Photo: Robert Haugland · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Knoxville is on the famous people list yet
Carl Sandburg leads the 55 names listed next door in Galesburg City Township. Across Illinois, 770 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Knoxville), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Knoxville has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Knoxville
The fullest list close by belongs to Galesburg City Township, with 55.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Knoxville 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.
Photo credits (1)
- Carl Sandburg: Al Ravenna, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons