Press & broadcasting · born 1985Rima Fakihbeauty queen, TV personalityLebanese-born Dearborn resident who became Miss USA 2010, the first Arab American woman to win the title, representing Michigan.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.
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Clear filtersPress & broadcasting · born 1985Rima Fakihbeauty queen, TV personalityLebanese-born Dearborn resident who became Miss USA 2010, the first Arab American woman to win the title, representing Michigan.
Music · 1930–2001Tommy Flanaganjazz pianist, composerConant Gardens-born pianist who learned bebop in Detroit's clubs, played on Saxophone Colossus and Giant Steps, and spent years as Ella Fitzgerald's accompanist.
Music · 1942–1995Melvin Franklinbass singerThe deep bass voice of the Temptations, a founding member who grew up in Detroit and sang with the group from 1961 until 1994.
Music · 1935–2024Abdul "Duke" FakirsingerDetroit-born co-founder and last original member of the Four Tops, who sang with the group from 1953 until weeks before his death in 2024.
Labor · 1907–1977Richard FrankensteenUAW vice president, labor organizerDetroit-born Dodge worker and UAW vice president who was beaten beside Walter Reuther at the 1937 Battle of the Overpass and ran for mayor in 1945.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own.