Photo: Rowen Hansen · CC BY-SA 4.0Grain Valley has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of the bordering towns, Blue Springs has the longest list: 5, with Jacob Misiorowski at the top. In all of Missouri, the famous people on record come from 391 towns. The longest list of any town in Missouri belongs to St. Joseph, with 57. Columbia has the second-longest list in Missouri, after St. Joseph, with 51.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Grain Valley), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Grain Valley has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Grain Valley
Nearby, Blue Springs has the most on record, with 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grain Valley and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (1)
- Jacob Misiorowski: Drovetochicago, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons