Film & TV · born 1975
David Burtkaactor, chefBroadway and How I Met Your Mother actor turned professional chef, born in Dearborn and raised in Canton, where he graduated from Salem High School.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.
- 1,940 famous people
- 515 Detroit places
- 22 fields
Hungarian ties 22 Detroiters with Hungarian ties →
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Clear filtersFilm & TV · born 1975David Burtkaactor, chefBroadway and How I Met Your Mother actor turned professional chef, born in Dearborn and raised in Canton, where he graduated from Salem High School.Tom Monaghanentrepreneur, founder of Domino's Pizza, former Detroit Tigers ownerAnn Arbor–born founder of Domino's Pizza who owned the Detroit Tigers during their 1984 World Series championship.
Business & brands · 1816–1899Hiram Walkergrocer and distiller, founder of Hiram Walker & Sons (Canadian Club)Detroit grocer who built a distillery across the river in 1858, founded the company town of Walkerville and created Canadian Club whisky.
Music · born 1985Seth TroxlerDJ, producer, label founderDJ raised on the edge of metro Detroit who learned techno as a teenage record-store buyer and became one of the most popular house and techno DJs in the world.
Politics · 1820–1877William C. Duncanbrewer, mayor of Detroit, state senatorGreat Lakes steamer steward turned Detroit brewer who was the first president of the city council and mayor during the Civil War years of 1862–1863.
Business & brands · 1833–1909George C. Langdonbrewer, maltster, mayor of DetroitBookkeeper turned brewer and maltster who was Detroit's 38th mayor (1878–1879) and later, after losing his fortune, worked as a clerk at City Hall.James Vernorpharmacist, creator of Vernors ginger aleDetroit druggist whose barrel-aged Vernors ginger ale, sold from a Woodward Avenue soda fountain, became one of America's oldest surviving soft drinks.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own. Famous people's places among the sights ↗