Film & TV · born 1930Clint Eastwoodactor, film director, producerDirector and star of Gran Torino (2008), shot entirely in metro Detroit, from Highland Park to Grosse Pointe Park and Royal Oak.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.
- 1,912 famous people
- 135 Detroit places
- 3 fields
Hungarian ties 22 Detroiters with Hungarian ties →
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Clear filtersFilm & TV · born 1930Clint Eastwoodactor, film director, producerDirector and star of Gran Torino (2008), shot entirely in metro Detroit, from Highland Park to Grosse Pointe Park and Royal Oak.
Civil rights & activism · 1931–2023Daniel Ellsbergmilitary analyst, whistleblower, activistThe Pentagon Papers whistleblower grew up in the Detroit area and graduated from Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills.
Film & TV · 1937–2012Chad EverettactorTV heartthrob Dr. Joe Gannon of Medical Center, who grew up in Dearborn, graduated from Fordson High and studied at Wayne State.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 ↗