Famous people · St. Paul
33 famous people were born within 35 miles of St. Paul
Mark Pryor is the most widely known, written about in 29 languages. Closest of all is Ronnie Hawkins, from Huntsville, 19 mi away. 239 of the towns in Arkansas list at least one person. No famous person on record lists St. Paul as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
33
within 35 miles
Closest
28 mi
Mark Pryor
Best known
Mark Pryor
in 29 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about St. Paul’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near St. Paul
Nobody born in St. Paul is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Minnie Rutherford Fuller
1868–1946American reformer and suffragist
Mildred Breedlove
1904–1994American author and Nevada Poet Laureate
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Paul 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 (19)
- Mark Pryor: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Conley Jr.: Verse Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronnie Hawkins: John Bauld from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Buchanan: RoyBuchananPerforming.jpg: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/ derivative work: WikiAR, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard O. Covey: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Durell Stone: NASA/ERC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Pittman: Scanned by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from the Science Service Collection at the National Museum of American History with permission., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Stewart: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Boles: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles C. Reid: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George William Fullerton: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Welles: Justin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mildred Breedlove: Special Collections, University of Nevada, Reno, Libraries, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim King: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Berry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byrd Mock: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Nelson Pope: Nelson of Fort Worth, Texas via Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mutt Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons