Notable Current & Former Residents
- Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856–1931), inventor of carborundum
- Nathan Smith Boynton (1837–1911), Major: Eight Michigan Calvary of the Union Army, Founder, Knights of the Maccabees Namesake: Boynton Beach, Florida
- Burt D. Cady, politician
- Ezra C. Carleton, mayor and congressman
- Robert Hardy Cleland, judge
- Omar D. Conger, senator for Michigan
- Thomas A Edison, inventor and entrepreneur
- Otto Fetting, religious leader
- Obadiah Gardner, senator for Maine
- Jim Gosger, MLB player
- Bill Hogg, baseball pitcher
- Herbert W. Kalmbach, attorney
- Paul H. Lemmen, military impostor and criminal
- Michael Mallory,- author
- Steve Mazur, guitarist
- Robert J. McIntosh, politician and pilot
- Terry McMillan, author
- Henry McMorran, businessman and congressman
- Dave Miller, software developer
- Marko Mitchell, football wide receiver
- Colleen Moore, silent movie era actress
- John Morrow, football center
- Jason Motte, relief pitcher
- Robert C. Odle, Jr., lawyer
- Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan, judge
- Dick Van Raaphorst, football placekicker
- Frederick C. Sherman, admiral
- Dave Strauchman, lead singer of Every Avenue
- Dennis Sullivan, mathematician
- John Swainson, (1925–1994), Governor of Michigan and a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Stephan Thernstrom, professor and author
- Harold Sines Vance, businessman and government official
- Kris Vernarsky, amateur ice hockey player
- Felix Watts, inventor
- Harry Wismer, broadcaster and sports owner
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