Notable Residents
- Joel Bakan – Canadian law professor and documentary filmmaker
- Terry Brunk – ex-WWE/ECW/TNA/WCW professional wrestler known as "Sabu"
- Timothy Busfield – actor/director
- Charles G. Callard – co-founder of Callard Madden & Associates and a pioneer developer of corporate valuation models
- Al Capone
- Jim Cash – screenwriter of Top Gun and many other commercially successful films
- Carolyn Cassady – writer, wife of beat generation icon Neal Cassady
- Doc Corbin Dart – singer of punk band The Crucifucks
- DJ Infamous – Hip Hop DJ
- Tony Earl – former Governor of Wisconsin
- Ed Emshwiller – visual artist & founder of CalArts Computer Animation Lab
- Rashad Evans – UFC Fighter
- David Fairchild – botanist
- Ed Farhat – professional wrestler known as "The Sheik"
- Caril Ann Fugate – adolescent girlfriend and accomplice to spree killer Charles Starkweather.
- Chris Hansen – Dateline NBC correspondent
- Thom Hartmann – radio talk-show host & author
- Ahney Her – actress Gran Torino
- Joel Higgins - actor who graduated from Michigan State University.
- Andy Hilbert – NHL hockey player
- John Hughes – film director, born in Lansing
- Seikichi Iha – Director of the North American Beikoku Shido-kan Karate-do Association and highest ranking Okinawan master in the US
- Magic Johnson – Michigan State University and NBA basketball star
- Jacquelyn Kelley – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Michael Kimball – novelist
- Lisa Kron – theatre actress & playwright
- Matthew Lillard – actor
- Malcolm X – human rights activist
- Jef Mallett – creator and artist of the comic strip Frazz
- Suzanne Malveaux – CNN television news reporter
- Drew Miller – NHL – hockey player
- Kelly Miller – retired NHL player, ranks third all-time for the Washington Capitals in games played
- Kip Miller – retired NHL player, 1990 recipient of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award
- Ryan Miller – NHL – hockey player
- Muhsin Muhammad – NFL football player
- Needlz – hip hop/rap producer
- Ransom E. Olds – Automobile Manufacturer; founded Olds Motor Vehicle Company
- Larry Page – co-founder of Google.com
- Alice Pollitt – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Merv Pregulman – NFL player for the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, and the New York Bulldogs
- Greg Raymer – 2004 World Series of Poker champion
- Burt Reynolds – actor
- Steven Seagal – actor
- John Smoltz – MLB player and 1996 Cy Young Award winner
- Jim "Soni" Sonefeld – drummer & percussionist for Hootie & the Blowfish
- Debbie Stabenow – U.S. Senator
- Marcus Taylor - professional basketball player
- George Teague – NFL player for the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, and the Miami Dolphins
- Jay Vincent – retired American professional basketball player
- Sam Vincent – retired American professional basketball player
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