
25 famous people were born within 35 miles of Fillmore Township
Closest of all is Betsy DeVos, from Holland, 4 mi away. Over the border in Holland, 41 names are on record, led by Betsy DeVos. In Michigan, 502 towns have someone on the list. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Fillmore Township.
What stands out about Fillmore Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Fillmore Township
The 25 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


Erik Prince
born 1969American businessman, former US Navy SEAL officer and the founder of the private military company Blackwater


George David Birkhoff
1884–1944American mathematician



Don Quine
born 1938American actor and science fiction writer



William Van Regenmorter
1939–2012American politician
Franklin E. Roach
1905–1993American astronomer, astrophysicist, geophysicist, professor, and scientist analyzing UFO phenomenon

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Famous people from the towns next door
Holland has the longest list next door: 41.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fillmore 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 (11)
- Betsy DeVos: U.S. Dept. of Education, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George David Birkhoff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erik Prince: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kennedy McMann: Adweek, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Kaat: Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bethany Bos: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Edward Hutchinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John M. Wever: Bayard Bradford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Quine: Stuart Cohen Agency, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George F. Richardson: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Otis Wells Johnson: Halford Erickson, compiler of the 1903 edition of the Wisconsin Blue Book (Life time: 1973), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

