CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityoflansingmi.com/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.lansingchamber.org/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.lansing.org/

Population:
119128 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1847

County:
Eaton County, Ingham County

Capital of Michigan, incorporated 1859.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Thomas M. Cooley Law School	1972

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Auto-Owners Insurance	1916

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ray Stannard Baker	Journalist	17-Apr-1870	12-Jul-1946	Biographer of Woodrow Wilson
Timothy Busfield	Actor	12-Jun-1957		thirtysomething
Carolyn Cassady	Author	28-Apr-1923	20-Sep-2013	Wife of Neal Cassady
Roy D. Chapin, Sr.	Government	23-Feb-1880	16-Feb-1936	US Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33
Dave Cutler	Computer Programmer	13-Mar-1942		Father of Windows NT
John Delaney	Politician	29-Jun-1956		Mayor of Jacksonville, 1995-2003
Anthony S. Earl	Politician	12-Apr-1936		Governor of Wisconsin, 1983-87
David G. Fairchild	Botanist	7-Apr-1869	6-Aug-1954	Brought exotic plants to America
Chris Hansen	Journalist	26-Mar-1959		To Catch A Predator
Paul Hazen	Business	1941		CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1995-98
John Hughes	Film Director	18-Feb-1950	6-Aug-2009	Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Magic Johnson	Basketball	14-Aug-1959		Lakers star, AIDS spokesman
Matthew Lillard	Actor	24-Jan-1970		Scream, Scooby-Doo, SLC Punk
Susan May Pratt	Actor	8-Feb-1974		Open Water 2: Adrift
Tom Price	Politician	8-Oct-1954		Congressman, Georgia 6th
Carl Benton Reid	Actor	14-Aug-1893	16-Mar-1973	The Little Foxes
Burt Reynolds	Actor	11-Feb-1936		Moustached Cannonball Run actor
Steven Seagal	Actor	10-Apr-1951		Under Siege
Sam Vincent	Basketball	18-May-1963		Former Coach, Charlotte Bobcats

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ransom E. Olds	Business	3-Jun-1864	26-Aug-1950	Founder of Nucor and Oldsmobile

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