Dick Burwell, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs John W. Coppinger, lawyer, Illinois state legislator, mayor of Alton Anthony W. Daly, Illinois state representative, judge, and lawyer Levi Davis, Illinois State Auditor and lawyer Miles Davis, jazz musician Steve Davis, Illinois state legislator AnnMaria De Mars, technology executive, author and judoka Ezekiel Elliott, NFL running back for the Dallas Cowboys Herbert G. Giberson, Illinois state senator and businessman David Goins, first African-American mayor of Alton Lloyd Nelson Hand, Chief of Protocol of the United States (1965–66) and assistant to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (1957–61) Craig Hentrich, NFL football player Charles A. Herb, merchant, mayor of Alton, Illinois State Senator Michael Ann Holly, art historian and mother of actress Lauren Holly Mary Beth Hughes, actress Donald Juel, Lutheran educator and scholar Don Lenhardt, outfielder, first baseman, third baseman, scout and coach with several MLB teams Lawrence Leritz, dance and Broadway Stephen Harriman Long, U.S. army explorer, topographical engineer, and railway engineer, retired and died in Alton Elijah Lovejoy, abolitionist Bill Lyons, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals Trevor Mann, a.k.a. Ricochet, professional wrestler in the WWE Barrelhouse Buck McFarland, blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer Jumbo McGinnis, pitcher for the St. Louis Brown Stockings Salim Nourallah, musician and producer Edward O'Hare, Medal of Honor recipient; O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in his honor; graduate of Western Military Academy in Alton John M. Olin, inventor, industrialist, philanthropist William S. Paley, founder and chairman of the board of directors of CBS Corp.; graduate of Western Military Academy in Alton James Earl Ray, committed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Arch Reilly, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates Red Rhodes, musician and steel guitarist Christina Romer, 25th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Rosey Rowswell, baseball broadcaster for Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew Schlafly, son of Phyllis Schlafly, attorney, homeschool teacher, Christian conservative activist, and founder of Conservapedia Phyllis Schlafly, conservative author, constitutional lawyer, and activist, known for her role in defeating the Equal Rights Amendment in the late 1970s and early 1980s Thomas N. Scortia, authored novel adapted into film The Towering Inferno William Sears, doctor and author of several popular books on pregnancy and parenting Dale Swann, character actor Richard Thatcher, Union Civil War soldier and first president of Territorial Normal School, now the University of Central Oklahoma Paul Tibbets Jr., pilot of the Enola Gay; graduated from Western Military