- Chad Everett
Chad Everett (born June 11, 1936) is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and television series but is probably best known for his role as Dr. Joe Gannon in the 1970s television drama " Medical Center". - Eddie Slovik
Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 - January 31,1945) was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. Although over twenty-one thousand soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II-including forty-nine death sentences-only Slovik's death sentence was carried out. - Marian Bayoff Ilitch
Marian Ilitch (aka Malina Bayoff Ilitch) was born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, the daughter of Macedonian immigrants. She met her future husband Mike Ilitch in 1954 when the two went on a blind date arranged by his father. A year later, they were married. They have seven children. The Ilitch's founded Little Caesars Pizza in 1959 and have expanded their interests to include restaurants, entertainment, sports and gambling. - Art James
Art James (October 15, 1929 - March 27, 2004) was an American game show host, best known for shows such as "The Who, What, Or Where Game" and "Pay Cards!". He was also the announcer on the classic game show "Concentration." He was born "Artur Simeonvich Elimchik" in Dearborn, Michigan to Russian immigrants (fluent in Russian, he taught English to Russian immigrants). He attended Wayne State University in nearby Detroit, … - Robert P. Griffin
Robert Paul Griffin (born November 6 1923) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Griffin was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended public schools in Garden City and Dearborn. During the Second World War, he enlisted in the 71st Infantry Division in 1943 and spent fourteen months in Europe. After the war, he graduated from Central Michigan College at Mount Pleasant in 1947. - Jerome Wiesner
Jerome Wiesner (May 30, 1915 – October 21, 1994) was an educator, a science advisor to U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, an advocate for arms control, and a critic of anti-ballistic-missile defense systems. He was also an outspoken advocate for the exploration of outer space using only unmanned satellites, most notably in his consistent denouncement of Project Mercury and its follow-ups. - Gino Polidori
Gino H. Polidori is a politician from the State of Michigan. He is a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. He is a Democrat and he represents the 15th district, which is located in Wayne County and includes the city of Dearborn. - Russ Gibb
Russ Gibb is a concert promoter and media personality from Dearborn, Michigan, probably most famous for his role in the Paul is Dead phenomenon. He operated Detroit's Grande Ballroom and was a major player in the late sixties/early seventies Motor City music scene. He was instrumental in giving the MC5 and Iggy Pop their start. The Grande Ballroom also was where the Who played their rock opera, "Tommy," for the first time in the United States. - Jim Snyder
James Robert Snyder (born August 15, 1932 in Dearborn, Michigan) was a second baseman for the Minnesota Twins from 1961 to 1964. He never was a starter and was used only as a backup for Harmon Killebrew in Minnesota. After his playing days, he became a coach, and in the 1988 season, he became the interim manager for the Seattle Mariners when Dick Williams was fired after only 56 games. He finished the year 45-60, good for last place in the American League West. - Kid McCoy
Charles "Kid" McCoy, who was born Norman Selby was an American world champion boxer. Born in Moscow, Rush County, Indiana, McCoy was noted for his "corkscrew punch"-a blow delivered with a twisting of the wrist. According to McCoy he learned the punch one evening, while resting in someone's barn, after a day of riding the rails, by watching a cat strike at a ball of string. Whether true or not, McCoy was known as a fast, … - Ed Bagdon
Edward Bagdon (April 30, 1926 - October, 1990) was an American football offensive lineman in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for Michigan State University. - William Dear
William Dear (born 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a film director. Among his credits are "Harry and the Hendersons" (1987), "Angels in the Outfield" (1994), and "Santa Who?" (2000). - Tarick Salmaci
"The Arabian Prince"Tarick Salmaci (pronounced sal-mas-EE) (b. February 28 1972, He is of Lebanese decent. - Adele Mara
Adele Mara, also known as Adelaide Delgado is an American actress, active in the mid 20th-century, most famous for her roles in the films "Angel in Exile" and "Sands of Iwo Jima". She also appeared in "Count the Hours", a 1953 Don Siegel film. She was born on April 28 1923 in Highland Park, Michigan. - John Lesinski Jr.
John Lesinski, Jr. (December 28, 1914 - October 21, 2005) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was the son of John Lesinski, Sr. Lesinski was born in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of eleven years, he moved with his parents to Dearborn. He attended parochial schools, SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, and graduated from Fordson High School in Dearborn.
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