Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNo famous person yet from Olney Township
The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65. Champaign City Township has the second-longest list in Illinois, after Alton, with 64. Across Illinois, the lists cover 781 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Olney Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Olney Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Olney Township 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.