Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0No one from Payson Township is on the famous people list yet
Alton has the most of any town in Illinois: 65. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64. Across Illinois, 761 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Payson Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Payson Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Payson 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.