Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0No one born in McCook has made the famous people list yet
Next door, the list for Summit holds 2, Ted Kluszewski first. Alton has the most of any town in Illinois: 65. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64. The Illinois lists hold names for 746 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is McCook), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in McCook has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near McCook
The most names next door are in Summit: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McCook 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)
- Ted Kluszewski: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons