Born near Glasgow Village: 10 famous people within 35 miles
Robert Olen Butler, born in Granite City, 4 mi away, is the closest. Next door, St. Louis lists 22, led by T. S. Eliot. The best known of them is Clint Walker, with articles in 27 languages. Across Missouri, 433 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Glasgow Village’s famous people
Famous people born near Glasgow Village
The 10 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.





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Famous people from the towns next door
1 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glasgow Village 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)
- Clint Walker: Macfadden Publications, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Phillip: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Trittschuh: John Mena, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Tyler Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Goodpaster: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- T. S. Eliot: Thomas Stearns Eliot with his sister and his cousin by Lady Ottoline Morrell.jpg: Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873–1938) derivative work: Octave.H, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
