page_title: Oak Park, Michigan
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Oak Park, Michigan / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: ג'יימי ארנולד, באימון בהדר-יוסף, תחילת עונת 2005/6
context_page_description: Oak Park is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population of Oak Park was 29,319. As a northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Oak Park shares its southern border with the city of Detroit.
context_section_description: Rabbi Binyomin Adler, rabbi and world-renowned Torah author
  Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli professional basketball player with Hapoel Holon
  Jeff Bass, record producer; born and raised in Oak Park; brother of Mark Bass
  Mark Bass, record producer; born and raised in Oak Park; brother of Jeff Bass
  Maxine Berman, educator and politician
  Bob Black, anarchist theorist; author of the widely disseminated essay "The Abolition of Work"; grew up in Oak Park and graduated from its high school
  Norm Cash, baseball player for the Detroit Tigers 1960–1974; lived a few blocks from his teammate Al Kaline, on Sloman Street between Jerome and Saratoga
  Marcella Detroit, vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter
  Larry Downes, co-author of Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance; writer for Forbes; was raised in Oak Park
  Robert Ettinger, "father of cryonic human preservation"; lived in Oak Park for decades
  Doug Fieger, musician, lead singer of the group The Knack; his hit songs included "My Sharona" and "Good Girls Don't"
  Geoffrey Fieger, attorney who represented Jack Kevorkian; grew up in Oak Park and graduated from Oak Park High School in 1969
  Ben Forta, prolific tech author; authority on edtech
  Les Gold, owner of American Jewelry and Loan; star of the TV show Hardcore Pawn; lived in Oak Park for several years during his childhood
  Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger baseball legend and Hall of Fame member; lived on Morton Street in the late 1950s
  John Kelly, football running back
  Carrie Keranen, voice actress
  Marty Lederman, a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
  Stephen Markman, justice of Michigan Supreme Court
  Dan and Tracee Miller, musicians in the band Blanche; currently reside in Oak Park; Dan has acted in film and Tracee is also a visual artist
  James Rosen, author and political reporter
  Royce da 5'9", Detroit rapper known for his association with Eminem as Bad Meets Evil and Slaughterhouse
  Jeffrey Sachs, noted economist of Harvard University and currently at Columbia University; graduate of Oak Park High School
  Jeffrey Seller, Broadway producer and Tony Award winner; known for his work on Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights and Hamilton
  Shaggy 2 Dope (real name Joseph Utsler), member of Insane Clown Posse; met Violent J in Oak Park
  Curt Sobel, composer, film music editor and supervisor; grew up in Oak Park and lived on Northfield and Harding
  Ron Suresha, author and editor; attended grade school in Oak Park and graduated from OPHS
  Violent J (real name Joseph Bruce), member of Insane Clown Posse; met Shaggy 2 Dope in Oak Park
  David Was (real name David Weiss), musician from the group Was (Not Was); grew up with Don Fagenson in Oak Park
  Don Was (real name Don Fagenson), musician from the group Was (Not Was); grew up with David Weiss in Oak Park
  Rubin (Rube) and Liz Weiss, well-known Detroit actors; lived in Oak Park during the mid-20th century
  Peter Werbe, radio talk show host, DJ, and political activist; has lived in Oak Park for 36 years; hosted NightCall on Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM 1970–2016, the longest running phone-in talk show in U.S. radio history; staff member of the 55-year-old magazine The Fifth Estate
caption: Jamie Arnold
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