Glenn Martin
1906–1997American football, basketball, and baseball coach, college athletics administrator
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Closest of all is Glenn Martin, from Burnt Prairie, 4 mi away. Jerry Sloan is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. No famous person’s birth in Mill Shoals Township is on record yet. 772 of the towns in Illinois list at least one person.
Nobody born in Mill Shoals Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
American football, basketball, and baseball coach, college athletics administrator
American football, basketball, and baseball coach





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mill Shoals 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.