Music · born 1972Eminemrapper, songwriter, record producer, actorDetroit-raised rapper who came up through the city's open-mic battles and became one of the best-selling artists in music history.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
- 16 fields
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Clear filtersMusic · born 1972Eminemrapper, songwriter, record producer, actorDetroit-raised rapper who came up through the city's open-mic battles and became one of the best-selling artists in music history.
Music · born 1975Jack Whiteguitarist, singer, songwriter, producerSouthwest Detroit native who co-founded the White Stripes at the Gold Dollar bar in 1997 and later opened Third Man Records' Cass Corridor store and pressing plant.
Music · born 1971Kid Rocksinger, rapper, songwriterMacomb County-born rap-rocker who came up in the 1980s Detroit hip-hop scene and made his breakthrough album Devil Without a Cause at a downtown Detroit studio.
Music · born 1970Richie HawtinDJ, electronic musician, label founderWindsor-raised techno producer who crossed the river into Detroit's clubs, co-founded Plus 8 and became a leading figure of minimal techno as Plastikman.
Music · born 1974Shaggy 2 Doperapper, DJ, record label co-founderThe second half of Insane Clown Posse, a metro Detroit native who co-founded Psychopathic Records and the Juggalo subculture.
Business & brands · born 1971Paul Rosenbergtalent manager, record executive, former entertainment lawyerDetroit-born lawyer turned manager who guided Eminem from the local scene to world fame, co-founded Shady Records and later ran Def Jam.
Music · born 1972Violent Jrapper, record label co-founder, wrestling promoterCo-founder of Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic Records, the face-painted horrorcore act that built a national cult following out of metro Detroit.
Music · born 1971Claude VonStrokehouse DJ, producer, label founderDetroit-raised house producer who founded San Francisco's Dirtybird Records and paid tribute to his hometown with “Who's Afraid of Detroit?”.
Music · born 1975Jamie Madroxrapper, label co-founderDetroit rapper and one half of Twiztid, the horrorcore duo that grew from the Hip Hop Shop battle scene into Psychopathic Records stars and later founded Majik Ninja Entertainment.
Music · born 1973Monoxide Childrapper, producer, label co-founderDetroit rapper and producer, the other half of Twiztid, who rose from the city's 1990s battle scene to horrorcore stardom.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 ↗