Broadwell Township has no famous person on record yet
Scott Altman leads the 19 names listed next door in Lincoln. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64. Across Illinois, 763 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Broadwell Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Broadwell Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Broadwell Township
The most names next door are in Lincoln: 19.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Broadwell 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)
- Scott Altman: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons