Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Ashland Township has no famous person on record yet
Next door, the list for Philadelphia Township holds Vernon Huber. 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. 772 towns in Illinois have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Ashland Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Ashland Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Ashland Township
One town around it has anyone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ashland 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 (1)
- Vernon Huber: US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons