Famous people · Lone Jack
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Lone Jack
The nearest, Frank Withrow, was born in Greenwood, 8 mi away. Ginger Rogers is the most widely known, written about in 80 languages. The Missouri lists hold names for 389 towns. The list for Lone Jack is empty for now.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Ginger Rogers
Best known
Ginger Rogers
in 80 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lone Jack’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lone Jack
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bess Truman
1885–1982First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953
Arliss Howard
born 1954American actor, screenwriter and film director
Margaret Truman
1924–2008American author of murder mysteries; daughter of 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman
Brutus Hamilton
1900–1970Athletics track and field athlete and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lone Jack 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)
- Ginger Rogers: Studio publicity still, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bess Truman: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Metheny: badosa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Weis: Yoggysot, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Butcher: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alec Burks: GoIowaState.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Truman: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Angelica Bridges: Photo by Glenn Francis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brutus Hamilton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Tegenkamp: http://www.runnerspace.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Rosenthal: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Allison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mandy Laddish: Dɐ, CC0, Wikimedia Commons