
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Cement City
John Randolph Bray, born in Addison, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Karch Kiraly, with articles in 42 languages. No famous person on record lists Cement City as their birthplace yet. 506 of the towns in Michigan list at least one person.
What stands out about Cement City’s famous people
Famous people born near Cement City
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Joseph Beal Steere
1842–1940American ornithologist




Dan Coats
born 19435th Director of National Intelligence, former United States Senator from Indiana





Clare Retan
1888–1931Early-20th-century American lawyer in Michigan
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cement City 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 (12)
- Karch Kiraly: therouterguy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Worden: NASA, scanned by Kipp Teague, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Coats: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Oakley: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles W. Misner: Puzhok, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Beal Steere: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Randolph Bray: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bessie Boies Cotton: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edna Boies Hopkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clare Retan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Murl K. Aten: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons