
Born near Marthasville: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Jack Wagner, was born in Washington, 6 mi away. Reinhold Niebuhr is the most widely known, written about in 47 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Marthasville. 402 of the towns in Missouri list at least one person.
What stands out about Marthasville’s famous people
Famous people born near Marthasville
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Danielle Nierenberg
born 1978American activist, author, and journalist

Phoebe Hearst
1842–1919American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marthasville 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 (6)
- Reinhold Niebuhr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Sargent: حسین ظهروند, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Wagner: Westerberg1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phoebe Hearst: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur W. Hummel: Dixon, Royden, photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Voit: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons