24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Silver Grove
The nearest, Glenn Withrow, was born in Highland Heights, 3 mi away. No entry yet names Silver Grove as a birthplace. Ciara Bravo is the most widely known, written about in 48 languages. Next door, the list for Cold Spring holds Art Schmidt.
What stands out about Silver Grove’s famous people
Famous people born near Silver Grove
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.














Nathaniel Shaler
1841–1906American paleontologist and geologist


Erich Maren Schlaikjer
1905–1972American geologist and dinosaur hunter
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, one has a famous name listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Silver Grove 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 (16)
- Ciara Bravo: Margaret Gardiner, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Cowens: Robert Kingsbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Belew: Burton Lo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Una Merkel: Clarence Bull, for MGM, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Bunning: From collection of JGHowes, self-scanned for Wikipedia. Original uploader was JGHowes at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Hubbard: Universal Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pollock Anshutz: Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Kirk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Taliaferro Thompson: Phillips Studio, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Alexander: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Judson Harmon: Moffett, Chicago, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Duveneck: J. Landy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carly Pearce: BruceC007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Shaler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Agnew: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Walther: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons