Nell Brooker Mayhew
1875–1940American painter, etcher, and art instructor
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Loren E. Wheeler is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Closest of all is Nell Brooker Mayhew, from Astoria, 9 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Ipava. 748 towns in Illinois have at least one famous person on record.

The 4 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
American painter, etcher, and art instructor

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ipava 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.