List of Famous people born in Michigan, United States of America
Chris Godfrey
Christopher J Godfrey is a former American football guard in the National Football League, primarily for the New York Giants. He started in Super Bowl XXI and honored as the New York Giants Alumni Man of the Year. Godfrey played college football at the University of Michigan. He also played with the Michigan Panthers of the USFL. His daughters Mary Grace, top international childrenswear designer and couture dressmaker, and Anastassia were members of the Michigan Wolverines swim team, his son Michael played football at Saint Joseph High School, and his son John was a defensive lineman for the Ball State Cardinals football team.
Loretta Long
Loretta Mae Long is an American actress, voice artist, singer, media personality, and educator. She has played the character of Susan Robinson on Sesame Street since its debut in 1969.
Jim Bates
Jim Bates is a former American football coach in the National Football League, most recently serving as defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He primarily ran a 4-3 scheme, using fast, undersized linebackers. Bates served as interim head coach for the Miami Dolphins during the 2004 NFL season.
Victor Alexander
Victor Joe Alexander is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at 6'10" tall, and 265 pounds (120 kg) in weight, he played as a center and power forward.
DJ Head
Kevin Bell, professionally known as DJ Head, is a three-time Grammy Award winning hip-hop producer and DJ from Detroit, Michigan. He's best known for producing and co-producing songs for Eminem, Xzibit, Jay Z, D12, Valid, Obie Trice, Bizarre, and as Eminem's original touring deejay from 1997 to 2002.
Vesta M. Roy
Vesta M. Roy was a Republican New Hampshire politician. She was the first woman to serve as both the President of the New Hampshire Senate and Acting Governor of New Hampshire. She began her brief time as acting governor when the sitting governor fell ill and died prior to the end of his term.
Daniel Travis
Daniel Travis is an American actor.
Dick Lundy
Richard James Lundy was an American animator and film director who worked at several animation studios including Walt Disney Animation Studios, MGM, and Hanna-Barbera. Lundy was a pioneer of personality animation and is best remembered as one of the creators of Donald Duck. Throughout his career he worked as a primary animator on at least 60 films, both short and feature-length, and directed 51 shorts.
Ryan Devlin
Ryan Patrick Devlin is an American actor. He is known for his recurring roles in the television series Brothers & Sisters, Cougar Town, Veronica Mars, Big Shots, Jane the Virgin and Grey's Anatomy.
Chuck Behler
Charles Conrad "Chuck" Behler is an American musician who played drums for the heavy metal band Megadeth from 1987 through 1989, recording the album So Far, So Good… So What! with the group in 1988. He also appeared in the 1988 rockumentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.