Film & TV · 1925–1971Martha Vickersactress, modelCarmen Sternwood of The Big Sleep (1946), born Martha MacVicar in Ann Arbor and briefly raised in Detroit.DETROIT / A living lexicon / ¼
Famous Detroiters
People who were born here, moved here or built their careers in Detroit: musicians, carmakers, athletes, writers, inventors, civil-rights leaders and a few notorious names. With their dates, their Detroit story and the places where they lived, worked and played, closed ones included.
- 664 famous people
- 66 Detroit places
- 6 fields
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Clear filtersFilm & TV · 1925–1971Martha Vickersactress, modelCarmen Sternwood of The Big Sleep (1946), born Martha MacVicar in Ann Arbor and briefly raised in Detroit.
Religion · born 1948Allen VigneronCatholic Archbishop of Detroit (2009–2025)Mount Clemens native who studied and later served as rector at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, then led the Archdiocese of Detroit as archbishop from 2009 to 2025.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own.