Born near Wauconda: 24 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Connor Mackey, was born in Tower Lakes, 4 mi away. Korbin Shrader is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. Of the towns next door, Lake Barrington lists Cole Kmet. So far, no famous person on record was born in Wauconda.
What stands out about Wauconda’s famous people
Famous people born near Wauconda
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.












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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Lake Barrington’s, with one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wauconda 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 (12)
- Korbin Shrader: Doha News, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Walsh: United States Federal Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clay Guida: The original uploader was East718 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Redlicki: robbiesaurus from Smithtown, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Kmet: U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Grossklag, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Conner: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Loeffler: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zaire Barnes: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim McMillen: Chicago Tribune, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Blanchard: Kyle Engman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penny Bernard Schaber: Kochea7, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Kaczmarski: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
