Notable residents of Pinckney, Michigan

[Hillbilly Jim]

* Chris Sabin , Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestler
* Robert Sabuda, children's pop-up book artist and paper engineer
* Glendon Swarthout, novelist and short story writer
* Denny McLain, former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
* Caroline Kirkland, 19th century writer and founder of Pinckney
* Erik Reichenbach, contestant on Survivor: Micronesia

[gay sex]

shout out to eddie rickenbacker

[Hillbilly Jim]

for a town with a population little over 2000 that is a very good list

[DRK Star]

Here is a list of famous people who went to my H.S.

brag?



Notable alumni
[edit] Letters and journalism

* Kenneth Fearing was a poet, novelist (The Big Clock) and founder of The Partisan Review.[52]
* Jane Hamilton is a novelist (The Book of Ruth, A Map of the World).[53]
* Paul Harvey, Jr. was a radio news writer, producer, and on air talent best known for his work with The Rest of the Story, which was long hosted by his father.[53]
* Ernest Hemingway was a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winning writer.[52][53][54]
* Janet Lewis was a librettist, poet, and novelist (The Wife of Martin Guerre).[52]
* Barbara Mertz is a bestselling writer of more than 60 mysteries under the pen names Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels.[55]
* Francis Morrone is an architectural historian known for his work on the built environment of New York City.
* Bruce Morton is an Emmy and Peabody Award winning television journalist, spending most of his career with CBS News.[53]
* Morris McNeal Musselman was a screenwriter and author. A classmate of Ernest Hemingway, he collaborated with Hemingway on what is believed to be his first play, Hokum.[56]
* Carol Warner Shields is an author (Larry's Party, Unless) who won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (The Stone Diaries).[54]
* Charles Simic is a poet who won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. In 2007, he was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (formerly Poet Laureate of the United States).[53][54]
* Anna Louise Strong was a journalist, writer, traveler, and communist apologist.[52]
* Edward Wagenknecht is an author and literary critic.[52][53]

[edit] Fine and performing arts

* Dan Castellaneta is an actor best known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson on the television series The Simpsons.[53][54][57][58]
* Bruce Davidson is a documentary photographer, perhaps best known for his coverage of the American Civil Rights Movement.[53]
* The Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger
* Mason Gamble is an actor (Dennis the Menace, and Rushmore)[59][60]
* Kathy Griffin is a comedienne and actress (Suddenly Susan, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List).[57]
* Felicity LaFortune is an actress.[57]
* John LaMontaine is a composer who won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Music.[53]
* Thomas Lennon is an actor (Reno 911!) and screenwriter (Night at the Museum).[57]
* Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is an actress best known for her work in film (The Abyss, Scarface, White Sands).[53][54][57]
* Amy Morton is an actress best known for her work with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.[53]
* George Schaefer was a Tony Award winning director best known for his work in television. He received four awards from the Directors Guild of America, a group he served as president of (1979—81).[54]
* Alex Wurman is a composer best known for his work on television and film (March of the Penguins, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind).[53]

[edit] Science

* Richard C. Atkinson was a psychologist who served as director of the National Science Foundation, chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and president of the University of California.[53]
* Wallace S. Broecker is a geologist, perhaps best known for coining the phrase global warming.[53][61][62]
* James B. Herrick was a medical doctor who was the first to identify sickle cell anemia and coronary thrombosis.[63]
* Kermit E Krantz was a surgeon, physician, author, and inventor. He co-developed the Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure.[53]
* Wilton Krogman was a professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania.[53]
* Jay Ruby was an anthropologist, specializing in the field of visual anthropology.[53]
* James Thomson is a biologist best known for his work with human embryonic stem cells.[64]
* Chad Trujillo is an astronomer and co-discoverer of several Trans-Neptunian objects including Quaoar, Sedna, Orcus, and Eris.[65]

[edit] Sports

* Don Canham was a track & field coach at the University of Michigan before becoming its athletic director (1968–88).[53]
* Greg Guy was the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball scoring champion.[66][67]
* Charlie Hoag was a member of the 1952 gold medal winning U.S. Mens Olympic Basketball Team.[54]
* Eric Kumerow was a first round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins.[54]
* Sean Lawrence was a pitcher (1998) with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[54]
* Billy Martin (did not graduate) was a professional tennis player.[68]
* John Register was a silver medalist in the long jump at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[53]
* Ben Shelton was an outfielder (1993) with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[54]
* George Trafton was an NFL center, playing his entire career for the Decatur Staleys/Chicago Bears. A member of two championship teams, he was credited with introducing the one-handed snap, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[53][54]
* Danielle Tyler was a softball player and member of the gold medal winning U.S. team at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[53]

[edit] Other

* Bruce Barton was a U.S. Congressman (1937–41), author (The Man Nobody Knows), and ad executive.[52][53]
* Mike Feinberg is the co-founder of Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP).[53]
* Walter Burley Griffin was an architect and city planner best known for designing the capital city of Australia, Canberra, as well as the development of the carport and "L-shaped floor plan".[53]
* Otto Kerner, Jr. was the 33rd Governor of Illinois (1961–68). He was also the namesake of the national Kerner Commission.[69]
* Ray Kroc was the founder of McDonald's. He did not graduate, instead enlisting as an ambulance driver in World War I.[53][54][70]
* Prentice H. Marshall was a federal judge who sat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1973—96).[53]
* Carlos Alberto Torres is a Puerto Rican nationalist convicted of attempting to overthrow the United States government as a member of the FALN. He was on the FBI Most Wanted List, and is currently serving a 78 year prison sentence.[71]
* Marjorie Vincent was Miss America, 1991.[53][54]
* Clarence E. "Bill" Winchell was a gunner aboard the B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle, and was featured in William Wyler's film Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress.[72]