Born near Lilbourn: 26 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Arnold Wiley, was born in New Madrid, 3 mi away. The best known of them is Carl Perkins, with articles in 43 languages. The list for Lilbourn is empty for now. 390 towns across Missouri can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Lilbourn’s famous people
Famous people born near Lilbourn
They were born in 11 towns 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






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lilbourn 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
- Eric Hurley: Joel Dinda aka mwlguide on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, 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