
Born near Fox River Grove: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Drew Conner, born in Cary, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Brian Dietzen, with articles in 23 languages. Of the towns next door, Cary lists the most: 5, with Drew Conner first. No famous person’s birth in Fox River Grove is on record yet.
What stands out about Fox River Grove’s famous people
Famous people born near Fox River Grove
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.










Todd Alcott
born 1961American screenwriter, playwright, actor, and director


Henry Pratt Fairchild
1880–1956American professor of sociology


Brogan Rafferty
born 1995American professional ice hockey defenseman


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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Cary lists the most people: 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fox River Grove 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 (16)
- Brian Dietzen: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Walsh: United States Federal Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk Cousins: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Larson: Christian Bier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanze Egekeze: Hanegi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Campbell: William L. Herbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Redlicki: robbiesaurus from Smithtown, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Kmet: U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Grossklag, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Conner: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nina M. Armagno: U.S. Space Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Pratt Fairchild: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. Lindberg: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brogan Rafferty: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Blanchard: Kyle Engman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Gardeck: David, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Kaczmarski: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

