#13 famous people were born in Chillicothe
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Zach McAllister, covered in 6 languages. The American politician Gene Maddox ranks second, ahead of Stacy D. VanDeveer. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 5.1 for every 10,000 residents. The oldest name on the list belongs to Gene Maddox, born in 1938, the newest to Zach McAllister, born in 1987.

Born in Chillicothe
Ranked by languages covered: Zach McAllister with 6, then Gene Maddox with 3 and Stacy D. VanDeveer with 2.
#1Stacy D. VanDeveer
born 1967American political scientist
What Chillicothe is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chillicothe 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)
- Zach McAllister: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons