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Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

, Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Detroit as well as its metropolitan area.

Activists

Octavia Williams Bates Octavia Williams Bates (1846 – January 12, 1911) was an American suffragist, clubwoman, and author of the long nineteenth century. She was involved with women's movements associated with higher education and political enfranchisement. Bates was ...

* Gin'nnah Muhammad *

Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, in defiance of Jim Crow laws, which sparke ...

Betty Shabazz Betty Shabazz (born Betty Dean Sanders; May 28, 1934/1936 – June 23, 1997), also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate. She was married to Malcolm X. Shabazz grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where her foster ...

* Jalonne White-Newsome *

Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Islam in the United States, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figur ...

Artists and designers

Architects

Charles N. Agree Charles Nathanial Agree (April 18, 1897 – March 10, 1982) was an American architect in Detroit, Michigan. Biography Agree moved to Detroit in 1909 at the age of 12. He opened his firm in 1917 after graduating from the Detroit Y.M.C.A. Technical ...

C. Howard Crane Charles Howard Crane (August 13, 1885 – August 14, 1952) was an American architect who was primarily active in Detroit, Michigan. His designs include Detroit's Fox Theatre and Olympia Stadium, as well as LeVeque Tower in Columbus, Ohio, whi ...

Joseph Nathaniel French Joseph Nathaniel French, Sr. (October 24, 1888 – February 28, 1975) was an architect with Albert Kahn Associates from 1914 to 1967. He was the chief architect for the Fisher Building in Detroit, Michigan. Biography He was born on October ...

* Francis E. Griffin * Nathan Johnson * Beverly Hannah Jones * Albert Kahn * Roger Margerum * Wirt C. Rowland * Bernard C. Wetzel * Donald F. White *

Minoru Yamasaki was an American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward ...

Ceramists

* Horace Caulkins * Tom Lollar *

Diana Pancioli Diana Pancioli Kulisek, born in Detroit, Michigan, is professor of ceramics at Eastern Michigan University and the author of ''Extruded Ceramics'' published in 1999 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. She is a former head of Production at Pewabic Potte ...

Mary Chase Perry Stratton Mary Chase Perry Stratton (March 15, 1867 – April 15, 1961) was an American ceramic artist. She was a co-founder, along with Horace James Caulkins, of Pewabic Pottery, a form of ceramic art used to make architectural tiles. Biography Stra ...

Dancers

* Lottie "The Body" Graves

Fashion designers

Tracy Reese Tracy Reese (born February 12, 1964) is an American fashion designer who specializes in women's ready-to-wear clothing, Fashion accessories, accessories, and home fashions such as linens. She is a board member of the Council of Fashion Designers ...

Anna Sui Anna Sui (; born August 4, 1955) is an American fashion designer. Her brand categories include several fashion lines, footwear, cosmetics, Perfume, fragrances, eyewear, jewelry, Fashion accessory, accessories and home goods. Sui was named one ...

John Varvatos John Varvatos (born 1954) is an American menswear designer. He has worked for both Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, and started his own label in 1999. Early life The Varvatos family is originally from the village of Poulata on the island o ...

Painters

Larry D. Alexander Larry Dell Alexander (born May 30, 1953) is an Americans, American artist, Christianity, Christian author and Catechist from Dermott, Arkansas, in Chicot County. Alexander is best known for his creations of elaborate colorful, and black & white ...

Ian Hornak Ian Hornak (January 9, 1944 – December 9, 2002) was an American draughtsman, painter and printmaker. He was one of the founding artists of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist fine art movements; credited with having been the first Photorea ...

* Charles McGee * Allie McGhee *

Gari Melchers Julius Garibaldi (Gari) Melchers (August 11, 1860 – November 30, 1932) was an American artist. He was one of the leading American proponents of naturalism. He won a 1932 Gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Biography The ...

Eric Millikin Eric Millikin is an American contemporary art, artist and Activism, activist based in Detroit, Michigan, and Richmond, Virginia. He is known for his work in artificial intelligence art, Virtual art, augmented and virtual reality art, conceptual a ...

* Niagara * Carl Owens *

John Mix Stanley John Mix Stanley (January 17, 1814 – April 10, 1872) was an artist-explorer, an American painter of landscapes, and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American portraits and tribal life. Born in the Finger Lakes region of New York, he st ...

* Carol Wald

Photographers

* Bill Schwab * Irakly Shanidze * Taro Yamasaki

Sculptors

Marshall Fredericks Marshall Maynard Fredericks (January 31, 1908 – April 4, 1998) was an American sculptor known for such works as '' Fountain of Eternal Life'', '' The Spirit of Detroit'', ''Man and the Expanding Universe Fountain'', and many others. Early life ...

* Mike Kelley * Julius T. Melchers *

Carl Milles Carl Milles (; 23 June 1875 – 19 September 1955) was a Swedes, Swedish sculpture, sculptor. He was married to artist Olga Milles (née Granner) and brother to Ruth Milles and half-brother to the architect Evert Milles. Carl Milles sculpted the ...

Corrado Parducci Corrado Giuseppe Parducci (March 10, 1900 – November 22, 1981) was an Italian-American architectural sculpture, sculptor who was a celebrated artist for his numerous early-20th century works. Early life and education Parducci was born to Giuli ...

* Matt Paweski * Richard Ritter *

Carlo Romanelli Carlo Alfred Romanelli (1872–1947) was an Italian sculptor, born in Florence, Italy August 24, 1872 and died August 9, 1947. He came to the United States in 1902, settling in Los Angeles, California.Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in ...

* Edward Wagner

Textile and Interior designers

Ruth Adler Schnee Ruth Adler Schnee ( Adler; May 13, 1923 – January 5, 2023) was a German-born American textile designer and interior designer based in Michigan. Schnee was best known for her modern prints and abstract-patterns of organic and geometric forms. ...

Carole Harris Carole Harris (born 1943) is an African American designer, and fiber and textile artist from Detroit, Michigan. Quilting is a key medium for her, which she has adapted to new forms of abstract art. Her art has been influenced by the people, history ...

Astronauts

Gregory Jarvis Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the January 28, 1986 destruction of the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload spec ...

Business, industry, academics, and labor

Steve Ballmer Steven Anthony Ballmer (; March 24, 1956) is an American businessman and investor who served as chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He i ...

Elissa P. Benedek Elissa Panush Benedek (born September 28, 1936) is an American psychiatrist specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. She is an adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical Center. S ...

William E. Boeing William Edward Boeing (; October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer. He founded the Pacific Airplane Company in 1916, which was renamed to Boeing a year later. The company is now the largest exporter in the United ...

George Gough Booth George Gough Booth (September 24, 1864 – April 11, 1949) was the publisher of the privately held Evening News Association, a co-founder of Booth Newspapers (now MLive Media Group), and a philanthropist. Biography He was born on September 24, 1 ...

Bonnie Brennan Bonnie Brennan (born c. 1973) is an American auction-house executive. She has been the CEO of Christie's since February 1, 2025. Prior to that, she had a 13-year career at Christie's, including four years as head of Christie's Americas. Before join ...

Eli Broad Eli Broad ( ; June 6, 1933April 30, 2021) was an American businessman and philanthropist. In June 2019, ''Forbes'' ranked him as the 233rd-wealthiest person in the world and the 78th-wealthiest in the United States, with an estimated net worth of ...

* Roy D. Chapin *

Roy D. Chapin Jr. Roy Dikeman Chapin Jr. (September 21, 1915 – August 5, 2001) was the chairman and chief executive officer of American Motors Corporation (AMC). Chapin's father, Roy D. Chapin Sr., was one of the co-founders of the Hudson Motor Car Company; Hu ...

Nina Clifford Nina Clifford (August 3, 1851 – July 14, 1929) was a Canadian-born madam who ran the most popular brothel in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1889 to 1929. Early life Clifford was born Johanna Crow (also known as "Hannah") on August 3, 1851, in Chat ...

* Louis-Césaire Dagneau Douville de Quindre * Bertrand Curtis Spitzley *

William Davidson William or Bill Davidson may refer to: Businessmen * Bill Davidson (businessman) (1922–2009), Michigan businessman and sports team owner ** William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, named in honor of Bill Davidson * William Davidson ...

John DeLorean John Zachary DeLorean ( ; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry. He is widely known as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, as well as for his work at General Motor ...

Horace Elgin Dodge Horace Elgin Dodge Sr. (May 17, 1868 – December 10, 1920) was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge, Dodge Brothers Company. Early years and business He was born in Niles, Michigan, on May 17, 1868.Burton, Claren ...

John Francis Dodge John Francis Dodge (October 25, 1864 – January 14, 1920) was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company. Biography Dodge was born in Niles, Michigan, where his father ran a foundry and machine ...

Shel Dorf Sheldon "Shel" Dorf (July 5, 1933 – November 3, 2009) was an American comic book enthusiast and the founder of San Diego Comic-Con.Spurgeon, Tom.Shel Dorf, 1933-2009, ''The Comics Reporter'' (self-published), 4 November 2009. Accessed 4 Novembe ...

George Doundoulakis George James Doundoulakis (October 18, 1921 – March 17, 2007) was a Greek American physicist and soldier who worked under British Intelligence during World War II with SOE agent Patrick Leigh Fermor, and then served with the OSS in Thessaly ...

William C. Durant William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, founder of General Motors and co-founder of Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple brands – ...

* Jeremiah Dwyer * William R. Farrand * Mark Fields *

Charles T. Fisher Charles Thomas Fisher (February 16, 1880 – August 8, 1963) was an American businessman and an automotive pioneer. Born in Norwalk, Ohio, Charles was the second son of Lawrence and Margaret Fisher. The family would grow to include seven boys a ...

Alfred Ford Alfred Brush Ford (born 1950), also known as Ambarish Das (), is an American businessman and the great-grandson of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. He joined the ISKCON, a Vaishnava Hindu group in 1975. Ford is the chairman of the ...

Edsel Ford Edsel Bryant Ford (November 6, 1893 – May 26, 1943) was an American business executive and philanthropist, who was the only child of pioneering industrialist Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant Ford. He was the president of Ford Motor C ...

Edsel Ford II Edsel Bryant Ford II (born December 27, 1948) is the great-grandson of Henry Ford I, grandson of Edsel Ford I, and the only son of Henry Ford II. He served as a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company for 33 years before announci ...

Henry Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American Technological and industrial history of the United States, industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automob ...

Henry Ford II Henry Ford II (September 4, 1917 – September 29, 1987), commonly known as Hank the Deuce, was an American businessman in the automotive industry. He was the oldest son of Edsel Ford I and oldest grandson of Henry Ford. He served as president ...

William Clay Ford Jr. William Clay Ford Jr. (born May 3, 1957) is an American businessman, serving as executive chair of Ford Motor Company. The great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, Ford joined the board in 1988 and has served as chair since January 1999. ...

William Clay Ford Sr. William Clay Ford Sr. (March 14, 1925 – March 9, 2014) was an American businessman who was on the boards of Ford Motor Company and the Edison Institute. Ford owned the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1964 until hi ...

Charles Lang Freer Charles Lang Freer (February 25, 1854 – September 25, 1919) was an American industrialist, art collector, and patron. He is known for his large collection of Asian art, East Asian, Visual art of the United States, American, and Middle Eastern a ...

Dan Gilbert Daniel Gilbert (born January 17, 1962) is an American billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and majority owner of Rocket Mortgage and founder of Rock Ventures. Gilbert owns several sports franchises, including the ...

* Elizabeth L. Gleicher *

Les Gold Leslie "Les" Gold (born June 20, 1950) is an American pawnbroker, reality television star, author, and media personality. He is known for his role on cable and satellite television truTV's reality series, ''Hardcore Pawn''. Early life and career ...

Berry Gordy Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), also known as Berry Gordy Jr., is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and i ...

Edgar Gott Edgar Nathaniel Gott (May 2, 1887 – July 17, 1947) was an early American aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, mor ...

Tyree Guyton Tyree Guyton (born August 24, 1955) is an artist from Detroit, Michigan. He is married to Jenenne Whitfield and continues to live in Detroit. Before becoming an artist, Guyton worked as a firefighter and an autoworker and served in the U.S. Army ...

* Arthur Hayes * Frank J. Hecker *

Jimmy Hoffa James Riddle Hoffa (; born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 to 1971. He i ...

* Flora Hommel *

Joseph L. Hudson Joseph Lowthian Hudson (October 17, 1846 – July 5, 1912), a.k.a. J. L. Hudson, was the merchant who founded the Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson also supplied the seed capital for the establishment, in 1909, of Roy D. Cha ...

* Christopher Ilitch *

Denise Ilitch Denise Ilitch (born November 1955) is a Detroit-area businessperson, lawyer, and member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. She was chair of the board from 2020 to 2021. Ilitch was rumored to be a Democratic Party (United States ...

Marian Ilitch Marian Bayoff Ilitch (born January 7, 1933) is an American billionaire businesswoman, and the co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza with her late husband, Mike Ilitch. As of March 2018, Ilitch was one of the world's seven richest women, according ...

Mike Ilitch Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017), also known as Mr. I, was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur who served as the founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza. He also owned the D ...

* Peter Karmanos Jr. *

Sebastian S. Kresge Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores: the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the ...

* Henry M. Leland *

Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York (state), New York to Paris, a distance of . His aircra ...

* Michael J. Malik Sr. *

Alex Manoogian Alexander Manoogian (; June 28, 1901 – July 10, 1996) was an Armenian-American industrial engineer, businessman, and philanthropist who spent most of his career in Detroit, Michigan. He was the founder of the Masco Corporation, which in 1969 w ...

Oscar F. Mayer Oscar Ferdinand Mayer (March 29, 1859 – March 11, 1955) was a German American who founded the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer that bears his name. Early life and career Mayer was born in Kösingen (now part of Neresheim), in the Kingdom of ...

Elijah McCoy Elijah J. McCoy (May 2, 1844 – October 10, 1929) was a Canadian-American engineer of African Americans, African-American descent who invented lubrication systems for steam engines. Born free on the Ontario shore of Lake Erie to parents ...

* Manuel "Matty" Moroun *

Alan Mulally Alan Roger Mulally (born August 4, 1945) is an American aerospace engineer and manufacturing executive. He was the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1998 to 2006, and later as president and chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Company ...

* David Overton *

Francis Palms Francis Palms (1809–1886) was the largest landholder in Michigan during the mid-1850s. He had major business interests as well and was nicknamed " Croesus" because of his wealth. Life and career He was born in Antwerp, First French Empire, in ...

Roger Penske Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937), also known as "the Captain", is an American auto racing team owner, businessman, and former professional driver. Penske is the owner of Team Penske, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar, and ...

* Heinz Prechter * David Preston * Ashley Qualls *

Walter Reuther Walter Philip Reuther (; September 1, 1907 – May 9, 1970) was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor unions in American history. He ...

Stephen M. Ross Stephen Michael Ross (born May 10, 1940) is an American real estate developer, philanthropist, and sports team owner. Ross is the chairman of Related Companies, a global real estate development firm he founded in 1972. Related is best known fo ...

Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey David Sachs ( ; born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and public policy analyst who is a professor at Columbia University, where he was formerly director of The Earth Institute. He worked on the topics of sustainable develop ...

James E. Scripps James Edmund Scripps (March 19, 1835 – May 28, 1906) was an American newspaper publisher and philanthropist. Early life and education Scripps was born in 1835 in London to James Mogg Scripps and Ellen Mary (Saunders) Scripps. His father was a b ...

Robert J. Shiller Robert James Shiller (born March 29, 1946) is an American economist, academic, and author. As of 2022, he served as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center fo ...

Art Van Elslander Art Van Furniture Inc. was an American furniture retail store chain, with stores across the Midwestern United States. Founded in 1959, the company was headquartered in Warren, Michigan, and claimed to be the largest furniture retailer in the Midwe ...

James Vernor James Vernor Sr. (April 11, 1843 – October 29, 1927) was an American pharmacist and druggist who began selling Vernors brand ginger ale in 1880. Biography Vernor was born in Albany, New York, moving with his parents to Detroit, Michigan in his ...

Hiram Walker Hiram Walker (July 4, 1816 – January 12, 1899) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Walker was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in 1838. He p ...

B. Joseph White Bernard Joseph White (born April 6, 1947) is president emeritus of the University of Illinois and professor emeritus of business at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He is dean emeritus of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business an ...

* Kate Williams *

Ralph Wilson Ralph Cookerly Wilson Jr. (October 17, 1918 – March 25, 2014) was an American businessman and sports executive. He was best known as the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills, a team in the National Football League (NFL). He was one of the f ...

Mark Zbikowski Mark "Zibo" Joseph Zbikowski (born March 21, 1956) is a former Microsoft Architect and an early computer Hacker culture, hacker. He started working at the company only a few years after its inception, leading efforts in MS-DOS, OS/2, Cairo (operat ...

Clergy and religion

Solanus Casey Solanus Casey, OFM Cap (born Bernard Francis Casey; November 25, 1870 – July 31, 1957) was an American Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was known as a healer and for his abilities as a spiritual counselor, but especial ...

* Gregory Dickow * C. L. Franklin *

Lucien Greaves Douglas Mesner, better known as Lucien Greaves, is an American social activist and co-founder of, and spokesperson for, The Satanic Temple. Early life Greaves was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. His mother was a Protestant who took ...

Elijah Muhammad Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his death in 197 ...

Wallace Fard Muhammad Wallace Fard Muhammad or W. D. Fard ( ; reportedly born February 26, – disappeared ) was the founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an ambiguous background and several aliases and proselytized syncretic Islamic ...

Jack Van Impe Jack Leo Van Impe ( ; February 9, 1931 – January 18, 2020) was an American televangelist who had a half-hour weekly television series ''Jack Van Impe Presents'', featuring eschatological commentary on the news of the week through an int ...

Government and politics

* Albert M. Bielawski *

James Blanchard James Johnston Blanchard (born August 8, 1942) is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Blanchard previo ...

Sonny Bono Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono ( ; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and politician. In partnership with his second wife, Cher, he formed the singing duo Sonny & Cher. A member of the Republican Pa ...

* Walter B. Brady *

Cora Brown Cora Mae Brown (April 19, 1914 – December 17, 1972) was the first African-American woman elected (rather than appointed) to a state senate in the United States. She won her seat in the Michigan Senate in 1952. Brown was a Democrat who represent ...

Henry Billings Brown Henry Billings Brown (March 2, 1836 – September 4, 1913) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1891 to 1906. Although a respected lawyer and U.S. District Judge before as ...

Vern Buchanan Vernon Gale Buchanan ( ; born May 8, 1951) is an American businessman, politician, and Air Force veteran serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 16th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he first entere ...

Ella Bully-Cummings Ella M. Bully-Cummings (born 1958) is an American police officer who served as the chief of the Detroit Police Department from 2003 to 2008. Early life and education Bully-Cummings was born in Japan, the second-oldest of eight children of an A ...

Ralph Bunche Ralph Johnson Bunche ( ; August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Priz ...

* Mickey Cafagna * Walter H. Campbell *

Ben Carson Ben Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgery, neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 2017 to 2021. A pio ...

Lewis Cass Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was a United States Army officer and politician. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1 ...

* Roy D. Chapin *

J. Michelle Childs Julianna Michelle Childs (born March 24, 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was previously ...

John Conyers John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1965 to 2017. Conyers was the sixth-longest serving member of Congress and the lo ...

* Francis X. Desnoyers *

Thomas E. Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in 1944 and ...

* Emma Didlake *

John Dingell John David Dingell Jr. ( ; July 8, 1926 – February 7, 2019) was an American politician from the state of Michigan who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, D ...

* John Dingell Sr. *

Gershwin A. Drain Gershwin Allen Drain (born January 24, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Early life and education Born in Detroit, Gershwin A. Drain attended Detroit St. Gr ...

Keith Ellison Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2019 as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. representative for fr ...

* Jack Faxon *

William Webb Ferguson William Webb Ferguson (May 22, 1857 – March 30, 1910) was the first African-American man elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. Early life Ferguson was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Joseph and Martha Ferguson. His father, Joseph ...

Moses W. Field Moses Wheelock Field (February 10, 1828 – March 14, 1889) was a businessman and politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Michigan, and was instrumental in organizing the Indepen ...

* Burley Follett *

Michael Fougere Michael Fougere is an American-Canadian politician who served as mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan. He was elected mayor on October 24, 2012 with 42 percent of the vote among nine candidates, running on a platform that included housing, infrastructu ...

* Nathan Goodell * Reneé Hall *

Albert Hammond Albert Louis Hammond Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 18 May 1944) is a Gibraltarians, Gibraltarian singer, songwriter and record producer. A prolific songwriter, he also collaborated with other songwriters such as Mike Hazlewood, John B ...

Tom Hayden Thomas Emmet Hayden (December 11, 1939October 23, 2016) was an American social and political activist, author, and politician. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, becoming an i ...

Robert J. Huber Robert James Huber (August 29, 1922 - April 23, 2001) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Huber was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He attended the University of Detroit 1935–1937, and graduated f ...

Tupac A. Hunter Tupac Amaru Hunter (born July 25, 1973) is an American politician who is a former member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 5th district which encompasses northwest Detroit, Dearborn Heights and Inkster. He served as the Minority Floor Lea ...

Jon A. Husted Jon Allen Husted ( ; born August 25, 1967) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, Husted served as the 66th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 2019 to 2025 and ...

Marilyn Jean Kelly Marilyn Jean Kelly (born April 15, 1938) is an American jurist. She was elected to two terms both on the Michigan Court of Appeals and as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Due to her being over 70 years old, Kelly was prohibited by the Mic ...

Kwame Kilpatrick Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is an American former politician who served as the 72nd mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the 9th district in the Michigan House of Repre ...

T. John Lesinski Thaddeus John "T. John" Lesinski, (April 28, 1925 – August 13, 1996), was an American politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Lesinski was born in Detroit, Michigan and lived in Detroit and Grosse Pointe Shores. He gra ...

Carl Levin Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a List of United States senators from Michigan, United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (U ...

Viola Liuzzo Viola Fauver Liuzzo (née Gregg; April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was an American civil rights activist in Detroit, Michigan. She was known for going to Alabama in March 1965 to support the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights. On Mar ...

* Henry W. Lord *

Alfred Lucking Alfred Lucking (December 18, 1856 – December 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and was general counsel for the Ford Motor Compan ...

John N. Mitchell John Newton Mitchell (September 5, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the 67th attorney general of the United States, serving under President Richard Nixon and was chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been ...

Frank Murphy William Francis Murphy (April 13, 1890July 19, 1949) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Michigan. He was a Democrat who was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving ...

* Simon J. Murphy Jr. *

John Stoughton Newberry John Stoughton Newberry (November 18, 1826 – January 2, 1887) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the first provost marshal for the State of Michigan and as a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan. Early life ...

* Casmer P. Ogonowski *

Dorothy Comstock Riley Dorothy Comstock Riley (December 6, 1924 – October 23, 2004) was a lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving on the Michigan Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on the Michigan Court of Appeals. She was the first Hisp ...

Mitt Romney Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and retired politician. He served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 ...

* Joseph P. Sanger *

Henry Hastings Sibley Henry Hastings Sibley (February 20, 1811 – February 18, 1891) was a fur trader with the American Fur Company, the first U.S. Congressional representative for Minnesota Territory, the first governor of the state of Minnesota, and a U.S. mi ...

Augustus B. Woodward Augustus Brevoort Woodward (born Elias Brevoort Woodward; November 1774 – June 12, 1827) was the first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory. In that position, he played a prominent role in the reconstruction of Detroit following a de ...

Coleman Young Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit and has been described as the "single mo ...

Military

Charles Keller Charles Ernest Keller (September 12, 1916 – May 23, 1990) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a left fielder in Major League Baseball from 1939 through 1952 for the New York Yankees (1939–1943, 1945–1949, 1952) and De ...

Movie, radio, television figures and journalists

Nicole Alexander Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander, born 12 July 1982, is an American reality television star and actress; best known for participating and winning the hit VH1 celebreality television shows '' Flavor of Love'' and '' I Love Money.'' She is also known fo ...

Byron Allen Byron Allen (born Byron Allen Folks on April 22, 1961) is an American businessman, film and television producer, and comedian. He is the founder of the American media company Allen Media Group (formerly Entertainment Studios), which has intere ...

Tim Allen Timothy Alan Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'' (1991–1999) for which he won a Golden Gl ...

Maureen Anderman Maureen Anderman is a retired American actress best known for her work on the stage. She has appeared in eighteen Broadway shows over the last four decades earning several Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominations. Career Anderman made her ...

Curtis Armstrong Curtis Johnathan Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Booger in the '' Revenge of the Nerds'' films, Herbert Viola on the TV series '' Moonlighting'', Miles Dalby in the film '' Risky ...

Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by ''Time (magazine), Time'' in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for h ...

* Joan Barry * Josh Becker *

Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. List of Kristen Bell performances, Her work includes both film and television, and List of awards and nominations received by Kristen Bell, h ...

* Mary L. Bell *

Jim Bellows James Gilbert Bellows (November 12, 1922 – March 6, 2009) was an American journalist of the 20th century. Bellows has been credited with the inspiration and nurture of many leading writers of the New Journalism during the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Elizabeth Berkley Elizabeth Berkley ( ) is an American actress and producer. She played Jessie Spano in the ''Saved by the Bell'' television franchise and Nomi Malone in the controversial 1995 Paul Verhoeven film '' Showgirls''. She had supporting roles in the ...

Mike Binder Mike Binder (born June 2, 1958) is an American filmmaker, stand-up comedian, and actor. Life and career Binder, descended from Russian-Jewish immigrants, grew up in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham. During the summers of 1966 through 1975, he a ...

Selma Blair Selma Blair (born Selma Blair Beitner; June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in '' Cruel Intentions'', '' Legally Blonde'', '' The Sweetest Thing'', and the ''Hellboy'' franchise. Blair, born in Southfield, Michigan ...

Bill Bonds William Duane Bonds (February 23, 1932 – December 13, 2014) was an American television news anchor and reporter, best known for his work at WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. Bonds became an Action News anchorman beginning in the early 1970s. Ear ...

Jerry Bruckheimer Jerome Leonard Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in the genres of action, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror and science fiction. After working in advertising out of college, Bruck ...

Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy A ...

Dean Cain Dean George Cain ( né Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American actor. From 1993 to 1997, he played Clark Kent / Superman in the TV series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Cain was the host of '' Ripley's Believe It or Not! ...

Bruce Campbell Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for his role as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's ''Evil Dead'' horror series, beginning with the short movie '' Within the Woods'' (1978). He has also f ...

Bill Carruthers William H. Carruthers (September 27, 1930 – March 2, 2003) was an American television executive who gained his first fame as the director of '' The Soupy Sales Show'' at Detroit television station WXYZ-TV. He also directed the Ernie Kovacs-hel ...

* Kim Carson *

Seymour Cassel Seymour Joseph Cassel (January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television shows, with a career spanning over 50 years. He first came to prominence in the 1960s in the pioneering independent f ...

Jessica Cauffiel Jessica Cauffiel (born March 30, 1976) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Margot in ''Legally Blonde'' (2001) & '' Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' (2003) and Tori in ''White Chicks'' (2004) and her roles ...

Carol Christensen Carol Christensen (September 14, 1937 – June 4, 2005) was an American actress and former model. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she appeared in several films and television shows between 1960 and 1963. Early years Christensen attended Southfield ...

Art Clokey Arthur Clokey (born Arthur Charles Farrington; October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American animator, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor, he was pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation, best known as ...

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola ( ; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood and one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. List of awards and nominations received by Francis Ford Coppo ...

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he w ...

Dave Coulier David Alan Coulier ( ; born September 21, 1959) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom ''Full House'', Peter Venkman on '' The Real Ghostbusters'', and Animal and B ...

Wally Cox Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He began his career as a standup comedian and played the title character of the popular early American television series '' Mister Peepers'' from 1952 to 195 ...

Nicole Curtis ''Rehab Addict'' is a television show documenting home renovations, which airs on DIY and HGTV. ''Rehab Addict'' debuted on the DIY network on October 14, 2010. Beginning in January 2014, Season 4, was moved to airing on HGTV's prime time schedu ...

Vondie Curtis-Hall Vondie Curtis-Hall (born September 30, 1950) is an American actor, film director, and television director. As an actor, he is known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama '' Chicago Hope'' created by David E. Kelley and as ...

Pam Dawber Pamela Dawber (born October 18, 1951) is an American actress known for her lead television sitcom roles as Mindy McConnell on ''Mork & Mindy'' (1978–1982) and Samantha Russell on '' My Sister Sam'' (1986–1988). Early life Dawber was born i ...

Jude Demorest Claire Jude Demorest (born March 11, 1992) is an American actress and singer who is known for her roles in ''Dallas (2012 TV series), Dallas'' and ''Star (TV series), Star''. Early life Demorest was born in Michigan, and grew up in a very reli ...

Ryan Destiny Ryan Destiny (born January 8, 1995) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Destiny is best known for her roles in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox TV musical drama ''Star (TV series), Star'', the Freeform (TV channel), Freeform sitcom ' ...

Doris Dowling Doris Dowling (May 15, 1923 – June 18, 2004) was an American actress of film, stage and television. Best known for the films '' The Crimson Key'' (1946) and '' Bitter Rice'' (1949). Also known for playing Irene Adams on '' My Living Doll'' ( ...

Wayne Dyer Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. Dyer earned a Bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy, a Master’s degree in Psychology and an Ed.D. in Guidance and Counse ...

Dana Elcar Ibsen Dana Elcar (October 10, 1927 – June 6, 2005) was an American television and film character actor. He appeared in about 40 films as well as in the 1960s television series ''Dark Shadows'' as Sheriff George Patterson and the 1980s and 1 ...

Sherilyn Fenn Sherilyn Fenn (born Sheryl Ann Fenn; February 1, 1965) is an American actress. She played Audrey Horne on the television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991, 2017) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. She als ...

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Dann Florek Ezekial Dann Florek (born May 1, 1950) is an American actor and film director. He is best known for his role as New York City Police Captain Donald Cragen on NBC's ''Law & Order'' and its spinoff '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and Dave ...

Fred Foy Frederick William Foy (March 27, 1921December 22, 2010) was an American radio and television announcer and actor. He is best known for his narration of ''The Lone Ranger''. Radio historian Jim Harmon described Foy as "''the'' announcer, perhaps t ...

Max Gail Maxwell Trowbridge Gail Jr. (born April 5, 1943) is an American actor who has starred on stage, and in television and film roles. He is best known for his role as Detective Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz on the sitcom ''Barney Miller'' (1975–1982 ...

Sara Ganim Sara Elizabeth Ganim (born September 9, 1987) is an American journalist and podcast host. She is the current Hearst Journalism Fellow at the University of Florida's Brechner Center for Freedom of Information and the James Madison Visiting Profess ...

Cyndy Garvey Cynthia Garvey (née Truhan; born July 16, 1949) is an American television personality and the former wife of baseball player Steve Garvey. Career Cyndy Garvey replaced Sarah Purcell as Regis Philbin's co-host of the local news/talk show ''A.M ...

Marla Gibbs Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Theresa Bradley; June 14, 1931) is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer, and television producer whose career spans seven decades. She is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, on th ...

Robin Givhan Robin Givhan (born September 11, 1964) is an American fashion editor and Pulitzer Prize winning writer. Givhan was a fashion editor for ''The Washington Post''. She joined the ''Post'' in 1995, and left in 2010 to become the fashion critic and fa ...

Reagan Gomez-Preston Reagan Gomez-Preston is an American television, film and voice actress. She is known for her roles as Zaria Peterson on The WB sitcom ''The Parent 'Hood'' (1995–1999) and Roberta Tubbs on the FOX animated comedy ''The Cleveland Show'' (2009 ...

* Chuck Goudie *

Gael Greene Gael Greene (December 22, 1933 – November 1, 2022) was an American restaurant critic, author, and novelist. She became '' New York'' magazine's restaurant critic in fall 1968, at a time when most New Yorkers were unsophisticated about food and ...

Judy Greer Judith Therese Evans (born July 20, 1975), known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress who has appeared in Judy Greer filmography, a wide variety of films. She rose to prominence for ...

David Alan Grier David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Grier gained popularity playing multiple roles in the American sketch comedy television series '' In Living Color'' (1990–1994) ...

Karl Haas Karl Haas (December 6, 1913February 6, 2005) was a German-American classical music radio host, known for his sonorous speaking voice, humanistic approach to music appreciation, and popularization of classical music. He was the host of the class ...

Norman Hackett Norman Honore Hackett (September 7, 1874 – February 12, 1958) was a prominent Canadian-born American stage actor of the early 1900s.Yonkers, N.Y. Herald-Statesman, Feb. 13, 1959 He was particularly noted for his Shakespearean roles. After he r ...

Kirsten Haglund Kirsten Iora Müller-Daubermann (née Haglund; born September 14, 1988) is a public speaker, eating disorder awareness activist, commentator, and president of the Kirsten Haglund Foundation. She served as Miss America 2008. Education At age 12, ...

Chris Hansen Christopher Edward Hansen (born September 13, 1959) is an American television presenter, journalist, and YouTube personality. During his tenure as a correspondent for ''Dateline NBC'', he hosted the program's segment ''To Catch a Predator'' (20 ...

Elisabeth Harnois Elisabeth Harnois ( ; born ) is an American actress. Her career started at the age of five, where she began appearing in a number of film and television roles. As a child, she starred as Alice in Disney's ''Adventures in Wonderland'' and as an ad ...

Julie Harris Julia Ann Harris (December 2, 1925August 24, 2013) was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary roles, she earned numerous accolades including five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play, three Emmy Awards, and a Grammy ...

Butch Hartman Elmer Earl Butch Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, illustrator, writer, producer, director, and voice actor. He is best known for creating the animated television series ''The Fairly OddParents'', '' Danny Phantom'', ' ...

Charlie Hill Charles Allan Hill (July 6, 1951 – December 30, 2013) was a comedian and actor. Hill was one of the first Native Americans in the United States, Native American Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedians to appear on major television shows such as ' ...

Jemele Hill Jemele Juanita Hill ( ; born December 21, 1975) is an American sports journalist. She worked for the '' Raleigh News & Observer'', the ''Detroit Free Press'', and the ''Orlando Sentinel''. She joined ESPN in 2006 and worked in various roles unt ...

Ellen Hollman Ellen Hollman (born April 1, 1983) is an American actress. Biography Hollman was born in Detroit, Michigan, the oldest of four siblings. She eventually moved to Troy, Michigan, and was an all-star track runner, holding the Michigan State Unive ...

