Famous people · Dongola
23 famous people were born within 35 miles of Dongola
Closest of all is Raymond Wells, from Anna, 8 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Dongola. Rush Limbaugh is the most widely known, written about in 48 languages. In all of Illinois, the famous people on record come from 763 towns.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Rush Limbaugh
Best known
Rush Limbaugh
in 48 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Dongola’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Dongola
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Townsend F. Dodd
1886–1919First US Pilot of World War I to receive the DSM
Dale Dye
born 1944American actor, presenter, and businessman
Terry Jones
born 1951American anti-Islamic right wing activist and the pastor of Dove World Outreach Center
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dongola 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 (8)
- Rush Limbaugh: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda M. Godwin: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Jones: Mark Taylor, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chic Hecht: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine D. Tillman: No photographer is credited in original work., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Wells: Edward Stanford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pleasant T. Chapman: James A. Rose, Illinois Secretary of State, author. Illinois Printing Company (Danville, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Townsend F. Dodd: SDASM Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons