List of people from Detroit

The following is a list of people from Detroit, 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
 * Gin'nnah Muhammad
 * Rosa Parks
 * Betty Shabazz
 * Jalonne White-Newsome
 * Malcolm X

Architects

 * Charles N. Agree
 * C. Howard Crane
 * Joseph Nathaniel French
 * Francis E. Griffin
 * Nathan Johnson
 * Beverly Hannah Jones
 * Albert Kahn
 * Roger Margerum
 * Wirt C. Rowland
 * Bernard C. Wetzel
 * Donald F. White
 * Minoru Yamasaki

Ceramists

 * Horace Caulkins
 * Tom Lollar
 * Diana Pancioli
 * Mary Chase Perry Stratton

Dancers

 * Lottie "The Body" Graves

Fashion designers

 * Tracy Reese
 * Anna Sui
 * John Varvatos

Painters

 * Larry D. Alexander
 * Ian Hornak
 * Charles McGee
 * Allie McGhee
 * Gari Melchers
 * Eric Millikin
 * Niagara
 * Carl Owens
 * John Mix Stanley
 * Carol Wald

Photographers

 * Bill Schwab
 * Irakly Shanidze
 * Taro Yamasaki

Sculptors

 * Marshall Fredericks
 * Mike Kelley
 * Julius T. Melchers
 * Carl Milles
 * Corrado Parducci
 * Richard Ritter
 * Carlo Romanelli
 * Edward Wagner

Textile designers

 * Ruth Adler Schnee

Astronauts

 * Gregory Jarvis

Business, industry, academics, and labor

 * Steve Ballmer
 * Elissa P. Benedek
 * William E. Boeing
 * George Gough Booth
 * Eli Broad
 * Roy D. Chapin
 * Roy D. Chapin Jr.
 * Nina Clifford
 * Louis-Césaire Dagneau Douville de Quindre
 * Bertrand Curtis Spitzley
 * William Davidson
 * John DeLorean
 * Horace Elgin Dodge
 * John Francis Dodge
 * Shel Dorf
 * George Doundoulakis
 * William C. Durant
 * Jeremiah Dwyer
 * William R. Farrand
 * Mark Fields
 * Charles T. Fisher
 * Alfred Ford
 * Edsel Ford
 * Edsel Ford II
 * Henry Ford
 * Henry Ford II
 * William Clay Ford Jr.
 * William Clay Ford Sr.
 * Charles Lang Freer
 * Dan Gilbert
 * Elizabeth L. Gleicher
 * Les Gold
 * Berry Gordy
 * Edgar Gott
 * Tyree Guyton
 * Arthur Hayes
 * Frank J. Hecker
 * Jimmy Hoffa
 * Joseph L. Hudson
 * Christopher Ilitch
 * Denise Ilitch
 * Marian Ilitch
 * Mike Ilitch
 * Peter Karmanos Jr.
 * William J. Keep
 * Sebastian S. Kresge
 * Henry M. Leland
 * Charles Lindbergh
 * Michael J. Malik Sr.
 * Alex Manoogian
 * Oscar F. Mayer
 * Elijah McCoy
 * Manuel "Matty" Moroun
 * Alan Mulally
 * David Overton
 * Francis Palms
 * Roger Penske
 * Heinz Prechter
 * David Preston
 * Ashley Qualls
 * Walter Reuther
 * Stephen M. Ross
 * Jeffrey Sachs
 * James E. Scripps
 * Robert J. Shiller
 * Art Van Elslander
 * James Vernor
 * Hiram Walker
 * B. Joseph White
 * Kate Williams
 * Ralph Wilson
 * Mark Zbikowski

Clergy and religion

 * Solanus Casey
 * Gregory Dickow
 * C. L. Franklin
 * Lucien Greaves
 * Elijah Muhammad
 * Wallace Fard Muhammad
 * Jack Van Impe

Government and politics



 * Albert M. Bielawski
 * James Blanchard
 * Sonny Bono
 * Walter B. Brady
 * Cora Brown
 * Henry Billings Brown
 * Vern Buchanan
 * Ella Bully-Cummings
 * Ralph Bunche
 * Mickey Cafagna
 * Walter H. Campbell
 * Ben Carson
 * Lewis Cass
 * Roy D. Chapin
 * J. Michelle Childs
 * John Conyers
 * Francis X. Desnoyers
 * Thomas E. Dewey
 * Emma Didlake
 * John Dingell
 * John Dingell Sr.
 * Gershwin A. Drain
 * Keith Ellison
 * Jack Faxon
 * William Webb Ferguson
 * Moses W. Field
 * Burley Follett
 * Michael Fougere
 * Nathan Goodell
 * Reneé Hall
 * Albert Hammond
 * Tom Hayden
 * Robert J. Huber
 * Tupac A. Hunter
 * Jon A. Husted
 * Marilyn Jean Kelly
 * Kwame Kilpatrick
 * T. John Lesinski
 * Carl Levin
 * Viola Liuzzo
 * Henry W. Lord
 * Alfred Lucking
 * John N. Mitchell
 * Frank Murphy
 * Simon J. Murphy Jr.
 * John Stoughton Newberry
 * Casmer P. Ogonowski
 * Dorothy Comstock Riley
 * Mitt Romney
 * Joseph P. Sanger
 * Henry Hastings Sibley
 * Augustus B. Woodward
 * Coleman Young

Military

 * Charles Keller

Movie, radio, television figures and journalists

 * Nicole Alexander
 * Byron Allen
 * Tim Allen
 * Maureen Anderman
 * Curtis Armstrong
 * Lucille Ball
 * Joan Barry
 * Josh Becker
 * Kristen Bell
 * Mary L. Bell
 * Jim Bellows
 * Elizabeth Berkley
 * Mike Binder
 * Selma Blair
 * Bill Bonds
 * Jerry Bruckheimer
 * Ellen Burstyn
 * Dean Cain
 * Bruce Campbell
 * Bill Carruthers
 * Kim Carson
 * Seymour Cassel
 * Jessica Cauffiel
 * Carol Christensen
 * Art Clokey
 * Francis Ford Coppola
 * Roger Corman
 * Dave Coulier
 * Wally Cox
 * Nicole Curtis
 * Vondie Curtis-Hall
 * Pam Dawber
 * Jude Demorest
 * Ryan Destiny
 * Doris Dowling
 * Wayne Dyer
 * Dana Elcar
 * Sherilyn Fenn
 * Audrey Ferris
 * Jeremy David Fisher
 * Dann Florek
 * Fred Foy
 * Max Gail
 * Sara Ganim
 * Cyndy Garvey
 * Marla Gibbs
 * Robin Givhan
 * Reagan Gomez-Preston
 * Chuck Goudie
 * Gael Greene
 * Judy Greer
 * David Alan Grier
 * Karl Haas
 * Norman Hackett
 * Kirsten Haglund
 * Chris Hansen
 * Elisabeth Harnois
 * Julie Harris
 * Butch Hartman
 * Charlie Hill
 * Jemele Hill
 * Ellen Hollman
 * Telma Hopkins
 * Royce Howes
 * Ernie Hudson
 * Hughes brothers (Albert and Allen Hughes)
 * John Hughes
 * Tom Hulce
 * Kim Hunter
 * Darren James
 * Al Jean
 * Ken Jeong
 * Gus Johnson
 * Walter Emanuel Jones
 * Ella Joyce
 * Casey Kasem
 * Andrew Keenan-Bolger
 * Celia Keenan-Bolger
 * Maggie Keenan-Bolger
 * Brian Kelly
 * David Patrick Kelly
 * Carrie Keranen
 * Keegan-Michael Key
 * Richard Kiel
 * Michael Kinsley
 * Jana Kramer
 * Neil LaBute
 * Ray Lane
 * Piper Laurie
 * Joan Leslie
 * Lashonda Lester
 * James Lipton
 * Brandi Love
 * Loni Love
 * Robert Mac
 * Lee Majors
 * 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
 * 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
 * Stirling Silliphant
 * J. K. Simmons
 * Donnie Simpson
 * Tom Sizemore
 * Tom Skerritt
 * Nick Sousanis
 * David Spade
 * Elaine Stritch
 * Geoff Stults
 * George Stults
 * William Talman
 * Danny Thomas
 * Marlo Thomas
 * Lily Tomlin
 * Courtney B. Vance
 * Jordan Vogt-Roberts
 * Robert Wagner
 * Cynthia Watros
 * Peter Werbe
 * Billy West
 * Rachelle Wilkos
 * Robin Williams
 * 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
 * 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
 * The Black Dahlia Murder
 * Blade Icewood
 * Blaze Ya Dead Homie
 * Bliss 66
 * Blue Stahli
 * Brainstorm
 * Broadzilla
 * Roy Brooks
 * Danny Brown
 * Kenny Burrell
 * Donald Byrd
 * Robert Byrne
 * Carl Carlton
 * Ron Carter
 * Celldweller
 * Cha Cha
 * Champtown
 * Cherrelle
 * The Clark Sisters
 * 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
 * The Detroit Cobras
 * Marcella Detroit
 * David DiChiera
 * The Dirtbombs
 * Vinnie Dombroski
 * Lamont Dozier
 * The Dramatics
 * Dwele
 * Dennis Edwards
 * Jango Edwards
 * Electric Six
 * Eminem
 * Enchantment
 * Esham
 * Maria Ewing
 * Factory 81
 * Abdul Fakir
 * Henry Fambrough
 * Fatt Father
 * Shamari Fears
 * Tommy Flanagan
 * The Floaters
 * Sean Forbes
 * The Four Tops
 * Aretha Franklin
 * Erma Franklin
 * Paul Franklin
 * Glenn Frey
 * Curtis Fuller
 * The Funk Brothers
 * 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
 * I Prevail
 * I See Stars
 * Insane Clown Posse
 * J Dilla
 * Milt Jackson
 * Oliver Jackson
 * Herb Jeffries
 * JMSN
 * Little Willie John
 * Marv Johnson
 * The Jones Girls
 * JR JR
 * Jumpsteady
 * Ray Kamalay
 * Kash Doll
 * Kem
 * Kid Rock
 * Kina
 * Nahru Lampkin
 * Bettye LaVette
 * Yusef Lateef
 * Hugh Lawson
 * Laura Lee
 * Legz Diamond
 * Lizzo
 * Joseph LoDuca
 * Lene Lovich
 * Madonna
 * Teairra Marí
 * Martha and the Vandellas
 * The Marvelettes
 * Derrick May
 * MC5
 * 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
 * The Originals
 * Ray Parker Jr.
 * Parliament-Funkadelic
 * Theo Parrish
 * Daniel Passino
 * Freda Payne
 * Scherrie Payne
 * Lawrence Payton
 * Peekaboo
 * Dave Pike
 * Terry Pollard
 * Iggy Pop
 * Porcelain Black
 * Mike Posner
 * Proof
 * Psychopathic Rydas
 * Mike Quatro
 * Suzi Quatro
 * The Raconteurs
 * Rare Earth
 * Martha Reeves
 * Karriem Riggins
 * Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
 * Smokey Robinson
 * 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
 * Slum Village
 * Chad Smith
 * Brian Southall
 * J. D. Souther
 * The Spinners
 * Sponge
 * Edwin Starr
 * Sufjan Stevens
 * Jason Stollsteimer
 * Levi Stubbs
 * The Suicide Machines
 * The Supremes
 * 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
 * The White Stripes
 * Margaret Whiting
 * Brandi Williams
 * Jackie Wilson
 * Joyce Vincent Wilson
 * Mary Wilson
 * The Winans family
 * Marv Won
 * Stevie Wonder
 * Belita Woods
 * Ali-Ollie Woodson
 * Xzibit
 * Val Young

American football

 * Anthony Adams
 * Erik Affholter
 * Fred Arbanas
 * Alan Ball
 * Willie Beavers
 * Kevin Belcher
 * Walter Bender
 * Jerome Bettis
 * Earl Blaik
 * 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
 * Larry Fitzpatrick
 * 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
 * Ruffin Hamilton
 * K. J. Hamler
 * Aaron Hayden
 * Matt Hernandez
 * Derek Hill
 * Lano Hill
 * Lavert Hill
 * Pepper Johnson
 * Matthew Judon
 * Desmond King
 * Jason Lamar
 * T. J. Lang
 * Jourdan Lewis
 * Tony Lippett
 * Mike Martin
 * Greg Marx
 * Derrick Mason
 * Norm Masters
 * Malik McDowell
 * Ray McLean
 * Lou Mihajlovich
 * Harry Newman
 * Michael Ojemudia
 * Donovan Peoples-Jones
 * Nick Perry
 * Ron Pitts
 * Ron Rice
 * Allen Robinson
 * Paul Rudzinski
 * Robert Saleh
 * Bart Scott
 * Paul Seymour
 * Dion Sims
 * Dwight Smith
 * Ambry Thomas
 * Milt Trost
 * Chance Warmack
 * Mike Weber
 * Norm Wells
 * Michael Westbrook

Baseball

 * Ryan Anderson
 * Anthony Bass
 * Augie Bergamo
 * Arlene Buszka
 * Danny Fife
 * Bill Freehan
 * Paul Fry
 * Chris Getz
 * Kirk Gibson
 * Eric Haase
 * Harry Heilmann
 * Pat Hentgen
 * Willie Horton
 * Art Houtteman
 * Al Kaline
 * Dolores Klosowski
 * Ryan LaMarre
 * Charley Lau
 * Ron LeFlore
 * DJ LeMahieu
 * Stan Lopata
 * Derek Lowe
 * John Mayberry
 * Bob Miller
 * Anthony Misiewicz
 * Mary Ann Moore
 * Hal Newhouser
 * Milt Pappas
 * Billy Pierce
 * Nick Plummer
 * J. J. Putz
 * Ed Reulbach
 * Mary Rini
 * Chris Sabo
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Josh Jackson
 * Rickea Jackson
 * Greg Kelser
 * Voshon Lenard
 * Grant Long
 * John Long
 * Kalin Lucas
 * Tim McCormick
 * Terry Mills
 * Eric Money
 * Jordan Morgan
 * Rob Murphy
 * Derrick Nix
 * Scott Perry
 * Rashad Phillips
 * Tajuan Porter
 * Aerial Powers
 * Shawn Respert
 * Jalen Reynolds
 * Jalen Rose
 * Chase Simon
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Josh Norris
 * Chris Osgood
 * Pat Peake
 * Jeff Petry
 * 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

Motorsports

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

Olympians

 * Pat Costello
 * Jim Gardiner
 * James McIntosh
 * Art McKinlay
 * John McKinlay
 * John Welchli

Professional wrestling

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

Soccer

 * Cobi Jones
 * Alexi Lalas
 * Kate Markgraf

Swimming and diving

 * Barbara Gilders
 * Fletcher Gilders

Tennis

 * Michael Russell

Track and field

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

Writers, novelists and poets



 * Mitch Albom
 * Nelson Algren
 * Ron Allen
 * Harriette Arnow
 * Mathis Bailey
 * Alice Elinor Bartlett
 * Jack Berry
 * E. Jean Carroll
 * Jeremiah Curtin
 * Christopher Paul Curtis
 * Jeffrey Eugenides
 * Donald Goines
 * Edgar Guest
 * Judith Guest
 * Carla Harryman
 * Robert Hayden
 * Royce Howes
 * Alice Emma Ives
 * Geoff Johns
 * William Kienzle
 * Tim LaHaye
 * Helen Landgarten
 * Elmore Leonard
 * Philip Levine
 * Thomas Ligotti
 * Thomas Lynch
 * Robert Lyons
 * Dwayne McDuffie
 * Ron Milner
 * James O'Barr
 * Joyce Carol Oates
 * Daniel Okrent
 * Marge Piercy
 * Alice Randall
 * Dudley Randall
 * John Sinclair
 * Jim Starlin
 * Paul Vachon
 * Barrett Watten
 * Michael Zadoorian
 * Helen Zia