Drives a black Cadillac Escalade.

Sponsors: Speedo, Omega, AT&T, Powerbar, Visa, Argent Mortgage

Has a street named after him in his hometown Baltimore,Maryland

Nickname: "Fins" because of his size 14 shoe size

Graduated from Towson High School (2003).

Has two tattoos on his abdomen: On his right, he has the olympic rings and on his left he has the M for Michigan

Attended the University of Michigan

He won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China beating Mark Spitz for the record.

He won 6 gold and 2 bronze medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.

He was the youngest male Olympian since 1932 (he was only 15 when he made it in the 2000 Olympics).

Winner of the "Sports - Choice Athlete (male)" category at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards.

Has won 17 titles at World Championships between 2001 and 2007.