Famous people · Perkins
11 famous people were born within 35 miles of Perkins
Closest of all is Dave Barham, from Bell City, 5 mi away. Jacqueline Scott is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. No famous person’s birth in Perkins is on record yet. In all of Missouri, the famous people on record come from 387 towns.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Jacqueline Scott
Best known
Jacqueline Scott
in 16 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Perkins’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Perkins
Nobody born in Perkins is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Fred Henry McGuire
1890–1958United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Neal E. Boyd
1975–2018American opera singer, winner of Season 3 of America's Got Talent
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Perkins 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 (7)
- 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
- Blake DeWitt: MissChatter on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles A. Crow: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darlene Clark Hine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewayne Staats: Dewayne_Staats_and_Jerry_Manuel.jpg: Michael Baron derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons