15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hanover Township
Eliza Gamble, born in Concord, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Karch Kiraly, with articles in 42 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Hanover Township. 503 towns in Michigan have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Hanover Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Hanover Township
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



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


Robert E. Horton
1875–1945United States hydrologist, soil scientist


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hanover 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 (7)
- 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
- John Randolph Bray: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Gilbert Chaddock: see above, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons