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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eminem, rapper (born in St. Joseph, Missouri; raised in Warren) | 94251 |
| 2 | Madonna, singer (born in Bay City; raised in Pontiac and Rochester Hills) | 22956 |
| 3 | Thomas Edison, inventor, entrepreneur (born in Milan, Ohio; later settled in Port Huron) | 17032 |
| 4 | Kristen Bell, Actress (born in Huntington Woods) | 15811 |
| 5 | Malcolm X, Civil Rights Leader (born in Omaha, Nebraska; raised in Lansing) | 14781 |
| 6 | Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (born in Tuskegee, Alabama; moved to Detroit) | 11816 |
| 7 | Aaliyah, singer and actress (born in Brooklyn, New York; raised in Detroit) | 11423 |
| 8 | Mike Posner, synthpop and electropop singer-songwriter (born in Detroit) | 11376 |
| 9 | Henry Ford auto maker (born in Dearborn) | 10126 |
| 10 | Stevie Wonder, singer, musician, songwriter and winner of 24 Grammy awards (born in Saginaw) | 9760 |
| 11 | Alice Cooper, musician (born in Detroit) | 9742 |
| 12 | Insane Clown Posse - hip hop group (begun in Detroit) | 9519 |
| 13 | "The White Stripes", minimalist blues-rock duo (begun in Detroit) | 9470 |
| 14 | Sufjan Stevens, folk musician (born in Detroit) | 8528 |
| 15 | Dita Von Teese, Internationally known Burlesque dancer (born in West Branch, Michigan) | 7556 |
| 16 | Kid Rock, musician (born in Romeo; raised in Mount Clemens) | 7553 |
| 17 | Iggy Pop, rock musician (born in Muskegon) | 7204 |
| 18 | Maynard James Keenan, frontman of Tool and A Perfect Circle (born in Ravenna, Ohio, raised in Scottville) | 6156 |
| 19 | Aileen Wuornos, murderer made famous as the subject of the 2003 film "Monster" starring Charlize Theron (born in Rochester) | 5676 |
| 20 | Diana Ross, lead singer of The Supremes and solo artist (born in Detroit) | 5576 |
| 21 | Anthony Kiedis, lead singer, Red Hot Chili Peppers (born in Grand Rapids) | 5559 |
| 22 | Michael Moore, filmmaker and writer (born in Flint, Michigan) | 5242 |
| 23 | Daniel Ellsberg, military analyst and political activist best known for gathering the Pentagon Papers (raised in metro Detroit) | 5192 |
| 24 | Francis Ford Coppola, film director, screen writer, publisher and vintner, three-time Academy Award winner for Best Picture, first director to have two films competing for Best Picture at the same time -- The Conversation and (The Godfather, Part II (born in Detroit) | 5041 |
| 25 | Aretha Franklin, singer known as "The Queen of Soul" (born in Memphis, Tennessee; raised in Detroit) | 4902 |
| 26 | Sam Raimi, director most known for movies The Evil Dead, Spider-Man, and producing Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys TV series (born in Royal Oak) | 4767 |
| 27 | George Armstrong Custer, US Generalâborn in New Rumley, Ohio; moved to Monroe) | 4763 |
| 28 | Ted Nugent, musician (born in Detroit) | 4759 |
| 29 | Jack Kevorkian, physician infamous for assisted suicides (born in Pontiac) | 4754 |
| 30 | Charles Lindbergh, pioneer aviator (born in Detroit) | 4658 |
| 31 | Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO and first person to be worth over a billion dollars based on stock options received as a corporate employee (born in Detroit) | 4426 |
| 32 | The Temptations, Motown group that won three Grammy awards with 14 number one hits (begun in Detroit) | 4407 |
| 33 | Bob Seger, rock singer (born in Dearborn ; raised in Ann Arbor) | 3859 |
| 34 | Jamie Hyneman, film special effects expert on MythBusters television show. (born in Marshall) | 3545 |
| 35 | Jerry Bruckheimer, movie and TV producer (born in Detroit) | 3525 |
| 36 | Sonny Bono, singer, record producer and California politician (born in Detroit) | 3465 |
| 37 | Selma Blair, Actress (born in Southfield) | 3124 |
| 38 | Craig Owens, vocalist of the band Chiodos (from Davison) | 3028 |
| 39 | Jim Bakker, scandal-ridden televangelist (born in Muskegon) | 3025 |
| 40 | Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts, and 2008 president candidate, (born in Detroit). | 2901 |
| 41 | Al Green Soul & Gospel Singer, & Pastor; grew up in Grand Rapids. | 2836 |
| 42 | Jason Newsted, bassist for Metallica (born in Battle Creek) | 2798 |
| 43 | The Stooges, rock band (begun in Ann Arbor) | 2708 |
| 44 | Kem, R&B/soul singer (raised in Detroit) | 2565 |
| 45 | Casey Kasem, radio personality host of American Top 40 (born in Detroit) | 2538 |
| 46 | Sid Meier, "father of computer gaming", created the groundbreaking computer game Civilization among others (born in Detroit) | 2526 |
| 47 | Jonas Salk Head of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan | 2483 |
| 48 | Uncle Kracker, rock musician (born in Mount Clemens) | 2386 |
| 49 | Smokey Robinson, Motown era singer (born in Detroit) | 2315 |
| 50 | Michael Porter, economist and author (born in Ann Arbor) | 2178 |
| 51 | Christie Brinkley, model (born in Monroe) | 2167 |
| 52 | Mike Ilitch, owner and founder of Little Caesars Pizza, owner of Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers (born in Detroit) | 2152 |
| 53 | Suzi Quatro, singer, bassist, and actress (born in Detroit) | 2028 |
| 54 | Anita Baker, jazz and R&B singer (born in Toledo, Ohio; raised in Detroit) | 1965 |
| 55 | Sojourner Truth (lived in Battle Creek) | 1872 |
| 56 | Joseph Bruce, co-founder of Psychopathic Records, hip hop singer and professional wrestler (born in Wayne) | 1856 |
| 57 | Roger Corman, director and producer (born in Detroit) | 1810 |
| 58 | "MC5" - groundbreaking protopunk band (begun in Detroit) | 1807 |
| 59 | Twiztid, hip hop group (begun in Eastpointe, Michigan) | 1798 |
| 60 | Chad Smith, drummer, Red Hot Chili Peppers (raised in Bloomfield Hills) | 1782 |
| 61 | The Black Dahlia Murder, a melodic death metal/metalcore band (begun in Detroit) | 1780 |
| 62 | Jackie Wilson, R&B singer (born in Detroit) | 1734 |
| 63 | McG, film director (born in Kalamazoo) | 1683 |
| 64 | Glenn Frey, founding member of rock band The Eagles (born in Royal Oak) | 1633 |
| 65 | John Dingell, longest serving member of the US House of Representatives (born in Colorado Springs, Colorado; raised in Detroit) | 1621 |
| 66 | Betty Ford, former First Lady, and advocate of breast cancer early detection and chemical dependency treatment | 1616 |
| 67 | D'arcy Wretzky, bass player for The Smashing Pumpkins (born in South Haven) | 1548 |
| 68 | Ed McMahon, Tonight Show announcer and sidekick to Johnny Carson (born in Detroit) | 1518 |
| 69 | Sandra Bernhard, comedian (born in Flint) | 1456 |
| 70 | Lee Iacocca | 1423 |
| 71 | Florence Ballard, Motown era singer, original lead singer of The Supremes, (born in Rosetta, Mississippi; raised in Detroit) | 1337 |
| 72 | Ivan Boesky, inside trader (born in Detroit) | 1331 |
| 73 | Joseph Utsler, co-founder of Psychopathic Records and hip hop singer (born in Wayne) | 1330 |
| 74 | John Lautner | 1256 |
| 75 | David S. Goyer, comic book writer and filmmaker, best known for authoring almost 50 issues of Justice Society of America for DC Comics and comic-based films including The Crow: City of Angels, Dark City, Blade, and Blade II. He both wrote and directed ZigZag and Blade: Trinity as well as being the co-writer and story creator of Batman Begins (born in Ann Arbor) | 1232 |
| 76 | Eero Saarinen | 1189 |
| 77 | Edsel Ford auto maker (born in Detroit) | 1163 |
| 78 | The Spinners, R&B group (formed in Ferndale) | 1118 |
| 79 | Del Shannon, early rock singer and guitarist (born in Coopersville) | 1116 |
| 80 | James Lipton, host of the Bravo cable TV series, Inside the Actors Studio, writer and poet (born in Detroit) | 1107 |
| 81 | Wallace Fard Muhammad, founder of Nation of Islam (birthplace debated; moved to Detroit and founded his first mosque there) | 1094 |
| 82 | "The Verve Pipe", post-grunge band (formed in East Lansing) | 1093 |
| 83 | Leon Czolgosz, assassin of President William McKinley (born in Detroit) | 1086 |
| 84 | Esham, rapper (born in Long Island, New York; raised in Detroit) | 1056 |
| 85 | William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, (born in Ann Arbor) | 1050 |
| 86 | Ellen G. White, founding member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (born in Maine, settled in Battle Creek with husband James) | 1013 |
| 87 | Bill Haley, early rock musician most known for his Rock Around the Clock (born in Highland Park) | 1004 |
| 88 | The Romantics - New Wave rock band (begun in Detroit) | 930 |
| 89 | Terry Nichols, Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator (born in Michigan) | 919 |
| 90 | Father Charles Coughlin, notoriously anti-Semitic, pro-Hitler priest of the interwar years (born in Hamilton, Ontario; moved to Birmingham) | 894 |
| 91 | Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes, film directors, producers, and screenwriters (born in Detroit) | 881 |
| 92 | Stephen Lynch, comic musician (born in Abington, Pennsylvania; raised in Saginaw) | 870 |
| 93 | Robert Shiller, economist, academic, author (born in Detroit) | 867 |
| 94 | Greg Mathis, Judge and later TV Judge (born in Detroit) | 864 |
| 95 | Glenn T. Seaborg, chemist, Nobel prize winner (born in Ishpeming) | 862 |
| 96 | Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist and actor. (born in Chicago, raised in Decatur) | 845 |
| 97 | Carl Levin, US Senator (born in Detroit) | 841 |
| 98 | Leo Burnett, advertising firm founder | 830 |
| 99 | Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan, (born in British Columbia; raised in California; Northville resident at time of her election) | 823 |
| 100 | Alvin Plantinga, philosopher of religion, (born in Ann Arbor) | 820 |
| 101 | Pontiac, Native American chief and war leader (born near the Detroit River) | 803 |
| 102 | John List, mass murderer (born in Bay City) | 763 |
| 103 | Preston Tucker, automobile designer, entrepreneur (born in Capac) | 718 |
| 104 | Paul Schrader, film director (born in Grand Rapids) | 717 |
| 105 | Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and its former chief scientist (born in rural Michigan) | 709 |
| 106 | Charles Cooley, sociologist, best known for his concept of the looking glass self (born in Ann Arbor) | 707 |
| 107 | Anna Sui, fashion designer (born in Detroit) | 697 |
| 108 | Taproot, nu metal band (begun in Ann Arbor) | 695 |
| 109 | Minoru Yamasaki, architect, best known for designing the World Trade Center. (Born in Seattle, later moved to Grand Rapids) | 689 |
| 110 | Anybody Killa, rapper (raised in Detroit) | 665 |
| 111 | Eddie Slovik - last U.S. soldier executed for desertion (born in Detroit, raised in Dearborn) | 660 |
| 112 | Ralph Bunche, 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner; the first ever won by an African American (born in Detroit) | 658 |
| 113 | Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, murderer (and first criminal to be captured with the aid of wireless communication (born in Michigan, caught in England) | 638 |
| 114 | Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza (born in Ann Arbor) | 637 |
| 115 | Blaze Ya Dead Homie, rapper (raised in Romeo) | 633 |
| 116 | Henry Ford II auto maker (born in Detroit) | 629 |
| 117 | John Conyers, second-longest serving member of the US House of Representatives (born in Detroit) | 602 |
| 118 | John Sinclair, political activist, writer, musician (born in Flint) | 596 |
| 119 | Edwin Starr, soul music singer, best known for his anti-war number one hit "War" (born in Nashville, Tennessee, raised in Cleveland, Ohio, lived in Detroit | 591 |
| 120 | Donald Byrd, jazz trumpeter (born in Detroit) | 590 |
| 121 | Isamu Noguchi | 584 |
| 122 | Andrew "Andy" Beal, businessman banking and real estate, founder and chairman of Beal Bank and Beal Aerospace Technologies (born in Lansing) | 559 |
| 123 | William Clay Ford auto maker (born in Detroit) | 551 |
| 124 | Geoff Johns, comic book writer, known primarily for his work with DC Comics (born in Detroit) | 550 |
| 125 | Tom Hayden, social and political activist, politician (born in Detroit) | 543 |
| 126 | Samuel C. C. Ting, Nobel Prize- winning physicist (born in Ann Arbor) | 537 |
| 127 | Mary Wells, Motown era singer best known for her song My Guy which hit number one (born in Detroit) | 525 |
| 128 | John Mitchell, conspiratorial Attorney General during Watergate under President Richard Nixon (born in Detroit) | 518 |
| 129 | Potter Stewart, US Supreme Court justice (born in Jackson, Michigan) | 502 |
| 130 | Steve Phillips, former ESPN baseball analyst (from Detroit) | 499 |
| 131 | Bob Schneider, Texas-based rock musician and former boyfriend of Sandra Bullock (born in Ypsilanti) | 492 |
| 132 | George Winston, Grammy Award-winning new age pianist (born in Michigan) | 492 |
| 133 | Sponge, post-grunge band ( formed in Detroit) | 489 |
| 134 | Amy Robach, MSNBC news anchor (born in Michigan) | 483 |
| 135 | Gregg Alexander, singer and songwriter (from Grosse Pointe) | 481 |
| 136 | The Purple Gang, 1920s organized crime group in Detroit | 481 |
| 137 | The Von Bondies, indie rock/alternative band (from Detroit) | 478 |
| 138 | The Marvelettes, Motown era group whose "Please Mr. Postman" went number one (formed in Inkster) | 454 |
| 139 | Alice Coltrane, jazz keyboardist, harpist and composer (born in Detroit) | 453 |
| 140 | Richard DeVos, founder of Alticor and former president of Amway (born in Forest Hills in metro Grand Rapids) | 446 |
| 141 | William C. Durant, automobile industry pioneer (born in Boston, Massachusetts; moved to Flint and later Pontiac) | 445 |
| 142 | Will Keith Kellogg, founder of Kellogg Company (born in Battle Creek) | 444 |
| 143 | Veronica Webb, model, Revlon spokesperson (born in Detroit) | 443 |
| 144 | Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist (born in Boston, Massachusetts; raised in Saginaw) | 432 |
| 145 | Winsor McCay, pioneer film animator (born in Spring Lake) | 432 |
| 146 | Ron Carter, jazz bassist and member of the Miles Davis Quintet (born in Ferndale, Michigan) | 418 |
| 147 | George W. Romney, Governor of Michigan, former chairman of American Motors, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, (born in Chihuahua, Mexico, raised in Salt Lake City, moved to Detroit) | 416 |
| 148 | Debbie Stabenow, US Senator (born in Gladwin) | 412 |
| 149 | Earl Klugh, Grammy Award-winning jazz guitarist (born in Detroit) | 410 |
| 150 | Stephen M. Ross, born in Detroit, founder and CEO of The Related Companies real estate firm, helped to establish the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan which bears his name, 95% owner of Miami Dolphins. | 407 |
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