Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0No one born in Grass Lake Township has made the famous people list yet
The nearest list is next door in Norvell Township: 2 names, starting with L. Whitney Watkins. Dearborn’s 63 names make the longest list in Michigan. After Dearborn, the next longest list in Michigan is Muskegon’s, with 61. 506 towns in Michigan have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Grass Lake Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Grass Lake Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Grass Lake Township
Close by, the fullest list is Norvell Township’s, at 2 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grass Lake Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (2)
- John Knauf: The original uploader was Weatherman90 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward P. Allen: Thomas Wallace Knox (1835-1896), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

