Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Springfield
Born near Springfield: 2 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Coye Dunn, from Vilas, 10 mi away. Mike Thompson is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Springfield. 132 towns in Colorado have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
2
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Mike Thompson
Best known
Mike Thompson
in 3 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Springfield
They were born in 2 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Springfield 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.