
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of East Bend Township
Closest of all is Donald C. Dobbins, from Dewey, 3 mi away. Frances McDormand is the most widely known, written about in 83 languages. No famous person on record lists East Bend Township as their birthplace yet. Across Illinois, 768 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about East Bend Township’s famous people
Famous people born near East Bend Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Darren W. McDew
born 1960United States Air Force general and board member; director at USAA






Thomas M. Bennett
born 1956American politician in Illinois





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Bend 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)
- Frances McDormand: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Arthur Love: Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren W. McDew: U.S. Transportation Command, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie C. Arends: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald C. Dobbins: Photo historian of the United States House of Representatives (Washington, DC)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott M. Bennett: Marilyn Sudkamp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtiss LaQ. Day: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Hamilton: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Frerichs: US Department of Labor: Scott M. Allen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Horr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Godec: U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Feese: brianc at flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas M. Bennett: State Farm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons