Sports · born 1990Reggie Jacksonbasketball point guardPoint guard who became the Pistons' leading scorer for several seasons after a 2015 trade, helping them make the playoffs in 2016 before injuries and a rebuild ended his run.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 1990Reggie Jacksonbasketball point guardPoint guard who became the Pistons' leading scorer for several seasons after a 2015 trade, helping them make the playoffs in 2016 before injuries and a rebuild ended his run.
Sports · born 1996Stanley Johnsonbasketball player, forwardEighth overall pick in 2015 who spent four seasons as a young Pistons wing known for his defense, before his career took him overseas.
Sports · born 2006Maya Jointtennis playerAustralian WTA Tour player born and raised in Grosse Pointe, where she first picked up a racquet as a child, before her family moved back to Australia in 2025.
Sports · born 1992Tomáš Jurčoice hockey forwardSlovak winger drafted by Detroit who spent parts of several seasons with the Red Wings, shuttling between the NHL club and its Grand Rapids farm team.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 ↗