
Born near Hayes Township: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Alice Acheson, born in Charlevoix, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Claude Shannon, with articles in 70 languages. No entry yet names Hayes Township as a birthplace. Across Michigan, the lists cover 503 towns.
What stands out about Hayes Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Hayes Township
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Yvonne Walker Keshick
born 1946American Anishinaabe artist and basket maker

Claude Shannon
1916–2001American mathematician and information theorist






Raymond Wesley Starr
1888–1968United States federal judge

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hayes 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)
- Claude Shannon: Jacobs, Konrad, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Boone: Thibault, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Malpass: Franz Mahr (World Bank), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Britta Phillips: Tammy Lo from Brooklyn, NY, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Catton: Library of Congress, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Acheson: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Hankins: Swaurt, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Carey: Ralphcar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Archibald Nichols: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Wesley Starr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Maddock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons