Famous people · Mill Creek
30 famous people were born within 35 miles of Mill Creek
The nearest, D. R. Fulkerson, was born in Tamms, 7 mi away. Rush Limbaugh is the most widely known, written about in 47 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Mill Creek yet. In Illinois, 759 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Rush Limbaugh
Best known
Rush Limbaugh
in 47 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Mill Creek’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Mill Creek
Nobody born in Mill Creek is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Townsend F. Dodd
1886–1919First US Pilot of World War I to receive the DSM
Matthew Arlington Batson
1866–1917United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Laura J. Rittenhouse
1841–1911American temperance worker, author, poet, orphanage manager, clubwoman
Terry Jones
born 1951American anti-Islamic right wing activist and the pastor of Dove World Outreach Center
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mill Creek 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 (16)
- Rush Limbaugh: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda M. Godwin: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Jones: Mark Taylor, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chic Hecht: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine D. Tillman: No photographer is credited in original work., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Spinner: Jan Slob, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Wells: Edward Stanford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pleasant T. Chapman: James A. Rose, Illinois Secretary of State, author. Illinois Printing Company (Danville, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Townsend F. Dodd: SDASM Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. English: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Tracy Earle: Zaida Ben-Yusuf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Lindsey: Lt. R. W. Sears, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Hoover: Goodwin & Company, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura J. Rittenhouse: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Arlington Batson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Chapman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons