
Photo: G LeTourneau · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Batavia Township
One famous person made Batavia Township their home
One notable person lived here: Nigel Stuart Lockyer. 770 towns in Illinois have at least one famous person on record. No famous person on record lists Batavia Township as their birthplace yet. Alton’s 65 names make the longest list in Illinois.
A chosen home
Also called Batavia Township home
One more notable person made the town home: Nigel Stuart Lockyer.

Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Batavia counts 12 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Batavia 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 (2)
- Nigel Stuart Lockyer: Fermilab, Reidar Hahn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Issel: Acdixon (talk • contribs • count), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
