Shandi Finnessey
born 1978American beauty queen, model, and television hostess
Famous people · Old Jamestown
28 famous people were born within 35 miles of Old Jamestown
Closest of all is Shandi Finnessey, from Florissant, 3 mi away. Shandi Finnessey leads the 22 names listed next door in Florissant. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Old Jamestown. The best known of them is Miles Davis, with articles in 99 languages.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Miles Davis
Best known
Miles Davis
in 99 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Old Jamestown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Old Jamestown
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Nick Schroer
American politician serving in the Missouri House of Representatives
Robert Wadlow
1918–1940American who was the tallest recorded person in history
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Of the towns around it, Florissant has the most on record: 22.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Old Jamestown 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 (19)
- Miles Davis: Tom Palumbo from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Wadlow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenifer Lewis: greginhollywood (Greg Hernandez), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricochet: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don "The Dragon" Wilson: Ivan Bessedin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christina Romer: Obama-Biden Transition Project, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Schmitt: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Janet Jones: -nickon-, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Beth Hughes: trailer screenshot (MGM), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Bailey: Greg Hernandez, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Devin Williams: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle McClellan: NawlinWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Fink: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raychel Proudie: State of Missouri, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Fleming: Bryan Green on Flickr (Original version) 佾珜 (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Schroer: MissouriMadeGOP, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Knowles III: https://www.flickr.com/photos/komunews/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marianne Markowitz: Small Business Administration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Jordan: Joshrummel88, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons