Famous people · Walloon Lake
12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Walloon Lake
Closest of all is Kaila Kuhn, from Boyne City, 5 mi away. Claude Shannon is the most widely known, written about in 70 languages. No famous person on record lists Walloon Lake as their birthplace yet. 507 towns across Michigan can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Claude Shannon
Best known
Claude Shannon
in 70 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Walloon Lake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Walloon Lake
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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 Walloon Lake 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)
- 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
- Charles Archibald Nichols: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Wesley Starr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons