Famous people · Custer Park
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Custer Park
The nearest, Kiiara, was born in Wilmington, 5 mi away. In all of Illinois, the famous people on record come from 748 towns. No famous person on record lists Custer Park as their birthplace yet. The longest list in Illinois is Alton’s, with 65 names.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Kiiara
Best known
Kiiara
in 24 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Custer Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Custer Park
Nobody born in Custer Park is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
John Mitchell
1870–1919(1870-1919) American labor leader
Dutch Lonborg
1898–1985American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Custer Park 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 (7)
- Tanner Roark: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Pinnick: opethpainter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis M. Long: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Mitchell: James E. Purdy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Randall Edström: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Feely: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Cutshaw: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons