Famous people · Calvin Township
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Calvin Township
Closest of all is Clifford Mishler, from Vandalia, 5 mi away. No famous person on record lists Calvin Township as their birthplace yet. Shawn Kemp is the most widely known, written about in 31 languages. In all of Michigan, the famous people on record come from 502 towns.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Shawn Kemp
Best known
Shawn Kemp
in 31 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Calvin Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Calvin Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ruth Alice Armstrong
born 1850American activist, writer, lecturer
Lindsay Benko
born 1976American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
James W. King
1842–1903American solider and newspaper editor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Calvin Township 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 (13)
- Shawn Kemp: Bryan Horowitz: Flickr, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Hildebrandt: Jørgen Løken (User:Løken), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hampson: Franz Johann Morgenbesser, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connie Smith: cliff1066, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruby Soho: Mike Kalasnik from Fort Mill, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Alden Smith: Harris & Ewing, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Taylor: National Olympic Committee of Iran, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David F. Cargo: Steve Terrell from Santa Fe, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emery Valentine: Published by the Pathfinder Publishing Company of Valdez, Alaska for the Pioneers of Alaska., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford Mishler: CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Basil W. Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Freeman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Alice Armstrong: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons