James Devellano (born January 18, 1943) currently serves as the senior vice-president & alternate governor of the Detroit Red Wings National Hockey League (NHL) team and vice-president of the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball (MLB) team.
 He is also part owner and alternate governor of the Saginaw Spirit.
Joe Raduka (Serbian: Jovica Raduka/Joвицa Paдукa ; born January 18, 1954) is a former Serbian-American soccer player who began his career with Red Star Belgrade before spending time with indoor and outdoor teams in the U.S., Canada and Belgium.
 He currently runs a youth soccer club in Cleveland, Ohio.
Maryann Mahaffey (January 18, 1925 – July 27, 2006) was born in Burlington, Iowa.
 She served on the Detroit City Council from 1973 until 2005, from 1990 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2005 as council president.
 She was the last white female city council president of Detroit.
 She died on July 27, 2006 from leukemia, aged 81.
George Edward Hesselbacher (January 18, 1895 - February 18, 1980) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics.
 He was born on January 18, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 He was 6'2" tall and weighed 175 pounds.
 He threw and batted right-handed.
Julian Eltinge (May 14, 1881 – March 7, 1941), born William Julian Dalton, was an American stage and screen actor and female impersonator.
 After appearing in the Boston Cadets Revue at the age of ten in feminine garb, Eltinge garnered notice from other producers and made his first appearance on Broadway in 1904.
 As his star began to rise, he appeared in vaudeville and toured Europe and the United States, even giving a command performance before King Edward VII.
 Eltinge appeared in a series of musical comedies written specifically for his talents starting in 1910 with "The Fascinating Widow", returning to vaudeville in 1918.
 His popularity soon earned him the moniker "Mr. Lillian Russell" for the equally popular beauty and musical comedy star.
Terry Foster (born February 12, 1959, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American sports columnist and radio personality in Detroit.
 He co-hosted "Valenti & Foster" on WXYT-FM The Ticket, a sports radio station, with Mike Valenti for 13 years until his retirement.
 It can be listened to worldwide (minus CBS restrictions) on The Ticket's website.
 Foster wrote a book called "100 Things Tiger Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die".
 He also co-wrote "The Great Detroit Sports Debate" with fellow Detroit writer Drew Sharp.
 He is a sports columnist for "The Detroit News" and also writes enterprise pieces on the Detroit Lions, a twice a week page two column and daily blog at detnews.com.
 He began his broadcasting career in the 1990s on WDFN in Detroit before moving to WXYT.
 Of the many broadcasters who have moved between the Detroit sports radio rivals, only Foster has worked at WDFN twice and WXYT twice.
Johnnie Mae Matthews (December 31, 1922 – January 6, 2002) was an American blues and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer from Bessemer, Alabama.
 Known as the “Godmother of Detroit Soul” and as the first African American female to own and operate her own record label (Northern Recording Company) she was an early influence on the careers of many of the now-famous recording stars who began their careers in Detroit, Michigan such as Otis Williams, David Ruffin, and Richard Street of the Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin, Joe Hunter of the Funk Brothers Band, Richard Wylie, Norman Whitfield, Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, Timmy Shaw, Barbara Lewis, Bettye LaVette and many more.
Peter Michael Black (born January 18, 1961) is a former American football punter who played five seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.
 He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 1983 NFL Draft.
 He played college football at Arizona State University and attended Glendale High School in Glendale, California.
David Eli Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin, January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of The Temptations (1964–68) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known.
 He was the lead voice on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg".
Nicole Paparistodemou (Greek: Νικόλ Παπαριστοδήμου; born 16 December 1991), also known as Nikki Lee, is a Greek-Cypriot singer, born in Sydney, Australia and raised between Sydney and Paphos, Cyprus, whose star began to shine after her appearance in "Greek Idol".
 Nicole had also participated in the Cyprus Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Like a Woman".

Question: which star began his career in Detroit and was born on January 18, 1941 ?
Answer: David Ruffin