# 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

## Artists and designers
### 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
* Matt Paweski
* 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
* Flora Hommel
* 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
* Misty Lee
* 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
* Emilio Castillo
* 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
* James Royce Shannon
* Slum Village
* Chad Smith
* Brian Southall
* JD 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

## Sports figures
### 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
* 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
* 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

* Ayo Akinola
* Dylan Borczak
* Marcelle Bruce
* 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