Cerro Gordo, nicknamed Fat Hill, is a town in Piatt County, Illinois, United States.

When the Civil War erupted, "Cerro Gordo" Williams returned to Kentucky and became a general in the Army of the Confederacy.

After the Civil War, with "Cerro Gordo" Williams having nothing to return to, moved to a farm near Mount Sterling, KY and served in the Kentucky legislature.

Cerro Gordo was the birthplace of Charlie Taylor, an inventor and mechanic who created the engine used in the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903.

Fern Coppedge, born in Cerro Gordo, was an American impressionist painter.

David W. Tucker, musician, educator, director of University of California Jazz Ensembles Charles (Charlie) Edward Taylor, 1st aircraft mechanic.