List of people from Michigan

Actors, entertainers, and filmmakers

Actors

Directors, filmmakers, and producers

• Ford Beebe, director of films, including serials The Green Hornet and Buck Rogers (born in Grand Rapids)
• Mike Binder, director, screenwriter and actor, The Upside of Anger, Reign Over Me (born in Birmingham)
• John Randolph Bray, early film animator and producer (born in Addison)
• Detroit
  )
• Without A Trace, Damages (born in Lansing
  )
• Bill Carruthers, television producer and director (born in Detroit)
• William Clemens, director of Nancy Drew and Perry Mason films (born in Saginaw)
• Kerry Conran, screenwriter and director, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (born in Flint)
• Francis Ford Coppola, film director and screenwriter, The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now (born in Detroit)
• Roger Corman, director and producer, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Wild Angels (born in Detroit)
• Gerald Di Pego, screenwriter and producer, Message in a Bottle (born in Flint)
• Paul Feig, film and television director, Bridesmaids (born in Mount Clemens)
• Robert J. Flaherty, filmmaker of Nanook of the North, first commercially successful documentary (born in Iron Mountain)
• Anne Fletcher, director, actress, and choreographer, The Proposal (born in Detroit)
• Loyal Griggs, Oscar-winning cinematographer (born in Sanilac County)
• Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes, film directors, producers, and screenwriters, Menace II Society (born in Detroit)
• John Hughes, director and writer, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Home Alone (born in Lansing)
• Sex Tape
  (born in Detroit)
• Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter and director, The Big Chill, Body Heat, Silverado, Wyatt Earp (educated in Ann Arbor)
• Snakes On A Plane
  (born in Detroit)
• Lee H. Katzin, film and television director, Le Mans (born in Detroit)
• Woodie King Jr., stage and film director and producer (raised in Detroit)
• Neil LaBute, film director, screenwriter and playwright, In the Company of Men (born in Detroit)
• Mitchell Leisen, director, Death Takes a Holiday, Midnight (born in Menominee)
• Norman Z. McLeod, director, Horse Feathers, Topper, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (born in Grayling)
• McG, film director, Charlie's Angels, Terminator Salvation (born in Kalamazoo)
• Michael Moore, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and writer (born in Flint)
• Murder By Death, Chapter Two
  (born in Detroit)
• Jane Murfin, screenwriter, What Price Hollywood? (born in Quincy)
• Vincenzo Natali, director and screenwriter, Cube (born in Detroit)
• Buzzard
  (born in Ossineke)
• Bill Prady, television writer and producer (born in Detroit)
• Richard Quine, director and producer, Bell, Book and Candle, Sex and the Single Girl (born in Detroit)
• Sam Raimi, director, screenwriter, producer, Spider-Man, television series Xena: Warrior Princess (born in Royal Oak)
• Emmy Award-winning director, co-creator of M*A*S*H
  (raised in Detroit)
• Lloyd Richards, stage director, National Medal of Arts recipient (raised in Detroit)
• Terry Rossio, screenwriter and film producer (born in Kalamazoo)
• Leonard Schrader, screenwriter, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Yakuza (born in Grand Rapids)
• Paul Schrader, director, screenwriter, American Gigolo, Blue Collar, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull (born in Grand Rapids)
• Robert Shaye, co-CEO of New Line Cinema (born in Detroit)
• Robert Tapert, producer of The Evil Dead, Timecop, Xena: Warrior Princess (born in Royal Oak
  )
• Paul Weatherwax, film editor, two-time Academy Award winner (born in Sturgis)
• Harry Winer, film and television director and producer (born in Detroit)

Radio and television people

• Byron Allen, comedian, television talk show host (born in Detroit)
• Tim Allen, actor and comedian, Home Improvement (lived in Birmingham)
• Grand Rapids
  )
• Sean Baligian, radio host at WDFN, pre and post game Detroit Lions (born in Livonia)
• Kristen Bell, actress, Veronica Mars (born in Huntington Woods)
• 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 (born in Flint)
• Selma Blair, actress, Kath & Kim, Anger Management (born in Southfield)
• Bill Bonds, television journalist, WXYZ-TV (born in Pontiac)
• Dave Campbell, baseball player and broadcaster (born in Manistee)
• Full House (born in St. Clair Shores
  )
• Jeff Daniels, actor, The Newsroom (grew up in Chelsea)
• Bob Eubanks, host of television game show The Newlywed Game (born in Flint)
• Paula Faris, correspondent for ABC News and The View (born in Jackson)
• Fred Foy, announcer, narrator of The Lone Ranger television series (born in Detroit)
• Cyndy Garvey, co-host with Regis Philbin on what later became Regis & Kathie Lee, ex-wife of Steve Garvey (born in Detroit)
• John Gordon, radio voice of Minnesota Twins
  (born in Detroit)
• Chris Hansen, television journalist (born in Chicago, but grew up in Michigan)
• Thom Hartmann, radio talk show host, author (born in Lansing)
• Ernie Harwell, radio broadcaster of Detroit Tigers baseball (1960–2002) (born in Georgia, lived in Novi)
• Mario Impemba, television broadcaster of Detroit Tigers baseball (born in Detroit)
• Art James, quiz show host and announcer (born in Dearborn)
• Jackie Johnson, Los Angeles television meteorologist (born in Plymouth)
• Jana Kramer, actress, One Tree Hill (born in Rochester Hills)
• Taylor Lautner, actor, Scream Queens (born in Grand Rapids)
• Casey Kasem, radio personality, host of American Top 40 (born in Detroit)
• Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio
  , writer and poet (born in Detroit)
• Loni Love, comedian, featured on Chelsea Lately and I Love The '80s (born in Detroit)
• Bruce Martyn, radio broadcaster of Detroit Red Wings hockey (from Sault Ste. Marie)
• Greg Mathis, television judge (born in Detroit)
• J.P. McCarthy, radio personality, WJR
  (1960–1995) (born in New York)
• Ed McMahon, actor, announcer, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, sidekick to Carson (born in Detroit)
• Seth Meyers, comedian, Saturday Night Live cast member, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers
• Martin Milner, actor, starred in Route 66 and Adam-12 television shows (born in Detroit)
• George Noory, radio talk show host, Coast to Coast AM (born in Detroit, raised in Dearborn Heights)
• Traverse City
  )
• Jack Paar, television talk show host, The Tonight Show (raised in and worked in Jackson)
• Van Patrick, sportscaster for Lions football and Tigers baseball in Detroit
• Arthur Penhallow, radio personality, WRIF (1970–2009) (born in Hawaii)
• Dick Purtan, longtime radio personality in Detroit area (lives in West Bloomfield)
• Gilda Radner, comedian and actress, Saturday Night Live (born in Detroit)
• Rob Rubick, football player and radio-TV commentator (born in Newberry)
• Tom Selleck, actor, star of 1980s hit TV show Magnum, P.I., producer, National Guard veteran (born in Detroit)
• Dax Shepard, actor, Parenthood (raised in Walled Lake and Milford)
• Ralph Story, radio and television personality (born in Kalamazoo)
• Katherine Timpf
  , television personality, reporter and comedian (born in Detroit)
• Lily Tomlin, comedian and actress, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (born in Detroit)
• Toni Trucks actress, Twilight Saga, SEAL Team (born in Grand Rapids, raised in Manistee)
• Willie Tyler, comedian and ventriloquist (raised in Detroit)
• Ty Tyson, 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 (born in Oak Park)
• Ginger Zee, meteorologist for ABC News and Good Morning America (attended high school in Rockford)

Reporters, editors, photographers, and broadcasters

• Jim Bellows, newspaper editor, first managing editor of Entertainment Tonight (born in Detroit)
• Charles Collingwood, CBS television news correspondent (born in Three Rivers)
• broadcast journalist
  (born in Michigan)
• Jill Dobson, Fox News entertainment correspondent (born in Quincy)
• Dick Enberg, sportscaster (born in Mount Clemens and raised in Armada)
• Joe Falls, sportswriter for Detroit newspapers (1956–2004) (born in New York, moved to Detroit)
• Paula Faris, correspondent for ABC News (born and raised in Jackson)
• Sara Ganim, correspondent for CNN (born in Detroit)
• Washington Post
  (born in Detroit)
• Wendell Goler, Fox News senior White House and foreign affairs correspondent (raised in Jackson)
• Gael Greene, New York restaurant critic and author (born and raised in Detroit)
• Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent for CNN (born in Novi)
• Jemele Hill, columnist and television personality for ESPN (born in Detroit)
• Gus Johnson, sportscaster for Fox Sports (born in Detroit)
• Jim Kaat, MLB Network sportscaster (born in Zeeland)
• Suzanne Malveaux, CNN reporter and White House correspondent (born in Lansing)
• Miles O'Brien, broadcast news journalist for PBS NewsHour (born in Detroit)
• Michael Parks, 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 (born in Maine, moved to Detroit)
• Carl Quintanilla, anchor of the Sunday edition of Today and NBC Nightly News (born in Midland)
• Amy Robach, ABC news correspondent (born in St. Joseph)
• Detroit News
  (1909–1958) (born in Ohio, moved to Detroit)
• Jay Schadler, ABC television news correspondent (born and raised in St. Joseph)
• Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist for Press TV (born in Detroit)
• Detroit News
  1945–73 (born in Grand Rapids)
• Mike Tirico, sportscaster for ESPN, NBC (lives in Ann Arbor)
• Emmy Award-winning news reporter (born in Saginaw
  )
• 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, comedian and winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing (born in Detroit)
• Jamie Hyneman, special effects expert on MythBusters (born in Marshall)
• Gregory Jbara, film, television and stage actor (born in Westland)
• Playmate of the Year 1969 (born in Wyandotte
  )
• Lashonda Lester (died 2017), American stand-up comedian
• PBS's Sesame Street (born and raised in Paw Paw
  )
• Bob Murawski, film editor (born in Detroit)
• Tariq Nasheed, conspiracy theorist (Detroit)
• Tyler Oakley, YouTuber, activist, and author (born in Jackson)
• Commerce
  )
• Playboy Playmates
  (born in Ann Arbor)
• Kate Upton, model and actress, Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue "Rookie of the Year" 2011, cover model 2012 (born in St. Joseph)

Architects

• Constance Abernathy, architect, jeweler, and associate of Buckminster Fuller (born in Detroit)
• Whittier Hotel and Grande Ballroom
• Marcus Burrowes, designer of Herman Strasburg House
• Emily Helen Butterfield, Michigan's first female licensed architect, artist and church architecture innovator (born in Algonac)
• Olympia Stadium
  (born in Connecticut, moved to Detroit)
• John M. Donaldson, 19th-century Detroit architect
• Alden B. Dow, architect and Dow Chemical heir, based in Midland
• Joseph N. French, designer of Detroit's Fisher Building
• Norman Bel Geddes, 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)
• Eric J. Hill, University of Michigan professor
• Albert Kahn, architect (born in Rhaunen, Germany; moved to Detroit)
• Louis Kamper, designed Cadillac Square Building and Book Cadillac Hotel
• William E. Kapp, designed The Players Club
• Florence Knoll, minimalist architect and furniture designer (born in Saginaw)
• John Lautner, Los Angeles-based architect (born in Marquette)
• Gordon W. Lloyd, British-born, Detroit-based architect, builder of many churches
• George D. Mason, designer of Detroit Masonic Temple and Detroit Yacht Club
• 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, 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 (born in Alma)
• Harry J. Rill, designed Globe Tobacco Building
• Gino Rossetti, architect whose firm designed Ford Field and The Palace of Auburn Hills
• Matthew L. Rossetti
  , architect whose firm designed Detroit-area sports stadiums, son of Gino Rossetti
• Wirt C. Rowland, known for Guardian Building and Buhl Building (born in Clinton)
• Eero Saarinen, industrial designer (born in Finland, raised in Bloomfield Hills)
• Eliel Saarinen, known for art deco buildings, father of Eero Saarinen (lived in Bloomfield Hills)
• Victor Saroki, designed Royal Park Hotel
• Ossian Cole Simonds, late 19th-century landscape architect (born in Grand Rapids)
• Fred L. Smith, architect whose firm designed Comerica Park
• Minoru Yamasaki, architect, known for designing the World Trade Center (born in Seattle, later moved to Grand Rapids)

Artists and artisans

Ceramists

• tiles
• Hoon Lee, ceramist and professor ^[1]
• Tom Lollar, ceramist and professor of fine arts
• Diana Pancioli, ceramist, professor, and author
• Mary Chase Perry Stratton, known for Pewabic Pottery used to make architectural tiles

Fashion designers

• Tracy Reese, fashion designer (born in Detroit)
• Anna Sui, fashion designer (born in Detroit)

Illustrators

• Norman Bel Geddes, theatrical and industrial designer (Adrian)
• Lansing
  )

Painters

• impressionist painter (from Grand Rapids
  )
• Frederick Stuart Church, 19th-century painter (born in Grand Rapids)
• E. Irving Couse, painter and founding member of the Taos artist colony (born in Saginaw)
• Robert Seldon Duncanson
  (1820-1871), painter, the 19th century's greatest Western landscape artist (Smithsonian Institution), buried in Monroe's historic Woodland Cemetery (born in NY, raised in Monroe, Michigan)
• Frederick Carl Frieseke, impressionist painter (from Owosso)
• Ian Hornak, realist painter (born in Philadelphia, moved to Mount Clemens, then Detroit)
• Chase Langford, contemporary painter (born in Pontiac)
• Hughie Lee-Smith, painter (born in Florida, moved to Detroit, attended Wayne State)
• Charles McGee, sculptor and painter (born in South Carolina, moved to Detroit)
• Gari Melchers, naturalism artist (born in Detroit)
• Ann Mikolowski, painter (born in Detroit)
• Julius Rolshoven, Santa Fe-based painter (born in Detroit)
• Canandaigua, New York
  ; moved to Detroit)
• Kent Twitchell, muralist and painter (born in Lansing)
• Carol Wald, painter and illustrator (born in Detroit)
• Kurt Wenner, painter (born in Ann Arbor)
• Canterbury Tales mural (1939), Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C. and murals in Guardian Building, Detroit (born in Traverse City
  )

• Talbert Abrams, "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
• Marshall Fredericks
• Julius T. Melchers
• Carl Milles
• Isamu Noguchi
• Corrado Parducci
• Carlo Romanelli
• Edward Wagner

Astronauts and aviation pioneers

• Dominic A. Antonelli, astronaut (born in Detroit)
• Michael J. Bloomfield, astronaut (born in Flint, raised in Lake Fenton)
• William Boeing, aviation pioneer, founder of Boeing
  Company (born in Detroit)
• Roger B. Chaffee, astronaut (born in Grand Rapids)
• F4D Skyray (born in Saginaw
  )
• Augustus Moore Herring, aviation pioneer (lived in St. Joseph)
• Gregory Jarvis, astronaut and payload specialist; died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger (born in Detroit)
• Brent W. Jett, astronaut (born in Pontiac
  )
• Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator (born in Ishpeming
  )
• Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr., test pilot pioneer (born in Detroit; raised in Cassopolis)
• David Leestma, astronaut (born in Muskegon)
• Jerry M. Linenger, astronaut (born in Eastpointe)
• Charles Lindbergh, pioneer aviator (born in Detroit)
• Jack R. Lousma, astronaut (born in Grand Rapids)
• Nancy Harkness Love, World War II pilot, squadron commander and aviation training pioneer (born in Houghton)
• James McDivitt, astronaut (born in Chicago; moved to Jackson)
• Donald R. McMonagle, astronaut and Manager of Launch Integration at the Kennedy Space Center (born in Flint)
• Saint Johns
  )
• Harriet Quimby, 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, astronaut (born in Mount Clemens)
• Pulitzer Trophy Race two-time winner; fellow of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum
• Alfred Worden, astronaut (born in Jackson)
• Fred Zinn, World War I aviator and aviation reconnaissance pioneer (born in Battle Creek)

Business leaders and inventors

Automotive industry

• Waterford
  )
• Buick Motor Company (born in Scotland; emigrated to Detroit where he founded his company; moved with firm to Flint
  )
• US secretary of commerce (born in Lansing
  )
• American Motors Company (born in Grosse Pointe
  )
• Louis Chevrolet, founder of Chevrolet motor company (born in Switzerland, lived and died in Detroit)
• Man of the Year (born in Petrieville; raised in Eaton Rapids
  and began career in Flint)
• Palace Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Detroit Pistons of the NBA, the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL
  (born in Detroit)
• John DeLorean, automobile industry entrepreneur (born in Detroit)
• Horace Elgin Dodge, automobile manufacturing pioneer (born in Niles)
• John Francis Dodge, automobile manufacturing pioneer (born in Niles)
• Boston, Massachusetts; moved to Flint and later Pontiac
  )
• Hollywood, California
  , worked in Detroit)
• Pete Estes, president of Pontiac, Chevrolet and General Motors (born in Mendon)
• Chrysler
  (born in Ann Arbor)
• Charles T. Fisher, president of Detroit's Fisher Body automotive
• Max M. Fisher, industrialist, philanthropist (born in Pittsburgh; raised in Salem, Ohio
  ; moved as an adult to metro Detroit)
• Edsel Ford, automaker, president of Ford Motor Company, founder of Mercury autos (born in Detroit)
• Henry Ford, iconic automaker, founder of Ford Motor Company (born in Dearborn)
• Henry Ford II, automaker, president and CEO of Ford (born in Detroit)
• William Clay Ford Jr., automaker and owner of NFL's Detroit Lions (born in Detroit)
• Henry Ford Museum
  (born in Detroit)
• Lee Iacocca, CEO of Chrysler Corporation, television spokesman and author (born in Allentown, Pennsylvania; moved to Detroit)
• Semon Knudsen, auto executive, head of Pontiac (born in Buffalo, New York; moved to Detroit)
• William S. Knudsen, president of General Motors (born in Denmark, lived and died in Detroit)
• Lincoln autos (born in Vermont
  ; relocated to Detroit)
• Walter Lorenzo Marr, first chief engineer of Buick (born in Lexington)
• Cleveland
  , lived and died in metro Detroit)
• Charles Stewart Mott, first American partner of General Motors, also mayor of Flint, Michigan (born in Newark, New Jersey, moved to Flint)
• John Najjar, auto designer, developed prototype for Ford Mustang (born in Omaha, Nebraska, moved to Dearborn)
• Charles W. Nash, auto pioneer, founder of Nash Motors (born in Illinois, moved to Mount Morris and Flint)
• Ransom E. Olds, auto manufacturer; founder of Oldsmobile (born in Geneva, Ohio, longtime resident of Lansing)
• Penske Racing (born in Ohio; moved to Bloomfield Hills
  )
• Harold Arthur Poling, president, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Co. (born in Troy)
• Irving Jacob Reuter, president of Oldsmobile
• Jack Roush, CEO/owner of Roush Racing NASCAR (born in Kentucky; lived in Ypsilanti before moving to North Carolina)
• Frederic L. Smith, one of the founders of Oldsmobile and General Motors (born in Lansing)
• Roger Smith, chairman and CEO of General Motors, subject of documentary Roger & Me (born in Ohio before moving to Detroit)
• Preston Tucker, automobile designer, entrepreneur (born in Capac)
• Childe Wills, auto pioneer, designer of Ford Model T (born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
  ; moved to Detroit)

• Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft 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 (born in Detroit)
• Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist (born in Ann Arbor)
• Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter (born in Royal Oak)
• Nest Labs, "father of the iPod"^[2]
  (born in Detroit)
• William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
  (born in Ann Arbor)
• Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and its former chief scientist (born in Farmington Hills)
• Peter Karmanos Jr., founder of Compuware.
• Michael Kinsley, founding editor of Slate (born in Detroit)
• Jack McCauley, engineer, inventor and video game developer (born in Battle Creek)
• ad serving
  software company and advertising network (born in Detroit)
• Cranbrook
  )
• Larry Page, entrepreneur, co-founder of and former CEO of Google search engine (born in East Lansing
  )

• Little Caesars Pizza, owner of Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers
  (born in Detroit)
• Kellogg Company (born in Battle Creek
  )
• Domino's Pizza, former owner of Detroit Tigers
  (born in Ann Arbor)
• Cheesecake Factory, Inc.
  (born in Detroit)
• Post Cereals, inventor of Grape-Nuts (born in Illinois, moved to Battle Creek
  )
• Vernor's Ginger Ale
  (born in Detroit)
• Hiram Walker, founder of Hiram Walker & Sons distillery (born in Massachusetts, moved to Vegas

Furniture

• Detroit
  )
• Herman Miller office equipment company (raised in Zeeland
  )
• Herman Miller office equipment company from 1980 to 1987 (born in Zeeland
  )

• Sewell Avery, chairman of US Gypsum 1905–36, Montgomery Ward (born in Saginaw)
• Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
  (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 (born in Lansing)
• 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 from 1977 to 2004 (born in Tennessee
  , moved to Kalamazoo)
• Joseph Bruce, co-founder of Psychopathic Records, hip-hop singer and professional wrestler (born in Wayne)
• Leo Burnett, advertising firm founder (born in St. Johns)
• Wellington R. Burt, lumberman, industrialist, politician (Saginaw)
• Bush Terminal in Brooklyn
• Michael Cohrs, member of the board of Deutsche Bank (born in Midland)
• Adam E. Coffey, business executive
• William Davidson, glass industry mogul, former owner of Detroit Pistons (born in Detroit)
• Richard DeVos, founder of Alticor and former president of Amway (born in Forest Hills in metro Grand Rapids)
• Herbert Henry Dow, inventor and one of the founders of the US chemical industry (born in Belleville, Ontario; moved to Midland)
• John Fetzer, owner of Michigan radio and television companies and Detroit Tigers (born in Indiana, moved to Michigan)
• Chateaugay, New York
  ; moved to Kalamazoo)
• Quicken Loans, owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers (from Livonia
  )
• Arnold Gingrich, founder of Esquire magazine (born in Grand Rapids)
• Motown Records
  (born in Detroit)
• Joseph Lowthian Hudson, founder of Hudson's department store (born in England, moved to Detroit)
• Fred Knorr, radio executive, Detroit Tigers part-owner 1956–60 (born in Detroit)
• K-Mart
  (born in Bald Mountain, Pennsylvania; moved to Detroit)
• Louis K. Liggett, founder of Rexall drug store chain (born in Detroit)
• Jerome D. Mack, president of Las Vegas hotels the Riviera and Dunes, founder of UNLV (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, 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 (born in Fulton Co., Ohio, moved to Adrian)
• Richard Merillat, entrepreneur, former CEO of Merillat Industries and philanthropist (from Adrian)
• Harry Mohney, founder of Deja Vu Showgirls (born in Durand)
• Frank Navin, owner of Detroit Tigers 1908–35 (born in Adrian)
• Edgar Prince, founder of the Prince Corporation (born in Holland)
• Xe Services
  , formerly Blackwater Worldwide (born in Holland)
• Stephen M. Ross, founder and CEO of The Related Companies real estate firm, helped establish Ross School of Business at University of Michigan which bears his name, 95% owner of Miami Dolphins (born in Detroit)
• Detroit
  )
• Frank Stanton, early television executive, president of CBS from 1946 to 1972 (born in Muskegon)
• Wilbur F. Storey, 19th-century publisher and owner of the Detroit Free Press, other newspapers (born in Vermont, moved to Jackson)
• Athens
  )
• Jon Lloyd Stryker, architect of Stryker Corp.; founder of Arcus Foundation
  for gay/lesbian issues and ape conservation (born in Kalamazoo)
• Pat Stryker, co-owner of the Stryker Corp. (born in Kalamazoo; moved to Fort Collins, Colorado)
• William E. Upjohn, founder of The Upjohn Company (born in Kalamazoo)
• Frederick Upton, senior vice president of Whirlpool Corporation (born in Battle Creek
  )
• Louis Upton, founder of Whirlpool Corporation (born in Battle Creek)
• Joseph Utsler, co-founder of Psychopathic Records and hip-hop singer (born in Wayne)
• Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Alticor and Amway (born in Grand Rapids)
• Brad Wardell, president and CEO of Stardock software and computer game company (born in Texas, lives in Michigan)
• Garfield Wood, inventor, boat builder, hydroplane and motorboat pioneer (born in Iowa, moved to Detroit)
• Samuel Zell, real estate investor, publisher, philanthropist (born in Chicago
  , attended University of Michigan)

• Ren And Stimpy
  animated television series
• Jim Benton, cartoonist and author (from metro Detroit area)
• T. Casey Brennan, comic book author for Vampirella, Creepy and Eerie (from Ann Arbor)
• Danger Girl and Gen¹³ (born in East Tawas
  )
• Dave Coverly, syndicated cartoonist, Speed Bump comic strip (born in 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; co-wrote Batman Begins (born in Ann Arbor)
• 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 Lansing)
• 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 DC Comics (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, one of the main illustrators of DC Comics's Batman and co-creator of Marvel Comics's Darkhawk (born in Detroit)
• Little Nemo in Slumberland (born in Spring Lake
  )
• William Messner-Loebs, comic book writer and artist (from Michigan)
• Amethyst, Princess of Gem World and Blue Devil
• Bongo Comics Group overseeing the Simpsons comic book family; director of Futurama (born in Lincoln Park
  )
• James O'Barr, creator of the comic book series The Crow (born in Detroit)
• 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
  )
• Haddon Sundblom, commercial illustrator and artist; created Coca-Cola Santa (born in Muskegon)
• Blankets (born in Traverse City
  )
• 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 (born in Detroit)
• Kit 'N' Carlyle (from Allen Park
  )

• Irene Osgood Andrews, woman's rights advocate best known for her writings on the problems of women in industry (born in Big Rapids)
• Leonard Baker, abolitionist, American Congregational minister (born in Detroit)
• Olympia Brown, women's suffrage leader (born in Prairie Ronde)
• Pearl M. Hart, civil rights advocate and lawyer, activist for gay rights and the rights of immigrants (born in Traverse City)
• Erastus Hussey, abolitionist and leading Underground Railroad stationmaster (from Battle Creek)
• 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 Omaha, Nebraska; raised in Lansing)
• Katharine Dexter McCormick, biologist, woman suffrage leader & philanthropist (born in Dexter
  )
• Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (born in Tuskegee, Alabama; moved to Detroit)
• Traverse City, active in Ann Arbor, now living in 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)
• Cape Cod, Massachusetts; settled in Muskegon
  )

• Jim Bakker, scandal-ridden televangelist (born in Muskegon)
• 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 St. Joseph)
• John Norman Collins
  , "co-ed killer" (lived in Ypsilanti)
• Charles Coughlin (1891–1979), anti-Semitic, pro-Hitler priest (born in Hamilton, Ontario; moved to Birmingham)
• 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 Pontiac)
• Kwame Kilpatrick, incarcerated former Detroit mayor (born in Detroit)
• John List, mass murderer (born in Bay City
  )
• John Mitchell, conspiratorial attorney general during 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
• 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 Troy, grew up in Birmingham)
• Aileen Wuornos, murderer made famous as the subject of the 2003 film Monster starring Charlize Theron (born in Rochester)

Inventors

• Thomas Edison, inventor, entrepreneur (born in Milan, Ohio; later settled in 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)

Labor leaders

• Leon E. Bates, labor leader (born in Carrollton, Missouri
  , moved to Detroit)
• 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
  )
• 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)
• Leonard Woodcock, labor leader (born in Providence, Rhode Island; raised in Detroit)

Military figures

• XXII Corps (ACW) at Battle of Plains Store in Civil War
  (born in New York, settled in Michigan)
• Remi A. Balduck
  , World War II naval hero (born in Detroit)
• Indian Wars, Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War (born in Manchester
  )
• Harry Hill Bandholtz, US brigadier general in World War I, head of US Military Mission to Hungary (born in Constantine)
• Joseph Beyrle, only soldier to have served in both US Army and Soviet Army in World War II (born in Muskegon)
• USS Burdo (APD-133) was named (born in 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 presidential nominee, governor of Michigan Territory (born in New Hampshire; moved to Michigan when appointed governor)
• Unknown Soldier of World War II (born in Ludington
  )
• Ferdinand J. Chesarek, US Army general who served as Comptroller of the Army (born in Calumet)
• US Army Materiel Command (born in Ypsilanti
  )
• George Armstrong Custer, US general, born in New Rumley, Ohio; moved to Monroe)
• AEF (born in Fort Brady
  )
• 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)
• Elon J. Farnsworth, Union Army cavalry general in Civil War, killed at Battle of Gettysburg (born in Green Oak)
• Saint Ignace
  )
• Douglas Harold Fox, World War II naval hero killed at Guadalcanal (born in Walled Lake
  )
• Ben Hebard Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps (born in Big Rapids)
• US Air Force
  hero (born in Flint)
• Francis P. Hammerberg, United States Navy diver who was awarded Medal of Honor (born in Daggett)
• Battle of Little Big Horn (born in 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)
• Micki King, Air Force colonel and Olympic gold-medalist diver (born in Pontiac)
• Boston, Massachusetts
  ; moved to Grand Rapids)
• William S. Knudsen, US Army general during World War II, General Motors president (born in Denmark, 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, 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)
• East Lansing
  )
• James Joseph Raby, rear admiral, USN (born in Bay City)
• Karl W. Richter, youngest pilot in Vietnam War to shoot down MiG in air-to-air combat, winner of Air Force Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Purple Heart (born in Holly)
• D-Day hero, coach of Greco-Roman wrestling team at 1964 Summer Olympics and Albion College football coach (born in rural Cass County
  )
• William Rufus Shafter (1835-1906) Union Army officer and Major General in the Spanish-American War (born in 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)
• 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
  )

• 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 and Pulitzer Prize-winning pianist and composer (born in Seattle; moved to Ann Arbor)
• 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 East Lansing)
• 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)
• 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)
• Vilna, Lithuania
  ; raised in Detroit)

Jazz and blues

• Pepper Adams, jazz baritone saxophonist (born in Highland Park)
• Geri Allen, jazz pianist (born in Detroit)
• Dorothy Ashby, jazz harpist (born in Detroit)
• 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)
• Grammy Award
  -winning jazz vocalist (born in Flint)
• Regina Carter, jazz violinist (born in Detroit)
• James Carter, jazz woodwind player (born in Detroit)
• Ron Carter, jazz bassist and member of the Miles Davis Quintet (born in 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)
• vibraphonist
  (born in Detroit)
• Elvin Jones, jazz drummer of the hard bop era, part of John Coltrane's quartet (born in Pontiac)
• 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 Saginaw)
• Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter (born in Pontiac)
• Grammy Award
  -winning jazz guitarist (born in Detroit)
• Yusef Lateef, jazz saxophonist and flutist (born in Chattanooga, Tennessee; raised in Detroit)
• Father Norman O'Connor (1921–2003), priest, jazz aficionado, writer, radio and television host (born in Detroit)
• Sy Oliver, trumpeter and bandleader (born in Battle Creek)
• vibraphonist
  (born in Detroit)
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  " three times in a row (born in Detroit)
• Frank Rosolino, jazz trombonist (born in Detroit)
• Boston, Massachusetts; raised in Saginaw
  )
• Art Van Damme, jazz accordionist (born in 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)
• 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" was a No. 1 hit (formed in Battle Creek
  )
• Kem, R&B and soul singer (raised in Detroit)
• Bettye LaVette, soul singer (born in Muskegon)
• Barbara Lewis, singer known for hits "Baby I'm Yours" and "Hello Stranger" (born in South Lyon)
• The Marvelettes, Motown-era group whose "Please Mr. Postman" was a No. 1 hit (formed in Inkster)
• Queen Naija, R&B singer
• Freda Payne, Motown-era singer known for "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, R&B group whose hits included "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" (formed in Ferndale
  )
• Grammy
  awards with 14 No. 1 hits, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (begun in Detroit)
• Cleveland
  , 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 Saginaw)
• Philippe Wynne
  , R&B and gospel singer (born in Detroit)

Rock, rap, and pop

• Aaliyah, singer and actress (born in Brooklyn, New York; raised in Detroit)
• Maurice Ager, producer (born in Detroit)
• Gregg Alexander, singer-songwriter (from Grosse Pointe)
• Anybody Killa, rapper (raised in Detroit)
• Hank Ballard, early rock musician best known for "The Twist" (born in Detroit)
• Canton Township, attended Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
  )
• Big Sean, rapper (raised in Detroit)
• Danny Brown, rapper (born in Detroit)
• The Black Dahlia Murder, melodic death metal/metalcore band (begun in Detroit)
• Blaze Ya Dead Homie, rapper (raised in Romeo)
• Bliss 66, pop band (from 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 Bloomfield Hills)
• Tally Hall, rock band (formed in Ann Arbor)
• Kellin Quinn Bostwick, lead singer of Sleeping with Sirens (raised in 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 (born in Pontiac)
• 42 Dugg, rapper
• Eminem, rapper (born in St. Joseph, Missouri; raised in Warren)
• Long Island, New York
  ; raised in Detroit)
• Every Avenue, pop band (from Marysville)
• Factory 81, rock band (from Detroit)
• Mark Farner, lead singer of Grand Funk Railroad (born in Flint)
• Fireworks, pop-punk band (begun in Metro Detroit)
• Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack and co-writer of "My Sharona" (from Detroit)
• The Eagles, 2008 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Royal Oak
  )
• 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, 1950s musician, 1987 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in 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, 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)
• Anthony Kiedis, lead singer, Red Hot Chili Peppers (born in Grand Rapids)
• Kid Rock, musician (born in Romeo; raised in Mount Clemens)
• Wayne Kramer, guitarist (born in Detroit)
• Madonna, singer, inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Bay City; raised in Pontiac and Rochester Hills)
• protopunk
  band (begun in Lincoln Park)
• Guy Mitchell, pop singer known for "Singing the Blues", "Heartaches by the Number" (born in Detroit)
• Natas, hip hop group (begun in Detroit)
• Jason Newsted, bassist for Metallica (born in Battle Creek)
• NF, hip-hop/rapper (born in Gladwin, Michigan)
• Matt Noveskey, bassist for Blue October
• Ted Nugent, musician, activist (born in Detroit)
• Craig Owens, vocalist of the band Chiodos (from Davison
  )
• R&B and pop singer-songwriter; contestant from NBC's The Voice season 10 (born in New Boston
  )
• Britta Phillips, singer-songwriter (from Boyne City)
• Muskegon
  )
• Iggy Pop, rock musician, 2010 inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (born in Muskegon)
• 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 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)
• Bob Schneider, Texas-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)
• Chad Smith, drummer, Red Hot Chili Peppers (raised in Bloomfield Hills)
• 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, nu metal band (begun in Ann Arbor)
• Thought Industry, progressive metal band (begun in Kalamazoo)
• Twiztid, hip hop group (begun in Eastpointe)
• Uncle Kracker, rock musician (born in Mount Clemens)
• Frankenmuth
  )
• The Verve Pipe, post-grunge band (formed in East Lansing)
• The Von Bondies, indie 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 Troy)
• Jack White, singer-songwriter (born in Detroit; raised in Detroit and Kalamazoo)
• Grammy Award winner (born in 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)

Other musicians

• The Accidentals, alternative-rock band (formed in Traverse City)
• Roy Bargy, musician, composer, Jimmy Durante bandleader (born in 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 Flint)
• Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey
  " (born in Detroit)
• Erika Costell, YouTuber, model, and singer (born in Bedford)
• Johnny Desmond, big-band singer and recording artist (born in Detroit)
• Country Music Hall of Fame
  (born in Detroit)
• Marion Hutton, singer with Glenn Miller orchestra (raised in Battle Creek)
• 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 Lowery, guitarist, a.k.a. John5, former member of Marilyn Manson (born in Grosse Pointe)
• Stephen Lynch, comic musician (born in Abington, Pennsylvania; raised in Saginaw)
• Grammy
  -winning singer and songwriter (born in Michigan)
• Carrie Newcomer, folk musician (born in Dowagiac)
• Karen Newman, singer and anthem voice of Detroit Red Wings hockey (raised in Rochester)
• Zeena Parkins, avant garde harpist (born in Detroit)
• Rodriguez, singer, songwriter, subject of film Searching for Sugar Man
  (born in Detroit)
• Sycamore Smith, folk singer (born in Marquette)
• filker
  , folk musician (lives in Ann Arbor)
• Baltimore, raised in Birmingham
  )
• 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)
• Grammy Award
  -winning new age pianist (born in Michigan)
• Margaret Young, singer (born in Detroit)

Native-American leaders

• Ottawa leader, historian and negotiator in Treaty of 1855 (born in Harbor Springs
  )
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish (or Bad Bird), Potawatomi chief (from Michigan)
• Mecosta, Potawatomi chief, for whom Mecosta County is named (born near present-day Big Rapids)
• West Bloomfield
  )
• Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi chief, from whom Western Michigan's Pokagon Potawatomi take their name (born in Berrien County, settled in Hartland)
• Pontiac, Native American chief and war leader (born near Detroit River
  )
• Shavehead, Potawatomi chief and warrior (born in Cass County)
• Shaw-shaw-way-nay-beece, Ojibwa chief and signer of Treaty of 1855 (born in Isabella County)
• 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 secretary of energy 2001–05 (born in East Lansing)
• South Lee, Massachusetts; settled and practiced law in Detroit
  )
• Jesse Brown, US secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Bill Clinton (born in Detroit)
• Wilber M. Brucker, US secretary of the army 1955–61 and governor of Michigan 1931–33 (born in Saginaw)
• Dr.
  neurosurgeon
  , 2016 presidential candidate (born in Detroit)
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (born in Lansing
  )
• Betsy DeVos (born 1958), US secretary of education under President Donald Trump (born in Holland)
• 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^[3]
• Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States 1974–77; advocate of breast cancer early detection and chemical dependency treatment (born in Chicago; raised in Grand Rapids)
• 38th president of the United States (born in Omaha, Nebraska
  ; raised in Grand Rapids)
• Jennifer Granholm, 47th governor of Michigan (born in Canada; raised in California; Northville resident at time of her election), US secretary of Energy under President Joe Biden
• Reed E. Hundt, Federal Communications Commission
  chairman under President Bill Clinton (born in Ann Arbor)
• President Richard Nixon (born in Port Huron
  )
• US secretary of the interior under President James Buchanan (born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania; settled in 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 Livonia)
• 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)
• Tom Price (born 1954), US secretary of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump (born in Lansing, raised in Dearborn)
• Ann Romney, former First Lady of Massachusetts (born in Detroit)
• American Motors, US secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born in 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 Bloomfield Hills)
• 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 Jackson)
• Arthur Summerfield, US postmaster general 1953–61 (born in Pinconning)
• US Secretary of State (born in Rush, New York
  , raised in Ypsilanti, moved to Grand Rapids)

• Russell A. Alger, governor of Michigan 1902–07, US senator, secretary of War during Spanish–American War (born in Ohio; 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 Eaton Rapids)
• James Blanchard
  , governor of Michigan 1983–91, ambassador to Canada (born in Detroit)
• Detroit Edison Company and Mackinac Bridge Authority (born in 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)
• 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
  )
• Ebenezer O. Grosvenor, 14th lieutenant governor and state treasurer (born in New York, lived and died in Jonesville)
• Philip A. Hart, US senator (born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
  ; moved to Detroit)
• Andy Levin, US congressman (born in 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)
• Louis Miriani, mayor of Detroit 1957–62 (born in Detroit)
• Russell C. Ostrander, mayor of Lansing 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)
• 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 Bloomfield Hills, died in Royal Oak)
• Solomon Sibley, first mayor of Detroit (born in Sutton, Massachusetts, moved to Michigan)
• Debbie Stabenow, US senator (born in 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 Scotland)
• 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 Kalamazoo)
• 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, US senator from Utah
  (born in Kalamazoo)
• Cleveland, Ohio
  , 2002–06 (born in Ann Arbor)
• Amanda Carpenter, political adviser and speechwriter for Sen. Jim DeMint (born in Montrose)
• Saginaw
  )
• Dr. Royal S. Copeland, US senator from New York (born in Dexter)
• Lansing
  )
• Thomas Dewey, governor of New York, lost presidential race in 1944 and 1948 (born in Owosso
  )
• Saginaw
  )
• Michael Fougere, mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (born in Farmington)
• Elisha Peyre Ferry, first governor of Washington Territory and Civil War colonel (born in Monroe
  )
• Obadiah Gardner, US senator for Maine (born near Port Huron)
• Tom Hayden, social and political activist, politician (born in Detroit)
• governor of Iowa and US senator (born in Jackson County
  )
• Commerce
  )
• 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, political activist, writer, musician (born in Flint)
• Jan Ting, unsuccessful 2006 US senate candidate for Delaware (born in Dearborn
  )

• grammarian (born in present-day Slovenia; settled among the Native American mission at Arbre Croche (now Cross Village
  )
• Emma Pow Bauder, Conference Missionary, California Conference, Church of the United Brethren in Christ (born in North Adams)
• Kinderhook
  )
• Methodist Church (born in Pentwater
  )
• Traditional Catholic
  bishop (born in Detroit)
• Walter Elliott, 19th-century Roman Catholic priest whose writing sparked the Americanism heresy (born in Detroit)
• Presbyterian minister and missionary who founded several settlements in Ottawa County, known as the father of Grand Haven^[4] and of Ottawa County^[5]
• 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)
• cardinal and Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington (born in Midland
  )
• John C. Maxwell, evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor (born in Garden City)
• Bruce R. McConkie, prominent apostle and theologian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born in Ann Arbor)
• Christian apologist and author (born in Battle Creek and grew up in Union City
  )
• 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)
• King-Crane Commission on the status of Palestine (born in Hillsdale
  )
• Bektashi Sufi lodge in Taylor (born in what is now Albania; fled to 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)
• Allen Henry Vigneron, Roman Catholic 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 Saginaw
  )
• Overisel
  )
• Robert John Braidwood, archaeologist and anthropologist (born in Detroit)
• Napoleon Chagnon, anthropologist (born in 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
  )
• 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)
• archaeologist
  (born in Ann Arbor)
• Earth Institute at Columbia University
  (born in Detroit)
• Claude E. Shannon, "father of information theory and of digital computer circuit design" (born in Petoskey; raised in Gaylord
  )
• Robert Shiller
  , Nobel Prize winning economist, academic, author (born in Detroit)
• Nate Silver, statistician, 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)
• 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, print historian, font designer, MacArthur Foundation Award winner (born in Detroit)
• US Civil War (born in Petoskey; raised in Benzonia
  )
• 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)
• steroid synthesis who carried out the first total synthesis of a steroidal hormone, equilenin
  (born in Detroit)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey, botanist (born in South Haven)
• Bob Bemer, computer scientist (born in Sault Ste. Marie)
• J Harlen Bretz, geologist (born in Saranac)
• Assyria
  )
• Robert L. Carroll, paleontologist (born in Kalamazoo)
• Douglas Houghton Campbell, botanist (born in Detroit)
• Nazi
  persecution to settle in Ann Arbor)
• Lansing
  )
• 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)
• Nicholas Hotton III, paleontologist (born in Michigan)
• state geologist of Michigan, explorer of 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, raised in Highland Park)
• William LeMessurier, structural engineer (born in Pontiac)
• Le Roy
  )
• Jonas Salk, Head of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan^[6]
• Ishpeming
  )
• 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

• Bay View
  )
• Voltairine de Cleyre, anarchist philosopher and political activist (born in Leslie)
• Saginaw
  )
• Gary Habermas, historian, New Testament scholar, and 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

• electrical engineer
  , professor and researcher (born in Sheridan)
• 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)
• 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 professor (born in Ypsilanti)

Sports figures

Writers

Others

• 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 Illinois, settled in 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)
• 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)
• West Bloomfield
  )
• Nancy Fleming, Miss America 1961 (born in 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 Royal Oak)
• Robert G. Heft, designer of current 50-star American flag (born in Saginaw
  )
• 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)
• 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 Bloomfield Hills)
• Greg Raymer, 2004 World Series of Poker champion (born in Minot, North Dakota; raised in Lansing)
• 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)
• 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)
• disc sport (Frisbee
  ) pioneer, athlete, showman, promoter (born in Detroit)
• Shimer College (born in Mason
  )