Patricia Harris
1924–1985 American politician and diplomat
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
1843–1928 American geologist and educator
Frank Edwards
1908–1967 American writer and broadcaster
Hope Summers
1896–1979 American actress
Joe Knollenberg
1933–2018 American politician
Otis F. Glenn
1879–1959 American politician
James W. Morrison
1888–1974 American actor
Jackie Moran
1923–1990 American actor
William Cook
1931–2011 American entrepreneur
George H. Wilson
1905–1985 American politician
Kim Chizevsky
born 1968 American bodybuilder
Dale Righter
born 1966 American politician
Katharine McGee
born 1988 American writer
Terry Miller
born 1946 American football player
Andy Miller
born 1968 Harness racing driver nicknamed "Orange Crush"
Harlean James
1877–1969 American activist
Rick Duncan
born 1941 American football player
Will Leitch
born 1975 American writer
Donald R “Don” Roberts
1958–2020 American pastor, father of Michelle Towner, special education teacher at Morton High School
Dorothy Moore
1919–2005 American actress
Edwin P. Overmire
1864–1905 American architect, active in Minnesota
Madlynne Angelina Kimmerle
1907–2005 American activist and teacher
Norman E. Sexauer
1925–2016 Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1957
Thomas Barger
born 1992 American designer
Also called Mattoon home
CE Cassie Edwards
1936–2016 American romance writer
Jim Bain
1932–2017 American basketball referee
Alf R. Thompson
1895–1997 Husband of Betty Thompson