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Famous people · Huntsville Township

2 famous people call Huntsville Township their birthplace

Best known of all is Eliza R. Sunderland, written about in 3 languages. The only other name is the American baseball player Earl Tyree. The list runs from Eliza R. Sunderland, born in 1839, to Earl Tyree, born in 1890. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.

#1 best knownEliza R. SunderlandWriting & Arts · 1839–1910
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Eliza R. Sunderland
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Eliza R. Sunderland
Youngest
1890
Earl Tyree
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known

Born in Huntsville Township

Eliza R. Sunderland#1
Writing & Arts

Eliza R. Sunderland

1839–1910

American writer, educator, lecturer, and women's rights advocate

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ET#2
Sports

Earl Tyree

1890–1954

American baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Huntsville Township 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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