Born near Gravois Mills: 30 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Ruth Royce, from Versailles, 9 mi away. The best known of them is David Koechner, with articles in 38 languages. No famous person on record lists Gravois Mills as their birthplace yet. 441 towns in Missouri have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Gravois Mills’ famous people
Famous people born near Gravois Mills
They were born in 14 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bill Laurie
born 1952American businessman, basketball player and coach







Gene Clark
1941–1991American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist
Midian Othello Bousfield
1885–1948American physician and businessperson


George Howard Williams
1871–1963American politician, Missouri


Uel W. Lamkin
1877–1956American academic administrator


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gravois Mills 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)
- David Koechner: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Clark: KRLA Beat Publications-page 10 (PDF file), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Howard Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney C. Roach: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan M. Moulder: U.S. Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John William Palmer: "Sedalia Democrat" newspaper (Sedalia, MO)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Lumpe: Detroit Tigers / MLB, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Golden: Los Angeles Dodgers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leopold Seyffert: Robert Seyffert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Omer Rains: Omer L. Rains, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl L. Sitter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Disch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Uel W. Lamkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons