List of Famous people born in Michigan, United States of America

Chandra Davis

First Name Chandra
Last Name Davis
Born on January 2, 1978 (age 48)

Chandra Davis, a.k.a. London Charles and Deelishis, is an American model, and former reality show contestant. She is best known as the winner of VH1's hit reality TV show Flavor of Love 2.

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Marian Ilitch

First Name Marian
Last Name Ilitch
Born on January 7, 1933 (age 93)
Net Worth $3.7B

Marian Bayoff Ilitch is an American billionaire businesswoman, and the co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza with her late husband, Mike Ilitch. As of March 2018, Ilitch was one of the world's seven richest women, according to Bloomberg.

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Leon Ware

First Name Leon
Last Name Ware
Born on February 16, 1940
Died on February 23, 2017 (aged 77)

Leon Ware was an American songwriter, producer, composer, and singer. Besides a solo career as a performer, Ware was best known for producing hits for other artists including Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Maxwell, Minnie Riperton and Marvin Gaye, co-producing the latter's album, I Want You.

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Scott Sanderson

First Name Scott
Last Name Sanderson
Born on July 22, 1956
Died on April 11, 2019 (aged 62)

Scott Douglas Sanderson was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, California Angels, San Francisco Giants, and Chicago White Sox. Following his retirement from playing professional baseball he worked as a sports agent and radio broadcaster.

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John Engler

First Name John
Last Name Engler
Born on October 12, 1948 (age 77)

John Mathias Engler is an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he later worked for Business Roundtable, where The Hill called him one of the country's top lobbyists.

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Sheri Fink

Sheri Fink is an American journalist who writes about health, medicine and science.

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Robert Eddins

First Name Robert
Last Name Eddins
Born on October 11, 1988
Died on December 20, 2016 (aged 28)

Robert Eddins was an American football linebacker. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2011 after playing college football for Ball State University.

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Earl Young

First Name Earl
Last Name Young
Born on March 31, 1889
Died on May 24, 1975 (aged 86)

Earl A. Young was an American architectural designer, realtor, and insurance agent. Over a span of 52 years, he designed and built 31 structures in Charlevoix, Michigan, but was never a registered architect. He worked mostly in stone, using limestone, fieldstone, and boulders he found throughout Northern Michigan. The homes are commonly referred to as gnome homes, mushroom houses, or Hobbit houses. His door, window, roof, and fireplace designs were distinct because of his use of curved lines. Young's goal was to show that a small stone house could be as impressive as a castle. Young also helped make Charlevoix the busy summer-resort town that it is today.

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Nicole Franzel

First Name Nicole
Last Name Franzel
Born on June 30, 1992 (age 33)

Nicole Ann Franzel is an American television personality who was born in Ubly, Michigan. She graduated from college as an ER nurse in 2014. She is best known for her appearance on Big Brother 16 in 2014 and for winning Big Brother 18 in 2016. Franzel placed third on Big Brother 22: All Stars in 2020.

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Christine Lahti

First Name Christine
Last Name Lahti
Born on April 4, 1950 (age 76)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Christine Ann Lahti is an American actress and filmmaker. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1984 film Swing Shift. Her other film roles include ...And Justice for All (1979), Housekeeping (1987), Running on Empty (1988), and Leaving Normal (1992), and The Fear Inside. For her directorial debut with the 1995 short film Lieberman in Love, she won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

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