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

Lawrence Francis Katz is Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Jan Harold Brunvand is a retired American folklorist, researcher, writer, public speaker, and professor emeritus of English at the University of Utah.

James Cornelius Kirkwood Sr. was an American actor and director.

Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. is a retired NASA astronaut, U.S. Air Force colonel, and former executive at Boeing. Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006.

Donald Gene Saari is an American mathematician, a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics and former director of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include the n-body problem, the Borda count voting system, and application of mathematics to the social sciences.

Eugene Earle van Tamelen was an organic chemist who is especially recognized for his contributions to bioorganic chemistry.

Thomas Schippers was an American conductor. He was highly regarded for his work in opera.

Earnest Lee Hudson Jr. is an American actor, author, poet, and film producer.

Edward Geary Lansdale was a United States Air Force officer until retiring in 1963 as a major general before continuing his work with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Lansdale was a pioneer in clandestine operations and psychological warfare. In the early 1950s, Lansdale played a significant role in suppressing the Huk insurgency in the Philippines. In 1954, he moved to Saigon and started the Saigon Military Mission, a covert intelligence operation which was created to sow dissension in North Vietnam. Lansdale believed the United States could win guerrilla wars by studying the enemy's psychology, an approach that won the approval of the presidential administrations of both Kennedy and Johnson.

Gene Harris was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz.