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Famous people · Mapleton

Famous people from Mapleton

No famous person on record lists Mapleton as their birthplace yet. The longest list in Illinois is Alton’s, with 65 names. Champaign City Township has the second-longest list in Illinois, after Alton, with 64. In all of Illinois, the famous people on record come from 747 towns.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Mapleton), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Mapleton has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Mapleton

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mapleton 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.