Ronald Reagan

While Dixon isn't Reagan's birthplace, it's where he spent his formative years and is considered his hometown, making him the city's most famous former resident.

If you've been wondering what it would take to get a statue of yourself put on display in our state's capital city of Springfield, you might want to get started by saving 77 people from drowning in the Rock River. Oh, and then get elected president.

Finally, the boyhood home of Ronald Reagan is getting some improvements.