Editing Pontiac, Michigan (section)

==Notable people==
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*[[Geri Allen]], jazz pianist, born in Pontiac
*[[Lawrence S. Bacow]], President of [[Harvard University]], born in Detroit, grew up in Pontiac
* [[Thomas Bredlow]], blacksmith and iron artist
*[[Mark Bego]], author, born in Pontiac
*[[Tim Birtsas]], [[MLB]] pitcher, born in Pontiac
*[[Jim Bundren]], [[NFL]] player, born in Pontiac
*[[Adolphus W. Burtt]], [[South Dakota Attorney General]]<ref>{{cite news |date=May 5, 1871 |title=Justice Court: Before Justice Burtt |url=https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/?a=d&d=OaklandPWG18710505-01.1.3&srpos=3&e=01-01-1871-31-12-1871--en-10--1--txt-txIN-%22burtt%22--------- |work=Pontiac Weekly Gazette |location=Pontiac, MI |via=Central Michigan University: Digital Michigan Newspapers |page=3 |ref={{sfnRef|"Justice Court: Before Justice Burtt"}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 1917 |title=Aged Resident of Kalispell Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/237980550/ |work=[[Great Falls Tribune]] |location=Great Falls, MT |url-access=subscription |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=3 |ref={{sfnRef|"Aged Resident of Kalispell Dead"}}}}</ref>
*[[Jamal Cain]], [[NBA]] player for the [[New Orleans Pelicans]]
*[[Albert J. Campbell]], U.S. Representative from Montana<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000074|title=CAMPBELL, Albert James, (1857–1907)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 14, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna Louise Ciccone]], known mononymously as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], singer and actress, lived in Pontiac during childhood<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/madonna-9394994 |title=Madonna Biography |website=Biography.com |access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref>
*[[Mary A. Cornelius]] (1829–1918), writer, social reformer<ref name="WillardLivermore-1893">{{cite book |last1=Willard |first1=Frances Elizabeth |author1-link=Frances Willard |last2=Livermore |first2=Mary Ashton Rice |author2-link=Mary Livermore |title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life |year=1893 |publisher=[[Charles Wells Moulton]] |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Mary_A._Cornelius |pages=207–08  |chapter=CORNELIUS, Mrs. Mary A. }}</ref>
*[[Sara Lynn Darrow]], United States District Court judge, born in Pontiac
*[[DDG (entertainer)|DDG]], rapper and YouTube personality, born and raised in Pontiac
*[[Pete Dexter]],  journalist, novelist, and screenwriter, born in Pontiac
*[[Thomas J. Drake]], justice of [[Utah Supreme Court|Utah Territorial Supreme Court]] and third [[Lieutenant Governor of Michigan]], died in Pontiac<ref>{{cite web|last=Herringshaw|first=Thomas William|title=Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation|date=1904|publisher=American Publishers' Association|page=314|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xxg7AQAAMAAJ&q=Thomas+Jefferson+Drake+Scipio,+New+York&pg=PA314}}</ref>
*[[Electric Djinn]], the solo musical project of NYC-based electronic musician and producer Neptune Sweet
*[[Dez Fitzpatrick]], [[NFL]] player for the [[Tennessee Titans]]
*[[Tommy Edman]], current center fielder for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], born in Pontiac
*[[Kirk Gibson]], [[MLB]] player and  [[manager (baseball)|manager]], two-time World Series champion, born in Pontiac<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=ari&coachorstaffid=114752|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20100227012852/http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=ari&coachorstaffid=114752|url-status=  dead|archive-date=  February 27, 2010|title=Kirk Gibson #23|publisher = Arizona Diamondbacks|access-date= March 11, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Jonas Gray]], [[NFL]] player, born in Pontiac
*[[K. J. Hamler]], [[NFL]] player for the [[Indianapolis Colts]]
*[[Laura Innes]], actress, starred in hit television series ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''; born in Pontiac
*[[Isaiah Jackson (basketball)|Isaiah Jackson]], [[NBA]] player for the [[Indiana Pacers]]
*[[Elvin Jones]], [[Jazz drumming|jazz drummer]] of the [[post-bop]] era, born in Pontiac<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.pas.org/experience/halloffame/JonesElvin.aspx2|title=  Hall of Fame Elvin Jones|publisher=  Percussive Arts Society|access-date=  March 11, 2014}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Hank Jones]], musician, 2009 recipient of [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]; lived in Pontiac
*[[Hayes Jones]], hurdler, NCAA champion and [[1964 Summer Olympics]] gold medalist; lived in Pontiac
*[[Thad Jones]], jazz musician, born in Pontiac
*[[Jack Kevorkian]], [[pathologist]], [[euthanasia]] activist, painter, author, composer and instrumentalist, born in Pontiac<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.biography.com/people/jack-kevorkian-9364141|title=   Jack Kevorkian biography |publisher =Biography.com|access-date= March 11, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Micki King]], diver, Olympic gold medalist and 10-time national champion, U.S. Air Force colonel, born in Pontiac
*[[Rebecca Kleefisch]], Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 2011–2019, born in Pontiac
*[[Henry W. Lord]], U.S. Congressman from Michigan<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=  http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000441 |title=   LORD, Henry William, (1821 - 1891) |dictionary = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= March 11, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Tony Lucca]], actor/singer and former Mouseketeer, born in Pontiac
*[[Michael Mallory]], author/actor, grew up in Pontiac
*[[Yante Maten]], [[NBA]] player for the [[Miami Heat]]
*[[Clara McDaniel]] (born 1948 in Pontiac),<ref name="Bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= [[Santa Barbara, California]], United States| pages=253/4 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> blues singer and songwriter
*[[Derek Minor]], rapper, born in Pontiac
*[[Daniel O'Shea (figure skater)|Daniel O'Shea]], figure skater, 2016 national champion, born in Pontiac
*[[Kem (singer)|Kem]], R&B/Soul singer–songwriter and producer
*[[Duane D. Pearsall]], physicist and inventor<ref>{{cite news|title=Duane Pearsall, inventor of smoke detector, dies in Denver|url=http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20100416/NEWS/100419905|newspaper=Summit Daily|location=[[Summit County, Colorado]]|publisher=Swift Communications, Inc.|date=15 April 2010|access-date=13 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728100109/http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20100416/NEWS/100419905|archive-date=July 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Gary Peters]], United States Senator, born in Pontiac
*[[Howard "Howdy" Quicksell]], musician, lived and died in Pontiac
*[[Walker Russell]], pro basketball player, born in Pontiac
*[[Walker Russell Jr.]], pro basketball player, born in Pontiac
*[[Frank Russell (basketball)|Frank Russell]], NBA player, Chicago Bulls, first from Oakland County and Pontiac to play in modern NBA; raised in Pontiac
*[[Campy Russell]], basketball player, [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]] and [[NBA]]; Best High School Player in America 1971–72, NBA All-Star 1978–79; broadcaster for [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]; raised in Pontiac
*[[Bryan Rust]] [[NHL]] hockey player for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], 2x Stanley Cup Champion
*[[Alfred Taubman]], real estate developer, owned famed [[Sotheby's]] auction house and [[Michigan Panthers]] pro football team; born in Pontiac<ref name="C4WDefault-6746074">{{cite journal |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_A-Alfred-Taubman_LWZ4.html |title=#655 A. Alfred Taubman |date=January 31, 2012 <!-- No date available; last modification date used. --> |access-date=May 30, 2014 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531035711/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_A-Alfred-Taubman_LWZ4.html |archive-date=May 31, 2014 |url-status=live |journal=Forbes |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[Wilma Vaught]], U.S. Air Force brigadier general, born in Pontiac
*[[Martell Webb]], [[NFL]] player
*[[Tim Welke]], [[MLB]] umpire, born in Pontiac
*[[Donald F. White]] (1908–2002), Canadian-born American architect and engineer, of African descent; first Black licensed architect in the state of Michigan; he attended Pontiac High School<ref name="DSWilson">{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Dreck Spurlock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0OaSAgAAQBAJ |title=African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 |date=March 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95629-5 |pages=600–604 |language=en |chapter=Donald Frank White (1908–2002)}}</ref>
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