Button Township has no famous person on record yet
The nearest list is next door in Kerr Township: one name, Sid Mercer. 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. Across Illinois, the lists cover 746 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Button Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Button Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Button Township
The most names next door are in Kerr Township: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Button 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)
- Sid Mercer: New York Journal staff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons