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Famous people · Gold Township

Born near Gold Township: 4 famous people within 35 miles

Closest of all is Red Gunkel, from Sheffield, 8 mi away. Darwin Teilhet is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Gold Township yet. 746 of the towns in Illinois list at least one person.

#4 best knownClifford C. ParksPolitics & Law · 1860–1937
Born nearby
4
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Darwin Teilhet
Best known
Darwin Teilhet
in 3 Wikipedia languages

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Famous people born near Gold Township

The 4 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miSheffield · 1Neponset · 1Gold Township
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gold 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.

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