Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Elliott has yet to put a famous person on the list
The Illinois lists hold names for 748 towns. Alton’s 65 names make the longest list in Illinois. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Elliott), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Elliott has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elliott 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.