
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Castor Township
The nearest, Andrew J. Hinshaw, was born in Dexter, 6 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Castor Township. The best known of them is Jacqueline Scott, with articles in 16 languages. 389 towns across Missouri can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Castor Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Castor Township
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




George K. Sisler
1937–1967United States Army Medal of Honor recipient


Eddie Lee Jackson
1949–2020Member of the Illinois House of Representatives, 114th District


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





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Castor Township 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 (13)
- Jacqueline Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Edward Bailey: Brandonrush, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal E. Boyd: Adjacent101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Hulshof: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew J. Hinshaw: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake DeWitt: MissChatter on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles A. Crow: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max West: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darlene Clark Hine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hub Pruett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Lee: Chrisjnelson at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewayne Staats: Dewayne_Staats_and_Jerry_Manuel.jpg: Michael Baron derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George K. Sisler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons