Famous people · Wise Township
Born near Wise Township: 14 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Wayne Terwilliger, was born in Clare, 5 mi away. John Engler is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. No famous person on record lists Wise Township as their birthplace yet. The Michigan lists hold names for 502 towns.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
John Engler
Best known
John Engler
in 14 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wise Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wise Township
Nobody born in Wise Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Virginia Harriett Kline
1910–1959Stratigrapher and geologist
Daniel Joseph Schafer
born 1952Country music singer, Christian music singer, songwriter actor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wise 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 (8)
- John Engler: Hudson Institute, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt LaFleur: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Joseph Schafer: Benderguy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Robbins: Wojciech Migda (wmigda), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Pohl: Tjacoronado, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Carey: Bob Martuch, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Terwilliger: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Gross: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons