Famous people · Shawneetown
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Shawneetown
Rush Limbaugh is the most widely known, written about in 48 languages. No famous person’s birth in Shawneetown is on record yet. Closest of all is Harry Little, from Pocahontas, 4 mi away. Famous people are on record for 436 of the towns in Missouri.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Rush Limbaugh
Best known
Rush Limbaugh
in 48 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Shawneetown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Shawneetown
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bill Schindler
1896–1979Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1920
Fred Henry McGuire
1890–1958United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Dale Dye
born 1944American actor, presenter, and businessman
Terry Jones
born 1951American anti-Islamic right wing activist and the pastor of Dove World Outreach Center
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shawneetown 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 (8)
- Rush Limbaugh: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda M. Godwin: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Thomas: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Jones: Mark Taylor, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chic Hecht: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Friedrich: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Janson: Jules on the Road, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis C. Wagner, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons