
Born near Morley: 15 famous people within 35 miles
Grant Wood, born in Anamosa, 7 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Morley is on record yet. The best known of them is Elijah Wood, with articles in 86 languages. In all of Iowa, the famous people on record come from 435 towns.
What stands out about Morley’s famous people
Famous people born near Morley
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.






Carl Van Vechten
1880–1964American writer and photographer


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Morley 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 (8)
- Elijah Wood: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashton Kutcher: Photographer: Jennifer Jacquemart, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Wood: Grant Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Van Vechten: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Emerson: Thibault from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Driscoll: NBC Television Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Lanning: Harold Lloyd, Lewis Milestone and Ted Wilde., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Beranek: Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons