- Nelson Algren author, Detroit
- Ralph J. Bunche statesman, Detroit
- Ellen Burstyn actress, Detroit
- Bruce Catton historian, Petoskey
- Roger Chaffee astronaut, Grand Rapids
- Francis Ford Coppola film director, Detroit
- Thomas E. Dewey politician, Owosso
- Edna Ferber author, Kalamazoo
- Henry Ford industrialist, Dearborn
- Julie Harris actress, Grosse Pointe Park
- William R. Hewlett inventor, Ann Arbor
- Earvin Magic Johnson basketball player, Lansing
- Donald B. Keck inventor, Lansing
- Julie Krone jockey, Benton Harbor
- Ring Lardner writer, Niles
- Charles A. Lindbergh aviator, Detroit
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- Madonna singer, Bay City
- Dick Martin comedian, Detroit
- John N. Mitchell attorney general, Detroit
- Ted Nugent singer, Detroit
- John T. Parsons inventor, Detroit
- Gilda Radner comedienne, Detroit
- Della Reese singer, Detroit
- Diana Ross singer, Detroit
- Thomas Schippers conductor, Kalamazoo
- Steven Seagal actor, Lansing
- Bob Seger singer, Detroit
- Tom Selleck actor, Detroit
- John C. Sheehan inventor, Battle Creek
- Potter Stewart jurist, Jackson
- Lily Tomlin actress, Detroit
- Danny Thomas entertainer, Deerfield
- Margaret Whiting singer, Detroit
- Stevie Wonder singer, Saginaw
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