
9 famous people were born within 35 miles of Rapid City
The nearest, Roger Mason, was born in Bellaire, 10 mi away. The best known of them is Jeremy Davies, with articles in 36 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Rapid City. Famous people are on record for 506 of the towns in Michigan.
What stands out about Rapid City’s famous people
Famous people born near Rapid City
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Earl Young
1889–1975Michigan architect, realtor, and insurance salesman




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rapid City 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)
- Jeremy Davies: jbach, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Majerle: Jdhhauser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Wayne: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Milliken: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Young: Kathleen Conklin from Falls Church, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Mason: San Francisco Giants / Dennis Desprois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons