List of people from Ann Arbor, Michigan

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.

Activists and advocates

• Keith Hefner, activist

Actors and models

• Jack Falahee, actor, How To Get Away With Murder
• Nicole Forester, actress
• 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; wife of Mickey Rooney
• Grace Lee Whitney (1930-2015), actress, Star Trek

Artists

• Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker
• Fred Gallagher, cartoonist
• David S. Goyer, filmmaker
• Gerome Kamrowski, abstract painter
• Terry LaBan, cartoonist
• Benjamin McCready, portrait painter
• Anna Sui, fashion designer
• Timothy Van Laar, painter
• Leo Zulueta, tattoo artist^[1]

Athletes and sports figures

Charlie White

• Kole Ayi, NFL player
• Aaron Bailey, NFL wide receiver
• Charles A. Baird (c. 1870–1944), first UM athletic director
• Evan Bates, figure skater
• Keith Bostic, NFL defensive back
• Rebecca Bross, artistic gymnast
• Ian Cole, hockey player
• Fritz Crisler (1899–1982), football coach
• Ali Curtis, professional soccer player
• Ken Dyer, NFL player
• Alison Gregorka, water polo player, Olympic silver medalist
• Eliot Halverson, figure skater
• Jim Harbaugh, NFL quarterback and coach
• John Harbaugh, NFL coach
• Danielle Hartsell, pair skater, sister of Steve Hartsell
• Steve Hartsell, pair skater, brother of Danielle Hartsell
• Howdy Holmes, race driver
• Keiffer Hubbell, figure skater
• Madison Hubbell, figure skater
• Zeke Jones, head coach, 2012 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Team; Olympic silver medalist
• Steven Kampfer, professional hockey player
• Bruce Kimball, Olympic diver
• Aaron Krickstein, tennis player
• Steve Morrison, NFL linebacker, college football coach
• Gabe Muoneke, professional basketball player
• Veronica Pershina, figure skater, coach
• Emily Samuelson, figure skater
• James Toney, world champion professional boxer
• Alan Webb, professional track athlete
• Charlie White, ice dancer, figure skater, 2014 Olympic gold medalist
• Fielding H. Yost (1871–1946), football coach
• Jason Zucker, NHL hockey player^[2]

Authors

• Charles Baxter, novelist
• T. Casey Brennan, comic book author
• Emily Colas, novelist
• Nicholas Delbanco, novelist
• Dorothy Marie Donnelly, poet
• Donald Dunbar, poet
• 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
• John Pollack, author, presidential speechwriter
• Davy Rothbart, author, filmmaker, journalist
• Mike Rother, author on industrial management
• Allan Seager (1906–1968), novelist, short story writer
• Alfred Slote, children's author
• Sarah Weeks, children's author
• Nancy Willard, children's author

Educators

• 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
• H. Wiley Hitchcock (1923–2007), musicologist
• Catharine MacKinnon, feminist legal scholar
• Kenneth Lee Pike (1912–2000), linguist
• Alvin Plantinga (born 1932), philosopher
• Shael Polakow-Suransky, deputy chancellor, New York City Public Schools
• Michael Porter (born 1947), economist
• Michelle Rhee (born 1969), educator, activist
• Wilfrid Sellars (1912–1989), philosopher
• 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

• Tom and Louis Borders, founders of Borders Group^[3]
• 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
• Tom Monaghan (born in 1937), founder of Domino's Pizza, former Detroit Tigers owner
• Eugene Power (1905–1988), microfilming and micropublishing pioneer

Journalists, media figures

• Jill Carroll, journalist, kidnapped in Iraq
• Keith Gave, journalist, sportswriter
• Reed Hundt, Federal Communications Commission chair
• Jay Nordlinger, conservative political columnist
• John Pollack, journalist, speech writer
• Mike Tirico, sportscaster, Monday Night Football
• Neda Ulaby, public radio correspondent
• David Westin, media CEO

Luthiers

• Gregg Alf, violin maker
• David Burgess, violin maker
• Joseph Curtin, violin maker

Musicians

• William Albright (1944–1998), composer, pianist
• Robert Ashley (1930-2014), composer, audio synthesis pioneer
• Leslie Bassett (1923-2016), composer
• Chris Bathgate, singer-songwriter
• Eve Beglarian, composer
• William Bolcom, pianist, composer
• Muruga Booker, percussionist
• Brownsville Station, rock group
• Chenille Sisters, folk group
• 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
• James Dapogny, pianist, jazz scholar
• Disco D (1980–2007), record producer, composer
• Ross Lee Finney (1906–1997), composer
• Frontier Ruckus, indie folk, alt-country band
• 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
• Roger, Ben, and Larry Miller
• Scott Morgan, rock musician
• Joan Morris, vocalist
• Randy Napoleon, jazz guitarist
• Pity Sex, indie rock band
• Iggy Pop, front man, artist, and actor
• William Revelli (1902–1994), band director
• H. Robert Reynolds, band director
• Samiyam, hip-hop producer
• Bob Seger, rock and roll singer-songwriter
• Dick Siegel, jazz guitarist
• Donald Sinta, saxophonist
• Tom Smith, filk musician
• 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
• Ben Wilson, keyboard player in Blues Traveler
• George Balch Wilson, composer
• Wolf Eyes, industrial rock band
• "Shakey Jake" Woods (1925–2007), street musician^[4]
• Jeff Young, guitarist in Megadeth

Politicians

• 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
• Jane L. Campbell, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
• 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
• Edwin Lawrence (1808-1885), Michigan jurist and state representative
• 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 (17851827), co-founder of Ann Arbor
• Ingrid Sheldon, mayor, 1993-2000
• Benjamin Sherman, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Senator
• 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

• Eric Betzig, physicist, Nobel laureate
• 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

• List of University of Michigan alumni

References

1. Aquino, Joann Natalia (January 10, 2012), "Leo Zulueta: The Father of Modern Tribal Tattooing Celebrates 30 Years in the Black", Skin and Ink Magazine, no. March 2012 Check date values in: |access-date= (help);
2. http://letsgodu.blogspot.com/2010/07/jason-zuckers-hockey-odessy.html
3. Where are they now? Borders brothers long gone from Ann Arbor as chain nears bankruptcy
4. Shakey Jake – Ann Arbor – ArborWiki