
Born near Sargent Township: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Dick Van Dyke, with articles in 51 languages. Wendell Bailey, born in Willow Springs, 7 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from Sargent Township yet. Across Missouri, 386 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Sargent Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Sargent Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Hannah Kelly
born 1988Politician in the Missouri House of Representatives




Mel Carnahan
1934–2000Governor of Missouri, 2000 U.S. senator-elect

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sargent 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 (7)
- Dick Van Dyke: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Porter Wagoner: Moeller Talent, Inc. Nashville (management), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mel Carnahan: Child Welfare Information Gateway, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jan Howard: ChrisTofu11961, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Daugherty: flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Howard Ichord, Jr.: Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wendell Bailey: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons