Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Gorham has yet to put a famous person on the list
Famous people are on record for 746 of the towns in Illinois. No town in Illinois lists more than Alton, with 65. Champaign City Township has the second-longest list in Illinois, after Alton, with 64.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Gorham), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Gorham has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gorham 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.