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Tim Allen (1953 -
) Actor, famous for the T.V.
series Home Improvement;
grew up in Birmingham.
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Chris Van Allsburg
(1949 - ) Writer of
children’s books who won
Caldecott Awards for
drawings in The Polar
Express and Jumanji; born in
Grand Rapids.
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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
(1658 - 1730), French
colonial administrator,
founder of Detroit (1701).
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Lewis Cass
(1782 - 1866), Michigan
territorial governor (1813 -
1831), U. S. senator from
Michigan (1845 - 1857), U.
S. cabinet officer, and
Democratic candidate (1848)
for the U. S . presidency.
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Walter P. Chrysler
(1875 - 1940) Industrialist
who established the Chrysler
Corporation.
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Madonna Louise Ciccone
(1958 - ) Singer with hit
singles “Material Girl,” and
“Vogue.” She has also acted
in such movies as A League
of Their Own, and Evita;
born in Bay City.
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Ty Cobb (1886 -
1961) Baseball star, played
22 seasons (1905 - 1926) for
the Detroit Tigers.
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Francis Ford Coppola
(1939 - ) Writer, producer,
and director, most famous
for The Godfather; born in
Detroit.
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George Armstrong Custer
(1839 - 1876) Commander of
Michigan's cavalry brigade
in the Civil War, later
killed in the Battle of the
Little Bighorn
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Thomas Edison (1847
- 1931) Inventor; lived in
Port Huron.
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Gerald R. Ford (1913
- ) Became the 38th
President of the United
States when Richard Nixon
resigned; grew up in Grand
Rapids.
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Henry Ford (1863 -
1947) Founded the Ford Motor
Company in 1903; from
Dearborn.
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Daniel Gerber (1898
- 1974) Developed canned
baby food in 1927.
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Earvin “Magic” Johnson
(1959 - ) Basketball star
that led the Los Angeles
Lakers to five NBA titles in
the 1980s; retired in 1991
after announcing he had the
AIDS virus and now works to
educate people about the
disease; from Lansing.
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John Harvey Kellogg
(1852 - 1943) & William
Keith Kellogg (1860 -
1951) Invented corn flakes
and founded the Kellogg
Company in 1906; brothers
from Battle Creek.
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Charles Lindbergh
(1902-1974) The first person
to fly solo across the
Atlantic Ocean; born in
Detroit. |
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Joe Louis (1914
- 1981) World heavyweight
boxing champion (1937 -
1949); lived in Detroit.
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Walter Reuther
(1907 - 1970) Labor leader,
president of the United
Automobile Workers (1946 -
1970).
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“Sugar” Ray Robinson
(1921 - 1989) Boxing
Champion often called the
best fighter in the history
of boxing; from Detroit.
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Nelson Algren
author, Detroit
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Ralph J. Bunche
statesman, Detroit
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Ellen Burstyn
actress, Detroit
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Bruce Catton
historian, Petoskey
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Roger Chaffee
astronaut, Grand Rapids
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Francis Ford Coppola
film director, Detroit
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Thomas E. Dewey
politician, Owosso
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Edna Ferber
author, Kalamazoo
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Henry Ford
industrialist, Dearborn
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Julie Harris
actress, Grosse Pointe Park
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William R. Hewlett
inventor, Ann Arbor
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Earvin Magic Johnson
basketball player, Lansing
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Donald B. Keck
inventor, Lansing
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Julie Krone
jockey, Benton Harbor
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Ring Lardner
writer, Niles
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Dick Martin
comedian, Detroit
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John N. Mitchell
attorney general, Detroit
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Ted Nugent
singer, Detroit
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John T. Parsons
inventor, Detroit
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Gilda Radner
comedienne, Detroit
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Della Reese
singer, Detroit
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Diana Ross
singer, Detroit
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Thomas Schippers
conductor, Kalamazoo
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Steven Seagal
actor, Lansing
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Bob Seger singer,
Detroit
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Tom Selleck
actor, Detroit
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John C. Sheehan
inventor, Battle Creek
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Potter Stewart
jurist, Jackson
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Lily Tomlin
actress, Detroit
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Danny Thomas
entertainer, Deerfield
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Margaret Whiting
singer, Detroit
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Stevie Wonder
singer, Saginaw
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Famous People of
Michigan