Other Sports
- Scott Baker, auto racer (born in Holland)
- Tom Bambard, NASCAR driver (born in South Lyon)
- Johnny Benson, NASCAR driver (born in Grand Rapids)
- Pam Bristol Brady, Triple Crown-winning badminton player (born in Flint; moved to Grand Blanc)
- Becky Breisch, 2005 USA Outdoors discus throw champion and 8-time NCAA All American (born in Edwardsburg)
- Walter Burkemo, professional golfer who won the 1953 PGA Championship (born in Detroit)
- Donna Caponi, professional golfer (born in Detroit)
- Tim Fedewa, NASCAR Driver and Spotter (born in Holt)
- Ken Westerfield, a pioneering Frisbee disc player (born in Detroit)
- Lon Hinkle, professional golfer (born in Flint)
- Gordon Johncock, auto racer (born in Coldwater)
- Jessica Joseph, ice dancer who was silver and bronze medalist in the 1998 and 2001 US Championships respectively (born in Bloomfield Hills)
- Connie Kalitta, Drag Racer, first driver to hit 200 mph at a NHRA Sanctioned Event in his Top Fuel Dragster (grew up in Mount Clemens)
- Doug Kalitta, auto racer 1994 USAC National Sprint Car Champion (born in Ypsilanti)
- Brad Keselowski, NASCAR Nationwide Series driver (born in Rochester Hills)
- Julie Krone, jockey and first woman to win the Belmont Stakes, all-time leading female rider by number of victories (born in Benton Harbor)
- Marion Ladewig, bowler, nine-time Bowler of the Year from 1950–1963, first Superior Performance inductee into the Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (born in Grand Rapids)
- Alexi Lalas, US National Soccer Hall of Fame soccer great and current general manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy (born in Birmingham)
- Harry Melling, Owner of Melling Automotive, and NASCAR championship team owner of Melling Racing (lived in Jackson, Michigan)
- Lenda Murray, bodybuilder and four-time Ms. Olympia winner (born in Detroit)
- Benny Parsons, NASCAR Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) champion, TV announcer (lived in Detroit, where he worked at a gas station and drove cabs for his father)
- U. E. Patrick, aka "Pat" Patrick, co-founder of CART Indy car series, owner of Indy-500 winning Patrick Racing (resides and has business in Jackson, Michigan)
- Ken Read, Alpine skier, first North American to win an Alpine skiing World Cup Downhill skiing event—in 1975 for Canada (born in Ann Arbor)
- Allen Tolmich, hurdler (born in Detroit)
- Kevin VanDam, professional bass angler, author of angling guide Secrets of a Champion, four time BASS Angler of the Year, and 2002 ESPN Outdoor Sportsman of the Year (born in Kalamazoo)
- Dave Walsh, aka "Walshy" Major League Gaming Halo 2 Professional, Captain of 2005 Halo 2 Champion 4v4 Team Final Boss (born in Grand Rapids)
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