Born near Lake Leelanau: 10 famous people within 35 miles
Jeannie Peterson, born in Suttons Bay, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jeremy Davies, with articles in 36 languages. No famous person on record lists Lake Leelanau as their birthplace yet. In all of Michigan, the famous people on record come from 507 towns.
What stands out about Lake Leelanau’s famous people
Famous people born near Lake Leelanau
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Leelanau 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 (5)
- Jeremy Davies: jbach, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Majerle: Jdhhauser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Wayne: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Milliken: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Leavitt: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons