Famous people · Bear Creek Township
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Bear Creek Township
Closest of all is Virginia Cherrill, from Carthage, 7 mi away. No famous person on record lists Bear Creek Township as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65. Champaign City Township has the second-longest list in Illinois, after Alton, with 64.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Virginia Cherrill
Best known
Virginia Cherrill
in 35 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Bear Creek Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Bear Creek Township
Nobody born in Bear Creek Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Robert McAfee Brown
1920–2001American activist and theologian
Alden W. Clausen
1923–2013American businessman, President of the World Bank, 1981-1986
James Arthur Baird
1877–1964American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball player and coach, track athletes, lawyer, judge
Elsa Maxwell
1883–1963American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bear Creek Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Virginia Cherrill: Lansing Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Conrad Nagel: film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elsa Maxwell: Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Page: Victor-ny, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Steunenberg: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John N. Irwin, II: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin F. Marsh: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Arthur Baird: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rip Williams: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Clark: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maynard C. Krueger: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert McAfee Brown: Rob Croes for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George O Cress: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Safford: Published in above-mentioned work, which was by Benjamin F. Gue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons