Famous people · Pilot Grove
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Pilot Grove
Closest of all is Sara Evans, from Boonville, 11 mi away. The best known of them is David Koechner, with articles in 38 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Pilot Grove yet. St. Joseph has the most of any town in Missouri: 57.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
David Koechner
Best known
David Koechner
in 38 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pilot Grove’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pilot Grove
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Gene Clark
1941–1991American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist
Uriel Sebree
1848–19222nd Governor of American Samoa, US Navy Rear Admiral
John Bullock Clark Jr.
1831–1903Confederate Army general and politician
Noble Johnson
1881–1978African-American actor and film producer
Joseph L. Epps
1870–1952United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Wild Bill Davis
1918–1995American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
George Howard Williams
1871–1963American politician, Missouri
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pilot Grove 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 (16)
- David Koechner: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Oakie: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Clark: KRLA Beat Publications-page 10 (PDF file), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noble Johnson: Albert Witzel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Dwan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Prenot: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Dee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde De Vinna: www.oscars.org, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Dandy: photograph of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wild Bill Davis: "Bruno of Hollywood", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Howard Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry L. Myers: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. T. Vivian: HowardMorland This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: 'Cleaned background.'. The original can be found here: File:CTVivian.png., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Smith Pritchett: Bain News Service, publisher; Original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Uriel Sebree: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bullock Clark Jr.: John A. Scholten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons