Famous people · Blue Summit
Born near Blue Summit: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Ed Asner, born in Kansas City, 5 mi away, is the closest. Of the towns next door, Independence lists the most: 51, with Ginger Rogers first. So far, no famous person on record was born in Blue Summit. In all of Missouri, the famous people on record come from 388 towns.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Ed Asner
Best known
Ed Asner
in 80 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Blue Summit’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Blue Summit
Nobody born in Blue Summit is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Bess Truman
1885–1982First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953
Arliss Howard
born 1954American actor, screenwriter and film director
Margaret Truman
1924–2008American author of murder mysteries; daughter of 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman
Eric Darnell
born 1961American animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter, and occasional voice actor
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Famous people from the towns next door
Independence has the longest list next door: 51.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blue Summit 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 (14)
- Ed Asner: Terry Ballard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ginger Rogers: Studio publicity still, Public domain, 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
- Bess Truman: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joyce DiDonato: A MA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Weis: Yoggysot, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Butcher: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Truman: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Troupe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Darnell: Jim Marissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Thomas Coleman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Allison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons