David Briggs
1943–2025American keyboardist, record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner
Famous people · St. Joseph
Close to home: 20 famous people born near St. Joseph
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in St. Joseph yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Mitch McConnell
Best known
Mitch McConnell
in 73 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about St. Joseph’s famous people
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Famous people born near St. Joseph
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in St. Joseph yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Sam Phillips
1923–2003American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
Arthur Alexander
1940–1993American country songwriter and soul singer
Jimmy Johnson
1943–2019American session guitarist and record producer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Joseph, 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 aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Mitch McConnell: U.S. Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Jeter: Photo by Alan Light derivative work: Bea, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Thompson: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Sledge: Gene Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Phillips: The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. C. Handy: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Crowe Ransom: Robie Macauley (Transfered by Ravit/Original uploaded by Cmacauley), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Rosenbaum: Kevin B. Lee and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons