Famous people · Nameoki Township
Born near Nameoki Township: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Donnie Freeman, was born in Madison, 2 mi away. The best known of them is Jimmy Connors, with articles in 62 languages. Across the town line, Granite City lists 34, Robert Olen Butler first. No famous person’s birth in Nameoki Township is on record yet.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Jimmy Connors
Best known
Jimmy Connors
in 62 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Nameoki Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Nameoki Township
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
John Shimkus
born 1958American politician; U.S. Representative from Illinois
Hamiet Bluiett
1940–2018American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
Dick Durbin
born 1944United States Senator from Illinois
Al Joyner
born 1960Track and Field Triple Jumper, Hurdler, Coach Flo-Jo's husband
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Nameoki 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 (13)
- Jimmy Connors: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Ash Carter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clint Walker: Macfadden Publications, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Joyner: Sewageboy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Gallatin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Shimkus: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donnie Freeman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamiet Bluiett: Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Willis Lane: film screenshot (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Doyle: American Tobacco Company., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William F. L. Hadley: W. T. Norton, editor. The Lewis Publishing Company (Chicago, IL)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Fletcher: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Valentine: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons