| Washtenaw County Historian Hall of Fame | Career Occupations | Life | Notes/Achievements |
| Abbot, Waldo Mack | University of Michigan Broadcasting Professor, 1920-1957 | 1888-1964 | Assistant Prosecuting Attorney-Washtenaw County/Christian Science Monitor/Hoover Ball & Bearing |
| Abbot, Willis John | UofM Graduate, 1884/Chicago Times/New York Journal | 1863-1934 | Christian Science Monitor/Chicago Tribune |
| Abbott, Horatio Johnson | Washtenaw County Register of Deeds, 1909-1912 | 1876-1936 | n/a |
| Ackerman, Abraham Albert | WDIV/WXYZ Sportscaster-25 years | 1925-2016 | n/a |
| Action, William | Printer | 1825-1909 | n/a |
| Adams, Charles Kendall | Professor, UofM, 1857-1885-History/Librarian | 1835-1902 | President of Cornell University/Wisconsin/UofM Grad 1861/Historical Sketch of the University of Michigan (1876) |
| Adams, George Matthew | Adams Newspaper Service, 1907 | 1878-1962 | Today's Talk, a favorite of Henry Ford/born at Saline |
| Adams, Randolph Greenfield | Director, UofM Clements Library | 1892-1951 | n/a |
| Aiton, Arthur Scott | University of Michigan History Professor, 1921-1959 | 1894-1955 | n/a |
| Albom, Mitchell David | Detroit Free Press/News-1985 | 1958- | Sold over 40 million books/Tuesdays with Morrie/Five People You'll Meet in Heaven/Mitch Albom Show-WJR/WWJ |
| Allen, John Tecumseh | Publisher-Western Emigrant/True Democrat/Postmaster/Coroner/Village President | 1796-1851 | Left Staunton, Virgina with over $28,000 of debts/Purchased land in Ann Arbour/Jackson/Marshall/Mason(Lawrence)/Lansing/Grand Haven/Hartford/Richmond/Attorney-1932 |
| Allen, Mary Augusta Wood | Ann Arbor High School/UofM Graduate | 1841-1908 | Published 11 books on marriage, raising children, hygiene, health, self-improvement, etc. |
| Allison, Andrew | Publisher/Editor, Chelsea Herald, 1871-1900 | 1827-1900 | Cleveland Plain Dealer/Oswego Times/Detroit Free Press/Chicago Times |
| Allmendinger, Elizabeth Catherine "Libby" | President, Juvenile Aid Society/Teacher | 1837-1909 | Flora list published in 1881 included 381 genera and 850 species/Botany instructor at the University of Michigan/Curator-UofM Herbarium |
| Allmendinger, Ernest John | All-American Guard, Michigan Football, 1911-1913/Washtenaw County Road Commission, 1921-1954 | 1890-1973 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1945-46 |
| Anderson, Leigh Charles | UofM Chemistry Professor-51 years | 1899-1983 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1978-1979 |
| Anderson, William H. "Bill" | Ann Arbor News Sports Reporter | n/a | n/a |
| Andrews, Samuel Chester | Ann Arbor Publisher, Andrews&Witherby | 1851-1914 | n/a |
| Angell, Carleton Watson | Professor, UofM | 1887-1962 | Sculptor, designed logo for Washtenaw County Historical Society/famous for Pumas in front of UofM Natural History Museum |
| Anschuetz, Janice J. & Robert | Ypsilanti Historical Society-Several written articles | 1943- | n/a |
| Antracoli, Alexis Antionette | Director, University of Michigan Bentley Library | 1975- | n/a |
| Arbour, Louis Thomas | Linotype Operator-25 years, Ann Arbor News | 1891-1966 | n/a |
| Armstrong, William James | Civil Engineer, Washtenaw County Road Commission | 1892-1972 | Atwell-Hicks/The Great Trail That Became The Chicago Road |
| Arnold, Orrin Baldwin | Editor, Michigan Argus (1843) | 1822-1883 | Three Rivers Herald, 1874-1883 |
| Askins, David Michael Wilson | Publisher, Ann Arbor Chronicle | 1964- | n/a |
| Atwell, Harry Hurd | University of Michigan Surveying Professor, 1905-1921/Washtenaw County Clerk | 1877-1955 | Michigan State Highway Commission/Atwell-Hicks (1950) |
| Austin, Patricia Kay Palmer | n/a | 1941- | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1982-84, 1987-88, 1993-95 |
| Axtell, George Ford | Editor, Chelsea Tribune | 1877-1960 | n/a |
| Ayres, Louis Evans | Engineer | 1886-1973 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1959-60 |
| Azus, Lee Mark | Ypsilanti Historian/Historical Preservationist | 1957- | Transformation of Black Ypsilanti |
| Babbitt, Florence Smalley | Wife of Judge John Willard Babbitt | 1847-1929 | Antique Collection one of the largest in America with over 5,000 pieces, Michigan's First Antique Collector |
| Babst, Earl Daniel | Michigan in the Cleveland Era/Editor, Michigan Farmer | 1870-1967 | CEO, American Sugar Refining Co./National Biscuit Co.(NABISCO)/UofM Grad, 1893 |
| Bach, Anna Botsford | President, Ann Arbor School Board/Ladies Library to Carnegie Library | 1839-1915 | 1901 UofM graduate/Old Ladies Home-1915-2001 |
| Bach, Doris Anna | Teacher/Granddaughter of Philip Bach | 1907-2001 | Endowment Donor $600,000+ |
| Bach, Ellen Botsford | n/a | 1877-1960 | First Female President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1936-37 |
| Bacon, John Underhill | Ann Arbor Huron HS/UofM Grad+Instructor | 1964- | 15+ books |
| Bader, Nicholas | Printer | 1843- | n/a |
| Bailey, John Newton | Ann Arbor Argus, 1879-1894/Saginaw Telegram/Midland sun Newspapers | 1839-1899 | Auburn Argus, 1894-1899/Cayuga County Independent, 1874 |
| Bak, Richard Gerard | Detroit Hour Magazine | 1954- | n/a |
| Baker, Gwendolyn Calvert | National Director, YM-YWCA | 1931-2019 | Hot Fudge Sundae in a White Paper Cup |
| Baker, Ray Stannard | Michigan State grad/UofM Law School drop-out-1891/Pulitzer Prize-1939 | 1870-1946 | 14+ books published/Chicago News-Record/McClure's/The American Magazine |
| Baker, Russell Ray | Associate Editor, Ann Arbor News | 1890-1949 | Bobby and the Old Professor |
| Bald, Frederick Clever | University of Michigan History Professor, 1943-1966 | 1897-1970 | Michigan Historical Collections/President, Michigan Historical Society/Michigan in Four Centuries among 9 published books, 1938-1955 |
| Ballard, Arden Holton | Co-Founder of Ypsilanti Sentinel in 1844/Ypsilanti Mayor | 1799-1867 | Donated home for Ypsilanti's first Library |
| Bangs, Sidney M. | Printer, Inland Press | 1871-1925 | Harry Bennett's uncle |
| Barbour, Levi Lewis | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1840-1925 | Barbour Gymnasium/Barbour Scholarship |
| Barkley, Frederick Lee | Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission | 1936- | Chelsea |
| Barnes, James Milton | Ypsilanti Newspaperman | 1894-1985 | Blind |
| Barnett, Claribel Ruth | Librarian, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1907-1940 | 1872-1951 | UofM Grad, 1893 |
| Barnum, Martha "Mattie" E. | Printer/Compositor, Ypsilanti Commerical | 1849-1912 | n/a |
| Barry, Sarah Cornelia | Ann Arbor's First Librarian | 1845-1876 | 1863 Union School graduate |
| Bartlett, Herbert Hall | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1962-63 | 1890-1983 | Civil Engineer |
| Bartlett, Nancy Ruth | Archivist, University of Michigan Bentley Library, 1985-2024 | 1956- | n/a |
| Barton, John William | Ann Arbor News, 1975-1999 | 1941-2010 | n/a |
| Basom, Erastus W. | n/a | 1824-1910 | History of Ypsilanti (1909) |
| Bassett, Harrison Ward | n/a | 1832-1916 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1896/1909 |
| Batchelor, Edward Armistead | Sport Writer, Detroit News/Free Press, 1906-1962 | 1883-1968 | Providence Journal |
| Bates, Martha Elizabeth Cram | Newspaper Reporter/Editor/Publisher-Grand Traverse Herald, 1876- | 1839-1905 | Graduate, Michigan State Normal School |
| Beakes, Samuel Willard | Mayor/Congressman/Postmaster/Treasurer/Ann Arbor Argus Editor, 1886-1905 | 1861-1927 | Past and Present of Washtenaw County (1906) |
| Beal, Junius Emery | Editor, Ann Arbor Courier, 1882-1908 | 1860-1942 | University of Michigan Regent, 1907-1939/President-Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1923 |
| Beal, Rice Aner | Publisher-Ann Arbor Courier/Bookbinder | 1823-1883 | Lima Township-1833/Livingston County-1836/Lumber Business |
| Bebow, John C. | Lansing State Journal/Traverse City Record-Eagle/Ann Arbor News | 1968- | Bridge Michigan |
| Beckett, John Franklin | Ann Arbor News-18 years | 1950-2009 | Brighton Argus/WHMI |
| Beckmann, Frank Carl | Michigan Football Broadcaster, 1981-2013 | 1949-2022 | WJR, 1972-2021 |
| Behee, John Richard | n/a | 1933- | n/a |
| Bentley-Goenka, Brenda E. | Riverwalks Ann Arbor | 1956- | n/a |
| Bentley, Alvin Morell & Arvella D. | $600,000 donation for Bentley Historical Collection (1971) | 1918-1969 | Regent, University of Michigan/U.S. Congressman, 1953-1961/Endowed Professorship at UofM |
| Berry, Margaret Laura Didier | Teacher, Tappan Junior High School | 1924-2004 | A Quarter Century at Tappan Junior High School, 1925-1950 |
| Betz, Esther | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library, 1927-1963 | 1893-1971 | n/a |
| Bidlack, Russell Eugene | UofM Bentley Library Archivist | 1920-2003 | The Story of Ann Arbor's Forty Niners/John Allen and the Founding of Ann Arbor |
| Bien, Laura Siebrig Bartlett | Teacher, Temperance Bedford High School | 1967- | Hidden History of Ypsilanti (2011) |
| Bishop, David James | Ann Arbor News Reporter, 1964-1999 | 1939-2015 | n/a |
| Bishop, William Warner | Librarian, University of Michigan, 1915-1941 | 1871-1955 | n/a |
| Bishop, William Whitney | WPAG, 1962-1969/WAAM, 1969-1978 Sports Director | 1935-2021 | n/a |
| Blackbird, Andrew | Michigan State Normal School student/Detroit Treaty of 1850 | 1814-1908 | History of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Michigan (1887) published by the Ypsilantian |
| Blaha, George Navin | Detroit Pistons Broadcaster/MSU Football | 1944- | UofM MBA/Michigan Sports Hall of Fame |
| Blake, Rosemarion Alexander | Chair, Ann Arbor Historical Commission | 1923-2015 | n/a |
| Blaske, Mary Steffek | n/a | 1953- | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1981-82 |
| Blayton, Zada Anne | Ann Arbor News | 1952- | n/a |
| Blosser, Matthias D. | Manchester Enterprise | 1846-1941 | n/a |
| Blouin, Francis Xavier | UofM Bentley Library Archivist | 1946- | Bentley Library, 1981-2013 |
| Blum, Philip Peter | Deputy Washtenaw County Clerk | 1821-1902 | Lodi Postmaster |
| Bobrin, Janis Ann | Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission | 1951- | n/a |
| Bohne, Jane Elizabeth Aldrich | Lansing State Journal/WLNS/WILX/WLNS | 1955- | n/a |
| Boles, Frank Joseph | Director of Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan | 1951- | UofM Grad |
| Bonk, Wallace John | University of Michigan Professor of Library Science, 1957-1979 | 1923-1979 | Michigan's First Bookstore: A Study of Books Sold in the Detroit Book Store, 1817-1828/The Botanic Luminary, A Michigan Incunabulum (1961) |
| Boone, Richard Gause | Principal, Michigan State Normal School, 1893-1899 | 1849-1923 | Education in the United States (1899)/A History of Education in Indiana (1892) |
| Booth, George Gough | Founder, Booth Newspapers-1893 | 1864-1949 | n/a |
| Booth, Ralph Harmon | Secretary, Chicago Journal, 1895-1904/Business Manager, Detroit Tribune, 1892-1904 | 1879-1951 | President, Ann Arbor News/Vice-President, Associated Press/President, Detroit Institute of Arts/Detroit National Bank, 1888 |
| Bordin, Ruth Birgitta Anderson | Curator, Michigan Historical Collection/Eastern Michigan University Professor | 1917-1994 | Pictorial History of the University of Michigan (1966) |
| Boston, Orlan | Engineering Professor, UofM, 1914-1956 | 1891-1991 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1965-67 |
| Bower, Burroughs Franklin | Editor, Ann Arbor Democrat/Ann Arbor Courier | 1855-1912 | Editor, Detroit Post/Cleveland World/Cincinnati Tribune |
| Bower, Emma Eliza | Publisher, Ann Arbor Democrat (1896-1904)/The Lady Maccabee | 1849-1937 | Physician/Ann Arbor Board of Education-President/Treasurer/Great Record Keeper of the Ladies of the Maccabees/Sister of Henry and B. Frank Bower |
| Bower, Henry E.H. | Publisher, Ann Arbor Democrat (1868) | 1845-1888 | Brother of Emma and B. Frank Bower |
| Bradner, Curtis Custer | WWJ News Broadcaster/City Editor, Flint Journal/Detroit Free Press | 1878-1940 | Afterthoughts/Parking Space |
| Bradshaw, James Standford "Stan" | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1921-1990 | Associated Press, 1949-1961/Professor-Central Michigan University, 1969-1983 |
| Brady, Helen Elizabeth (Mann) | Society Editor, Ann Arbor News | 1919-2015 | n/a |
| Brandstatter, James Patrick | Michigan/Detroit Lions Broadcaster | 1950- | WILX/WDIV-Michigan Replay |
| Breakey, James Ritchison | Washtenaw County Judge | 1900-1969 | Donated land for Ypsilanti High School (1973) |
| Breck, Samuel Lloyd | Photographer | 1928-2009 | Collection of Trains, locamotives, and depots |
| Brennan, William Orval | Detroit News Sports Reporter, Detroit Red Wings | 1920-1992 | President, Hockey Writers Association/Hockey Media Hall of Fame |
| Brown, Annie Louise (Ruth) | Detroit News, 1917-1942 | 1869-1948 | Pittsburgh Dispatch |
| Brown, Edwin E. | Editor, | 1868-1939 | n/a |
| Brown, Everett Somerville | Department Head-Political Science, University of Michigan, 1923-1955 | 1886-1964 | 8 books on constitutional history/politics, 1920-1960 |
| Brown, Florence Eldred Dragoo | Librarian, Ann Arbor High School | 1906-1990 | Married to Lloyd Arnold Brown |
| Brown, Fred C. | Washtenaw Evening News (1890-1902) | 1860-1946 | Saloon Owner |
| Brown, Lloyd Arnold | University of Michigan Clements Library | 1907-1966 | The Story of Maps (1949) |
| Brown, Robert Benaway | University of Michigan Library | 1916-1950 | n/a |
| Brown, William Ellis Jr. | Ann Arbor Mayor, 1945-57 | 1896-1970 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1958 |
| Brownson, William Thomas "Bill" | Editor, Washtenaw Post-Tribune | 1909-1996 | n/a |
| Brumfield, Paul D. | Brumfield&Brumfield/Braun-Brumfield Printers | 1891-1956 | n/a |
| Brumm, John Lewis | University of Michigan Journalism Professor/University Press Club-1919 | 1878-1958 | Cass City Chronicle |
| Bryant, Sharon Louise Woodson | Reporter, Ann Arbor News/Grand Rapids Press/Los Angeles Times | 1947-2019 | Journalism Instructor, Florida A&M |
| Bryson, Lyman Lloyd | Producer, Radio/Television Programs on CBS in 1930s and 1940s | 1888-1959 | University of Michigan Journalism Professor, 1913-1917 |
| Buell, Bertha Grinnell | History Professor, Michigan State Normal School, 1899-1937 | 1874-1951 | n/a |
| Buell, Jennie | Michigan Press Association/Grange President | 1863-1935 | The Grange Master and the Grange Lecturer (1921) |
| Buhr, Joseph Frank | President, Buhr Tool | 1917-1999 | Donated 39 acres for Buhr Park in 1952/Buhr Foundation |
| Burch, Charles S. | Editor, Grand Rapids Press/UofM Grad&Baseball Team-1875 | 1855-1920 | Bishop of Episcopalian Church |
| Burch, Lawrence Deming | Founding Editor, My Camp Journal during Civil War | 1831-1912 | Ann Arbor Wood Dealer/Grocer/Married Emily Adelia Dunning at Pinckney in 1855/Friend of Abraham Lincoln |
| Burkhart, Benjamin Joseph | Burkhart Typesetting | 1914-2009 | n/a |
| Burkhart, Orrin Charles | President, Washtenaw Mutual Ins. Co. | 1855-1929 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1901/1922 |
| Burleigh, John L. | Editor, Ann Arbor Democrat | 1847-1909 | n/a |
| Burlingame, Edwin Adolphys | Ann Arbor News Advertiser/UofM Law Grad/Kent County Prosecuting Attorney | 1832-1909 | Michigan Supreme Court Judge |
| Burns, George Plumer | University of Michigan Botany Professor, 1900-1910/Vermont, 1910-1944 | 1871-1953 | Ann Arbor Parks Commissioner responsible for the Arboretum/Botanical Gardens/Pioneer of Ann Arbor Park System/Michigan Trees (1956) |
| Burns, Kenneth Lauren | America's Greatest Historical Filmmaker/AAHS 1971 Grad | 1953- | 15 Emmys/2 Grammys/2 Oscar nominations/Brooklyn Bridge (1981) to U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) with 35 documentaries+6 planned documentaries |
| Burrows, Edwin Gladding "Ed" | University of Michigan Journalism Professor, 1921-1925/Manager of WUOM/WVGR, 1948-1970 | 1917-2011 | WPAG Program Director, 1946-1948 |
| Burrows, Edwin Gwynne "Ted" | Pulitzer Prize, son of Edwin Gladding Burrows | 1943-2018 | Gotham, A History of New York City to 1898-1405 pages (1998)/Grandfather-Millar Burrows also won a Pulitzer Prize |
| Burton, Clarence Monroe | UofM Graduate, 1874/Burton Abstract Company/Author, 1895-1930 | 1853-1932 | Detroit Historiographer, 1908-1932/Ann Arbor Building Codes |
| Bush, Lawrence Henry | Ann Arbor News, 1957-1979/School and Science Beat | 1917-2006 | Port Huron Times Herald, 1955-1957 |
| Butler, Leslie Anderson | Superintendent, Ann Arbor Public Schools, 1920-1925 | 1880-1976 | The Michigan Schoolmaster's Club, 1886-1957/Superintendent-Grand Rapids Public Schools/Central Lake Schools/Michigan State Normal College Director of Laboratory Schools/Basketball Coach/Placement Bureau |
| Butler, Orma Fitch | University of Michigan Curator, Kelsey Museum, 1912-1938 | 1875-1938 | n/a |
| Buytendorp, Frederick | Dietz/Standard Printing | 1880-1956 | n/a |
| Byers, Ralph Newell | Editor, Ann Arbor News, 1934-1954/Flint Journal/Detroit News | 1901-1954 | n/a |
| Cady, O. | Printer, Ann Arbor Journal, 1860 | n/a | n/a |
| Cain, Stephen Gilbert | Michigan Journalist Hall of Fame/Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1941- | Detroit News/Ypsilanti Press/Saline Reporter/Grand Haven Daily Tribune |
| Cameron, James Kelsey | Saline High School Teacher, 1973-2010/Chelsea HS Grad | 1947- | Voices over the Valley and Oral History of Saline Valley Farms, 1932-1953 |
| Campbell, Catherine Maria | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1891-1968 | n/a |
| Campbell, Ella M. | University of Michigan Library | 1890-1972 | n/a |
| Campbell, William | n/a | 1829-1914 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1905/08 |
| Cantor, George | Detroit Free Press/News, 1966-2003 | 1941-2010 | n/a |
| Cantor, George Nathan | Detroit Free Press, 1963-2003 | 1941-2010 | Authored 30 books/Journalism Professor at Wayne State University/Oakland University |
| Carey, Paul | Detroit Tigers Broadcaster, 1973-1991 | 1928-2016 | WJR, 1956-1992/Detroit Pistons Broadcaster |
| Carleton, William McKendree "Will" | The Gazette (1871)-literary magazine/Detroit Weekly Tribune-editor | 1845-1912 | Published 12 books |
| Carpenter, Horace | Washtenaw County Treasurer/Pioneer Society | 1805-1895 | Captain, State Militia |
| Carr, James Erwin | Ann Arbor Printer/Dundee Reporter | 1841-1905 | n/a |
| Carr, Lowell Juilliard | Professor, UofM/Detroit Free Press Editor | 1885-1963 | Willow Run: A Study of Industrialization and Cultural Inadequacy (1952) |
| Carroll, Jill | Wall Street Journal/Christian Science Monitor/MSNBC | 1977- | Ann Arbor Huron HS |
| Carter, Charles Simeon | Lawyer | 1846-1923 | History of the University of Michigan Class of 1870 (1903) |
| Carty, James Joseph IV | Ann Arbor News Sports Reporter/New York Times | 1968- | Assistant U.S. Attorney |
| Cassidy, Jay Lash | Photographer, Michigan Daily | 1949- | UofM Grad, 1972/Hollywood Film Editor, 1972-2022 with 47 completed projects/Academy Award Nominee |
| Caswell, Harrison Henry | City of Ann Arbor Water Manager, 1930-1957/Civil Engineer | 1892-1978 | Masonic Historian-Authored Histories of the Masonic Lodge in Ann Arbor/Golden Rule |
| Catey, Julia Ann Gordon | Saline Library History | 1878-1964 | n/a |
| Catlin, George Byron | Librarian, The Detroit News | 1857-1934 | n/a |
| Caulkins, Thomas Newton | Signal of Liberty | 1801-1884 | Physician |
| Cederberg, Carl Edwin | WJBK, 1960-1974/WWJ Radio, 1949-1960/WAAM Radio, 1974-1998 | 1924- | n/a |
| Chance, Homer Roscoe | Librarian, Ann Arbor, 1951-1977 | 1920-2009 | n/a |
| Chandler, Paul Morton | Detroit News, 1946-1952/Livonia Observer/Michigan Racing Commission | 1919-1964 | Michigan State Representaive, 1964 |
| Chang, Julie Ju-young | Good Day L.A. | 1979- | UofM grad/Ann Arbor Huron HS |
| Chapin, Charles Albert | Ann Arbor City Recorder, 1864-1866/Fourth Ward Alderman | 1830-1886 | Recording Secretary, Pioneer Society/Washtenaw County Agricultural and Horticultural Society/Paper Manufacturer-Lund&Chapin/Ann Arbor Salt & Lumber/Evarts & Ensign published local histories |
| Chapin, Lucy Evelena | UofM Clerk, 1881-1923, issued over 40,000 diplomas | 1856-1940 | Granddaughter of Volney Chapin/James Kingsley/Ann Arbor High School Historian |
| Chapman, Charles Clarke | Mayor, Fullerton, California | 1853-1944 | History of Washtenaw County (1881)-1452 pages |
| Chase, Alvin Wood | Ann Arbor Register (1872)/Peninsula Courier/Ann Arbor Visitant (1866) | 1815-1885 | A Guide to Wealth! Over One Hundred Valuable Recipes for Saloons, Inn-Keepers, Grocers, Druggists, Merchants and Families (1858) |
| Chase, Robert William | Photographer, Ann Arbor News | 1947- | n/a |
| Chase, Theodore Russell | The Michigan University Book, 1844-1880 | 1826-1898 | UofM Grad, 1849/Taught school at Ann Arbor, 1849-1851/Lawyer-Cleveland/Detroit |
| Cheever, Noah Wood | Judge/The City of Ann Arbor/Stories and Amusing Incidents in the Early History of the University of Michigan | 1839-1906 | Pleasant Walks and Drives around Ann Arbor (1899) |
| Childs, William Kilton | Secretary/Treasurer, Washtenaw Mutual Insurance Co. | 1843-1916 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1914 |
| Chrisman, Judith Ann | Washtenaw County Historical Society Archivist | 1938- | n/a |
| Church, Conrad Nathaniel | Ann Arbor News/Michigan Daily Reporter | 1894-1986 | Pontiac Press |
| Churchill, Martha Ann | Attorney, Milan/Ann Arbor High School Class of 1969 | 1950- | Monroe News Reporter/Milan/Ann Arbor High School Grad-1968/Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County (2009) |
| Cicarelli, Charles H. | Artist/Print Collection-Bentley Library, 1974-1989 | 1934- | Sesquicentennial Award in the 1974 Winter Art Fair for his drawing of Ann Arbor's 1893 Main Street |
| Clark, Charles Gridley | Editor, Peninsular/Ann Arbor Courier/Journal, 1860-1874 | 1831-1903 | UofM Grad, 1854/Presbyterian Church-Trustee/Justice of the Peace, 1866-1870/Postmaster-1874/Lodi Academy/United Church of Christ-Webster Township, Pastor until 1858 |
| Clark, Edward | Register of Deeds, Washtenaw County | 1807-1887 | Called for a meeting of the Pioneer Society on August 19, 1873 to reactivate the group/opened a store at Main & Washington May, 1827 |
| Clarke, Kim M. | Reporter, Ann Arbor News/Muskegon Chronicle/Cadillac | 1956- | University of Michigan Bicentennial Director, 2014-2018/Always Leading Forever Valiant, 1817-2017 |
| Clements, Samuel | n/a | 1817-1904 | Early History of the Town of Lima, Michigan (1874) |
| Clements, Wayne | Founder, Saline Historical Society 1987 | 1931-2015 | n/a |
| Clements, William Lawrence | Book Collector | 1861-1934 | Clements Library, University of Michigan |
| Clinton, Anna Lutz | Ann Arbor High School Teacher, 1891-1939-48 years | 1887-1961 | Clinton School and Park named in her honor |
| Clymer, Eloise Reese | Ann Arbor News Reporter/Lake Forester Newspaper | 1924-2018 | Pima County Medical Society Sombrero Magazine, 1980-1987 |
| Codrington, Frank Thomas | Ypsilanti Press | 1858-1919 | n/a |
| Coffey, Hobart Raphael | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1896-1969 | n/a |
| Colburn, Harvey Cade | Chaplain, Ypsilanti State Hospital/Minister, Ypsilanti-FCC | 1875-1958 | The Story of Ypsilanti (1923) |
| Colclazer, Henry | UofM Librarian | 1809-1881 | Methodist Minister/Spring Arbor/Monroe |
| Cole, Arthur Charles | Ann Arbor High School/UofM Graduate, 1907 | 1886-1976 | History Professor, University of Illinois/Ohio State University/Brooklyn College/Author of 5 History Books, 1913-1934 |
| Cole, Harry Miller | Contractor | 1884-1969 | n/a |
| Cole, James Madison | Editor&Publisher, Ann Arbor Journal, 1855-1868 | 1819-1906 | Brother of Lawrence Washington Cole |
| Cole, Lawrence Washington | Editor, Ann Arbor Argus, 1838-1854 | 1812-1894 | Editor, Albion Mirror, 1855-1894/Pro-Slavery and Anti-Union views |
| Collins, Betsy Ellora Carven | n/a | 1852-1942 | Saline Founding by Orange Risdon |
| Conger, Clinton Beach "Pat" | Ann Arbor High School/UofM Graduate | 1917-1989 | Central Intelligence Agency, 1951-1979/Los Angeles Mirror |
| Conger, Seymour Beach | Foreign Correspondent, Associated Press, 1910-1917 | 1876-1934 | UofM Graduate |
| Conger, Seymour Beach III | News Editor, New York Tribune, 1942-1966/Reader's Digest | 1912-1969 | n/a |
| Conlin, Jennifer Anne | Michigan House of Representatives, 2023-present | 1961- | n/a |
| Connelly, William Henry | Chelsea Sesquicentennial | 1908-1994 | n/a |
| Conrad, Benjamin John | Ann Arbor Printing Company/Register Publishing | 1833-1902 | Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company |
| Cook, Converse G. | Ann Arbor Printer/Photographer/Ann Arbor Argus | 1840-1920 | n/a |
| Cook, Sydney Perry | Ann Arbor News Reporter/Columnist/City Councilman | 1894-1963 | "Ye Old Editor Has His Say" |
| Cooley, Thomas MacIntyre | Editor, Michigan State Supreme Court, 1858-1864/State Supreme Court, 1864-1885 | 1824-1898 | UofM Law Professor, 1859-1884/Editor, Adrian Watch-Tower/donated house for Michigan Union |
| Coombs, Leonard Alden | University of Michigan Bentley Library Archivist | 1951- | Author-5 books |
| Cooper, George R. | Printer, Inland Printing and Register Publishing | 1866-1928 | n/a |
| Copeland, Roscoe Pulaski | Dexter Village President-35 years/School Board | 1838-1933 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1900 |
| Corbin, Nathan D. | Detroit Tribune/Ann Arbor Printer | 1862-1906 | Ann Arbor High School grad/UofM Grad, 1886 |
| Cordray, Ronald Edgell | Ann Arbor News | 1936-1998 | n/a |
| Corselius, Cornelia E. | Daughter of George Corselius | 1837-1915 | Some of the Early Homes of Ann Arbor (1909)/Newspaper Reporter |
| Corselius, George | Ann Arbor's First Librarian/Editor, Detroit Advertiser/Tribune | 1806-1849 | Editor, Western Emigrant-1829/Washtenaw Whig-1833/Michigan State Register-1836 |
| Coulter, Ralph Giraud | Ann Arbor News Reporter, 1935-1939 | 1914-2012 | Flint Journal, 1941-1979 |
| Cox, Brian | Saline Reporter/Milan-News Leader | n/a | n/a |
| Cram, Martha Elizabeth | Michigan State Normal School graduate | 1839-1905 | Associate Editor, Traverse City Herald/Michigan Women's Press Association, 1890 |
| Crandell, Alger Buell | Salesman/Crandell Oil Co./Ann Arbor Civic Theater | 1892-1980 | Ann's Amazing Arbour (1965)/Belleville, the Happy Town (1960)/Detroit First! And Western Made It (1963)/Thumb of Laughter: Sanilac Club 1961/UofM grad 1915 |
| Crane, Alexander Dallas | Judge/Constable/Sheriff/Tax Collector/Postmaster | 1809-1893 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1877-78 |
| Crane, Verner Winslow | University of Michigan History Professor | 1889-1974 | Authority of Benjamin Franklin/Southern Frontier/Editor, American Historical Review |
| Crary, Douglas Dunham | University of Michigan Geography Professor, 1941-1973 | 1910-2006 | Ann Arbor Sesquicentennial President, 1974/Ann Arbor City Council/Geography Teacher-Greenhills School/Crary Park named in his honor |
| Craven, George Ernest | University of Michigan Bookbinder/Restoration Specialist | 1895-1977 | n/a |
| Craven, James William | University of Michigan Bindery, 1964-2012 | 1931-2020 | n/a |
| Crittenden, Samuel Reed | n/a | 1847-1898 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1890 |
| Crockett, Jeff and Christine | n/a | 1946- | Librarian, Community High School/Assistive Technology Coordinator-Northville & Plymouth-Canton Schools |
| Cropsey, Jasper Francis | Artist | 1823-1900 | University of Michigan Campus Painting/Detroit Observatory, 1855, friend of President Henry Tappan |
| Cross, Arthur Lyon | University of Michigan Professor, 1899-1940/History of the UofM Dept. of History | 1873-1940 | History of St. Andrews Church (1906) |
| Cummins, Robert Adair | Ann Arbor News, 1937-1978 | 1916-1995 | n/a |
| Curtis, Henry Stoddard | n/a | 1870-1954 | Huron-Metro Park System |
| Cushing, Bertrand Elmer | Cushing-Malloy Printers | 1909-1972 | n/a |
| Cutcheon, Byron Mac | U.S. Congress, 1883-1891/UofM Board of Regents, 1875-1883 | 1836-1908 | Editorial Writer, Detroit Daily Tribune/Journal, 1895-1897/Michigan as a Province, Territory and State: The Twenty-Six Member of the Federal Union (1906)/The Class of Sixty-One (1902) |
| Cwik, Terry Thomas | President, Salem Area Historical Society | 1952- | President, Washtenaw County History Consortium/Retired Automotive Engineer |
| D'ooge, Martin Luther | Principal, Ann Arbor High School, 1863-1865/University of Michigan Professor, 1868-1897 | 1839-1915 | The Dutch Pioneers of Michigan |
| Dahlmstrom, Herbert Sigfred | Ann Arbor Librarian | 1897-1972 | n/a |
| Dann, John C. | Director, Clements Library, 1977-2007 | 1944- | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1980 |
| Danser, Herman Hartwig | Editor, Washtenaw Post | 1843-1908 | n/a |
| Davenport, Horace Willard | University of Michigan Physiology Professor, 1956-1983 | 1912-2005 | Not Just Any Medical School: The Science, Practice and Teaching of Medicine at the University of Michigan, 1850-1941/A University of Michigan Faculty Life, Warren Plimpton Lombard in Ann Arbor, 1892-1939 |
| Davis, Calvin Olin | n/a | 1871-1954 | A History of the Congregational Church in Ann Arbor, 1847-1947 |
| Davis, Charles H. | Printer/Son of Lorenzo Davis | 1849-1887 | n/a |
| Davis, David Evan | Editor/Publisher, Car and Driver Magazine/Automotive Magazine | 1930-2011 | n/a |
| Davis, James | Professor of History&Geography, Illinois College, 1971-2011 | 1940- | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 2015-16 |
| Davis, James E. | Printer/Son of Lorenzo Davis | 1839- | n/a |
| Davis, Lorenzo | Minister/Publisher | 1812-1890 | Register of Deeds/Ann Arbor Journal/Brother, Parmenio, was a physician and Mayor of Ypsilanti |
| Davis, Raymond Cazellis | Librarian, University of Michigan, 1868-1905 | 1836-1919 | n/a |
| Davis, Rice Beal | Printer, Davis-Ohlinger | 1879-1951 | n/a |
| Davison, Charles B. | Pressman, Ann Arbor Courier | 1841-1906 | 3-Time Master of Elks Lodge #325, 1883-1896/Chief Fire Engineer |
| Day, William Rufus | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1849-1923 | n/a |
| De Ryke, Lucile Johnson | Milan Leader | 1893-1973 | n/a |
| Dean, Elizabeth Russell | Daughter of Mayor Sedgwick Dean | 1884-1964 | $1,940,369 donated to the City of Ann Arbor in 1964 for tree upkeep |
| Decatur, Edna Field Vosper | University of Michigan Library | 1901-1943 | n/a |
| Decker, Ferol Onnolee Bradford Leggette Brinkman | Editor, University Musical Society | 1896-1995 | University of Michigan Publications/Registrar/Editor, University of Michigan Encyclopedic Survey, 1940-1975 (1977) |
| Delano, Fred Hurst | Publicist, University of Michigan, 1940-1943 | 1916-1989 | Chicago Tribune/Long Beach Press-Telegram/University of Detroit/Detroit Pistons/Detroit Race Course/Plymouth Mail&Observer/Farmington Enterprise&Observer/Observer Newspapers |
| Demmon, Isaac Newton | UofM Professor, English/Dept.Chair, 1881-1920 | 1842-1920 | 67 works in 93 publications including History of the University of Michigan (1906)/Principal-Ann Arbor High School |
| DeNeff, Wayne Herbert | Sports Writer, Ann Arbor News, 1953-1988 | 1924-2009 | n/a |
| Depue, David | Largest private library in Washtenaw County/rare articles/Indian artifacts | 1808-1889 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1882 |
| Derby, William Wallace | Printer, Ann Arbor Journal | 1841-1901 | n/a |
| Detter, Raymond Arthur | Downtown Area Citizens Advisory | 1931- | A Ministry to Millions: Lloyd C. Douglas, 1877-1951 (1975) |
| Dettling, Nellie Davenport | n/a | 1897-1982 | History of Silver Lake/Rogers Corners Schools |
| Devries, Susann Eeva Lepisto | Eastern Michigan University Librarian/Saline | 1969- | Western Kentucky |
| Dewald, Thomas Hugh | Ypsilanti Press | 1959- | Harry Bennett book |
| Dexter, Samuel William | Publisher, Western Emigrant | 1792-1863 | Washtenaw County Judge, 1826-1833/Harvard graduate/founder of Dexter and Gordon Hall/Good friend of Organge Risdon, founder of Saline and John Allen, founder of Ann Arbor/UofM Regent/State Senator-1845 |
| Diab, Thomas John | Teacher, Howell High School | 1970- | Biographies and Portraits of Chelsea's Prominent Citizens (2013) |
| Dickerson, Freeman B. | Publisher | 1851-1924 | n/a |
| Dierdorf, Daniel Lee | Broadcaster, 1984-2021 | 1949- | Michigan Football All-American/NFL Hall of Fame/Michigan Sports Hall of Fame/College Football Hall of Fame |
| Dietz, Hiram Judson | Printer, Ypsilanti/Battle Creek | 1850-1942 | n/a |
| Dikeman, Agnes Schettenhelm | Curator, Rentschler Museum at Saline | 1935- | Reading Specialist, Grass Lake Schools |
| Diles, Larry David | n/a | 1931-2009 | n/a |
| Dimock, Fred Lionel | University of Michigan Library | 1909-2005 | n/a |
| Disbrow, Donald and Dorothy May Aucott | EMU Professor/Ypsilanti Historical Society Archivist | 1917-2005 | n/a |
| Dobson, Lucille Katherine Broge Gregory | WIOA/WHRV/WPAG-22 years | 1919-1982 | n/a |
| Dobson, Russell Tomlinson Jr. | Insurance/Investment Dealer/Publisher-Ann Arbor Times-News | 1861-1938 | Ann Arbor City Council/Ann Arbor Trust Company |
| Dodge, Roy L. | Michigan Ghost Towns/Ticket to Hell | 1918-1978 | n/a |
| Doherty, John Kenneth | University of Michigan Track Coach, 1930-1948 | 1905-1996 | Track & Field Omnibook (1971)/Solving Camp Behavior Problems (1941)/Modern Track&Field (1952) |
| Doll, Louis William | Teacher, Bay City Junior College/Delta College, 1953-1977 | 1911-2001 | History of Ann Arbor Newspapers, 1829-1920 (1959)/A History of St. Thomas Parish (1941)/Less Than Immortal: The Rise and Fall. Of Frank Porter Glazier of Chelsea, Michigan |
| Dooley, Gregory Francis | Michigan Athletic Historian | 1971- | n/a |
| Douglass, Mary Louise | n/a | 1860-1941 | Bequethed her home at 502 East Huron St. to the University of Michigan in 1942 provided that it become known at the Washtenaw Historical Museum |
| Dow, Earl Wilbur | University of Michigan History Professor, 1892-1938 | 1868-1946 | n/a |
| Downey, Mike | Detroit Free Press/Los Angeles Times/CNN/The Sporting News | 1951-2024 | Chicago Tribune/Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News |
| Doyle, Anne Jane (Farrell) | WJBK Sports Reporter | 1948- | Daughter of Vince Doyle/UofM Grad |
| Drummond, Jerome Herbert | Ypsilanti Library Clerk | 1956- | n/a |
| Duderstadt, James Johnson | University of Michigan President/Nuclear Engineering Professor, 1968-1996 | 1942-2024 | Millenium Project/30 books+200 technical publications |
| Duff, Lela Adelaide | English Teacher, Ann Arbor High School | 1891-1983 | Ann Arbor Yesterdays/Pioneer School |
| Dumond, Dwight Lowell | University of Michigan Professor, 1930-1965 | 1895-1976 | Leading U.S. Authority on Slavery/Authored 10 books |
| Dunn, Patrick Paul | Editor, Concentrate, 2005-present | 1988- | n/a |
| Dykes, De Witt | History Professor, Oakland University | 1938- | n/a |
| Eberbach, Lynda Erna | Home Economics Teacher, Ann Arbor High School/Jones School | 1894-1981 | UofM Grad, 1916, Columbia Grad 1918 |
| Edmondson, James Bartlett | University of Michigan Dean of Education | 1882-1954 | n/a |
| Edmunds, James Madison | Ypsilanti Sentinel | 1810-1879 | Michigan State Senate/House of Representatives/Chair-Republican Party/Lumber Business-Saginaw/Tuscola Counties/Commissioner-U.S. Land Office/Comptroller-Detroit |
| Edmunds, William P. & Nathalie Elliott | Ypsilanti Historical Society Historical Preservation Pioneers | 1925-2004 | n/a |
| Edwards, Daniel Abraham | Edwards Brothers Printing, 1893 | 1866-1937 | n/a |
| Edwards, John "JJ" | Edwards Brothers Printing, 1893 | 1859-1922 | n/a |
| Edwards, John Joseph | Edwards Brothers | 1960- | n/a |
| Edwards, Thomas J. | Edwards Brothers Printing, 1893 | 1864-1932 | n/a |
| Eisen, Richard | ESPN/NFL Network | 1969- | n/a |
| Eisendrath, Charles Rice | University of Michigan Professor, 1975-2016 | 1940- | Knight-Wallace Fellowships/Wallace House |
| Eldersveld, Samuel James | UofM Professor, Political Science, 1946-1986/Mayor | 1917-2010 | 22 books on Political Science |
| Elling, Elizabeth M. | Ann Arbor News Business Editor/Ann Arbor Citizen of the Year Finalist, 2008 | 1946-2022 | n/a |
| Emmert, John William | Chelsea Herald/Grocery Store in 1890 | 1857-1944 | Eaton Rapids Herald/Flint Journal/Hillsdale College |
| Emmons, Richard Holloway | City Editor, Ann Arbor News/Huron Valley Advisor/Michigan Alumnus | 1919-2000 | Michigan Memories (1965) |
| Erlwine, Stephen Thomas | Senior Editor, AllMusic | 1973- | UofM grad |
| Eshenroder, Owen Dansard | Ann Arbor News | 1947-1998 | n/a |
| Etter, Lester Frederick "Les" | UofM Publicity Director, 1943-1968 | 1904-1983 | n/a |
| Everett, Jay | n/a | 1827-1922 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1911 |
| Ewing, William Sterling | University of Michigan Library | 1912-2005 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1964 |
| Faber, Donald James | Ann Arbor News Columnist-Faber's World | 1939-2017 | The Toledo War-The First Michigan-Ohio State Rivalry |
| Falls, Joseph Francis | Detroit Times/Detroit Free Press/Detroit News-1956-2003 | 1928-2004 | n/a |
| Farrand, Elizabeth | Ann Arbor High School (1870)/UofM Grad (1887) | 1852-1900 | History of the University of Michigan (1885)/worked at UofM Library (1870)/Granddaughter of Bethuel Farrand |
| Felch, Alpheus | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1873 | 1804-1896 | n/a |
| Feldscher, Kyle Robert | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1988- | Senior White House Editor-CNN |
| Filipiak, Stephen James | University of Michigan Football Announcer, 1957-1972 | 1917-2002 | n/a |
| Finley, Florus Samuel | n/a | 1819-1901 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1883 |
| Finney, Byron Alfred | Librarian, UofM, 1891-1916 | 1849-1938 | 6 books including A Third Volume Devoted to Washtenaw County (1924)/The Bells of the University of Michigan/President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1918 |
| Fisher, Dale Frederick | AA HS grad, Pilot | 1933- | Visions of the Eagle (1996)/II/III (2011) |
| Fitzgerald, Colleen | Ann Arbor News Photographer | 1955- | Photo Generations-Dexter, 1996-2024 |
| Flanders, Clover Marion | University of Michigan Extension Service | 1906-2001 | n/a |
| Flemming, William Norman "Bill" | AAHS/UofM grad/ABC Sport Announcer | 1926-2007 | WUOM/WPAG/WWJ-1953/Wide World of Sports, 1961-covered over 600 events |
| Fletcher, Foster Lambie | City Historian-Ypsilanti | 1897-1985 | n/a |
| Fletcher, Frank Joseph | n/a | 1835-1916 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1904 |
| Florer, Warren Washburn | Early Michigan Settlements | 1869-1958 | n/a |
| Foote, Mark | President, The National Press Club, 1934-1935 | 1876-1957 | Associated Press/Booth Newspapers-54 years |
| Forbes, Joseph John | Printer, Ypsilantian | 1860-1948 | n/a |
| Ford, Bonnie DeSimone | Ann Arbor News, 1981-1987/Detroit News, 1987-1994/Chicago Tribune, 1996-2004 | 1958- | ESPN, 2007-2020 |
| Ford, Richard Clyde | Professor, Michigan State Normal College, 1903-1940 | 1870-1951 | 10 books including John D. Pierce-Founder of the Michigan School System/Heroes and Hero Tales of Michigan |
| Forsythe, Charles Edward | Milan High School/Michigan State Normal College/UofM grad | 1899-1968 | Michigan High School Athletic Association, 1929-1968/Milan High School Teacher/Lansing Central High School Teacher/Ahtletic Director |
| Foster, Gustavus Lemuel | Pastor | 1818-1876 | The Past of Ypsilanti (1857) |
| Foster, Terry | Detroit Free Press/News, 1982-2017 | 1959- | Grand Rapids Press |
| Foster, Theodore Raeejeph | Editor, Signal of Liberty | 1812-1865 | Superintendent, Michigan Reform School |
| Fournier, Gregory Allen | Teacher, Ypsilanti HS | 1948- | Terror in Ypsilanti (2016) |
| Frank, Mary Jo | n/a | 1948- | History of Desegregation of Ann Arbor Public Schools, 1954-1976 |
| Fraumann, Edwin H. | Dexter High School History Teacher | 1947- | Dexter (1968) |
| Freeman, Carol Willits | Dixboro Historian | 1911-1998 | Dixboro Lest We Forget |
| Freeman, Thomas Alan | Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission | 1950- | n/a |
| Friess, Steve | Freelance Journalist | 1972- | Newsweek/Crain Communications/Politico/Hour Detroit/Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| Frisinger, Joseph Alton | City of Ann Arbor Personnel Director | 1934- | Passport to Ann Arbor (1965) |
| Frothingham, George Edward | Editor, Ann Arbor Register/Doctor/UofM 1864 graduate | 1836-1900 | Editor, University of Michigan Medical Journal |
| Frueauff, Eugene Emil Koelbing | Publisher, Ann Arbor Argus/Deputy Washtenaw County Clerk | 1850-1917 | City Editor, Washtenaw Times |
| Fulton, Douglas James | Photographer, Ann Arbor News, 1958-1983 | 1928-1996 | n/a |
| Gage, Tom | Detroit News, 1979-2015 | 1948- | n/a |
| Galant, Richard Louis | Managing Editor, CNN Opinion | 1945- | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 2006-09 |
| Gallagher, Arthur Paul | Editor, Ann Arbor News, 1954-1976 | 1911-2010 | Ann Arbor Tribune/South Haven Daily Reporter |
| Gallup, Eli Albert | Ann Arbor Parks Director, 1919-1957 | 1891-1964 | n/a |
| Garcia, Patricia Marie | Publisher, Ann Arbor Observer, 1986-present | 1954- | n/a |
| Gardiner, Earles Palmer | Editor, Michigan Argus, 1835-1858/Detroit Courier | 1799-1866 | Ann Arbor Justice, 1860 |
| Gardner, Eugene R. | Saline Observer | n/a | n/a |
| Garrison, Garnet Ray | Professor, UofM, 1947-/NBC/Wayne State | 1911-2000 | University of Michigan Television Center (1950)/Broadcasting Producer/Director |
| Geddes, John | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1857 | 1801-1889 | n/a |
| Gee, Charles Frederic | Student, Michigan State Normal School/Cleary School of Penmanship | 1857-1919 | Editor, Pontiac Times/Imlay City Herald/Port Huron Tribune/Carleton Advertiser |
| Gehring, Carl Ernest | Ann Arbor Times News, 1925-1934/1943-1961 | 1897-1966 | Ann Arbor News State Editor, 1941-1962 |
| Gerganoff, Ralph Stephens | Architect | 1887-1966 | Designed and built many buildings in both Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, but also wrote several historical papers |
| Gibson, Carole Elaine | Ann Arbor Huron HS Grad-1974 | 1958- | Another Ann Arbor |
| Gibson, John Jefferson | Ann Arbor Photographer, 1882-1893 | 1851-1902 | Photographer for the 1893 World's Fair at Chicago |
| Gibson, Norman Reader Jr. | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1929-1999 | n/a |
| Gilbert, Erastus N. | Washtenaw County Clerk | 1840-1904 | n/a |
| Gillard, Jack | Ann Arbor News, 1990-2009 | 1939-2013 | Managing Editor, Oakland Press |
| Gillett, Lucretia | Saline Photographer, 1862-1890 | 1820-1894 | n/a |
| Gillette, Fredericka Botsford | University of Michigan Library | 1875-1958 | n/a |
| Gjelsness, Rudolph Hjalmar | Dean, University of Michigan Library Science, 1940-1964/Professor, 1925 | 1894-1968 | n/a |
| Goetz, Adam H. | Printer, Goetzcraft | 1866-1945 | n/a |
| Goetz, Michael Paul | Printer, Ann Arbor Courier/Register/Journal/Argus | 1870-1892 | n/a |
| Goldberg, Susan Blonston | USA Today/Bloomberg/National Geographic | 1959- | Detroit Free Press/San Jose Mercury News/Cleveland Plain Dealer/Ann Arbor Huron HS |
| Goodale, Leonard Crandal | Photographer/Newspaper Publisher | 1802-1847 | First Baptist Church Clerk |
| Goode, Erica | New York Times Reporter, 1998-2017/Ann Arbor Pioneer HS (1970) | 1952- | UofM Grad/Reporter/Editor, 1980-2023 |
| Goodrich, Francis Lee Dewey | University of Michigan Library | 1877-1962 | Michigan State Normal College, 1897 |
| Goodrich, Merchant Huxford | President, State of Michigan Pioneer Society, 1876-1887 | 1826-1892 | Corresponding Secretary, Washtenaw County Pioneer Society, 1873 |
| Graffagnino, Jonathan Kevin | Director, Clements Library | 1954- | n/a |
| Grantham, Russell Lee | Ann Arbor News/Memphis Commercial Appeal/Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 1959- | n/a |
| Grapentine, Carl Jonathan | University of Michigan Football Announcer, 2006-present | 1949- | n/a |
| Graves, Albert Rufus | n/a | 1840-1921 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1897 |
| Graves, Frederick August | n/a | 1831-1907 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1902 |
| Gray, Asa | First Librarian at the University of Michigan/Professor of Botany-1838-1840 | 1810-1888 | Gray's Manual of Botany |
| Gray, Charles Henry | Musical Interests at the University of Michigan, 1897 | 1877-1929 | UofM Grad, 1895/Taught English Literature while completing a Master's degree in 1897 |
| Green, Jerome Frederic | Detroit News, 1963-2004 | 1928-2023 | New York Journal-American, 1952/Associated Press, 1956-1963 |
| Greene, Samue Saunders | Detroit Free Press/News, 1922-1963 | 1895-1963 | n/a |
| Greene, Samuel Saunders | Detroit News/Free Press Sports Reporter/Editor, 1922-1963 | 1895-1963 | n/a |
| Gregory, Charles Seymour | Dexter School Board-20 years/President-Dexter Village/Supervisor-Scio Township | 1816-1893 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1890/State of Michigan Legislature-twice elected |
| Groom, William A. | Printer, Ann Arbor Argus | 1860-1936 | n/a |
| Groomes, Katherine Agatha Steeb | Washtenaw County Historical Society Treasurer/Secretary-21 years | 1886-1975 | Matrons' Club of the Eastern Star |
| Groves, William Parley | n/a | 1819-1899 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1887 |
| Guest, Aaron | Ypsilanti Chronicle, 1848-1850, Printer | 1806-1893 | Newark, NJ/New York |
| Guest, Edgar Albert | Detroit Free Press, 1895-1859 | 1881-1959 | Honoray UofM Degree in 1955/Poet |
| Guregian, Carol Florence | n/a | 1925-2010 | 50 Farmers of Southern Michigan |
| Guthe, Carl Eugene | UofM Anthropology Professor/Museum Director, 1922-1944 | 1893-1974 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1929-1933 |
| Haab, Julius Walter | Superintendent, Washtenaw County Schools, 1939-1966 | 1895-1968 | Asked all schools to write histories of their school districts |
| Haagen, Cordelia Laura | University of Michigan Library | 1891-1982 | n/a |
| Haarer, John | Ann Arbor's First Photographer in 1861 | 1840-1916 | n/a |
| Hadley, Lunette Knapp "Lucy" | University of Michigan Cataloger, 1925-1939 | 1878-1949 | n/a |
| Haines, Peggy M. | Washtenaw County Clerk, 1990-2004 | 1941- | n/a |
| Hall, Louis Phillips | UofM Dental School Professor, 1893-1941 | 1860-1941 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1935 |
| Halstead, William Perdue and Claribel Buford Baird | University of Michigan Professors of Speech/Theater, 1935-1975 | 1904-2003 | n/a |
| Hamilton, Alexander White | Ann Arbor Courier | 1848-1932 | Mutual Fire Insurance Company/Michigan Furniture Company/Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad/Ann Arbor Water Company/Hamilton Block/Hamilton Park |
| Hammett, Ralph Warner | University of Michigan Architecture Professor, 1931-1965 | 1896-1984 | n/a |
| Hammond, David Augustus | Superintendent, Augusta Township Schools/Tecumseh Schools | 1855-1922 | Michigan State Board of Education |
| Hand, Darwin E. | Printer | 1843-1921 | n/a |
| Handy, George Charles | Publisher, Ypsilanti Press | 1886-1958 | n/a |
| Hannum, Francis Amelia | Librarian, Ann Arbor, 1928-1951 | 1886-1955 | n/a |
| Hans, Otto Henry | Manager, Michigan Daily/Ann Arbor Press/Editor, Ann Arbor Times | 1873-1940 | n/a |
| Hansen, Ralph John Jr. | University of Michigan Library | 1916-1993 | n/a |
| Harkins, James Edward | Builder/Real Estate Dealer/Entertainer | 1859-1941 | City and County Clerk |
| Harriman, William Dexter | Ann Arbor Mayor, 1883-85/donated home at 1219 Washtenaw for UofM Alumnae Center | 1832-1925 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1898 |
| Harrington, Mark Walrod | UofM Grad, 1868/UofM Astronomy Professor/Director of Observatory | 1848-1926 | Assistant Curator-University Museum/Chief of the Weather Bureau/taught French/Mathematics/Geology/Zoology/Botany |
| Harris, Glen A. | Ann Arbor News | n/a | Jackson Citizen Patriot |
| Harrison, Robert Methune | Washtenaw County Clerk, 1968-1990 | 1927-2014 | n/a |
| Harroun, Blanche Emily | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1883-1947 | n/a |
| Harwell, William Ernest "Ernie" | Baseball Announcer-55 years/42 years with the Detroit Tigers | 1918-2010 | Atlanta Constitution/The Sporting News |
| Hatch, William Bell | Publisher, The Ypsilantian | 1867-1939 | n/a |
| Hathaway, John and Mary | Attorney/City Council/Historic Commission | 1929-2001 | Historical Preservationists |
| Hathaway, William M. | Ann Arbor Argus | 1839-1925 | Grand Rapids Post/Daily Times |
| Haugh, Georgia Elizabeth Campbell | University of Michigan Library | 1912-2003 | n/a |
| Hawkins, Ebenezer C. | Printer, Ypsilanti Sentinel, 1843-1870 | 1815-1892 | Utica Observer |
| Hawkins, Harry | Advertisers Publishing Company | 1900-1982 | n/a |
| Hawkins, James Francis | Detroit Sports Writer, 1970-2011 | 1944- | n/a |
| Hayner, Charlotte Irene | University High School Libriarian | 1896-1989 | University High School, 1924-1968 |
| Hazzard, Florence Woolsey | Ann Arbor resident, 1935-1955 | 1903-1992 | Washtenaw Pioneers (1945), Women Pioneers in Democracy (1948), Pioneer Women of Washtenaw County (1950), and In Recognition of Eliza Maria Mosher (1982) |
| Heddle, James Edward | Broadcaster, WPAG-27 years | 1954- | Ann Arbor History Blog, 2006-2013 |
| Heider, John C. | Ann Arbor News/Ypsilanti Press Photographer | 1964- | Hometown Life |
| Heilmann, Harry Edwin | Detroit Tigers, 1914-1929/Detroit Tigers Broadcaster, 1934-1950 | 1894-1951 | n/a |
| Helber, James Eugene | Washtenaw Post Publisher, 1917-1926 | 1887-1943 | n/a |
| Hemingway, Charles Henry John | Washtenaw County Tribune | 1872-1946 | n/a |
| Hemingway, Thomas Conrad | WUOM Sports Broadcaster, Michigan Football-40 years | 1933- | n/a |
| Henderson, Stephen | Pulitzer Prize, 2014/Detroit Today/American Black Journal | 1970- | UofM Grad, 1992 |
| Henning, Lynn Ghen | Detroit News, 1979-2024 | 1952- | n/a |
| Henning, Lynn Ghen | Detroit News Sports Writer, 1979-2013 | 1952- | n/a |
| Hernandez, Ramon Robert "Ray" | Ann Arbor Librarian, 1983-1994 | 1936-2014 | n/a |
| Heusel, Theodore | WAAM/WPAG/WOIA-56 years of broadcasting | 1920-2007 | Mr. Ann Arbor/Ann arbor School Board President/Ann Arbor Civic Theater-Actor/Director |
| Hewett, Robert Burch | Ann Arbor News/Minneapolis Star Tribune/Cowles Publishing | 1913-2014 | Associated Press/Decatur Newspaper/Director of Public Affairs-East/West Institute |
| Hicks, Herbert Scoble | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1968-1970 | 1897-1975 | n/a |
| Hildebrandt, Henry Mark | The Windows of St. Andrews | 1926-2024 | Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County (2009) |
| Hilton, James Lloyd | University of Michigan Psychology Professor, 1998-2006/Dean of Libraries, 2013-2022 | 1959- | n/a |
| Hilton, John David | Editor, Ann Arbor Observer, 1986-2023 | 1952- | n/a |
| Hinsdale, Burke Aaron | Editor, The Christian Standard/Superintendent, Cleveland Public Schools | 1837-1900 | History of the University of Michigan (1906)/President, National Council on Education/Biography of President James Garfield among 6 books authored |
| Hinsdale, Wilbert Bartlett | Father of Michigan Archeology | 1851-1944 | Professor, University of Michigan, 1895-1944/Indians of Washtenaw County (1927) |
| Hoff, Donald Earle | Printer/Compositor, Ann Arbor News-44 years | 1918-1996 | n/a |
| Hoffman, Orrin | Printer, Chelsea Herald | 1865-1943 | n/a |
| Hoffmayer, Harold Herman "Shorty" | Printer, Ann Arbor News. | 1906-1982 | n/a |
| Holdship, Deborah Jane Russell | Editor, Michigan Today | 1962- | Billboard Magazine |
| Hollands, William Charles | University of Michigan Bookbinder, 1896-1944 | 1862-1954 | n/a |
| Holliday, William Fleming "Doc" | Program Manager, WWJ-Detroit | 1892-1926 | Broadcast First Michigan Football Game with Ty Tyson on October 25, 1924 |
| Hollister, Richard Dennis Teall | Professor, University of Michigan, Speech&Drama, 1902-1949 | 1878-1968 | n/a |
| Hollister, Richard Holmes | President, Ann Arbor Historical Foundation | 1907-1996 | Fingerle Lumber |
| Holmes, Thomas D.D. | Minister, First Congregational Church of Chelsea | 1817-1913 | Chelsea/3 Time President-Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1881-1895/Taught at a Baptist Church School in Ann Arbor on Wall Street in 1838/Chelsea Herald-1884-1885 |
| Hoover, Orrin T. | Chelsea Standard | 1869-1933 | n/a |
| Hopkins, Anderson Hoytson | University of Michigan Library, 1892-1895/Organization and Administration of University Libraries | 1861-1917 | Physics Instructor, Ann Arbor High School, 1887-1890 |
| Howard, Charles J. | Ypsilanti Printer | 1873- | Commercial Publishing |
| Howard, Mark | Postmaster/Newspaper Editor-assisted Thomas Simpson printing/German paper | 1817-1887 | President, Protective Life Insurance Company |
| Howell, Joel Dubose | University of Michigan Professor of History/Medicine | 1953- | Medicine at Michigan: A History of the University of Michigan Medical School at the Bicentennial/Medical Lives and Scientific Medicine at Michigan, 1891-1969 |
| Howlett, Frederick A. | Deputy County Clerk | 1849-1916 | n/a |
| Hubbell, Paul Edgar | Michigan State Normal College History Professor, 1923-1958 | 1891-1993 | n/a |
| Hudson, Richard | Universty of Michigan History Professor, 1879-1911 | 1846-1915 | n/a |
| Huhn, Herman August | Printer, Ann Arbor News-61 years | 1881-1979 | n/a |
| Hulik, Kathleen Mary | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1943- | n/a |
| Hull, John Wesley | n/a | 1842-1933 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1917 |
| Hunt, Don & Mary Louise Hoffmann | Ann Arbor Observer | 1944- | n/a |
| Hunt, Edmund W. | n/a | 1828- | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1903 |
| Isbell, Egbert Reymond | A History of Eastern Michigan University, 1849-1965 | 1898-1968 | Eastern Michigan University History Professor, 1937-1967 |
| Jackson, Emma | Ann Arbor News Reporter, 1990-2005 | n/a | Director of Public Relations/Communications Specialist, Ypsilanti Public Schools/Washtenaw Intermediate School District, 2005-2018 |
| Jackson, Joseph Samuel | Sport Writer, Detroit News/Free Press/Washington Post | 1871-1936 | Baseball Writers Association/The Sporting News |
| Jacobsen, Taylor Lee | Artist/Illustrator-Saline High School Art Teacher | 1937-2021 | n/a |
| Jacobson, Dana | CBS Saturday Morning/ESPN/Cold Pizza/First Take | 1971- | n/a |
| Jaeger, Frederick Henry Walter | Ann Arbor News Composing Foreman/Printer-nearly 50 years | 1911-1983 | n/a |
| Jagdfeld, James Allen | Ann Arbor News Photographer | 1942- | n/a |
| Jania, Karen Lee | Archivist, Bentley Library | 1951- | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 2016-2024 |
| Jefferson, Mark Sylvester William | Professor, Michigan State Normal College | 1863-1949 | Photographer |
| Jenkins, Grant Edward | Printer, Ann Arbor Argus/Detroit News | 1864-1945 | n/a |
| Jenkins, Guy Hugh | Lansing Bureau Chief-Booth Newspapers, 1927-1957 | 1888-1957 | Saginaw |
| Jensen, Steve | Ann Arbor Reference Librarian, 1976-2009 | 1952- | UofM Grad, 1974 |
| Jesse, David Ray | Reporter, Detroit Free Press/Ann Arbor News | 1975- | n/a |
| Jocelyn, Louis Parker | Ann Arbor High School Teacher, 1893-1934 | 1863-1942 | First Secretary, University of Michigan Alumni Association (1897)/Founder, Michigan State Interscholastic Forensics Assn. (1917) |
| Joeckel, Carleton Bruns | University of Michigan Library, 1927-1933 | 1886-1960 | n/a |
| Johnson, Bessie Margaret | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1892- | n/a |
| Johnson, Charles J. | Washtenaw Daily Times | 1865-1928 | n/a |
| Johnson, Harley Elsworth | Managing Editor, Ann Arbor News, 1909-1922 | 1896-1972 | n/a |
| Johnson, Philip Pearce | n/a | 1931-2013 | Ann Arbor Firefighter, 1888-1972 (1972)/Direct descendent of Elisha Rumsey |
| Jones, Harold A. | Washtenaw County Geneological Society | 1900-1987 | n/a |
| Jones, Ione Marie Ely Dority | University of Michigan Library | 1902-1986 | n/a |
| Jones, Lola M. | n/a | 1929- | Another Ann Arbor |
| Jordan, Frederick Parker | University of Michigan Library, 1889-1922 | 1857-1946 | Husband of Myra Beach Jordan |
| Josenhans, Alma Marie | Postal Clerk/Theatrical History of Ann Arbor | 1884-1973 | n/a |
| Kalmbach, Robert Edward | Photographer, UofM, 1953-2000 | 1934-2001 | Ann Arbor News/Sports Illustrated/New York Times/National Geographic |
| Kane, James Wesley | Ann Arbor News Reporter-20 years/WAAM/WSDS | 1938-2017 | n/a |
| Karsch, Douglas Joseph | Michigan Football Broadcaster | 1969- | WTKA/Karsch&Anderson/The Ticket |
| Keedle, Hazel M. | Ann Arbor Public Library, 1932-1965 | 1897-1976 | n/a |
| Kell, George Clyde | Detroit Tigers Broadcaster, 1959-1996 | 1922-2009 | Major League Baseball Hall of Fame/All-Star-10 seasons, played 1943-1957/AL Batting Champion-1949 |
| Kelley, Ken | Ann Arbor Argus, 1969-1971 | 1949-2008 | Playboy |
| Kelley, Obediah Alma | Ann Arbor Photographer, 1862-1898 | 1822-1901 | n/a |
| Kellogg, Leverett B. | Printer | 1828-1900 | Brother of Clairvoyant Physician, Daniel B. Kellogg |
| Kelly, Harry Denton | Associated Press | 1888-1971 | n/a |
| Kelsey, William Kline | Columnist/Reporter, Detroit News-58 years | 1885-1968 | n/a |
| Kemnitz, Milton Neumann | Artist | 1911-2005 | Ann Arbor Then and Now/Michigan Memories |
| Kempf, Edith Staebler | President of Mu Phi Epsilon, Music Fraternity | 1898-1993 | Wife of Paul Kempf/Daughter-in-Law of Reuben Kempf/German History of Ann Arbor/Kempf House/President-Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1938 |
| Kengerski, Edward Joseph | University of Michigan Athletic Broadcaster, 2014-present | 1966- | n/a |
| Kengerski, Edward Joseph | University of Michigan Broadcaster, 2014-present | 1966- | n/a |
| Kenny, Munnis | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1858 | 1788-1863 | n/a |
| Kerr, Clyde C. | Athens Press/Ann Arbor Courier/Daily News | 1868-1928 | n/a |
| Kerr, Richard Clinton | Ann Arbor News Reporter, 1955-1962/Ypsilanti Press/EMU Sports Information | 1931-2012 | Leelanau Enterprise, 1975-1997/Hillsdale Daily News/President, Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce |
| Kestenbaum, Lawrence Carl | Washtenaw County Clerk, 2004 | 1955- | The Political Graveyard (1996) |
| Kincaid, Mattie Faye Allen | Teacher, AAHS | 1919-2004 | The History of the First United Methodist Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1827-1990 |
| King, Howard Dean | Michigan Football Announcer, 1972-2005 | 1932-2026 | n/a |
| King, Julia Anne | Preceptress/History Professor, Michigan State Normal School | 1838-1919 | Principal, Lansing/St. Clair/Flint Schools/Kalamazoo College |
| Kinney, Gregory Thomas | Archivist, Bentley Library | 1952- | n/a |
| Kirby, William J. | Printer, The Evening Times | 1868-1934 | n/a |
| Kittredge, Kendall | Editor, Ann Arbor Register. | 1845-1890 | Partner of Selby Moran |
| Knapp, Russell Elihue | Physician/Druggist/Publisher-Ypsilanti Bulletin-1888 | 1845-1900 | n/a |
| Koch, Theodore Wesley | University of Michigan Library, 1904-1915 | 1871-1941 | Northwestern, 1919-1941, Cornell, Library of Congress |
| Kornacki, Stephen Gerard | University of Michigan Feature Writer, 2014-2020 | 1956- | Mlive Reporter, 2008-2011/Tampa Tribune, 2000-2008/FoxSports-Detroit/University of Michigan-Dearborn Sports Information Director |
| Kosky, Susan Rae | n/a | 1940- | Saline (2003)/U.S. 12 Heritage Trail: The Nation's Second Highway |
| Krapf, Conrad | n/a | 1810-1896 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1886 |
| Krohn, Nancy Julia Hascall | Editor, Family History Capers, 1983-2013 | 1923-2019 | n/a |
| Krulwich, Sara | New York Times Photographer | 1950- | n/a |
| Kuchar, Emil Joseph | Linotype Operator | 1892-1977 | n/a |
| Kulsea, William Casimir | Booth Newspapers, Lansing Chief, 1957-1976 | 1911-1999 | Booth Newspapers-40 years/Jackson Citizen Patriot |
| La Motte, Maiteland Robert | Ann Arbor News Photographer | 1918-1998 | n/a |
| Lacy, Thomas Francis | Ann Arbor Advertising Agency, 1950 (Drury/Lacy) | 1918-2010 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1975-77 |
| Ladd, Thomas McCleary | T.M. Ladd & Company Printers/Register of Deeds, 1847-1851 | 1807-1869 | Detroit Courier/Elder-First Presbyterian Church |
| Lage, Larry Leonard | Associated Press, 2000-2023/Lansing State Journal | 1973- | Ann Arbor HS-1991/MSU grad/Georgetown Membership Director |
| Lane, Raymond | WJBK Sports Director/Detroit Lions/Pistons/Red Wings | 1930- | MSU grad/Detroit McKenzie HS |
| Lane, Robert William Patrick | Saline Historian | 1942- | n/a |
| Lane, Victor Hugo | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1852-1930 | n/a |
| Larcom, Geoffrey Stafford | Ann Arbor News/Eastern Michigan Media Relations Director | 1958- | n/a |
| Larson, Margaret Elizabeth | University of Michigan Library | 1926- | n/a |
| Lathrop, Albert James "Bert" | Inland Press/Register Publishing Printer | 1870-1934 | n/a |
| Lawrason, Bruce | Reporter, Ann Arbor News/Editor, Indianapolis Star-38 years | 1929-2018 | n/a |
| Lawrence, Edwin | Editor, Michigan State Journal/Michigan Supreme Court Judge | 1808-1885 | Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge |
| Lay, Ezra Dennison | State Representative, 1874/President, Eastern Michigan Agricultural Society | 1807-1890 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1880 |
| Lay, William H. | Son of Ezra Dennison Lay, Ypsilanti Pioneer | 1839-1906 | Necrologist, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County |
| Leary, Margaret Anne | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library, 1984-2011 | 1942- | Giving It All Away: The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle |
| LeGoff, Jacques Elliott | WJBK/WDIV/WXYZ News Anchor, 1953-1990 | 1922-2010 | n/a |
| Lemen, Alfred C. | University Lithocrafters | 1900-1992 | n/a |
| Leonard, Walter Paul & Helen May | Chelsea Standard/Dexter Leader, 1947-1995 | 1918-2003 | n/a |
| Leslie, Dale Robert | Watchman of the Tracks/Leslie Office Supply | 1948- | n/a |
| Leslie, Eugene Hendricks & Emily Ebner | 1976 Donation of 229 acres to the City of Ann Arbor for Leslie Golf Course, Woods, Park and Science Center | 1890-1976 | n/a |
| Lewis, David Lanier | University of Michigan Business School Professor, 1966-2008 | 1927-2023 | Authority on Henry Ford and the Auto Industry-authored 9 books/State Editor, Alton Telegraph/Reporter-Edwardsville Intelligencer |
| Liebman, Juliann Louis Gerald ("Specs Howard) | Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts, 1970 | 1926-2022 | Howard and Martin Show |
| Liesemer, Louis Jacob & Emma Helber | Die Washtenaw Post, 1879-1894/Saline Standard | 1859-1943 | Emma-Michigan State Normal School (1878)-Assistant Editor+Writer/Reporter |
| Lockard, Cecil Emery | Photographer, Ann Arbor News | 1929- | Older brother of Jon Onye Lockard |
| Lockard, Jon Onye | Ann Arbor Artist | 1932-2015 | n/a |
| Lockwood, Lloyd J. | Ann Arbor News/Jackson Citizen-Patriot/Lansing Journal/Albion Transcript Printer | 1879-1949 | n/a |
| Logghe, Michael Robert | Ann Arbor Police Sergeant | 1963- | True Crimes and the History of the Ann Arbor Police Department (2002) |
| Longone, Janice Bluestein | Culinary Historian | 1933-2022 | n/a |
| Loomans, Leslie Louis | n/a | 1943- | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 2009-14 |
| Loomis, Lucy Brown | Librarian, Ypsilanti, 1887-1926 | 1843-1926 | n/a |
| Lorch, Emil I. | Professor, UofM-Architecture | 1870-1963 | First Historic Preservationist-Restored Gordon Hall (Dexter)/President-Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1942-44 |
| Lovejoy, George Newell | Published several articles/songs in Harper's, Lippincott's, St. Nicholas, Youth's Companion, American Magazine, etc. | 1843-1915 | UofM Law School grad (1864) |
| Loving, Nellie Seymour | Librarian, Ann Arbor, 1883-1922 | 1860-1944 | n/a |
| Lowery, Samuel Llewelyn | Ann Arbor Printer, 1926-1947 | 1876-1958 | n/a |
| Lyman, Frances Jean | Librarian, Gerald Ford Library | 1934-2024 | Hi;storical Preservation-Cobblestone Farm |
| Lynch, Frank Joseph "Budd" | Detroit Red Wings Broadcaster-63 years | 1917-2012 | n/a |
| Lyndon, Alford Samuel | Photographer | 1875-1962 | n/a |
| MacAuley, Patrick Michael | Historic Ann Arbor, an Architectural Guide (2014) | 1977- | n/a |
| MacInnes, Margo M. | n/a | 1930- | n/a |
| Mackenzie, DeWitt Talmadge | Associated Press-41 years | 1885-1962 | Syracuse Post Standard/Schenectady Gazette |
| Madej, Bruce Michael | University of Michigan Sports Information Director, 1982-2010 | 1952- | Reporter, Ypsilanti Press |
| Magee, Kenneth Wendell | University of Michigan Police Chief | 1958- | Ultimate Michigan Football Program and Ticket Guide/Little Brown Jug/The Game |
| Maginn, Gertrude M. | University of Michigan Library | 1881-1964 | n/a |
| Maki, Kim Evonne | n/a | 1956- | Retrokimmer.com |
| Makielski, Leon Alexander | Ann Arbor Artist/University of Michigan Faculty, 1915-1927 | 1885-1974 | Produced over 3,000 paintings |
| Malloy, James Harry | Cushing-Malloy Printers | 1909-1994 | n/a |
| Mangouni, Norman | Reporter, Ann Arbor News/Editor, Michigan Alumnus/Caravan Books | 1932- | Publisher, Academic Resource Corporation, 1972-present/Director, State University of New York Press |
| Mann, James Thomas | n/a | 1955- | Ypsilanti in Pictures (2002)/20th Century(2003)/Wicked Washtenaw (2011)/Wicked Ypsilanti (2014) |
| Mann, Margaret | University of Michigan Professor of Library Science, 1926-1938 | 1873-1960 | n/a |
| Maraniss, Elliot "Ace" | Reporter, Michigan Daily/Madison Capital Times/Detroit Times | 1918-2004 | n/a |
| Marans, Robert Warren | Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission | 1934- | n/a |
| Marrin, Douglas Lee | Editor, The Sun Times | 1960- | n/a |
| Marsh, Frederick Howard Vermilyea | Sporting Editor, Ann Arbor Times-News, 1923-1959 | 1897-1963 | n/a |
| Marsh, Meredith Millard "Mill" and "Reedy" | Ann Arbor News Sports Editor/Reporter, 1920-1959 | 1876-1953 | n/a |
| Marsh, Nicholas A. | Scio Village/Michigan Central Railroad/Remembering Delhi Village | 1949- | n/a |
| Marshall, Albert Prince | EMU Professor | 1914-2001 | n/a |
| Marston, Isaac | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1839-1891 | Uofm Grad (1861)/State of Michigan Attorney General/Supreme Court Judge |
| Martyn, Bruce Glenn | Detroit Red Wings Broadcaster, 1964-1995 | 1929- | |
| Marwill, Jonathan Levy | University of Michigan Professor/Wayne State/Oakland/CCS | 1940- | A History of Ann Arbor (1991) |
| Marzolf, Leslie Kingsbury | UofM Professor, 1963-2000 | 1929-2017 | Historic Preservationist |
| Maskin, George Joseph | Detroit Times, 1939/Officiated various athletic events for 8 decades | 1917-2007 | Observer/Eccentric Newspapers/Hazel Park and Detroit Race Course Publicity Director |
| Mattice, Floyd Julius "Jack" | University of Michigan Broadcaster, 1903 | 1882-1970 | n/a |
| Maynard, George Colton | Nephew of Mayor William S. Maynard | 1839-1918 | Curator, Smithsonian Institute, 1885-1918 |
| Maynard, Mark Alan | n/a | 1968- | 2002 Blog MarkMaynard.com/The Untold Story of Ypsilanti |
| McAllister, Norma Mae | Dexter Area Museum | 1919-2012 | n/a |
| McAllister, Samuel Wilson | University of Michigan Librarian, 1916-1941/Ann Arbor Public Library, 1921-1927 | 1890-1985 | President, Michigan Library Association |
| McCabe, Mick | n/a | 1959- | n/a |
| McCallum, George Porterfield Jr. | President, Booth Newspapers, 1963-1969/Advertising Mgr.-Ann Arbor News | 1902-1969 | n/a |
| McClure, Marion Warner | Mayor/Editor, Chelsea Tribune | 1899-1983 | n/a |
| McCollum, David Todd | Washtenaw County Register of Deeds/Justice of the Peace | 1799-1880 | McCollum home at 1223 Pontiac later became the Ann Arbor Home, residence of Robert Frost and moved to Greenfield Village in 1935 |
| McCormick, Katherine Dexter | Donated $20,000 to the Washenaw County Historical Society-1967 | 1875-1967 | n/a |
| McCracken, Stephen Bromley | Clerk/Collector, City of Ann Arbor/Editor, Washtenaw Whig | 1824-1902 | Michigan and the Centennial (1876)/5 books-1874-1902 |
| McCrady, Ellen Ruth | Ann Arbor Bookbinder | 1926-2008 | n/a |
| McCrary, Marcia Carolyn | President, Washtenaw Geneological Society | 1943- | n/a |
| McGuigan, Dorothy Gies | n/a | 1914-1982 | n/a |
| McKinley, Clare Henry | Ann Arbor News, 1920-1948 | 1889-1948 | St. Johns News/Lansing Journal/Owosso Argus |
| McLaughlin, Andrew Cunningham | University of Michigan History Professor, 1885-1906 | 1861-1947 | University of Chicago, 1906-1929/Managing Editor, The American Historical Review, 1901-1905 |
| McLaughlin, Marilyn Faye Sauder | Ann Arbor: A Pictorial History | 1956- | Archivist, University of Michigan |
| McLeister, Daniel P. | Ann Arbor News, 1969-1976/Professional Builder Magazine, 1977-2000 | 1946-2020 | n/a |
| McMillan, Archibald W. "Archie" | Dexter Leader/Lawyer | 1880-1952 | n/a |
| McNitt, William Harvey | National Archives and Records Administration, 1977-2013 | 1948- | Bentley Library Archivist |
| Meade, Nelson Kay | Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission | 1927-2018 | n/a |
| Meyer, Emil F. | Ann Arbor Typographical Union #154 | 1876-1894 | Printer, Ann Arbor Argus |
| Meyers, Charles F. | Ann Arbor Register | 1868-1936 | Printer |
| Middlesworth, Harold "Hal" | Detroit Tigers Public Relations Director-20 years | 1909-1984 | n/a |
| Millard, Sidney W. | Millard Press, 111 West Liberty | 1863-1930 | n/a |
| Millen, DeWitt Chauncey | Ann Arbor Guide, 1920 | 1879-1969 | n/a |
| Miller, Jack Carl | Curator, Ypsilanti Heritage Automobile Museum | 1939-2020 | Mr. Hudson |
| Miller, Janet | Ann Arbor News, 1992-2005 | n/a | n/a |
| Milliman, Doris Elsie | Ypsilanti Historical Society Archivist/Writer | 1904-2001 | Ypsilanti Teacher/City Council |
| Milo, Ryan | KCTS Seatle Program Director/University of Washington Communications Professor | 1907-1986 | UofM Grad, 1942/Instructor at Wayne State |
| Miner, Joel Ambrose | Ann Arbor Printer/Publisher | 1841-1927 | n/a |
| Mingay, Thomas William | Chelsea Herald/Register Publishing/Ann Arbor Argus | 1855-1931 | Flint Globe/Kalamazoo Gazette/West Durham News/Stratford Beacon |
| Mish, Patricia Grace (Windsor) | Ann Arbor News/Grand Rapids Press/Kalamazoo Gazette | 1961- | Faith Catholic |
| Moorehouse, Henry Louis "Buddy" | Editor, Livingston County Daily Press/Michigan Daily | 1960- | Ypsilanti High School/UofM graduate/Emmy nominated Documentary Filmmaker |
| Moran, Selby Albert | Ann Arbor Register (1872-1899)/Principal, Stenographic Institute | 1860-1942 | One Hundred Valuable Suggestions to Shorthand Students (1887) |
| Morgan, Mary Jane | Reporter, Ann Arbor News, 1996-2008/Publisher, Ann Arbor Chronicle | 1960- | n/a |
| Morrison, Roger Leroy | University of Michigan Professor of Highway Engineering/Transportation | 1883-1954 | Ann Arbor City Council/Institute of Transportation Engineers/History and Development of Michigan Highways (1938) |
| Mortimer, Jeffrey Truman | Ann Arbor News-17 years | 1946- | Learning Curves in Business, Hits, Misses, and Home Runs : 21 Stories of Ann Arbor Area Business Leaders as Told to Jeff Mortimer |
| Morton, Edward J. | Foreman, Ann Arbor Register/Argus | 1855-1892 | Master of Elks Lodge #325, 1885-1887 |
| Morton, Jonathan Gray | Ypsilanti Historian/Pioneer settler in Washtenaw County | 1802-1881 | n/a |
| Morton, Julius Sterling | University of Michigan Student, 1850-1854/Peninsular Quarterly and University Magazine | 1832-1902 | U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary, 1893-1987/Governor of Nebraska/Editor, Nebraska City News |
| Mowrer, Edgar Ansel | Foreign Correspondent, World War I/Author | 1892-1977 | UofM Grad, 1913 |
| Mull, Carol Elizabeth | n/a | 1952- | Underground Railroad in Michigan (2015) |
| Mullendore, William James | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1926-2001 | Chelsea Standard News |
| Mulvaney, Minnie Ada "Dixie" | Printer, Ypsilantian/Ann Arbor Courier | 1864-1949 | n/a |
| Muncy, Ralph Waldo | Washtenaw County Geneological Society | 1902-1992 | n/a |
| Munyon, Edgar L. | Printer | 1861-1947 | Kalkaska/Cadillac |
| Murdock, Peter Joseph | Ypsilanti Mayor | 1943-2019 | n/a |
| Murray, Mary Lou Anselmi | Washtenaw County Parks Commissioner | 1932-2012 | Ann Arbor High School English/Speech/Debate Teacher |
| Myrick, Harry Pierce | Editor, Milwaukee Journal | 1857-1916 | UofM Grad, 1878 |
| Nagler, Albert James | First Detroit Red Wings Broadcaster in 1935 | 1910-1988 | Windsor Raceway |
| Nanry, Gertrudge Mabel Hiscock | Lest It Be Forgotten (1987) | 1902-1988 | Art Teacher, Clawson HS/Principal-Stone School/Professor, Eastern Michigan University |
| Neilly, Wlliam Robert | Printer | 1911-1980 | n/a |
| Nenadic, Susan Kemper | Teacher, Saline High School | 1948- | Legendary Locals of Ann Arbor (2016) |
| Newkirk, Henry Wortley "Wirt" | Ann Arbor Mayor/Judge/Michigan House of Representatives/Williamsburg Times Newspaper/Luther Enterprise | 1854-1946 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1924/1934-35 |
| Nichols, Walter Hammond and Esther Conner | Superintendent, Palo Alto Schools/Teacher/Professor | 1866-1935 | Donated 80 acres to the University of Michigan for Nichols Arboretum in 1906 |
| Nickels, William George & Karen Ann Knox | n/a | 1939-2019 | President, Ypsilanti Historical Society |
| Nisbett, Susan Isaacs | Ann Arbor News Reporter, 1975-1984 | 1948- | Dance Critic/Dance Magazine/Ann Arbor Observer/WUOM/WVGR |
| Nissen, Elizabeth Ann | Wall Street Journal/Newsweek/CNN/ABC News | 1954- | n/a |
| Nissly, George J. | Saline Observer | 1858-1902 | n/a |
| Niyo, John Michael | Ann Arbor News/Detroit News, 1995-2024 | 1971- | n/a |
| Nordlinger, Jay S. | Senior Editor, National Review | 1963- | UofM grad |
| Nordman, Emil A. | Nordman Lake in Lima Township | 1822-1890 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1889 |
| Nuffer, William George | Sheridan Books/Bookcrafters/Lithocrafters | 1931-2014 | n/a |
| O'Gorman, Kathleen (Hampton) | Ann Arbor News/Detroit News, 1978-2010 | 1947- | Chelsea Standard |
| O'Neill, Joe and Karen Koykka | O'Neill Construction/President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1989-1991 | 1933- | n/a |
| Ohlinger, Benjamin Frank | Printer, Davis-Ohlinger, 1914-1947 | 1867-1955 | Typesetter-Ypsilanti, 1881-1887 |
| Oliver, Arden Merle | Reporter, Ann Arbor Times-News | 1900-1975 | Detroit News/Philadelphia Record |
| Oppat, Susan Lynn | Ann Arbor News Reporter-27 years | 1958- | n/a |
| Osband, William Merritt and Lucy Aldrich | Ypsilantian/Ypsi-Dixit column | 1836-1916 | n/a |
| Osborn, Chase Salmon | Governor of Michigan/UofM Regent/Chicago Tribune/Milwaukee Journal | 1860-1949 | Author of 13 books relating to American History, politics and Indian lore/Saginaw Courier-Herald/Sault Ste. Marie News |
| Osborn, Milton Ephraim | Publisher/Teacher/Principal/Printer | 1860-1951 | n/a |
| Owen, Margery M. | University of Michigan Library | n/a | Possibly Margery Mae Arisman Owen (1903-1987) |
| Owen, Patrick | n/a | n/a | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1988-89 |
| Owers, George Roy | Ann Arbor Parks Director, 1969- | 1930-2002 | n/a |
| Owsley, Joseph H. | Director, University of Michigan News Service, 1979-1993 | 1931-2013 | n/a |
| Pack, Phillip Clarkson | UofM Publicity Director, 1924-1940 | 1895-1970 | Son of Ambrose Pack/100 Years of Michigan Athletics (1937) |
| Parker, Alonzo Daniel | Ann Arbor Register | 1869-1945 | Kalkaskian |
| Parker, George Edwin | Printer, Ann Arbor Argus | 1866-1924 | n/a |
| Parker, Hiram B. | Publisher, Dexter Times, 1856-1860 | 1832-1860 | n/a |
| Parker, James Baldwin | n/a | 1937-2020 | Webster Township-6 books, 2008-2014 |
| Parker, Josie Barnes | Ann Arbor District Library, 2002-2022 | 1958- | n/a |
| Parr, Harry E. | Printer, Inland Press | 1873-1949 | n/a |
| Patrick, Van George | Detroit Lions Broadcaster, 1950-1974/Detroit Tigers, 1949-1959 | 1916-1974 | n/a |
| Pattison, Charles Rich | Ypsilanti Commercial | 1824-1908 | n/a |
| Pearson, Alvick Alfonso | Michigan Alumnus, 1894/Editor, Ann Arbor Courier | 1869-1937 | Journalist/Author |
| Pearson, Jean Hanmer | Detroit News Journalist-30 Years/Aviator | 1915-2010 | UofM Grad/Aviation Hall of Fame |
| Peckham, Howard Henry | Director, Clements Library | 1910-1995 | The Making of the University of Michigan, 1817-1992 |
| Pedersen, Erik J. | Eastern Michigan Physical Education Instructor | 1904-1995 | Webster Township |
| Pelham, Benjamin Burnside | Detroit Post/Detroit Venture/Detroit Plaindealer | 1862-1948 | Wayne County Accountant/Clerk/Lawyer |
| Person, Ella Bertha | Reporter, Ann Arbor Daily Times | 1885-1918 | n/a |
| Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell | University of Michigan History Professor, 1911-1929 | 1877-1934 | Leading authority of Southern History and Slavery |
| Phillips, Wilfred B. | Inland Printing and Register Publishing | 1865-1917 | n/a |
| Pieper, Louisa Plumb | Ann Arbor Historic Preservation Coordinator, 1975-1999 | 1938-2018 | Michigan Historic Preservation Network/Downtown Ann Arbor Historical Street Exhibit Program/Kempf Museum/Michigan Theater/Detroit Observatory |
| Pierce, Sophia Messylvia Monroe | President, Ladies Decoration Society | 1828-1893 | n/a |
| Platt, Henry D. | President, Washtenaw Mutual Ins. Co. | 1834-1906 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1884/State of Michigan Oil Inspector |
| Pollack, James Kerr | University of Michigan Political Science Professor, 1925-1968 | 1898-1968 | n/a |
| Pollock, David Snyder | Newspaper Reporter/University of Michigan-Supervisor of Community Svcs./Lions Club | 1921-2016 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1979/Dean-Washtenaw Community College/Ann Arbor City Planning Commission |
| Pond, Elihu Bartlit | Editor, Michigan Argus, 1854-1878/President, Michigan Press Association, 1868 | 1826-1898 | Coldwater Sentinel-1843-1854/Ann Arbor School Board President, 1857-1877/City Council Alderman/Washtenaw County Clerk |
| Pool, Milton Harry Cole | n/a | 1926-2001 | n/a |
| Porter, Margaret Ellen "Peg" | Ypsilanti Historical Society-Several written articles | 1941- | n/a |
| Post, Hoyt Garrod | $600,000 donation for Washtenaw County Parks-Hoyt G. Post Trail | 1884-1958 | UofM Law Grad-1907 |
| Postema, Christina Elizabeth Cunningham | Academic Book Editor, University of Michigan Press | 1959-2024 | Valedictorian, Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Class of 1977 |
| Potter, Christopher Michael | Theater & Film Critic, Ann Arbor News/Flint Journal | 1944- | n/a |
| Pound, Arthur Charles | Atlantic Monthly/Akron Beacon Journal/Grand Rapids Press/Pontiac Gazette | 1884-1966 | Editor, Michigan Daily-1907/New York Herald Tribune/Evening Post/Professor of History-University of Pittsburgh |
| Powell, Edwin R. | Michigan Argus/Ionia Gazette/Montcalm Herald/Livingston Courier | 1820-1895 | Ann Arbor Literary Association-1846 |
| Power, Eugene Barnum | University Microfilms, 1938 | 1905-1993 | Power Center built in 1971 in his honor |
| Powers, Perry Francis | Cadillac News-Express/Ypsilantian | 1858-1945 | Davenport, IA compositor/President-State of Michigan Board of Education |
| Powers, Thomas Edgerton | Flint Public Library 1968-1999/ | 1940- | n/a |
| Prakken, Lawrence William | Prakken Publishing | 1909-1987 | n/a |
| Pray, Carl Esek | Michigan State Normal School History Professor, 1913-1937 | 1870-1949 | n/a |
| Preston, Nina Kate | University of Michigan Library | 1870-1953 | n/a |
| Prettyman, Horace Greely | Ann Arbor Press/Campus Club/Prettyman's Boarding House on North University | 1857-1945 | Michigan Football Star, 1882-1890-3 Time Captain/Ann Arbor City Council, 1891-1895/President, Ann Arbor Municipal League/Wolverine Power Company/White Swan Laundry/Ann Arbor Postmaster/Washtenaw County Supervisor, 1901 |
| Proctor, Hazel Carp Peabody | Sesquicentennial | 1922-2013 | Old Ann Arbor Town/President-Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1973-74 |
| Puscas, George | Detroit Free Press, 1941-2006 | 1927-2008 | n/a |
| Putnam, Daniel P. and Sarah E. Smith | President, Michigan State Normal School, 1880-1883 | 1824-1906 | 16+ books including a History of Michigan State Normal School, 1849-1899/Ladies Library at Ypsilanti |
| Pyen, Chong Wha | Ann Arbor News Reporter-31 years | 1941-2017 | Ypsilanti Press |
| Quinn, Patrick Donald | WPAG, 1947-1963-Announcer/Station Manager | 1924-1963 | n/a |
| Ramsay, Olga Verdalin | Ramsay Printing, 1939-1969 | 1901-1988 | n/a |
| Rancont, Theodore Joseph "Ted" | Ann Arbor News/St. Clair County Press Reporter | 1932-2022 | Communications Professor, Oakland Community College |
| Randall, Herbert Sampson | Photographer, 1885-1917/Artist and Art Gallery | 1850-1926 | New Haven, Connecticut Gallery in 1894/Connecticut Historian/Wife, Anna cora Schoff passed away in 1892 |
| Rapoport, Roger Dale | Authored 20 books/B.A. Journalism UofM, 1968/Filmmaker | 1946- | n/a |
| Reade, Marjorie Tibert Dolph | Dolph Park donated to Ann Arbor | 1918-2010 | Historic Buildings of Ann Arbor (1992) |
| Reilly, Genevieve Adeline Sproat | Editorial Assistant, University of Michigan Catalogue | 1894-1986 | n/a |
| Reimann, Lewis Charles | Founder, Fresh Air Camp/Camp Charlevoix | 1890-1961 | 5 books Michigan Lumber History |
| Remington, Richard Earle | First Michigan All-State Football Team, 1933 | 1888-1957 | Mathematics Teacher, 1914-1956/Coach/Athletic Director/Sports Official/UofM Grad-1910 |
| Rentschler, Jacob Fred | Ann Arbor Photographer, 1890-1940 | 1868-1940 | n/a |
| Retyi, Richard | Ann Arbor Public Library Podcasts | 1977- | The Book of Ann Arbor (2017) |
| Reul, Christian J. | Washtenaw News | 1851-1913 | n/a |
| Revenaugh, Samuel Blake | Ann Arbor's Most Popular Photographer | 1847-1894 | n/a |
| Reynolds, Bob | WJR Sports Director, 1952-1977/Detroit Lions, 1952-1982 | 1914-2000 | n/a |
| Reynolds, Cynthia Furlong | n/a | 1953- | America's History as Seen Through the Eyes of a Midwestern Village (2001)/The Purple Rose of Chelsea/Metroparks for the People (2006)/Jiffy: A Family Tradition (2008) |
| Reynolds, Roy T. | Ann Arbor News Editorial Writer, 1960-1993 | 1936-2007 | Ann Arbor Civil War Roundtable/Washtenaw County Historical Society |
| Rice, Warner Grenelle | University of Michigan Library/English Dept. Chair, 1929-1969 | 1899-1997 | n/a |
| Riddering, Donald | Teacher, Cooley High School-30 years | 1922-2010 | Salem Historical Society President/Ann Arbor Historical Commission |
| Riskey, Earl Nelson | Intramural Director, University of Michigan | 1898-1976 | 4 wall Paddleball-1930/University of Michigan Football Charts (1967)/Sports Officiating (1949)/Sports for Recreation (1937) |
| Ristine, Harold George | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1900-1984 | n/a |
| Robinson, Eugene | Pulitzer Prize, 2009/NBC-MSNBC Political Analyst | 1954- | San Francisco Chronicle/Washington Post |
| Rockwell, Ferdinand Almon "Tod" | Detroit Free Press, 1930-1940/Sports Final | 1900-1952 | Michigan Quarterback, 1923-1924/Football Coach&Athletic Director-1925-1929-West Virginia/North Dakota/Louisiana |
| Rogers, Michelle Renee | Editor, The Chelsea Standard/Dexter Leader/Heritage Media | 1968- | n/a |
| Rogers, Thomas Charles | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1945- | n/a |
| Romaker, Robert Lawrence | Ann Arbor News-27 years/1,000+ articles | 1927-1998 | Sylvania Sentinel/Escondido/Rapid City, SD/Saginaw Reporter/Journalist |
| Ronscup, Henry W. | Ann Arbor Daily News | 1849-1934 | Wyandotte Pioneer/Union (Upper Sandusky)/Fort Wayne Daily Democrat/Toledo Commercial/Blade |
| Root, Burton Charles | Ann Arbor Elks Historian-40 years/records dating back 125 years including 500 photos | 1891-1968 | Published the Elks "Antlers" Magazine in 1925 |
| Rosenberg, Michael | Detroit Free Press/Sports Illustrated | 1974- | Chicago Tribune/Philadelphia Inquirer/The Washingon Post/Sacramento Bee |
| Ross, Charles Howard | University of Michigan Professor | 1890-1980 | Life of Dr. Tom Lovell/President-Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1971-72 |
| Ross, Robert Budd | Landmarks of Detroit | 1839-1918 | n/a |
| Roth, James Henry | Saline High School Social Studies Teacher | 1943- | Saline, Our City, from the Beginning until 2016 |
| Rowell, Stanton | Printer, Ann Arbor Courier | 1866-1952 | n/a |
| Roy, Christina Marie Coon | Ann Arbor News Editorial Staff, 17 Years | 1908-1941 | Ann Arbor High School Optimist Staff |
| Rueter, Anne Wilson | Ann Arbor Observer/Ann Arbor News/UofM Research News | 1946-2021 | Washtenaw County Park Planner |
| Ruger, Albert | Map Artist | 1829-1899 | Battle Creek artist who produced 213 city maps including Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, and Chelsea in Washtenaw County |
| Rummell, Richard W. | Artist, famout for painting college campuses across America | 1848-1924 | University of Michigan paintings |
| Ruthven, Alexander Grant | UofM President, 1929-1951 | 1882-1974 | n/a |
| Rutledge, David Elliott | Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission | 1945- | n/a |
| Sachs, Andrea | Time Magazine-29 years | 1952- | Oak Park |
| Sacks, Andrew Alan | Michigan Daily Photographer | 1947- | n/a |
| Sallade, George Wahr | Ann Arbor City Council, 1950-55/Michigan House of Representatives | 1922-1997 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1951-52 |
| Salmon, Lucy Maynard | Ann Arbor HS Grad, 1871/UofM Grad, 1876 | 1853-1927 | History Professor, Vassar College, 1889-1927 |
| Salsinger, Henry George "Harry" | Detroit News, 1909-1958-Michigan Football | 1885-1958 | n/a |
| Sampson, Erastus | Sampson Drug Store 302 West Cross | 1819-1905 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1893 |
| Sanford, George Poindexter | Editor/Publisher, Lansing Weekly Journal/State Democrat | 1835-1894 | President, State Board of Education/Lansing Board of Education/Postmaster/Michigan State Normal School (1856) and University of Michigan graduate (1861)/Civil War Lieutenant Brevet Colonel |
| Sarah, Richard Gordon Ernest | Ann Arbor Press Proofreader | 1904-1964 | n/a |
| Saunders, James Barnaby | Ann Arbor Daily Ribbon News (1879) | 1844-1906 | n/a |
| Saupe, Frances Helen | Librarian, MIchigan State Normal College, 1946-1985 | 1917-2007 | n/a |
| Sawyer, Franklin Jr. | Editor, Detroit Courier/Advertiser/Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction | 1810-1851 | Editor, Michigan State Journal (1839-1850)/The Coon Hunter (1844)/New Orleans Crescent/Boston Watchman and Reflector |
| Schaefer, Victor Anthony | University of Michigan Library | 1906-1998 | Notre Dame, 1952-1966 |
| Schairer, Alfred Carl | Athens Press/Mayer-Schairer | 1874-1962 | n/a |
| Schairer, Robert Aaron | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1926-2003 | n/a |
| Schefter, Adam | NFL Network, 2004-/ESPN, 2009- | 1966- | 1989 UofM Grad/Denver Post |
| Schilawaske, Emil August | University Lithocrafters, 1952 | 1888-1956 | n/a |
| Schleede, Frederick John | Ann Arbor Bookbinder | 1842-1908 | n/a |
| Schlegelmilch, Ralph Bernard "Bill" | Ann Arbor News Superintendent of Stereotyping | 1906-1972 | n/a |
| Schneider, Marie A. | Reporter, The Manchester Enterprise/Jackson Citizen Patriot | 1913-1984 | Manchester, The First Hundred Years, 1867-1967 |
| Schoff, Savillon Story | Alpha Epsilon (Chi Psi) Founder (1845)/Washtenaw Whig, 1847-1855 | 1822-1902 | The Glory of Chicago (1873) |
| Schram, Harold Laverne "Hal The Swami" | Lansing State Journal/Detroit Free Press, 1941-1983 | 1918-1987 | n/a |
| Schuh, Jacob Fritz | Washtenaw County Clerk/Hardware Store, 1861-1878 | 1843-1913 | Chairman of the Washtenaw Democratic Party-6 years/Ann Arbor City Treasurer |
| Schumaker, Edward Louis | President, Edwards Brothers | 1871-1952 | n/a |
| Schurtz, Shelby Brewer | Beta Theata Pi at Michigan, 1845-1928/Greek Letter Fraternities, 1845-1937, at the University of Michigan | 1885-1939 | The First Twenty Years: The Early History of the University of Michigan/Gabriel Richard and the University of Michigan/Monograph on Dormitories at Michigan |
| Scott, Fred Newton | n/a | 1860-1930 | n/a |
| Scripps, Edward Willis | Detroit News, 1873 | 1854-1926 | Penny Press-Cleveland/25 Newspapers |
| Scripps, James Edmund | Detroit Tribune, 1862 | 1835-1906 | Chicago Tribune |
| Seaman, Ezra Champion | Attorney/Editor-Ann Arbor Journal | 1805-1880 | 16 books, 1844-1873 |
| Secord, William Albert | Linotype Operator, Ypsilanti Record | 1875-1962 | n/a |
| Secord, William Wallace | Saline Oracle, 1875 | 1835-1911 | Michigan Mirador, 1881-1883 |
| Seery, Alfred William | Washtenaw County Register of Deeds/Ann Arbor City Council | 1863-1935 | n/a |
| Sessions, John Quincy Adams | n/a | 1832-1918 | President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1876 |
| Seymour, Claudius Boughton | n/a | 1821-1907 | Early Days in Old Washtenaw County/Webster Township |
| Shackman, Grace Miriam Drob | Ann Arbor Librarian | 1943- | Ann Arbor Observed (2006)/Ann Arbor in the 19th and 20th Centuries |
| Shane, Donald Lee | WXYZ-TV Sports, 1989-2012-23 years | 1952-2023 | n/a |
| Shannon, Robert | Printer, Ann Arbor Register | 1842-1896 | n/a |
| Shaw, Wilfred Byron | University of Michigan Alumni Association Director, 1929-1951 | 1881-1959 | Editor, Michigan Alumnus 1905/A Bibliography of the University of Michigan (1936)/James Burrill Angell (1918) |
| Sheehan, Martha Pike | Donor of University of Michigan Class of 1862 Boulder | 1814-1902 | n/a |
| Shier, Carlton Seelye | Music Critic/Chief Editorial Writer, Detroit Free Press, 1900-1926 | 1875-1957 | n/a |
| Short, Jennifer Elisabeth Guerra | Michigan Radio | 1978- | Ann Arbor Independent |
| Shrope, Edgar William | Printer | 1854-1906 | Mishawaka Enterprise |
| Shy, John Willard | UofM Professor, 1967-1995 | 1931-2022 | Military Historian |
| Siegfried, Matthew Charles | South Adams Street@1900 | 1972- | n/a |
| Simonson, William | The Huge Show | 1961- | n/a |
| Simpson, Thomas | Editor, The Western Emigrant-1829 | 1786-1853 | Elixir Boga in the Treaty of Saginaw/Pontiac Newspaper-Oakland Chronicle |
| Sink, Charles Albert | n/a | 1879-1972 | University Musical Society, 1904-1968 |
| Skinner, James L. | Ann Arbor Printer/Bookbinder at 306 S. State | 1859-1916 | Argus Bookbindery |
| Slingerlend, Aloys Henry "Lad" | Lansing Capital News/State Journal, 1926-1965 | 1900-1978 | n/a |
| Slosson, Preston William | UofM History Professor, 1921-1961 | 1892-1984 | Authored History Textbooks |
| Smith, Albert Boynton | Milan Leader | 1859-1931 | n/a |
| Smith, Esther Anne | University of Michigan Library | 1880-1953 | n/a |
| Smith, Flora Bostwick Kolander | Dexter Historical Society | 1878-1945 | n/a |
| Smith, Helen A. | Ann Arbor Public Library-36 years | 1866-1957 | n/a |
| Smith, Luella May Sweet | Washtenaw County Clerk, 1939-1968 | 1894-1990 | n/a |
| Smith, Lyall Frederick | Detroit Free Press, 1945-1965/Detroit Lions, 1965-1980 | 1914-1991 | Chicago Daily News, 1938-1945/President, Baseball Writers Association of America |
| Smith, Patricia F. | n/a | 1972- | Vanishing Ann Arbor/Ann Arbor Beer/Downtown Ann Arbor (2014) |
| Smith, Shirley Wheeler | UofM Vice-President/Secretary, 1897-1945 | 1875-1959 | Harry Burns Hutchins and the University of Michigan/James Burrill Angell: An American Influence |
| Smithe, Geneva Josephine | Daughter of George C. Smith/Secretary, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 1924-1957 | 1891-1968 | Brief History of St. Francis of Assisi Parish (1962)/Directory of Michigan Museums (1930) |
| Smithe, George C. | Ypsilantian, Editor/Publisher, 1885-1893 | 1838-1910 | n/a |
| Spencer, Edwin Hamilton | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1910-1991 | n/a |
| Spencer, Mary Clare Wilson & Clinton | Michigan State Librarian, 1893-1923 | 1841-1923 | Clinton-Washtenaw County Register of Deeds, 1867/Ypsilanti Postmaster, 1871-1883 |
| Spoelstra, Watson Nicholas | Detroit News, 1945-1973 | 1910-1999 | n/a |
| Spokes, Elizabeth Monroe Burton | n/a | 1903-1972 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1947-48 |
| Sproull, Seibert Sheldon | Ann Arbor Parks Director, | 1913-1990 | n/a |
| Squires, Arleigh and Martha | n/a | 1897-1994 | Ancient and Modern Milan, 1830-1976 |
| Stace, Arthur William | Editor, Ann Arbor News, 1927-1950 | 1875-1950 | Newspaper Career, 1897-1950-Grand Rapids Press |
| Staebler, Donald G. | n/a | 1910-2017 | Staebler County Farm Park-98 acres donated in 2001 |
| Stair, Edward Douglas | Owner, Detroit Free Press | 1859-1951 | Livingston Republican |
| Stamelos, Ellen Anne Bird | University of Michigan School of Music (1963) | 1941-2016 | Professor of Music/Librarian/significant contributor to Geneological Society of Washtenaw County |
| Stanger, Egbert "Eck" Nathanael | Photographer, Ann Arbor News, 1933-1974 | 1908-1976 | n/a |
| Stapler, Harry Bascom | Detroit News Sports Reporter/Ferris State/University of Florida | 1919-1987 | n/a |
| Staples, Mary Jo | n/a | 1949- | n/a |
| Starkey, Jennie O. | Detroit News City Editor, 1878 | 1859-1918 | President, Michigan Women's Press Club, 1894/Michigan Authors Association |
| Starkweather, Mary Ann Newberry | n/a | 1819-1897 | Donated home at 130 N. Huron St. in 1890 for the Ladies Library Association |
| Stauch, George Peter | Ann Arbor Printing Company | 1851-1941 | n/a |
| Steere, Elizabeth Beal | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1884-1976 | n/a |
| Stegath, Willam Bruce | Broadcaster, WUOM/UofM Football Announcer, 1953-1963 | 1920-2017 | UofM Alummi Association |
| Steinberg, Stephanie Elizabeth | Detroit Writing Room | 1990- | In The Name Of Editorial Freedom: 125 Years at The Michigan Daily |
| Stephenson, Orlando Worth | UofM Professor, 1925-1954 | 1884-1978 | Ann Arbor, the First One Hundred Years (1927) |
| Stevens, Wystan Auden | City of Ann Arbor Historian | 1943-2015 | Northfield Harvest (1999)/President-Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1984-85 |
| Stevenson, David Crawford (Bob) | Printer, Inland Press/Detroit Free Press | 1852-1924 | n/a |
| Stevenson, Guy W. | Printer, Ann Arbor Argus/Times/Observer, 1881-1898 | 1865-1898 | n/a |
| Stewart, Rolland Clifford | University of Michigan Library | 1907-1995 | n/a |
| Stewart, William L. | Ann Arbor News Reporter, 1898-2001 | 1966-2017 | AnnArbor.com, 2009-2013/Rubber Soul Records |
| Stickney, Warren B. | Publisher | 1837-1898 | n/a |
| Stimpson, Glen King | Ann Arbor News/Chelsea Standard/Lansing State Journal/New York Times/Detroit Journal/Detroit Free Press | 1872-1943 | Parma Advertiser-News/Lafayette Journal Courier/Phoenix Republican |
| Stivers, Frank Adams | Ann Arbor City Attorney | 1868-1946 | n/a |
| Stofflet, Francis | Ann Arbor Times and Advertiser, 1870s | 1841-1912 | Stofflet Block |
| Stollstimer, Terry C. | n/a | 1951- | Washtenaw County Relatives/A History of German Settlers in Washtenaw County, 1830-1930 |
| Stoner, Claude Thomas | n/a | 1899-1977 | Collection of 3600 railroad photos in Michigan |
| Storer, George Butler Jr. | WJBK-1948 Founder/Storer Communications | 1925-2007 | n/a |
| Storey, Wilbur Fisk | Detroit Free Press, 1853/Jackson Citizen Patriot | 1819-1884 | Chicago Times, 1861 |
| Storm, Colton | University of Michigan Library | 1908-1988 | n/a |
| Stowe, Leland | University of Michigan Journalism Professor, 1956-1969 | 1899-1994 | New York Herald Tribune/Chicago Daily News/Reader's Digest |
| Strong, Francis Marion | Printer | 1836-1890 | n/a |
| Strother, Shelby Kash | Detroit News Sports Reporter, 1985-1991 | 1946-1991 | n/a |
| Stubbs, Jack Robert | Photographer, Ann Arbor News | 1936-2022 | n/a |
| Sturgis, Samuel Paine | Photographer, 1962- | 1922-2012 | n/a |
| Swain, George Robert | UofM Photographer, 1913-1947 | 1866-1947 | n/a |
| Sweet, Hiram Abraham | Ann Arbor Register/Courier/Daily Times-retired in 1915 | 1846-1930 | Co-Editor, Elkhart Review/South Bend Daily Tribune/Cheboygan Democrat/Sturgis Times/President, Pioneer Society of Washtenaw County, 1906-12-16 |
| Szady, Sheryl Marie | n/a | 1952- | History of Women's Athletics at the University of Michigan (1987) |
| Talbert, Robert Beveridge | Detroit Free Press Columnist-31 years | 1936-1999 | n/a |
| Tanner, Gustave Adolph | Toledo Evening News/Rochester Times/Ann Arbor Daily News | 1860-1936 | President, Cumberland Hotel-New York |
| Tappan, John Livingston | University of Michigan Librarian, 1856-1863 | 1831-1872 | n/a |
| Tapping, Theodore Hawley | University of Michigan Alumni Association, 1923-1958 | 1889-1969 | n/a |
| Tasch, Lalah Elsia Huehl | University of Michigan Library | 1900-1974 | n/a |
| Taylor, Alrutheus Ambush | Professor, Tuskegee Institute-History | 1893-1955 | 1916 UofM Grad who became a Historical Revisionist, 1924-1941, writing several historical books about negroes during reconstruction in South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, etc. |
| Taylor, David Carleton | High School Guidance Counselor, 1993-2010/President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 2022-2023 | 1952- | Legends of Michigan: Cliff Keen (2013)/Timeline of Ann Arbor & Washtenaw County History(2016)-1820 pages/3700+ photos/2,500+ Facebook Historical Posts, 2013-2024 with over 37,000 pics/Ann Arbor School History-91 pages/Ann Arbor High School and University of Michigan Football Histories-199 pages/Washtenaw County Historian Hall of Fame-702+ Members |
| Taylor, Seymour Howell | Architect/President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1953 | 1886-1957 | n/a |
| Teabolt, Elizabeth Rawson | n/a | 1878-1972 | The Naming of Ypsilanti Streets |
| Tefft, Bess Margaret Hagaman | Saline Area Schools, School Board, 1956-1965-President, 1960-1965 | 1915-1977 | President, Ann Arbor Writers Club/Editor, Washtenaw County Farm Bureau-25 years/Author-several books/International Hospitality Program-University of Michigan |
| Tefft, David Henry | Assistant Sports Editor, Ann Arbor News | 1916-1974 | n/a |
| Ten Brook, Andrew S. | Metaphysics Professor, UofM, 1844-1877 | 1814-1899 | University of Michigan's Librarian, 1864-1877/Our German Immigrants.American States Universities: Their Origin and Progress (1875)/Editor, Baptist Religious Journal/The Story of Our City and Its Schools with a Survey of the Settlement and School System of the West (1895) |
| Terry, Isaac K. | n/a | 1824-1907 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1894 |
| Tetens, Robert Louis | Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Director, 2001-2017 | 1952- | Chelsea |
| Thomas, Edith | University of Michigan Library | 1880-1949 | n/a |
| Thompson, John I. | Washtenaw County Clerk | 1832-1914 | n/a |
| Thompson, John Orren | Dexter Leader | 1862-1933 | Alpena Pioneer/Mount Clemens Press |
| Thomson, Mortimer Neal "Doesticks" | American Journalist/Humorist-grew up in Ann Arbor | 1831-1875 | Q.K. Philander Doesticks/New York Tribune-1855 |
| Throneberry, Dale Edward | Veterans Radio/Washtenaw Community College Instructor | 1946- | Producer-I Remember When-1974 |
| Tinder, David Van Vorhis | Photographer | 1926-2016 | Tinder Collection of Photographers in Michigan |
| Tirico, Michael Todd | ESPN/ABC/NBC | 1966- | Resided in Ann Arbor since 1999 |
| Tobin, James Edward | Professor, Miami-University-History | 1956- | 5 Books+Many online articles on University of Michigan History |
| Tollefson, Horace Arthur | University of Michigan Library | 1914-1966 | n/a |
| Townsend, Delos | n/a | 1851-1920 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1913 |
| Treml, William Bernard | Ann Arbor News Reporter, 1957-1996 | 1925-2013 | n/a |
| Trendle, George Washington | Detroit Attorney-WXYZ/The Lone Ranger-1933 | 1884-1972 | Motown Miser/President-Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority |
| Tripp, Jan Elwin | Washtenaw County Geneological Society | 1948-2019 | n/a |
| Trost, James Stewart | A2 Insight | 1963- | n/a |
| Trost, Theodore Louis Jr. | I Remember When-1974-7 part historical videos | 1930-1987 | n/a |
| Trout, Paul Howard "Dizzy" | Detroit Tigers Broadcaster, 1953-1955/Player, 1939-1952 | 1915-1972 | n/a |
| Truettner, Julia Miriam | Aspirations for Excellence | 1954- | n/a |
| Tuite, Peter | Register of Deeds/County Clerk | 1827-1879 | Wholesale Liquor Dealer and Grocer at 10 East Huron with Edward Duffy |
| Tunison, Heidi Fenton | The Grand Rapids Press/Muskegon Chronicle/Jackson Citizen Patriot/Ann Arbor News | 1988-2023 | n/a |
| Tyler, Moses Coit | University of Michigan Professor, 1852/1867-1873 | 1835-1900 | First Professor of American History in the U.S./The University of Michigan (1876) |
| Tyson, Edwin Lloyd "Ty" | Broadcast first Michigan Football game in 1924, WWJ Radio | 1888-1968 | Broadcast Michigan Football/Detroit Tigersf/Detroit Lions games, 1924-1953 |
| Ufer, Robert Pormann | University of Michigan Broadcaster, 1945-1981 | 1920-1981 | n/a |
| Ulaby, Neda Elizabeth | National Public Radio | 1970- | Ann Arbor Community HS |
| Underwood, Margaret Hanselman | Librarian, University of Michigan | 1902-2004 | The Roads of Northeast Ann Arbor (1989) |
| Van Alsyin, Robert Daniel | Ann Arbor Times News. | 1875-1929 | Niagra Falls Journal/Mansfield News/St. Joseph Gazette |
| Van Der Werker, Nettie Idell Ferris Schepler | n/a | 1869-1953 | History of Earliest Ann Arbor (1919) |
| Van Fossen, John | General/Quartermaster-War of 1812/Publisher-Ypsilanti Sentinel (1843) | 1788-1858 | n/a |
| Van Tyne, Claude Halsted | University of Michigan History Professor, 1903-1930 | 1869-1930 | n/a |
| Vance, Joseph Hardcastle | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1827-1900 | n/a |
| Vance, Kenneth | University of Michigan Library, 1950-1982 | 1917-1993 | n/a |
| Vandervelde, Lewis George | University of Michigan Director of Historical Collections, 1928-1961 | 1890-1975 | Michigan Historical Commission, 1951-1974/President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1939-1941 |
| Vestal, Marion Scott "Bud" | Booth Newspapers-19 years/Grand Rapids Herald | 1920-1976 | Gerald Ford Biographer |
| Wagman, Frederick H. | University of Michigan Library, 1953-1982 | 1912-1994 | n/a |
| Wahr, George John | Book Store Owner and Printer, started store on North Main in 1883 | 1861-1945 | n/a |
| Waldmeir, Peter N. | Detroit News, 1961-2004 | 1931-2024 | n/a |
| Wall, Carroll Edward | Patriots and Pioneers: Civil War Soldiers from Pittsfield Township | 1942- | Emerging from the Wilderness: Formation and First Settlement of Pittsfield Township |
| Wallace, John W. | Ypsilanti Republican, 1838 | n/a | Possibly (1824-1899) from England, moved to Chelsea |
| Wallace, Myron Leon "Mike" | 60 Minutes | 1918-2012 | UofM grad |
| Walters, Pauline Virginia | n/a | 1928-2014 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1991-93, 1999-2004 |
| Walton, Genevieve M. | Librarian, Michigan State Normal College, 1892-1932 | 1857-1932 | n/a |
| Ware, Charles E. | President, Ann Arbor Times | n/a | n/a |
| Warner, Robert Maurice | UofM Bentley Library Archivist/History of the Bentley Library | 1927-2007 | Sixth Archivist of the United States |
| Warren, Andrew Jackson | Saline Observer, 1880-1937 | 1856-1937 | n/a |
| Warren, Robert Lyon | Editor, Ann Arbor Daily Times | 1842-1916 | 1866 UofM grad/Bay City Journal-1869/Saginaw/Lawrence/Decatur/Albion/Charlotte/State Representative |
| Waters, Arthur James | Manchester Banker | 1860-1937 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1910 |
| Watson, James Craig | Published several astronomy articles/Ann Arbor Printing & Publishing/President-Ann Arbor Register | 1838-1880 | UofM Grad (1857)/Detroit Observatory, 1859-1879 |
| Watson, Susan | UofM Grad, 1965/Detroit Free Press-30 years | 1943-2020 | Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame/Michigan Women's Hall of Fame |
| Watts, Caroline Louise "Carrie" | Ann Arbor Librarian-27 years | 1858-1940 | Washtenaw County Historical Society |
| Watts, William Walter | Printer, Jeweler, and Watchmaker | 1862-1932 | Sons, Joseph C. and Benjamin Franklin Watts |
| Wead, Mary Eunice | University of Michigan Library, 1926-1944 | 1881-1969 | Smith College Librarian/Curator, 1906-1924 |
| Weddige, Emil Albert | University of Michigan Art Professor-38 years | 1907-2001 | Michigan State Normal College graduate/Printmaking and Lithograph Restoration expert |
| Wedemeyer, William Walter | President, Ann Arbor City News | 1873-1913 | U.S. Congressman |
| Weinberg, Gerhard Ludwig | University of Michigan History Professor, 1959-1974 | 1928- | Several dozen books and articles on miltary history and Germany |
| Wells, Jonathan Daniel | University of Michigan Professor-AfroAmerican Studies/History | 1969- | n/a |
| Westin, David Lawrence | President, ABC News | 1952- | Exit Interview (2012) |
| Wethersby, William Henry | Ambassador to Sudan/Vice-President-Princeton University | 1914-2001 | Associated Press, Editor and Sports Writer/Hattiesburg American/Times-Picayune-New Orleans/United States Information Agency |
| Wheat, James Clements | University of Michigan Library | 1889-1958 | n/a |
| White, Andrew Dickson | UofM Professor, 1858-1863/President, Cornell University | 1832-1918 | First President of the American Historial Association/Ambassador to Germany/Russia |
| White, Darwin E. | Ann Arbor Photographer, 1898-1945 | 1872-1951 | n/a |
| White, Louis Stafford | Ypsilanti Historical Society Archivist/Writer | 1887-1963 | n/a |
| White, Murray S. | Woodworker | 1848-1931 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1920-21 |
| Whitesell, Patricia Sue | UofM, Detroit Observatory Director | 1950-2006 | A Creation of its own: Tappan's Detroit Observatory (1998) |
| Whitlock, Jason | Ann Arbor News Reporter | 1967- | Kansas City Star/ESPN/FoxSports/AOL/Blaze Media |
| Whitney, Allen Sisson | Education at the University of Michigan: History, Present Status and Pressing Needs (1916) | 1857-1944 | n/a |
| Whittemore, Harlon Olin | University of Michigan Arboretum Director | 1889-1986 | UofM Professor, 1914-1959/Huron-Metro Park System |
| Wickliffe, Letty Minerva | Teacher-40 years | 1902-2001 | n/a |
| Wickwire, James H. | Publisher, Dexter/Portland/Tekonsha/Homer/Lawton/Homer | 1836-1910 | n/a |
| Wild, Helen H. | Librarian, University of Michigan | 1900-1998 | n/a |
| Wilhelme, Francis C. "Frank" | Executive Director/Trustee-Historical Society of Michigan | 1944- | Former Dexter High School Social Studies Teacher |
| Wilkin, John Price | Founder, Hathitrust | 1956- | UofM, 2003-2013 |
| Wilkinson, Archie Winans | Chelsea Standard/Ann Arbor News | 1865-1956 | Lawyer/Vice-President, Chelsea Elevator |
| Williams, Brian | University of Michigan Bentley Library Archivist | 1964- | n/a |
| Williams, David Park | Cobblestone Farm Country Dancers, 1977-91/History of Cobblestone Farm/Kempf Museum | 1924-2010 | Lincoln Consolidated Schools-25 years |
| Williams, Gardner Stewart | Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 1887 | 1866-1931 | Huron River Maps, 1905-1911/Consulting Engineer, 1895-1931/Detroit Edison/Argo-Barton-Geddes-Superior-French Landing-Rawsonville Dams |
| Williams, Jeremiah Day | Webster Township Postmaster/Supervisor/Clerk/Justice of the Peace | 1815-1895 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1886/Elected to Michigan State Legislature, 1854 |
| Williams, Karl Edward and Kay | Superior Township Roads/Schools History | 1940- | n/a |
| Willis, Beverly | Washtenaw County Historical Society Administrator | 1955- | Ann Arbor Historic Commission |
| Wilson, Galen R. | Senior Records Analyst, National Archives/Clements Library, 1982-88 | 1956- | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1985-87 |
| Wilson, Gene Bruce | Librarian, Ann Arbor, 1977-1983 | 1923-2014 | n/a |
| Wilson, H. Rebecca | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1894-1967 | n/a |
| Wilson, Robert Alexander | President, Braun-Brumfield | 1933-2020 | n/a |
| Wilson, Simeon Robert "Sim" | Saline Observer | 1874-1954 | Hunt & Bridgman-Jackson |
| Wiltsie, Arthur John | President, Ann Arbor Press | 1892-1951 | n/a |
| Winborn, Omer Jean Dixon | President, Fred Hart Williams Geneological Society | 1950- | Ypsilanti Lincoln Teacher/Food Service Director |
| Wineberg, Susan Cee | Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1986-2024/President, 1995-99 | 1944- | Historic Ann Arbor, an Architectural Guide (2014)/Lost Ann Arbor/Historic Buildings of Ann Arbor (1992) |
| Wines, Charles H. | n/a | 1823-1893 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1879 |
| Wines, Levi Douglas | Ann Arbor High School Teacher-50 years/Parks Commissioner-33 years | 1852-1938 | President, Washtenaw County Historical Society, 1934 |
| Wing, Anne Marie Hinshaw | Editor, American Encyclopedia of Quaker Geneology | 1901-1988 | Design in the Highway Landscape (1937)/200 articles in the Ann Arbor News, 1958-1964/Anne & Leonard Wing Preserve-130 acres in Superior Township (1982) |
| Wing, James Willis | n/a | 1820-1908 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1885 |
| Winslow, George H. | n/a | 1851-1931 | President, Pioneer Historical Society of Washtenaw County, 1919 |
| Wire, James Blaine | Linotype Operator | 1883-1973 | n/a |
| Wismer, Harry Milton | WJR Sports Director, 1936/NFL Owner | 1913-1967 | n/a |
| Witherby, George Clark | Printer, Andrews & Witherby | 1856-1917 | Eau Clair, WI |
| Witherell, Benjamin Franklin Hawkins | Historiographer-Detroit/President-State Historical Society | 1797-1867 | UofM Regent, 1848-1852/Michigan Supreme Court |
| Wojnowski, Robert Joseph | Detroit News Reporter, 1989-2023/AA News, 1983 | 1961- | UofM Grad, 1983/grew up in Ann Arbor |
| Wolf, Frederick W. | WXYZ Broadcaster, 1945-1965 | 1910-2000 | n/a |
| Wood, George W. | Ann Arbor State Journal-1834/Michigan Whig | 1808-1871 | Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana/Fort Wayne Sentinel |
| Wood, John Rowley | Publisher, Michigan Railway Guide | 1848-1936 | n/a |
| Woodard, Gertrude Elstner | Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library | 1870-1966 | n/a |
| Woodford, John Niles | Executive Editor-Michigan Today, 1985-2004 | 1941- | Chicago Sun Times/New York Times |
| Woodruff, Charles | Editor, Ypsilanti Sentinel, 1844-1896 | 1816-1896 | n/a |
| Woodruff, Lee Mackie Jr. | University of Michigan Television Center | 1926-1978 | President, Ann Arbor Town Club/Ann Arbor Ecology Center/Golden Gloves Boxing Champion/Yachtsman/Hopwood Award Winner |
| Woodruff, Lee Mackie Sr. | Ann Arbor News/Editor, Grand Rapids Press, 1934-1966 | 1899-1977 | n/a |
| Woodruff, Robert Warren | UofM Law School Grad, 1987/Co-Anchor, ABC World News Tonight | 1961- | n/a |
| Woods, John Augustus Jr. | Ann Arbor News Reporter, 1986-1998 | 1963- | n/a |
| Woods, Ronald | Emeritus Professor, Eastern Michigan University, 1976-2019 | 1947- | n/a |
| Wright, Larry Eramus | Photographer, Ann Arbor News-32 years | 1953- | Ann Arbor High School grad |
| Wright, Robin B. | Ann Arbor News/Michigan Daily Reporter | 1948- | Journalist |
| Wurster, Nina Belle | n/a | 1892-1967 | History of Chelsea, 1850-1901 (1945) |
| Wyllie, Cleland Barr | Owosso Argus Press/Durand Express/Lexington Group-Railroad Historians | 1906-1979 | University of Michigan Media Director, 1942-1971/Board of Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Yates, Peter | Ann Arbor Observer Photographer, 26,000 images | 1941- | n/a |
| Yee, Sandra Gayle Brown | Eastern Michigan University Librarian | 1949- | Wayne State/Western Michigan/Muskegon CC |
| Young, Lee Jarvis | Mayor of Ann Arbor, 1941-1945 | 1883-1960 | University of Michigan Forestry Professor, 1911-1920 |
| Zaret, Elias Abraham | WDIV-TV, 1980/WJZZ/WABX/WRIF/WJBK-TV | 1950- | Detroit Pistons/UofM Grad-1972 |
| Ziegler, Alice Eva Brinkman | UofM Journalism graduate/Ann Arbor News-5 years | 1927-1999 | Editor, Impressions-Washtenaw County Historical Society, 24 years/Historical Preservationist of the Year, 1994 |
| Ziesler, Karl Fett | Editor, Monroe Evening News/UofM Journalism Professor/Author | 1903-1972 | n/a |
| Zimmer, Larry William | WAAM Sports Director, 1966-1971/University of Colorado/Denver Broncos Broadcaster | 1935-2024 | n/a |
| Zimmerman, Nancy Katherine Watkins Osius | Reporter, Ann Arbor News | 1931- | n/a |
| Zolkosky, Billie Melville | Archivist, Ypsilanti Historical Society | 1918-2014 | Billie's Suprette/Heritage Fellow Award |