Visual art · 1904–1988Isamu Noguchisculptor, landscape architect, designerJapanese-American sculptor who shaped Hart Plaza on Detroit's riverfront and created its Dodge Fountain and 120-foot Pylon.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 filtersVisual art · 1904–1988Isamu Noguchisculptor, landscape architect, designerJapanese-American sculptor who shaped Hart Plaza on Detroit's riverfront and created its Dodge Fountain and 120-foot Pylon.
Science & invention · 1907–1988Seth NeddermeyerphysicistCo-discoverer of the muon and champion of the implosion design for the atomic bomb, born in Richmond, Michigan, in northern Macomb County.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own.