List of people from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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The following is a list of Notable Ann Arborites (people born in or associated with the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan). Note that it does not include people associated with Ann Arbor only as students or alumni of the University of Michigan.
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Activists and advocates [edit]
- Keith Hefner, activist
Actors and models [edit]
- Grace Henderson (1860–1944), stage and silent film actress
- Austin Nichols, actor
- Lara Phillips, film and television actress
- Kristina and Karissa Shannon, Playboy models
- Martha Vickers (1925–1971), actress
- Grace Lee Whitney, actress
Artists [edit]
- Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker
- Fred Gallagher, cartoonist
- David S. Goyer, filmmaker
- Gerome Kamrowski, abstract painter
- Michael Kapetan, sculptor[1]
- Terry LaBan, cartoonist
- Benjamin McCready, portrait painter
- Anna Sui, fashion designer[citation needed]
- Rebecca Tobey, sculptor
- Timothy Van Laar, painter
- Emil Weddige (1907-2001), painter, lithographer[2]
- Leo Zulueta – tattoo artist[3]
Athletes and sports figures [edit]
- Aaron Bailey, NFL wide receiver
- Charles A. Baird (c. 1870–1944), first UM athletic director
- Eric Pullins, professional wrestler: Eric Castle
- Evan Bates, figure skater
- Keith Bostic, NFL defensive back
- Rebecca Bross, artistic gymnast
- Ian Cole, professional hockey prospect
- Fritz Crisler (1899–1982), football coach
- Ali Curtis, professional soccer player
- Tom Ehman, Jr., racing sailor and America's Cup executive
- Alison Gregorka, water polo player, Olympic silver medalist
- Eliot Halverson, figure skater
- Jim Harbaugh, NFL quarterback, NFL coach
- John Harbaugh, NFL coach
- Danielle Hartsell, pair skater
- Steve Hartsell, pair skater, brother of Danielle Hartsell
- Howdy Holmes, race driver
- Madison Hubbell, figure skater
- Keiffer Hubbell, figure skater
- Zeke Jones, Head Coach, 2012 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Team, Olympic Silver Medalist
- Bruce Kimball, Olympic Diver
- Steven Kampfer, professional hockey player
- Aaron Krickstein, tennis player
- Gabe Muoneke, professional basketball player
- Veronica Pershina, figure skater, coach
- Emily Samuelson, figure skater
- James Toney, professional boxer
- Alan Webb, professional track athlete
- Charlie White – ice dancer, figure skater
- Fielding H. Yost (1871–1946), football coach
Authors [edit]
- Charles Baxter, novelist
- T. Casey Brennan, comic book author
- Emily Colas, novelist
- Nicholas Delbanco, novelist
- Loren D. Estleman, mystery and Western novelist
- James Hynes, novelist
- Laura Kasischke, novelist, poet
- Elizabeth Kostova, novelist
- Bruce McConkie (1915–1985), Mormon theologian, poet
- Davi Napoleon, drama critic, theatre historian
- Andrea Phillips, author, game designer
- Davy Rothbart, author, filmmaker, journalist
- Mike Rother, author on industrial management
- Sarah Ryan, young adult author
- Allan Seager (1906-1968), novelist, short story writer
- Alfred Slote, children's author
- Sarah Weeks, children's author
- Nancy Willard, children's author
Educators [edit]
- Henry Carter Adams (1851–1921), economist
- James Burrill Angell (1829–1916), journalist, diplomat, University of Michigan president
- Allen Britton (1914–2003), music educator, dean, UM School of Music
- Carl Cohen, philosopher, activist
- Charles Cooley (1864-1929), sociologist
- Richard Crawford, music historian
- John H. D'Arms (1934-2002) classicist
- John Dewey (1859–1952), educational philosopher, reformer
- Dag Øistein Endsjø, Norwegian scholar of religion
- Sidney Fine (1920-2009), historian
- Robben Fleming (1916–2010), UM president
- David Noel Freedman (1922-2008), biblical scholar
- Harlan Hatcher (1898–1998), UM president
- Alethea K. Helbig (born 1928), educator, author
- H. Wiley Hitchcock (1923-2007), musicologist
- Catharine MacKinnon, feminist legal scholar
- Kenneth Lee Pike (1912–2000), linguist
- Alvin Plantinga (born 1932), philosopher
- Michael Porter (born 1947), economist
- Michelle Rhee (born 1969), educator, activist
- Wilfrid Sellars (1912–1989), philosopher
- Shael Polakow-Suransky, deputy chancellor, New York City Public Schools
- Harold Shapiro, economist, UM president
- Henry Philip Tappan (1805–1881), first UM president
- Claude H. Van Tyne (1869–1930), historian
- Robert M. Warner (1927-2007), archivist of the United States, dean, UM School of Library Science
- Glenn Watkins, musicologist
- Leslie White (1900–1975), anthropologist
- Raymond Louis Wilder (1896–1982), mathematician
Entrepreneurs and business figures [edit]
- Tom and Louis Borders, founders of Borders Group[4]
- Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist
- Bill Hewlett (1913–2001), engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
- Bruce Iglauer, founder of Alligator Records
- John and Thomas Knoll, creators of Adobe Photoshop
- David Kozubei (1932-2006), bookseller, manager of original Borders Books[5]
- Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza
- Eugene Power (1905-1988), microfilming and micropublishing pioneer
- William Andrew Slayton (1854-1935), stone contractor for Chattanooga, Tennessee's Walnut Street Bridge
Journalists, media figures [edit]
- Jill Carroll, journalist, kidnapped in Iraq
- Reed Hundt, Federal Communications Commission chair
- Jay Nordlinger, conservative political columnist
- John Pollack, journalist, speech writer
- Mike Tirico, sportscaster
- Neda Ulaby, public radio correspondent
- David Westin, media CEO
Luthiers [edit]
- Gregg Alf, violin maker
- David Burgess, violin maker
- Joseph Curtin, violin maker
- Herb David, guitar maker
Musicians [edit]
- William Albright (1944–1998), composer, pianist
- Robert Ashley, composer, audio synthesis pioneer
- Leslie Bassett, composer
- Eve Beglarian, composer
- William Bolcom, pianist, composer
- Muruga Booker, percussionist
- Chris Bathgate, singer-songwriter
- Brownsville Station
- Chenille Sisters
- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, formed in Ann Arbor
- Lewis Hugh Cooper (1920–2007), bassoonist
- Max Crook, rock musician
- Dabrye (Tadd Mullinix), electronic dance musician
- Disco D (1980–2007), record producer, composer
- James Dapogny, pianist, jazz scholar
- Ross Lee Finney (1906–1997), composer
- Frontier Ruckus, indie folk, alt-country band
- Gemini (San and Laz Slomovitz), folk and children's music duo[6]
- Robert Glasgow (1925-2008), organist
- Mayer Hawthorne, singer, songwriter and musician
- Katt Hernandez, violinist
- Eva Jessye (1895—1992), choral director, composer
- James Kibbie, organist
- Lyndon Lawless, conductor, music educator
- Eva Likova (1919—2004), operatic soprano
- Marilyn Mason, organist[7]
- Roger, Ben, and Larry Miller
- Joan Morris, vocalist
- Scott Morgan, rock musician
- Randy Napoleon, jazz guitarist
- Iggy Pop
- William Revelli (1902–1994), band director
- H. Robert Reynolds, band director
- RFD Boys, bluegrass band[8]
- Samiyam, hip-hop producer
- Bob Seger, rock and roll singer-songwriter
- Dave Sharp, bass guitarist
- Tom Smith, filk musician
- Dick Siegel, jazz guitarist
- Donald Sinta, saxophonist
- Kate Soper, composer
- Steven Springer, guitarist, songwriter
- SRC, rock band
- Tally Hall, indie rock band
- Taproot, alt-rock band
- Deniz Tek, guitarist with Australian rock band Radio Birdman
- Andrew W.K., singing-songwriter, television host
- The White Ravens, indie rock band
- Ben Wilson, keyboard player in Blues Traveler
- George Balch Wilson, composer
- Wolf Eyes, industrial rock band
- "Shaky Jake" Woods (1925-2007), street musician[9]
- Jeff Young, guitarist in Megadeth
Politicians [edit]
- John Allen (died 1851), co-founder of Ann Arbor, attorney, state senator
- Bruce Bartlett, historian, political adviser
- Louis D. Belcher, mayor
- Elizabeth Brater, state senator
- Thomas M. Cooley (1824–1898), chief justice, Michigan Supreme Court
- Samuel J. Eldersveld (1917–2010), political scientist, mayor
- James Kingsley (1797-1878), attorney, state legislator, mayor
- Chris Kolb, state legislator, first openly gay member of the Michigan legislature
- William S. Maynard (1802–1866), merchant, land developer, mayor
- Robert D. Orr [1917 – 2004), governor of Indiana
- Edward C. Pierce (1930–2002), physician, mayor of Ann Arbor
- Elisha Rumsey (died 1827), co-founder of Ann Arbor in 1824
- Ingrid Sheldon, mayor
- Neil Staebler (1905–2000), congressman, Democratic politician
- L. D. Taylor (1857–1946), mayor of Vancouver
- Albert H. Wheeler (1915-1994), microbiologist, first African American mayor of Ann Arbor
Scientists [edit]
- Kazimierz Fajans (1887–1975), physical chemist
- John H. Hubbell (1925-2007), radiation physicist
- Emmett Leith (1927–2005), electrical engineer, co-inventor of holography
- Deirdre McCloskey, economist
- James V. Neel (1915–2000), geneticist
- Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007), mathematical psychologist
- Gene Sperling, economic advisor
- Samuel Ting, physicist, Nobel laureate
- James Craig Watson (1838–1880), astronomer
- Thomas Huckle Weller (1915–2008), virologist, Nobel laureate
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Solar Sculptor | Harvard Magazine May-Jun 2008
- ^ Emil Weddige | Faculty History Project
- ^ Aquino, Joann Natalia (March 2012; published January 10, 2012), "Leo Zulueta: The Father of Modern Tribal Tattooing Celebrates 30 Years in the Black", Skin and Ink Magazine (March 2012)
- ^ Where are they now? Borders brothers long gone from Ann Arbor as chain nears bankruptcy
- ^ David's Books | Old News
- ^ Children's folk music duo Gemini's multicultural perspective in song coming to The Ark on Sunday
- ^ Michigan Today | Marilyn Mason: A life's harmony
- ^ RFD Boys celebrating 40 years as bluegrass mainstays, performing Riverside benefit
- ^ Shakey Jake - Ann Arbor - ArborWiki
