List of people from Detroit
The following is a list of notable people from Detroit, Michigan. This list includes people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Metro Detroit.
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- 1 Architects[1]
- 2 Artists and artisans[2]
- 3 Business, industry, academics, and labor [3][4]
- 4 Government and politics
- 5 Movie, radio, television figures, and journalists
- 6 Musicians, bands, composers
- 7 Sports figures
- 8 Writers, novelists, and poets
- 9 See also
- 10 Notes
- 11 References and further reading
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Francesco Zerilli
Business, industry, academics, and labor [3][4]
- Steve Ballmer
- William Boeing
- George Gough Booth
- Eli Broad – Co-founder KB Home and SunAmerica Life Insurance Co.
- Ben Carson – noted neurosurgeon
- Tony Chiappetta - Argents Express Group
- John De Lorean
- Horace Elgin Dodge – co-founder of Dodge
- John Francis Dodge – co-founder of Dodge
- Roy D. Chapin – founder Hudson Motor Car Company, United States Secretary of Commerce.
- Roy D. Chapin, Jr. – former CEO of American Motors.
- William C. Durant
- Charles T. Fisher – president of Detroit's Fisher Body automotive.
- Charles Lang Freer
- Edsel Ford
- Edsel Ford II
- Henry Ford
- Henry Ford II
- William Clay Ford, Sr.
- William Clay Ford, Jr.
- Dan Gilbert
- Berry Gordy
- Frank J. Hecker
- Joseph L. Hudson
- Jimmy Hoffa – Teamsters president
- Mike Ilitch
- Marian Bayoff Ilitch
- Peter Karmanos, Jr.
- Sebastian S. Kresge
- Henry M. Leland
- Charles Lindbergh
- Michael J. Malik, Sr.
- Oscar Mayer
- Elijah McCoy
- Tom Monaghan
- Alex Manoogian
- David Overton – founder of The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe
- Larry Page founder of Google
- Roger Penske
- Heinz Prechter
- Walter Reuther –
- Stephen M. Ross – founder/CEO of The Related Companies real estate firm, helped to establish the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, 95% owner of Miami Dolphins.
- Jeffrey Sachs – economist
- James E. Scripps
- Tyree Guyton – artist, founder Heidelberg Project
- James Vernor – creator of Vernors ginger ale
- B. Joseph White – president of the University of Illinois, former president of the University of Michigan
- Manuel "Matty" Moroun – transportation mogul, owner of the Ambassador Bridge
- Ray Jenkins- Founder of Uncle Ray's Potatoe Chip Company
Government and politics
Movie, radio, television figures, and journalists
Musicians, bands, composers
Sports figures
Writers, novelists, and poets
See also
Notes
References and further reading
- Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw (2000). The Detroit Almanac. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 0937247341.
- Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw (2006). The Detroit Almanac, 2nd edition. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 9780937247488.
- Hendricks, Dave (August 15, 2008). "Hidalgo County leads state in jobless rate, job growth | leads, county, rate – Now". 26.218844;-98.232235: TheMonitor.com. http://www.themonitor.com/articles/leads_16029___article.html/county_rate.html. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.
- Poremba, David Lee (2003). Detroit: A Motor City History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-2435-2.
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