Famous people · Highlandville
Born near Highlandville: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Noel Cox, born in Spokane, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Kathleen Turner, with articles in 66 languages. No famous person on record lists Highlandville as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Missouri belongs to St. Joseph, with 57.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Kathleen Turner
Best known
Kathleen Turner
in 66 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Highlandville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Highlandville
Nobody born in Highlandville is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Lester Edmund Cox
1895–1968
Virginia E. Johnson
1925–2013American sexologist and writer
Donald Owens
born 1926Missionary, professor, minister and administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Highlandville 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)
- Kathleen Turner: ShashiBellamkonda from Potomac, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Wesley Rogers: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Grabeel: Eryn Johnstone, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Payne Stewart: PH2 W.E. Quick, USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mandan: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalton Risner: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewey Jackson Short: Oil on canvas, P.A. Leason, 1956, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mickey Owen: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William T. Tyndall: C. M. Bell Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Deetz: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Blackburn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester S. Barnard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lester Barnard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lester Edmund Cox: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela Pauly Chinnis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons