
Born near York Township: 29 famous people within 35 miles
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, born in Lombard, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Denise Richards, with articles in 60 languages. No entry yet names York Township as a birthplace. Of the towns next door, Hinsdale lists the most: 52, with Danielle Campbell first.
What stands out about York Township’s famous people
Famous people born near York Township
The 29 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.





Katherine Dunham
1909–2006American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, actress and activist (1909/1912–2006)
Jeffery Deaver
born 1950American novelist, journalist, lawyer







Illenium
born 1990American musician, DJ, producer, and songwriter





Walter Burley Griffin
1876–1937American architect and landscape architect




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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering York Township.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is York 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 (22)
- Kathryn Hahn: Our Movie Guide, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Ramsdell: US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Burley Griffin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio: Sarah Ackerman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danielle Campbell: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grote Reber: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Franz: Sergei ~ 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Klein: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholle Tom: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Dunham: Phyllis Twachtman, New York World Telegram & Sun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lewis: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Martin: Craig ONeal, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leona Woods: Argonne National Laboratory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Finley: Michael_Finley_pregame_intro.jpg: Keith Allison derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Kelley: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Lichaj: Nottingham Forest F.C., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Prine: Ron Baker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingsnake), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shannon Brown: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chad A. Bascom, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Illenium: sm_1992, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Covington: Pkantz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Hornacek: Brad Barlow, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robbie Russo: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons


