William Conger: painter and educator
Hubert D. Considine: Illinois state representative and businessman.

Rita Crundwell: breeder of quarterhorses; embezzled approximately $53 million while Dixon comptroller in what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in American history.

John Dement: 19th century politician and military commander.

John Deere: industrialist, manufacturer, invented first commercially successful steel plow; born in Vermont, lived in Grand Detour.

John Devine: professional bicycle racer.

John P. Devine: Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Sherwood Dixon: politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.

James K. Edsall: politician, Illinois Attorney General.

Samuel Cook Edsall: Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota.

Daniel G. Garnsey: United States Congressman.

Jerry Hey: five-time Grammy winner.

David Klamen: artist and academic
Jeanie Linders: writer and producer of Menopause: The Musical.

William H. McMaster: South Dakota state representative, state senator, lieutenant governor, governor, US senator, later banker in Dixon.

Ward T. Miller: professional baseball player in early 1900s for Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Terriers (FL) and St. Louis Browns.

Louella Parsons (born Louella Rose Oettinger): influential newspaper columnist; born in Freeport and grew up in Dixon.

Ronald Reagan: 40th President of the United States, 33rd Governor of California, noted actor; born in Tampico and grew up in Dixon.

Rondi Reed: Tony Award-winning actress and singer.

Fred E. Sterling: politician.

Charles Rudolph Walgreen: founder of drugstore chain; he grew up in Dixon and began his career there as a pharmacist.

Larry Young: MLB umpire.

Isaiah Roby: NBA Dallas Mavericks
William Conger: painter and educator
Hubert D. Considine: Illinois state representative and businessman.
Rita Crundwell: breeder of quarterhorses; embezzled approximately $53 million while Dixon comptroller in what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in American history.
John Dement: 19th century politician and military commander.
John Deere: industrialist, manufacturer, invented first commercially successful steel plow; born in Vermont, lived in Grand Detour.
John Devine: professional bicycle racer.
John P. Devine: Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.
Sherwood Dixon: politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.
James K. Edsall: politician, Illinois Attorney General.
Samuel Cook Edsall: Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota.
Daniel G. Garnsey: United States Congressman.
Jerry Hey: five-time Grammy winner.
David Klamen: artist and academic
Jeanie Linders: writer and producer of Menopause: The Musical.
William H. McMaster: South Dakota state representative, state senator, lieutenant governor, governor, US senator, later banker in Dixon.
Ward T. Miller: professional baseball player in early 1900s for Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Terriers (FL) and St. Louis Browns.
Louella Parsons (born Louella Rose Oettinger): influential newspaper columnist; born in Freeport and grew up in Dixon.
Ronald Reagan: 40th President of the United States, 33rd Governor of California, noted actor; born in Tampico and grew up in Dixon.
Rondi Reed: Tony Award-winning actress and singer.
Fred E. Sterling: politician.
Charles Rudolph Walgreen: founder of drugstore chain; he grew up in Dixon and began his career there as a pharmacist.
Larry Young: MLB umpire.
Isaiah Roby: NBA Dallas Mavericks
Dixon, Illinois