Famous people · Phelps City
Born near Phelps City: 34 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Eugene Allen Gilmore, was born in Brownville, 3 mi away. Pete Ricketts is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Phelps City yet. 443 towns in Missouri have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
34
within 35 miles
Closest
24 mi
Pete Ricketts
Best known
Pete Ricketts
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Phelps City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Phelps City
They were born in 16 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Pete Ricketts
born 1964United States Senator from Nebraska since 2023
Leland Hayward
1902–1971American talent agent and theatrical producer
John Scott Redd
born 1944United States Navy admiral and government official
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Phelps City 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 (20)
- Pete Ricketts: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Heineman: Office of Governor Dave Heineman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Graves: House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elzada Clover: Elzada Clover, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Dexter: Photoplay, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Ricketts: Cornstalker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leland Hayward: Photoplay Publishing Company; Hyman Fink, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur J. Weaver: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Malone: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- C. Frank Reavis: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hiram Randall: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Waller: Federalreserve, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillip Hart Weaver: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Abbott: A. M. Wilson (Life time: 1960), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Ragan: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hardin Cox: Columbia Insurance, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Scott Redd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lunsford E. Oliver: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Graves: US Dept. of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Kelsay: Houston_Texans_advance_to_1_yard_line_vs_Buffalo_Bills_2006-11-19.jpg: Rick Kimpel, Jr. derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons