List of people from Belleville, Illinois
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Belleville, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Belleville, Illinois.
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Heil |  |
Oct 5, 1940 | Feb 28, 2024 | Inventor of the Heil Talk Box, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exhibitor | ||
| Ernest Hilgard | Jul 25, 1904 | Oct 22, 2001 | Psychologist | Born in Belleville | ||
| Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill |  |
Jul 10, 1964 | Poet, writer, professor at St. Mary’s University, Texas, and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts | Born in Belleville | [1] | |
| Sandra Magnus |  |
Oct 30, 1964 | Engineer and NASA astronaut | Born in Belleville | [2] | |
Arts and culture
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Bollman | Aug 9, 1972 | Actor (Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice) | Lived in Belleville | [3] | ||
| Lea DeLaria |  |
May 23, 1958 | Comedian, actor, jazz musician (Carrie "Big Boo" Black on Orange Is the New Black, The First Wives Club) | Born in Belleville | ||
| Buddy Ebsen |  |
Apr 2, 1908 | Jul 6, 2003 | Actor (Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) | Born in Belleville | |
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Dec 26, 1966 | Musician (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo with Jeff Tweedy) | Born in Belleville | ||
| Jaimee Foxworth |  |
Dec 17, 1979 | Actress (Family Matters) | Born in Belleville; parent was stationed at Scott AFB | ||
| Scott Gibbons | Mar 2, 1969 | Composer, musician | Born in Belleville | |||
| Rosalind Keith |  |
Dec 6, 1916 | Feb 24, 2000 | Film actress of 1930s and '40s | Born in Belleville | |
| Ken Kwapis | Aug 17, 1957 | Emmy-nominated director and producer (The Office) | ||||
| Sophie Tatum LaCroix | Oct 17, 1862 | Jul 16, 1949 | Handcrafts designer, editor and author | Born in Belleville | ||
| Glenn McCoy | 1965 | Cartoonist | Lives in Belleville | |||
| Old Salt Union | Bluegrass/Americana band | From Belleville | ||||
| David Rasche | Aug 7, 1944 | Actor | Born in Belleville | |||
| Peter Sarsgaard |  |
Mar 7, 1971 | Actor | Born at Scott AFB where his father was stationed. | ||
| Lorenda Starfelt |  |
Jan 11, 1955 | Mar 16, 2011 | Independent motion picture and theatrical producer | Born in Belleville | [4] |
| Jeff Tweedy |  |
Aug 25, 1967 | Musician (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo) | Born in Belleville | ||
| Uno |  |
May 5, 2005 | Winner of the 2008 Westminster Kennel Club | Born in Belleville |
Military
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Beaver |  |
1806 | 1880 | Rancher, trapper, interpreter, Civil War scout | Born in Belleville | [5] |
Politics
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrie Thomas Alexander-Bahrenberg |  |
1861 | 1929 | University of Illinois trustee until 1912 | ||
| William Henry Bissell |  |
Apr 25, 1811 | Mar 18, 1860 | 11th governor of Illinois | Hometown was Belleville | |
| Ken Bone |  |
United States presidential debate questioner | Works in Belleville | |||
| Ninian Edwards |  |
Mar 17, 1775 | Jul 20, 1833 | 3rd governor of Illinois | Hometown was Belleville | |
| James T. Hodgkinson | c. 1951 | June 14, 2017 | Perpetrator of Congressional baseball shooting | Last permanent residence was in Belleville, Illinois | ||
| Gustav Körner |  |
Nov 20, 1809 | Apr 9, 1896 | German politician and emigrant; participant in the Frankfurter Wachensturm (1833) | Lived and died in Belleville | |
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Feb 26, 1788 | May 18, 1865 | 4th governor of Illinois | Hometown was Belleville | |
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