Famous people · Sumpter Township
11 famous people were born within 35 miles of Sumpter Township
Closest of all is Grover Baichley, from Toledo, 1 mi away. Bobbi Trout is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. No famous person on record lists Sumpter Township as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Bobbi Trout
Best known
Bobbi Trout
in 10 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Sumpter Township
The 11 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sumpter Township 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 (8)
- Bobbi Trout: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Payne Ratner: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel H. Young: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abe Bowman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cy Warman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles G. Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Berch: Macfadden Publications, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Andrews Rhodes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons