Biographical Records

Notable People from Michigan

2,454 notable figures born in Michigan, showing page 42 of 50, ranked by historical prominence.

Bob Miller
Bob Miller
American baseball player
1926 – 2020
baseball player
Michael Villella
American actor
1940 – 2024
actorfilm actortelevision actor
Bob Seeley
American jazz musician
1928 – 2024
jazz musicianpianist
Dave Latter
American basketball player (1922-2000)
1922 – 2000
basketball player
James Lee
screenwriter (1923-2002)
1923 – 2002
playwrightscreenwriter
Chuck Coleman
Chuck Coleman
American aviator
1963 – 2024
commercial pilotaerobatics pilotaerospace engineer
Vanita Smythe
actor (1925-1994)
1925 – 1994
film actorstage actorsinger
Cecil Glen Foster
Cecil Glen Foster
USA Air Force ace (1925-2016)
1925 – 2016
Bob Chase
American sportscaster
1926 – 2016
sports commentator
Tom Meyer
American basketball player (1922-2019)
1922 – 2019
basketball player
Gladys Beckwith
American women's studies academic
1929 – 2020
activist
I. John Hesselink
I. John Hesselink
American academic
1928 – 2018
academic
Phyllis Kinney
Phyllis Kinney
American classical and folk singer who made her home in Wales
1922
musicologistsinger
Richard Bernard Moore
American man on death row in South Carolina
1965 – 2024
inmate
William S. Horton
American artist (1865-1936)
1865 – 1936
artist
Elmer Miller
American baseball player (1903-1987)
1903 – 1987
baseball player
Bob Neloms
American jazz musician (1942–2020)
1942 – 2020
music educatorjazz musicianpianist
Gordon Sherman Haight
Gordon Sherman Haight
American academic (1901-1985)
1901 – 1985
scholar of Englishliterary scholarman of letters
Charles Grube
Charles Grube
American football player (1904-1976)
1904 – 1976
American football player
William M. Boothby
American mathematician
1918 – 2021
university teachermathematician
Wes Carlson
Player of American football (1901-1989)
1901 – 1989
American football player
Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey
American tribal chairman (1972-2021)
1972 – 2021
politician
Margaret Helen Harper
Margaret Helen Harper
American computer programmer
1919 – 2014
programmer
Tom Yawkey
Tom Yawkey
major league baseball executive (1903-1976)
1903 – 1976
baseball playerbaseball manager
N. Lorraine Beebe
N. Lorraine Beebe
American state senator (1910–2005)
1910 – 2005
politician
Ted Cox
Ted Cox
American football player and coach (1903-1989)
1903 – 1989
athletics competitor
Sam Ross
American racing driver (1901-1980)
1901 – 1980
engineer
Roy Parmelee
Roy Parmelee
American baseball player
1907 – 1981
baseball player
Roy Clifford
American basketball player-coach (1900-1996)
1900 – 1996
basketball coachbasketball player
Norman A. Fox
American writer
1911 – 1960
novelistscreenwriter
Ray Allen Billington
American historian (1903-1981)
1903 – 1981
university teacherhistorian
Ralph R. Shaw
Ralph R. Shaw
American librarian and publisher (1907-1972)
1907 – 1972
librarian
Ralph M. Freeman
Ralph M. Freeman
United States federal judge (1902–1990)
1902 – 1990
lawyerjudge
Vic Desjardins
Vic Desjardins
American ice hockey player (1900–1988)
1900 – 1988
ice hockey player
Eddie Olson
American ice hockey player
1922 – 1995
ice hockey player
John W. Connolly
John W. Connolly
American lawyer (1911-1981)
1911 – 1981
lawyer
Herbert W. Kalmbach
American lawyer, banker, political fundraiser (1921–2017)
1921 – 2017
lawyer
Sid Wagner
American football player (1912-1972)
1912 – 1972
American football player
Norm Daniels
American football player and coach (1907-2009)
1907 – 2009
American football playerbaseball player
Merze Tate
Merze Tate
American academic (1905–1996)
1905 – 1996
academicjournalisthistorian
Robert W. Lenski
American screenwriter (1926-2002)
1926 – 2002
screenwriter
Vernon Keays
American film director
1900 – 1964
film director
William X. Kienzle
American writer (1928–2001)
1928 – 2001
novelist
Art Stolkey
American basketball player (1920-2013)
1920 – 2013
basketball player
Judy Nerat
American politician
1948 – 2012
politician
Ebony Dickinson
American basketball player (1977–2009)
1977 – 2009
basketball player
Louise Youtie
Louise Youtie
American Papyrologist
1909 – 2004
papyrologist
Kenneth Joseph Povish
Catholic bishop (1924-2003)
1924 – 2003
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Juliet Winters Carpenter
American translator
1948 – 2026
linguistjapanologisttranslator
Lee Gordon
Lee Gordon
American entrepreneur and rock and roll promoter who worked extensively in Australia in the late 1950s and early 1960s
1923 – 1963
promoterbusinessperson
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