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Famous people · Golf

Golf has yet to put a famous person on the list

Next door, the list for Glenview holds 8, Sam Witwer first. In Illinois, 746 towns have someone on the list. 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.

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Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Golf), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Golf has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Golf

1 towns around it have someone on record.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Golf 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.

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