
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hollowayville
Billy Papke, born in Spring Valley, 6 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from Hollowayville yet. The best known of them is Zez Confrey, with articles in 14 languages. In all of Illinois, the famous people on record come from 794 towns.
What stands out about Hollowayville’s famous people
Famous people born near Hollowayville
Nobody born in Hollowayville is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.


Robert J. Horner
1894–1935American film producer, director and screenwriter




Ed Hall
1870–1932American football and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator, lawyer, and public utilities executive
James Thomas Aubrey, Jr.
1918–1994American film and TV executive
Who’s the most famous person from Hollowayville?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Hollowayville’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hollowayville 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 (6)
- Zez Confrey: Unnamed photographer for Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Papke: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. A. Happ: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Ruffing: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Atwood Kofoid: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Durbin: Kevin Burkett on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons