Talk:Belleville, Illinois

Map

Where's the map of where it is in IL? 70.218.176.94 22:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

People from Belleville, Illinois(?)

I find that several people who are listed in the article here as being from Belleville have no such similar statement in their own pages. I am in the process of trying to put people who are currently in the Category: St. Louisans page into more specific categories, but I can't place some of these people in a smaller category without probably having their specific connection to Belleville clearly made in the article. I would welcome any effort any of you might be able to make to assist me in this. Badbilltucker 18:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

This is true. Case in point: Darius Miles attended and graduated from East St. Louis Sr. High School before being drafted by the NBA.

False. Darius Miles was born in Belleville, Illinois in 1981. He later moved to East St. Louis.

I have tried to edit the entry on George Blair. His father was born in Scotland, and his ancestors are from Scotland according the history of St. Clair Vol. 1. The current entry has no citation. Some people use the mother as the marker for national origin -- was his mother French? I currently have an inquiry with the St. Clair Historical Society located in Belleville, IL. If you have a source for George Blair's nationality being French I would appreciate a citation for that information.

User: Erhahn2 23:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I will take a few mins tonight and assist in fixing up this article tonight. What you need to do with all these "Notable people" is have sources really to list as a fact. I also highly encourage you 24.207.178.86 to create a user name before doing changes, people give more credit to user names than IP addresses.--Kranar drogin 23:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Since there seems to be people who want to improve this article, I will stub out the sections that will need to be expanded. This is going by the FA of Detroit.--Kranar drogin 23:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Notable People

I have moved this list of people here so that they can be worked into the article. You do not want a list of people, but have them worked into the article in some way.

• Actor Peter Sarsgaard, Born at Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, has been in such films as, "Flight Plan," "Kinsey," Garden State, and Jarhead.
• Jimmy Connors, tennis legend, and #1 tennis player in the world five times.
• Lea DeLaria, jazz singer, stage and film actress, writer, and first openly gay comic to appear on national network television *(The Arsenio Hall Show, 1993).
• Bob Goalby, pro golfer.
• Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, former Bishop of Belleville and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, during a highly controversial period for the U.S. Catholic Church. He is now Archbishop of Atlanta Georgia.
• Ken Kwapis, filmmaker and TV producer.
• Gary Leonard former NCAA & NBA basketball player.
• Musician Jeff Tweedy of the bands Wilco and Uncle Tupelo.
• Musician Jay Farrar of the bands Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo.
• The bands Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt.
• Sandra Magnus, NASA Astronaut.
• Brian Daubach, Major League Baseball player for the Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, and is now in the Minor League system of the St. Louis Cardinals.
• Actor Buddy Ebsen, best remembered as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Barnaby Jones.
• NBA Star Darius Miles, though many would think this star was from E. St. Louis he is in fact from Belleville. He has had an avid basketball career with the Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and now the Portland Trail Blazers. He also was in the movie, The Perfect Score.
• Jaimee Foxworth, actress on Family Matters and pornographic films.

So, we need to work them in in some way.--Kranar drogin 02:08, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

• You can add Gustav Goelitz and Albert Goelitz, the founders of Jelly Belly Candy Co, to that list or just add Jelly B elly Candy Co to the articleDanot (talk) 12:30, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Addition

I added Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill, American poet, writer and professor to the "Notable Alumni" section. I linked it to her Wiki page, and provided a reference citation for her membership in the Royal Society of Arts.

I did want to note my COI with Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill here in the Talk page. However, I checked the COI rules, and it looks like this edit is in compliance with the guidelines.

Best wishes, Andrewincowtown (talk) 15:49, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Images

As more of the article expands, these images should be inserted:

• thumbnail|left|Downtown Belleville
• thumbnail|right|County Courthouse
• thumbnail|right|St. Peter's Cathedral

Not really room for them right this second.--Kranar drogin 02:14, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Community of Armenians

I'm removing this sentence: "A community of Armenians is also significant in Belleville: they have their own church there." It's just terrible! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.239.182.160 (talk) 05:02, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Belliville

It is a fun place and many people live here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.253.50.200 (talk) 00:11, 12 May 2010 (UTC) Removed the distinction as the "last brewery" in Illinois as there are many currently active breweries in the state: List of breweries in Illinois. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfmcel (talk • contribs) 13:48, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

1867 aerial view

American Memory at the Library of Congress has an image that would be an interesting addition to the section on Belleville's history:

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4104b.pm001390

67.101.5.180 (talk) 01:13, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Written about by Dickens

In his ‘American Notes’. Worth a mention? 2A00:23C3:E284:900:7520:A02C:72FA:FC97 (talk) 06:58, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

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