List of Famous People From Michigan

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Below is a list of famous people that were born in Michigan.

List of Famous Directors, Filmmakers, and Producers From Michigan

Mike Binder, director, screenwriter and actor
Jerry Bruckheimer, movie and TV producer
Kerry Conran, screenwriter and director
Roger Corman, director and producer
Robert J. Flaherty, filmmaker best known his Nanook of the North
Francis Ford Coppola
Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes, film directors, producers, and screenwriters
John Hughes, director and writer of the Brat Pack films
Jake Kasdan, film and television director
Woodie King, Jr., stage and film director and producer
McG, film director
Michael Moore, filmmaker and writer
Ryan M. Place, film director and writer
Sam Raimi, director most known for movies The Evil Dead, Spider-Man, and producing Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys TV series
Terry Rossio, screenwriter and film producer
Paul Schrader, film director
Robert Shaye, co-CEO of New Line Cinema
Bill Carruthers Producer Director, Soupy, Press Your Luck, Frank Sinatra, Johhny Cash, Media advisor to Presidents
Harry Winer, film and television director and producer

List of Famous Radio and Television Personalities From Michigan

Byron Allen, comedian, TV talk show host
Kristen Bell, Actress
Sandra Bernhard, comedian
Cam Brainard, radio and TV announcer best known as the narrator of Breed All About It on Animal Planet
Selma Blair, Actress
Bob Eubanks, game show host most known for The Newlywed Game
Thom Hartmann, radio talk show host, broadcaster and author
Casey Kasem, radio personality host of American Top 40
James Lipton, host of the Bravo cable TV series, Inside the Actors Studio, writer and poet
Loni Love, comedian, featured on television shows such as Chelsea Lately and I Love The ’80s
Greg Mathis, Judge and later TV Judge
Ed McMahon, Tonight Show announcer and sidekick to Johnny Carson
George Noory, radio talk show host, Coast to Coast AM

List of Famous Painters From Michigan

Mathias Alten, impressionist painter from Grand Rapids
Frederick Stuart Church, 19th century painter
E. Irving Couse, painter and founding member of the Taos artist colony
Ian Hornak, realist painter
Bradley Jones
Carlos Lopez
Charles McGee
Gari Melchers
Julius Rolshoven
John Mix Stanley, 19th century painter and portraitist; cofounder of the forerunner to the Detroit Institute of Arts
Kent Twitchell, muralist and painter
Carol Wald
Kurt Wenner, painter
Ezra Winter, muralist, born 1886 in Traverse City. Works include Canterbury tales mural

List of Famous Photographers From Michigan

Talbert Abrams, “Father of Aerial Photography”
M.J. Alexander, American West photoessayist
Louis James Pesha, pioneering marine photographer
Bill Schwab, fine arts photographer born in Detroit

List of Famous Sculptors From Michigan

Marshall Fredericks
Julius T. Melchers
Carl Milles
Isamu Noguchi
Corrado Parducci
Carlo Romanelli
Edward Wagner

List of Famous Classical Musicians From Michigan

Joseph Alessi, classical tromboinst
Robert Ashley, opera composer
Theodore Baskin, principal oboist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
William Bolcom, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning pianist and composer,
David DiChiera, Director of the Detroit Opera House’s Michigan Opera Theatre.
Maria Ewing, opera mezzo-soprano and soprano
John S. Hilliard, classical composer
Angela Jia Kim, classical pianist
David Ott, classical composer
Elizabeth Parcells, opera soprano
Roger Reynolds, composer and a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1989 for Whispers Out of Time
Leo Sowerby, organist, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in music and classical composer
Thomas Schippers, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
George Shirley, opera singer
Joseph Silverstein, violinist and concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Cheryl Studer, opera singer
David Weber, classical clarinetist

List of Famous Jazz and Blues Players From Michigan

Pepper Adams, jazz baritone saxophonist
Geri Allen, jazz pianist
Dorothy Ashby, jazz harpist
Anita Baker, jazz and R&B singer
Marcus Belgrave, jazz trumpeter
Kenny Burrell, jazz guitarist
Donald Byrd, jazz trumpeter
Betty Carter, Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist
Regina Carter, jazz violinist
James Carter, jazz woodwind player
Ron Carter, jazz bassist and member of the Miles Davis Quintet
Alice Coltrane, jazz keyboardist, harpist and composer
Xavier Davis, jazz pianist
Tommy Flanagan, jazz pianist best known as Ella Fitzgerald’s accompanist
Kenny Garrett, jazz saxophonist
Barry Harris, bebop jazz pianist and educator
Joe Henderson, jazz saxophonist
Milt Jackson jazz vibraphonist
Elvin Jones jazz drummer of the hard bop era, part of John Coltrane’s quartet
Hank Jones, jazz pianist
Isham Jones, 1920s bandleader, violinist, saxophonist and songwriter
Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter
Earl Klugh, Grammy Award-winning jazz guitarist
Yusef Lateef, jazz saxophonist and flutist
Father Norman O’Connor
Dave Pike, jazz vibraphonist
Dianne Reeves, jazz vocalist and only person to have won the Grammy Award for “Best Jazz Vocal Performance” three times in a row
Frank Rosolino, jazz trombonist
Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist
Art Van Damme, jazz accordionist
Sippie Wallace, blues singer
Rudy Weidoeft, jazz saxophonist

List of Famous Motown, R&B, and Soul Music Stars From Michigan

Florence Ballard, Motown era singer, original lead singer of The Supremes,
Lamont Dozier, Motown era composer, member of Holland-Dozier-Holland
The Four Tops, Motown era group with two number one hits
Aretha Franklin, singer known as “The Queen of Soul”
Matt Giraud, Piano player, Drummer, R&B, Soul & Blues Singer
Al Green Soul & Gospel Singer, & Pastor; grew up in Grand Rapids.
Brian Holland, Motown era composer, member of Holland-Dozier-Holland
Edward Holland, Jr., Motown era composer, member of Holland-Dozier-Holland
Adina Howard, R&B singer
Mable John, first female singer to sign with Berry Gordy
The Jones Girls, R&B Trio
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars, Motown era group whose song “Shotgun” went number one
Kem, R&B/soul singer
Bettye LaVette, soul singer
Barbara Lewis, singer known for hits Baby I’m Yours and Make Me Your Baby
The Marvelettes, Motown era group whose “Please Mr. Postman” went number one
Freda Payne, Motown era singer
Martha Reeves, solo R&B singer and lead singer of the Motown group Martha and the Vandellas
Smokey Robinson, Motown era singer
Diana Ross, lead singer of The Supremes and solo artist
The Spinners, R&B group
The Temptations, Motown group that won three Grammy awards with 14 number one hits
Edwin Starr, soul music singer, best known for his anti-war number one hit “War”
Mary Wells, Motown era singer best known for her song My Guy which hit number one
Kim Weston, Motown and R&B singer
Jackie Wilson, R&B singer
Stevie Wonder, singer, musician, songwriter and winner of 24 Grammy awards
Philippe Wynne, R&B and gospel singer
LaKisha Jones, R&B and Soul singer who ranked fourth in the sixth season of American Idol

List of Famous Rock, Rap, and Pop Stars From Michigan

Aaliyah, singer and actress
Gregg Alexander, singer and songwriter
Anybody Killa, rapper
Hank Ballard, early rock musician best known for The Twist
The Black Dahlia Murder, a melodic death metal/metalcore band
Blaze Ya Dead Homie, rapper
Sonny Bono, singer, record producer and California politician
Donald Brewer, drummer for Grand Funk Railroad
Alice Cooper, musician
Eminem, rapper
Esham, rapper
Mark Farner, lead singer of Grand Funk Railroad
Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack and co-writer of “My Sharona”
Glenn Frey, founding member of rock band The Eagles
Craig Frost, keyboardist
James Gurley, rock guitarist
Bill Haley, early rock musician most known for his Rock Around the Clock
Insane Clown Posse – hip hop group
Maynard James Keenan, frontman of Tool and A Perfect Circle
Still Remains, MetalCore band
Anthony Kiedis, lead singer, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Chad Smith, drummer, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kid Rock, musician
Wayne Kramer, guitarist
Madonna, singer
“MC5″ – groundbreaking protopunk band
Natas, hip hop group
Jason Newsted, bassist for Metallica
Matt Noveskey, bassist for Blue October
Ted Nugent, musician
Craig Owens, vocalist of the band Chiodos
Iggy Pop, rock musician
Mike Posner, synthpop and electropop singer-songwriter
Suzi Quatro, singer, bassist, and actress
The Romantics – New Wave rock band
Mitch Ryder, rock musician
Bob Schneider, Texas-based rock musician and former boyfriend of Sandra Bullock
Bob Seger, rock singer
Del Shannon, early rock singer and guitarist
Jim ‘Soni’ Sonefeld, drummer & percussionist for Hootie & The Blowfish
Sponge, post-grunge band
The Stooges, rock band
Taproot, nu metal band
“Thought Industry – progressive metal band
Twiztid, hip hop group
“The Verve Pipe”, post-grunge band
Uncle Kracker, rock musician
The Von Bondies, indie rock/alternative band
Narada Michael Walden, multi-platinum record producer and songwriter
“The White Stripes”, minimalist blues-rock duo
D’arcy Wretzky, bass player for The Smashing Pumpkins
Bedford Drive, Alternative rock band
Question Mark & the Mysterians, rock band
Big Sean Rapper raised in
Royce da 5’9 Rapper from
Johnny Desmond, singer
Patrick Elkins, songwriter, performance artist and puppeteer
Justin Hicks, Hip-Hop Musician, Ann Arbor
Marion Hutton, singer
Bernie Krause, pioneer in Moog synthesizers and folk singer with The Weavers
Joseph LoDuca, film score composer
John Lowery, guitarist, better known as John5. Former member of Marilyn Manson
Stephen Lynch, comic musician
Geoff Moore, Christian contemporary music Grammy-winning singer and songwriter
Zeena Parkins, avant garde harpist
Sycamore Smith, folk singer
Tom Smith, filker, folk musician
Noel Stookey, better known as “Paul” in Peter, Paul and Mary folk group
Sufjan Stevens, folk musician
Dan Vaillancourt, Funktified Folk musician
Vickie Winans Gospel recording artist
George Winston, Grammy Award-winning new age pianist

List of Famous Politicians From Michigan

Spencer Abraham, US Senator and United States Secretary of Energy
Henry B. Brown, US Supreme Court Justice from 1891–1906 and author for the Court opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson
Jesse Brown, US Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs under President Bill Clinton
Wilber Marion Brucker, United States Secretary of the Army and Michigan governor
Roy D. Chapin,Sr., United States Secretary of Commerce under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Betty Ford, former First Lady, and advocate of breast cancer early detection and chemical dependency treatment
Gerald R. Ford, US President
Reed E. Hundt, Federal Communications Commission Chairman under President Bill Clinton
Robert McClelland, Governor of Michigan from 1852–1853 and US Secretary of the Interior under President James Buchanan
Cecilia Muñoz, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs under President Barack Obama
George W. Romney, Governor of Michigan, former chairman of American Motors, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts, and 2008 president candidate,
Rodney E. Slater, U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton
Margaret Spellings, United States Secretary of Education under President George W. Bush, and co-author of the No Child Left Behind Act
Gene Sperling, National Economic Advisor to President Bill Clinton
Potter Stewart, US Supreme Court justice
Edwin F. Uhl, served as Mayor of Grand Rapids, Ambassador to Germany, and Assistant Secretary of State, and for thirteen days in 1895 Acting U.S. Secretary of State
Russell A. Alger, Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, Secretary of War during the Spanish American War
Austin Blair, anti-slavery governor of Michigan
Prentiss M. Brown, U.S. Senator and later chairman of Detroit Edison Company and the Mackinac Bridge Authority
John Conyers, second-longest serving member of the US House of Representatives
John Dingell, longest serving member of the US House of Representatives
John Engler, three-term Governor of Michigan
Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan,
Alexander Groesbeck
Philip A. Hart, US Senator
Carl Levin, US Senator
T. John Lesinski, Michigan Lieutenant Governor and judge
Sander M. Levin, US Congressman
Charles E. Potter, U.S. Senator
Donald W. Riegle, Jr., US Senator
Dorothy Comstock Riley, Michigan Supreme Court judge, and first Hispanic woman to be elected to the Supreme Court of any state
Debbie Stabenow, US Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg, US Senator
G. Mennen Williams
Howard Wolpe, US Congressman, Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Director of the Africa Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Arthur Brown, U.S. Senator from Utah
Laurie Perry Cookingham, known as the “Dean of City Managers” since serving as City Manager of Kansas City, Missouri for 19 years
Dr. Royal S. Copeland, U.S. Senator from New York
Rennie Davis, prominent anti-Vietnam War protest leader of the 1960s
Thomas Dewey, New York governor, lost presidential race in 1944 and 1948
Frank Emerson, Wyoming governor
Elisha Peyre Ferry, first governor of the Washington Territory and Civil War colonel
Obadiah Gardner, US Senator for Maine
Tom Hayden, social and political activist, politician
Tom Price, Congressman from Georgia
John Sinclair, political activist, writer, musician
Jan Ting, unsuccessful 2006 candidate of U.S. Senate for Delaware

List of Famous Religious leaders From Michigan

Dave Armstrong, Roman Catholic
Frederic Baraga, Roman Catholic missionary, bishop and Ojibway and Ottawa grammarian
D. M. Canright, early leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
D. Stanley Coors, American Bishop of the Methodist Church
Daniel Dolan, Traditional Catholic bishop
Walter Elliott, 19th century Roman Catholic priest whose writing sparked the Americanism heresy
James Aloysius Hickey, Cardinal and Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington
Bruce R. McConkie, prominent Apostle and theologian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Josh McDowell, leading Evangelical Christian apologist and author
Wallace Fard Muhammad, founder of Nation of Islam
Thomas Gumbleton, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Henry Churchill King, theologian, president of Oberlin College and member of the King-Crane Commission on the status of Palestine
Baba Rexheb, Moslem leader and mystic, founder of the Bektashi Sufi lodge in Taylor
Edmund Szoka, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
John A. Trese, priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Allen Henry Vigneron, Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland in California
Geerhardus Vos, theologian known as the “Father of Reformed Biblical Theology”
Raymond Wargelin, president of Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, professor at Suomi College,
Ellen G. White, founding member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
James Springer White, founding member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Rabbi Sherwin Wine, founder of the Society for Humanistic Judaism

List of Famous Scientists From Michigan

Werner Emmanuel Bachmann, biochemistry pioneer in steroid synthesis who carried out the first total synthesis of a steroidal hormone, equilenin
Liberty Hyde Bailey, botanist
Bob Bemer, computer scientist
Robert John Braidwood, archaeologist and anthropologist
J. Harlen Bretz, geologist
Lyman James Briggs, engineer, physicist, headed the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium
Robert L. Carroll, paleontologist
Douglas Houghton Campbell, botanist
Charles Horton Cooley, one of the founders of sociology
Kazimierz Fajans, chemist
David Fairchild, botanist
Robert M. Graham, computer scientist, contributed to Multics
Alfred Hershey, Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist
Robert E. Horton, “father of hydrology, ecologist and soil scientist
Nicholas Hotton III, paleontologist
Douglass Houghton, first state geologist of Michigan, explorer of Keeweenaw County
John H. Hubbell, radiation physicist
Edward Israel, astronomer and polar explorer
Alfred V. Kidder, archaeologist
Forest Ray Moulton, astronomer
Wardell Pomeroy, psychologist known for his work on sexual behavior
Paul Rehak, archaeologist born in Ann Arbor
Jonas Salk [2] Head of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan
Glenn T. Seaborg, chemist, Nobel prize winner
Samuel C. C. Ting, Nobel Prize- winning physicist
James Craig Watson, astronomer
Thomas Huckle Weller, Nobel Prize winner in medicine
Leslie White, anthropologist and major advocate of neoevolutionism

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