Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois ranks 4,116th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Middlesex, Pirna, and Matsumoto, Nagano. Memorable people born in Decatur, Illinois include Helen Ferguson, Alison Krauss, and Ivan Fuqua. Decatur, Illinois has been the birth place of many actors and musicians. Decatur, Illinois is located in United States.
Decatur is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. It is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home to Millikin University and Richland Community College. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1901 and 1971, Decatur, Illinois was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Helen Ferguson, Alison Krauss, and Ivan Fuqua.
People Born in Decatur, Illinois
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Helen Ferguson
1901 - 1977
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 1
Alison Krauss
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 2
Ivan Fuqua
1909 - 1994
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 3
Nan Martin
1927 - 2010
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 4
Newly Added People Born in Decatur, Illinois
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Decatur, Illinois were actors (2), musicians (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Decatur, Illinois since 1700.
