Famous people · Goreville
Born near Goreville: 28 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Levi Casey, was born in Vienna, 11 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Goreville is on record yet. In Illinois, 769 towns have someone on the list. Alton’s 65 names make the longest list in Illinois.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Levi Casey
Best known
Levi Casey
in 13 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Goreville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Goreville
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Townsend F. Dodd
1886–1919First US Pilot of World War I to receive the DSM
Matthew Arlington Batson
1866–1917United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Jim Ranchino
1936–1978American political scientist and pollster
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Goreville 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 (14)
- Tom Murray: Charlie Chaplin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Clarida: US Federal Reserve, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward E. Denison: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Fosse: Buckwyld43, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Wells: Edward Stanford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William C. Marland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Evan Howell: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pleasant T. Chapman: James A. Rose, Illinois Secretary of State, author. Illinois Printing Company (Danville, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Fisher: University of Michigan. News and Information Services., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Townsend F. Dodd: SDASM Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. English: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Tracy Earle: Zaida Ben-Yusuf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Lindsey: Lt. R. W. Sears, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Arlington Batson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons