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Famous people · Elk Grove Township
16 famous people from Elk Grove Township, many of them athletes
Parvesh Cheena, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Most were born since 1970: 13 of them. The earliest on the list is Clara H. Scott, born in 1841, and the youngest Bobby Miller, born in 1999. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 1.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Parvesh Cheena
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
Clara H. Scott
Youngest
1999
Bobby Miller
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Elk Grove Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Elk Grove Township’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 7 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Elk Grove Township is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Elk Grove Township
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Elk Grove Township
Of the other 13, 8 are athletes.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Chicago: 37.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elk Grove 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 (8)
- Katie Lind: u/reepers_hellcat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelli Hubly: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elise Addis: Johnmaxmenajohn Mena, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Miller: Joel Dinda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Calalang: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Dodd: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camden Murphy: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons