Famous people · South Pekin
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of South Pekin
Susan Dey, born in Pekin, 5 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in South Pekin is on record yet. In all of Illinois, the famous people on record come from 794 towns. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Susan Dey
Best known
Susan Dey
in 28 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about South Pekin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near South Pekin
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ormond Stone
1847–1933American astronomer, mathematician and educator
Abigail Scott Duniway
1834–1915American suffragist, writer, journalist, pioneer
Catherine Amanda Coburn
1839–1913Newspaper editor from Oregon, United States
Eva Parker Ingersoll
1841–1923American freethinker and activist
David E. Lilienthal
1899–1981Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority and Atomic Energy Commission.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Pekin 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 (15)
- Susan Dey: ABC Television Network., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett Dirksen: Richard Hood Harryman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ormond Stone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Creighton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abigail Scott Duniway: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erik Brann: Atco Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Andrews Bumstead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sol Bloom: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William McCall: Larry Semon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David E. Lilienthal: Harris and Ewing, Photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. Greene: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Amanda Coburn: Mary Osborn Douthit et al, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harlan Eugene Tarbell: dockedship, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald H. Sunderland: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Parker Ingersoll: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons