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The following is a list of notable people associated with
Saginaw, Michigan. These people were born or lived in Saginaw.
Artists
Business, academic, and labor figures
Government, political, and military figures
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Aaron T. Bliss,
Governor of Michigan
[2]
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Ferdinand Brucker,
US House of Representatives (1897–1899)
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Wilber Marion Brucker,
Governor of Michigan 1931–1933,
Secretary of the Army 1955–1961
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Louis Campau, pioneer who lived in Saginaw before he founded Grand Rapids
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L. Perry Cookingham, first City Manager
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Morris Courtright, Arizona state representative
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Frank Emerson, 15th Governor of Wyoming
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Robert G. Heft, designer of the current American flag
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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
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Janet J. McCoy, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
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William Butts Mershon, Saginaw mayor, author and businessman
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Rose M. Poole, Oregon businesswoman and politician
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Ernest A. Snow, Michigan Supreme Court justice
[3]
Entertainment figures
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Heidi Androl, actress, contestant on
The Apprentice Season 6
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Mars Argo (born Brittany Alexandria Sheets), singer/songwriter, former lead singer of the band Mars Argo
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Robert Armstrong, actor, star of
King Kong, nephew of playwright Paul Armstrong
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Sophina Brown, actress
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Sean Chiplock, voice actor
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William Clemens, film director
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Little Jimmy Dickens, country music singer
[4]
[5]
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Sonny Digital, musician
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Matthew Glave, actor
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Paul Walter Hauser, actor
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Brian d'Arcy James, musician and actor
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Isham Jones, musician
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Laurie Beebe Lewis, born Laurie Seaman, singer with
Pitche Blende,
The New Mamas and The Papas, and
The Buckinghams
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Stephen Lynch,
Tony Award-nominated actor,
comedian and musician
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Gerald Marks, songwriter
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Tim McCoy, cowboy actor, member of
Cowboy Hall of Fame
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S. Epatha Merkerson, actress (
Law & Order)
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Ruth Nelson, actress
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Anthony Ray Parker, actor
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Prozak, born Steven T. Shippy, rapper
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Question Mark and the Mysterians, rock band
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James St. James, TV personality and
celebutante
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Harry Shannon, actor,
Citizen Kane
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Sonny Stitt, jazz musician
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Lem Tucker, Emmy-winning reporter
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Dick Wagner, musician
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Harry Watson, Jr., actor
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Sharrie Williams, gospel blues singer/songwriter
[6]
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Stevie Wonder, singer, musician and composer, winner of 22
Grammy Awards
Sports figures
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Alfonso Boone,
NFL player
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Ken Brown, NFL player
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Monty Brown, professional wrestler and NFL player
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Bob Buhl, pitcher for Milwaukee Braves,
Chicago Cubs and
Philadelphia Phillies
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Brian Cole II, NFL player for
Miami Dolphins
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Bob Devaney, football coach
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Draymond Green, NBA player
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Darvin Ham,
NBA Head Coach, player
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Tory Humphrey, NFL player for
Green Bay Packers
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Kid Lavigne, boxer, world lightweight champion 1896–1899
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Mark Macon, NBA player
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Roy Manning, NFL player
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Kenyon Martin, NBA player
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Terry McDaniel, NFL Pro Bowler for Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Raiders
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Herbert H. Ramsay, golf administrator and president of the
United States Golf Association
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James Reed, NFL player
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Jason Richardson, NBA player
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Anthony Roberson, NBA player
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Charles Rogers, NFL player
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Clifton Ryan, NFL player
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Stuart Schweigert, NFL player
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Spencer Schwellenbach, MLB player
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Tom Smallwood, professional
ten-pin bowler and winner of the 2009
PBA World Championship
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Deon Strother, NFL player
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Sam Sword, NFL player
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Serena Williams, seven-time Australian Open, three-time French Open, seven-time Wimbledon, six-time U.S. Open and Olympic tennis champion
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Lamarr Woodley, NFL player
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Curt Young, MLB player and pitching coach
Writers and journalists
See also
References