Famous people · Love Township
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Love Township
Closest of all is Bonner Fellers, from Ridge Farm, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Ernie Pyle, with articles in 26 languages. No entry yet names Love Township as a birthplace. In Illinois, 746 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Ernie Pyle
Best known
Ernie Pyle
in 26 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Love Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Love Township
Nobody born in Love Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
W. Dale Compton
1929–2017Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1955
Luella F. McWhirter
1859–1952American philanthropist, club-woman, temperance worker, editor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Love Township 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 (7)
- Ernie Pyle: Milton J. Pike, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bonner Fellers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Owen West: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William P. Holaday: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph B. Cheadle: Thomas Wallace Knox, author. P. F. Collier (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Shepard: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luella F. McWhirter: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons