#1Famous people · Niles
Niles has just one famous person to its name: Jim Les
The American basketball player-coach Jim Les was born in 1963. Their birth falls between 1920 and 1969. 11 languages have an article about them. Next door, the list for Park Ridge holds 45, Karen Black first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Jim Les
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1963
Jim Les
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Niles
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Niles 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 (4)
- Jim Les: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Black: Vanessa Lua at https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessalua/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Witwer: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons