
Born near Dimmick Township: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Wild Bill Hickok, born in Troy Grove, 4 mi away, is the closest. Next door, LaSalle lists 14, led by Lynden Evans. No famous person’s birth in Dimmick Township is on record yet. Across Illinois, 746 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Dimmick Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Dimmick Township
Nobody born in Dimmick Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.






James Thomas Aubrey, Jr.
1918–1994American film and TV executive


Robert J. Horner
1894–1935American film producer, director and screenwriter




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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, LaSalle has the most on record, with 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dimmick 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 (12)
- Wild Bill Hickok: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zez Confrey: Unnamed photographer for Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Bottomley: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Papke: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. A. Happ: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Durbin: Kevin Burkett on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nora Kirkpatrick: DouglasDoug, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Benedict Wolfe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Holbrook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernani Bernardi: Los Angeles Police Department, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Meyer: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
