Film & TV · born 1956Rob Paulsenvoice actor, voice directorDetroit-born voice of Yakko and Pinky in Animaniacs and of two different Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.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 filtersFilm & TV · born 1956Rob Paulsenvoice actor, voice directorDetroit-born voice of Yakko and Pinky in Animaniacs and of two different Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Politics · born 1958Gary Peterspolitician, former naval officerPontiac-born Democrat who represented eastern Detroit in the U.S. House and has been Michigan's U.S. senator since 2015.
Music · born 1956Greg Phillinganeskeyboardist, singer, arrangerDetroit-born keyboard ace who went from classical lessons with a Detroit Symphony pianist to Stevie Wonder's band and musical director for Michael Jackson.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own.