page_title: 1935 in Michigan
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1935 in Michigan / Births
caption_attribution_description: English: Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee Editor's Note: Astronaut Chaffee died in the Apollo/Saturn 204 fire accident at Cape Canaveral. Florida, on Jan. 27, 1967, along with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and Edward H. White, II.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1935 in Michigan.
context_section_description: January 21 - Carol Wald, artist and illustrator known for her collages and paintings, in Detroit
  January 22 - Seymour Cassel, actor (Oscar nominee for Faces), in Detroit
  February 8 - Council Cargle, stage and film actor (Detroit 9000, Jackie Brown), in Detroit
  February 15 - Roger B. Chaffee, astronaut who died in a fire during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission, in Grand Rapids
  February 16 - Sonny Bono, part of the singing duo Sonny & Cher, producer, and politician, in Detroit
  February 17 - Bill Van Tichelt, developer of VanTech Motorcycles, in Kalamazoo
  March 11 - Nancy Kovack, actress and wife of Zubin Mehta, in Flint
  March 12 - Hugh Lawson, jazz pianist, in Detroit
  March 13 - Leon Burton, American football player for Arizona State who in 1957 led the NCAA in rushing yards (1,126 yards) and scoring (96 points), in Flint
  March 13 - Joan LeQuia, pitcher and infielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, in Negaunee, Michigan
  March 20 - Bettye Washington Greene, first African-American Ph.D. chemist to work as a professional at Dow Chemical, in Midland
  March 29 - Moby Benedict, coach of Michigan Wolverines baseball team from 1963 to 1979, in Detroit
  April 12 - Lee H. Katzin, television and film director and creator of Man from Atlantis, in Detroit
  April 13 - Michael Joseph Kaniecki, Roman Catholic Bishop of Fairbanks from 1985-2000, in Detroit
  April 19 - Hans W. Becherer, president and CEO of John Deere from 1987-2000, in Detroit
  May 18 - Ken Hamlin, Major League Baseball infielder (1957-1966), in Detroit
  May 24 - Ronald Edmonds, educator, author, and pioneer of effective schools research, in Ypsilanti
  June 17 - Rudolph G. Wilson, aka "Papa Rudy", professor, writer, storyteller, and public speaker, in Detroit
  June 19 - Sarah Goddard Power, Democratic Party activist and University of Michigan Regent, in Detroit
  June 26 - Hank Greenwald, play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants from 1979 to 1996, in Detroit
  June 27 - Dan Currie, linebacker in the NFL from 1958 to 1966 (2× NFL champion), in Detroit
  July 29 - Joan Gerber, voice actress (H.R. Pufnstuf, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), in Detroit
  July 31 - Theodore Weesner, author/novelist, works including The Car Thief (1972), in Flint
  August 14 - Gary Tobian, gold medal winner in springboard diving competition in 1960 Olympics, in Detroit
  August 15 - Tom Morey, aka "Y",  musician, engineer, shaper, surfer, and surf equipment designer, in Detroit
  August 20 - Stephen Yokich, labor union activist and UAW president from 1994 to 2002, in Detroit
  August 26 - Shirley E. Schwartz, chemist and research scientist for General Motors, in Detroit
  September 10 - Sammy Sessions, driver USAC Championship Car series from 1965 to 1975, in Nashville, Michigan
  October 12 - Paul Humphrey, jazz and funk/R&B drummer, in Detroit
  October 13 - Etterlene DeBarge, gospel singer and matriarch of the musical group DeBarge, in Royal Oak
  October 13 - Edgar Culbertson, recipient of Coast Guard Medal for heroism leading to his death in 1967, in Ferndale
  October 28 - Thomas J. Schriber, technology professor known for his work on "Simulation using General Purpose Simulation System", in Flint
  December 4 - Robert Vesco, fugitive criminal financier, in Detroit
  December 21 - Kurt Seiffert, gold medal winner in coxed pair rowing at 1956 Olympics, in Detroit
  December 26 - Abdul Fakir, singer and founding member of Motown's the Four Tops, in Detroit
caption: Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee
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