Born near Stockville: 25 famous people within 35 miles
Ben Thrash, born in Curtis, 10 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Stockville is on record yet. The best known of them is Ben Nelson, with articles in 25 languages. In Nebraska, 254 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Stockville’s famous people
Famous people born near Stockville
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.







Arno B. Cammerer
1883–1941U.S. National Park Service director

Kirstin Cronn-Mills
born 1968Author of children's and young adult books
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stockville 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)
- Ben Nelson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clayton Keith Yeutter: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Kuroki: SDASM Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph G. Brooks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arno B. Cammerer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Budig: Illinois State University, Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Wicks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirstin Cronn-Mills: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons