
Born near Reed Township: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Doug Pinnick, born in Braidwood, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Kiiara, with articles in 24 languages. In Illinois, 746 towns have someone on the list. Not one famous person on record comes from Reed Township yet.
What stands out about Reed Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Reed Township
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


John Mitchell
1870–1919(1870-1919) American labor leader




Dutch Lonborg
1898–1985American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator

Isaac Arthur Abt
1867–1955American pediatrician and university teacher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Reed Township 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 (7)
- Tanner Roark: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Pinnick: opethpainter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis M. Long: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Mitchell: James E. Purdy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Randall Edström: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Feely: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Arthur Abt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons