Famous people · Rock City
Born near Rock City: 15 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Oscar Edward Meinzer, from Davis, 3 mi away. The best known of them is Jane Addams, with articles in 100 languages. The list for Rock City is empty for now. The longest list in Illinois is Alton’s, with 65 names.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Jane Addams
Best known
Jane Addams
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Rock City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Rock City
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jane Addams
1860–1935American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
Theodore W. Goldin
1858–1935United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rock City 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 (13)
- Jane Addams: Harris Ewing, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calista Flockhart: Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louella Parsons: Lowell Sun, December 23, 1941; International News Service photo with earliest date stamp October 9, 1937, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Kingsley Zipf: Freeport High School, Freeport, Illinois., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred A. Cohn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Cain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Heller: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Gates Starr: Chicago Daily News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Young: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Haldeman: Engraved by W. T. Bather, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Edward Meinzer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyd Henry Bode: Harold Hone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore W. Goldin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons