History · Joliet
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Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Joliet yet, but 21 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Platte Center · 10 mi
Max Carl
American musician
John S. Werner
American scientist who studies human vision and its changes across the life spanBonnie C. Templeton
American botanist
Ted Mapes
American actorPat Fischer
American football playerCletus Fischer
American-football playerScott Kennedy
American politician and peace activistScott Shanle
American football playerFrank McCormick
Player of American FootballGlen Little
American clownMillard Schumaker
American-Canadian ethicistArmitage Trail
American crime writer
Horace L. McBride
United States generalWilliam Freudenburg
American sociologistCharles Hilan Craig
American author, newspaper reporter, and editorFrances Louise Long
American plant ecologist
Francis P. Matthews
8th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus