27 famous people were born within 35 miles of Port Barrington
Connor Mackey, born in Tower Lakes, 2 mi away, is the closest. Across the town line, Lake Barrington lists one, Cole Kmet. The best known of them is Brian Dietzen, with articles in 23 languages. 785 towns in Illinois have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Port Barrington’s famous people
Famous people born near Port Barrington
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.









Todd Alcott
born 1961American screenwriter, playwright, actor, and director








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Famous people from the towns next door
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Port Barrington and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (17)
- Brian Dietzen: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Walsh: United States Federal Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clay Guida: The original uploader was East718 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk Cousins: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Brzenk: BarMihSan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Larson: Christian Bier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanze Egekeze: Hanegi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Campbell: William L. Herbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Redlicki: robbiesaurus from Smithtown, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Kmet: U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Grossklag, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Conner: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Palmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. Lindberg: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Blanchard: Kyle Engman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Olsen: Sgt. Nick Choy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Gardeck: David, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Kaczmarski: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
