List of Famous people born in Michigan, United States of America
Terrell Ransom Jr.
Terrell Louis Ransom Jr., also known as Kid Prodigy, is an American teen actor, model, singer, musician and rapper. He is mostly known for his role on The Amazing World of Gumball as Darwin Watterson.
Steve Mariucci
Stephen Ray Mariucci, nicknamed "Mooch", is an American sportscaster and former football coach who was the head coach of two National Football League teams, the San Francisco 49ers (1997–2002) and the Detroit Lions (2003–2005), and for a year at the University of California, Berkeley.
David Grylls
David Miles Grylls is a retired track cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's 4000 m team pursuit, alongside Steve Hegg, Leonard Nitz, Patrick McDonough and Brent Emery. He now coaches junior cyclists at the San Diego Velodrome.
Rob Edwards
Rob Edwards is an American television and feature film screenwriter and producer. His writing includes the Disney animated feature films Treasure Planet and The Princess and the Frog, both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. In 2009, along with Ron Clements and John Musker, Edwards was awarded the Best Screenplay award from the African-American Film Critics Association for The Princess and the Frog.
Stephanie Sheh
Stephanie Sheh is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer and producer who has worked for several major companies, including Cartoon Network and Sony. She is often involved with work in English dubs of anime, cartoons, video games and films. Her notable voice roles include Hinata Hyuga in Naruto, Orihime Inoue in Bleach, Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the Viz Media redub of Sailor Moon, Eureka in Eureka Seven, Mikuru Asahina in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Nui Harime in Kill la Kill, Mikan Tsumiki in Danganronpa, Mamimi Samejima in FLCL, and Mitsuha Miyamizu in Your Name.
Gene Sperling
Eugene B. "Gene" Sperling is an American economist, who was Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy under Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He is the only person to serve as National Economic Advisor under two Presidents. Outside of government, he founded the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution in 2002. He recently authored Economic Dignity which was released on May 5, 2020.
Scott Braley
Scott Braley a photographer and activist [not to be confused with "Scott W. Braley" - a highly-accomplished design and construction industry professional based in Atlanta, GA] was a leftist activist and a regional organizer for the Michigan State University's chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society, better known as SDS. This Braley became a member of Weatherman in 1969 and remained so until the group disbanded in 1977. This Braley was one of the original members of the Revolutionary Youth Movement, a group devoted to anti-racism and Third World struggles which later evolved into Weatherman.
Scott Barry
Scott Adam Barry is currently an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). Scott made his debut as an MLB reserve umpire in 2006, and 2011 was his first full-time season as an MLB umpire. He lives in Quincy, Michigan.
Lee H. Katzin
Lee H. Katzin was an American film director.
John Sloss
John Sloss is an entertainment lawyer, film sales agent, and manager, who has produced or executive produced over 50 films including the Academy Award-winning The Fog of War, Boys Don't Cry and Boyhood. Other credits include Bernie, City of Hope, Friends with Kids, A Scanner Darkly, Far From Heaven, and Before Sunrise.