Da Yoopers

Da Yoopers

from Michigan, Comedy musician, UpperPeninsulaofMichigan, Ishpeming, Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower Peninsula
Da Yoopers are a travelling comedy show and musical group from Ishpeming, a town located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Their act appeals to...
Douglass Houghton

Douglass Houghton

male, deceased (1845)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni, Mayor of Detroit, physician, keweenaw peninsula, UpperPeninsulaofMichigan, American
Douglass Houghton (September 21, 1809-October 13, 1845), was an American geologist and physician, primarily known for his exploration of the...
Frederic Baraga

Frederic Baraga

male, deceased (1868)
From Marquette, Michigan, death by stroke, Roman Catholic bishop, From Grand Rapids, Michigan, From Cincinnati, Servant of God…UpperPeninsulaofMichigan, University of Vienna
Frederic Baraga was a Slovenian American Roman Catholic missionary, bishop and grammarian. Irenej Friderik Baraga, Servant of God was born at...
John D. Voelker

John D. Voelker

male, deceased (1991)
Michigan Supreme Court justice, University of Michigan, Marquette County, Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan Supreme Court justices, Upper Peninsula…Anatomy of a Murder, Michigan writer, UpperPeninsulaofMichigan
John D. Voelker (June 19, 1903-March 19, 1991), better known by his pen name Robert Traver, was an attorney, judge, and writer. He is best known as...
Lilian Jackson Braun

Lilian Jackson Braun

female, 96 years old
New York Times, The Cat Who, Michigan Thumb, Cat Who series, The Cat Who Turned On and Off, Siamese cat…UpperPeninsulaofMichigan
Lilian Jackson Braun was born in 1913. She is well-known for her light-hearted series of "The Cat Who..." mystery novels. The "Cat Who" books...
Ander Monson

Ander Monson

male, 34 years old
Educator, From Grand Rapids, Michigan, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Upper Peninsula, University of Alabama…from Houghton, Michigan, New Michigan Press, from Michigan, UpperPeninsulaofMichigan
Ander Monson (born 1975) is an American novelist and poet. He was raised in Houghton, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula and received his Bachelor of...
Chase Osborn

Chase Osborn

male, deceased (1949)
Republican, University of Michigan, Delegate, from Michigan, governor of michigan, vice president…board of regents, UpperPeninsulaofMichigan, Michigan Republican Party, Upper Peninsula
Chase Salmon Osborn (January 22 1860 - April 11 1949) was an American politician, newspaper reporter and publisher, and explorer. He served as a...
Raphael Pumpelly

Raphael Pumpelly

male, deceased (1923)
Harvard University, Geologist, Siberia, mining, UpperPeninsulaofMichigan, American
Raphael Pumpelly (1837 - 1923) was an American geologist and explorer. Invited by the respective governments, he surveyed parts of Japan and China....

Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix

male, deceased (1761)
historian, Canadian clergy, French, Jesuit, Canadian, mississippi river…UpperPeninsulaofMichigan, northern michigan, Society of Jesus
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix was a French Jesuit traveller and historian distinguished as the first historian of New France. He was born a...

Crystal Hayes

female, 25 years old
From Northville, Michigan, from Oakland County, Michigan, UpperPeninsulaofMichigan, Lapeer, Rochester Hills, Miss Michigan USA…Miss Michigan Teen USA, from Michigan
Crystal Hayes (born September 25 1984) is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Michigan USA and competed at Miss USA. Hayes, who grew up in...