
Famous people · Decatur Township
One famous person made Decatur Township their home
Among those who made it their home is Howard Graham Buffett. No famous person’s birth in Decatur Township is on record yet. Across Illinois, the lists cover 775 towns. The longest list in Illinois is Alton’s, with 65 names.
A chosen home
Also called Decatur Township home
One more notable person made the town home: Howard Graham Buffett.

Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Decatur has the most on record: 61.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Decatur Township 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 (2)
- Howard Graham Buffett: President Of Ukraine from Україна, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alison Krauss: Original photo by Forrest L. Smith, III. Cropped by Sven Manguard at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
