- Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr. (born October 11, 1925, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a popular American novelist and screenwriter.
- Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley (born July 28, 1972) is an American television, film, and stage actress. She is known for her roles on the television series "Saved by the Bell" and the 1995 film "Showgirls".
- Alexi Lalas
Panayotis Alexander (Alexi) Lalas (b. June 1 1970, Birmingham, Michigan) is a former Greek-American football defender, who became one of the most famous soccer players in the United States after he played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He became the first modern-era American soccer player to play in the Italian Serie A - an honor recently matched by New York City-born Gabriel Ferrari of Sampdoria- and in 2006, he was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
- Shane Battier
Shane Battier , now 23 years of age, is already an accomplished individual. Battier graduated from Duke University in May 2001 with a degree in Comparative Religion, and with an NCAA championship.
- L. Brooks Patterson
Lewis Brooks Patterson (b. January 4 1939) is an American lawyer and politician, currently County Executive of Oakland County, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Detroit Mercy, and his Juris Doctor in 1967 from its law school, and was admitted to the bar as an attorney. In December 2006, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.
- Al Jean
Al Jean (b. January 9, 1961 Farmington Hills, Michigan) is a television comedy writer best known for his work on "The Simpsons". He graduated from Harrison High School and attended Harvard University, where he majored in mathematics and wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. Prior to attending Harrison, Al Jean attended Roeper City & Country School, a school for gifted children in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
- Brent Johnson
Brent Johnson (born March 12, 1977 in Farmington, Michigan) is a goaltender for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. Originally a draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche, he started his NHL career with the St. Louis Blues and played there until he was traded during the 2003-04 season to the Phoenix Coyotes. Johnson was signed to the Vancouver Canucks prior to the start of the 2005-06 season, but was claimed on waivers by the Capitals.
- Dan Gilbert
Daniel "Dan" Gilbert is the Chairman and founder of Rock Finanical and Quicken Loans Inc. Dan Gilbert is also the majority owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers (having purchased them in March 2005). He then purchased the American Hockey League's Utah Grizzlies and brought them to Cleveland, and renamed them the Lake Erie Monsters.
- Jay Gibbons
Jay Gibbons (b. March 2 1977, Rochester, Michigan) is a right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles. He also plays first base and has spent all of his career in the major leagues with the Orioles. Gibbons was a graduate of Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California. He played college ball at California State University, Los Angeles. He wore #25 until Rafael Palmeiro signed a contract with the Orioles in 2004. Out of respect for the older and more established Palmeiro, …
- Barbara Lewis
Barbara Lewis (b. February 9 1943), is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues. Born and raised in Salem, Michigan, near Ann Arbor, Barbara Lewis was writing and recording by her teens with producer Ollie McLaughlin (a black DJ at Ann Arbor radio station WHRV, now WAAM, who is also credited with discovering Del Shannon). Lewis' first single release in 1962, the uptempo "My Heart Went Do Dat Da," did not chart nationally, …
- Jay Abel Hubbell
Jay Abel Hubbell was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Hubbell was born in Avon (now Rochester Hills, Michigan). He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1853, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. He was elected district attorney of the Upper Peninsula in 1857 and 1859.
- Conrad Hilberry
Conrad Hilberry (born 1928, Ferndale, Michigan) is an American poet. Hilberry went to Oberlin College for his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts, and continued his studies with a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a professor of English at Kalamazoo College from 1962-1998. Hilberry is the author of nine books of poetry. Hilberry is also the author of "Luke Karamazov" (1987), a nonfiction first person narrative of two sociopaths.
- Bill Virdon
William Charles Virdon (born June 9, 1931 in Hazel Park, Michigan) is a former outfielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. A premier defensive outfielder during his playing days (1955-65) as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates (winning a Gold Glove in 1962), Virdon also had a long tenure in the major leagues as a manager, with the Pirates (1972-73), New York Yankees (1974-75), Houston Astros (1975-82), …
- Noel Stookey
Noel Paul Stookey (born December 30 1937) is a singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the trio Peter, Paul and Mary. He is an alumnus of Michigan State University. His best-known composition is "The Wedding Song (There is Love)", which charted in the early 1970s and remains popular for performance during wedding services. He wrote the song as a wedding gift for Peter Yarrow. Stookey assigned the copyright to this song to the Public Domain Foundation.
- William Dufty
William Francis Dufty (1916 - 2002) was an American writer, and nutrition activist. Including ghostwriting, he wrote approximately 40 books. Dufty attended Wayne State University in Detroit. Even in his final decade, he spoke often to students there about unionism. His first and one of his most beloved causes was unionism. Dufty was an organizer for the United Auto Workers, wrote speeches for former UAW President Walter Reuther, …
- Jack Leo van Impe
Jack Leo Van Impe (born June 15 1931) is a televangelist who appears on his weekly television show "Jack Van Impe Presents". Van Impe's website claims that he is known as the "Walking Bible" because of his extensive memorization of Bible verses. (He claims to use neither cue-cards nor teleprompters while on the air.)
- Jason Varitek
Jason Andrew Varitek (born April 11, 1972) is an American baseball player born in Rochester, Michigan. After being traded as a minor league prospect by the Seattle Mariners, Varitek has played his entire major league career for the Boston Red Sox. A two time all-star and Gold Glover, Varitek was an integral part of the 2004 World Series Championship. In 2005 he was named the captain of the Red Sox, the third player given the honor. He is a switch-hitting catcher.
- David Spade
David Wayne Spade (born July 22 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a castmember on "Saturday Night Live". He currently stars as single man Russell on CBS's sitcom, "Rules of Engagement" and is also hosting the third season of his entertainment parody show, "The Showbiz Show with David Spade" on Comedy Central.
- Christine Lahti
Born April 04, 1950 - Unpredictable American actress Christine Lahti majored in drama at the University of Michigan, then toured Europe with a group of pantomimists. She studied with Uta Hagen in New York, taking whatever stage work that came along (including her Obie award-winning performance in an Off-Broadway revival of Little Murders) before being steadily employed ... Continue Bio >>
- Dita von Teese
Dita Von Teese is a popular American burlesque artist, model and actress. She is one of the instigators of the burlesque revival, and has been a considerable factor in bringing burlesque to mainstream attention. She initially rose to fame during her relationship with Marilyn Manson, whom she married and subsequently divorced.
- Ruth Johnson
Ruth Johnson is a Michigan politician. She is the County Clerk / Register of Deeds for Oakland County, and was the 2006 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor as the running mate of Dick DeVos. Since the election she has tried to distance herself from DeVos on several levels, because of this some experts think she will run for statewide office in 2010, either as governor or Secratery of State. Johnson was an Oakland County Commissioner from 1988 to 1998, …
- Earl Wilson
Robert Earl Wilson (name changed from Earl Lawrence Wilson was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1959-60, 1962-66), Detroit Tigers (1966-1970) and San Diego Padres (1970). Wilson batted and threw right handed. He was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. In an 11-season career, Wilson posted a 121-109 record with 1452 strikeouts and a 3.69 ERA in 2051.2 innings pitched.
- John Heffron
John Heffron (born in Detroit, Michigan; raised in South Lyon) is an American stand-up comic. He is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University. By the time he reached 25 years of age, he was a successful comedian and took a job as radio sidekick to Danny Bonaduce on a highly rated Detroit morning show. He has appeared on "Comedy Central Presents", "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, and won Season 2 of "Last Comic Standing".
- Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay (born February 12, 1984) is an American Freestyle swimmer, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Vanderkaay competed on the 4x200m freestyle relay team of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Klete Keller, that upset the favored Australian team of Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Michael Klim, and Nicholas Sprenger. The same American relay would go on to set an American Record in the same event at the FINA 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, …
- Justin Bartha
Justin Bartha (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor, known for co-starring in the film "National Treasure".
- Andy Chapman
Andrew "Andy" Chapman is an English-born former star American indoor soccer player. An Arsenal F.C. signee at age 17, Chapman went to the United States in 1980 to play outdoors for the California Sunshine of the American Soccer League. He then played five seasons with the Detroit Express (ASL). Chapman then began his indoor career. He played for MISL teams the Wichita Wings, Baltimore Blast, and Cleveland Force.
- Becky Baeling
Rebecca "Becky Baeling" Bahling (born May 1 1977, Rochester, Michigan) is an American Dance-pop music singer, as well as an actress. She holds a BFA from University of Michigan musical theatre performance program, and also spent a semester at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.
- Greg Lalas
Greg Lalas is a former professional football (soccer) player, who is most well-known for being the brother of Alexi Lalas. Greg is currently a color commentator for the New England Revolution and a columnist for Sports Illustrated's Web site. His Major League Soccer career consisted of only five games played, 100 minutes, one shot on goal, and one foul committed.
- Clarence Dayton Hillman
Clarence Dayton Hillman (1870-1935) was a prominent businessman and real estate developer in Seattle, Washington at the beginning of the 20th century. Born in Birmingham, Michigan, his parents both died before he was ten years old. Quitting school after the second grade, he and his brother sold newspapers in Chicago, Illinois before heading west in 1891 to seek their fortunes in California.
- Gerald S. McGowan
Gerald Stephen "Jerry" McGowan (born September 3 1946) was appointed United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Portugal on November 10 1997, and was sworn in by Vice President Al Gore. He presented his credentials in Lisbon, Portugal on March 19 1998 and left his post on July 3 2001.
- Pam Dawber
Pam Dawber (October 18, 1951 in Farmington Hills, Michigan) is an American actress, best known for her role as Mindy McConnell in "Mork & Mindy".
- Nick Luchey
James Nicolas "Nick" Luchey (b. March 30 1977, Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American football fullback for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. Luchey was drafted in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft (135th Overall) by the Cincinnati Bengals out of the University of Miami. He entered the NFL using the name Nick Williams but changed his surname to Luchey in August 2002 to honor his father and grandfather.
- Mike Binder
Mike Binder (born 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor. A native of Detroit, Mike Binder grew up in a Jewish community within Birmingham, one of the city's suburbs, and attended Camp Tamakwa, on which he based his 1993 film "Indian Summer". Binder began his career as a standup comedian. This led to his own HBO "One Night Stand" special. Binder's first screenplay, "Coupe de Ville" (1990), was directed by Joe Roth.
- Meg Oliver
Megan Elisabeth Oliver (b. June 15 1970, Birmingham, Michigan) is a reporter for CBS News. In March 2006, she became anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, "Up to the Minute". In 1993 she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Montana. From 1993 to 1995, Oliver worked in Kalispell, Montana as a reporter and anchor at television station, KCFW-TV. From 1995 to 1997, she worked for North West Cable News at offices in Seattle, …
- Andy Meisner
Andrew Meisner is a politician from Ferndale, Michigan. He is a Democratic Party member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. He is a co-founder of Michigan Democratic Action Network (MDAN), an organization created to engage young adults in the political process.
- Tim Gleason
Tim Gleason (b. January 29 1983, Clawson, Michigan) is a professional ice hockey defenceman for the Carolina Hurricanes. Gleason was drafted twenty-third overall from the Windsor Spitfires in the first round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. Before playing any games with the Senators, Gleason was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on March 11 2003 for Bryan Smolinski. After spending three years in the Kings organization, …
- Crystal Hayes
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 the Upper Peninsula of Michigan region, is a pageant veteran, having completed in numerous other pageants before winning the Miss Michigan USA crown. Her first placement came in the Miss Michigan Teen USA pageant when she placed in the semi-finals. She returned the following year and placed in the finals in the same pageant.
- Kelly Best
Kelly Best (born 26 September, 1986) is a beauty queen from Troy, Michigan who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007. Best won the Miss Michigan USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Port Huron, Michigan on 21 October 2006. It was her first attempt at the title, although she had placed fourth runner-up in the Miss Michigan Teen USA 2004 competition and was a semi-finalist in the 2002 event.
- Frances Dodge
Frances Dodge (November 17, 1914 - January 24, 1971) was an internationally known horsewoman. She was the eldest of the three siblings of John Francis Dodge (co-founder of Dodge Motor Company) and his third wife Matilda Dodge. She finished boarding school at Mt. Vernon Seminary in 1933 and married James Johnson on July 1, 1938. On her 25th birthday, in 1939, she received control of her $10,000,000 trust fund from the Dodge estate.
- Sheila Young
Sheila Young-Ochowicz (born 14 October 1950 in Birmingham, Michigan) is a former speed skater and track cyclist from the United States.