Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Ottawa Township is on the famous people list yet
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, 794 towns list someone born there. The best known born in Ottawa is Terrence Malick.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Ottawa Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Ottawa Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Ottawa Township
Close by, Ottawa counts 33 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ottawa 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.
Photo credits (1)
- Terrence Malick: Michael Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons