12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Mission Woods
The nearest, Grant Wahl, was born in Mission, 3 mi away. The best known of them is Ed Asner, with articles in 80 languages. 354 towns in Kansas have at least one famous person on record. So far, no famous person on record was born in Mission Woods.
What stands out about Mission Woods’ famous people
Famous people born near Mission Woods
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.







Michael Almereyda
born 1959American film director and screenwriter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mission Woods 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)
- Ed Asner: Terry Ballard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Harlow: studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Altman: Associate Press Newsfeatures (see first upload of this image), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dianne Wiest: MC1 Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Janelle Monáe: Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dee Wallace: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Greene: Jimmy Harris (Blog), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons