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The following is a list of people from Detroit, Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, ... Les Gold [84] Berry Gordy [85] Edgar Gott ...
Joseph LoDuca, film score composer (born in Michigan) John Lowery, guitarist, a.k.a. John5, former member of Marilyn Manson (born in Grosse Pointe) Stephen Lynch, comic musician (born in Abington, Pennsylvania; raised in Saginaw) Geoff Moore, Christian contemporary music Grammy-winning singer and songwriter (born in Michigan)
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The Gold Rush began in earnest in 1849, which led to its eager participants being called "49ers," and within two years of James Marshall's discovery at Sutter's Mill, 90,000 people flocked to ...
Lindsay Tarpley, soccer player, member of gold-medal Athens 2004 Summer Olympics team (was attending Western Michigan) (born in Madison, Wisconsin, raised in Kalamazoo) Gary Tobian, diver, Olympic gold and two-time silver medalist (born in Detroit)
Dan Seavey (March 23, 1865 – February 14, 1949), also known as "Roaring" Dan Seavey, was an American sailor, fisherman, farmer, saloon keeper, prospector, U.S. marshal, thief, poacher, smuggler, hijacker, procurer, and timber pirate in Wisconsin and Michigan and on the Great Lakes in the late 19th to early 20th century.
Martin Klebba, actor/stuntman, Marty in Pirates of the Caribbean films and in reality show Little People, Big World (born in Troy) Nancy Kovack, actress in many films and TV series, wife of conductor Zubin Mehta (born in Flint) Eric Allan Kramer, actor, Dave Rogers on The Hughleys and Bob Duncan on Good Luck Charlie (born in Grand Rapids)
James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848, reported the finding of gold at Coloma, California, a small settlement on the American River about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento. His discovery was the impetus for the California Gold Rush.