Famous people · Chain of Rocks
31 famous people were born within 35 miles of Chain of Rocks
The best known of them is Reinhold Niebuhr, with articles in 47 languages. Clem Dreisewerd, born in Old Monroe, 3 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Chain of Rocks as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Missouri belongs to St. Joseph, with 57.
Born nearby
31
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Reinhold Niebuhr
Best known
Reinhold Niebuhr
in 47 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Chain of Rocks’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Chain of Rocks
The 31 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Manley Ottmer Hudson
1886–1960Lawyer for public international law
Jeanne Shaheen
born 1947United States Senator from New Hampshire
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chain of Rocks 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 (15)
- Reinhold Niebuhr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne Shaheen: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, John Klemmer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Sargent: حسین ظهروند, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Davis: wjarrettc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DeAnna Price: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Harrellson: Acdixon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Buehrle: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur W. Hummel: Dixon, Royden, photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Andrew Cannon: Irving Resnikoff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jincy Roese: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Henry Norton: A. J. D. Stewart, author. Legal Publishing Company (St. Louis, MO), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilson McCoy: Bandar 20, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Riggs: The original uploader was Late1 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manley Ottmer Hudson: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Hill: Russ Reed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons