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Famous people · Opdyke

No famous person born in Opdyke is listed yet

789 towns in Illinois have at least one famous person on record. 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.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Opdyke), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Opdyke has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Opdyke

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Opdyke 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.