| Name |
Role
|
Birthplace |
Date |
| Ralph Bunche |
U. S. Diplomat; won Noble Peace Prize, 1950 |
Detroit |
1904-1971 |
| Benjamin S. Carson, M.D. |
Pediatric neurosurgeon, surgical inventor, author |
Detroit |
1951 |
| Thomas E. Dewey |
Presidential candidate, 1944 and 1948; governor of New York |
Owosso |
1902-1971 |
| E. Genevieve Gillette |
Founder, Michigan Parks Association; "mother" of Michigan's state park system |
Lansing |
1898-1986 |
| Sarah Van Hoosen Jones |
1st woman to earn doctorate in genetics from University. of Wisconsin; breeder of purebred Holstein cattle; 1933 MI "Master Farmer" |
Stony Creek (near Rochester) |
1892-1972 |
| Perle Mesta |
Washington society hostess, businesswoman, diplomat |
Sturgis |
1889-1975 |
| Charles Lindbergh |
Aviator |
Detroit |
1902-1974 |
| Chief Pontiac |
Leader of Ottawa at Detroit |
Fort Detroit (near) |
c1720-1769 |
| Harriet Quimby |
First licensed American woman pilot, first woman in the world to fly solo over the English channel |
Branch County (rural) |
1875-1912 |
| Ruth Thompson |
Michigan's first woman in Congress, served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1951-1957) |
Whitehall |
1887-1970 |
| Arthur H. Vandenberg |
U. S. Senator from MI (1928-1951); helped establish United Nations |
Grand Rapids |
1884-1951 |
| Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen |
Early U. of M. Medical School graduate; cofounder and 1st national president of American Medical Women's Assn. |
Rochester |
1863-1952 |
Looking for more politicians or people who are not in our other categories? Try Political and Miscellaneous Occupations associated with Michigan in "People Born Elsewhere."
Journalists: See the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame at Michigan State University.
Updated 06/16/2006
Michigan
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