipedia

 

TAYLOR, B. "Billy" - musician - website

TAYLOR, James "J.T." - football player - Wikipedia

TELANDER, Rick - sports columnist - Wikipedia

THOMAS, Lee - baseball player and executive - Wikipedia

THOME, Jim - baseball player - Wikipedia

THOMPSON, Marshall - actor - Wikipedia - IMDB / Find-A-Grave

THORNTON, Walter - baseball player - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave / Find-A-Grave

TRIEBEL, Frederick "Fritz" - sculptur - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

TUTTLE, Bill - baseball player - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

VERMILLION, HELEN IRENE - Vaudeville dancer, singer, actress, wife of Kermit Addison Dart (above)

VONACHEN, Harold "Pete" - Minor League Baseball team owner - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

WARFIELD, Liv - singer-songwriter - Wikipedia - IMDB

WEAD, Frank - U.S. Navy Aviator, Oscar winning screenwriter - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

WHITE, Alfred Holmes - chemical engineer - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

WHITEMAN, George - baseball player - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

WHITING, Richard A. - composer - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

WOODRUFF, William Herbert "Bert" - actor - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

ZIMMER, Mike - football coach - Wikipedia

 

 

RAISED OR LIVED IN PEORIA OR ATTENDED BRADLEY UNIVERSITY

 

BAY, Harry - baseball player, bandleader - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

BRADLEY, Lydia (Moss) - philanthropist, founder Bradley University - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

CANNELL, Dorothy - author - Wikipedia

 

DUNNE, Mike - baseball player - Wikipedia

 

ELLIOTT, Royce - Find-A-Grave

 

FARMER, Philip Jose - author - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

FLYNN, Neil - actor - Wikipedia / IMDB

 

GOTT, Kendall - author, military historian - Wikipedia

 

HADLEY, Jerry - opera tenor - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

HALE, Matthew - white supremacist, conviced felon - Wikipedia

HAWKINS, Hersey - basketball player - Wikipedia

HOROWITZ, David, consumer advocate - Wikipedia

 

INGERSOLL, Robert G. - orator - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

 

KINISON, Sam - comedian, actor - Wikipedia / IMDB / website / Find-A-Grave

 

LAWLER, Ralph - sportscaster - Wikipedia

 

MANHEIM, Camryn - actress - Wikipedia / IMDB

 

PETERSEN, Eric - IMDB / website

PUCKETT, Kirby - baseball player - Wikipedia

PUJOLS, Albert - baseball player - Wikipedia

 

RAKES, Kristen - actress - IMDB

REILLY, Aaron Michael - actor - IMDB

 

SHALIKASHVILI, John - U.S. Army General - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

SHEEN, Archbishop Fulton J. - radio and television host - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave / Find-A-Grave

SHELTON, Bernard - organized crime figure - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

SHELTON, Carl - organized crime figure - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

SHELTON, Earl - organized crime figure - Wikipedia / Find-A-Grave

STEINER, Charley - sportscaster, broadcast journalist - Wikipedia

SUMMERS, Hope - actress - Wikipedia / IMDB / Find-A-Grave

 

TAWAN, Serria - actress, Playboy Playmate - Wikipedia / IMDB

 

VANOCUR, Alexander (Sander) - television journalist - Wikipedia

 

WHITE, Christopher - movie production manager - IMDB