Patrick Williams
1939–2018American composer, arranger, and conductor who works in many genres of music, and in film and television
Famous people · Leadwood
Born near Leadwood: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Patrick Williams, born in Bonne Terre, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jay Nixon, with articles in 26 languages. No famous person on record lists Leadwood as their birthplace yet. Across Missouri, 385 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Jay Nixon
Best known
Jay Nixon
in 26 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Leadwood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Leadwood
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Darrell S. Cole
1920–1945United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leadwood 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 (12)
- Jay Nixon: Bernard Pollack, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Williams: Sourjack89, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Sebastian: [n.d.], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Conway Ivy: OMGUS Military Tribunal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas W. Benoist: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrell S. Cole: United States Marine Corps photo, also available from the Naval Historical Center as Photo # NH 103801, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Tesreau: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leora Spellman: Locke-Clute Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Arnold: "St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat" (St. Louis, MO)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Choate: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Firmin V. Desloge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Jetton: Rod Jetton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons