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Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

. People from Michigan are sometimes referred to as Michiganders, Michiganians, or, more rarely, Michiganites. This list includes people who were born, have lived, or worked in Michigan.

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Directors, filmmakers, and producers

Ford Beebe Ford Beebe (November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978) was a screenwriter and director. He entered the film business as a writer around 1916 and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films. He specialized in B-movies – mostly ...

, director of films, including serials ''

The Green Hornet The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of med ...

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Buck Rogers Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily US newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in Sunday newspapers, international newspapers, books ...

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Mike Binder Mike Binder (born June 2, 1958) is an American filmmaker, stand-up comedian, and actor. Life and career Binder, descended from Russian-Jewish immigrants, grew up in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham. During the summers of 1966 through 1975, he at ...

, director, screenwriter and actor, ''

The Upside of Anger ''The Upside of Anger'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Binder and starring Joan Allen, Kevin Costner and Evan Rachel Wood. The film was produced by Jack Binder, Alex Gartner and Sammy Lee, received mo ...

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Reign Over Me ''Reign Over Me'' is a 2007 American buddy drama film written and directed by Mike Binder, and produced by his brother Jack Binder. The film stars Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle with Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, Saffron ...

'' (born in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

) * John Randolph Bray, early film animator and producer (born in

Addison Addison may refer to: Places Canada * Addison, Ontario United States *Addison, Alabama *Addison, Illinois *Addison Street in Chicago, Illinois which runs by Wrigley Field * Addison, Kentucky *Addison, Maine *Addison, Michigan *Addison, New York ...

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Jerry Bruckheimer Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in the genres of action, drama, fantasy, and science fiction. His films include '' Flashdance'', ''Top Gun'', '' The Rock'', '' ...

, film and television producer, ''

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', also referred to as ''CSI'' and ''CSI: Las Vegas'', is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. This wa ...

'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean'' (born in

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

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Timothy Busfield Timothy Busfield (born June 12, 1957) is an American actor and director. He has played Elliot Weston on the television series ''thirtysomething''; Mark, the brother-in-law of Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) in ''Field of Dreams''; and Danny Concann ...

, actor and television director, '' Lipstick Jungle'', ''

Without A Trace ''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...

'', ''

Damages At common law, damages are a remedy in the form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury. To warrant the award, the claimant must show that a breach of duty has caused foreseeable loss. To be recognised at ...

'' (born in

Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, makin ...

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Bill Carruthers William H. Carruthers (September 27, 1930 – March 2, 2003) was an American television executive who gained his first fame as the director of '' The Soupy Sales Show'' at Detroit television station WXYZ-TV. He also directed the Ernie Kovacs-helm ...

, television producer and director (born in Detroit) * William Clemens, director of Nancy Drew and Perry Mason films (born in

Saginaw Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater ...

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Kerry Conran Kerry Scott Conran is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for creating and directing the 2004 pulp science fiction film ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''. Early life and influences Conran was born in Flint, Michigan. ...

, screenwriter and director, ''

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'', often shortened to ''Sky Captain'', is a 2004 science fiction action- adventure film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut, and produced by Jon Avnet, Sadie Frost, Jude Law an ...

'' (born in

Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and sta ...

) * Francis Ford Coppola, film director and screenwriter, ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...

'' trilogy, ''

Apocalypse Now ''Apocalypse Now'' is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius and Michael Herr, is loosely based on the 1899 novella '' Heart of Darkness'' by Joseph ...

'' (born in Detroit) *

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

, director and producer, ''

The Little Shop of Horrors ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' is a 1960 American horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about an inadequate florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. The fi ...

'', ''

The Wild Angels ''The Wild Angels'' is a 1966 American outlaw biker film produced and directed by Roger Corman. Made on location in Southern California, ''The Wild Angels'' was the first film to associate actor Peter Fonda with Harley-Davidson motorcycles an ...

'' (born in Detroit) * Gerald Di Pego, screenwriter and producer, ''

Message in a Bottle A message in a bottle (abbrev. MIB) is a form of communication in which a message is sealed in a container (typically a bottle) and released into a conveyance medium (typically a body of water). Messages in bottles have been used to send distres ...

'' (born in Flint) *

Paul Feig Paul Samuel Feig (; born September 17, 1962) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is known for directing films starring frequent collaborator Melissa McCarthy, including '' Bridesmaids'' (2011), '' The Heat'' (2013), '' Spy'' (20 ...

, film and television director, ''

Bridesmaids Bridesmaids are members of the bride's party in a Western traditional wedding ceremony. A bridesmaid is typically a young woman and often a close friend or relative. She attends to the bride on the day of a wedding or marriage ceremony. Traditi ...

'' (born in Mount Clemens) *

Robert J. Flaherty Robert Joseph Flaherty, (; February 16, 1884 – July 23, 1951) was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, '' Nanook of the North'' (1922). The film made his reputati ...

, filmmaker of ''

Nanook of the North ''Nanook of the North'' is a 1922 American silent film which combines elements of documentary and docudrama, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist. In the tradition of what would later be c ...

'', first commercially successful documentary (born in Iron Mountain) *

Anne Fletcher Anne Fletcher (born May 1, 1966) is an American choreographer, film director, dancer and actress. She directed the films '' Step Up'' (2006), ''27 Dresses'' (2008) and '' The Proposal'' (2009). Early life Born Anne Marie Fletcher in Detroit, Mich ...

, director, actress, and choreographer, '' The Proposal'' (born in Detroit) *

Loyal Griggs Loyal Griggs, A.S.C. (August 15, 1906May 6, 1978), was an American cinematographer. Griggs joined the staff of Paramount Pictures in 1924 after graduating from school and initially worked at the studio's process department. He was promoted from a ...

, Oscar-winning cinematographer (born in Sanilac County) * Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes, film directors, producers, and screenwriters, ''

Menace II Society ''Menace II Society'' (pronounced ''Menace to Society'') is a 1993 American teen drama film directed by the Hughes Brothers in their directorial debut. The film is set in Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and follows the life of ...

'' (born in Detroit) * John Hughes, director and writer, ''

Ferris Bueller's Day Off ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes and co-produced by Tom Jacobson. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck with supporting roles by Jennifer ...

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Home Alone ''Home Alone'' is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the ''Home Alone'' franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Hea ...

(born in Lansing) *

Jake Kasdan Jacob Kasdan (born October 28, 1974) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing '' Walk Hard'' (2007), ''Bad Teacher'' (2011), ''Sex Tape'' (2014), '' Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle'' (2017) and '' Jumanji: The Next Level' ...

, film and television director, ''

Bad Teacher ''Bad Teacher'' is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jake Kasdan from a screenplay by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. Starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins and Jason Segel, the film tells ...

'', ''

Sex Tape Amateur pornography is a category of pornography that features models, actors or non-professionals performing without pay, or actors for whom this material is not their only paid modeling work. Reality pornography is made porn that seeks to e ...

'' (born in Detroit) *

Lawrence Kasdan Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American filmmaker. He is the co-writer of the '' Star Wars'' films ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983), ''The Force Awakens'' (2015), and '' Solo: A Star Wars St ...

, screenwriter and director, '' The Big Chill'', ''

Body Heat Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature ...

'', '' Silverado'', ''

Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which l ...

'' (educated in Ann Arbor) *

Lee H. Katzin Lee H. Katzin (12 April 1935 - 30 October 2002) was an American film director. Early life and education He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and became a TV director in the late 1960s, including episodes for ''Bonanza, Mission: Impossible ''and '' ...

, film and television director, '' Le Mans'' (born in Detroit) *

Woodie King Jr. Woodie King Jr. (born July 27, 1937) is an American director and producer of stage and screen, as well as the founding director of the New Federal Theatre in New York City. Early life and education King was born in Baldwin Springs, Alabama. He g ...

, stage and film director and producer (raised in Detroit) *

Neil LaBute Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best-known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, '' In the Company of Men'' (1997), which won awards from the Sundance F ...

, film director, screenwriter and playwright, ''

In the Company of Men ''In the Company of Men'' is a 1997 Canadian–American black comedy film, written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, and Stacy Edwards. The film, which was adapted from a play written by LaBute, and served as hi ...

'' (born in Detroit) *

Mitchell Leisen James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer. Film career He entered the film industry in the 1920s, beginning in the art and costume departments. He directed his f ...

, director, ''

Death Takes a Holiday ''Death Takes a Holiday'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing. It is based on the 1924 Italian play ''La morte in vacanza'' by Alberto Casella (1891–1957), as adapted in English ...

'', '' Midnight'' (born in

Menominee The Menominee (; mez, omǣqnomenēwak meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recog ...

) * Norman Z. McLeod, director, ''

Horse Feathers ''Horse Feathers'' is a 1932 pre-Code comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. It stars the Four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo), Thelma Todd and David Landau. It was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, an ...

'', '' Topper'', ''

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in ''The New Yorker'' on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book '' My World and Welcome to It'' ( Ha ...

'' (born in Grayling) *

McG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...

, film director, '' Charlie's Angels'', ''

Terminator Salvation ''Terminator Salvation'' is a 2009 American military science fiction action film directed by McG and written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris. It is the fourth installment of the ''Terminator'' franchise and serves as a sequel to '' Termi ...

'' (born in

Kalamazoo Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropoli ...

) * Michael Moore, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and writer (born in Flint) * Robert Moore, director, ''

Murder By Death ''Murder by Death'' is a 1976 American comedy mystery film directed by Robert Moore and written by Neil Simon. The film stars Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, M ...

'', '' Chapter Two'' (born in Detroit) *

Jane Murfin Jane Murfin (October 27, 1884 – August 10, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. The author of several successful plays, she wrote some of them with actress Jane Cowl—most notably '' Smilin' Through'' (1919), which was adapted ...

, screenwriter, ''

What Price Hollywood? ''What Price Hollywood?'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Constance Bennett with Lowell Sherman. The screenplay by Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, Jane Murfin and Ben Markson is based on a story by A ...

'' (born in Quincy) *

Vincenzo Natali Vincenzo Natali (born 1969) is an American-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, known for writing and directing science fiction and horror films such as '' Cube'', '' Cypher'', '' Nothing'', and '' Splice''. Early life and education Na ...

, director and screenwriter, '' Cube'' (born in Detroit) *

Joel Potrykus Joel Potrykus is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature film debut ''Ape'' won the Best New Director prize at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival, while his follow-up feature ''Buzzard'' won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2014 Ljubljana I ...

, director and screenwriter, ''

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Buzzard Buzzard is the common name of several species of birds of prey. ''Buteo'' species * Archer's buzzard (''Buteo archeri'') * Augur buzzard (''Buteo augur'') * Broad-winged hawk (''Buteo platypterus'') * Common buzzard (''Buteo buteo'') * Eastern ...

'' (born in Ossineke) * Bill Prady, television writer and producer (born in Detroit) *

Richard Quine Richard Quine (November 12, 1920June 10, 1989) was an American director, actor, and singer. He began acting as a child in radio, vaudeville, and stage productions before being signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in his early twenties. When his acting ...

, director and producer, ''

Bell, Book and Candle ''Bell, Book and Candle'' is a 1958 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Richard Quine from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1950 Broadway play of the same title by John Van Druten. It stars Kim Novak as a witch who c ...

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Sex and the Single Girl ''Sex and the Single Girl'' is a 1962 non-fiction book by American writer Helen Gurley Brown, written as an advice book that encouraged women to become financially independent and experience sexual relationships before or without marriage. The ...

'' (born in Detroit) * Sam Raimi, director, screenwriter, producer, '' Spider-Man'', television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' (born in

Royal Oak The Royal Oak is the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The tree was in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. C ...

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Gene Reynolds Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal (April 4, 1923 – February 3, 2020) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He was one of the developers and producers of the TV series ''M*A*S*H''. Early life Reynolds was born on April 4, 1923, ...

, Emmy Award-winning director, co-creator of ''

M*A*S*H ''M*A*S*H'' (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richard Hooker. Th ...

'' (raised in Detroit) *

Lloyd Richards Lloyd George Richards (June 29, 1919 – June 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean of the Yale School of Drama from 1979 to 1991, and Yale University professor emeritus. Biography Richards was born in Toron ...

, stage director, National Medal of Arts recipient (raised in Detroit) *

Terry Rossio Terry Rossio (born July 2, 1960) is an American screenwriter. He co-wrote the films ''Aladdin'', ''Shrek'', and all five of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Shrek' ...

, screenwriter and film producer (born in Kalamazoo) *

Leonard Schrader Leonard Schrader (November 30, 1943 – November 2, 2006) was an American screenwriter and director, most notable for his ability to write Japanese-language films and for his many collaborations with his brother, Paul Schrader. He earned an ...

, screenwriter, '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'', ''

The Yakuza ''The Yakuza'' is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith. The screenplay by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne is from a story by Schrader's brother, Leonard Schrader. ...

'' (born in Grand Rapids) * Paul Schrader, director, screenwriter, '' American Gigolo'', ''

Blue Collar A blue-collar worker is a working class person who performs manual labor. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled labor. The type of work may involving manufacturing, warehousing, mining, excavation, electricity generation and power ...

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Taxi Driver ''Taxi Driver'' is a 1976 American film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a decaying ...

'', ''

Raging Bull ''Raging Bull'' is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir '' Raging Bull: My ...

'' (born in Grand Rapids) *

Robert Shaye Robert Kenneth Shaye (born March 4, 1939) is an American businessman, film producer, actor, director, and writer. He is the founder of New Line Cinema, a film production studio that distributed films such as ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'', ''Te ...

, co-CEO of

New Line Cinema New Line Cinema is an American film production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and is a film label of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after ...

(born in Detroit) *

Robert Tapert Robert Gerard Tapert (born May 14, 1955) is an American film and television producer, writer and director, best known for co-creating the television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. He is also one of the founding partners of the film product ...

, producer of '' The Evil Dead'', ''

Timecop ''Timecop'' is a 1994 American science fiction action film directed by Peter Hyams and co-written by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden. Richardson also served as executive producer. The film is based on '' Timecop'', a story created by Richar ...

'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' (born in

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Paul Weatherwax Paul John Weatherwax (July 8, 1900 – September 13, 1960"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (26 November 2014), Paul J Weatherwax, 13 Sep 1960; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.) was an American film edito ...

, film editor, two-time Academy Award winner (born in Sturgis) *

Harry Winer Harry Winer (born May 4, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. In addition, he is an Associate Arts Professor in the Undergraduate Film and Television Department at New York Uni ...

, film and television director and producer (born in Detroit)

Radio and television people

Byron Allen Byron Allen Folks (born April 22, 1961) is the founder of the U.S. entertainment company Entertainment Studios which includes The Weather Channel. He is also a television producer, philanthropist, and comedian in his younger years. Notable s ...

, comedian, television talk show host (born in Detroit) *

Tim Allen Timothy Alan Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'' (1991–1999) and Mike Baxter on the ABC/ ...

, actor and comedian, ''

Home Improvement The concept of home improvement, home renovation, or remodeling is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home. Home improvement can consist of projects that upgrade an existing home interior (such as electrical and plumbing), ...

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Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson ( ; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series ''The X-Files'', ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film '' The House of Mirt ...

, actress, ''

The X Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who ...

'' (lived and went to school in Grand Rapids) * Sean Baligian, radio host at WDFN, pre and post game Detroit Lions (born in

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

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Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. Beginning her acting career by starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, she made her Broadway stage debut as Becky That ...

, actress, ''

Veronica Mars ''Veronica Mars'' is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the eponymous character. The series pr ...

'' (born in Huntington Woods) *

Elizabeth Berkley Elizabeth Berkley (born July 28, 1974) is an American actress. She played Jessie Spano in the television series ''Saved by the Bell'' and Nomi Malone/Polly Ann Costello in the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film ''Showgirls''. She voiced the title role o ...

, actress, ''

Saved by the Bell ''Saved by the Bell'' is an American television sitcom created by Sam Bobrick for NBC. The series premiered, in primetime, on August 20, 1989, a Sunday night. Targeted at kids and teens, ''Saved by the Bell'' was broadcast in the United States ...

'' (born and raised in Farmington Hills) * Sandra Bernhard, comedian and actress (born in Flint) * Cam Brainard, radio and television announcer, narrator of ''Breed All About It'' on

Animal Planet Animal Planet (stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American multinational pay television channel owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. First established on June 1, 1996, the network is primarily ...

(born in Flint) *

Selma Blair Selma Blair Beitner (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She played a number of roles in films and on television before obtaining recognition for her leading role in the film '' Brown's Requiem'' (1998). Her breakthrough came when she s ...

, actress, ''

Kath & Kim ''Kath & Kim,'' (also written as ''Kath and Kim'') is an Australian sitcom created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley, who portray the title characters of Kath Day-Knight, a cheery, middle-aged suburban mother, and Kim, her self-indulgent daughter ...

'', ''

Anger Management Anger management is a psycho-therapeutic program for anger prevention and control. It has been described as deploying anger successfully.Schwarts, Gil. July 2006. Anger Management', July 2006 The Office Politic. Men's Health magazine. Emmaus, PA: ...

'' (born in Southfield) *

Bill Bonds Bill Bonds (February 23, 1932 – December 13, 2014) was an American television news anchor and reporter, best known for his work at WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. Bonds became an Action News anchorman beginning in the early 1970s. Early caree ...

, television journalist,

WXYZ-TV WXYZ-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside independent station WMYD (channel 20). Both stations share studios at Broadcast House on ...

(born in

Pontiac Pontiac may refer to: *Pontiac (automobile), a car brand *Pontiac (Ottawa leader) ( – 1769), a Native American war chief Places and jurisdictions Canada *Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality ** Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, now the Roman Catholic D ...

) * Dave Campbell, baseball player and broadcaster (born in Manistee) * Dave Coulier, actor and stand-up comedian, ''

Full House ''Full House'' is an American television Situation comedy, sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best ...

'' (born in

St. Clair Shores St. Clair Shores is a suburban city bordering Lake St. Clair in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms a part of the Metro Detroit area, and is located about northeast of downtown Detroit. Its population was 59,715 at the 2010 ...

) * Jeff Daniels, actor, '' The Newsroom'' (grew up in

Chelsea Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia * Chelsea, Quebec United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...

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Bob Eubanks Robert Leland Eubanks (born January 8, 1938) is an American disc jockey, television personality and game show host, best known for hosting the game show ''The Newlywed Game'' on and off since 1966. He also hosted the successful revamp version o ...

, host of television game show ''

The Newlywed Game ''The Newlywed Game'' is an American television game show that puts newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know or do not know each other. The program, originally create ...

'' (born in Flint) *

Paula Faris Paula Faris (born October 26, 1975) is an American journalist and television correspondent, formerly of ABC News. She is known for her tenure as co-anchor of ''Good Morning America Weekend'' from 2014 to 2018 and as co-host of '' The View'' from 2 ...

, correspondent for

ABC News ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include Breakfast television, morning ...

and '' The View'' (born in

Jackson Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Qu ...

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Fred Foy Frederick William Foy (March 27, 1921December 22, 2010) was an American radio and television announcer and actor. He is best known for his narration of ''The Lone Ranger''. Radio historian Jim Harmon described Foy as "''the'' announcer, perhaps t ...

, announcer, narrator of ''

The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in ...

'' television series (born in Detroit) *

Cyndy Garvey Cyndy Garvey (née Cynthia Truhan) (born July 16, 1949, Detroit, Michigan) is an American television personality and former wife of baseball player Steve Garvey. Career Cyndy Garvey replaced Sarah Purcell as Regis Philbin's co-host of the loca ...

, co-host with

Regis Philbin Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (; August 25, 1931 – July 25, 2020)Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine was an American television presenter, talk show host, game show host, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest working ma ...

on what later became ''Regis & Kathie Lee'', ex-wife of

Steve Garvey Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1987. Garvey was the National ...

(born in Detroit) * John Gordon, radio voice of Minnesota Twins (born in Detroit) *

Chris Hansen Christopher Edward Hansen (born September 13, 1959) is an American television journalist and YouTube personality. He is known for his work on ''Dateline NBC'', in particular the former segment ''To Catch a Predator'', which revolved around catc ...

, television journalist (born in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, but grew up in Michigan) *

Thom Hartmann Thomas Carl Hartmann (born May 7, 1951) is an American radio personality, author, former psychotherapist, businessman, and progressive political commentator. Hartmann has been hosting a nationally syndicated radio show, ''The Thom Hartmann Pr ...

, radio talk show host, author (born in Lansing) *

Ernie Harwell William Earnest Harwell (January 25, 1918 – May 4, 2010) was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the actio ...

, radio broadcaster of Detroit Tigers baseball (1960–2002) (born in Georgia, lived in Novi) *

Mario Impemba Mario Impemba (born ) is an American sportscaster, best known as the television play-by-play announcer for the Detroit Tigers from 2002 to 2018. Before working for the Tigers, he announced for the Los Angeles Angels on both television and rad ...

, television broadcaster of Detroit Tigers baseball (born in Detroit) *

Art James Art James (born Arthur Simeonovich Efimchick; October 15, 1929 – March 28, 2004) was an American game-show host, best known for shows such as ''The Who, What, or Where Game'', ''It's Academic''. and ''Pay Cards!'' He was also the announcer a ...

, quiz show host and announcer (born in Dearborn) * Jackie Johnson, Los Angeles television meteorologist (born in Plymouth) *

Jana Kramer Jana Rae Kramer (born December 2, 1983) Gives birthplace as Detroit, Michigan, of which Rochester Hills is a suburb. is an American country music singer and actress. She is known for her role as Alex Dupre on the television series '' One Tree H ...

, actress, ''

One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to: * "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand volcanic peak * ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song ** ''One Tree Hill'' (soundtr ...

'' (born in

Rochester Hills Rochester Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 76,300. It is the 14th-largest city in Michigan. The area was first occupied by settlers of European descent in 1 ...

) *

Taylor Lautner Taylor Daniel Lautner (; born February 11, 1992) is an American actor. He is best known for playing shapeshifter Jacob Black in '' The Twilight Saga'' film series. Lautner began his acting career playing bit parts in comedy series such as '' ...

, actor, '' Scream Queens'' (born in Grand Rapids) *

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio personality, who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably ''American Top 40''. He was the first actor to voice No ...

, radio personality, host of '' American Top 40'' (born in Detroit) *

James Lipton Louis James Lipton (September 19, 1926 – March 2, 2020) was an American writer, lyricist, actor, and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. He was the executive producer, writer, and host of the B ...

, host of

Bravo Bravo(s) or The Bravo(s) may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Groups and labels *Bravo (band), a Russian rock band * Bravo (Spanish group), represented Spain at Eurovision 1984 *Bravo Music, an American concert band music publishing company ...

cable television series ''

Inside the Actors Studio ''Inside the Actors Studio'' is an American talk show that airs on Ovation. The series premiered in 1994 on Bravo where it aired for 22 seasons and was hosted by James Lipton from its premiere until 2018. It is taped at the Michael Schimmel C ...

'', writer and poet (born in Detroit) *

Loni Love Loni Love (born July 14, 1971) is an American comedian, television host, actress, author, and former electrical engineer. While working as an electrical engineer in the early 2000s, she switched to music engineering, until later launching a caree ...

, comedian, featured on ''

Chelsea Lately ''Chelsea Lately'' is an American late night comedy talk show created by Brody Stevens and hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler which was broadcast on E! The show debuted on July 16, 2007, and was produced by Handler's production company, Border ...

'' and '' I Love The '80s'' (born in Detroit) *

Bruce Martyn Bruce Martyn (born June 24, 1929) is a former American sportscaster, logging over 45 years behind the mic. Martyn was the radio voice of the Detroit Red Wings from 1964–1995. After earning his degree from Michigan Tech at the Soo (now Lake S ...

, radio broadcaster of Detroit Red Wings hockey (from Sault Ste. Marie) *

Greg Mathis Gregory Ellis Mathis (born April 5, 1960), known professionally as Judge Mathis, is a former Michigan 36th District Court judge, television court show arbitrator, author, television producer, and Black interests motivational speaker/activist. ...

, television judge (born in Detroit) * J.P. McCarthy, radio personality, WJR (1960–1995) (born in New York) *

Ed McMahon Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game sh ...

, actor, announcer, ''

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' was an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC, the third iteration of the ''Tonight Show'' franchise. The show debuted on October 1, 1962, and aired its final episode on May 22, ...

'', sidekick to Carson (born in Detroit) * Seth Meyers, comedian, ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock (streaming service), Peacock. ...

'' cast member, host of '' Late Night with Seth Meyers'' *

Martin Milner Martin Sam Milner (December 28, 1931 – September 6, 2015) was an American actor and radio host. He is best known for his performances on two television series: '' Route 66'', which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and ''Adam-12'', which a ...

, actor, starred in ''Route 66'' and ''Adam-12'' television shows (born in Detroit) *

George Noory George Ralph Noory (born June 4, 1950) is an American radio talk show host. Since January 2003, Noory has been the weekday host of the late-night radio talk show ''Coast to Coast AM''. The program is syndicated to hundreds of radio stations in ...

, radio talk show host, ''

Coast to Coast AM ''Coast to Coast AM'' is an American late-night radio talk show that deals with a variety of topics. Most frequently the topics relate to either the paranormal or conspiracy theories. It was hosted by creator Art Bell from its inception in 1 ...

'' (born in Detroit, raised in

Dearborn Heights Dearborn Heights is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. With a population of 63,292 at the 2020 census., Dearborn Heights is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, and is considered a bedroom community. History Dearborn Heigh ...

) *

Carter Oosterhouse Carter Nicholas Oosterhouse (born September 19, 1976) is an American television personality and former model, who was born in Traverse City, Michigan. Oosterhouse first gained national fame as a carpenter on the TLC series ''Trading Spaces'' and ...

, television personality, ''

Trading Spaces ''Trading Spaces'' is an hour-long American television reality program that originally aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series ''Changing Rooms''. The first ...

'' (born in

Traverse City Traverse City ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was ...

) * Jack Paar, television talk show host, ''

The Tonight Show ''The Tonight Show'' is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. The show has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 201 ...

'' (raised in and worked in

) *

Van Patrick Van Patrick (August 15, 1916 – September 29, 1974) was an American sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play work with the Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers. Patrick, self-nicknamed "The Ole Announcer", called Lions games from 1950 until hi ...

, sportscaster for

Lions The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large cat of the genus '' Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult ...

football and

Tigers The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on un ...

baseball in Detroit *

Arthur Penhallow Arthur Penhallow (born December 20, 1943) is a radio presenter in Detroit, Michigan who hosted afternoons on active rock station WRIF from 1970-2009. On March 30, 2009, WRIF owner Greater Media announced that the station and Penhallow had been unab ...

, radio personality,

WRIF WRIF (101.1 FM) is a commercial active rock radio station licensed in Detroit, Michigan and serving Metro Detroit as well as bordering city Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The station is currently owned by Beasley Media Group. WRIF is a grandfathered ...

(1970–2009) (born in Hawaii) *

Dick Purtan Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. Purtan was also a disc jockey at WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, WCZY ...

, longtime radio personality in Detroit area (lives in West Bloomfield) * Gilda Radner, comedian and actress, ''

'' (born in Detroit) * Rob Rubick, football player and radio-TV commentator (born in

Newberry Newberry is a surname, a variant of Newbury. Notable people with the surname include: * Booker Newberry III (born 1956), American singer and keyboardist * Brennan Newberry (born, 1990), American professional stock car racing driver * Brian Newb ...

) *

Tom Selleck Thomas William Selleck (; born January 29, 1945) is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series '' Magnum, P.I.'' (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations ...

, actor, star of 1980s hit TV show ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'', producer, National Guard veteran (born in Detroit) * Dax Shepard, actor, '' Parenthood'' (raised in Walled Lake and Milford) *

Ralph Story Ralph Story (born Ralph Bernard Snyder; August 19, 1920 – September 26, 2006) was an American television and radio personality. He was best known as the host of '' The $64,000 Challenge'' from 1956 to 1958, and as the writer and host of ''Ralph ...

, radio and television personality (born in Kalamazoo) * Katherine Timpf, television personality, reporter and comedian (born in Detroit) *

Lily Tomlin Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. She started her career as a stand-up comedian as well as performing off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was on the varie ...

, comedian and actress, ''

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (often simply referred to as ''Laugh-In'') is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network, hosted by comedians Da ...

'' (born in Detroit) *

Toni Trucks Toni Trucks is an American actress. Best known as Lisa Davis on ‘’ SEAL Team’’(2017-) Career Trucks studied Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Upon graduation, she moved to New York where sh ...

actress, '' Twilight Saga'', '' SEAL Team'' (born in Grand Rapids, raised in Manistee) *

Willie Tyler Willie Tyler (born September 8, 1940) is an American ventriloquist, comedian and actor. Tyler has been credited as Willie Tyler and Lester or Willie Tyler & Lester. Willie Tyler recorded "Cannibal" for Motown Records in 1968, but it was not rele ...

, comedian and ventriloquist (raised in Detroit) *

Ty Tyson Edwin Lloyd "Ty" Tyson (May 11, 1888 – December 12, 1968) was an American sports broadcaster and radio play-by-play announcer. Early life Tyson was born in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania and he attended Penn State University. As a young man, ...

, sportscaster, voice of Detroit Tigers (1927–1953) (born in Pennsylvania, moved to Detroit) * Kimberly Paigion Walker, radio and television personality, actress, host of ''

106 & Park ''106 & Park'' is an American hip hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that was broadcast on weekdays at 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT on BET; it aired on a one-day delay on BET International. It was the network's highest- rate ...

'' (born in Oak Park) *

Ginger Zee Ginger Renee Colonomos (née Zuidgeest; born January 13, 1981), known by her pseudonym Ginger Zee, is an American television personality. She is the chief meteorologist for ABC News, after having been the network's weekend meteorologist. Early ...

, meteorologist for ABC News and '' Good Morning America'' (attended high school in Rockford)

Reporters, editors, photographers, and broadcasters

Jim Bellows Jim Bellows (November 12, 1922 – March 6, 2009) was an American journalism, American journalist of the 20th century. Bellows has been credited with the inspiration and nurture of many leading writers of the New Journalism during the 1960s ...

, newspaper editor, first managing editor of '' Entertainment Tonight'' (born in

) * Charles Collingwood,

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

television news correspondent (born in Three Rivers) *

Candy Crowley Candy Alt Crowley (born December 26, 1948) is an American news anchor who was employed as CNN's chief political correspondent, specializing in American national and state elections. She was based in CNN's Washington, D.C. bureau and was the anc ...

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...

broadcast journalist Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...

(born in Michigan) * Jill Dobson,

Fox News The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owne ...

entertainment correspondent (born in Quincy) *

Dick Enberg Richard Alan Enberg (January 9, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American sportscaster. Over the course of an approximately 60-year career, he provided play-by-play of various sports for several radio and television networks, including N ...

, sportscaster (born in Mount Clemens and raised in Armada) *

Joe Falls Joseph Francis Falls (May 2, 1928 – August 11, 2004) was an American journalist. He began his career in his native New York City. At the age of 17 in 1945, he took a job as a copyboy for the Associated Press. After an apprenticeship of eight year ...

, sportswriter for Detroit newspapers (1956–2004) (born in New York, moved to Detroit) *

, correspondent for

(born and raised in

) *

Sara Ganim Sara Elizabeth Ganim (born September 9, 1987) is an American journalist, now a correspondent for CNN. Previously she was a reporter for ''The Patriot-News'', a daily newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. There she broke the story that featured ...

, correspondent for CNN (born in Detroit) * Robin Givhan, fashion editor for the ''

Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large na ...

'' (born in Detroit) * Wendell Goler, Fox News senior White House and foreign affairs correspondent (raised in Jackson) *

Gael Greene Gael Greene (December 22, 1933 – November 1, 2022) was an American restaurant critic, author, and novelist. She became ''New York'' magazine's restaurant critic in fall 1968, at a time when most New Yorkers were unsophisticated about food and ...

, New York restaurant critic and author (born and raised in Detroit) *

Sanjay Gupta Sanjay Gupta (born October 23, 1969) is an American neurosurgeon, medical reporter, and writer. He serves as associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, associate professor of neurosurgery at t ...

, chief medical correspondent for CNN (born in Novi) *

Jemele Hill Jemele Juanita Hill (; born 1975) is an American sports journalist who writes for ''The Atlantic''. She worked nearly 12 years for sports conglomerate ESPN. She wrote a column for ESPN.com's Page 2 and formerly hosted ESPN's '' His and Hers''. ...

, columnist and television personality for

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...

(born in Detroit) * Gus Johnson, sportscaster for

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the F ...

(born in Detroit) *

Jim Kaat James Lee Kaat (; born November 7, 1938) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (–), ...

MLB Network The MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball, with Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit, Comcast's NBC Sports Group, Charter Communications, and Cox C ...

sportscaster (born in

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

) *

Suzanne Malveaux Suzanne Maria Malveaux (; born December 4, 1966) is an American television news journalist. She co-anchored the CNN international news program ''Around the World'' and editions of '' CNN Newsroom''. Malveaux also served as CNN White House corresp ...

, CNN reporter and White House correspondent (born in

) * Miles O'Brien, broadcast news journalist for ''

PBS NewsHour ''PBS NewsHour'' is an American evening television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS member stations. It airs seven nights a week, and is known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events. Anchored by Judy Woodruff, the pro ...

'' (born in Detroit) *

Michael Parks Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He appeared in many films and made frequent television appearances, notably starring in the 1969–1970 series '' Then Came Bronson'', but ...

, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and editor (both in Detroit) * Steve Phillips, former ESPN baseball analyst (from Detroit) * William E. Quinby, 19th-century editor and owner of the ''

Detroit Free Press The ''Detroit Free Press'' is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the ''Sunday Free Press''. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primari ...

'' (born in Maine, moved to Detroit) *

Carl Quintanilla Carl Quintanilla (born September 10, 1970) is an American journalist and co-anchor and anchor, respectively, of ''Squawk on the Street'' and ''Squawk Alley'', morning programs on CNBC. Early life and education Quintanilla was born in Midland, Mi ...

, anchor of the Sunday edition of ''

Today Today (archaically to-day) may refer to: * Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now'' * Current era, present * The current calendar date Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 ...

'' and ''

NBC Nightly News ''NBC Nightly News'' (titled as ''NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt'' for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily evening News broadcasting#Television, television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NB ...

'' (born in Midland) *

Amy Robach Amy Joanne Robach (born February 6, 1973) is an American television reporter for ABC News. She is the co-anchor of ''20/20'' and the breaking news anchor/fill-in anchor for '' Good Morning America''. She was a national correspondent for NBC N ...

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...

news correspondent (born in

St. Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...

) * H.G. Salsinger, sports editor of ''

Detroit News ''The Detroit News'' is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival ''Detroit Free Press'' building. ''The News'' absorbed the ''Detroit Tribune'' on Februar ...

'' (1909–1958) (born in Ohio, moved to Detroit) *

Jay Schadler Jay Schadler is a journalist, photographer and artist. Oprah Winfrey described Mr. Schadler like this: "Jay has the eyes of a journalist and the heart of a storyteller. For more than three decades Schadler traveled the world as a correspondent and a ...

, ABC television news correspondent (born and raised in St. Joseph) *

Serena Shim Serena Shim ( ar, سيرينا علي سحيم, ''Serena Ali Suhaim''; 10 October 1985 – 19 October 2014) was a Lebanese-American journalist for Press TV.

, Lebanese-American journalist for

Press TV Press TV (stylised as PRESSTV) is an Iranian state-owned news network that broadcasts in the English and French languages owned by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the only organization legally able to transmit radio and TV broadc ...

(born in Detroit) * Watson Spoelstra, sportswriter for the ''

'' 1945–73 (born in Grand Rapids) * Mike Tirico, sportscaster for ESPN,

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...

(lives in Ann Arbor) * Lem Tucker, pioneering African-American two-time Emmy Award-winning news reporter (born in

) * David Turnley, photojournalist and 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner (lives in Ann Arbor) * Taro Yamasaki, photojournalist and 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner (born in Detroit)

Other

* Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist and actor (born in Chicago, raised in Decatur) *Melrose Bickerstaff, model, 1st runner-up on '' America’s Next Top Model '' Cycle 7 *

John Heffron John Heffron (b. July 19, 1970) is an American stand-up comic. Career John started his comedy career as a student at Eastern Michigan University, skipping night classes to perform stand-up comedy. He got his first gig as an emcee at the Main St ...

, comedian and winner of

's ''

Last Comic Standing ''Last Comic Standing'' was an American reality television talent competition show on NBC that aired from June 1, 2003, to August 9, 2010, then again in 2014 and 2015. The goal of the program was to select a comedian from an initially large group ...

'' (born in Detroit) *

Jamie Hyneman James Franklin Hyneman (born September 25, 1956) is an American special effects expert who is best known as the former co-host of the television series '' MythBusters'' alongside Adam Savage, where he became known for his distinctive beret and ...

, special effects expert on '' MythBusters'' (born in

Marshall Marshall may refer to: Places Australia * Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria Canada * Marshall, Saskatchewan * The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia Liberia * Marshall, Liberia Marshall Islands * Marshall Islands, an i ...

) *

Gregory Jbara Gregory Jbara (; born September 28, 1961) is an American film, television, and stage actor, and a singer. Early life and education Jbara was born in Nankin Township (now Westland, Michigan, Westland), Michigan, the son of an advertising office m ...

, film, television and stage actor (born in

Westland Westland or Westlands may refer to: Places *Westlands, an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi, Kenya * Westlands, Staffordshire, a suburban area and ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme *Westland, a peninsula of the Shetland Mainland near Vaila ...

) *

Connie Kreski Connie Kreski (September 19, 1946 – March 21, 1995) was born Constance Joanne Kornacki. She was an American model and actress. In January 1968, Kreski posed in the centerfold as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month. She subsequently wo ...

, model, ''

Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...

'' magazine

Playmate of the Year This is a list of models who were chosen as a Playboy Playmate of the Year for the American edition of ''Playboy'' magazine. List of Playmates of the Year *1953: Marilyn Monroe *1954: *1955: *1956: *1957: *1958: *1959: *1960: Ellen Stratton ...

1969 (born in Wyandotte) * Lashonda Lester (died 2017), American stand-up comedian *

Loretta Long Loretta Mae Long ( Moore; born October 4, 1938) is an American actress. She played the character of Susan Robinson on ''Sesame Street'' from 1969 to 2017. Long is also a consultant and public speaker on issues of multiculturalism and educati ...

, "Miss Susan" on

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...

's ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...

'' (born and raised in Paw Paw) *

Bob Murawski Bob Murawski (born June 14, 1964) is an American film editor. He was awarded the 2010 Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on ''The Hurt Locker'', which he shared with his wife, fellow editor Chris Innis. He often works with film dir ...

, film editor (born in Detroit) *

Tariq Nasheed Tariq Nasheed, also known as Tariq Elite, King Flex, and K-Flex, is an American film producer, and Internet personality. He is best known for his '' Hidden Colors'' film series, as well as his commentary on social media. Career Nasheed began his ...

, conspiracy theorist (Detroit) *

Tyler Oakley Mathew Tyler Oakley (born March 22, 1989) is an American YouTuber, actor, activist and author. Much of Oakley's activism has been dedicated to LGBT youth, LGBT rights, as well as social issues including health care, education, and the preventio ...

, YouTuber, activist, and author (born in

) * TooTurntTony, American social media personality, (born in

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

) * Kristina and Karissa Shannon, twin sister models and ''Playboy'' Playmates (born in Ann Arbor) *

Kate Upton Katherine Elizabeth Upton (born June 10, 1992) is an American model. She first appeared in the ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue in 2011, and was the cover model for the 2012, 2013 and 2017 issues. In addition, she was the subject of the 1 ...

, model and actress, ''

Sports Illustrated ''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI'') is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twi ...

'' swimsuit issue "Rookie of the Year" 2011, cover model 2012 (born in

)

Architects

Constance Abernathy Constance Abernathy (born Constance Davies, June 20, 1931 – June 18, 1994) was an American architect, jeweler, and associate of Buckminster Fuller. Architecture Abernathy worked on a special project studying with Buckminster Fuller to create ...

, architect, jeweler, and associate of

Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller (; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing mo ...

(born in Detroit) * Charles N. Agree, builder of

Whittier Hotel The Whittier (also known as the Whittier Apartments) is a partially renovated high rise residential complex and former hotel located at 415 Burns Drive in Detroit, Michigan, on the Detroit River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic ...

and

Grande Ballroom The Grande Ballroom ( ') is a historic live music venue located at 8952 Grand River Avenue in the Petosky-Otsego neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. The building was designed by Detroit engineer and architect Charles N. Agree in 1928 and origina ...

Marcus Burrowes Marcus R. Burrowes (1874–1953) was a notable Detroit architect. He served one year in the position of president of the Michigan Society of Architects and was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He was widely known in southeas ...

, designer of Herman Strasburg House *

Emily Helen Butterfield Emily Helen Butterfield (August 4, 1884, Algonac, Michigan – March 22, 1958, Neebish Island) was a pioneer in the Michigan women's movement. She was Michigan's first licensed female architect, one of the founders of the Alpha Gamma Delta soro ...

, Michigan's first female licensed architect, artist and church architecture innovator (born in

Algonac Algonac is a city in St. Clair County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,110 at the 2010 census. Algonac is located at the southern end of the St. Clair River, just before it splits into a large delta region known as the St. Cl ...

) * C. Howard Crane, designer of Detroit's

Fox Theater Fox Theatre or Fox Theater or Fox Theater Building may refer to: U.S. * Fox Tucson Theatre (Tucson, Arizona) *Fox Theater (Bakersfield, California) * Fox Theatre (Fullerton, California) * Fox Theater, Westwood Village (Los Angeles, California) * Fo ...

and

Olympia Stadium Detroit Olympia, also known as Olympia Stadium, was a multi-purpose arena in Detroit. Nicknamed "The Old Red Barn", it was best known as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) from its opening in 1927 to 1979. Histo ...

(born in Connecticut, moved to Detroit) * John M. Donaldson, 19th-century Detroit architect *

Alden B. Dow Alden B. Dow (April 10, 1904 – August 20, 1983) was an American architect based in Midland, Michigan, and known for his contributions to the style of Michigan Modern. During a career that spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, he designed more than ...

, architect and Dow Chemical heir, based in Midland * Joseph N. French, designer of Detroit's

Fisher Building The Fisher Building is a landmark skyscraper located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. The ornate 30-story building, completed in 1928, is one of the major works of architect Albert Kahn, and ...

Norman Bel Geddes Norman Bel Geddes (born Norman Melancton Geddes; April 27, 1893 – May 8, 1958) was an American theatrical and industrial designer. Early life Bel Geddes was born Norman Melancton Geddes in Adrian, Michigan and was raised in New Philadelp ...

, architectural industrial designer, aviation designer, and theatrical designer best known for the 1939 New York World's Fair pavilion Futurama he designed for General Motors (born in

Adrian Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the mai ...

) *

Eric J. Hill Eric J. Hill, Ph.D., FAIA, is a Professor of Practice in Architecture at the University of Michigan. He earned his bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1970 from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters in Architecture from Harvard in 1972, and a ...

, University of Michigan professor * Albert Kahn, architect (born in

Rhaunen Rhaunen is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Rhaune ...

, Germany; moved to Detroit) *

Louis Kamper Louis Kamper (March 11, 1861 – February 24, 1953)Louis Kampeat Find-A-Grave Retrieved on July 8, 2009 was an American architect, active in and around Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, in the United States. Project range In the early 20th ...

, designed

Cadillac Square Building The Cadillac Square Building (also known as the Real Estate Exchange Building) was a building located at 17 Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan. It was constructed in 1918, and opened in 1919. It stood at 20 floors, with two basement floors, for a ...

and

Book Cadillac Hotel The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit is a historic skyscraper hotel in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Washington Boulevard Historic District. Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, and opened as the Book-Cadillac Hotel in 1924, the , 31-s ...

William E. Kapp William Edward Kapp (August 20, 1891 in Toledo – 1969) was an American architect. He earned his architectural degree at the University of Pennsylvania. For the majority of his career, he worked for the firm Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. Projects ...

, designed

The Players Club ''The Players Club'' is a 1998 American Comedy film, comedy Drama (film and television), drama Thriller film, thriller film written and directed by Ice Cube in his List of directorial debuts, feature film directorial debut. In addition to Ice Cub ...

Florence Knoll Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett ( Schust; May 24, 1917 – January 25, 2019) was an American architect, interior designer, furniture designer, and entrepreneur who has been credited with revolutionizing office design and bringing modernist desi ...

, minimalist architect and furniture designer (born in

) *

John Lautner John Edward Lautner (16 July 1911 – 24 October 1994) was an American architect. Following an apprenticeship in the mid-1930s with the Taliesin Fellowship led by Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner opened his own practice in 1938, where he worked for th ...

, Los Angeles-based architect (born in Marquette) *

Gordon W. Lloyd Gordon W. Lloyd was an architect of England, English origin, whose work was primarily in the United States, American Midwestern United States, Midwest. After being taught by his uncle, Ewan Christian, at the Royal Academy, Lloyd moved to Detroi ...

, British-born, Detroit-based architect, builder of many churches * George D. Mason, designer of Detroit Masonic Temple and

Detroit Yacht Club The Detroit Yacht Club (DYC) is a private yacht club in Detroit, Michigan, located on its own island off of Belle Isle in the Detroit River between the MacArthur Bridge and the DTE generating plant. The DYC clubhouse is a restored 1920s Mediterra ...

* Charles Willard Moore, architect, leader of the humanistic architecture movement (born in Benton Harbor) * S. Kenneth Neumann, designer of One Kennedy Square * A.B. Pond and

Irving Kane Pond Irving Kane Pond (May 1, 1857 – September 29, 1939) was an American architect, college athlete, and author. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Pond attended the University of Michigan and received a degree in civil engineering in 1879. He was a ...

, Chicago architects, builders of Hull House (born in Ann Arbor) * Ralph Rapson, architect best known for the design of the original Guthrie Theater in

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

(born in

Alma Alma or ALMA may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film * ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922 * ''Alma'' (Le Clézio novel), 2017 * ''Alma'' (play), a 1996 drama by Joshua Sobol about Alma ...

) * Harry J. Rill, designed

Globe Tobacco Building The Globe Tobacco Building is a manufacturing building located at 407 East Fort Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest tobacco manufactory extant in Detroit, and is listed by the National Register of Historic Places. History The ...

Gino Rossetti Gino Rossetti (; 7 November 1904 – 15 May 1992) was an Italian football Manager (association football), manager and former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He jointly holds the record for ...

, architect whose firm designed Ford Field and

The Palace of Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills, commonly referred to as the Palace, was a multi-purpose arena built in 1988 and located in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It was the home of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Detroit Shoc ...

* Matthew L. Rossetti, architect whose firm designed Detroit-area sports stadiums, son of Gino Rossetti *

Wirt C. Rowland Wirt Clinton Rowland (December 1, 1878 – November 30, 1946) was an American architect best known for his work in Detroit, Michigan. Biography Rowland was born December 1, 1878, in Clinton, Michigan, to Clinton Charles and Melissa Ruth Ro ...

, known for

Guardian Building The Guardian Building is a landmark skyscraper in the United States, located at 500 Griswold Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Financial District. The Guardian is a class-A office building owned by Wayne County, Michigan and ser ...

and

Buhl Building The Buhl Building is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Architect Wirt C. Rowland designed the Buhl in a Neo-Gothic style with Romanesque accents. Constructed in 1925, it stands at 26 stories in the Detroit ...

(born in Clinton) *

Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer noted for his wide-ranging array of designs for buildings and monuments. Saarinen is best known for designing the General Motors ...

, industrial designer (born in Finland, raised in

Bloomfield Hills Bloomfield Hills is a small city (5.04 sq. miles) in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit and is approximately northwest of Downtown Detroit. Except a small southern border with the city of Bir ...

) *

Eliel Saarinen Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero Saarinen. Lif ...

, known for art deco buildings, father of Eero Saarinen (lived in Bloomfield Hills) * Victor Saroki, designed Royal Park Hotel *

Ossian Cole Simonds Ossian Cole Simonds (November 11, 1855 – November 20, 1931), often known as O. C. Simonds, was an American landscape designer. He preferred the term 'landscape gardener' to that of 'landscape architect'. A number of Simonds' works are listed o ...

, late 19th-century landscape architect (born in Grand Rapids) * Fred L. Smith, architect whose firm designed

Comerica Park Comerica Park is a baseball stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It has been the home of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers since 2000, when the team left Tiger Stadium. History Construction Founded in 1894, the Tigers had played at the c ...

Minoru Yamasaki was an American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward ...

, architect, known for designing the

World Trade Center World Trade Centers are sites recognized by the World Trade Centers Association. World Trade Center may refer to: Buildings * List of World Trade Centers * World Trade Center (2001–present), a building complex that includes five skyscrapers, a ...

(born in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

, later moved to Grand Rapids)

Artists and artisans

Ceramists

Horace Caulkins Horace James Caulkins (1850–1923) was an American ceramic artist living in Detroit, Michigan, he began his career as a dental supplier. In doing this he developed a kiln for firing dental enamel, the products from which were marketed under the t ...

, known for

Pewabic Pottery Pewabic Pottery is a ceramic studio and school in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1903, the studio is known for its iridescent glazes, some of which grace notable buildings such as the Shedd Aquarium and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Imma ...

used to make architectural

tiles Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or o ...

Tom Lollar Tom Lollar is an American ceramist. He attended Western Michigan University and earned his B.F.A. in Sculpture and Ceramics in 1973 and his M.A. in Ceramics and Art History in 1979. Tom Lollar hand builds clay murals which depict architectural ...

, ceramist and professor of fine arts * Diana Pancioli, ceramist, professor, and author *

Mary Chase Perry Stratton Mary Chase Perry Stratton (March 15, 1867 – April 15, 1961) was an American ceramic artist. She was a co-founder, along with Horace James Caulkins, of Pewabic Pottery, a form of ceramic art used to make architectural tiles. Biography Stra ...

, known for Pewabic Pottery used to make architectural tiles *

Hoon Lee Tong Hoon Lee (born July 18, 1973) is an American stage, film and television actor, known for playing Job in the Cinemax original series ''Banshee'' and the King in the Broadway revival of ''The King and I'', and voicing Hamato Yoshi/Splinter in ...

, ceramist and professor

Fashion designers

Tracy Reese Tracy Reese (born February 12, 1964) is an American fashion designer who specializes in women's ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, and home fashions such as linens. She is a board member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, having b ...

, fashion designer (born in Detroit) *

Anna Sui Anna Sui (; born August 4, 1964) is an American fashion designer. She was named one of the "Top 5 Fashion Icons of the Decade", and in 2009 earned the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America ( ...

, fashion designer (born in Detroit)

Illustrators

, theatrical and industrial designer (

) *

Jef Mallett Jef Mallett (born 1962) is the creator and artist of the nationally syndicated comic strip ''Frazz''. He attended nursing school as well as EMT training before leaving to pursue his artistic interests. He has a longtime interest in bicycling ...

, Wilbur Award-winning cartoonist and triathlete, ''

Frazz ''Frazz'' is a syndicated comic strip by Jef Mallett about school custodian Edwin "Frazz" Frazier and the school and students where he works. The strip debuted on 2 April 2001, and , appears in over 250 newspapers and is read by tens of thousa ...

'' (from

)

Painters

* Robert Seldon Duncanson, painter (born in NY raised in Monroe, Michigan), the 19th Century's greatest Western Landscape Artist mithsonian Institution buried in Monroe's historic Woodland Cemetery, 1820-1871 * Mathias Alten, impressionist painter (from Grand Rapids) *

Frederick Stuart Church Frederick Stuart Church (1842–1924) was an American artist, working mainly as an illustrator and especially known for his (often allegorical) depiction of animals. Biography He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father was an impor ...

, 19th-century painter (born in Grand Rapids) * E. Irving Couse, painter and founding member of the

Taos Taos or TAOS may refer to: Places * Taos, Missouri, a city in Cole County, Missouri, United States * Taos County, New Mexico, United States ** Taos, New Mexico, a city, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico *** Taos art colony, an art colo ...

artist colony (born in

) *

Frederick Carl Frieseke Frederick Carl Frieseke (April 7, 1874 – August 24, 1939) was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of his life as an expatriate in France. An influential member of the Giverny art colony, his paintings often concentrated on various ...

, impressionist painter (from Owosso) *

Ian Hornak Ian Hornak (January 9, 1944 – December 9, 2002) was an American draughtsman, painter and printmaker. He was one of the founding artists of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist fine art movements; credited with having been the first Photor ...

, realist painter (born in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

, moved to Mount Clemens, then Detroit) * Chase Langford, contemporary painter (born in

) *

Hughie Lee-Smith Hughie Lee-Smith (September 20, 1915 – February 23, 1999) was an American artist and teacher whose surreal paintings often featured distant figures under vast skies, and desolate urban settings. Life and career Lee-Smith was born in Eustis, ...

, painter (born in

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

, moved to Detroit, attended Wayne State) * Charles McGee, sculptor and painter (born in

South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

, moved to Detroit) *

Gari Melchers Julius Garibaldi Melchers (August 11, 1860 – November 30, 1932) was an American artist. He was one of the leading American proponents of naturalism. He won a 1932 Gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Biography The son o ...

, naturalism artist (born in Detroit) *

Ann Mikolowski Ann Margaret (Stroman) Mikolowski (May 16, 1940 – August 6, 1999) was a twentieth-century American contemporary artist. She was a painter of portrait miniatures and waterscapes, as well as a printmaker and illustrator of printed matter ( ...

, painter (born in Detroit) *

Julius Rolshoven Julius Rolshoven (Detroit, 28 October 1858 – New York City, 8 December 1930) was an American painter. Biography Rolshoven was born and raised in Detroit. At 18 he went to New York City to study at the Cooper Union Art School, then the Düss ...

, Santa Fe-based painter (born in Detroit) *

John Mix Stanley John Mix Stanley (January 17, 1814 – April 10, 1872) was an artist-explorer, an American painter of landscapes, and Native American portraits and tribal life. Born in the Finger Lakes region of New York, he started painting signs and portraits ...

, 19th-century painter and portraitist; co-founder of forerunner to

Detroit Institute of Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers with a major renovation and expansion project comple ...

(born in

Canandaigua, New York Canandaigua (; ''Utaʼnaráhkhwaʼ'' in Tuscarora) is a city in Ontario County, New York, United States. Its population was 10,545 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Ontario County; some administrative offices are at the county complex ...

; moved to Detroit) * Kent Twitchell, muralist and painter (born in

) * Carol Wald, painter and illustrator (born in Detroit) *

Kurt Wenner Kurt Wenner is an American artist, he is known for his 3D pavement art shown internationally. Early life and education Wenner was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1958, but grew up in Santa Barbara, California. He attended Rhode Island School of ...

, painter (born in Ann Arbor) *

Ezra Winter Ezra Augustus Winter (March 10, 1886 – April 6, 1949) was a prominent American muralist. Biography Winter was born in Traverse City, Michigan, trained at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1908, and the American Academy in Rome in 1914. Wint ...

, muralist, born 1886, works include ''

Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales'' ( enm, Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's ''magnum opus ...

'' mural (1939), Library of Congress

John Adams Building The John Adams Building is the second oldest of the four buildings of the Library of Congress of the United States. It is named for John Adams, the second president, who signed the law creating the Library of Congress. The building is in the Capit ...

, Washington, D.C. and murals in

, Detroit (born in

)

Photographers

Talbert Abrams Talbert "Ted" Abrams (August 17, 1895, Tekonsha, Michigan – August 25, 1990) was an American photographer and aviator known as the "father of aerial photography". Early years Born in Tekonsha, Michigan, Abrams learned to fly at the Curti ...

, "father of aerial photography" (born in Tekonsha) * M.J. Alexander, American West photoessayist (born in Sault Ste. Marie) * Louis James Pesha, pioneering marine photographer (born in Euphemia, Ontario, moved to Marine City) * Bill Schwab, fine arts photographer (born in Detroit) * Irakly Shanidze, advertising, fashion, portrait, fine arts photographer (living in Detroit)

Sculptors

Michele Oka Doner Michele Oka Doner (born 1945, Miami Beach, Florida, United States) is an American artist and author who works in a variety of media including sculpture, prints, drawings, functional objects and video. She has also worked in costume and set de ...

* Marshall Fredericks * Julius T. Melchers *

Carl Milles Carl Milles (; 23 June 1875 – 19 September 1955) was a Swedish sculptor. He was married to artist Olga Milles (née Granner) and brother to Ruth Milles and half-brother to the architect Evert Milles. Carl Milles sculpted the Gustaf Vasa sta ...

Isamu Noguchi was an American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public artworks, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and severa ...

Corrado Parducci Corrado Giuseppe Parducci (March 10, 1900 – November 22, 1981) was an Italian-American architectural sculptor who was a celebrated artist for his numerous early-20th century works. Early life and education Parducci was born in Buti, Italy, a ...

* Carlo Romanelli *

Edward Wagner Edward Q Wagner (1855, Germany – 1922, Detroit, United States) was a German-American sculptor. Early years Wagner had immigrated from Germany to the United States by 1871 settling in Detroit, Michigan. After arriving in Detroit he studie ...

Astronauts and aviation pioneers

Dominic A. Antonelli Dominic Anthony "Tony" Antonelli (born August 23, 1967) is a retired NASA astronaut. Antonelli was born in Detroit, Michigan, but was raised in both Indiana and North Carolina. He is married and has two children. Education Antonelli graduated fr ...

, astronaut (born in Detroit) *

Michael J. Bloomfield Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield (born March 16, 1959) is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Early life and education Born in Flint and raised in Lake Fenton, Michigan, Bloomfield received his bache ...

, astronaut (born in Flint, raised in Lake Fenton) *

William Boeing William Edward Boeing (; October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer who founded the Pacific Airplane Company in 1916, which a year later was renamed to The Boeing Company, now the largest exporter in the United S ...

, aviation pioneer, founder of

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and p ...

Company (born in Detroit) *

Roger B. Chaffee Roger Bruce Chaffee (; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American Officer (armed forces), naval officer, United States naval aviator, aviator and Aeronautical engineering, aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apoll ...

, astronaut (born in Grand Rapids) *

Edward Heinemann Edward Henry Heinemann (March 14, 1908 – November 26, 1991) was a military aircraft designer for the Douglas Aircraft Company. Biography Heinemann was born in Saginaw, Michigan. He moved to California as a boy and was raised in Los Angeles. ...

, aircraft designer responsible wholly or in part for 20 major military aircraft, including the

A-4 Skyhawk The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed ...

, the

F3D Skyknight The Douglas F3D Skyknight (later designated F-10 Skyknight) is an American twin-engined, mid-wing jet fighter aircraft manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company in El Segundo, California. The F3D was designed as a carrier-based all-weather ...

, and the

F4D Skyray The Douglas F4D Skyray (later redesignated F-6 Skyray) is an American carrier-based fighter/ interceptor built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Although it was in service for a relatively short time (1956–1964) and never entered combat, it w ...

(born in

) *

Augustus Moore Herring Augustus Moore Herring (August 3, 1867 – July 17, 1926) was an American aviation pioneer, who sometimes is claimed by Michigan promoters to be the first true aviator of a motorized heavier-than-air aircraft. Biography Herring was born in ...

, aviation pioneer (lived in

) *

Gregory Jarvis Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes ...

, astronaut and payload specialist; died in the explosion of the space shuttle '' Challenger'' (born in Detroit) * Brent W. Jett, astronaut (born in

) * Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator (born in

Ishpeming Ishpeming ( ) is a city in Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,470 at the 2010 census, less than it was in the 1950s and 1960s when the iron ore mines employed more workers. A statue of a ...

) * Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr., test pilot pioneer (born in Detroit; raised in Cassopolis) *

David Leestma David Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy. Personal data Born May 6, 1949, in Muskegon, Michigan. He and his wife have six children. He enjoys golfing, tennis, aviation, ...

, astronaut (born in

Muskegon Muskegon ( ') is a city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Muskegon County. Muskegon is known for fishing, sailing regattas, pleasure boating, and as a commercial and cruise ship port. It is a popular vacation destination because of the expans ...

) *

Jerry M. Linenger Jerry Michael Linenger (born January 16, 1955) is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir. Background Born January 16, 1955, and raised in Eas ...

, astronaut (born in

Eastpointe Eastpointe (formerly East Detroit) is a city on the southern edge of Macomb County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,442. Eastpointe forms a part of the Metro Detroit area. It borders 8 Mile Road on th ...

) *

Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance o ...

, pioneer aviator (born in Detroit) * Jack R. Lousma, astronaut (born in Grand Rapids) *

Nancy Harkness Love Nancy Harkness Love (February 14, 1914 – October 22, 1976), born Hannah Lincoln Harkness, was an American pilot and airplane commander during World War II. She earned her pilot's license at age 16. She worked as a test pilot and air racer in t ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

pilot, squadron commander and aviation training pioneer (born in

Houghton Houghton may refer to: Places Australia * Houghton, South Australia, a town near Adelaide * Houghton Highway, the longest bridge in Australia, between Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland * Houghton Island (Queensland) Canada *Houghton Township, ...

) *

James McDivitt James Alton McDivitt (June 10, 1929 – October 13, 2022) was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 1 ...

, astronaut (born in Chicago; moved to

) * Donald R. McMonagle, astronaut and Manager of Launch Integration at the

Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers. Since December 1968 ...

(born in Flint) * Philip Orin Parmelee, aviation pioneer trained by the Wright brothers (born in Matherton; raised in Saint Johns) *

Harriet Quimby Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot certificate, issued to her by the Aero Club of Ame ...

, aviation pioneer and first US woman to receive a pilot's license (born in Coldwater) * Ralph Royce, flew the first US military air operation (in 1916 in Mexico), oversaw air commands from the 1920s to the 1940s (born in Marquette) *

Richard A. Searfoss Richard Alan Searfoss (June 5, 1956 – September 29, 2018) was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot. Early life Searfoss was born on June 5, 1956, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, but had consider ...

, astronaut (born in Mount Clemens) *

Alfred V. Verville Alfred Victor Verville (November 16, 1890 – March 10, 1970) was an American aviation pioneer and aircraft designer who contributed to civilian and military aviation. During his forty-seven years in the aviation industry, he was responsibl ...

, aviation pioneer from Atlantic Mine; Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame, 1991 inductee; Pulitzer Trophy Race two-time winner; fellow of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum * Alfred Worden, astronaut (born in

) *

Fred Zinn Friedrich Wilhelm "Fred" Zinn was a volunteer American aviator of German descent who flew with French Armée de l'Air forces in World War I and an early pioneer of aerial photography for wartime reconnaissance and Military intelligence. Fred Zin ...

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

aviator and aviation reconnaissance pioneer (born in

Battle Creek Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which en ...

)

Business leaders and inventors

Automotive industry

Mary Barra Mary Teresa Barra (née Makela; born December 24, 1961) is an American businesswoman who has been the chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors since January 15, 2014. She is the first female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker. In D ...

, CEO of General Motors (born in

Waterford "Waterford remains the untaken city" , mapsize = 220px , pushpin_map = Ireland#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ireland##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = 1 , coordinates ...

) *

David Dunbar Buick David Dunbar Buick (September 17, 1854 – March 5, 1929) was a Scottish-born American Detroit-based inventor, best known for founding the Buick Motor Company. He headed this company and its predecessor from 1899–1906, thereby helping to ...

, founder of

Buick Motor Company Buick () is a division (business), division of the United States, American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Started by automotive pioneer David Dunbar Buick in 1899, it was among the first American Brand, marques of automobiles, and w ...

(born in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

; emigrated to Detroit where he founded his company; moved with firm to

) * Roy D. Chapin, founder of Hudson Motor Car Company and

US secretary of commerce The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary rep ...

(born in

) * Roy D. Chapin Jr., CEO and chairman of

American Motors Company American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954. At the time, it was th ...

(born in

Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe refers to an affluent coastal area next to Detroit, Michigan, United States, that comprises five adjacent individual cities. From southwest to northeast, they are: * Grosse Pointe Park * Grosse Pointe * Grosse Pointe Farms * Grosse ...

) *

Louis Chevrolet Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (; December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was a Swiss-American race car driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911. Early life Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 18 ...

, founder of Chevrolet motor company (born in Switzerland, lived and died in Detroit) *

Harlow Curtice Harlow Herbert Curtice (August 15, 1893 – November 3, 1962) was an American automotive industry executive who led General Motors (GM) from 1953 to 1958. As GM's chief, he was selected as Man of the Year for 1955 by ''Time'' magazine. Curtice ...

, CEO and president of General Motors and 1955 ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...

'' magazine Man of the Year (born in Petrieville; raised in

Eaton Rapids Eaton Rapids is a city in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,214 at the 2010 census. The city is located in the south of Eaton Rapids Township, on the boundary with Hamlin Township, though it is politically indep ...

and began career in Flint) *

William Davidson William or Bill Davidson may refer to: Businessmen * Bill Davidson (businessman) (1922–2009), Michigan businessman and sports team owner ** William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, named in honor of Bill Davidson * William Davidson ...

, CEO of

Guardian Industries Guardian Industries is a privately held industrial manufacturer of glass, automotive and building products based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The company manufactures float glass, fabricated glass products, fiberglass insulation and building materia ...

, philanthropist and chairman of

Palace Sports and Entertainment Palace Sports & Entertainment (PS&E) is an American sports and entertainment company owned by Tom Gores. Its largest subsidiary is the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association. The company was founded by Bill Davidson, and traces its ...

, which owns the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...

of the NBA, the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and the

Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play th ...

of the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

(born in Detroit) *

John DeLorean John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, widely known for his work at General Motors and as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company. DeLorean man ...

, automobile industry entrepreneur (born in Detroit) *

Horace Elgin Dodge Horace Elgin Dodge Sr. (May 17, 1868 – December 10, 1920) was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company. Early years and business He was born in Niles, Michigan, on May 17, 1868.Burton, Clarence M., ...

, automobile manufacturing pioneer (born in Niles) *

John Francis Dodge John Francis Dodge (October 25, 1864 – January 14, 1920) was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company. Biography Dodge was born in Niles, Michigan, where his father ran a foundry and machine s ...

, automobile manufacturing pioneer (born in Niles) *

William C. Durant William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each s ...

, automobile industry pioneer (born in Boston, Massachusetts; moved to Flint and later

) *

Harley Earl Harley Jarvis Earl (November 22, 1893 – April 10, 1969) was an American automotive designer and business executive. He was the initial designated head of design at General Motors, later becoming vice president, the first top executive ever ...

, executive at General Motors, designer of the Corvette (born in

Hollywood, California Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, ...

, worked in Detroit) *

Pete Estes Elliot Marantette "Pete" Estes (January 7, 1916 – March 24, 1988) was an American automotive engineer and executive; he is best known as the fifteenth president of General Motors, from 1974 to 1981. He had previously been the Chief Engineer at Pon ...

, president of

, Chevrolet and General Motors (born in Mendon) *

Virgil Exner Virgil Max "Ex" Exner Sr. (September 24, 1909 – December 22, 1973) was an automobile designer for several American automobile companies, most notably Chrysler and Studebaker. Exner is widely known for the "Forward Look" he created for the ...

, automotive designer for Studebaker and Chrysler (born in Ann Arbor) * Charles T. Fisher, president of Detroit's Fisher Body automotive * Max M. Fisher, industrialist, philanthropist (born in

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...

; raised in

Salem, Ohio Salem is the largest city in Columbiana County, Ohio, with a small district in southern Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 11,915. It is the principal city of the Salem micropolitan area in Northeast Ohio. It is 18 ...

; moved as an adult to metro Detroit) *

Edsel Ford Edsel Bryant Ford (November 6, 1893 – May 26, 1943) was an American business executive and philanthropist who was the son of pioneering industrialist Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant Ford. He was the president of Ford Motor Company f ...

, automaker, president of

Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...

, founder of Mercury autos (born in Detroit) *

Henry Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that ...

, iconic automaker, founder of Ford Motor Company (born in Dearborn) *

Henry Ford II Henry Ford II (September 4, 1917 – September 29, 1987), sometimes known as "Hank the Deuce", was an American businessman in the automotive industry. He was the oldest son of Edsel Ford I and oldest grandson of Henry Ford I. He was president ...

, automaker, president and CEO of Ford (born in Detroit) *

William Clay Ford Jr. William Clay Ford Jr. (born May 3, 1957) is an American businessman, serving as executive chairman of Ford Motor Company. The great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, Ford joined the board in 1988 and has served as chairman since January 19 ...

, automaker and owner of NFL's Detroit Lions (born in Detroit) *

William Clay Ford Sr. William Clay Ford Sr. (March 14, 1925 – March 9, 2014) was an American businessman who served on the boards of Ford Motor Company and the Edison Institute. Ford owned the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was the you ...

, automaker, owner of Detroit Lions, chairman of

Henry Ford Museum The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a history museum complex in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, United States. The museum collection contains ...

(born in Detroit) * Lee Iacocca, CEO of Chrysler Corporation, television spokesman and author (born in Allentown, Pennsylvania; moved to Detroit) *

Semon Knudsen Semon Emil "Bunkie" Knudsen (October 2, 1912 – July 6, 1998) was an American automobile executive. Early life Semon Emil Knudsen was born on October 2, 1912 in Buffalo, New York. He was the son of former General Motors President, and Army thr ...

, auto executive, head of Pontiac (born in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

; moved to Detroit) *

William S. Knudsen William Signius Knudsen (March 25, 1879 – April 27, 1948) was a leading Danish-American automotive industry executive and an American general during World War II. His experience and success as a key senior manager in the operations sides of F ...

, president of General Motors (born in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

, lived and died in Detroit) * Henry M. Leland, machinist, inventor and engineer who founded Cadillac and

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

autos (born in

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

; relocated to Detroit) *

Walter Lorenzo Marr Walter Lorenzo Marr was an automotive pioneer and engineer who worked with David Dunbar Buick perfecting the first Buick production automobiles. He worked with Mr. Buick a number of times around the turn of the century, building Buick's first two o ...

, first chief engineer of Buick (born in Lexington) * Bill Mitchell, created or influenced design of many General Motors models (born in

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

, lived and died in metro Detroit) *

Charles Stewart Mott Charles Stewart Mott (June 2, 1875 – February 18, 1973) was an American industrialist and businessman, a co-founder of General Motors, philanthropist, and the 50th and 55th mayor of Flint, Michigan. Mott is the figure most responsible for foun ...

, first American partner of General Motors, also mayor of Flint, Michigan (born in

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.John Najjar John Najjar ( ar, جون نجار; – ) was an American designer and executive stylist at Ford Motor Company. He is credited for having co-designed the first prototype of the Ford Mustang known as Ford Mustang I with Philip T. Clark. Caree ...

, auto designer, developed prototype for Ford Mustang (born in

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

, moved to Dearborn) * Charles W. Nash, auto pioneer, founder of

Nash Motors Nash Motors Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin from 1916 to 1937. From 1937 to 1954, Nash Motors was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. Nash production continued from 1954 to 195 ...

(born in Illinois, moved to Mount Morris and Flint) *

Ransom E. Olds Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1887 and his first gasoline-power ...

, auto manufacturer; founder of

Oldsmobile Oldsmobile or formally the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors was a brand of American automobiles, produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Originally established as "Olds Motor Vehicle Company" by Ransom E. Olds in 1897, it pro ...

(born in

Geneva, Ohio Geneva is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The area which would become Geneva was originally settled in 1805, and was incorporated as a city in 1958. It is named after Geneva, New York. The population was 6,215 at the 2010 cens ...

, longtime resident of

) *

Roger Penske Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American businessman and entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing and a retired professional auto racing driver. He is most famous for his ownership of Team Penske, DJR Team Penske, t ...

, founder of

Penske Corporation Penske Corporation, Inc. () is an American diversified transportation services company based in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan. Roger Penske is the chairman of the privately held company, and Rob Kurnick is the president. Holding ...

and the automobile racing team

Penske Racing Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, and the FIA World Endurance Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona, the organizati ...

(born in

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

; moved to

) * Harold Arthur Poling, president, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Co. (born in

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...

) *

Irving Jacob Reuter Irving Jacob Reuter (1885–1972) was an automotive leader in the early 1900s. In 1925 he was named general manager and president of Oldsmobile after rising through the ranks at Remy Electric and then General Motors after the two companies merged ...

, president of Oldsmobile *

Jack Roush Jack Roush (born Jackson Earnest Roush on April 19, 1942) is the founder, CEO, and co-owner of Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is chairman of Roush Enterprises. Roush Enterprises is the ...

, CEO/owner of Roush Racing

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...

(born in

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

; lived in Ypsilanti before moving to

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

) * Frederic L. Smith, one of the founders of Oldsmobile and General Motors (born in

) * Roger Smith, chairman and CEO of General Motors, subject of documentary ''

Roger & Me ''Roger & Me'' is a 1989 American documentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Michael Moore, in his directorial debut. Moore portrays the regional economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's action of closing several a ...

'' (born in

before moving to Detroit) *

Preston Tucker Preston Thomas Tucker (21 September 1903 – 26 December 1956) was an American automobile entrepreneur. He is most remembered for his Tucker 48 sedan, initially nicknamed the "Tucker Torpedo", an automobile which introduced many features ...

, automobile designer, entrepreneur (born in Capac) * Childe Wills, auto pioneer, designer of Ford Model T (born in

Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...

; moved to Detroit)

Computers, Internet, and high-tech industries

* Steve Ballmer, former

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...

CEO (1999–2014); first person to be worth over a billion dollars based on stock options received as a corporate employee; owner of NBA's

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...

(born in Detroit) *

Jim Buckmaster Jim Buckmaster (born August 14, 1962) is an American computer programmer who has been the CEO of Craigslist since 2000. Early life Buckmaster was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated with a bachelor's from Virginia Tech and attended medica ...

, CEO of

Craigslist Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is an American classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums. Craig Newmark began the ...

(born in Ann Arbor) *

Dick Costolo Richard William Costolo (pronounced: ) (born September 10, 1963) is an American businessman. He was the CEO of Twitter, Inc. from 2010 to 2015; he also served as the COO before becoming CEO. He took over as CEO from Evan Williams in October 2010 ...

, CEO of Twitter (born in

) *

Tony Fadell Anthony Michael Fadell (born March 22, 1969) is an American engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and investor. He was senior vice president of the iPod division at Apple Inc. and founder and former CEO of Nest Labs. Fadell joined Apple Inc. in 20 ...

, CEO of

Nest Labs Google Nest is a line of smart home products including smart speakers, smart displays, streaming devices, thermostats, smoke detectors, routers and security systems including smart doorbells, cameras and smart locks. The Nest brand name ...

, "father of the iPod" (born in Detroit) * William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard (born in Ann Arbor) *

Bill Joy William Nelson Joy (born November 8, 1954) is an American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as Chief Scientist and CTO at ...

, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and its former chief scientist (born in Farmington Hills) *

Peter Karmanos Jr. Peter Karmanos Jr. (born March 11, 1943) is an American businessman who was most recently the minority owner and alternate governor of the Carolina Hurricanes franchise until June 30, 2021. He served as their principal owner from 1994 (when the Hu ...

, founder of

Compuware Compuware Corporation was an American software company based in Detroit, Michigan. The company offers products aimed at the information technology (IT) departments of large businesses, and its services also include testing, development, automation ...

. *

Michael Kinsley Michael E. Kinsley (born March 9, 1951) is an American political journalist and commentator. Primarily active in print media as both a writer and editor, he also became known to television audiences as a co-host on ''Crossfire''. Early life and e ...

, founding editor of '' Slate'' (born in Detroit) *

Jack McCauley Jack McCauley is an American engineer, hardware designer, inventor, video game developer and philanthropist. As an engineer at Activision, he designed the guitars and drums for the Guitar Hero video game series and was the Chief Engineer at Ocu ...

, engineer, inventor and

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...

developer (born in

) * Kevin O'Connor, co-founder and CEO of

Doubleclick DoubleClick Inc. was an advertisement company that developed and provided Internet ad serving services from 1995 until its acquisition by Google in March 2008. DoubleClick offered technology products and services that were sold primarily to adv ...

Internet

ad serving Ad serving describes the technology and service that places advertisements on Web sites, mobile apps, and Connected TVs. Ad serving technology companies provide software to Web sites and advertisers to serve ads, count them, choose the ads th ...

software company and advertising network (born in Detroit) *

Scott McNealy Scott McNealy (born November 13, 1954) is an American businessman. He is most famous for co-founding the computer technology company Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim. In 2004, while still at Sun, ...

, co-founder of Sun Microsystems (alumnus of Cranbrook) *

Larry Page Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American business magnate, computer scientist and internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. Page was the chief executive officer of Google from 1997 unti ...

, entrepreneur, co-founder of and former CEO of

Google Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...

search engine (born in

East Lansing East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County. At the 2020 Census the population was 47,741. Located directly east of the state capital ...

)

Food and food-service industry

Mike Ilitch Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017) was an American entrepreneur, founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza. He owned the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and Detroit Tig ...

, owner and founder of

Little Caesars Pizza Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

, owner of Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers (born in Detroit) *

Will Keith Kellogg William Keith Kellogg (April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951), generally referred to as W.K. Kellogg, was an American industrialist in food manufacturing, best known as the founder of the Kellogg Company, which produces a wide variety of popular ...

, founder of

Kellogg Company The Kellogg Company, doing business as Kellogg's, is an American multinational food manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Kellogg's produces cereal and convenience foods, including crackers and toas ...

(born in

) *

Tom Monaghan Thomas Stephen Monaghan (born March 25, 1937) is an American entrepreneur who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960. He owned the Detroit Tigers from 1983 to 1992. Monaghan also owns the Domino's Farms Office Park, located in the Ann Arbor Charter Tow ...

, founder of

Domino's Pizza Domino's Pizza, Inc., trading as Domino's, is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960 and led by CEO Russell Weiner. The corporation is Delaware domiciled and headquartered at the Domino's Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor ...

, former owner of Detroit Tigers (born in Ann Arbor) * David M. Overton, founder and CEO of the

Cheesecake Factory, Inc. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is an American restaurant company and distributor of cheesecakes based in the United States. The company operates 219 full-service restaurants: 206 under The Cheesecake Factory brand and 13 under the Grand Lux C ...

(born in Detroit) * C. W. Post, founder of

Post Cereals Post Consumer Brands (previously Post Cereals and Postum Cereals; also known as simply "Post") is an American breakfast cereal manufacturer headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota. The company, founded in 1895 by C. W. Post, owns a large portfoli ...

, inventor of

Grape-Nuts Grape-Nuts is a brand of breakfast cereal made from flour, salt and dried yeast, developed in 1897 by C. W. Post, a former patient and later competitor of the 19th-century breakfast food innovator Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Post's original product ...

(born in

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

, moved to

) *

James Vernor James Vernor, Sr. (April 11, 1843 – October 29, 1927) was an American pharmacist and druggist who began selling Vernors brand ginger ale in 1880. Biography Vernor was born in Albany, New York, moving with his parents to Detroit, Michigan in hi ...

, founder of Vernor's Company and creator of Vernor's Ginger Ale (born in Detroit) * Hiram Walker, founder of Hiram Walker & Sons distillery (born in Massachusetts, moved to Vegas

Furniture

* Art Van Elslander, founder of

Art Van Furniture Art Van Furniture Inc. was an American furniture retail store chain, with stores across the Midwestern United States. Founded in 1959, the company was headquartered in Warren, Michigan, and claimed to be the largest furniture retailer in the Midwe ...

from 1959 to present (born in 1930 in

) * D. J. DePree, founder of

Herman Miller Herman Miller, officially MillerKnoll, Inc., is an American company that produces office furniture, equipment, and home furnishings, including the Aeron chair, Noguchi table, Marshmallow sofa, and the Eames Lounge Chair. Herman Miller is al ...

office equipment company (raised in

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

) * Max DePree, CEO of

office equipment company from 1980 to 1987 (born in

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

)

Other business

Sewell Avery Sewell Lee Avery (November 4, 1874 – October 31, 1960) was an American businessman who achieved early prominence in gypsum mining and became president of the United States Gypsum Company (1905–1936). At the beginning of the Depression, he ...

, chairman of US Gypsum 1905–36,

Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations. The original Montgomery Ward & Co. was a world-pioneering mail-order business and later also a leading department store chain that operated between 1872 and 2001. The curren ...

(born in

) *

James Anthony Bailey James Anthony Bailey (July 4, 1847 – April 11, 1906), born James Anthony McGinnis, was an American owner and manager of several 19th-century circuses, including The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. Early life James Anthony McGinn ...

, circus showman, co-founder of the

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling) is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Ear ...

(born in Detroit) * Don Barden, cable company pioneer and casino investor (born in Detroit) * Andrew "Andy" Beal, businessman, banking and real estate, founder and chairman of

Beal Bank Beal Bank is an American bank, which was founded by Texas-based entrepreneur D. Andrew "Andy" Beal. It includes two separately chartered banks, Beal Bank and Beal Bank USA. Each entity is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDI ...

(born in

) * George Gough Booth, publisher (from Michigan) * Walter Briggs Sr., manufacturer, Detroit Tigers owner 1919–52 (born in Ypsilanti) * John W. Brown, CEO of

Stryker Corporation Stryker Corporation is an American multinational medical technologies corporation based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Stryker's products include implants used in joint replacement and trauma surgeries; surgical equipment and surgical navigation system ...

from 1977 to 2004 (born in

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

, moved to Kalamazoo) * Joseph Bruce, co-founder of

Psychopathic Records Psychopathic Records is an American independent record label headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The label is most associated with the hip hop music subgenres horrorcore and rap rock. The label was founded in 1991 by Alex Abbiss and hip ...

, hip-hop singer and professional wrestler (born in Wayne) *

Leo Burnett Leo Burnett (October 21, 1891 – June 7, 1971) was an American advertising executive and the founder of Leo Burnett Company, Inc. He was responsible for creating some of advertising's most well-known characters and campaigns of the 20th cent ...

, advertising firm founder (born in St. Johns) * Wellington R. Burt, lumberman, industrialist, politician (

) * Irving T. Bush, business leader, funded

Bush House Bush House is a Grade II listed building at the southern end of Kingsway between Aldwych and the Strand in London. It was conceived as a major new trade centre by American industrialist Irving T. Bush, and commissioned, designed, funded, a ...

in London and

Bush Terminal Industry City (also Bush Terminal) is a historic intermodal shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex on the Upper New York Bay waterfront in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The northern portion, commonly cal ...

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

Michael Cohrs Michael Cohrs (born 1956 in Midland, Michigan) is an American financier. He was Co-head of Corporate and Investment Banking and head of Global Banking (which comprises the mergers and acquisitions, global capital markets, coverage, commercial ba ...

, member of the board of

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...

(born in Midland) * Adam E. Coffey, business executive *

, glass industry mogul, former owner of

(born in Detroit) *

Richard DeVos Richard Marvin DeVos Sr. (March 4, 1926 – September 6, 2018) was an American billionaire businessman, co-founder of Amway with Jay Van Andel (company restructured as Alticor in 2000), and owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team. In 2012 ...

, founder of Alticor and former president of

Amway Amway (short for "American Way") is an American multi-level marketing (MLM) company that sells health, beauty, and home care products. The company was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos and is based in Ada, Michigan. Amway and it ...

(born in Forest Hills in metro Grand Rapids) *

Herbert Henry Dow Herbert Henry Dow (February 26, 1866 – October 15, 1930) was a Canadian-born American chemical industrialist who founded the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. He was a graduate of Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, ...

, inventor and one of the founders of the US chemical industry (born in

Belleville, Ontario Belleville is a city in Ontario, Canada situated on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, located at the mouth of the Moira River and on the Bay of Quinte. Belleville is between Ottawa and Toronto, along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Its populat ...

; moved to Midland) *

John Fetzer John Earl Fetzer (March 25, 1901 – February 20, 1991) was a radio and television executive who was best known as the owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1961 through 1983. Under his ownership, the 1968 Tigers won the World Series. Biography Bo ...

, owner of Michigan radio and television companies and Detroit Tigers (born in Indiana, moved to Michigan) *

Orville Gibson Orville H. Gibson (May 1856 – August 19, 1918) was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1902, makers of guitars, mandolins and other instruments. His earliest known instrument was a 10-string mandolin-guita ...

, founder of Gibson Guitar Corporation (born in

Chateaugay, New York Chateaugay is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 2,155. The name is derived from a location in France, which was applied to a local land grant. Within the town is a village also ...

; moved to Kalamazoo) * Daniel Gilbert, financier founder of online mortgage company

Quicken Loans Rocket Mortgage, LLC (formerly known as Quicken Loans LLC) is a mortgage loan provider. It is headquartered in the One Campus Martius building in the financial district of Downtown Detroit, Michigan. In January 2018, the company became the la ...

, owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers (from

) *

Arnold Gingrich Arnold W. Gingrich (December 5, 1903 – July 9, 1976) was the editor of, and, along with publisher David A. Smart and Henry L. Jackson, co-founder of ''Esquire'' magazine. Among his other projects was the political/newsmagazine ''Ken''. Influenc ...

, founder of '' Esquire'' magazine (born in Grand Rapids) *

Berry Gordy Jr. Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., is a retired American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record l ...

, founder of Motown Records (born in Detroit) *

Joseph Lowthian Hudson Joseph Lowthian Hudson (October 17, 1846 – July 5, 1912), a.k.a. J. L. Hudson, was the merchant who founded the Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson also supplied the seed capital for the establishment, in 1909, of Roy D. Cha ...

, founder of

Hudson's The J. L. Hudson Company (commonly known simply as Hudson's) was an upscale retail department store chain based in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson's flagship store, on Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit (demolished October 24, 1998), was the tallest ...

department store (born in England, moved to Detroit) *

Fred Knorr Frederick August Knorr II (July 9, 1913
''Sports Illustrated'', February 18, 1957 – Dec ...

, radio executive, Detroit Tigers part-owner 1956–60 (born in Detroit) * Sebastian S. Kresge, founder of

K-Mart Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States. The company was inco ...

(born in Bald Mountain, Pennsylvania; moved to Detroit) *

Louis K. Liggett Louis Kroh Liggett (April 4, 1875 – June 5, 1946) was an American drug store magnate who founded L.K. Liggett Drug Company and then Rexall. He was later chairman of United Drug Company. He was a member of the Republican National Committe ...

, founder of

Rexall Rexall was a chain of American drugstores, and the name of their store-branded products. The stores, having roots in the federation of United Drug Stores starting in 1903, licensed the Rexall brand name to as many as 12,000 drug stores across th ...

drug store chain (born in Detroit) *

Jerome D. Mack Jerome D. Mack (a.k.a. Jerry Mack) (November 6, 1920 – September 26, 1998) was an American banker, real estate investor, political fundraiser and philanthropist in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the founder and president of the Ban ...

, president of Las Vegas hotels the

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and

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, founder of

UNLV The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes th ...

(born in Albion) * Alexander Macomb, early 19th-century merchant and land owner (born in Ireland, moved to Michigan) * William Macomb, 18th-century merchant and land owner (born in Ireland, moved to Michigan in 1755) * Alex Manoogian, inventor, founder of

Masco Masco Corporation is an American manufacturer of products for the home improvement and new home construction markets. Comprising more than 20 companies, the Masco conglomerate operates nearly 60 manufacturing facilities in the United States and ...

, philanthropist (born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire; moved to Detroit) * Harold Matson, literary agent, founder of the Harold Matson Company (born in Grand Rapids) * Orville D. Merillat, founder of Merillat Kitchens, later

Merillat Industries Merillat Industries was founded in Adrian, Michigan as an American manufacturer of kitchen cabinets in 1946 by Orville D. Merillat. Now retired, Richard Merillat, took over from his father as CEO and President. The Merillat Industries corporate ...

(born in Fulton Co., Ohio, moved to

) *

Richard Merillat Richard Merillat is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and the retired President/CEO of Merillat Industries. Born in Adrian, Michigan, his parents were Ruth and Orville D. Merillat, founder of Merillat Industries, Inc., which was acquired by the Mas ...

, entrepreneur, former CEO of Merillat Industries and philanthropist (from Adrian) *

Harry Mohney Harry Mohney (born May 30, 1943) is the founder of Déjà Vu, a U.S. company which (as of 2006) owns about 132 strip clubs and numerous other adult businesses in 41 U.S. states, as well as multiple clubs abroad. For a period of time, he was the ...

, founder of Deja Vu Showgirls (born in Durand) *

Frank Navin Francis Joseph Navin (April 18, 1871 – November 13, 1935) was the president of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball for 27 years, from 1908 to 1935. He was part-owner from 1908 to 1919, and principal owner from 1919 to 1935. He also ser ...

, owner of Detroit Tigers 1908–35 (born in Adrian) *

Edgar Prince Edgar Dale Prince (May 3, 1931 – March 2, 1995) was an American engineer and businessman who founded the Prince Corporation, now owned by Johnson Controls. Early life Edgar Dale Prince was born on May 3, 1931, in Holland, Michigan, the son of E ...

, founder of the Prince Corporation (born in

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) *

Erik Prince Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, former United States Navy SEALs, U.S. Navy SEAL Officer (armed forces), officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater USA, Blackwater. He served as Blackwat ...

, founder and owner of Xe Services, formerly Blackwater Worldwide (born in Holland) * Stephen M. Ross, founder and CEO of

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real estate firm, helped establish

Ross School of Business The Stephen M. Ross School of Business, also known as Michigan Ross, is the business school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1924, the school is ranked among the best business schools i ...

at University of Michigan which bears his name, 95% owner of

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team p ...

(born in Detroit) * William Shell, physician and co-founder of Targeted Medical Pharma, Inc. (born in

) * Frank Stanton, early television executive, president of

from 1946 to 1972 (born in

) *

Wilbur F. Storey Wilbur Fisk Storey (December 19, 1819 – October 27, 1884) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher who was instrumental in the growth of the ''Detroit Free Press'' and the ''Chicago Times''. During the American Civil War, Storey pur ...

, 19th-century publisher and owner of the ''

'', other newspapers (born in Vermont, moved to

) *

Homer Stryker Homer Hartman Stryker MD (November 4, 1894May 5, 1980) was an American orthopedic surgeon, inventor, businessman, and the founder of Stryker Corporation. His inventions contributed to orthopedic care, patient comfort, and medical staff convenie ...

, M.D., inventor of mobile hospital bed; founder of orthopedic implant and medical product maker Stryker Corporation (born in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

) * Jon Lloyd Stryker, architect of Stryker Corp.; founder of

Arcus Foundation The Arcus Foundation is an international charitable foundation focused on issues related to LGBT rights, social justice, ape conservation, and environmental preservation. The foundation's stated mission is "to ensure that LGBT people and our fello ...

for gay/lesbian issues and ape conservation (born in Kalamazoo) *

Pat Stryker Patricia A. Stryker (born 1956/1957) is an American billionaire businessperson, philanthropist, and political activist. Stryker is the granddaughter of Homer Stryker, founder of Stryker Corporation, a medical technology company. Since the early ...

, co-owner of the Stryker Corp. (born in Kalamazoo; moved to Fort Collins, Colorado) * William E. Upjohn, founder of

The Upjohn Company The Upjohn Company was a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm founded in 1886 in Hastings, Michigan, by Dr. William E. Upjohn who was an 1875 graduate of the University of Michigan medical school. The company was originally formed to make ''friable ...

(born in Kalamazoo) * Frederick Upton, senior vice president of

Whirlpool Corporation The Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States. The Fortune 500 company has annual revenue of approximately $21 billion, ...

