Quad Cities - Notable Citizens

Notable Citizens

  • Ambrose Burke, priest and college president, Davenport
  • Anne Marie Howard, actress, Davenport
  • Austin Howard, athlete, Davenport
  • Branden Campbell, bassist for the Neon Trees, Davenport
  • Bill Fitch, NBA Basketball player/coach, Davenport
  • Bix Beiderbecke, jazz musician, Davenport
  • Chief Black Hawk
  • Ken Berry, singer, dancer, Moline
  • Louie Bellson, drummer, Moline
  • Cletus Madsen, priest and college president, Davenport
  • Carl Meinberg, priest and college President, Davenport
  • Dana Davis, actress, Davenport
  • Daniel David Palmer, chiropracter, Davenport
  • Don Nelson, NBA Basketball player/coach, Rock Island
  • Ed Conroy, athlete, Davenport
  • Elmer Layden, athlete, Davenport
  • Eric Christian Olsen, actor, Bettendorf
  • Gail Karp, cantor of the Reform Jewish synagogue, Davenport
  • Hazel Keener, actress, Bettendor and Davenport
  • Hiram Price, politician, Davenport
  • Hynden Walch, actress, Davenport
  • George Cram Cook, author, Davenport
  • Colonel George Davenport, pioneer, US Army Officer
  • Gene Oliver, MLB baseball athlete, Rock Island
  • Gerald Francis O'Keefe, priest, Davenport
  • Isabel Bloom, artist, Davenport
  • Jack Fleck, football athlete, Bettendorf
  • James Jones, athlete, Davenport
  • James Philbrook, actor, Davenport
  • Jim Leach, politician, Davenport
  • Jim Skinner, CEO of McDonalds, Davenport
  • Joe Frisco, vaudeville performer, Davenport
  • John Deere, inventor, Moline
  • John Getz, actor, Davenport
  • John Flannagan, priest and college president, Davenport
  • John Peters, Professional Baseball player and Historian, Rock Island
  • Joseph W. Bettendorf Industrialist, Bettendorf (Gilbert)
  • Josh Kroeger, athlete, Davenport
  • Justin Diercks, racecar driver, Davenport
  • Lara Flynn Boyle, actress, Davenport
  • Linnea Quigley, actress and producer, Davenport
  • Lisa Bluder, basketball coach
  • Louise Carver, actress, Davenport
  • Michael Nunn, boxer, Davenport
  • Mike Butcher, athlete, Davenport
  • Martin Cone, priest and college president, Davenport
  • Marvin Mottet, priest, Davenport
  • Mary Beth Peil, actress and singer, Davenport
  • Matthew Ashford Actor, Davenport
  • Nat Pendleton Wrestler and Actor, Davenport
  • Oran Pape State Patrol, Davenport
  • Pat Angerer Football Athlete, Bettendorf
  • Pat Miletich MMA Athlete, Bettendorf
  • Perry Lafferty Producer, Davenport
  • Roger Craig Athlete, Davenport
  • Roger Perry Actor, Davenport
  • Ronald Reagan, announcer, actor, U.S. President, Davenport
  • Samuel Franklin Cody Aviator, Davenport
  • Scott Pose MLB Baseball Athlete, Davenport
  • Sebastian Menke Priest and College President, Davenport
  • Spike O'Dell former WGN Radio host, East Moline
  • Stuart Margolin Actor and Director, Davenport
  • Sue Lyon Actress, Davenport
  • Susan Glaspell Writer, Davenport
  • Suzy Bogguss, Country Singer, Aledo
  • Tavian Banks Football Athlete, Bettendorf
  • Tim Sylvia MMA Athlete, Bettendorf
  • Vincent Hugo Bendix Inventor and Industrialist, Moline
  • William P. Bettendorf Industrialist, Bettendorf (Gilbert)
  • William F. Buffalo Bill Cody, pioneer, LeClaire

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