Jane Addams
1860–1935American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
Famous people · Erin Township
Born near Erin Township: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Jane Addams, from Cedarville, 8 mi away. Charles N. Fowler is the one name listed next door in Lena. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Erin Township. Famous people are on record for 746 of the towns in Illinois.
Born nearby
9
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Jane Addams
Best known
Jane Addams
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Erin Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Erin Township
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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The most names next door are in Lena: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Erin 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 (9)
- Jane Addams: Harris Ewing, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calista Flockhart: Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louella Parsons: Lowell Sun, December 23, 1941; International News Service photo with earliest date stamp October 9, 1937, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Kingsley Zipf: Freeport High School, Freeport, Illinois., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred A. Cohn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Cain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Heller: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Young: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles N. Fowler: “The U.S. House of Representatives - Portraits of Congressmen” (detail), Once a Week newspaper, 1895, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons