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Famous people · Vienna Township

13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Vienna Township

Franklin Sumner Earle is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. Closest of all is Dave Callahan, from Seneca, 6 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Vienna Township yet. No town in Illinois lists more than Alton, with 65.

#1 best knownFranklin Sumner EarleScience & Medicine · 1856–1929
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Born nearby
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within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Franklin Sumner Earle
Best known
Franklin Sumner Earle
in 16 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about Vienna Township’s famous people

★ What stands out · Close to home

Famous people born near Vienna Township

The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miDwight · 5Coal City · 3Seneca · 2Gardner · 2Marseilles · 1Vienna Township
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Dutch Lonborg

1898–1985

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Vienna 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.

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