| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Richard A. Abdoo |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Wisconsin Energy, 1991-2004 |
| Dennis Archer |
Politician |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001 |
| Richard C. Barkley |
Diplomat |
23-Dec-1932 |
|
US Ambassador to East Germany, 1988-90 |
| Christopher J. Birosak |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity |
| Tony Brown |
Talk Show Host |
11-Apr-1933 |
|
Host of Tony Brown's Journal |
| Wayne A. Budd |
Attorney |
18-Nov-1941 |
|
Partner, Goodwin Procter |
| Donald Byrd |
Jazz Musician |
9-Dec-1932 |
|
Hard bop trumpeter |
| John Conyers |
Politician |
16-May-1929 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 14th |
| Gary P. Coughlan |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CFO of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-2001 |
| Hugh Downs |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1921 |
|
20/20 |
| Wayne Dyer |
Religion |
10-May-1940 |
|
The father of motivation |
| Keith Ellison |
Politician |
4-Aug-1963 |
|
Congressman, Minnesota 5th |
| Chad Everett |
Actor |
11-Jun-1936 |
|
Dr. Joe Gannon, Medical Center |
| David E. Fry |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
President of Northwood University, 1982-2006 |
| Gerald Greenwald |
Business |
11-Sep-1935 |
|
CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99 |
| Robert Hayden |
Poet |
4-Aug-1913 |
25-Feb-1980 |
Words in the Mourning Time |
| Dennis M. Hertel |
Politician |
7-Dec-1948 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1981-93 |
| Ernie Hudson |
Actor |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
Warden Glenn on Oz |
| Charlayne Hunter-Gault |
TV Personality |
27-Feb-1942 |
|
NPR, NewsHour reporter |
| Art James |
Game Show Host |
15-Oct-1929 |
28-Mar-2004 |
Announcer for Concentration |
| Michael M. E. Johns |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
Chancellor, Emory University |
| Casey Kasem |
Radio Personality |
27-Apr-1932 |
|
American Top 40 Countdown |
| Thorsten Kaye |
Actor |
22-Feb-1966 |
|
All My Children |
| Marilyn Kelly |
Judge |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court |
| John Kluge |
Business |
21-Sep-1914 |
|
Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc. |
| Philip Levine |
Poet |
10-Jan-1928 |
|
What Work Is |
| Jack H. McDonald |
Politician |
28-Jun-1932 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1967-73 |
| S. Epatha Merkerson |
Actor |
28-Nov-1952 |
|
Lt. Van Buren on Law & Order |
| Elvis Mitchell |
Critic |
1958 |
|
Mumbling ex-New York Times film critic |
| Kenya Moore |
Actor |
24-Jan-1971 |
|
Miss USA for 1993 |
| Daniel A. O'Donohue |
Diplomat |
27-Oct-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Thailand, 1988-91 |
| Lynn N. Rivers |
Politician |
19-Dec-1956 |
|
Congresswoman from Michigan, 1995-2003 |
| Vesta Roy |
Politician |
26-Mar-1925 |
8-Feb-2002 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1982-83 |
| Robert L. Ryan |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CFO of Medtronic, 1993-2005 |
| Joe Schwarz |
Politician |
15-Nov-1937 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 2005-07 |
| Francis J. Sehn |
Business |
c. 1919 |
|
The Fran Sehn Company |
| Tom Sizemore |
Actor |
29-Nov-1961 |
|
Heat, Robbery Homicide Division |
| Tom Skerritt |
Actor |
25-Aug-1933 |
|
Viper in Top Gun |
| Jeffrey Tambor |
Actor |
8-Jul-1944 |
|
Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show |
| Deborah Tannen |
Linguist |
7-Jun-1951 |
|
You Just Don't Understand |
| Peter B. Teeley |
Diplomat |
12-Jan-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Canada, 1992-93 |
| Helen Thomas |
Journalist |
4-Aug-1920 |
|
White House reporter since 1961 |
| Lily Tomlin |
Actor |
1-Sep-1939 |
|
Laugh-In |
| Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully |
Activist |
15-Dec-1925 |
27-Dec-2003 |
Feminism activist |
| Reginald M. Turner, Jr. |
Attorney |
1960 |
|
Partner, Clark Hill |
| Michael Tylo |
Actor |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Guiding Light |
| James H. Vandenberghe |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Vice Chairman of Lear |
| Michael A. Volkema |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Herman Miller, 1995-2004 |
| Morry Weiss |
Business |
1940 |
|
CEO of American Greetings, 1987-2003 |
| Joseph Weizenbaum |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jan-1923 |
5-Mar-2008 |
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