Editing Jackson, Michigan (section)

==Notable people==
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*[[Claire Allen]] — architect
*[[Fairuza Balk]] — actress, musician, and visual artist; lived here until the age of two with her mother, Cathryn Balk
*[[Austin Blair]] — governor of Michigan during Civil War
*[[Kara Braxton]] — WNBA basketball player
*[[Carl Christensen (soccer)|Carl Christensen]] — soccer player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=NASL–Carl Christensen |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/C/Christensen.Carl.htm |website=(NASL) jerseys |access-date=April 5, 2025}}</ref>
*[[Dan Coats]] — U.S. congressman and senator, representing Indiana, and [[Director of National Intelligence]] in the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Presidency of Donald Trump]].
*[[Tim Crabtree]] — Major League Baseball pitcher
*[[Philip Campbell Curtis]] — artist
*[[Tony Dungy]] — National Football League player and coach, won [[Super Bowl XLI]], 2016 [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] inductee
*[[Paula Faris]] — television correspondent for [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] and ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]''
*[[Idabelle Smith Firestone]] — songwriter, wife of tire mogul [[Harvey Samuel Firestone]]
*[[Louise V. Gustin]] — ragtime composer, born in Jackson
*[[Raymond Salvatore Harmon]] — artist
*[[Jack Harris (American football)|Jack Harris]] — National Football League player
*[[Dave Hill (golfer)|Dave Hill]] — professional golfer
*[[Mike Hill (golfer)|Mike Hill]] — professional golfer
*[[Fred Janke]] — football player and mayor of Jackson
*[[David Johnson (Michigan jurist)|David Johnson]] — jurist, lawyer, legislator<ref>[http://www.micourthistory.org/justices/david-johnson/ Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society-David Johnson]</ref>
*[[James Earl Jones]] — stage and screen actor; lived here from the age of five with his maternal grandparents
*[[Ruth Ward Kahn]] — writer
*[[Steven Kampfer]] — [[National Hockey League]] player, [[Stanley Cup]] champion 2011 with [[Boston Bruins]]
*[[Vivian Kellogg]] — All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
*[[Karch Kiraly]] — Olympic gold medalist and pro volleyball player
*[[Cheslie Kryst]] — [[Miss USA 2019]] 
*[[Mary Torrans Lathrap]] — poet, preacher, suffragist, social reformer
*[[Rick Lenz]] — actor
*[[Clarence Love]] — NFL player, Super Bowl champion with Baltimore Ravens
*[[Alfred Lucking]] — U.S. congressman<ref>{{cite dictionary|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000500|title=  LUCKING, Alfred, (1856–1929) |dictionary = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= March 21, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Anna Theresa Berger Lynch]] — cornetist and trumpeter; lived and died in Jackson
*[[Gene Markey]] — decorated naval officer, screenwriter; married to [[Hedy Lamarr]] and [[Myrna Loy]]
* [[Carter Mazur]] — American ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings
*[[Tim McClelland]] — Major League Baseball umpire
*[[James McDivitt]] — NASA astronaut
*[[Harry Melling (NASCAR owner)|Harry Melling]] — NASCAR team owner, won two Daytona 500s
*[[Charles W. Misner]] — physicist, author of ''[[Gravitation (book)|Gravitation]]''
* [[Marcus Norris]] — basketball player
*[[Tyler Oakley]] — YouTuber and LGBT activist
* [[Rasmea Odeh]] — convicted of [[immigration fraud]], for concealing her arrest, conviction, and imprisonment for fatal terrorist bombing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/03/12/ramieh-odeh-sentencing/70198650/|title=Palestinian activist Rasmieh Odeh sentenced to prison for immigration lies|author=Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press|date=March 12, 2015|work=Detroit Free Press}}</ref>
*[[Jack Paar]] — television personality, host of ''[[Tonight Starring Jack Paar]]'', predecessor of [[Johnny Carson]]
*[[Dominic Pangborn]] — Korean-American artist and graphic designer
*[[U.E. Patrick]] — IndyCar team owner and three-time Indy 500 champion owner
*[[Alonzo Sargent]] — locomotive engineer
*[[Potter Stewart]] — associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1958-1981)
*[[Wilbur F. Storey]] – publisher and editor, founder of ''Jackson Patriot'', owned ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''
*[[Brian Stuard]] — professional golfer
*[[Tyler Thomas]] — former Canadian Football League player and current Indoor Football League player
*[[Brian VanGorder]] — football coach, defensive coordinator for [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]], [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]], NFL's [[Atlanta Falcons]]
*[[Rick Wise]] — Major League Baseball pitcher
*[[Alfred Worden]] — NASA astronaut and one of 24 people to have travelled to the Moon
*[[Wendy Wyland]] — diver, Olympic bronze medalist
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