(born in

) *

Louis Upton Louis Cassius Upton (October 10, 1886 – October 9, 1952) is best known for co-founding the Whirlpool Corporation (originally known as Upton Machine Company) with his uncle Emory Upton and investor Lowell Bassford in 1911. Early life Louis ...

, founder of Whirlpool Corporation (born in Battle Creek) * Joseph Utsler, co-founder of

and hip-hop singer (born in Wayne) *

Jay Van Andel Jay Van Andel (June 3, 1924 – December 7, 2004) was an American billionaire businessman, best known as co-founder of the Amway Corporation, along with Richard DeVos. He also served as chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from 1979 to 1980 ...

, co-founder of Alticor and

(born in Grand Rapids) *

Brad Wardell Bradley R. Wardell (born June 24, 1971) is an American businessman, programmer, author and AI Engineer. He is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of Stardock, a software development and computer games company. Wardell's specialty i ...

, president and CEO of

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software and computer game company (born in

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

, lives in Michigan) *

Garfield Wood Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel ...

, inventor, boat builder, hydroplane and motorboat pioneer (born in

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, moved to Detroit) * Samuel Zell, real estate investor, publisher, philanthropist (born in

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, attended University of Michigan)

Cartoonists, illustrators, and animators

Glenn Barr Albert Glenn Barr OBE (19 March 1942 – 24 October 2017) was a politician from Derry, Northern Ireland, who was an advocate of Ulster nationalism. For a time during the 1970s he straddled both Unionism and Loyalism due to simultaneously hol ...

, artist for

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and the ''

Ren And Stimpy ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' (also known as ''Ren & Stimpy'') is an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Originally produced by Spümcø for Nickelodeon, the series aired from August 11, 1991, to Dece ...

'' animated television series *

Jim Benton Jim K. Benton (born October 31, 1960) is an American illustrator and writer. Licensed properties he has created include Dear Dumb Diary, Dog of Glee, Franny K. Stein, Just Jimmy, Just Plain Mean, Sweetypuss, The Misters, Meany Doodles, Vampy Do ...

, cartoonist and author (from metro Detroit area) *

T. Casey Brennan Terrance Casey Brennan is an American comic book writer. During the 1970s, he wrote for Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics anthologies ''Creepy'' and ''Eerie'', and ''Vampirella''. He also wrote for DC Comics' ''House of Mys ...

, comic book author for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' (from Ann Arbor) * J. Scott Campbell, co-founder of the

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imprint of

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co-creator of ''

Danger Girl ''Danger Girl'' is an American comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell that started in March 1998 and is still published as a new series. The comic stars an eponymous group of three sexy female secret agents—Abbey Chase, ...

'' and ''

Gen¹³ ''Gen¹³'' is a superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. It was published by WildStorm under the Image Comics banner, which went on to become an imprint for DC ...

'' (born in East Tawas, Michigan, East Tawas) * Dave Coverly, syndicated cartoonist, ''Speed Bump'' comic strip (born in Plainwell, Michigan, Plainwell) * Dave Dorman, science-fiction and fantasy illustrator and animationist (born in Michigan) * Bill Freyse, cartoonist known for ''Our Boarding House'' (born in Detroit) * David S. Goyer, comic book writer and filmmaker, authored many issues of ''Justice Society of America'' and comic-based films including ''The Crow: City of Angels'' and ''Blade (1998 film), Blade''; co-wrote ''Batman Begins'' (born in Ann Arbor) * Cathy Lee Guisewite, creator of ''Cathy (comic strip), Cathy'' comic strip (born in Dayton, Ohio; grew up in Midland) * Butch Hartman, animator, producer, director for ''The Fairly OddParents'' (born in Highland Park, Michigan) * Ed Emshwiller, animator, visual artist, and founder of CalArts Computer Animation Lab (born in

) * Al Jean, creator of ''The Critic'', writer for ''The Simpsons'' and ''Family Guy'' (born in Farmington Hills) * Geoff Johns, comic book writer, known primarily for his work with

(born in Detroit) * Vincent Locke, comic book illustrator, best known for his work on ''Deadworld'' and ''A History of Violence'' (from metro Detroit area) * Mike Manley (artist), Mike Manley, one of the main illustrators of

's ''Batman'' and co-creator of Marvel Comics's ''Darkhawk'' (born in Detroit) * Winsor McCay, pioneer film animator and artist of comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland (born in Spring Lake, Michigan, Spring Lake) * William Messner-Loebs, comic book writer and artist (from Michigan) * Dan Mishkin, comic book writer, co-creator of Amethyst, Princess of Gem World and Blue Devil (DC Comics), Blue Devil * Bill Morrison (comics), Bill Morrison, cartoonist and illustrator; editor, principal writer and artist for Bongo Comics Group overseeing the ''Simpsons'' comic book family; director of ''Futurama'' (born in Lincoln Park, Michigan, Lincoln Park) * James O'Barr, creator of the comic book series ''The Crow'' (born in Detroit) * Gary Reed (comic writer), Gary Reed, comic book writer and publisher of Caliber Comics (born in Detroit) * Chris Savino, writer, animator, comic book artist, director for ''The Loud House'' (born in Royal Oak, Michigan) * Jim Starlin, Marvel Comics illustrator and writer (born in Detroit) * John Henry Striebel, 20th-century comic strip pioneer (born in Bertrand Township, Michigan, Bertrand) * Haddon Sundblom, commercial illustrator and artist; created Coca-Cola Santa (born in

) * Craig Thompson, cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for ''Blankets (graphic novel), Blankets'' (born in

) * Jerry Van Amerongen, comic strip writer best known for his syndicated comic panel ''The Neighborhood'' (born in Grand Rapids) * Sam Viviano, caricature artist and art director best known for his work in Mad (magazine), ''Mad'' magazine (born in Detroit) * Larry Wright (cartoonist), Larry Wright, two-time winner of the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award and creator of the comic strips ''Wright Angles'', ''Motley'', and ''Kit 'N' Carlyle'' (from Allen Park, Michigan, Allen Park)

Civil rights and suffrage leaders and abolitionists

* Irene Osgood Andrews, woman's rights advocate best known for her writings on the problems of women in industry (born in Big Rapids, Michigan, Big Rapids) * Leonard Baker, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, American Congregational minister (born in Detroit) * Olympia Brown, women's suffrage leader (born in ludington, Michigan, Prairie Ronde) * Pearl M. Hart, civil rights advocate and lawyer, activist for gay rights and the rights of immigrants (born in

) * Erastus Hussey, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist and leading Underground Railroad stationmaster (from

) * Viola Liuzzo, 1960s white civil rights advocate who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan (born in California, Pennsylvania; moved to Detroit) * Malcolm X, civil rights leader (born in

; raised in

) * Katharine Dexter McCormick, biologist, woman suffrage leader & philanthropist (born in Dexter, Michigan, Dexter) * Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (born in Tuskegee, Alabama; moved to Detroit) * Lawrence Plamondon, cofounder of the White Panther Party, activist, and first hippie to be on the FBI's Most Wanted List (adopted and raised in

, active in Ann Arbor, now living in Barry County, Michigan, Barry County) *Anna Howard Shaw, leader in the women's suffrage movement (raised in northern Michigan wilderness and moved to Big Rapids, Michigan for college) * Sojourner Truth, abolitionist (lived in Battle Creek) * Jonathan Walker (abolitionist), Jonathan Walker, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist and subject of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Man with the Branded Hand" (born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts; settled in

)

Infamous Michiganders

* Jim Bakker, scandal-ridden televangelist (born in

) * Abe Bernstein, Prohibition-era gangster (born in New York; moved to Detroit) * Ivan Boesky, inside trader (born in Detroit) * Tony Chebatoris (1899–1938), murderer, bank robber and the only person executed for a crime in Michigan's history * Caryl Chessman (1921–1960), convicted robber and rapist who gained fame as a death row inmate (born in

) * John Norman Collins, "co-ed killer" (lived in Ypsilanti) * Charles Coughlin (1891–1979), anti-Semitic, pro-Hitler priest (born in Hamilton, Ontario; moved to

) * Hawley Harvey Crippen, murderer (and first criminal to be captured with the aid of wireless communication) (born in Michigan, caught in England) * Leon Czolgosz (1873–1901), assassin of President William McKinley (born in Detroit) * Sile Doty (1800–1876), burglar, horse thief (born in Vermont, spent later years in Michigan) * May Dugas de Pallandt van Eerde (1869–1937), notorious conwoman, raised in Menominee * Andrew Kehoe (1872–1927), Bath School disaster bomber * Jack Kevorkian, physician infamous for assisted suicides (born in

) * Kwame Kilpatrick, incarcerated former Detroit mayor (born in Detroit) * John List (serial killer), John List, mass murderer (born in Bay City, Michigan, Bay City) * John N. Mitchell, John Mitchell, conspiratorial United States Attorney General, attorney general during Watergate scandal, Watergate under President Richard Nixon (born in Detroit) * Terry Nichols, Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator (born in Michigan) * The Purple Gang, 1920s organized crime group in Detroit * Reed Slatkin, perpetrator of the largest Ponzi scheme in the United States since that conducted by Ponzi himself (born in Detroit) * Eddie Slovik, last US soldier executed for desertion (born in Detroit, raised in Dearborn) * Carolyn Warmus, murderer whose murder case led to comparisons to ''Fatal Attraction'' (born in

, grew up in

) * Aileen Wuornos, murderer made famous as the subject of the 2003 film ''Monster (2003 film), Monster'' starring Charlize Theron (born in Rochester, Michigan, Rochester)

Inventors

* Thomas Edison, inventor, entrepreneur (born in Milan, Ohio; later settled in Port Huron, Michigan, Port Huron) * Robert Jarvik, medical inventor (born in Midland) * Elijah McCoy, steam engine lubricator inventor; origin of the phrase "the real McCoy" (born in Ontario; moved to Ypsilanti) * Sid Meier, "father of computer gaming," created the computer game ''Civilization'' and others (born in Ontario moved to Detroit) * Ephraim Shay, inventor of the Shay locomotive (born in Sherman Township, Huron County, Ohio; moved to Harbor Springs, Michigan, Harbor Springs)

Labor leaders

* Leon E. Bates, labor leader (born in Carrollton, Missouri, moved to Detroit) * Owen Bieber, labor leader (born in North Dorr, Michigan, North Dorr, worked in Grand Rapids) * Frank Fitzsimmons, labor leader (born in Pennsylvania, moved at 16 to Detroit) * Douglas A. Fraser, labor leader (born in Glasgow, Scotland; raised in Detroit) * James P. Hoffa, labor leader (born in Detroit) * James R. Hoffa, labor leader (born in Indiana, moved to Lake Orion, Michigan, Lake Orion) * Joseph Labadie, labor leader, political activist (born in Paw Paw) * Walter Reuther, labor leader (born in Wheeling, West Virginia; moved to Detroit; died in Pellston, Michigan, Pellston) * Leonard Woodcock, labor leader (born in Providence, Rhode Island; raised in Detroit)

Military figures

* Christopher C. Augur, commanding officer of Union Army XXII Corps (ACW) at Battle of Plains Store in American Civil War, Civil War (born in New York, settled in Michigan) * Remi A. Balduck, World War II naval hero (born in Detroit) * Frank Dwight Baldwin, major general in US Army, twice awarded Medal of Honor; served in Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War (born in Manchester, Michigan, Manchester) * Harry Hill Bandholtz, US brigadier general in World War I, head of US Military Mission to Hungary (born in Constantine, Michigan, Constantine) * Joseph Beyrle, only soldier to have served in both US Army and Soviet Army in World War II (born in

) * Ronald A. Burdo, World War II US Marine Corps hero for whom high speed transport USS Burdo (APD-133), USS ''Burdo'' (APD-133) was named (born in Cheboygan, Michigan, Cheboygan) * George H. Cannon, first US Marine to receive Medal of Honor in World War II (born in Webster Groves, Missouri; raised in Detroit) * Lewis Cass, US secretary of war, secretary of state, brigadier general in War of 1812, 1848 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party presidential nominee, governor of Michigan Territory (born in New Hampshire; moved to Michigan when appointed governor) * William R. Charette, Korean War US Navy hospital corpsman who selected Tomb of the Unknowns, Unknown Soldier of World War II (born in Ludington, Michigan, Ludington) * Ferdinand J. Chesarek, US Army general who served as Comptroller of the Army (born in Calumet, Michigan, Calumet) * John G. Coburn, Four-star general, commander US Army Materiel Command (born in Ypsilanti) * George Armstrong Custer, US general, born in New Rumley, Ohio; moved to Monroe, Michigan, Monroe) * Hugh A. Drum, US general who fought in Philippine–American War and World War I, later Chief of Staff of First United States Army, American Expeditionary Force, AEF (born in Fort Brady, Michigan, Fort Brady) * Sarah Emma Edmundson, Union spy and (disguised as a man) soldier (born in Magaguadavic Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada; moved to Flint) * Daniel Ellsberg, military analyst, known for releasing ''Pentagon Papers'' (grew up Detroit) * Anna Etheridge (aka ''Michigan Annie''), Civil War nurse enlisted with Michigan 2nd Infantry; active in nearly every major battle; awarded Kearney Cross for bravery at Battle of Chancellorsville (born in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County) * Elon J. Farnsworth, Union Army cavalry general in Civil War, killed at Battle of Gettysburg (born in Green Oak Township, Michigan, Green Oak) * Aubrey Fitch, US Navy admiral (born in Saint Ignace, Michigan, Saint Ignace) * Douglas Harold Fox, World War II naval hero killed at Guadalcanal (born in Walled Lake) * Ben Hebard Fuller, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, commandant of the Marine Corps (born in Big Rapids, Michigan, Big Rapids) * Duane D. Hackney, Vietnam War US Air Force hero (born in Flint) * Francis P. Hammerberg, United States Navy Military diving, diver who was awarded Medal of Honor (born in Daggett, Michigan, Daggett) * Henry Moore Harrington, officer in the US 7th Cavalry Regiment who died with George Armstrong Custer at Battle of Little Big Horn (born in Albion (village), New York, Albion, New York; moved as child to Coldwater * Thomas C. Hart, US Navy director of submarines in World War I, US Navy admiral in World War II and later senator from Connecticut (born in Davison, Michigan, Davison) * Micki King, Air Force colonel and Olympic gold-medalist diver (born in

) * Frank Knox, secretary of the Navy under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1936 Republican vice-presidential candidate and newspaper owner (born in Boston, Massachusetts; moved to Grand Rapids) *

, US Army general during World War II, General Motors president (born in

, lived and died in Detroit) * Aleda E. Lutz, Army flight nurse during World War II, second-most decorated woman in American military history (born in Freeland, Michigan; died in Mont Pilat, France) * Alexander Macomb (general), Alexander Macomb, commanding general of the United States Army from 1828 to 1841 (born in Detroit) * Montgomery M. Macomb, brigadier general (born in Detroit) * William H. Macomb, commander in US Navy during Civil War (born in Detroit) * Robert Neller, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, commandant of the Marine Corps (born in Louisiana, grew up in East Lansing) * James J. Raby, James Joseph Raby, rear admiral, USN (born in Bay City, Michigan, Bay City) * Karl W. Richter, youngest pilot in Vietnam War to shoot down MiG in air-to-air combat, winner of Air Force Cross (United States), Air Force Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Distinguished Flying Cross, and Purple Heart (born in Holly, Michigan, Holly) * Dean Rockwell, D-Day hero, coach of Greco-Roman wrestling team at 1964 Summer Olympics and Albion College football coach (born in rural Cass County, Michigan, Cass County) * William Rufus Shafter (1835-1906) Union Army officer and Major General in the Spanish-American War (born in Galesburg, Michigan, Galesburg) * Frederick C. Sherman, World War II US Navy admiral (born in Michigan) * Oliver Sipple, marine who saved President Gerald Ford's life during a 1975 assassination attempt (born in Detroit) * Willard J. Smith, United States Coast Guard commandant (born in Suttons Bay, Michigan, Suttons Bay) * Carl W. Weiss, World War II US Marine Corps hero who was killed in action at Guadalcanal (born in Detroit) * Donald W. Wolf, World War II US Marine Corps hero who was killed in action at Guadalcanal (born in Hart, Michigan, Hart)

Musicians and composers

Classical

* Joseph Alessi, trombonist (born in Detroit) * Robert Ashley, opera composer (born in Ann Arbor) * Theodore Baskin, principal oboist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (born in Detroit) * William Bolcom, Grammy Awards, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning pianist and composer (born in

; moved to Ann Arbor) * David DiChiera, director of the Detroit Opera House's Michigan Opera Theatre * Maria Ewing, operatic soprano (born in Detroit) * John S. Hilliard, composer (born in Hot Springs, Arkansas; lived in Interlochen) * Angela Jia Kim, pianist (born in

) * Robert Longfield, composer (born in Grand Rapids) * David Ott, composer (born in Kalamazoo) * Elizabeth Parcells, operatic soprano (born in Detroit; retired in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, Grosse Pointe Farms) * Roger Reynolds, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner (born in Detroit) * Leo Sowerby, organist, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner (born in Grand Rapids) * Thomas Schippers, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (born in Kalamazoo) * George Shirley, tenor, National Medal of Arts recipient (born in Indianapolis; raised in Detroit) * Joseph Silverstein, violinist and concertmaster of Boston Symphony Orchestra (born in Detroit) * Cheryl Studer, dramatic soprano (born in Midland) * David Weber (clarinetist), David Weber, clarinetist (born in Vilna, Lithuania; raised in Detroit)

Jazz and blues

* Pepper Adams, jazz baritone saxophonist (born in Highland Park, Michigan, Highland Park) * Geri Allen, jazz pianist (born in Detroit) * Dorothy Ashby, jazz harpist (born in Detroit) * Anita Baker, jazz and R&B singer (born in Toledo, Ohio; raised in Detroit) * Marcus Belgrave, jazz trumpeter (born in Detroit) * The Bluescasters, blues group (formed in Ann Arbor) * Kenny Burrell, jazz guitarist (born in Detroit) * Donald Byrd, jazz trumpeter (born in Detroit) * Betty Carter, Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist (born in Flint) * Regina Carter, jazz violinist (born in Detroit) * James Carter (musician), James Carter, jazz woodwind player (born in Detroit) * Ron Carter, jazz bassist and member of the Miles Davis Quintet (born in Ferndale, Michigan, Ferndale) * Bob Chester, jazz saxophonist and big band leader (born in Detroit) * Alice Coltrane, jazz keyboardist, harpist and composer (born in Detroit) * Xavier Davis, jazz pianist (born in Grand Rapids) * Clare Fischer, jazz, bossa nova, and Afro-Cuban jazz keyboardist, composer, and bandleader (born in Durand) * Tommy Flanagan, jazz pianist best known as Ella Fitzgerald's accompanist (born in Detroit) * Kenny Garrett, jazz saxophonist (born in Detroit) * Barry Harris, bebop jazz pianist and educator (born in Detroit) * Joe Henderson, jazz saxophonist (born in Lima, Ohio; moved to Detroit) * Milt Jackson, jazz vibraphonist (born in Detroit) * Elvin Jones, jazz drummer of the hard bop era, part of John Coltrane's quartet (born in

) * Hank Jones, jazz pianist, National Medal of Arts recipient (born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, grew up in Pontiac) * Isham Jones, 1920s bandleader, violinist, saxophonist and songwriter (born in Coalton, Ohio, grew up in

) * Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter (born in

) * Earl Klugh, Grammy Award-winning jazz guitarist (born in Detroit) * Yusef Lateef, jazz saxophonist and flutist (born in Chattanooga, Tennessee; raised in Detroit) * Norman O'Connor, Father Norman O'Connor (1921–2003), priest, jazz aficionado, writer, radio and television host (born in Detroit) * Sy Oliver, trumpeter and bandleader (born in

) * Dave Pike, jazz vibraphonist (born in Detroit) * Dianne Reeves, jazz vocalist and only person to have won the Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance" three times in a row (born in Detroit) * Frank Rosolino, jazz trombonist (born in Detroit) * Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist (born in Boston, Massachusetts; raised in

) * Art Van Damme, jazz accordionist (born in Norway, Michigan, Norway) * Sippie Wallace, blues singer (born in Houston, later settled in Detroit) * Rudy Weidoeft, jazz saxophonist (born in Detroit)

Motown, R&B, and soul music

* Florence Ballard, Motown-era singer, original lead singer of The Supremes, inductee Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Mississippi; raised in Detroit) * Oliver Cheatham, contemporary R&B singer (born in Detroit) * Lamont Dozier, Motown-era composer, member of Holland-Dozier-Holland (born in Detroit) * Dwele, soul singer, songwriter and record producer (born in Detroit) * The Four Tops, Motown-era group with two No. 1 hits, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (formed in Detroit) * Aretha Franklin, singer, "The Queen of Soul", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Memphis, Tennessee; raised in Detroit) * Matt Giraud, piano player, drummer, R&B, soul & blues singer; ''American Idol'' top 5, season 8 (born in Dearborn; raised in Ypsilanti; Western Michigan University graduate) * Al Green, soul & gospel singer and pastor, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (grew up in Grand Rapids) * Brian Holland, Motown-era composer, member of Holland-Dozier-Holland (born in Detroit) * Edward Holland Jr., Motown-era composer, member of Holland-Dozier-Holland (born in Detroit) * Adina Howard, R&B singer (born in Grand Rapids) * Mable John, first female singer to sign with Berry Gordy (born in Bastrop, Louisiana; raised in Detroit) * The Jones Girls, R&B trio (born in Detroit) * LaKisha Jones, contestant on ''American Idol'' (born in Flint) * Jr. Walker & the All-Stars, Motown-era group whose song "Shotgun (Junior Walker & the All Stars song), Shotgun" was a No. 1 hit (formed in

) * Kem (singer), Kem, R&B and soul singer (raised in Detroit) * Bettye LaVette, soul singer (born in

) * Barbara Lewis, singer known for hits "Baby I'm Yours (Barbara Lewis song), Baby I'm Yours" and "Hello Stranger (song), Hello Stranger" (born in South Lyon, Michigan, South Lyon) * The Marvelettes, Motown-era group whose "Please Mr. Postman" was a No. 1 hit (formed in Inkster, Michigan, Inkster) * Queen Naija, R&B singer * Freda Payne, Motown-era singer known for "Band of Gold (Freda Payne song), Band of Gold" (born in Detroit) * Martha Reeves, lead singer of Motown group Martha and the Vandellas, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Eufaula, Alabama; raised in Detroit) * Smokey Robinson, Motown-era singer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Detroit) * Diana Ross, lead singer of The Supremes and solo artist, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Detroit) * The Spinners (American band), The Spinners, R&B group whose hits included "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" (formed in Ferndale, Michigan, Ferndale) * The Temptations, Motown group, three Grammy awards with 14 No. 1 hits, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (begun in Detroit) * Edwin Starr, soul music singer, best known for his anti-war No. 1 hit "War (Edwin Starr song), War" (born in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, raised in

, lived in Detroit) * Mary Wells, Motown-era singer best known for her No. 1 hit song "My Guy" (born in Detroit) * Kim Weston, Motown and R&B singer (born in Detroit; currently lives in Israel) * Jackie Wilson, R&B singer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Detroit) * BeBe Winans, R&B and gospel singer (born in Detroit) * Stevie Wonder, singer, musician, songwriter and winner of 24 Grammy awards, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in

) * Philippe Wynne, R&B and gospel singer (born in Detroit)

Rock, rap, and pop

* Aaliyah, singer and actress (born in

, New York; raised in Detroit) * Maurice Ager, producer (born in Detroit) * Gregg Alexander, singer-songwriter (from

) * Anybody Killa, rapper (raised in Detroit) * Hank Ballard, early rock musician best known for "The Twist" (born in Detroit) * Andrew Bazzi, singer, songwriter (born in Dearborn, raised in Canton Township, Michigan, Canton Township, attended Plymouth-Canton Educational Park) * Big Sean, rapper (raised in Detroit) * Danny Brown, rapper (born in Detroit) * The Black Dahlia Murder (band), The Black Dahlia Murder, melodic death metal/metalcore band (begun in Detroit) * Blaze Ya Dead Homie, rapper (raised in Romeo, Michigan, Romeo) * Bliss 66, pop band (from Taylor, Michigan, Taylor) * Sonny Bono, singer-songwriter, record producer and politician (born in Detroit) * Rob Cantor, singer-songwriter and guitarist for rock band Tally Hall (born in

) * Tally Hall, rock band (formed in Ann Arbor) * Kellin Quinn Bostwick, lead singer of Sleeping with Sirens (raised in Whitehall, Michigan, Whitehall) * Donald Brewer, drummer for Grand Funk Railroad (born in Flint) * Shana Cleveland, guitarist and vocalist (born in Kalamazoo) * Alice Cooper, musician, 2011 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Detroit) * Marshall Crenshaw, musician (born in Detroit) * DDG (rapper), DDG, rapper (born in Pontiac) * 42 Dugg, rapper * Eminem, rapper (born in St. Joseph, Missouri; raised in Warren, Michigan, Warren) * Esham, rapper (born in Long Island, New York; raised in Detroit) * Every Avenue, pop band (from Marysville, Michigan, Marysville) * Factory 81, rock band (from Detroit) * Mark Farner, lead singer of Grand Funk Railroad (born in Flint) * Fireworks (band), Fireworks, pop-punk band (begun in Metro Detroit) * Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack and co-writer of "My Sharona" (from Detroit) * Glenn Frey, founding member of The Eagles, 2008 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in

) * Craig Frost, keyboardist (born in Flint) * James Gurley, rock guitarist (born in Detroit) * J Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey), hip hop producer (born in Detroit) * Bill Haley (musician), Bill Haley, 1950s musician, 1987 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Highland Park, Michigan, Highland Park) * Mayer Hawthorne, singer, producer, songwriter, DJ, rapper and multi-instrumentalist (born in Ann Arbor) * Insane Clown Posse, hip hop group (formed in Detroit) * I See Stars, electronicore band (formed in Warren) * Billy Jones (Outlaws guitarist), Billy Jones, lead guitarist, singer-songwriter for The Outlaws (born Ann Arbor) * Maynard James Keenan, frontman of Tool and A Perfect Circle (born in Ravenna, Ohio, raised in Scottville, Michigan, Scottville) * Anthony Kiedis, lead singer, Red Hot Chili Peppers (born in Grand Rapids) * Kid Rock, musician (born in Romeo, Michigan, Romeo; raised in Mount Clemens) * Wayne Kramer (guitarist), Wayne Kramer, guitarist (born in Detroit) * Madonna, singer, inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Bay City, Michigan, Bay City; raised in

and

) * MC5, protopunk band (begun in Lincoln Park) * Guy Mitchell, pop singer known for "Singing the Blues", "Heartaches by the Number" (born in Detroit) * Natas (group), Natas, hip hop group (begun in Detroit) * Jason Newsted, bassist for Metallica (born in

) * NF (rapper), NF, hip-hop/rapper (born in Gladwin, Michigan) * Matt Noveskey, bassist for Blue October * Ted Nugent, musician, activist (born in Detroit) * Craig Owens (vocalist), Craig Owens, vocalist of the band Chiodos (from Davison, Michigan, Davison) * Daniel Passino, musician, contemporary R&B and pop singer-songwriter; contestant from NBC's ''The Voice'' season 10 (born in New Boston, Michigan, New Boston) * Britta Phillips, singer-songwriter (from Boyne City, Michigan, Boyne City) * Pop Evil, rock band (began in Muskegon) * Iggy Pop, rock musician, 2010 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Muskegon) * Mike Posner (musician), Mike Posner, musician, synthpop and electropop singer-songwriter (born in Detroit) * Suzi Quatro, singer, bassist, and actress (born in Detroit) * Question Mark & the Mysterians, rock band (begun in Bay City) * The Romantics, New wave music, new wave rock band (begun in Detroit) * Royce da 5'9", rapper (born in Detroit) * DeJ Loaf, rapper (born in Detroit) * Mitch Ryder, rock musician known for "Devil with a Blue Dress On" (born in Hamtramck, Michigan, Hamtramck) * Bob Schneider,

-based rock musician (born in Ypsilanti) * Bob Seger, singer, 2004 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Dearborn; raised in Ann Arbor) * Bob Gentry, singer-songwriter (born in Detroit) * Del Shannon, singer, 1999 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Coopersville, Michigan, Coopersville) * Chad Smith, drummer, Red Hot Chili Peppers (raised in

) * Sponge (band), Sponge, post-grunge band (begun in Detroit) * Still Remains, metalcore band (begun in Grand Rapids) * The Stooges, rock band, 2010 inductees in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (begun in Ann Arbor) * Taproot (band), Taproot, nu metal band (begun in Ann Arbor) * Thought Industry, progressive metal band (begun in Kalamazoo) * Twiztid, hip hop group (begun in

) * Uncle Kracker, rock musician (born in Mount Clemens) * Greta Van Fleet, rock band (began in Frankenmuth) * The Verve Pipe, post-grunge band (formed in

) * The Von Bondies, indie rock/Alternative rock, alternative band (from Detroit) * Narada Michael Walden, multi-platinum record producer and songwriter (born in Kalamazoo) * Malaya Watson, ''American Idol'' contestant (from Southfield) * Wayne Static, singer for Static-x (born in Muskegon) * We Came as Romans, melodic metal core band (from

) * Jack White, singer-songwriter (born in Detroit; raised in Detroit and Kalamazoo) * Meg White, drummer and Grammy Award winner (born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, Grosse Pointe Farms) * The White Stripes, minimalist blues-rock duo (begun in Detroit) * Joyce Vincent Wilson, singer with Tony Orlando and Dawn (born in Detroit) * Andrew W.K., metal/hard rock composer (born in Ann Arbor) * D'arcy Wretzky, bass player for The Smashing Pumpkins (born in South Haven, Michigan, South Haven)

Other musicians

* The Accidentals, alternative-rock band (formed in Traverse City) * Roy Bargy, musician, composer, Jimmy Durante bandleader (born in Newaygo, Michigan, Newaygo) * Muruga Booker, drummer (born in Detroit, lives in Ann Arbor) * Ralston Bowles, folk musician, singer/songwriter (lives in Grand Rapids) * William David Brohn, Tony Award-winning orchestrator and arranger (born in

) * Hughie Cannon, songwriter, "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" (born in Detroit) * Erika Costell, YouTuber, model, and singer (born in Bedford Charter Township, Michigan, Bedford) * Johnny Desmond, big-band singer and recording artist (born in Detroit) * Harlan Howard, songwriter in Country Music Hall of Fame (born in Detroit) * Marion Hutton, singer with Glenn Miller orchestra (raised in

) * Herb Jeffries, singer (born in Detroit) * Mary Kaye, guitarist (born in Detroit) * Bernie Krause, pioneer in Moog synthesizers and folk singer with The Weavers (born in Detroit) * Joseph LoDuca, film score composer (born in Michigan) * John 5 (guitarist), John Lowery, guitarist, a.k.a. John5, former member of Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson (born in

) * Stephen Lynch (musician), Stephen Lynch, comic musician (born in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Abington, Pennsylvania; raised in

) * Geoff Moore, Christian contemporary music Grammy-winning singer and songwriter (born in Michigan) * Carrie Newcomer, folk musician (born in Dowagiac, Michigan, Dowagiac) * Karen Newman, singer and anthem voice of Detroit Red Wings hockey (raised in Rochester, Michigan, Rochester) * Zeena Parkins, avant garde harpist (born in Detroit) * Rodriguez (singer-songwriter), Rodriguez, singer, songwriter, subject of film ''Searching for Sugar Man'' (born in Detroit) * Sycamore Smith, folk singer (born in Marquette) * Tom Smith (filker), Tom Smith, filker, folk musician (lives in Ann Arbor) * Noel Stookey, "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary folk group (born in Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore, raised in

) * Sufjan Stevens, folk musician (born in Detroit) * Bob Vincent, big-band singer (born in Detroit) * Margaret Whiting, singer and recording artist (born in Detroit) * CeCe Winans, gospel singer (born in Detroit) * Vickie Winans, gospel singer (born in Detroit) * George Winston, Grammy Award-winning new age pianist (born in Michigan) * Margaret Young, singer (born in Detroit)

Native-American leaders

* Andrew Blackbird, Ottawa (tribe), Ottawa leader, historian and negotiator in Treaty of 1855 (born in Harbor Springs, Michigan, Harbor Springs) * Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish (or Bad Bird), Potawatomi chief (from Michigan) * Mecosta, Potawatomi chief, for whom Mecosta County, Michigan, Mecosta County is named (born near present-day Big Rapids, Michigan, Big Rapids) * John Okemos, Ojibwa chief, for whom the city of Okemos is named, signer of Treaty of Saginaw (born on Apple Island (Michigan), Apple Island in present-day West Bloomfield, Michigan, West Bloomfield) * Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi chief, from whom Western Michigan's Pokagon Potawatomi take their name (born in Berrien County, Michigan, Berrien County, settled in Hartland, Michigan, Hartland) * Chief Pontiac, Pontiac, Native American chief and war leader (born near Detroit River) * Shavehead, Potawatomi chief and warrior (born in Cass County, Michigan, Cass County) * Shaw-shaw-way-nay-beece, Ojibwa chief and signer of Treaty of 1855 (born in Isabella County, Michigan, Isabella County) * Wawatam, Ojibwa chief at Michilimackinac (born near Mackinaw City) * Wosso (also called Owosso), for whom the city of Owosso is named), chief of Shiawassee band of Ojibwa and signer of Treaty of Saginaw (born near present-day Owosso)

Political figures

National political figures

* Spencer Abraham, US senator 1995–2001 and United States Secretary of Energy, secretary of energy 2001–05 (born in

) * Henry B. Brown, US Supreme Court justice from 1891 to 1906 and author for court opinion in ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' (born in South Lee, Massachusetts; settled and practiced law in

) * Jesse Brown, US secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Bill Clinton (born in Detroit) * Wilber M. Brucker, United States Secretary of the Army, US secretary of the army 1955–61 and governor of Michigan 1931–33 (born in

) * Dr. Ben Carson, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, US secretary of Housing and Urban Development, retired neurosurgeon, 2016 presidential candidate (born in Detroit) * Roy D. Chapin Sr., United States Secretary of Commerce, US secretary of commerce under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (born in

) * Betsy DeVos (born 1958), United States Secretary of Education, US secretary of education under President Donald Trump (born in

) * Donald M. Dickinson, United States postmaster general of 19th century (born in New York, lived and died in Detroit) *Thomas W. Ferry, United States senator 1871–1883, president pro tempore of the United States Senate 1875–1879 * Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States 1974–77; advocate of breast cancer early detection and chemical dependency treatment (born in

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; raised in Grand Rapids) * Gerald R. Ford, US representative and 38th President of the United States, 38th president of the United States (born in

; raised in Grand Rapids) * Jennifer Granholm, 47th governor of Michigan (born in Canada; raised in California; Northville, Michigan, Northville resident at time of her election), United States Secretary of Energy, US secretary of Energy under President Joe Biden * Reed E. Hundt, Federal Communications Commission chairman under President Bill Clinton (born in Ann Arbor) * Herbert W. Kalmbach, attorney to President Richard Nixon (born in Port Huron, Michigan, Port Huron) * Robert McClelland (American politician), Robert McClelland, governor of Michigan from 1852 to 1853 and US Secretary of the Interior, US secretary of the interior under President James Buchanan (born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania; settled in Monroe, Michigan, Monroe) * John N. Mitchell, US attorney general under President Richard Nixon 1969–72 (born in Detroit) * Cecilia Muñoz, White House director of Intergovernmental Affairs under President Barack Obama (born in Detroit; raised in

) * Frank Murphy, Detroit mayor, Michigan governor, last governor-general of the Philippines and first high commissioner to the Philippines, US attorney general and Supreme Court justice (born in Harbor Beach, Michigan, Harbor Beach) * Tom Price (American politician), Tom Price (born 1954), United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, US secretary of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump (born in

, raised in Dearborn) * Ann Romney, former First Lady of Massachusetts (born in Detroit) * George W. Romney, governor of Michigan 1963–69, chairman of American Motors, US secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born in Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Mexico; raised in Salt Lake City, moved to Detroit) * Mitt Romney, US senator for Utah, governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), and 2012 Republican nominee for president (born in Detroit; raised in

) * Rodney E. Slater, US Secretary of Transportation, US secretary of transportation under President Bill Clinton (born in Marianna, Arkansas; lived some time in Ypsilanti) * Margaret Spellings, US secretary of education under President George W. Bush, co-author of No Child Left Behind Act (born in Ann Arbor) * Gene Sperling, director of National Economic Council under presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (born in Ann Arbor) * Potter Stewart, US Supreme Court justice (born in

) * Arthur Summerfield, US postmaster general 1953–61 (born in Pinconning, Michigan, Pinconning) * Edwin F. Uhl, List of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan, mayor of Grand Rapids, Ambassador (diplomacy), ambassador to Germany, assistant secretary of state, and for 13 days in 1895 was acting US Secretary of State (born in Rush, New York, raised in Ypsilanti, moved to Grand Rapids)

Michigan political figures

* Russell A. Alger, governor of Michigan 1902–07, US senator, United States Secretary of War, secretary of War during Spanish–American War (born in

; moved to Grand Rapids) * Dennis Archer, mayor of Detroit 1994–2001 (born in Detroit) * Dave Bing, mayor of Detroit 2009–2013 (born in Washington, D.C.; moved to Michigan) * Austin Blair, anti-slavery governor of Michigan (born in New York; settled in

) * James Blanchard, governor of Michigan 1983–91, ambassador to Canada (born in Detroit) * Prentiss M. Brown, US senator, chairman of Detroit Edison Company and Mackinac Bridge Authority (born in St. Ignace, Michigan, St. Ignace) * Jerome Cavanagh, mayor of Detroit 1962–70 (born in Detroit) * John Conyers, second longest-serving member of US House of Representatives (born in Detroit) * Debbie Dingell, US representative (born in Detroit) * John Dingell, longest-serving member of US House of Representatives (born in Colorado Springs, Colorado; raised in Detroit) * John Engler, three-term governor of Michigan (born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Mount Pleasant) * Paul G. Goebel, two-term mayor of Grand Rapids (born in Grand Rapids) * Roman Gribbs, mayor of Detroit 1970–74 (born in Detroit) * Alexander Groesbeck, 30th governor of Michigan (born in Warren, Michigan, Warren) * Ebenezer O. Grosvenor, 14th lieutenant governor and state treasurer (born in New York, lived and died in Jonesville, Michigan, Jonesville) * Philip A. Hart, US senator (born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; moved to Detroit) * Andy Levin, US congressman (born in Berkley, Michigan, Berkley) * Carl Levin, US senator 1979–2015 (born in Detroit) * T. John Lesinski, Michigan lieutenant governor and judge (born in Detroit) * Sander M. Levin, US congressman (born in Detroit) * Oscar Marx, mayor of Detroit 1913–18 (born in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County) * Louis Miriani, mayor of Detroit 1957–62 (born in Detroit) * Russell C. Ostrander, mayor of

and chief justice of state Supreme Court (born in Ypsilanti) * Hazen S. Pingree, mayor of Detroit 1890–97 (born in Denmark, Maine; moved to Detroit) * Charles E. Potter, US senator 1952–59 (born in Lapeer, Michigan, Lapeer) * Donald W. Riegle Jr., US senator 1976–95 (born in Flint) * Dorothy Comstock Riley, Michigan Supreme Court judge, first Hispanic woman elected to Supreme Court of any state (born in Detroit) * Lenore Romney, former First Lady of Michigan, 1970 US senate candidate (born in Utah, lived in

, died in

) * Solomon Sibley, first mayor of Detroit (born in Sutton, Massachusetts, moved to Michigan) * Debbie Stabenow, US senator (born in Gladwin, Michigan, Gladwin) * Rashida Tlaib, US representative (born in Detroit) * Arthur H. Vandenberg, US senator, founder of the United Nations (born in Grand Rapids) * George W. Welsh, mayor of Grand Rapids 1938–49 and lieutenant governor (born in

) * Gretchen Whitmer, 49th governor of Michigan (born in Lansing) * G. Mennen Williams, 41st governor of Michigan (born in Detroit) * Howard Wolpe, US congressman, special envoy to Great Lakes Region of Africa, director of Africa Program at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (born in California, settled in

) * Coleman Young, mayor of Detroit 1974–94 (born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, moved to Detroit)

Other political figures

* Allen Alley, chairman of Oregon Republican Party (born in Kalamazoo) * Arthur Brown (Utah), Arthur Brown, US senator from Utah (born in Kalamazoo) * Jane L. Campbell, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 2002–06 (born in Ann Arbor) * Amanda Carpenter, political adviser and speechwriter for Sen. Jim DeMint (born in Montrose, Michigan, Montrose) * Laurie Perry Cookingham, city manager of Kansas City, Missouri, for 19 years, tenure longer than any US city manager (born in Saginaw) * Dr. Royal S. Copeland, US senator from New York (born in Dexter, Michigan, Dexter) * Rennie Davis, prominent anti-Vietnam War protest leader of 1960s (born in

) * Thomas Dewey, governor of New York, lost presidential race in 1944 and 1948 (born in Owosso) * Frank Emerson, 15th governor of Wyoming (born in Saginaw) * Michael Fougere, mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (born in Farmington, Michigan, Farmington) * Elisha Peyre Ferry, first governor of Washington Territory and Civil War colonel (born in Monroe, Michigan, Monroe) * Obadiah Gardner, US senator for Maine (born near Port Huron, Michigan, Port Huron) * Tom Hayden, social and political activist, politician (born in Detroit) * Clyde L. Herring, 26th governor of Iowa and US senator (born in Jackson County, Michigan, Jackson County) * William J. McConnell, third governor of Idaho (born in

) * William E. Quinby, US ambassador to the Netherlands (born in Maine, moved to Detroit) * Henry Hastings Sibley, first governor of Minnesota (born in Detroit) * John Sinclair (poet), John Sinclair, political activist, writer, musician (born in Flint) * Jan Ting, unsuccessful 2006 US senate candidate for Delaware (born in Dearborn)

Religious leaders

* Frederic Baraga, Roman Catholic missionary, bishop and Ojibway and Ottawa Linguist, grammarian (born in present-day Slovenia; settled among the Native American mission at Arbre Croche (now Cross Village, Michigan, Cross Village) * Emma Pow Bauder, Conference Missionary, California Conference, Church of the United Brethren in Christ (New Constitution), Church of the United Brethren in Christ (born in North Adams, Michigan, North Adams) * D. M. Canright, early leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (born in Kinderhook, Michigan, Kinderhook) * D. Stanley Coors, American bishop of the Methodist Church (born in Pentwater, Michigan, Pentwater) * Daniel Dolan, Traditional Catholic bishop (born in Detroit) * Walter Elliott (priest), Walter Elliott, 19th-century Roman Catholic priest whose writing sparked the Americanism (heresy), Americanism heresy (born in Detroit) *William Montague Ferry, Presbyterian minister and missionary who founded several settlements in Ottawa County, Michigan, Ottawa County, known as the father of Grand Haven, Michigan, Grand Haven and of Ottawa County * Lucien Greaves, social activist; spokesman and co-founder of The Satanic Temple * Virginia Harris, publisher of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy; president and founding trustee of the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity; chair of the Christian Science Board of Directors, 1990–2004 (lived in Birmingham) * James Aloysius Hickey, Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal and Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, Archdiocese of Washington (born in Midland) * John C. Maxwell, evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor (born in Garden City, Michigan, Garden City) * Bruce R. McConkie, prominent Apostle (Latter Day Saints), apostle and theologian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born in Ann Arbor) * Josh McDowell, leading Evangelical Christian apologist and author (born in Battle Creek and grew up in Union City, Michigan, Union City) * Jason Miller (rabbi), Jason Miller, rabbi and entrepreneur (born in Detroit) * Warith Deen Mohammed (1933–2008), son of Elijah Muhammad, leader of American Society of Muslims (born in Hamtramck) * Wallace Fard Muhammad, founder of Nation of Islam (birthplace debated; moved to Detroit and founded his first mosque there) * Thomas Gumbleton, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop (born in Detroit) * Henry Churchill King, theologian, president of Oberlin College and member of the King-Crane Commission on the status of Palestine (region), Palestine (born in Hillsdale, Michigan, Hillsdale) * Baba Rexheb, Moslem leader and mystic, founder of the Bektashi Sufi lodge in Taylor, Michigan, Taylor (born in what is now Albania; fled to Taylor, Michigan, Taylor) * Edmund Szoka, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (born in Grand Rapids) * John A. Trese, priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit (born in St. Clair, Michigan, St. Clair) * Allen Henry Vigneron, Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, Bishop of Oakland in California (born in Mount Clemens) * Geerhardus Vos, theologian known as the "Father of Reformed Biblical Theology" (born in the Netherlands; moved to Grand Rapids) * Ellen G. White, founding member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (born in Maine, settled in Battle Creek with husband James) * James Springer White, founding member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (born in Palmyra, Maine, settled in Battle Creek) * Rabbi Sherwin Wine, founder of the Society for Humanistic Judaism (born in Detroit)

Scholars

Art historians

* Alfred Barr, art historian and the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art (born in Detroit) * Louis A. Waldman, art historian (born in Wyandotte)

Economists, mathematicians, and social scientists

* Henry Carter Adams, economist (born in Davenport, Iowa; moved to Ann Arbor) * Akhil Reed Amar, legal scholar, an expert on constitutional law and criminal procedure (born in Ann Arbor) * Earl Babbie, sociologist (born in Detroit) * Bruce Bartlett, economist, advisor to presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (born in Ann Arbor) * Edward Griffith Begle, mathematician specializing topology, director of the School Mathematics Study Group (born in

) * George David Birkhoff, mathematician best known for the ergodic theorem (born in Overisel, Michigan, Overisel) * Robert John Braidwood, archaeologist and anthropologist (born in Detroit) * Napoleon Chagnon, anthropologist (born in Port Austin, Michigan, Port Austin) * Charles Cooley, sociologist, known for his concept of the looking-glass self (born in Ann Arbor) * Samuel J. Eldersveld, political scientist, mayor of Ann Arbor, department chair at University of Michigan * Carol Karp, mathematician and leader in the theory of infinitary logic (born in Forest Grove)) * Alfred V. Kidder, archaeologist (born in Marquette) * Leslie Kish, sociologist and statistician, pioneer in survey sampling methodology, professor at University of Michigan * Eduard Lindeman, educational pioneer (born in St. Clair, Michigan, St. Clair) * Tom Morey, mathematician, aerospace engineer, musician and surfing analyst (born in Detroit) * Walter Pitts, logician who worked in the field of cognitive psychology (born in Detroit) * Wardell Pomeroy, psychologist known for his work on sexual behavior (born in Kalamazoo) * Michael Porter, economist and author (born in Ann Arbor) * Paul Rehak, archaeologist (born in Ann Arbor) * Jeff Sachs, economist, economic adviser to nations, author, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University (born in Detroit) * Claude E. Shannon, "father of information theory and of digital computer circuit design" (born in Petoskey, Michigan, Petoskey; raised in Gaylord, Michigan, Gaylord) * Robert Shiller, Nobel Prize winning economist, academic, author (born in Detroit) * Nate Silver, statistician, Psephology, psephologist, and writer (born in East Lansing) * Isadore Singer, mathematician (born in Detroit) * Theda Skocpol, sociologist and political scientist (born in Detroit) * Stephen Smale, Fields Medal-winning mathematician (born in Flint) * Gene Sperling, economist, political expert, counselor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (born in Ann Arbor) * Kenneth Waltz, prominent international relations theorist (born in Ann Arbor) * Brian Wesbury, economist (born in Ann Arbor) * Leslie White, anthropologist and major advocate of neoevolutionism (born in Kansas, moved to Ann Arbor)

Historians

* Ray Stannard Baker, historian and biographer of President Woodrow Wilson (born in Lansing) * Charles Bigelow (type designer), Charles Bigelow, print historian, font designer, MacArthur Foundation Award winner (born in Detroit) * Bruce Catton, historian of the US Civil War (born in Petoskey, Michigan, Petoskey; raised in Benzonia, Michigan, Benzonia) * John D'Arms, history of ancient Rome (born in Poughkeepsie (city), New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, moved to Ann Arbor) * Natalie Zemon Davis, historian and feminist, pioneered the "new social history," author of ''The Return of Martin Guerre'' (born in Detroit) * Samuel J. Eldersveld, political scientist at the University of Michigan; former mayor of Ann Arbor (from Ann Arbor)

Natural scientists and engineers

* Charles Bachman, computer scientist (lived in East Lansing) * Werner Emmanuel Bachmann, biochemistry pioneer in steroid synthesis who carried out the first total synthesis of a Steroid hormone, steroidal hormone, equilenin (born in Detroit) * Liberty Hyde Bailey, botanist (born in South Haven, Michigan, South Haven) * Bob Bemer, computer scientist (born in Sault Ste. Marie) * J Harlen Bretz, geologist (born in Saranac, Michigan, Saranac) * Lyman James Briggs, engineer, physicist, headed the Uranium Committee, ''Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium'' (born in Assyria, Michigan, Assyria) * Robert L. Carroll, paleontologist (born in Kalamazoo) * Douglas Houghton Campbell, botanist (born in Detroit) * Kazimierz Fajans, chemist (born in Warsaw, Poland, fled Nazi persecution to settle in Ann Arbor) * David Fairchild, botanist (born in

) * Robert M. Graham (computer scientist), Robert M. Graham, computer scientist, contributed to Multics (born in Michigan) *Michael Hendricks, psychologist, suicidologist, and an advocate for the LGBT community * Alfred Hershey, Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist (born in Owosso) * Robert E. Horton, "father of hydrology, ecologist and soil scientist (born in Parma, Michigan, Parma) * Nicholas Hotton III, paleontologist (born in Michigan) * Douglass Houghton, first State Geologist of Michigan, state geologist of Michigan, explorer of Keweenaw County, Michigan, Keweenaw County (born in New York; moved to Detroit) * John H. Hubbell, radiation physicist (born in Ann Arbor) * Edward Israel, astronomer and polar explorer (born in Kalamazoo) * Ernest Kirkendall, chemist and metallurgist (born in East Jordan, Michigan, East Jordan, raised in Highland Park, Michigan, Highland Park) * William LeMessurier, structural engineer (born in

) * Forest Ray Moulton, astronomer (born in Le Roy, Michigan, Le Roy) * Jonas Salk, Head of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan * Glenn T. Seaborg, chemist, Nobel prize winner (born in Ishpeming) * Werner Spitz, forensic pathologist, emigrated from Israel to St. Clair Shores * Samuel C. C. Ting, Nobel Prize-winning physicist (born in Ann Arbor) * James Craig Watson, astronomer (born in Fingal, Ontario; raised in Ann Arbor) * Thomas Huckle Weller, virologist and Nobel Prize winner in medicine (born in Ann Arbor)

Philosophers

* Brand Blanshard, Yale University rationalist philosopher (born in Fredericksburg, Ohio; raised in Bay View, Michigan, Bay View) * Voltairine de Cleyre, anarchist philosopher and political activist (born in Leslie, Michigan, Leslie) * William A. Earle, Northwestern University philosopher of existentialism and Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology (born in Saginaw) * Gary Habermas, historian, New Testament scholar, and Philosophy of religion, philosopher of religion (born in Detroit) * Reinhold Niebuhr, political philosopher and theologian (moved to Detroit) * Alvin Plantinga, philosopher of religion (born in Ann Arbor) * Wilfrid Sellars, philosopher (born in Ann Arbor)

Other scholars and researchers

* Benjamin Franklin Bailey, electrical engineer, professor and researcher (born in Sheridan) * Ellen Dannin, Penn State University, Penn State law professor, expert in labor law of New Zealand and US (born in Flint) * Richard Ellmann, literary critic and biographer (born in Highland Park) * H. Wiley Hitchcock, musicology, musicologist director for Institute for Studies in American Music, co-author of ''New Grove Dictionary of American Music'' (born in Detroit) * Emmett Leith, electrical engineering professor and inventor of three-dimensional holography (born in Detroit; moved to Ann Arbor) * Larry Soderquist, corporate and securities law expert, novelist, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt professor (born in Ypsilanti)

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* Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a pro-Palestinian people, Palestinian organization (born in Detroit) * Todd Beamer, passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 recognized as a hero for his actions (born in Flint) * Harry Blackstone Sr., magician (born in

, settled in Colon, Michigan, Colon, where his home is now American Museum of Magic) * Harry Blackstone Jr., magician and television performer (born in Three Rivers) * Ralph Bunche, 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner, first won by an African American (born in Detroit) * Christie Brinkley, supermodel and actress (born in Monroe, Michigan, Monroe) * William Durant Campbell, major leader in World Scout Foundation (born in Flint) * Martin H. Carmody, Depression-era Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus (born in Grand Rapids) * Emor L. Calkins, State president of the Michigan Woman's Christian Temperance Union for 25 years * Patricia Donnelly, Miss America 1939 (born in Detroit) * Pamela Eldred, Miss America 1970 (born in West Bloomfield, Michigan, West Bloomfield) * Nancy Fleming, Miss America 1961 (born in Montague, Michigan, Montague) *

, Impressionist painter (born in Owosso) * Joe Girard, salesman and author (born in Detroit) * Carole Gist, Miss USA 1990 (born in Detroit) * Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008 (born in Farmington Hills) * Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician and public health advocate (grew up in

) * Robert G. Heft, designer of current 50-star American flag (born in

) * Lewis Cass Ledyard, lawyer, president of New York City Bar Association (born in Detroit) * Tom McEvoy, professional poker player, 1983 World Series of Poker champion (born in Grand Rapids) * Vince Megna, lawyer, author and primary shaper of so-called "lemon laws" (born in Iron Mountain) * Perle Mesta, prominent Washington, D.C., socialite (born in Sturgis) * Marvin Mitchelson, celebrity divorce attorney (born in Detroit) * Jerry Mitchell, Tony Award-winning choreographer (born in Paw Paw) * Kenya Moore, Miss USA 1993 (born in Detroit) * Lenda Murray, bodybuilder, 8-time Ms. Olympia (born in Detroit) * Kaye Lani Rae Rafko, Miss America 1988 (born in Monroe) * Terry Rakolta, founder of ''Americans for Responsible Television'' (from

) * Greg Raymer, 2004 World Series of Poker champion (born in Minot, North Dakota; raised in

) * Helen Cary Russell, president, Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs * Norman Shumway, heart transplant pioneer (born in Kalamazoo) * Annie Edson Taylor, first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (lived in Bay City, Michigan, Bay City) * R.J. Thomas, labor leader (born in East Palestine, Ohio; moved to Detroit in his early 20s) * Dita Von Teese, burlesque dancer (born in West Branch) * Veronica Webb, model, Revlon spokesperson (born in Detroit) * Ken Westerfield, Flying disc games, disc sport (Frisbee) pioneer, athlete, showman, promoter (born in Detroit) * Floyd Wilcox, president of Shimer College (born in Mason, Michigan, Mason)

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