#1Famous people · Spring Grove
4 famous people were born in Spring Grove
Most widely known is Billy Klaus, the American baseball player, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Bobby Klaus and Jen Lada. Births span 1913 to 1981, from Nick Etten to Jen Lada. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 6.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Billy Klaus
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Nick Etten
Youngest
1981
Jen Lada
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Spring Grove
All three are athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Spring Grove’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 1.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Spring Grove
1 more, best known first.
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Close by, Fox Lake counts one famous person.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spring Grove 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 (3)
- Billy Klaus: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jen Lada: Jon Fish, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Kazlausky: U.S. Air Force Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons