List of people from Saginaw, Michigan
- Heidi Androl, actress, contestant on The Apprentice Season 6
- Robert Armstrong, actor, star of King Kong, nephew of playwright Paul Armstrong
- Sewell Avery, chairman of U.S. Gypsum Corporation and Montgomery Ward
- Edward G. Begle, mathematician specializing in topology; director of the School Mathematics Study Group, credited with developing what came to be known as new math
- Aaron T. Bliss, Governor of Michigan[1]
- Alfonso Boone, NFL player
- Ken Brown, NFL player
- Monty Brown, professional wrestler
- Sophina Brown, actress
- Ferdinand Brucker, US House of Representatives (1897–1899)
- Wilber Marion Brucker, Governor of Michigan 1931–1933, Secretary of the Army 1955–1961
- Bob Buhl, pitcher for Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies
- Jim Burba, hotel investment partner
- Wellington R. Burt, wealthy industrialist
- Louis Campau, pioneer who lived in Saginaw before he founded Grand Rapids
- William Clemens, film director
- L. Perry Cookingham, first City Manager
- E. Irving Couse, artist
- Bob Devaney, football coach
- Frank Emerson, 15th Governor of Wyoming[2]
- Matthew Glave, actor
- Draymond Green, NBA player
- Harold J. Grimm, professor of history and expert on Protestant Reformation
- Darvin Ham, NBA player
- Robert G. Heft, designer of the current American flag
- Edward Heinemann, aircraft designer responsible, wholly or in part, for 20 major military aircraft, including the A-4 Skyhawk light bomber, the F3D Skyknight night fighter and the F4D Skyray carrier-based fighter aircraft
- Tory Humphrey, NFL player for Green Bay Packers
- Brian d'Arcy James, musician and actor
- Isham Jones, musician
- Kid Lavigne, boxer, world lightweight champion 1896-99
- Laurie Beebe Lewis, born Laurie Seaman, singer with Pitche Blende, The New Mamas and The Papas, and The Buckinghams
- Stephen Lynch, Tony Award-nominated actor, comedian and musician
- Mark Macon, NBA player
- Roy Manning, NFL player
- Gerald Marks, songwriter
- Kenyon Martin, NBA player
- Janet J. McCoy, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
- Tim McCoy, cowboy actor, member of Cowboy Hall of Fame
- Terry McDaniel, NFL Pro Bowler for Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Raiders
- S. Epatha Merkerson, actress (Law & Order)
- William Butts Mershon, Saginaw mayor, author and businessman
- Richard Mudd, grandson of Samuel Mudd
- Ruth Nelson, actress
- Robert Nickle, artist
- Anthony Ray Parker, actor
- Doug Peacock, author, grizzly bear expert, lecturers
- Prozak, born Steven T. Shippy, rapper
- Question Mark and the Mysterians, rock band
- James Reed, NFL player
- Jason Richardson, NBA player
- Anthony Roberson, NBA player
- Theodore Roethke, poet
- Charles Rogers, NFL player
- James St. James, TV personality and celebutante
- Stuart Schweigert, NFL player
- Dan Severn, mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Hall of Fame
- Harry Shannon, actor, Citizen Kane
- Tom Smallwood, professional ten-pin bowler and winner of the 2009 PBA World Championship
- Ernest A. Snow, Michigan Supreme Court justice[3]
- Sonny Stitt, jazz musician
- Deon Strother, NFL player
- Sam Sword, NFL player
- Dick Wagner, musician
- Harry Watson, Jr., actor
- Serena Williams, 7x Australian Open, 3x French Open, 7x Wimbledon, 6x U.S. Open and Olympic tennis champion
- Sharrie Williams, gospel blues singer/songwriter[4]
- Stevie Wonder, singer, musician and composer, winner of 22 Grammy Awards
- Lamarr Woodley, NFL player
- Curt Young, MLB player and pitching coach
- Clifton Ryan, NFL player
- Sonny Digital, Musician
See also
References
- ^ Aaron T. Bliss election Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Wyoming Governor Frank Collins Emerson". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society-Ernest A. Snow
- ^ Sue, White (January 13, 2012). "'It's Overwhelming,' Saginaw Blues Singer Sharrie Williams Says of Paris Award". MLive.