Famous people · Wheatland Township
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Wheatland Township
Melissa McCarthy, born in Plainfield, 4 mi away, is the closest. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Wheatland Township. Across Illinois, the lists cover 754 towns. The longest list in Illinois is Alton’s, with 65 names.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Melissa McCarthy
Best known
Melissa McCarthy
in 71 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wheatland Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wheatland Township
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Vernon Louis Parrington
1871–1921Football coach; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Academic Professor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wheatland 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 (11)
- Melissa McCarthy: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clive Cussler: Oleo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Sereno: Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Parker: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Vande Velde: derivative work: Pirker Christian_Vande_Velde.jpg: MoBikeFed, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belmont Cameli: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mustafa Ali: InFlamester20, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Krueger: Harvardton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Eby: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vernon Louis Parrington: no photo credit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- RayJ Dennis: MrJacon000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons