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==Notable people==
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* [[Jason Babin]], football player for [[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]], first-round NFL draft pick
* [[John Bonamego]], football head coach at [[Central Michigan University]]; previously assistant coach with NFL's Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions
* [[Frank R. Gooding]], [[Governor of Idaho]] 1905–09, U.S. Senator 1921–28; raised in Paw Paw
* [[Doane Harrison]], Oscar-nominated film editor, best known for his long collaboration with director [[Billy Wilder]]
* [[Bill Killefer|Bill]] and [[Red Killefer|Wade Killefer]], early 20th-century baseball players
* [[Ricky Knotts]], racecar driver killed attempting to qualify for [[1981 Daytona 500]]
* [[Joseph Labadie]], labor leader and political activist
* [[Ron Labadie]], head of scouting for NFL's [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Loretta Long]], actress, best known as "Susan Robinson" on ''[[Sesame Street]]''
* [[Charlie Maxwell]] ("Old Paw Paw"), a [[Detroit Tigers]], [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Baltimore Orioles]] and [[Chicago White Sox]] baseball player
* [[Jerry Mitchell]], [[Tony Award]]-winning choreographer
* [[Don Moorhead]], football player for  [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] 1969–1970, [[Canadian Football League]] quarterback
* [[Malinda Russell]], cookbook author
* [[Frederick S. Strong]], US Army major general<ref>{{cite web |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/2837*.html |title=Frederick Smith Strong in Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy |volume=III-VIII |last=Thayer |first=Bill |website=Bill Thayer's Web Site |publisher=Bill Thayer |location=Chicago, IL |date=May 5, 2015 |access-date=June 27, 2020 |ref={{sfnRef|"Biographical Register"}}}}</ref>
* [[A. W. Underwood]], a 19th-century Paw Paw native with the purported ability to [[pyrokinesis|set items ablaze]]. [[Brian Eno]]'s 1974 song about Underwood, "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch", references the village.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eno |first1=Brian |last2=Mills |first2=Russell |year=1986 |title=More Dark Than Shark |publisher=Faber & Faber |location=London |isbn=0-571-13883-7 }}</ref>
* [[Abraham Wechter]], master [[luthier]] of Wechter Guitars
* [[Shayne Whittington]], [[NBA]] basketball player for the [[Indiana Pacers]]