
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Blodgett
Kenny Rollins is the most widely known, written about in 20 languages. Closest of all is Darlene Clark Hine, from Morley, 5 mi away. No famous person on record lists Blodgett as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Missouri belongs to St. Joseph, with 57.
What stands out about Blodgett’s famous people
Famous people born near Blodgett
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Neal E. Boyd
1975–2018American opera singer, winner of Season 3 of America's Got Talent





Charles Breckenridge Faris
1864–1938United States federal judge
Dan Smoot
1913–2003FBI agent; conservative political activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blodgett 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)
- Kenny Rollins: Acdixon, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal E. Boyd: Adjacent101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Hulshof: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles A. Crow: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Hurley: Joel Dinda aka mwlguide on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Breckenridge Faris: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darlene Clark Hine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons