Wesley Clair Mitchell
1874–1948 American statistician
Carmelita Geraghty
1901–1966 American actress and painter
Francis M. Drake
1830–1903 American soldier, businessman and politician
E. W. Scripps
1854–1926 American newspaper publisher
Howard Greer
1886–1974 American fashion designer
Helen West Heller
1872–1955 American painter, sculptor
Charles Guy Briggle
1883–1972 United States federal judge
Captain Harold Hammond
1874–1911 American military officer and writer
Harold Whetstone Johnston
1859–1912 American historian
Leroy S. Palmer
1887–1944 Chemist and professor
Ralph D. "Corky" Sutherland
1928–2015 American writer
Also called Rushville home
John M. Sullivan
born 1959 American politician, Illinois