List of people from Michigan

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A list of notable people from the U.S. state of Michigan. Bolding indicates places in Michigan.

[edit] Actors, Entertainers, and Filmmakers

[edit] Actors

[edit] A-E

[edit] F-K

[edit] L-R

[edit] S-Z

[edit] Directors and Producers

[edit] Radio and Television Personalities

[edit] Reporters and Sportscasters

[edit] Other

[edit] Architects

[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. DuPree, 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

[edit] Cartoonists, Illustrators, and Animationists

[edit] Civil Rights and Suffrage Leaders and Abolitionists

[edit] Infamous Michiganians

[edit] Inventors

[edit] Labor Leaders

[edit] Military Figures

[edit] Musicians and Composers

[edit] Classical

[edit] Jazz and Blues

[edit] Motown, R&B and Soul

[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

became the foundation of films in both France and the United States (born in Detroit)

[edit] Scientists

[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

[edit] Poets

[edit] Other Writers

[edit] Others

[edit] See also

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