
23 famous people were born within 35 miles of Crockery Township
Iggy Pop is the most widely known, written about in 73 languages. Closest of all is Winsor McCay, from Spring Lake, 5 mi away. Across Michigan, the lists cover 505 towns. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Crockery Township.
What stands out about Crockery Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Crockery Township
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.













Burt Kennedy
1922–2001American film director and screenwriter
John J. Pruis
1923–2016President of Ball State University
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crockery 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)
- Iggy Pop: Greg Neate from Sussex, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Winsor McCay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Del Shannon: Amy Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Static: The original uploader was Brondra at Czech Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Nelson: Sean P. Anderson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Børns: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Bylsma: Andy from Pittsburgh, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa Stockwell: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Travis K. Mendoza, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Sprague: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles A. Boyle: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal Ball: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Cairn Mars: Air Service, United States Army photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Da'Mari Scott: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons