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

 * 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

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

• 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

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

• 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

• Stevie Wonder, singer, musician and composer, winner of 22 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 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

Writers and journalists

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