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.

Artists[edit]

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]

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

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
Ernest A. Snow, Michigan Supreme Court justice^[3]

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^[4]^[5]
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^[6]
Stevie Wonder, singer, musician and composer, winner of 22 Grammy Awards

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 Head Coach, player
Tory Humphrey, NFL player for Green Bay Packers
Kid Lavigne, boxer, world lightweight champion 1896–1899
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