
25 famous people were born within 35 miles of Morehouse
Jacqueline Scott, born in Sikeston, 6 mi away, is the closest. 389 of the towns in Missouri list at least one person. Not one famous person on record comes from Morehouse yet. No town in Missouri lists more than St. Joseph, with 57.
What stands out about Morehouse’s famous people
Famous people born near Morehouse
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Neal E. Boyd
1975–2018American opera singer, winner of Season 3 of America's Got Talent



Eddie Lee Jackson
1949–2020Member of the Illinois House of Representatives, 114th District





George K. Sisler
1937–1967United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Dan Smoot
1913–2003FBI agent; conservative political activist

Cash McCall
1941–2019American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Morehouse 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)
- Jacqueline Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal E. Boyd: Adjacent101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Hulshof: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew J. Hinshaw: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Ann Nalley: Douglas A. Lockard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles A. Crow: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Hurley: Joel Dinda aka mwlguide on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max West: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cash McCall: Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darlene Clark Hine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Lee: Chrisjnelson at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George K. Sisler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons