Born near Readmond Township: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Robert Klark Graham, from Harbor Springs, 10 mi away. No famous person on record lists Readmond Township as their birthplace yet. Claude Shannon is the most widely known, written about in 70 languages. 502 of the towns in Michigan list at least one person.
What stands out about Readmond Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Readmond Township
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Raymond Wesley Starr
1888–1968United States federal judge

Claude Shannon
1916–2001American mathematician and information theorist



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Readmond 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)
- 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
- Bruce Catton: Library of Congress, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Wesley Starr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons