List of people from Saginaw, Michigan

The following is a list of notable people associated with Saginaw, Michigan. These people were born or lived in Saginaw.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Artists

• E. Irving Couse (1866–1936), painter; founding member of the Taos Society of Artists
• Curtis Harding (born 1979), singer, and songwriter
• Robert Nickle (1919–1980), visual artist, collagist
• Bernard C. Wetzel (1876–1952), architect, raised in Saginaw ^[1]

Business, academic, and labor figures

• Sewell Avery (1874–1960), chairman of U.S. Gypsum Corporation and Montgomery Ward
• Edward G. Begle (1914–1978), mathematician specializing in topology; director of the School Mathematics Study Group, credited with developing what came to be known as new math
• Wellington R. Burt (1831–1919), wealthy industrialist
• Harold J. Grimm (1901–1983), professor of history and expert on Protestant Reformation
• Nafe Katter (1927–2014), professor of theatre at the University of Connecticut

Government, political, and military figures

• Aaron T. Bliss, Governor of Michigan ^[2]
• Ferdinand Brucker, US House of Representatives (1897–1899)
• Wilber Marion Brucker, Governor of Michigan 1931–1933, Secretary of the Army 1955–1961
• Louis Campau, pioneer who lived in Saginaw before he founded Grand Rapids
• L. Perry Cookingham, first City Manager
• Morris Courtright, Arizona state representative
• Frank Emerson, 15th Governor of Wyoming
• Robert G. Heft, designer of the current American flag
• Edward Heinemann, aircraft designer responsible, wholly or in part, for 20 major military aircraft, including the A-4 Skyhawk light bomber, the F3D Skyknight night fighter and the F4D Skyray carrier-based fighter aircraft
• Janet J. McCoy, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• William Butts Mershon, Saginaw mayor, author and businessman
• Rose M. Poole, Oregon businesswoman and politician
• Heather Eisenlord, Former attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York City turned Human Rights Activist in New Orleans, Louisiana ^[3]
• Ernest A. Snow, Michigan Supreme Court justice ^[4]

Entertainment figures

• Heidi Androl, actress, contestant on The Apprentice Season 6
• Mars Argo (born Brittany Alexandria Sheets), singer/songwriter, former lead singer of the band Mars Argo
• Robert Armstrong, actor, star of King Kong , nephew of playwright Paul Armstrong
• Sophina Brown, actress
• Sean Chiplock, voice actor
• William Clemens, film director
• Little Jimmy Dickens, country music singer ^{[5] [6]}
• Sonny Digital, musician
• Matthew Glave, actor
• Paul Walter Hauser, actor
• Brian d'Arcy James, musician and actor
• Isham Jones, musician
• Laurie Beebe Lewis, born Laurie Seaman, singer with Pitche Blende, The New Mamas and The Papas, and The Buckinghams
• Stephen Lynch, Tony Award–nominated actor, comedian and musician
• Gerald Marks, songwriter
• Tim McCoy, cowboy actor, member of Cowboy Hall of Fame
• S. Epatha Merkerson, actress ( Law & Order )
• Ruth Nelson, actress
• Anthony Ray Parker, actor
• Prozak, born Steven T. Shippy, rapper
• Question Mark and the Mysterians, rock band
• James St. James, TV personality and celebutante
• Harry Shannon, actor, Citizen Kane
• Sonny Stitt, jazz musician
• Lem Tucker, Emmy-winning reporter
• Dick Wagner, musician
• Harry Watson, Jr., actor
• Sharrie Williams, gospel blues singer/songwriter ^[7]
• Stevie Wonder, singer, musician and composer, winner of 25 Grammy Awards

Sports figures

• Alfonso Boone, NFL player
• Ken Brown, NFL player
• Monty Brown, professional wrestler and NFL player
• Bob Buhl, pitcher for Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies
• Brian Cole II, NFL player for Miami Dolphins
• Bob Devaney, football coach
• Draymond Green, NBA player
• Darvin Ham, NBA player and coach
• Tory Humphrey, NFL player for Green Bay Packers
• Kid Lavigne, boxer, world lightweight champion 1896–1899
• Damon Lowery, basketball player
• Mark Macon, NBA player
• Roy Manning, NFL player
• Kenyon Martin, NBA player
• Terry McDaniel, NFL Pro Bowler for Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Raiders
• Herbert H. Ramsay, golf administrator and president of the United States Golf Association
• James Reed, NFL player
• Jason Richardson, NBA player
• Anthony Roberson, NBA player
• Charles Rogers, NFL player
• Clifton Ryan, NFL player
• Stuart Schweigert, NFL player
• Spencer Schwellenbach, MLB player
• Tom Smallwood, professional ten-pin bowler and winner of the 2009 PBA World Championship
• Deon Strother, NFL player
• Sam Sword, NFL player
• Serena Williams, seven-time Australian Open, three-time French Open, seven-time Wimbledon, six-time U.S. Open and Olympic tennis champion
• Lamarr Woodley, NFL player
• Curt Young, MLB player and pitching coach

Writers and journalists

• George F. Lewis, journalist, proprietor of newspapers
• Doug Peacock (born 1942), author, grizzly bear expert, lecturer
• Theodore Roethke (1908–1963), poet

See also

• List of mayors of Saginaw

References

1. Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908). "Wetzel, Bernard C.". The Book of Detroiters;. A. N. Marquis. pp. 474–475.
2. Aaron T. Bliss election Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
4. Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society-Ernest A. Snow
5. "Little Jimmy Dickens - Country Music Hall of Fame".
6. "Little Jimmy Dickens Dies at Age 94". Archived from the original on January 6, 2015.
7. Sue, White (January 13, 2012). "'It's Overwhelming,' Saginaw Blues Singer Sharrie Williams Says of Paris Award". MLive.