Famous people · Howardville
Born near Howardville: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Arnold Wiley, born in New Madrid, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Carl Perkins, with articles in 43 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Howardville. 392 of the towns in Missouri list at least one person.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Carl Perkins
Best known
Carl Perkins
in 43 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Howardville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Howardville
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Cash McCall
1941–2019American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
Eddie Lee Jackson
1949–2020Member of the Illinois House of Representatives, 114th District
Dan Smoot
1913–2003FBI agent; conservative political activist
Neal E. Boyd
1975–2018American opera singer, winner of Season 3 of America's Got Talent
Patricia C. Frist
1939–2021American businesswoman and philanthropist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Howardville 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)
- Carl Perkins: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Woods: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Edward Bailey: Brandonrush, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifton Bledsoe Cates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal E. Boyd: Adjacent101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Hulshof: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A.C. Reed: Lionel decoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Burlison: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Ann Nalley: Douglas A. Lockard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake DeWitt: MissChatter on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles A. Crow: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Green: Rick Snyder, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cash McCall: Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Reese: Ted Kerwin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons