Gene Ronzani was a professional football running back for the Chicago Bears and head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1950 to 1953; born in Iron Mountain. Rob Rubick, Detroit Lions tight end and current Fox Sports Detroit analyst, from Newberry. Glenn T. Seaborg, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist and major contributor in the discovery of several of the transuranium elements, was born in Ishpeming. Howard Schultz, chairman of Starbucks Co., a Northern Michigan University alumnus. Mike Shaw, professional wrestler, was born in Skandia. Matthew Songer, founder of Pioneer Surgical Technology, lives in Marquette. Mary Chase Perry Stratton, founder of Pewabic Pottery, was born in Hancock. Lou Thesz, professional wrestler who held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship longer than anyone in history, was born in Banat, on April 24, 1916. James Tolkan, an actor who appeared in Back to the Future and Top Gun, born in Calumet. John D. Voelker, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, wrote the best-selling book Anatomy of a Murder under the pen name Robert Traver. Directed by Otto Preminger, the film was shot in Big Bay and Ishpeming with some courtroom scenes in Marquette. Bill Ivey, the former head of the National Endowment for the Arts under the Clinton Administration was born in Calumet. Nick Baumgartner, Olympic gold medalist in mixed snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics, is from Iron River. See also List of counties in Michigan Heikki Lunta, mythological character Stormy Kromer cap Notes References Further reading 113 pages. 376 pages. 270 pages. External links Upper Peninsula of Michigan Travel Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan Regions of Michigan