Sports · born 1980Tayshaun Princebasketball player, small forwardDefensive-minded small forward on the Pistons' 2004 championship team, remembered in Detroit for "The Block," his chase-down rejection of Reggie Miller in the 2004 playoffs.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 filtersSports · born 1980Tayshaun Princebasketball player, small forwardDefensive-minded small forward on the Pistons' 2004 championship team, remembered in Detroit for "The Block," his chase-down rejection of Reggie Miller in the 2004 playoffs.
Music · born 1988Mike Posnersinger, songwriter, record producerDetroit-born singer-songwriter raised in Southfield, known for "Cooler Than Me" and "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" and for co-writing hits for other stars.
Sports · born 1985David Pricebaseball pitcher2012 Cy Young winner who anchored the Tigers' rotation for a season and a half, clinching a division title and later leading the league in ERA.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 ↗