Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0No famous person yet from St. Elmo
Alton’s 65 names make the longest list in Illinois. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64. In Illinois, 753 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is St. Elmo), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in St. Elmo has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Elmo 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.