
Born near Marysville: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Edward C. Stone, from Knoxville, 12 mi away. Chester Conklin is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. No famous person’s birth in Marysville is on record yet. 509 of the towns in Iowa list at least one person.
What stands out about Marysville’s famous people
Famous people born near Marysville
The 16 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Jack Whitver
born 1980American politician and former football player






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marysville 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 (7)
- Chester Conklin: Hartsook Photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward C. Stone: NASA/JPL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hospers: Henrik Bejke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Keuning: AnnaReese22, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick O'Bryant: dbking from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Friday Fletcher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas E. Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons