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
• Malcom X, Civil Rights Leader

Related topics

• List of people by U.S. state
• List of Governors of Michigan
• List of United States Senators from Michigan
• People from Detroit