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Famous people · Cable

Cable has yet to put a famous person on the list

Across Illinois, the lists cover 746 towns. 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.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Cable), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Cable has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Cable

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cable 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.