History · Mendon
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Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Mendon yet, but 20 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Rothville · 6 mi
J. William Fulbright
American politician
Wilbur Sweatman
American musicianEdwin Garver Woodward
Professor of agricultureNoel Shull
Missouri representative and member of the Republican partyAnnette Sinclair
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1949
Lewis R. Foster
Screenwriter, director, producer, television composerDoris Akers
American music composer, arranger and singer
Don Pratt
Recipient of the Purple Heart medalFrances V. Rummell
Educator and columnistRon Frazier
American actor
John J. Pershing
United States Army general in World War I
Maxwell D. Taylor
American military officer and diplomat
Barbara Sinatra
American model, showgirl, and socialite; wife of Zeppo Marx and Frank Sinatra