Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO · CC BY 2.0Salem Township has yet to put a famous person on the list
The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64. 773 towns across Illinois can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Salem Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Salem Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salem 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.