Telma Hopkins Telma Louise Hopkins (born October 28, 1948) is an American actress and pop singer. Hopkins rose to prominence as a member of the pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn, who had several number-one songs. She also performed on the CBS variety show ''T ...

Royce Howes Royce Bucknam Howes (January 3, 1901 – March 18, 1973) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer who also published a biography of Edgar A. Guest and a number of crime novels. He worked for the ''Detroit Free Press'' from 1927 to 1966 a ...

Ernie Hudson Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. Hudson has also acted in the films ''Leviathan'' (1989), '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' (19 ...

Hughes brothers Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes (born April 1, 1972), known together professionally as the Hughes Brothers, are American twin brother filmmakers. They are known for visceral and often violent films, including ''Menace II Society'' (1993), ''De ...

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John Hughes John Hughes may refer to: Arts and Entertainment Literature *John Hughes (poet) (1677–1720), English poet *John Hughes (1790–1857), English author *John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–1887), Welsh poet *John Hughes (writer) (born 1961), Australian au ...

Tom Hulce Thomas Edward Hulce (; born December 6, 1953) is an American actor and theatre producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Academy Award-winning film '' Amadeus'' (1984), as well as the roles of Larry "Pinto" Kr ...

Kim Hunter Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole; November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American theatre, film, and television actress. She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' ''A Streetcar ...

Darren James Darren James (born Darren Keith Edwards; February 25, 1964) is an American former pornographic actor and director. He gained notoriety after he contracted HIV and infected three pornographic actresses in 2004. Discovery of infection and afterm ...

Al Jean Alfred Ernest Jean III (born January 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter and producer. Jean is well known for his work on ''The Simpsons''. He was raised near Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Harvard University in 1981. Jean began his wri ...

Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong ( ; ; born July 13, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom ''Community'' ...

* Gus Johnson *

Walter Emanuel Jones Walter Emanuel Jones (born November 30, 1970), also known as Tre Emanuel, is an American actor, martial artist, singer and dancer, known for playing the role of Zack Taylor, the first Black Ranger on the hit television series ''Mighty Morphin Pow ...

Ella Joyce Ella Joyce (born Cherron Hoye; June 12, 1954) is an American actress. She starred as Eleanor Emerson in the Fox comedy-drama series '' Roc'', which originally ran from 1991 until 1994. Joyce also appeared in films '' Set It Off'' (1996), '' Bubb ...

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio presenter who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably ''American Top 40'', as well as the weekly syndicated televi ...

Andrew Keenan-Bolger Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an American actor. He is best known for originating the roles of Crutchie in ''Newsies'' and Jesse Tuck in '' Tuck Everlasting'' on Broadway. His other Broadway credits include Robertson Ay in ''Mary Poppins'', Jojo in '' ...

Celia Keenan-Bolger Celia Keenan-Bolger (born January 26, 1978) is an American actress and singer. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for portraying Scout Finch in the play ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (2018). She has also been Tony-nominated f ...

* Maggie Keenan-Bolger * Brian Kelly *

David Patrick Kelly David Patrick Kelly (born January 23, 1951) is an American actor, musician and lyricist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is best known for his role as the main antagonist Luther in the cult film '' The Warriors'' (1979 ...

Carrie Keranen Carrie Keranen is an American voice actress. Her roles include Misato Katsuragi in the Netflix dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Satsuki Kiryuin in '' Kill la Kill'', Casca in '' Berserk'', and Alya Césaire in '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug ...

Keegan-Michael Key Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series '' Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ...

Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor. Standing tall and often referred to as "the Gentle Giant", he was known for portraying Jaws in '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' Moonraker'' (197 ...

Michael Kinsley Michael E. Kinsley (born March 9, 1951) is an American political journalist and commentator. Primarily active in print media as both a writer and editor, he also became known to television audiences as a co-host on '' Crossfire''. Early life and ...

Jana Kramer Jana Rae Kramer (born December 2, 1983) Gives birthplace as Detroit, Michigan, of which Rochester Hills is a suburb. is an American actress and country music, country singer. She is known for her role as Alex Dupre on the television series ''One ...

Neil LaBute Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, ''In the Company of Men'' (1997), which won awards from the Sundance Film Fest ...

* Ray Lane *

Piper Laurie Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023) was an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' The Hustler'' (1961), '' Carrie'' (1976), and '' Children of a Lesser God'' (1986), and the miniseries ...

Misty Lee Misty Lee is an American voice actress, comedian and magician. Early life Misty Lee was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and spent most of her childhood in Detroit, which she credits as inspiration for her unique sense of humor and interest in ...

Joan Leslie Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) was an American actress and vaudevillian, who during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in films such as '' High Sierra'' (1941), ''Sergeant York'' (1941) ...

* Lashonda Lester * James Lipton * Brandi Love * Loni Love * Robert Mac * Lee Majors * Dick Martin (comedian), Dick Martin * Greg Mathis * Karen McDougal * Antoine McKay * Ed McMahon * Tim Meadows * S. Epatha Merkerson * Nicki Micheaux * Ivana Miličević * Martin Milner * David Robert Mitchell * Kenya Moore * Naima Mora * Harry Morgan * Michael Moriarty * Bob Murawski *Tariq Nasheed * Vincenzo Natali * Denise Nicholas * George Noory * Rob Paulsen * George Peppard * Gilda Radner * Sam Raimi * Ted Raimi * Joyce Randolph * Amber Rayne * Della Reese * Gene Reynolds * Sam Richardson (actor), Sam Richardson * Tim Robinson (comedian), Tim Robinson * Fred Roggin * Bruce Joel Rubin * Michelle Ruff * Roz Ryan * Pat St. John * Soupy Sales * Chris Savino * George C. Scott * Tom Selleck * Dax Shepard * Serena Shim * Sicily (actress), Sicily * Stirling Silliphant * J. K. Simmons * Donnie Simpson * Tom Sizemore * Tom Skerritt * Nick Sousanis * David Spade * Elaine Stritch * Geoff Stults * George Stults * William Talman (actor), William Talman * Danny Thomas * Marlo Thomas * Lily Tomlin * Courtney B. Vance * Jordan Vogt-Roberts * Robert Wagner * Cynthia Watros * Fifth Estate (periodical), Peter Werbe * Billy West * Rachelle Wilkos * Robin Williams * John Witherspoon (actor), John Witherspoon * Max Wright * H.M. Wynant * Lucky Yates * Steven Yeun

