No one from Thornton is on the famous people list yet
Mark Mulder leads the 4 names listed next door in South Holland. No town in Illinois lists more than Alton, with 65. After Alton, the next longest list in Illinois is Champaign City Township’s, with 64. Across Illinois, the lists cover 749 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Thornton), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Thornton has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Thornton
Of the towns around it, South Holland has the most on record: 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thornton 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)
- Mark Mulder: Shgmom56, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Dillard: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tai Odiase: Zafer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons