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List of people from Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of people from Michigan

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Contents

A list of notable people from the U.S. state of Michigan. Bolding indicates places in Michigan. People from Michigan are sometimes referred to as Michiganders, Michiganians, or more rarely as Michiganites.

[edit] Actors, entertainers and filmmakers

[edit] Actors

[edit] A-E

[edit] F-K

[edit] L-R

[edit] S-Z

[edit] Directors, filmmakers, and producers

[edit] Radio and television people

[edit] Reporters and sportscasters

[edit] Other

[edit] Architects

[edit] Artists and artisans [1]

[edit] Painters

[edit] Photographers

  • Talbert Abrams, "Father of Aerial Photography" (born in Tekonsha)
  • Cynthia Greig, conceptual photographer and co-author of Women in Pants (published by Harry N. Abrams 2003), b. in Detroit, graduated from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
  • Louis James Pesha, pioneering marine photographer (born in Euphemia, Ontario, moved to Marine City)
  • Bill Schwab, fine arts photographer born in Detroit

[edit] Sculptors

[edit] Astronauts and aviation pioneers

[edit] Business leaders and inventors

[edit] Automotive industry

[edit] Computers, internet and high tech industries

[edit] Food and food service industry

[edit] Furniture

  • D. J. DePree, founder of Herman Miller office equipment company (raised in Zeeland)
  • Max O. DePree, CEO of Herman Miller office equipment company from 1980-1987 where his worker-friendly management techniques resulted in dynamic increases in sales and whose 1989 book Leadership is an Art was published in 10 languages worldwide (born in Zeeland)
  • Edward Knabusch, co-founder of La-Z-Boy furniture company (from Monroe)
  • Florence Knoll, furniture designer best known for creating the executive table desk, later head of the Hans G. Knoll Furniture Company
  • Edwin Shoemaker, co-founder of La-Z-Boy furniture company (from Monroe)
  • Peter Martin Wege, founder of Steelcase (from Grand Rapids)

[edit] Other business

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[edit] Cartoonists, illustrators, and animationists

[edit] A-L

[edit] M-Z

[edit] Civil rights and suffrage leaders and abolitionists

[edit] Infamous Michiganders

[edit] Inventors

[edit] Labor leaders

[edit] Military figures

[edit] Musicians and composers

[edit] Classical

[edit] Jazz and Blues

[edit] Motown, R&B and Soul music

[edit] Rock, Rap and Pop

[edit] Other musicians

[edit] Native American leaders

[edit] Political figures

[edit] National political figures

[edit] Michigan political figures

[edit] Other political figures

[edit] Religious leaders

[edit] Scholars

[edit] Economists, mathematicians and social scientists

[edit] Historians

[edit] Philosophers

[edit] Scientists

Detroit)

[edit] Other scholars and researchers

[edit] Sports figures

[edit] Baseball

[edit] A-L

[edit] M-Z

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Football

[edit] Ice hockey

[edit] Motorcycle racing

[edit] Olympics

[edit] Professional wrestling

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Other sports

[edit] Writers

[edit] Children's book writers

[edit] Fiction writers

[edit] Journalists and nonfiction writers

[edit] Playwrights and screenwriters

  • Ron Allen, playwright (born in Detroit)
  • Ron Milner, playwright (born in Detroit)
  • Neil LaBute, playwright, director, screenwriter (born in Detroit)
  • Terry Rossio, screenwriter and film producer (born in Kalamazoo)
  • Ivan Raimi, screenwriter (born in Detroit)
  • Sam Raimi, screenwriter, director, producer (born in Detroit)
  • Heather Raffo, playwright, actress (raised in Michigan)
  • Randolph Polasek, screenwriter of Hector & Hildy, Distributing Justice, AMMIETOWN, Senior Season(born and raised in Auburn Hills)

[edit] Poets

[edit] Other writers

[edit] Others

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Baulch, Vivian M. (January 31, 1998).Detroit is fertile ground for art. Michigan History, The Detroit News. Retrieved on June 6, 2008.
  2. ^ Collected Poems, Prose, & Plays. 10/1995 Library of America. Robert Frost. Edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Trade ISBN 1-883011-06-X

[edit] References and further reading

  • Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw (2000). The Detroit Almanac. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 0937247341. 
  • Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. 
  • Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4. 

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