Musicians, bands and composers

* 2 Sins * 42 Dugg * Aaliyah * Geri Allen * Almighty Dreadnaughtz * The Amboy Dukes (band), The Amboy Dukes * Anybody Killa * Dorothy Ashby * Juan Atkins * Bad Meets Evil * Anita Baker * Florence Ballard * Hank Ballard * Ortheia Barnes * Max Bendix * Theodore Bendix * Brendan Benson * Big Herk * Big Sean * Bizarre (rapper), Bizarre * The Black Dahlia Murder (band), The Black Dahlia Murder * Blade Icewood * Blaze Ya Dead Homie * Bliss 66 * Blue Stahli * Brainstorm (US band), Brainstorm * Broadzilla * Roy Brooks * Danny Brown (rapper), Danny Brown * Kenny Burrell * Donald Byrd * Robert Byrne (songwriter), Robert Byrne * Carl Carlton * Ron Carter * Emilio Castillo * Celldweller * Cha Cha (rapper), Cha Cha * Champtown * Cherrelle * The Clark Sisters * George Clinton (funk musician), George Clinton * Anita Cochran * Alice Coltrane * The Contours * Alice Cooper * Marshall Crenshaw * D12 * Dark Lotus * DeBarge * Warren Defever * Dej Loaf * Ken Delo * Johnny Desmond * Destroy All Monsters (band), Destroy All Monsters * The Detroit Cobras * Marcella Detroit * David DiChiera * The Dirtbombs * Vinnie Dombroski * Lamont Dozier * The Dramatics * Dwele * Dennis Edwards * Jango Edwards * Electric Six * Eminem * Enchantment (band), Enchantment * Esham * Maria Ewing * Factory 81 * Abdul Fakir * Henry Fambrough * Fatt Father * Shamari Fears * Tommy Flanagan (musician), Tommy Flanagan * The Floaters * Sean Forbes * Four Tops, The Four Tops * Aretha Franklin * Erma Franklin * Paul Franklin (musician), Paul Franklin * Glenn Frey * Curtis Fuller * The Funk Brothers * Gallery (band), Gallery * Kenny Garrett * Marvin Gaye * Nicci Gilbert * The Go * King Gordy * Gore Gore Girls * The Gories * Josh Gracin * Troy Gregory * Tee Grizzley * Jeff Gutt * Fred Hammond * Roland Hanna * The Hard Lessons * Barry Harris * Louis Hayes * Joe Henderson * Michael Henderson * Dallas Hodge *Cha Cha Hogan * Brian Holland * Edward Holland Jr. * Major Holley * House of Krazees * Hush (rapper), Hush * I Prevail * I See Stars * Insane Clown Posse * J Dilla * Milt Jackson * Oliver Jackson (musician), Oliver Jackson * Herb Jeffries * JMSN * Little Willie John * Marv Johnson * The Jones Girls * JR JR * Robert Bruce (rapper), Jumpsteady * Ray Kamalay * Kash Doll * Kem (singer), Kem * Kid Rock * Kina (musician), Kina *Nahru Lampkin * Bettye LaVette * Yusef Lateef * Hugh Lawson (jazz pianist), Hugh Lawson * Laura Lee (singer-songwriter), Laura Lee * Legz Diamond * Lizzo * Joseph LoDuca * Lene Lovich * Madonna * Teairra Marí * Martha and the Vandellas * The Marvelettes * Derrick May (musician), Derrick May * MC5 * Lyric (group), Thema "Tayma Loren" McKinney * Tomo Miličević * Jeff Mills * The Miracles * Guy Mitchell * Jack Montrose * Moodymann * Motown Rage * Alicia Myers * Negative Approach * Ted Nugent * Norman O'Connor * Bobby Ogdin * One Way (American band), One Way * The Originals (band), The Originals * Ray Parker Jr. * Parliament-Funkadelic * Theo Parrish * Daniel Passino * Freda Payne * Scherrie Payne * Lawrence Payton * Peekaboo (musician), Peekaboo * Dave Pike * Terry Pollard * Iggy Pop * Porcelain Black * Mike Posner (musician), Mike Posner * Proof (rapper), Proof * Psychopathic Rydas * Mike Quatro * Suzi Quatro * The Raconteurs * Rare Earth (band), Rare Earth * Martha Reeves * Karriem Riggins * Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise * Smokey Robinson * Rockwell (musician), Rockwell * Sixto Rodriguez * The Romantics * Rosetta Pebble * Frank Rosolino * Diana Ross * Royce Da 5'9" * Rucka Rucka Ali * Mitch Ryder * Kevin Saunderson * Search the City * Bob Seger * James Royce Shannon * Slum Village * Chad Smith * Brian Southall * JD Souther * The Spinners (American R&B group), The Spinners * Sponge (band), Sponge * Edwin Starr * Sufjan Stevens * Jason Stollsteimer * Levi Stubbs * The Suicide Machines * The Supremes * Tally Hall (band), Tally Hall * The Temptations * Mark Tremonti * Obie Trice * Trick-Trick * Twiztid * Uncle Kracker * The Von Bondies * Leon Ware * Don Was * Dinah Washington * Keith Washington * We Came as Romans * Mary Wells * Kim Weston * Jack White (musician), Jack White * The White Stripes * Margaret Whiting * Blaque, Brandi Williams * Jackie Wilson * Joyce Vincent Wilson * Mary Wilson (singer), Mary Wilson * The Winans family * Marv Won * Stevie Wonder * Belita Woods * Ali-Ollie Woodson * Xzibit * Val Young

Sports figures

American football

* Anthony Adams * Erik Affholter * Fred Arbanas * Alan Ball (American football), Alan Ball * Willie Beavers * Kevin Belcher (center), Kevin Belcher * Walter Bender (Canadian football), Walter Bender * Jerome Bettis * Earl Blaik * Kevin Brooks (American football), Kevin Brooks * Gilbert Brown * Rick Byas * Walt Clago * Dan Currie * Gary Danielson * Joe DeLamielleure * Bob Dozier * Braylon Edwards * Stan Edwards * Bump Elliott * Tony F. Elliott * Phil Emery (American football), Phil Emery * Larry Fitzpatrick * Willie Fleming, Willie "The Wisp" Fleming * Larry Foote * Ed Frutig * Devin Funchess * Devin Gardner * Sauce Gardner * Antonio Gates * Vernon Gholston * William Gholston * Jerry Glanville * Kevin Glenn * Brandon Graham * Bobby Grier (American football executive), Bobby Grier * Ruffin Hamilton * K. J. Hamler * Aaron Hayden (American football), Aaron Hayden * Matt Hernandez * Derek Hill (American football), Derek Hill * Lano Hill * Lavert Hill * Pepper Johnson * Matthew Judon * Desmond King (American football), Desmond King * Jason Lamar * T. J. Lang * Jourdan Lewis * Tony Lippett * Mike Martin (defensive lineman), Mike Martin * Greg Marx * Derrick Mason * Norm Masters * Malik McDowell * Ray McLean (fullback), Ray McLean * Lou Mihajlovich * Harry Newman (American football), Harry Newman * Michael Ojemudia * Donovan Peoples-Jones * Nick Perry (linebacker), Nick Perry * Ron Pitts * Ron Rice (American football), Ron Rice * Allen Robinson * Paul Rudzinski * Robert Saleh * Bart Scott * Paul Seymour (American football), Paul Seymour * Dion Sims * Dwight Smith (American football), Dwight Smith * Ambry Thomas * Milt Trost * Chance Warmack * Mike Weber (American football), Mike Weber * Norm Wells * Michael Westbrook

