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- Artists and artisans
- Business, industry, academic and labor figures
- Entertainment figures
- Government officials, politicians and activists
- Military figures
- Musicians and bands
- Religious figures
- Serial killers
- Sports figures
- Writers, novelists, poets and journalists
- References
- External links
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}{{more citations needed|date=April 2010}}The following is a list of notable people associated with Grand Rapids, Michigan. These people were born or lived in Grand Rapids. Artists and artisans- Mathias Alten — impressionist painter
- Jeffrey Brown — comic book artist
- Frederick Stuart Church — illustrator[1]
- Paul Collins — painter[2]
- Dirk Gringhuis — illustrator
- Daniel Vosovic — clothing designer[3]
Business, industry, academic and labor figures{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|- Clayton Allen — entrepreneur
- Steve Belkin — founder and chairman of Trans National Group
- Hattie Beverly — teacher
- Owen Bieber — president of United Auto Workers
- Anna Sutherland Bissell — chief executive officer of Bissell[4]
- Charles Sumner Burch — editor of Grand Rapids Evening Press
- Mary de Young — professor of sociology; author
- Dick DeVos — chief executive officer of Amway
- Richard DeVos — co-founder of Amway[5]
- Keith DeVries — archaeologist
- Anthony Diekema — former president of Calvin College[6]
- Jewell James Ebers — transistor-theory electrical engineer
- Gerald Rudolff Ford — businessman; chairman of Kent County Republican Committee; stepfather of Gerald Ford
- Arnold Gingrich — founder of Esquire magazine
- James Hackett — businessman; Steelcase, Ford Motor Company
- John A. Hannah — president of Michigan State College
- H. Wayne Huizenga — entrepreneur
- Hugh Newell Jacobsen — Modernist architect
- Jack Loeks — movie theater entrepreneur[7]
- Kenneth Marin — professor of economics; member of White House Consumer Advisory Council
- Frank Edward McGurrin — inventor of touch typing
- M. Peter McPherson — president of Michigan State University; chairman of Dow Jones
- Doug Meijer — co-chairman of supermarket Meijer[8]
- Hank Meijer — co-chairman and CEO of supermarket Meijer[8]
- Agnes Nestor — labor leader
- John Pease — professor of sociology
- Jack Perry — founder of Syncbak, invented technology to replicate broadcast TV on the Internet[9]
- Marshall Purnell — president of American Institute of Architects
- John Herman Randall, Jr. — professor of philosophy
- Lynn Rogers — biologist
- Charles Ryskamp — professor at Princeton and museum director
- Henry F. Schaefer, III — professor of chemistry
- L. William Seidman — economist and financial commentator
- Ossian Cole Simonds — landscape designer
- Carl J. Strikwerda — President of Elizabethtown College
- Mel Trotter — rescue mission director[10]
- Jay Van Andel — co-founder of Amway[11]
- Robert J. Vanderbei — Princeton University professor
- John Philip Wernette — President of the University of New Mexico
- Roger Wilkins — civil rights leader and professor
}}Entertainment figures{{div col}}- Gillian Anderson — television and film actress[12]
- Ford Beebe — film director
- Otto Brower — film director
- James T. Callahan — film and television actor
- Horace B. Carpenter — film actor and director
- Jim Cash — screenwriter
- Riley Chamberlin — silent film actor
- Rex Cherryman — stage and film actor
- Shawn Christian — television and film actor
- Wanda Cochran — soprano
- DeBarge - singing group
- Toni Jo Abbenante Farmer — Miss Michigan 1967
- Steven Ford — television and film actor
- Stephen Goosson — film set designer
- Lorna Gray — film actress
- Al Green — singer
- Stacey Haiduk — television actress
- Thom Hartmann — radio personality
- Adam Herz — screenwriter and producer
- Jimmy Jacobs — professional wrestler
- Matt Keeslar — television and film actor
- Lisa Kelly — ice road trucker
- James Kirkwood, Sr. — film actor and director
- Eric Allan Kramer — television, film and stage actor
- Taylor Lautner — television and film actor[13]
- Victor Lundberg — radio personality
- C. Cameron Macauley — filmmaker
- Violet MacMillan — vaudeville, stage and silent film actress
- Kevin Matthews — radio personality
- Ryan O'Reilly — professional wrestler
- Wally Phillips — radio personality
- Don Quinn — comedy writer and cartoonist
- Andy Richter — television and film actor[14]
- Leonard Schrader — screenwriter and director
- Paul Schrader — screenwriter and director
- Richard Shoberg — television actor
- Jackie Swanson — television and film actress
- Ray Teal — television and film actor
- Reed Timmer — storm chaser and meteorologist[15]
- Jess Walton — television actress
- Elizabeth Wilson — stage, television and film actress
- Dick York — television, stage, radio and film actor
- Ginger Zee — ABC News meteorologist
- Kim Zimmer — television and stage actress
{{div col end}}Government officials, politicians and activists{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|- Russell A. Alger — Governor of Michigan; U.S. Secretary of War
- John Ball — pioneer; member of the Michigan State Legislature
- Charles E. Belknap — Union Army Captain; U.S. Congressman
- Harvey Hollister Bundy — Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of War
- Charles C. Comstock — U.S. Congressman from Michigan; mayor of Grand Rapids[16]
- Robert Danhof — jurist
- Betsy DeVos — United States Secretary of Education
- Vern Ehlers — U.S. Congressman from Michigan[17]
- Betty Ford — 37th First Lady of the United States[19]
- Gerald R. Ford — 38th President of the United States[18]
- Wilder D. Foster — U.S. Congressman from Michigan; mayor of Grand Rapids[16]
- George Heartwell — Mayor of Grand Rapids[16][19]
- Paul B. Henry — U.S. Congressman from Michigan[20]
- Rick Hill — U.S. Congressman from Montana
- Julius Houseman — U.S. Congressman from Michigan; mayor of Grand Rapids[16]
- Bartel J. Jonkman — U.S. Congressman from Michigan
- Frank Knox — U.S. Secretary of the Navy; vice presidential candidate in the 1936 U.S. Presidential election
- Terri Lynn Land — Michigan Secretary of State[21]
- John H. Logie — Mayor of Grand Rapids[16][22]
- Frederick Henry Mueller — U.S. Secretary of Commerce[23]
- Agnes Nestor — women's suffrage and workers' rights activist[24]
- Lyman Parks — Mayor of Grand Rapids
- Michael Sak — Michigan State Representative
- Harold S. Sawyer — U.S. Congressman from Michigan
- Peter F. Secchia — U.S. Ambassador to Italy
- William Alden Smith — U.S. Senator from Michigan
- K. William Stinson — U.S. Congressman from Washington
- Edwin F. Sweet — U.S. Congressman from Michigan; mayor of Grand Rapids[16]
- Jerald terHorst — press secretary under President Gerald Ford
- Edwin F. Uhl — U.S. Assistant Secretary of State ; mayor of Grand Rapids[16]
- Arthur H. Vandenberg — 88th President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate[25]
- Guy Vander Jagt — U.S. Congressman from Michigan[26]
- Richard VanderVeen — U.S. Congressman from Michigan[27]
- Martha Lee Walters — 98th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court[28]
}}Military figures{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|- Roger Chaffee — NASA astronaut; U.S. Navy lieutenant commander[29]
- Keith Clark — U.S. Army bugler who played "Taps" at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy
- Arthur B. Engel — U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral
- Benjamin F. Engel — U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral
- Eugene F. George — U.S. Navy sailor and Navy Cross recipient
- Scott S. Haraburda — U.S. Army Colonel and president of the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers[30]
- Jack R. Lousma — NASA astronaut and U.S. Marine Corps colonel
- John C. Sjogren — U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient
- Stephen A. Turcotte — U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
- Dirk J. Vlug — U.S. Army Private First Class and Medal of Honor recipient
}}Musicians and bands{{div col}}- Ralston Bowles — folk musician
- Mary Canberg — violinist
- Jeffrey Daniel — member of R&B group Shalamar
- Xavier Davis — jazz pianist
- DeBarge — R&B/soul group
- Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen — vocalist (formerly of Toto)
- Al Green — R&B/soul singer[31]
- Bob Hay — member of the Squalls
- Adina Howard — R&B singer
- Charlie Huhn — frontman for Foghat
- Maynard James Keenan — lead singer of Tool
- Anthony Kiedis — lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- La the Darkman — hip hop artist affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan
- La Dispute — post-hardcore group[32]
- Kevin Max — member of dc Talk
- Ken Medema — Christian musician
- John W. Peterson — Christian songwriter
- Mustard Plug — ska punk group
- Pop Evil — hard rock band
- Marvin Sapp — gospel singer
- Del Shannon — rock & roll musician
- Sleeping with Sirens — pop-rock band
- Leo Sowerby — composer and musician
- Still Remains — metalcore group
- Casey Stratton — pop/rock musician
- Sam Stryke — composer and pianist
- Whirlwind Heat — alternative rock group[33]
- Willie the Kid — rapper
- Jason Wood — lead singer of It Dies Today
{{div col end}}Religious figures{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|- Rob Bell — founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church; author
- Martin H. Carmody — Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
- M. R. DeHaan — Bible teacher, founder of the Radio Bible Class
- Robert C. Gage — pastor of Wealthy Street Baptist Church and author
- Michael Gallagher — Bishop of Grand Rapids
- Francis J. Haas — Bishop of Grand Rapids
- Edward D. Kelly — Bishop of Grand Rapids
- Isaac McCoy — Baptist missionary
- Joseph Crescent McKinney — Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids
- Joseph G. Pinten — Bishop of Grand Rapids
- Charles Salatka — Archbishop of Oklahoma City
- Robert Sirico — co-founder of the Acton Institute
- Edmund Szoka — President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
}}Serial killers- Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood
Sports figures{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|- Vince Agnew — NFL player
- George Andrie — NFL player
- Dan Archer — NFL player
- Paul Assenmacher — MLB player
- Jim Avery — NFL player
- John Barnum — PGA Tour golfer
- Terry Barr — NFL player
- Albrey Battle — gridiron football player[34]
- Johnny Benson — NASCAR driver
- Ray Bentley — NFL player
- Harry Berrios — baseball player
- Devin Booker — NBA player
- Jim Boylen — NBA assistant coach
- Cameron Bradfield — NFL player
- David Brandt — NFL player
- Carlton Brewster — NFL player
- Kelly Butler — NFL player
- Geno Carlisle — basketball player
- Bill Cutler — baseball executive
- Chuck DeShane — NFL player
- Al DeVormer — MLB player
- Mark Dewey — MLB player
- Brian Diemer — track and field athlete
- Mike Donald — PGA Tour golfer
- Allie Dragoo -—professional cyclist[35]
- Jim Dreyer — ultramarathon athlete
- Mike Dumas — NFL player
- Katie Feenstra — Women's National Basketball Association player
- Julius Franks — All-American college football player
- Brent Gates — MLB player
- Luke Glendening — NHL player
- Paul G. Goebel — NFL player; naval officer; mayor of Grand Rapids
- Paul Grasmanis — NFL player
- Ben Handlogten — NBA player
- David Harris — NFL player
- Gary Hogeboom — NFL player
- Marilyn Jenkins — All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Josh Kalis — skateboarder
- Chris Kaman — NBA player
- Stanley Ketchel — middleweight boxer
- Mike Knuble — NHL player
- Rick Kreuger — Major League Baseball player[36]
- Marion Ladewig — bowler
- Doc Lavan — MLB player
- Pete Lee — Olympic and world champion wrestler
- Bob Lurtsema — NFL player
- Buster Mathis, Jr. — heavyweight boxer
- Floyd Mayweather, Jr. — welterweight boxer[37]
- Floyd Mayweather, Sr. — welterweight boxer
- Jeff Mayweather — super featherweight boxer
- Roger Mayweather — welterweight boxer
- Sparky McEwen — football player[38]
- Pete Mead — middleweight boxer
- Greg Meyer — distance runner
- Rick Miller — MLB player
- Terna Nande — NFL player
- Drew Neitzel — professional basketball player
- Jim Pace — NFL player
- Wally Pipp — Major League Baseball player
- Peter Quillin — middleweight boxer
- John Rienstra — NFL player
- Rueben Riley — NFL player
- Dathan Ritzenhein — distance runner[39]
- Rocky Rosema - NFL player
- Dave Rozema — MLB player
- Doris Satterfield — All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Betsy Snite — Olympic skiing silver medalist
- Joe Soboleski — NFL player
- Mickey Stanley — MLB player
- Matt Steigenga — NBA player
- Frank Steketee — All-American college football player
- Lou Stringer — MLB player
- James Toney — heavyweight boxer
- Tony Tucker — heavyweight boxer
- John Vander Wal — MLB player
- Loy Vaught — NBA player
- Jared Veldheer — NFL player[40]
- Dave Walsh — professional gamer
- Casper Wells — MLB player[41]
- Jack Wisner — MLB player[42]
}}Writers, novelists, poets and journalists{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|- Max Apple — short story writer, novelist and screenwriter
- Anne W. Armstrong — novelist
- Andrew Britton — novelist
- Robert Forrest Burgess — outdoors writer and photographer
- Peter De Vries — editor and novelist
- Meindert DeJong — children's author
- Arnold Gingrich — founder of Esquire magazine
- LZ Granderson — sports writer[43]
- Harold King — author and journalist
- Lloyd Kropp — novelist, composer and educator
- Robie Macauley — novelist, literary critic and educator
- Patrick Maher — novelist
- Harold Matson — literary agent
- Ander Monson — novelist and poet
- Bich Minh Nguyen — novelist and nonfiction writer
- Mary Jo Salter — poet
- Gary Schmidt — children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels
- Watson Spoelstra — sportswriter
- Michael Talbot — science writer
- Chris Van Allsburg — children's author and illustrator[44]
- Stewart Edward White — author
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