Visual art · 1924–2019Robert Frankphotographer, documentary filmmakerSwiss-American photographer whose landmark book The Americans includes pictures made in Detroit and Dearborn on his 1955 road trip.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.
- 1,743 famous people
- 96 Detroit places
- 10 fields
Hungarian ties 21 Detroiters with Hungarian ties →
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Clear filtersVisual art · 1924–2019Robert Frankphotographer, documentary filmmakerSwiss-American photographer whose landmark book The Americans includes pictures made in Detroit and Dearborn on his 1955 road trip.
Sports · 1925–2014William Clay Ford Sr.owner of the Detroit Lions, Ford Motor Company executiveHenry Ford's youngest grandson owned the Detroit Lions for fifty years and brought them back downtown to Ford Field in 2002.
Politics · 1922–1993Zolton Ferencylawyer, political activist, professorDetroit-born son of a Hungarian-American family who chaired the Michigan Democratic Party, ran for governor in 1966 and later founded the left-wing Human Rights Party.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own.