Photo: Dennisyerger84 · CC BY-SA 3.0Thornton Township has no famous person on record yet
Of the bordering towns, Hammond has the longest list: 54, with Terry Funk at the top. 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. Famous people are on record for 771 of the towns in Illinois.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Thornton Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Thornton Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Thornton Township
The fullest list close by belongs to Hammond, with 54.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thornton Township 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 (4)
- Terry Funk: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Robinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Smith: U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Danet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons