- Larry Page
Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page (born March 26 1973 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Google internet search engine, now Google Inc., with Sergey Brin. Page is currently the President of Products at Google Inc. and has a net worth estimated at 16.6 billion dollars, making him the 26th richest (living) person in the world together with Sergey Brin according to Forbes' annual list of billionaires on 2007 - Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the 38th President (1974–1977), and 40th Vice President (1973–1974) of the United States. Ford was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment. Upon succession to the presidency, Ford became the only person to hold that office without having been elected either President or Vice President. - Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 61 years, writing a wide variety of plays, including celebrated plays such as "The Crucible", "A View from the Bridge", "All My Sons", and "Death of a Salesman", which are still studied and performed worldwide. - Tom Brady
Thomas Edward Brady, Jr. is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Brady graduated from Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California. He attended the University of Michigan and led Michigan to an Orange Bowl victory in the 1999 season. In the 2000 NFL Draft, Brady was selected by the New England Patriots in the 6th round (199th overall). Widely regarded as one of the best playoff quarterbacks of his era, … - Stephen M. Ross
New York City-based real estate developer Stephen M. Ross is founder, chairman and CEO of The Related Companies, L.P. (TRC) The developer of numerous high-profile projects in New York City and around the nation, TRC is best known for its historic 2.8 million-square-foot $1,700,000,000 Time Warner Center, which has transformed Columbus Circle into one of New York’s premier destinations. - Charles Woodson
Charles Woodson (born on October 7, 1976 in Fremont, Ohio) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Michigan for the Michigan Wolverines. In 1997, Woodson led the Wolverines to a national championship and won the Heisman Trophy. He is the only primarily defensive player to have won the award. Woodson was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft. - James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (b. January 17, 1931) is an American Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor of film and stage, well known for his deep baritone voice. - Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Gustav Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian sent to Budapest, Hungary under diplomatic cover to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. He worked to save the lives of many Hungarian Jews in the later stages of World War II by issuing them protective passports from the Swedish embassy. These documents identified the bearers as Swedish nationals awaiting repatriation. It is impossible to determine exactly how many Jews were rescued by his actions. - Selma Blair
Selma Blair (born June 23 1972) is an American actress. She became known in the late 1990s and has appeared in several supporting and lead roles in Hollywood films. - Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 Kinsman Township, Trumbull County, Ohio - March 13, 1938 Chicago) was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Bobby Franks (1924) and defending John T. Scopes in the so-called "Monkey" Trial (1925), in which he opposed the famous statesman William Jennings Bryan. - Ann Coulter
Recently, Suleman went on "The Today Show" and in an interview with Ann Coulter , a best-selling author and political commentator, Suleman said she loves ... - Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Wallace has been a correspondent for CBS's "60 Minutes" since its debut in 1968. During his career at "60 Minutes", he has interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers, including Ayn Rand, Deng Xiaoping, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Kurt Waldheim, Malcolm X, Yasser Arafat, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, Manuel Noriega, Jeffrey Wigand, … - Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is senior counsel at the global law firm DLA Piper, an active consultant for Goldman Sachs, and a former prominent American politician of the Democratic Party. Gephardt served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005, and Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. Previously, from 1989 to 1995 he was Majority Leader. - Sanjay Gupta
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a first generation Indian-American physician and a contributing CNN senior health correspondent based in Atlanta, Georgia. An Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Emory University and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, he is also a frequent guest on the news program "Anderson Cooper 360°". "Charity Hospital", a news report he filed for "Anderson Cooper 360°", … - Joe Dassin
Joseph Ira Dassin was a French-speaking American expatriate musician. Dassin was born in New York City to "film noir" director Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer. He began his childhood first in New York and Los Angeles, California. However after his father became a victim of the anti-communist policies of Senator Joseph McCarthy, he and his family moved from place to place across Europe. After studying at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, … - Chris Webber
Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III, better known as Chris Webber or C-Webb (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. He is a 5-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA rebounding champion, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee. - Theodore Huebner Roethke
Theodore Roethke (1908-1963). Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Roethke was the son of a greenhouse owner; greenhouses figure prominently in the imagery of his poems. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1929, where he also earned an M.A. in 1936 after graduate study at Harvard. He taught at several universities, coached two varsity tennis teams, and settled at the University of Washington in 1947. - Rich Eisen
Rich Eisen (born June 24, 1969) is an American television journalist. He is married to ESPN on ABC college football sideline reporter Suzy Shuster. - Judith Guest
Judith Guest (born March 29, 1936) is an American novelist and screenwriter. The great-niece of Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959), who had been a Poet Laureate of Michigan, Judith Guest was born in Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Dondero High School in Royal Oak in 1954, then studied English and psychology at the University of Michigan, graduating with a BA in education. - Benjamin D. Pritchard
Benjamin D. Pritchard (January 29, 1835 - November 26, 1907) was a U.S. Army officer, most known for leading the Union cavalry regiment which captured the fugitive Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, in the weeks surrounding the close of the American Civil War. - William Davidson
William Morse Davidson, J.D. (born December 5, 1923, Detroit, Michigan) is an entrepreneur and professional sports owner. He is the chairman of Guardian Industries Corp., one of the world's largest manufacturers of architectural and automotive glass. He is also the chairman of Palace Sports and Entertainment, principal owner of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA, the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL. - Dana Jacobson
Dana Jacobson joined ESPN as an ESPNEWS anchor in December 2002 and soon became a regular anchor on the 6 p.m edition of "SportsCenter". In March 2005, she was named co-host of "Cold Pizza", and transitioned with the show as it became "ESPN First Take". Jacobson provided sideline reporting for ESPN’s coverage of NBA Sunday night games. Jacobson graduated from the University of Michigan in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and communications. - Bruce Wasserstein
Bruce Wasserstein (born December 25, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American investment banker and businessman. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School, and is currently the Chairman and CEO of Lazard LLC. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Morris Wasserstein, a wealthy textile executive, and his wife, Lola Schleifer, Wasserstein is one of five children. - Joe Schwarz
John J. H. "Joe" Schwarz, M.D. (born November 15, 1937), a Republican from Michigan, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004. He represented the state's 7th Congressional district from January 2005 to January 2007. (map) - Betty Smith
Betty Smith (b. Elisabeth Wehner on December 15 1896 - d. 1972), was an American author, born in Brooklyn, New York to German immigrants. She grew up poor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These experiences served as the framework to her first novel, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", which was published in 1943. Having married early George H. E. Smith, a fellow Brooklynite, she moved with him to Ann Arbor, Michigan, … - James A. Baker
James A. Baker is an American government official at the Department of Justice, serving as Counsel for the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. James A. Baker is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received a J.D. and M.A. from the University of Michigan. He joined the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice as a federal prosecutor during the Clinton administration. - Bill Joy
Bill Joy served as Sun's Chief Scientist until 2003, and is now a partner with venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. - James Irwin
James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 - August 8, 1991) was a member of the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 and the eighth man to walk on the Moon. After health complications during the Apollo 15 mission forced him into retirement, James Irwin would go on to create High Flight a Christian youth organization. Irwin was one of 19 Astronauts selected by NASA in 1966 where he was the lunar module pilot. Irwin quoted the bible after landing on the Moon. - David Shuster
David Shuster (born 1967) is an American journalist for NBC News and MSNBC. He is a correspondent for "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and other MSNBC programs. He is based in Washington, D.C. - David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1955) is an American actor and comedian most known for his work on the sketch comedy television show "In Living Color". - Braylon Edwards
Braylon Jamel Edwards (born February 21, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. His father, Stanley, played football at the University of Michigan (1977-1981) and with the Houston Oilers (1982-1986) and Detroit Lions (1987). - Robert W. Vishny
Robert W. Vishny is an American economist and the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He received his A.B. with highest distinction (economics, mathematics, and philosophy) from the University of Michigan in 1981 and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985. He is one of the prominent representatives of the school of behavioural finance. - Harold Ford Jr.
Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is the current chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. Ford represented the state's, centered on Memphis, from 1997 to 2007. Ford did not seek reelection to his House seat in 2006 when he unsuccessfully sought the Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Bill Frist. - Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born June 25, 1945, Detroit, Michigan) is an American politician. She has been a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997. Since the 2002 redistricting the district she has represented the 13th District of Michigan comprised of most of Detroit and portions of Downriver. She is the Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus in the 110th Congress (2007-8). She is the mother of Detroit's current mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick. - Preston Robert Tisch
Preston Robert "Bob" Tisch (April 29, 1926 - November 15, 2005) was the chairman, and, with his brother Laurence, part owner of the Loews Corporation. Tisch was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn in 1926. On August 16, 1986, he was appointed Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service, serving until February 1988. Tisch received a BA degree in economics from the University of Michigan in 1948, … - Randy Napoleon
Randy Napoleon was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1977. The family moved to Ann Arbor, MI when he was two. His brother was born in 1980. One of Napoleon's formative experiences was in a big band at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, led by the trumpeter Louis Smith. He also learned in jam sessions at the Bird of Paradise club in Ann Arbor and by listening to WEMU jazz radio. Napoleon went on to study at the University of Michigan School of Music - Eric Millegan
Eric Millegan (born August 25 1974 in Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American actor, primarily known for his work on the Fox series "Bones" in which he plays Zack Addy. Millegan grew up in Springfield, Oregon. He studied acting at the Interlochen Arts Camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan before studying musical theatre at the University of Michigan. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. - Sam Zell
Samuel Zell , 66, has been a Director since 1984, and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1985. He has served as Chairman of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., a private investment company, since 1999 and its President since 2006; Zell has been the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Tribune Co., a diversified media company, since December 2007 and has been a Director since May 2007. - Robert Cailliau
Robert Cailliau (b. 26 January 1947) is one of the co-developers of the World Wide Web. - Samuel C. C. Ting
Samuel Chao Chung Ting (born January 27, 1936) is an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1976 for the discovery of the subatomic J/ψ particle with Burton Richter. Ting's ancestry is Rizhao (日照縣), Shandong, on mainland China. His parents, Kuan-hai Ting (丁觀海) and Tsun-ying Jeanne Wang (王雋英), met as graduate students in Michigan and moved back to the warring China when Samuel Ting was an infant.
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