Famous people · Sedalia
Born near Sedalia: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Hayden White is the most widely known, written about in 37 languages. Closest of all is Adrian Smith, from Farmington, 4 mi away. No entry yet names Sedalia as a birthplace. Across Kentucky, the lists cover 224 towns.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Hayden White
Best known
Hayden White
in 37 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Sedalia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Sedalia
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ned McWherter
1930–2011Governor of Tennessee & Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sedalia 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 (6)
- Hayden White: Stanford University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leigh-Allyn Baker: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie DeShannon: a nameless yeast, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Boaz: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ned McWherter: PH2 CARL DUVALL, USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons