Famous people · Cunningham Township
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Cunningham Township
Roger Ebert, born in Urbana, 1 mi away, is the closest. The list for Cunningham Township is empty for now. Of the bordering towns, Champaign City Township has the longest list: 64, with Saul Perlmutter at the top. Famous people are on record for 746 of the towns in Illinois.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
1 mi
Roger Ebert
Best known
Roger Ebert
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cunningham Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cunningham Township
The 16 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Tom Harrell
born 1946American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
Saul Perlmutter
born 1959American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
Bob Richards
1926–2023American athletics competitor, pole vaulter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cunningham 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 (13)
- Roger Ebert: Sound Opinions, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saul Perlmutter: Holger Motzkau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Tobin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert W. Holley: Sol Goldberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lars Peter Hansen: Ricardomayer at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennie Garth: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Megyn Kelly: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ayer: DoD News Features, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Richards: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Chua: Qalandariyya, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Graham: Monica Boirar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Harrell: Tom Beetz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Pfeffer: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons