Music · 1918–2010Hank Jonesjazz pianist, bandleader, composerPontiac-raised pianist, eldest of the Jones brothers with Thad and Elvin, who accompanied Ella Fitzgerald, backed Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" and appeared on about a thousand recordings.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
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Clear filtersMusic · 1918–2010Hank Jonesjazz pianist, bandleader, composerPontiac-raised pianist, eldest of the Jones brothers with Thad and Elvin, who accompanied Ella Fitzgerald, backed Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" and appeared on about a thousand recordings.
Music · 1913–2014Herb Jeffriessinger, actorDetroit-born baritone who starred as a singing cowboy in 1930s Black-cast westerns and sang Duke Ellington's hit "Flamingo."
Music · 1918–1979Eddie Jeffersonjazz singer, lyricistPioneer of vocalese, the art of setting lyrics to jazz solos, who was shot and killed outside Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in 1979.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 ↗