List of people from Michigan
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Notable people from the state of Michigan include:
- Spencer Abraham, US Senator and Secretary of Energy
- Muhammad Ali, boxer
- Tim Allen, actor
- Alice Cooper, musician
- Pam Dawber, actress
- John De Lorean, automobile industry entrepreneur
- Thomas Dewey, New York politician, lost presidential race in 1948
- Eminem, rapper
- Betty Ford, advocate for early detection of breast cancer and treatment of chemical dependency
- Gerald R. Ford, US President
- Henry Ford auto maker
- Berry Gordy, Jr., founder of Motown Records
- Jennifer Granholm, State governor
- Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist
- Philip A. Hart, US Senator
- Edward Herrmann, actor
- Charleton Heston, actor
- Robert Jarvik, medical inventor
- Derek Jeter, professional baseball player
- Magic Johnson, basketball legend and entrepreneur
- James Earl Jones, actor
- Kid Rock, musician
- Carl Levin, US Senator
- Sander M. Levin, US Representative
- Charles Lindbergh, aviator
- Madonna, singer
- Winsor McCay, pioneer cartoonist and film animator
- Michael Moore, writer and film-maker
- Ted Nugent, musician
- Larry Page, entrepreneur, co-founder of Google search engine
- Iggy Pop, musician
- Gilda Radner. comedienne
- Roger Reynolds, composer
- Donald W. Riegle, Jr., US Senator.
- Smokey Robinson, singer
- Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer
- Diana Ross, singer
- George C. Scott, actor
- Glenn T. Seaborg, chemist, Nobel prize winner
- Bob Seger, musician
- Claude E. Shannon, "father of information theory"
- Debbie Stabenow, US Senator.
- Danny Thomas, actor
- Marlo Thomas, actress
- Samuel C. C. Ting, physicist
- Lily Tomlin, actress and comedienne
- Arthur H. Vandenberg, US Senator
- Rudy Weidoeft, musician
- Kurt Wenner, painter
- Robin Williams, actor
- Jackie Wilson, singer
- Stevie Wonder, singer, musician, songwriter
- D'arcy Wretzky, musician
- Malcom X, Civil Rights Leader