Famous people · Rest Haven
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Rest Haven
Closest of all is Kiiara, from Wilmington, 4 mi away. No famous person on record lists Rest Haven as their birthplace yet. The Illinois lists hold names for 750 towns. Alton’s 65 names make the longest list in Illinois.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Kiiara
Best known
Kiiara
in 24 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Rest Haven’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Rest Haven
Nobody born in Rest Haven is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Isaac Arthur Abt
1867–1955American pediatrician and university teacher
John Mitchell
1870–1919(1870-1919) American labor leader
Dutch Lonborg
1898–1985American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rest Haven 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 (8)
- 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
- George Cutshaw: Bain News Service, publisher, 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