Born near South Haven: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Matt Nover, born in Chesterton, 6 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists South Haven as their birthplace yet. The best known of them is Janet Jackson, with articles in 104 languages. Famous people are on record for 409 of the towns in Indiana.
What stands out about South Haven’s famous people
Famous people born near South Haven
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Jeff Samardzija
born 1985American baseball pitcher and football player


Joseph Stiglitz
born 1943American economist, professor, and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Haven 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 (5)
- Janet Jackson: Rich Esteban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Stiglitz: Jérémy Barande, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- La Toya Jackson: Template:Glória Pires, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jermaine Jackson: JosephJackson2007.jpg: Reflexivity Capital Group[1] of picasa.google.com derivative work: Solid State Survivor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Neville: 400_m_Meeting_Areva_2009.jpg: Yann Caradec from Paris, France derivative work: Zakke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons