car driver Ed Carpenter, race car driver, born in Paris Alfred M. Craig, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, born in Paris Brett Eldredge, country music singer, born in Paris Jack Franklin, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers Albert Austin Harding, University of Illinois band director, raised in Paris George Hunt, Illinois Attorney General Alice Moore McComas (1850–1919), author, editor, lecturer and reformer Richard P. Mills, educator Jean Paige, silent-film actress Troy Porter, plumber and civil rights leader Bernie Shively, college football Hall of Fame member and University of Kentucky athletic director Benny Shoaff, American race car driver who appeared in two Indianapolis 500 races Lee Sholem, film and television director, born in Paris Abraham L. Stanfield, businessman and politician Barbara Stuart, actor, born in Paris Tom Sunkel, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. Managed the Paris Lakers from 1950 to 1954 Carl Switzer, actor ("Alfalfa" in Our Gang) Harold Switzer, actor ("Harold" in Our Gang); older brother to Carl Switzer Bill Van Dyke, outfielder for the Toledo Maumees, St. Louis Browns and Boston Beaneaters Rodney Watson, men's head basketball coach, University of Southern Indiana W. H. Lillard, college instructor, Headmaster at Tabor Academy, head football coach at Dartmouth College William Zeckendorf, real estate developer Sports teams Paris Lakers, minor league baseball team from 1950 to 1959 Paris Parisians (Eastern Illinois League), semi-pro baseball team Paris Picaduras, semi-pro baseball team See also Asher Morton Farmstead Edgar County Courthouse France Hotel Paris Carnegie Public Library Paris Elks Lodge No. 812 Building Pine Grove Community Club References External links Populated places established in 1826 Cities in Edgar County, Illinois Cities in Illinois County seats in Illinois 1826 establishments in Illinois