Baseball

* Ryan Anderson (baseball), Ryan Anderson * Anthony Bass * Augie Bergamo * Arlene Buszka * Danny Fife * Bill Freehan * Paul Fry (baseball), Paul Fry * Chris Getz * Kirk Gibson * Eric Haase * Harry Heilmann * Pat Hentgen * Willie Horton (baseball), Willie Horton * Art Houtteman * Al Kaline * Dolores Klosowski * Ryan LaMarre * Charley Lau * Ron LeFlore * DJ LeMahieu * Stan Lopata * Derek Lowe * John Mayberry * Bob Miller (baseball, born 1926), Bob Miller *Anthony Misiewicz * Mary Moore (infielder), Mary Ann Moore * Hal Newhouser * Milt Pappas * Billy Pierce * Nick Plummer * J. J. Putz * Ed Reulbach * Mary Rini * Chris Sabo * John Schreiber (baseball), John Schreiber * Matt Shoemaker * Ted Simmons * John Smoltz * Frank Tanana * Jason Varitek * Margaret Wenzell * Connie Wisniewski * Tom Yawkey

Basketball

* Maurice Ager * Bacari Alexander * Keith Appling * B. J. Armstrong * Jamie Arnold (basketball), Jamie Arnold * Sam Balter * Shane Battier * Dave Bing * Mark Brisker * P. J. Brown * Bill Buntin *Kris Clyburn * Will Clyburn * Derrick Coleman * Jordan Crawford * Earl Cureton * Mel Daniels * Dave DeBusschere * David DeJulius * Chris Douglas-Roberts * Terry Duerod * Howard Eisley * Kay Felder * Dane Fife * Marcus Fizer * Derrick Gervin * George Gervin * Willie Green * Malik Hairston * Reggie Harding * Jaden Hardy * Manny Harris * Spencer Haywood * Jermaine Jackson (basketball), Jermaine Jackson * Josh Jackson (basketball), Josh Jackson * Rickea Jackson * Greg Kelser * Voshon Lenard * Grant Long * John Long (basketball, born 1956), John Long * Kalin Lucas * Tim McCormick * Terry Mills (basketball), Terry Mills * Eric Money * Jordan Morgan (basketball), Jordan Morgan * Rob Murphy (basketball), Rob Murphy * Derrick Nix * Scott Perry (basketball), Scott Perry * Rashad Phillips * Tajuan Porter * Aerial Powers * Shawn Respert * Jalen Reynolds * Jalen Rose * Chase Simon * Steve Smith (basketball), Steve Smith * Durrell Summers * Edmond Sumner * Roy Tarpley * Maurice Taylor * Rudy Tomjanovich * Robert Traylor * Terry Tyler * Derrick Walton * Gary Waters * Terrence Watson * Rocket Watts * Chris Webber * Romeo Weems * Kevin Willis * Cassius Winston

Bodybuilding

* Lenda Murray

Boxing

* Johnathon Banks * Eddie Futch * Mickey Goodwin * Thomas Hearns * Jackie Kallen * Hilmer Kenty * Joe Louis * Milton McCrory * Steve McCrory * Jimmy Paul * Sugar Ray Robinson * Mary Jo Sanders * Emanuel Steward

Fencing

* Byron Krieger

Frisbee

* Ken Westerfield

Golf

* Donna Caponi * Calvin Peete

Hockey

* Sid Abel * Jeff Blashill * David Booth (ice hockey), David Booth * Adam Burt * Jimmy Carson * Shawn Chambers * Kyle Connor * Alex DeBrincat * Danny DeKeyser * Alex Delvecchio * Cam Fowler * Nathan Gerbe * Tim Gleason * Andy Greene * Mike Grier * Mike Hartman * Derian Hatcher * Kevin Hatcher * Connor Hellebuyck * Gordie Howe * Mark Howe * Marty Howe * Al Iafrate * Max Jones (ice hockey), Max Jones * Megan Keller * Ryan Kesler * Vladimir Konstantinov * Torey Krug * Pat LaFontaine * Dylan Larkin * David Legwand * Nicklas Lidström * Ted Lindsay * Cooper Marody * Alec Martinez * Mike Modano * David Moss (ice hockey), David Moss * Josh Norris * Chris Osgood * Pat Peake * Jeff Petry * Kevin Porter (ice hockey), Kevin Porter * Brian Rafalski * Erik Reitz * Gordie Roberts * Bryan Rust * Gordon Tottle * John Vanbiesbrouck * Don Waddell * Doug Weight * Zach Werenski * James Wisniewski * Mike York * Steve Yzerman

Mixed martial arts

* Daron Cruickshank * Kevin Lee (fighter), Kevin Lee

Motorsports

* Bob Keselowski * Brad Keselowski * Brian Keselowski * Ron Keselowski * Gordon Mineo * Benny Parsons * Phil Parsons

Olympians

* Pat Costello (rower), Pat Costello * Jim Gardiner (rower), Jim Gardiner * James McIntosh (rower), James McIntosh * Art McKinlay * John McKinlay (rower), John McKinlay * John Welchli

Professional wrestling

* Luther Biggs * Eric Bischoff * Bruiser Brody * Sabu (wrestler), Terry "Sabu" Brunk * D-Ray 3000 * Danhausen (wrestler), Danhausen * Excalibur (wrestler), Excalibur * Rhyno, Terry "Rhino" Gerin * Allysin Kay * Mighty Igor * Kevin Nash * Brandi Rhodes * Bert Ruby * Chris Sabin * The Sheik (wrestler), The Sheik * Alex Shelley * Sgt. Slaughter * George Steele * Rick Steiner * Scott Steiner * Robert Teet

Soccer

* Ayo Akinola * Dylan Borczak * Marcelle Bruce * Mark Christensen (soccer), Mark Christensen * Cobi Jones * Alexi Lalas * Kate Markgraf

Swimming and diving

* Barbara Gilders * Fletcher Gilders

Tennis

* Michael Russell (tennis), Michael Russell

Track and field

* Avery Brundage * Henry Carr * Marshall Dill * Ken Doherty (track), Ken Doherty * Guy Murray * Allen Tolmich * Delisa Walton-Floyd * Quincy Watts * Lorenzo Wright

Writers, novelists and poets

* Mitch Albom * Nelson Algren * Ron Allen (playwright), Ron Allen * Harriette Arnow * Mathis Bailey * Alice Elinor Bartlett * Jack Berry (journalist), Jack Berry * E. Jean Carroll * Jeremiah Curtin * Christopher Paul Curtis * Jeffrey Eugenides * Donald Goines * Edgar Guest * Judith Guest * Carla Harryman * Robert Hayden *

* Alice Emma Ives * Geoff Johns * William Kienzle * Tim LaHaye * Helen Landgarten * Elmore Leonard * Philip Levine (poet), Philip Levine * Thomas Ligotti * Thomas Lynch (poet), Thomas Lynch * Robert Lyons (writer), Robert Lyons * Dwayne McDuffie * Ron Milner * James O'Barr * Joyce Carol Oates * Daniel Okrent * Marge Piercy * Alice Randall * Dudley Randall * John Sinclair (poet), John Sinclair * Jim Starlin * Ebony Elizabeth Thomas * Paul Vachon * Barrett Watten * Michael Zadoorian * Helen Zia

Notes

References and further reading

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