# 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 player and coach
* Tory Humphrey, NFL player for Green Bay Packers
* Kid Lavigne, boxer, world lightweight champion 1896–1899
* Damon Lowery, basketball player
* 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