
Born near Germantown Hills: 24 famous people within 35 miles
Claire E. Hutchin, Jr., born in Washington, 5 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from Germantown Hills yet. The best known of them is Betty Friedan, with articles in 70 languages. In Illinois, 794 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Germantown Hills’ famous people
Famous people born near Germantown Hills
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.












Levi Branson "Lee" Reeder
1865–1930American politician in Oregon
Stacy D. VanDeveer
born 1967American political scientist


Abigail Scott Duniway
1834–1915American suffragist, writer, journalist, pioneer

Catherine Amanda Coburn
1839–1913Newspaper editor from Oregon, United States

Eva Parker Ingersoll
1841–1923American freethinker and activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Germantown Hills 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)
- Betty Friedan: Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer. Restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ogden Stiers: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Pryor: GAC=General Artists Corporation (management)/Photographer:Berk Costello, New York City/Mister Kelly's, who sent the photo and release to the press., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Simmons: Glen Engel-Cox, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lane Craig: ReasonableFaith.org, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Fogelberg: Epic Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilson Tucker: Judy Mays, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abigail Scott Duniway: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Zobrist: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Amanda Coburn: Mary Osborn Douthit et al, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach McAllister: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire E. Hutchin, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Phegley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward T. Taylor: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Branson "Lee" Reeder: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Parker Ingersoll: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons