Born near New Home Township: 11 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Denver Davison, was born in Rich Hill, 6 mi away. The best known of them is Robert A. Heinlein, with articles in 101 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in New Home Township. Across Missouri, 405 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about New Home Township’s famous people
Famous people born near New Home Township
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Robert A. Heinlein
1907–1988American author and aeronautical engineer





Enoch J. Mills
1878–1935American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Home Township 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)
- Robert A. Heinlein: Photographer unknown, published by Doubleday, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles O'Rear: Andrew (bunnie) Huang, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wesley Bolin: Office of Governor Wesley Bolin (Phoenix, AZ)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George H. Christopher: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Enoch J. Mills: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kit Clardy: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons