Grand Hotel Named Among 10 Best All-Inclusive Resorts & Historic Hotels in USA Today Popular Vote
Distinguished Guests
America’s Summer Place is a remarkable place and over its history, has graciously hosted millions of people. Many notable individuals have visited Grand Hotel throughout the years, including politicians, actors, entertainers, sports figures, musicians, writers and more.
| Senator Spencer Abraham | Senator Robert Griffin | Preservation Hall Jazz Band |
| Mitch Albom | Alex Haley | Tito Puente |
| Congressman John Anderson | Herbie Hancock | George W. Pullman |
| Governor Cecil Andrus | Governor Joe Frank Harris | Boots Randolph |
| Mayor Dennis Archer | Senator Phil Hart | Lou Rawls |
| John Jacob Astor III | Paul Harvey | Christopher Reeve |
| Governor Bruce Babbitt | Ernie Harwell | Mary Lou Retton |
| Congressman Jim Barcia | John Hiller | Tom Ridge |
| Vice President Alben W. Barkley | Congressman Bill Huizenga | Emma Roberts |
| John Beilein | Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison | Senator Mike Rogers |
| Jack Benny | Lee Iacocca | Governor George Romney |
| George Benson | Tom Izzo | Governor Mitt Romney |
| Congressman Jack Bergman | Reverend Jesse Jackson | Karl Rove |
| Senator Joe Biden | Lady Byrd Johnson | Mike Rowe |
| Congressman Mike Bishop | Vinnie Johnson | Bill Russell |
| Governor James Blanchard | James Earl Jones | Sadie – Champion Scottish Terrier |
| Dan Blocker | Hamilton Jordan | Arturo Sandoval |
| Pat Boone | Al Kaline | Congresswoman Pat Schroeder |
| Betsy Brandt | Governor John Kasich | Willard Scott |
| Donna Brazile | Garrison Keillor | Ambassador Peter Secchia |
| Dr. Joyce Brothers | Governor Harry F. Kelly | Jane Seymour |
| Governor Jerry Brown | Congressman Jack Kemp | Bo Schembechler |
| Dave Brubeck | President John F. Kennedy | Bishop Fulton J. Sheen |
| President George H. W. Bush | Senator Robert Kerry | Shields & Yarnell |
| Lloyd Carr | Kid Rock | Senator Paul Simon |
| James Carville | Congressman Dan Kildee | Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin |
| Governor Robert Casey | Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick | Paul W. Smith |
| Richard Cheney | Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick | Governor Rick Snyder |
| Connie Chung | Admiral Ernest King | Congresswoman Debbie Stabenow |
| President Bill Clinton | Eartha Kitt | Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Congressman Joe Knollenberg | Senator Francis Stockbridge |
| Rosemary Clooney | Governor Madline Kunin | Jeannot Szwarc |
| Senator Susan Collins | Bill Laimbeer | Senator Robert A. Taft |
| Governor Mario Cuomo | Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence | Michigan Chief Justice Clifford W. Taylor |
| Larry Czonka | Congressman Andy Levin | Joe Theismann |
| Jeff Daniels | Senator Carl Levin | Helen Thomas |
| Robert De Niro | Representative Sander Levin | Governor Tommy Thompson |
| Congressman Tom Delay | Ramsey Lewis | Mel Torme |
| Alex Delvechio | G. Gordon Liddy | President Harry S Truman |
| Senator Chauncey DePew | Ted Lindsay | Mark Twain |
| Governor Thomas E. Dewey | Astronaut Jerry Linenger | Congressman Fred Upton |
| Phyllis Diller | Rich Little | Kate Upton |
| Congressman John Dingell | Kenny Loggins | Senator Arthur Vandenberg |
| Congresswoman Debbie Dingell | Jim Lovell | Jerry Van Dyke |
| Elizabeth Dole | Madonna | Greta Van Susteren |
| Senator Robert Dole | Adam Cardinal Maida | Vince Vaughn |
| Hugh Downs | Chuck Mangione | Justin Verlander |
| Lord and Lady Drayson | The Manhattan Transfer | Dick Vitale |
| Mayor Mike Duggan | Herbie Mann | Governor George Voinovich |
| Governor Michael Dukakis | Branford Marsalis | Dita Von Teese |
| Jimmy Durante | Jason Marsalis | Governor John Waibee |
| Governor Jim Edgar | Wynton Marsalis | Congressman Tim Walberg |
| Governor John Engler | General George C. Marshall | Barbara Walters |
| Tucker Eskew | Chris Mathews | Darrell Waltrip |
| Marshall Field | J. P. McCarthy | Governor Earl Warren |
| Pete Fountain | Robert McNeal | MI Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Weaver |
| The Four Tops | Governor Ned McWhirter | Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger |
| Steve Forbes | Congresswoman Candace Miller | Governor Christine Todd Whitman |
| Harold Ford, Jr. | Governor William G. Milliken | Governor Gretchen Whitmer |
| Bill Ford | Congressman Paul Mitchell | Esther Williams |
| William Clay Ford, Jr. | Congressman John Moolenaar | Governor G. Mennen Williams |
| President Gerald R. Ford | Jim Nabors | Flip Wilson |
| Pete Fountain | Jim Nantz | Governor Pete Wilson |
| The Four Freshmen | Hugh O’Brien | Debra Winger |
| Al Franklin | Justice Sandra Day O’Connor | Charles Woodson |
| Bill Freehan | Tip O’Neil | MI Supreme Court Justice Robert P. Young |
| Tom Friedman | Bill O’Reilly | Mayor Coleman A. Young |
| Governor Booth Gardner | Marie Osmond | Fareed Zakaria |
| Vice President John Nance Garner | Jesse Owens | Deiter Zetsche |
| Congressman Richard Gephardt | Arnold Palmer | |
| David Gergen | Vice President Mike Pence | |
| Speaker Newt Gingrich | Roger Penske | |
| Ruth Bader Ginsberg | T. Boone Pickens | |
| Mayor Rudy Giuliani | John Pizzarelli | |
| George Goebel | Christopher Plummer | |
| Senator Al Gore | General Colin Powell | |
| Senator Phil Gramm | Jody Powell | |
| Governor Jennifer Granholm | ||
| Governor Dwight Green |
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