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Detroit, as seen from Windsor, Canada

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.

Artists

Architects

Ceramists

Fashion designers

Painters

Photographers

Sculptors

Textile designers

Astronauts

Business, industry, academics, and labor

Clergy and Religion

Government and politics

Sonny Bono
Judge Gershwin A. Drain
Carl Levin

Movie, radio, television figures and journalists

See also: List of Michigan actors

Musicians, bands and composers

Alice Cooper
Madonna

Sports figures

Al Kaline
Harry Newman
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Michael Russell
Chris Webber

[[

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American football

Baseball

Basketball

Bodybuilding

Boxing

Fencing

Frisbee

Golf

Hockey

Motorsports

Professional wrestling

Olympians

Soccer

Swimming and diving

Tennis

Track and field

Writers, novelists and poets

See also: Detroit in literature

See also

Notes

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  28. ^ "Viola Liuzzo". Unitarian Universalist History & Heritage Society (UUHHS) 1999–2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  29. ^ "LORD, Henry William, (1821–1891)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  30. ^ "LUCKING, Alfred, (1856–1929)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
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  34. ^ "NEWBERRY, John Stoughton, (1826–1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
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  40. ^ "Ray Lane". Michigan Sports Hall Of Fame. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
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  42. ^ "Fred Arbanas". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  43. ^ "Alan Ball". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  44. ^ "Walter Bender". justsportsstats.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  45. ^ "Jerome Bettis". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  46. ^ "Earl Blaik". 2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  47. ^ "Kevin Brooks". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  48. ^ "Gilbert Brown". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  49. ^ "Richard Byas, Jr". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  50. ^ "Walt Clago". rockislandindependents.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  51. ^ "Tony F. Elliott". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  52. ^ "Larry Fitzpatrick". justsportsstats.com. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  53. ^ "Willie Fleming". lionbackers.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  54. ^ "Larry Foote". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  55. ^ "Ed Frutig". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  56. ^ "Antonio Gates". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  57. ^ "Jerry Glanville". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  58. ^ "Ruffin Hamilton". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  59. ^ "MATT HERNANDEZ". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  60. ^ "DEREK HILL". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  61. ^ "Pepper Johnson". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  62. ^ "JASON LAMAR". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  63. ^ "Ray McLean". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  64. ^ "Lou Mihajlovich". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  65. ^ "Harry Newman". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  66. ^ "Paul Rudzinski". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  67. ^ "Barry Sanders". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  68. ^ "Paul Seymour". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  69. ^ "Milt Trost". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  70. ^ "NORM WELLS". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  71. ^ "Arlene Buszka". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website.
  72. ^ "Kirk Gibson". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  73. ^ "Al Kaline". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  74. ^ "Dolores Klosowski". 2005–2014 All American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association,. Retrieved May 25, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  75. ^ "Charley Lau". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  76. ^ "Mickey Lolich". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  77. ^ "Mary Ann Moore". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  78. ^ "Hal Newhouser". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  79. ^ "Milt Pappas". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  80. ^ "Mary Rini". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  81. ^ "John Smoltz". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  82. ^ "Margaret Wenzell". 2005–2014 All American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association, Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  83. ^ "Connie Wisniewski". 2005–2014 All American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association, Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  84. ^ "Mark Brisker". 2013 STATS LLC STATS, Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  85. ^ "P.J. Brown". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  86. ^ "Dave DeBusschere". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  87. ^ "Chris Douglas-Roberts". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  88. ^ "George Gervin". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  89. ^ "Jalen Rose". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  90. ^ "Flip Saunders". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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  92. ^ "Isiah Thomas". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  93. ^ "Gary Waters". csuvikings.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  94. ^ "Chris Webber". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  95. ^ "Lenda Murray". 2009 – 2012 www.About-Muscle.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  96. ^ "Thomas Hearns". biography.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  97. ^ "Joe Louis". 2014 Bio and the Bio logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  98. ^ "Disc Golf Hall of Fame". Discgolfhalloffame.org. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  99. ^ "Donna Caponi". World Golf Hall of Fame 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  100. ^ "Sid Abel". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  101. ^ "Alex Delvecchio". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  102. ^ "Mike Hartman". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  103. ^ "Derian Hatcher". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  104. ^ "Gordie Howe". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  105. ^ "Vladimir Konstantinov". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  106. ^ "David Legwand". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  107. ^ "Nicklas Lidstrom". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  108. ^ "Ted Lindsay". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  109. ^ "Mike Modano". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  110. ^ "Chris Osgood". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  111. ^ "Brian Rafalski". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  112. ^ "Terry Sawchuk". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  113. ^ "John Vanbiesbrouck". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  114. ^ "James Wisniewski". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  115. ^ "Mike York". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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  117. ^ "Benny Parsons". 2014 NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  118. ^ "Terry Gerin". 23, 2014.
  119. ^ "Kevin Nash". 2014 WWE. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  120. ^ "Chris Sabin". 2006–2014 TNA Entertainment, LLC. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  121. ^ "Alex Shelley". 2006–2014 TNA Entertainment, LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  122. ^ "Rick Steiner". 2014 MLive Media Group. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  123. ^ "Scott Steiner". 2006–2014 TNA Entertainment,. Retrieved May 26, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  124. ^ "Barbara Gilders-Dudeck". 2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  125. ^ "Fletcher Gilders". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  127. ^ "Avery Brundage". 2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  128. ^ "Henry Carr". 2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  129. ^ "Marshall Dill". msuspartans.com. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  130. ^ "Ken Doherty". usatf.org. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  131. ^ "Guy Murray". detroittitans.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  132. ^ "Allen Tolmich". 1996–2014 International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  133. ^ "Delisa Walton-Floyd". 2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  134. ^ "Lorenzo Wright". 2000–2014 Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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References and further reading

  • Gavrilovich, Peter; Bill McGraw (2000). The Detroit Almanac. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 0-937247-34-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  • Gavrilovich, Peter; Bill McGraw (2006). The Detroit Almanac, 2nd edition. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 978-0-937247-48-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  • Hendricks, Dave (August 15, 2008). "Hidalgo County leads state in jobless rate, job growth | leads, county, rate – Now". 26.218844;-98.232235: TheMonitor.com. Retrieved January 30, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Hill, Eric J.; John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Poremba, David Lee (2003). Detroit: A Motor City History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-2435-2.
  • McFeely, William S. (1974). Woodward, C. Vann (ed.). Responses of the Presidents to Charges of Misconduct. New York, New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-440-05923-2.
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