Sleepy Hollow has yet to put a famous person on the list
Across the town line, Elgin lists 55, Bruce Boxleitner first. 790 of the towns in Illinois list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65. Champaign City Township has the second-longest list in Illinois, after Alton, with 64.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Sleepy Hollow), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Sleepy Hollow has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Sleepy Hollow
2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sleepy Hollow 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.
Photo credits (1)
- Brogan Rafferty: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons