Jane Addams
1860–1935American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
Famous people · Buckeye Township
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Buckeye Township
Closest of all is Jane Addams, from Cedarville, 3 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Buckeye Township. Alton’s 65 names make the longest list in Illinois. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Jane Addams
Best known
Jane Addams
in 100 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Buckeye Township
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Buckeye 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 (15)
- Jane Addams: Harris Ewing, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calista Flockhart: Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louella Parsons: Lowell Sun, December 23, 1941; International News Service photo with earliest date stamp October 9, 1937, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Kingsley Zipf: Freeport High School, Freeport, Illinois., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred A. Cohn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Cain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Farragut Twining: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Heller: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Bingham Copeland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Young: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clint Jones: Alexander Nilssen from Tromsø, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles N. Fowler: “The U.S. House of Representatives - Portraits of Congressmen” (detail), Once a Week newspaper, 1895, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Haldeman: Engraved by W. T. Bather, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Edward Meinzer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyd Henry Bode: Harold Hone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons