Famous people · Como
Born near Como: 24 famous people within 35 miles
Robert Andrews Millikan is the most widely known, written about in 105 languages. Closest of all is Paul Flory, from Sterling, 4 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Como. 746 towns across Illinois can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Robert Andrews Millikan
Best known
Robert Andrews Millikan
in 105 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Como’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Como
Nobody born in Como is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Roy Clements
1877–1948American film director and screenwriter
Neil Reagan
1908–1996American actor (1908–1996); older brother of Ronald Reagan
Gertrude Foster Brown
1867–1956American concert pianist, teacher, and suffragette
C. Louise Boehringer
1878–1956American politician; superintendent of schools
Eva Emery Dye
1855–1947American writer and women's suffrage advocate
Vesta Stoudt
1891–1966American factory worker (1891–1966) and inventor of Duct tape
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Como 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 (17)
- Robert Andrews Millikan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Flory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Brooks: Joe Peacock, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louie Bellson: Wojciech Soporek, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Lynch Williams: Hall's Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lafe McKee: Willis Kent, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Clements: James and Bushnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Cameron: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Reagan: President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Photographic Office. 1981-1989, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Stanton: Monogram Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zelma O'Neal: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Foltynewicz: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude A. Fuller: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gertrude Foster Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. Louise Boehringer: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph M. Reeves: Keystone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Emery Dye: The original uploader was HesperianBot at English Wikisource., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons