Photo: User:BillboardMister · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person from Addison Township yet, but Chicago next door has 37
Alton has the most of any town in Illinois: 65. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64. 763 of the towns in Illinois list at least one person. The best known born in Chicago is Walt Disney.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Addison Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Addison Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Addison Township
The neighbour with the most names is Chicago, at 37.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Addison Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (3)
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Lind: u/reepers_hellcat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camden Murphy: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons