Biographical Records
Notable People from Michigan
2,454 notable figures born in Michigan, showing page 27 of 50, ranked by historical prominence.
Bob Rush
1925 – 2011
baseball player
Marion R. Rodgers
1921 – 2017
aircraft pilotmilitary officer
Andrew J. Transue
1903 – 1995
politicianlawyer
Emerson LeRoy Cummings
1902 – 1986
military personnel
Edward Thomas Williams
1901 – 1973
military personnel
Leo John Trese
1902 – 1970
Catholic priestwriter
Wally Gilbert
1900 – 1958
baseball player
Thomas M. Kavanagh
1909 – 1975
politicianlawyerjudge
Collin Wilcox
1924 – 1996
novelistscreenwriter
Paul L. Adams
1908 – 1990
politicianlawyerjudge
John McHale
1921 – 2008
baseball playergeneral manager
William LeMessurier
1926 – 2007
structural engineerengineer
Ben Schadler
1924 – 2015
baseball playerbasketball player
L. William Seidman
1921 – 2009
economist
Lynn Chandnois
1925 – 2011
American football playerbasketball player
Manuel Moroun
1927 – 2020
businessperson
Margaret Hillert
1920 – 2014
children's writerteacherwriter
John J. Lloyd
1922 – 2014
theatre designerproduction designer
David C. Clark
1926 – 2015
politicianjudge
James C. Harrison
1925 – 1990
artist
John H. Waller
1923 – 2004
spy
Lee Bartlett
1907 – 1972
javelin throwerathletics competitor
Shirley Spork
1927 – 2022
golfer
George E. Ball
1926 – 2019
scientific collectorentomologisttaxonomist
John K. Gerhart
1907 – 1981
military officer
Lee Abramson
1970 – 2016
politiciancomposer
Jack Zander
1908 – 2007
television directorfilm directoranimator
Jack Harris
1902 – 1973
American football player
Frank Isola
1925 – 2004
jazz musicianmusiciandrummer
David Harold Byrd
1900 – 1986
businessperson
Harry Newman
1909 – 2000
American football player
Harold J. Grimm
1901 – 1983
university teacherhistorian
Harald Herborg Nielsen
1903 – 1973
university teacherphysicist
Frederick Weber
1905 – 1994
fencermodern pentathleteathlete
Paul H. Todd, Jr.
1921 – 2008
politician
F. A. Harper
1905 – 1973
economist
Robert J. Huber
1922 – 2001
politician
Herbert Brean
1907 – 1973
novelistjournalistwriter
Arno Marsh
1928 – 2019
jazz musiciansaxophonist
Bob Chester
1908 – 1977
jazz musiciansaxophonistbandleader
Frank Hershey
1907 – 1997
car designerdesignerengineer
Chick Hannan
1901 – 1980
television actoractor
Maynard Lyndon
1907 – 1999
architect
Don Cameron
1905 – 1954
comics writercrime fiction writernovelist
Harry Joseph Brooks
1902 – 1928
aircraft pilottest pilot
William R. Royal
1905 – 1997
civil engineeranthropologistengineer
Avis DeVoto
1904 – 1989
journalist
Viola Turpeinen
1909 – 1958
accordionistmusician
Frank W. Notestein
1902 – 1983
demographerstatisticianauthor
Clarence Shaw
1926 – 1973
jazz musiciantrumpetermusician