Labor · 1913–1975Jimmy HoffaTeamsters union president (1957–1971)Detroit-raised Teamsters boss who built the union's power from Local 299, went to prison and vanished outside a suburban restaurant in 1975.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
- 366 Detroit places
- 21 fields
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Clear filtersLabor · 1913–1975Jimmy HoffaTeamsters union president (1957–1971)Detroit-raised Teamsters boss who built the union's power from Local 299, went to prison and vanished outside a suburban restaurant in 1975.
Law · 1913–1988John N. Mitchelllawyer, U.S. attorney generalDetroit-born bond lawyer who became Richard Nixon's attorney general and campaign manager, and later the highest-ranking official imprisoned over Watergate.
Notorious figures · 1919–2001Anthony GiacaloneDetroit Mafia capo and street bossEast Side-born mobster known as Tony Jack, a Detroit Partnership leader whom Jimmy Hoffa expected to meet on the day he vanished in 1975.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 ↗