
9 famous people were born within 35 miles of Newfield Township
Evan Bruinsma, born in New Era, 12 mi away, is the closest. So far, no famous person on record was born in Newfield Township. The longest list of any town in Michigan belongs to Dearborn, with 63. After Dearborn, the next longest list in Michigan is Muskegon’s, with 61.
What stands out about Newfield Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Newfield Township
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.





Lorie Masters
born 1954American attorney, public servant, and politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Newfield 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 (5)
- Evan Bruinsma: Zafer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Berger: Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Zagers: Jay Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert K. Stevens: Wystan Stevens, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorie Masters: Patrick Long uploaded this to Flickr from http://loriemasters.com/meet-lorie/ (whose contents have been donated to Wikipedia by non-exclusive license user Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Docum…, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons